The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-01-05
ITEMs-EDIToRIAL AND OTHERWISE

- Havana aGVlce5 report the rebels as laying
down their arms in large numbers.
- Passengers on the Pacific railroad, were
snow-bound ten days, by drifts ten feet deep.
- The loss to property by the burning of the
Spotswood Hotel, in Richmond, was $780, 1000.
- The New York Tribune thinks that the
denomination of General Grant for 1872 is q
foregone conclusion.
K Capt James S. McMahon, an upright and
esteemed citizen of Columbia, died on the 26th
2. Rev. Phillip Gadsden, a brother of the
late Bishop of South Carolina; Col. Charles
Kanapaux and James w. Gray, Esq, of Char
lesion, are dead.
= The junior proprietor of the Sumter Ne'os
was the recipient of handsome and valuable
Christmas gift, which will be "christened" in
due time
- An attempt was made to set fire to the
town of Elberton on the 26th ult, but the effort
was providentially discovered in time to pre-
vent any serious damage.
= A young female of ST. Louis, being rather
closely pressed by detective few evenings
since, swallowed 81 900 note, in order to escape
detection.
= There has been an extensive confagation
at Harrisonburg, Va, burning an entire square,
and injuring two persons dangerously. Loss
100000.
j. Bankhead Magruder, the accomplished
story-teller and ex-rebel General, has accepted
the appointment of general agent of an insu-
rance company in Texas.
= A discharged Revenue Collector of the
Third Mississippi District, has been arrested
for obtaining money and stamps upon false
representations.
Kansas is an enterprising State. Five
years ago there was not mile of railroad in
Kansas now there are over 1,500 miles of as
good road as can be found on the continent.
= Some excitement Is being aroused con-
cerning the Georgia diamond fields, extending
over space of six hundred miles, from Hall
county, Georgia, to Virginia.
Capt VIM. Corrie, an old citizen of Char
lesion, and widely known as the commander of
the famous Yacht Wanderer, died at the Mills
House on the 26th ult.
- The announcement of the death of Mr..
Munroe, the American banker in Paris, will be
received with regret. He was well known to
American travellers in Europe.
- Limerick Gadsden, of Oconee County,
who was sentenced by Judge Orr, at the August
term, on the charge of burglary, received u
Christmas gift in the form of a pardon.
- Two new. States will probably be admitted
into the Union during the present session OF
name of the latter will probably be changed to
Lincoln.
= The Lexington Dispatch says that it has
not heard, or read, single convincing argu-
ment in favor of the proposed revival of the
usury laws, and it, accordingly, protests against
it,
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler visited the cele-
brated jewelry establishment of Tiffany" in
New York daring the holidays, and received
great attention from every one connected with
the establishment.
- The Freemasons of Pennsylvania have
determined to erect suitable home for the
aged and disabled INDECENT members of the fra
ternity, and for the widows and orphans of
such as may die in destitute circumstances.
= Mrs. Belknap, wife of the Secretary of
| War, is dead She was Miss Tomlinson, of
Kentucky, and sister of Lieutenant Tomlinson,
who served the Confederacy as the aid of Gen
eral Samuel W. Ferguson.
- Hon. D. T. Jewett, of st. Louis has been
appointed United States Senator by the Gov
ernor of Missouri, to fill the place made vacant
by the resignation of Senator Drake, who is
now Chief Justice Of the Court Of Claims in
Washington.
"A difficulty occurred on Sunday last, e
Edgefeld between Mr.. Charles Hamilton aud
d.. ". IN.
ler, in which Butler was shct dead The kill
ing, it is said, was done in self-defence. Ca pt
Butler leaves young wife.
Robert Lincoln, son of the late President
Lincoln, has joined the Swcdenborgian church,
in Illinois. His partner in business, John Y.
Scanmore, we'll known banker and lawyer, is
ono of the most prominent Swedenborgians in
| the country.
In Gelt County, Arkansas, a boy named
Butler, aged IA, shot and instantly killed his
| brothers. BRIDE who had just arrived. The boy
had threatened to do 80 before the marriage.
Since his arrest he asserts that he was inst5ga-
| ted to the deed by his father.
- The Lancaster Ledger states that Mr.. Da-
vid Kirkpatrick, quiet citizen, living about one
mile from the village, was called to the door of
his residence and inhumanly shot down. He
| lived long enough to affirm that colored man
whom he had discharged from his employ was
| the murderer.
On the 23d ult. difficulty occurred in
Alcorn County, Miss, between two brothers
named Nichols, during which DR.. E. M. Mich
OILS was twice wounded, when Nr. Slope, a
brother-in-law, interferred to stop the difficulty,
and was shot and instantly killed by w. E.
Nichols, who was arrested and committed.
Gen. Gusts Lee has formally accepted the
Presidency of Washington College, at Le1ing-
ton. He has been professor at the Virginia
Military Institute for some time, and has taught
with distinguished ability. The personal re-
semblance to bis father, Gen. Robert E. Lee, is
said to be very striking
= The Fifth Congressional District of Geor-
gia, in 1868, gave Radical majority of 5000,
and sent only two representatives out of twenty
seven to the Legislat ture, with one State sena-
tor. Now, according to the Augusta Chronicle,
it rolls up Democratic majority of 5000, while
the Democrats elect twenty-three representa-
tives and all three of the State senators
= More than half the oatrages that suddenly
start into existence about election time in the
Southern States are instigated by the Repub-
licans as psetext for little bayonet practice
ut the polls. It now appears thar North Caro-