The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-06-04
1TEMS--EDIToRIAL AND OTHERWISE.

mirers.
= The commencement exercises of Erskine
College, at Due West, will take place on the
2Sth of June.
- Messrs. James NJ. Runion and ]. Minis
Sullivan have been elected editors of the Green
| vile Republican.
- Judge Mackey has ceased to shed tears
over defunct Federals, says the Edgefeld Ad-
uertiser, and has now gone to prosecuting the
Jews. OF Moses.
1t is thought that Congress will be asked
to appropriate five hundred thousand dollars
to the sufferers by the food in Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas
- The Edge6eld Advertiser says there is no
doubt that more corn and grain have been
planted in Edge6eld last fall and this spring
than for many years previous.
! - Rev. J. r. Wilson and Rev. James B.
Adger, Professors in the Theological Seminary
at Columbia have rendered their designations
to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, now in session at Columbus, Missis-
sippi.
Speaker Blaine appointed Gen. P. M. B.
Young, of Georgia, as member of the board of
visitors at the West Point examination this
year. Gen. Young left the military academy
thirteen years ago to join his fortunes with the
people of his State.
- The Greenvl;e Daily NeDs states that an
"unpleasantness" occurred at the Mansion
House on Wednesday night, between Judge
Cooke and DR.. Latimer, County Treasurer.
Everything was satisfactorily and pleasantly ar
ranged next morning.
- John Edgar Thompson, President of the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad, died last week.
His death created sensation in railroad circles,
as he was one of the magnates of the land. 1t is
thought certain that Thomas A. Scott will be
elected to fill the vacancy.
d; j. Carter, Esq, editor Of the Lancas-
ter Ledger, was honorably acquitted last week
Mr.. Carter shot in the dark and accidentally
killed a man by the name of Fl. J. Hickson,
whom he heard in his yard after he had re-
tired at night
- The Army and Navy Journal thinks it is
not too much to expect that the time will come
when the Army of the Potomac and the Army
of Northern Virginia will meet together, each
to celebrate the others valor, and to exchange
the tokens of respect which the brave endu-
rance of feach won from the other.
- The Massachusetts Legislature has just
passed law, which the gallant Governor has
approved, by the provisions of which the
femme covert in Massachusetts may convey
her shares in corporations, and lease and con-
vey her real estate, and make oral and written
contracts, in the same manner as If she were
sole, and to the same extent.
- The Mississippi Legislature has passed
| a law providing that no person should be
licensed to sell liquor without first securing the
signatures of more than one-half of the men
over twenty-one years of age, and of women
over eighteen years of age, in the township or
municipal corporation where he proposes to
open his bar, requesting that such license be
- The Chicago Times has advices from all
sections of the Northwest showing the condl-
tion of the crops. With but few exceptions
the indications point to an abundant yield OF
all the cereals. The acreage of wheat is fully
up to that of last year, and there will prob
ably be quite as large, an area of corn put IN
when it is all planted Other crops are look
ing we'll, and if no untoward event occurs the
granaries of the Northwest will laugh with an
abundant harvest
| - The New York Herald recently asked If
something could not be done to relieve the bur-
dens of the something more than to
sing HYMNS and strew flowers over Confederate
graves" To this question the Burlington Iowa
| Gazette answers that we must change the poll
CIV of the government, if these burdens are to be
removed, and "by throwing out of power the
corrupt men now ruling, the affairs of the South
would at once begin to brighten" The Iowa
man is certainly right in his suggestion of re-
lief.
| - A terrible example has been made of the
Radical county commissioners of Barnwell
They were indicted, were promptly and impartial
tried, were found guilty of malfeasance and
stealing, and have been sentenced respective
y to ten years, to nine years, and to thirteen
months Imprisonment in the State Peniten-
tiary with hard labor. They were no guiltier,
perhaps than scores of officials who have so
far gone scot free. Let their comrades in
crime be sent to keep them company 1t can
be done!
- The Columbia PheniS advises that list
of the qualified voters in every election Us
trict be made by the Conservatives. In this
way the vote of each county could be ascer-
tained, and the Radicals would lose the oppor-
tunities of repeating" at the elections, which
| they expected to enjoy in consequence of the
well-considered neglect of the Legislature "to
provide, from time to time, for the registra-
ton of all voters" as required by the constitu-
| ton. The Tax Unions could do this work
but where are the Tax Unions?
Rear Admiral VIM. B. Shubrick, of the
United States Navy, departed this life at his
residence in Washington City on the 9th ult
He was native of Charleston, and had reached
the venerable age of eighty-four years, nearly
sixty-eight of which were passed in the service
of his country. He entered the navy in 1906
and was the senior officer on the retired list
Admiral Shubrick served with gallantry in the
war of 1872, and held responsible trusts for the
greater portion of his long life. The Secretary
of the Navy upon hearing of Admiral Shu-
bricks death, issued an order in which he re:
ferred to the deceased officers extended and
valuable services to his country, and announced
the means for proper official recognition OF his
demise.
A New RAILRoAD.-Wo hear that the con-
struction of a railroad from Anderson 9. IL. to