The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-02-20
1TEMs--EDIToRIAL AND OTHERWISE.


are unusually large.
Three Ku Klux prisoners were released
from the Albany penitentiary on Monday last.
- The Mansion House of Greenyille was
sold last week to J. Walter Gray, Esq, for
S26,5O0.
Hon. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, was
presented to President Thiers by Minister
Washburne on the oath ult.
: Rev. Ellison Capers has declined the call
to an Episcopal Church in Columbia, and will
remain at his present charge in Greenville.
= Maj. VIM. E. Earle, of Greenville, has
been admitted to practice in the Supreme
Court of the United States at Washington.
= 1t is stated that Millerism is reviving in
Vermont, and that the near approach of the
worlds final conhagration is confidently pre-
dicted.
Ex-Gov. Horatio Seymour, of New York,
ida. He was accompanied by Mrs. Seymour,
Empress Caroline Augusta, widow of the
Emperor Francis l., of Austria, and grand
mother of the reigning Emperor, died in Yien-
ma on the 9Th inst, aged eighty-one years.
Rev. Geo. S. Vallandingham, pastor of
the Episcopal Church at Lisbon, Ohio, and
brother of the late Clement L. Vallandingham,
died in Cincinnati on last Thursday, of con-
sumption.
= The Spanish Consul at Liverpool has of
fered liberal reward for information which
will lead to the discovery of shipments of arms
to insurgents in Spain and lnsurrectionists IN
Spanish colonies.
= Edgar a. Poe's sister is living in Matthews
Co., Va, in destitute circumstances, an invalid
and quite helpless at times. Persons charitably
inclined can forward their contributions to Miss
u De- o1-,1 g AIokkE M
- The Attorney General of the United
States has given an opinion that letters not
fully prepaid can only be charged at the Office
of delivery with the balance. Postmasters
have heretofore exacted double the amount.
"A large number of families are leaving
Florida, on account of the high taxes and
worthless character of the laborers. Some are
sacrificing property at one-fourth its value, and
are seeking homes in Georgia. North Carolina,
Virginia and Tennessee.
- The New York Nation sums up the result
of the Credit Mobilier investigation in these
words: "Total loss, one Senator badly damaged
and not serviceable for future political use, two
Vice Presidents and eight Congressman" This
is drawing it rather mild.
= Miss Sallie A. Brock, graceful and gifted
writer, has written novel entitled Kenneth My
King, the scenes of which are located in Vir-
ginia 1t is said by the critics who have had
the opportunity to peruse it in part, to be o
story of extraordinary power and interest.
"A joint stock company has purchased the
published by Mr.. CASTOR Paul, and edited By
Coils. Cad. Jones and r. NJ. Sims, which is
strong and spirited combination. We wish
them much success and pleasure in newspaper
life.
= Over 100000 pounds of pig iron were
taken from the mines of Missouri last year out
of the 2s,000,000 produced by the county
This speaks we'll for the enterprise and mineral
wealth of Missouri. 1t is also said that her
coal lead and zinc capacities are almost equal
ly as great. -,
IT is proposed to raise the necessary capi-
tai stock, and to build and operate cotton
factory and wheat and corn mills, at a water
power belonging to Mr.. H. P. Hammett, on
Saluda River, eleven miles below the city OF
Greenyille, and within one-half mile of the
track of the Greenville and Columbia Rail-
road.
"A Washington dispatch says: "The Pres
ident has not yet commenced the preparation
of his inaugural address, and very few specnla-
tions have been made concerning it. It is
believed that its tone towards the South will
be very friendly, and intimations are freely
made that the next Administration will be very
conservative"
- Intelligence comes from Washington that
there is to be an important movement of troops
now stationed in the South. Most of these
forces, it is stated, are to be transferred to
points where their presence may be actually
required in the interests of the government.
There has been some intmation that one of
these points is Utah. 49,
-Lafayette I. Woolf charged with the MUIR
der of II. L. Perrin, was tried in Charleston
last week, and the jury decided that he was
guilty of manslaughter. The case attracted
much attention, and the prosecution was ably
conducted by w. 81. Brawley, Esq, Solicitor
of the Fifth Circuit, who was assigned to this
duty by the Attorney General.
- Congress has passed bill abolishing the
franking privilege, and it has received the sig
| nature of the President. The bill provides
that all matter sent through the mail by MEM
bers of Congress shall be prepaid, and that the
members of the Cabinet shall also pay postage
on all packages sent through the mail by them.
The law goes into effect the first of July next.
- The Attorney General has declined to
recommend the pardon of Samuel G. Brown,
an alleged South Carolina Ku Klux, aged over
sixty years, and sentenced to five years service
at Albany. Mr.. Brown is said to have been
leader of the Ku Klux in South Carolina. He
occupies high social position at home, and his
friends have made earnest efforts to secure his
pardon.
- President Grant and Cabinet will proba-
bly start on their projected Southern tour about
the 2Oth proximo The intention now is to
visit nearly, if not all, the State capitals and
principal cities, which will require about three
weeks time. From private advices received in
Columbia, it is learned that all display will be
| avoided. The President preferring to travel
without any ceremony, and be received only as
citizen.
"A meeting of citizens was held in Beau
fort on Tuesday last to take active measures to
induce President Grant to make the town a
visit. It was proposed that special train
from the Port Royal Railroad should meet the
President and party at Charleston, end take
them to Beaufort where they would be dined
and wined and carried to Port ROYAL. In the