The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-08-11
ITEMs.-EDIToRIAL AND OTHERWISE

DR.. J. w. w. Marshall has been appon-
ted Depot Agent at. .Abbeville, cice ID. h. Sond-
ley, deceased
= The Vicksburg Herald announces that it
IS in its element since the war in Europe, being
edited by Swords and Spears.
The Kentucky election returns show a
strong Democratic vote and the general success
of the Democratic ticket
= The Texas State Prison runs cotton fac
tory by convict labor which pays all the cx-
penses of the institution.
Wendell Phillips is not afraid of the Chi
nese. He thinks we "can digest the whole ha-
man race if they don't come too fast"
Napoleon, since he has been with the ar
nv, has kept one telegraph wire constantly
busy with correspondence with the Empress.
= Thomas Duckett, an old and highly re-
spectacle citizen of Laurens county, died on
the 25th uit, of disease of the heart, aged IA
years.
: The Legislature of Mississippi has passed
an act creating new county, to be called
"Union," carved out of Lee, Tippah and Pom.
totoc.
The present strength of the United States
army, rank and file, is "a, ,953. According to
the new law it will be gradually reduced to
10000
= Efforts have been made to secure the par
don and release of General John O'Neill, re-
Gently convicted of violation of the neutrality
law.
= Mr.. Frelinghuysen, the new minister to
England, will sail about September l, unless
pressing business interests delay his departure
little longer.
= If Scott and his Ring don't steal the peo-
pies money, they have peculiar way of get
ting rich i'll short time out Of the taxes paid
by the people.
There has been serious accident in For
tress Monroe, by which several men have been
killed. A shell exploded by firing several bull
dings and killing five persons.
= Metz the headquarters of the French ar
my of the Rhine, is 10 miles from Paris.
Troops can therefore reach it from the capital,
by railroad, in about five hours.
= Henry Z. Hayne, Of Marion, and Samuel
Lee, of Sumter, both colored, arc announced as
aides-de-camp to his Exceliency Gov Scott,
with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
- Gen. William Terry, who commanded the
Stonewall Brigade during the last days of the
war, has been nominated as the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the eighth district of
Virginia.
"A destructive fire occurred in Augusta, Ca
on the night of the 3rd, by which Mr.. Good
rich proprietor of a car and sash mandatory,
lost a vast amount of lumber and several small
buildings.
The Union Times declares that wherever
the Union Reform candidates have spoken,
"they have drawn hundreds of converts to their
ranks, and aroused an enthusiasm never before
seen in this State"
= A lady recently deceased in New Hamp-
shire has left 100000 to found a college for
young women, wherein they shall be taught all
the higher branches of education enjoyed by
l. ,,o ~, lisb
An accident occurred on the Laurcns Rail
road on the 2nd inst, by which the passenger
train was thrown from the track. The conduc-
tor was seriously hurt, and several passengcri-
none dangerously.
= 1t is said that the Radical organ in Char
lesion, of which Gov. Scott is the principal
stockholdcr charged the State 2ro thousand
Dollo,s for publishing the New Code" as an
advertisement IIow's that for high?
- The New York Times regrets tosee that it
is more than likely Congress will be once more
pcstercd by Whittemorc, of cadctship na;oriety,
and hopes that the House will know how to
free itself from the disgrace of his presence.
= George ID. Chapman 4 Co., the contrac-
tors on the Port Royal Railroad having failed
to complete the road, as they agreed to do, by
the 1st instant, have had the contract taken
away from them and given to other parties.
GcnCr:l Ii. L. IsCc HIS ilOl lelltClSu
services to France. The tender Of his services
and their rejection by the French Government,
as reported in the London 1News, WAS gratu-
tols and unlounded. General Lee has sheath
cd the sword forever.
Queen Victoria has already granted par
don to all parties connected with the Red river
rebellion. This rebellion occurred during the
present year. Our own national rulers might
learn useful lesson from this act if they were
capable of anything noble.
= There is a very positive rumor from Wash
ineton that Secretary Fish will soon resign his
seat in the Cabinet, which was ut first reluc-
tantly accepted by him, and only for 4 time, to
release Mr. Grant from some complications in
which he had been involved.
= The committee appointed by Congress to
investigate the charges against certain cadets
at West Point for treating the colorcd cadets
in an ungentlemanly manner, have concluded
their labors, and have sentenced the offending
cadets to be rcprimanded by the authorities
- The National Mfeihgenccr. which for over
seventy wears was published at Washington, has
been purchased by Hon. Alex. Dclmar, TO-
merly Director of the United States Bureau of
Statistics and author of the famous Finance
letter of 1865, and removed to New York citr.
= Judge Carpenter, General Butler and Col.
T. Y. Simons addressed meeting Of two thous-
and persons, white and colorcd, atSpartanburg
C. H. on Thursday last. The speaking created
profound impression and it is thought that
Spartanburg will give solid vote for Reform
next October.
= Attorney General Akcrman declines ad-
dressing the Southern Republican Club, be-
cause in doing so he would have to aludc to
the Georgia case, which may soon come before
him for a legal opinion. 1t is understood that
Mr. Akerman favors an election this fall in that
State.
- Hon. Jefferson Davis was at Greenbricr
White Sulphur Springs last week, and was
scrcnadcd by the visitors. He made a brief
and eloquent response, avoiding any reference
to politics. Mr.. Davis is in good health and
fine spirits He left for New York on Thurs