The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-04-22
- Gov. Chamberlain has issued proclama-


ton appointing the 18th day of May for hold
upon the location of the County seat. This is
the second test vote on this vexed question,
and we hope it will be final
- The residence of Col. a. G. Haskell, in
Columbia, was partially destroyed by fire on
Sunday morning last. The fire originated be-.
tween the roof and the ceiling, and is supposed
to have caught from chimney sparks The
damage is covered by insurance.
- The President has declined to attend the
centennial celebration of the Mecklenburg De-
claraton of independence. Gen. Grant has
accepted so much, says the New York Herald,
that this decination may be regarded as an
apology to the country for the errors Of the past.
1t must be remembered, however, that the
North Carolinans neither offered him dog
nor Il horse-nor another term
- Hon. Alexander H. Stephens denies dis
tinctly and emphatically that he lever upheld,
supported or defended any act of usurpation
by General Grant or anybody else, either in
low or high official position" and says his life
has been devoted to the maintenance of right
against wrong-the rights of individuals as
we'll as the rights of States-against all abuses
of power which tend to oppression and tyran-
n.y."
- Hon. B. F. Wade has declined to become
the Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio,
and assigns three reasons for his refusal First,
that his voice is not strong enough to make q
speech second, that he would sooner beg for
old clothes than AK any mortal man for office
third that he cannot afford to take the position
of Governor. 1t seems cruel, says the New
York Herald, yet we cannot avoid stating the
fourth reason, which Mr. Wade does not give,
and which is that the Democratic majority in
Ohio is about forty thousand. This reason
makes all the other reasons seem unnecessary.
- Elijah Adkins and Scipio Bryan, both COL
ored, were hung at Beaufort on Friday last
Adkins was the murderer of Thomas Behn, who
kept country store near Buffton, and was
killed in June last. Bryan killed another ne
gro in December, shooting him in daylight
from an ambush, in order to obtain ten or
twelve dollars, the proceeds of some cotton sold
that morning Both murderers made full con-
fession and professed penitence The execu-
ton was witnessed by five thousand colored
people.
- special to the New York Ercning Posi-
from Washington gives the following: "The
statement is made upon excellent authority
that the Supreme Court will not make any de-
cision of a political nature at this term of the
COuTG. pOSIpOHiIS ali SuCu uuIli dAtCi IlC leiIi
elections. This has given rise to story, which
is credited in high quarters, that the court has
been polled, and majority found opposed tc
declaring the enforcement acts constitutional
The belief is that the court will sustain the
views taken by Judge Bradley in the Louisiana
case, from which an appeal was taken and the
case brought into the Supreme Court"
-. The Greenville Enterprise aud Noun
| Jo;,oor rnc tho puh1ic aOainst one f, w Ma.
son, who recently victimized the denizens Of
that wide-awake CITY, He came as an instruc'
tor in penmanship, and professed being mem
Der of the Episcopal Church, a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and Good Tempar. HI
proved to be an imposter and a suspended Ma
son. He has wife and children in Selma
Ala, and another in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, al
though he claimed to be an unmarried man
He left suddenly for parts unknown, after be-
having very badly in Greenville. No descrip'
ton is given of his personal appearance.