The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-01-26
King William has accepted the imperial

King William has accepted the imperial
crown as Emperor of Germany, with the prayer
that God will vouchsafe to the Eatherland fu-
ture of independence, happiness and lasting
pace.
Window, from Minnesota Logan, from
Illinois; Frelinghuysen, from New Jersey !;
Blair, from Missouri Merrill, from Maine, and
Salisbury, from Delaware, have been elected
United States Senators.
The business houses were closed in Lex
ington, Va, on the 18th inst, the anniversary
of Gen. Lees birth. Public demonstrations
were made, and an address delivered at Wash
ington College by Hon. j. P. Holcombe.
The West Point cadet, whose appointment
by Whittemore cost that gentleman his seat in
Congress, has just been discharged for nom
proficiency. This purchase was bad invest
ment for both parties. - - - p
s.. II Gen. Anderson, Of the State militia has
lately visited Union county, and has ordered
all the arms and ammunition belonging to the
State to be returned forthwith to the Sheriff Of
Union. 1t is a practical step in the direction
of peace. ii r.
= Governor McCoek, of Colorado, has been
in Washington for some days. He recently
appeared before the Senate Committee On Ter
ritores urging and giving reasons why the Ter
ritory should be admitted into the Union as
State.
Senator Yates has proposed an amend
ment to the Constitution which will beget con-
siderable comment. He proposes that all per-
sons thirty-fve years of age, and fourteen years
citizens of the United States, shall be eligible
to the Presidency. -;
= Mayor Pillsbury, in his annual report, IA
vors the States assuming the railroad debt of
Charleston, claiming that this can be done
without eventual dctriment to the State, and to
the immediate and perpetual advantage OF the
city.
= The famous yacht, Wanderer has been
wrecked off the coast of Cuba. Its name is
historical, and has attracted nearly as much at
tention as the famous Alabama, though its ex-
ploits were peaceful. 1t will be remembered
that its former commander, Capt. VIM. Corrie,
died only few weeks ago.
"A verdict of $1,000 has been given in the
Circuit Court at Richmond, Va, against the
Richmond and Danvile Railroad, for six hun
dred boxes of tobacco destroyed at their depot
in Danyille, by band of struggling Confeder-
ates two weeks before the surrender of that
town.
= Two horrible murders have recently been
committed in the vicinity of Columbia, the
victims being DIessrs. A. +. Dubard and Bryant
Bailey, and tile perpetrators unknown parties.
The Phenir states that there is no doubt the
murderers have been arrested, and that in a
few days all the particulars will be made pub
lie.
= Andrew Brentlinger, sentenced to be
hung in Ohio last Friday, but who was rcspited
for eleven weeks, telegraphed to the Governor
on Wednesday, saying that he desired to be
hanged on Friday, according to the original
sentence The Governor ought to have COM
Piled with this reasonable request.
= Tench Blackwell and NJ. L. Martin, of
Spartanburg, after several years experience as
members of the Republican party, have become
convinced that the policy Of that party is not
pronotive of the public welfare, and have pub
licly announced their withdrawal from all affil-
iation with said party.
= Outlaws in Robson county, N. c., have
become so bold and desperate that additional
United States troops have been sent into the
State, and bloodhounds are recommended to
hunt them down. They are half-breed Indians
and negroes, and are led by Henry Berry Lowry
a noted desperate. .,.-.
= In a case in the United States Court at
Raleigh, in which a postmaster was defendant,
the Court held that all departments of the gov
crnment were bound to sustain the currency OF
the government, and the fact Of q bill being
more or less mutilated was no Justification for
its being refused by any official of any depart
ment OF the government.
In the United States Court at Richmond,
in suit for money due for slaves purchased in
1863, the defendant plead that Lincoln's proc
nlnation had emancipatcd them before the date
of sale, and therefore it was an illegal transac-
ton. The decision of the Court will affect a
large number OF sMits now pending in the
South.
= Now that the United States Senate has
appointed select committee to investigate
Southern outrages, let Us one and all insist that
the gentlemen composing it have no rest until
they capture real live Ku Klux and put him
on exhibition. The columns of Radical news
papers have too long enjoyed monopoly Of
these curious beings
= The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has de.
cided that if a man puts his head or arm through
car window, and is injured by coming in con-
tact with something that reaches close to the
window, he cannot recover damages, the acl
being considered negligence Oh the part Of the
passenger.
= Mr.. Bryant Bailey-who formerly kept 8
livery stable in Columbia, but for several years
has been living on farm about two miles from
that city, on the Winnsboro' road, was brutally
murdered, in open daylight, on Wednesday, by
some person unknown.