The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-01-26
ITEMs--ED1ToRIAL AND OTHERWISE.

- In the battle with General Chausey, the
Germans lost 1T officers and 1908 men.
- Governor Holden is reported to have ac-
cepted sub-editorship on q religious paper.
= Hon. NJ. D. Leggett, the new Commits
sioner of Patents, has arrived in Washington
= San Francisco has suitin progress which
is conducted by 270 lawyers.
= Hon. w. B. Chiffon, a distinguished Ma
son. and Grand Master of Alabama, is dead.
= Fifty-eight lines are said to have been lost
in a recent steamboat disaster on the Missis
sippi river. =,
= 1t is now proposed in Congress to provide
relief from the test oath of persons who en-
tered the Confederate army as minors
= 1t is said that four hundred ex-Confeder-
ate officers are now holding commissions in the
arm;e, of South America
= General Chausey, in the battle ofSunday,
lost $4,000 prisoners, besides the killed and
wounded
Three notorious burglars were released
from Jail at Mobile, OH Thursday night, by
raid made by their accomplfses.
Revenue officers have raided the noun
tains of Tennessee and destroyed 100000 gal
Ions of whisEey NASH
= The appointment of Gen. Stolbrand as
Superintendent of the Penitentiary has been
confirmed by the Senate.
The London Tines is severe on the propo-
sitions made by Florida to compromise her
State debt.
= It IS now stated that at least twelve lives
were lost by the burning of the Spotswood Ho-
tel at Richmond.
- The work on the new Custom House in
Charleston is being pushed toward in the most
rapid and energetic style.
= Levi Salisbury has been elected United
States Senator to succeed his brother, the pres
ent Senator from Delaware.
= The Lincoln memorial statue was unveiled
in the rotunda of the Ohio State House on
Thursday evening.
Three candidates for the Lieutenant Gov
ernorshfp of Florida are litigatng the matter
in the Supreme Cont of the State.
Maj. Mordecai Myers, soldier of the war
of 1872, died in New York on Friday last,
aged 95
= General Jubal Early Indignantly contra
diets the paragraph which has lately been go
ing the rounds to the effect that he rs dying of
consumption.
- The colored residents of Richmond, Va,
are preparing memorial, asking for the re-
duction of the tax on tobacco, in order that they
may find employment
- Colonel Baxter, of Tennessee, has brought
and one private individual, the total damages
claimed being s35O,OOO.
IT. J. Mackey, of Charleston, has resigned
the office of Trial Justice with which he had
been honored." 1t is rumored that legacy to
his better-half controls his action.
- William Barrett, q retired tobacco mer-
chant, and one of the wealthest citizens of
Richmond, was burned to death by his dress
ing-gown taking fire, en- Friday, aged 81.
= MIR. A. w. LOckhart for many years con-
nected as engineer with steam vessels running
out of Charleston, died on the steamer Dicta-
tor, on the 18th.
= Senator Abbott, of North Carolina, is very
strongly opposed to general amnesty. Since
Vance has been elected to succeed him, he be-
lieves the rebels never will be truly loyal.
"A little daughter of Dir. w. P. Hix, OF
Columbia, while playing in the Kitchen fell
into pot filled with hot water, and was so Sc
vcrely scalded that she died noxt day.
The Senate of Virginia has appropriated
$500 for the purchase of a picture of Gen. Lee
and refused an appropriation for picture OF
Gen. George Ii. Thomas.
Gen. Frank p. Blair, Jr., Senator elect
from Missouri, has recently written to Wash
ington supporting the policy of annexng San
Domingo.
= The Columbia Union reports Il difficulty
between Constable Hubbard and DR.. Geiger,
which resulted in blows, and an attempt on the
part of Dr. G. to shoot his opponent on Satur-
day last
= The Richmond Dispatch says: "It is
simply an impossbility for the Virginia people
to bear all the demands for payment of debt
and taxes that are accumuating against them.
The wolf is at the door,"