The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-03-09

: A young lady observed of a young man
that his face has straage fascination for her,
because it looks 30 well at funeral. This re-
calls an original recommendation of young
physician who was supposed to be ''keepin COM
pany" with a young lady. The matronly friend
Of the latter having praised the young man
from all points Of view, returned one day from
the death-bed of friend at which the physi-
can had been present, She eulogized the living
fully as much as the dead man, and finally
turning to the girl as if she had reached the ne
plus ultra of enthusiasm, she said: "Jane, he's
the handiest man I ever see f1in' round o
corpse"
/. "A contemporary thinks BulWer assumed a
fearful responsibility without being aware of it
when he wrote the famous sentence in regard
to the pen being mightier than the sword, in
asmpeh as it has been the means of putting the
pen in the hands Of very many silly people,
who are led to imagine themselves peers Of
all mankind becaus they are capable of string
ing together few sentences of Indifferent En-
glish. But most likely these people never read
the sentence in full: Beneath the sway of men
entirely great, the pen is mightier than the
sword" pa vast difference, and one calculated
to take the conceit out Of the "silly people"
aforesaid. .sle
As to who fred the first gun of the rebel
lion on Virginia soil, the Petersburg bndez says:
"For the benefit Of some future historian who
may record the gallant deeds of the defenders
of the Lost Cause, we state, upon reliable infor-
nation, that DR.. Prosise fred the first gun from
Virginia soil, on Craney Island, at one of Pen
degrast's feet. The Doctor, at that time, was
a member of the Petersburg Artillery, Captain
J. N. Nichols"
"A Swiss colony was established in Grun.
dy county, Tenn, in 1868. Now, after little
more than two years, the colony is in most
happy and prosperous condition-composed of
over 1000 families, making a population of
more than 900 souls, and rapidly increasing.
They are gradually surrounding themselves
with evidences of thrift and comfort character
istic of old and well settled districts.
: Governor Holden finds much comfort in
religion he remarked to friend several days
ago that, although the General Assembly could
drive him out Of his riches, and take away his
well-earned honors, there was at least one thing
they could not do, and that was prevent his 60
ing to Heaven.
Mount Vesuyius is in a state of embryo
eruption A correspondent writing on the 18th
of January from Naples says that the noun
tain is emitting flames, and that appearances
indicate an eruption on large scale. There
aie nauy Slsi0Ois dG NaPiSS uopllS ioI an up
portunity to witness the spectacle of the fam
ing volcano in all its glory.
The Louisville Courier Journal says that
''if anybody had met Christopher Columbus
in the middle of the Atlantic, and told him
that he was in the act of discovering country
that would ultimately fall into the hands Of
such an administration as the present, he would
have gone back home and stayed there"
The Chicago Times very pertinently says
that if the brothers-in-law Of Grant had been
as numerous and active in the service of the
government, during the war, as they have been
since, the last draft would have been unneces-
sary