The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-14

- The New Orleans Democrat learns
that Packard has accepted an offer made
to him to lecture through the North and
West, the subject of his lecture being, the
Louisiana question, and the compensation
secured is to be $4,000. fe
= One hundred and fifty millions of
Roman Catholics celebrated the fftieth
anniversary of the elevation of Pope Plus
TX. to the episcopate which occurred on
Sunday June 3rd. Thevenerable Ponti6s
received five thousand pilgrims at Rome,
and doubtless indulged in little pardon
able pride as the ceremonies Immediately
about him suggested the vast constituent
cy throughout the world which acknowl-
edged him as the head of the church, and
were simultaneously doing honor to his
name. -
"A despatch from the Hot Springs of
Arkansas states that in e public speech
at that place Robert Toombs, of Georgia,
spoke in the warmest terms of approval
of President Hayes and of his policy.
He said that he could not endorse the
manner of Hayes accession to Office, but
that Hayes was the first man in forty
years who had carried out pledges made
previous to the election. Mr.. Toombs
took care to add his usual assertion that
he was himself as much of rebel as ever.
= The Philadelphia Item says it has
been positively asserted in Washington
that ex-President Grant, while ostensibly
visiting Europe for pleasure, is really
TO take command of the whole Turkish
army against Russia. The story is that
England was instrumental in making the
choice of new commander for the Sui
tan, in the hope that Grants success
would render her interference unnecef.
sary. It is added that the offer. was
brought to this country by the. Presi-
dents son-in-law, Mr.. Sartoris, who, with
Fred Grant, is to be on the Generals
staff. Finally, the latter's commission,
it is said, dates from May /, and his pay
three months of which he is to receive
in advance upon taking command-will
be largely increased should he succeed.
= We can state to the public most
gratifying fact-that the committee ap-
pointed at the last meeting of the Board
of Trade to devise some financial plan
whereby the necessary funds may be
raised to finish the Knoxville and
Charleston Railroad have had their final
meeting and their report agreed upon
without dissenting voice. We are not
at liberty to disclose to the public the
exact nature of the report, but will say
that it is Just the thing. When submitted
to the voters of Knoxville, they will adopt
it by an overwhelming majority. Re-
member m this. We tell the people of
Knoxville to be of good cheer. The
augusta and KnorviNe Railroad uciN be
built at an early day.
- The Republican leaders have about
given up the effort to resuscitate the
Whig party in the South since they have
found out that the principles they were
arranging for the revived Wings were
simply the principles Of the present Dem
ocratic party; and that the old Wing
leaders they were going to reinstate we're
already leaders in the Democratic party.
This deprived their project of all its
flavor, and it is easy to see that there was
nothing in the proposition except bid
to furnish votes for Republican national
candidates. There was no life in the
scheme at the start, and those who were
most sanguine about it have been forced
to conclude that the solid South will con-
tinue so long as the Republican party
continues, despite its efforts to take on
Wing disguise.
-Oliver P. Morton has evidently lost
his hold upon the Republican party in
Indiana. He lectured Saturday night in
indianapolis to fewer than 100 people.
The fact that the proceeds of the lecture
were to be devoted to charity was hardly
sufficient to explain this paucity of hear
ers when it was known that the once
great Indiana war-horse was to be the
attraction. The time was when mems
hostility to charity, even, would not have
hept the people Of Indiana away from
listening to Morton. He lectured upon
the proper method of choosing Presi-
dent. Even he doesn't favor the idea of
choosing President by returning boards
or by eight-to-seven commissions. If
this had been generally known in Indi-
annapolis he might have had $50 people
as his auditors. Senator Morton's star is
a fallen or falling one.