The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-01
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

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u9Enseyielaaf WOOL:
" General Graiie VIII leave the capital
in April and sail for Europe in May. He
will, meantime, visit the West.
= Fresh guano discoveries have been
made in Southern p .ru, whicl, are said
to be Of immense proportions.
= 1t i. rstin,ated that there is safii-
cent goli, silver, and i,ickel in the mines
OF Montgomery county, 81. c., Co pay the
national debt.
~ Col. J. r. Hickman. Right Worthy
Grand Templar of the G,and Lodge OF
Good Templars, who has been on a mis-.
si6nary tour in England, has sailed fro,
Liverpool for New York.
J. Madison Wells will get back hia
pistol, his bowie knife. end his rife cane
about the 4th Of March, but he will hard
ly get another chance 10 sell the electoral
vote Of his native State 10 the highest
bidder. A.'f
= "HelI and Damnation" is the title
Of q pamphlet written by Rev. g. III.
Humphrey. of Pittsburg, Pa. il is II
theological work, 'nnd not as might be
supposed, Il review of the Electoral Com
MISSIONS nnuiDSs.
- There have been several Presidents
who represented n minority of the voters
of the United States, but Returning b.
Hayes will be the first occupant Of the
White House who received neither ma.
joriy Of the popular vote nor majority
of the electoral vote. III
= Three republican papers have ex-
pired in Florida since the inauguration
raN Al. IL
Fefnandina Obserre, and Gainesville Git
izen. They derived their existence solely
aud entirely from official patronage, and
when that prop was knocked from under
them an immediate collapse was the re.
suit
- Alexander H. Stephens, in bis i'll
room in which Henry Clay died, and
Daniel Webster died. Four doors off is
the suite of rooms in which Crittenden,
the Kentuckiap, dispensed princely hos
pitality, and the next 10 that is the suite
from which Buchanan went to his inhu-
gural ceremonies. .'A{'
- There has been great slaughter of
cattle in Nevada by railroad trains this
winter. The snow has been no deep that
the animals have sought the tracks for
comfortable standing places, and upon
the approach OF train, after making
| frantic efforts To scale the banks of snow
lining the track, have been crushed in
large numbers. -tt i Pr
| - It is stated that Governor Hayes, in
| his annual message to the Ohio Legisla-
ture in 1872, recommended that all elec-
| ton boards should contain members of
the different parties, in order that the
| popular will might not be subverted by a
partisan board. Does his conscience
trouble him in accepting the Office given
him by anillegally composed board which
I threw out ten thousand votes cast for his
opponent? 81"
= The Boston Herald thus concludes
"We believe that the Republican gsin of
| the Presidency by fraud this year means
the destruction ofthat party, and q recon-
struction ofpolitical parties on real issues.''
The st. Louis Republican thus advises
Let the game be played out, and let the
the owners of the marked cards walk off
| with the stakes. Better to lose by homes
| ty than to win by scoundrelism.
= The New York Graphic, editorially
| assuring the election of Mr.. Hayes to the
| Presidency, says: ''The first thing the
new administration should do is 70 reform
| the abuses in the South, so that the coun.
try shall hear no more about Florida
frauds and Louisiana outrages. Self
| government is the basis Of the republic
and it must be assured to every Suite un.
der all circumstances. Let us have an
end to all returning boards" H
= Florida, If all reports are true, has
had nice streak of luck i'm the aale OF
State lands. A party of English and
German capitalists have purchased 3,0OO,-
600 acres of the Florida State lands, and
are organizing nm emigration company
The money paid for these lands, it is
said, will pay off the State debt and leave
a bnlance in the Treasury. Florida since
the war has become one of the marvels OF
| the South. t7 A.u 4
| = A beak-tcok was presented at the
! Springfield, Mass.) Institution for Saw
ings, one day last week, which had no,
I been seen by the bank officials since the
original deposit was made, thirty-two
years ago. Tie amount of the deposii
was $500, while the interest alone has
amounted to 81 i,649.a During all this
time the9owncT of the book had mover
entered the bank or asked question rs
to her property, which she now comes to
Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, is
in receipt of letter from the Secretary
of War, demanding the records of the OF.
fee Of the Adjutant- General Of that State
for the years 1861 20 1866 inclusive
Governor Vance has replied, refusing 10
comply with the demand, In the course oi
his reply referring to.oertaih North Caro-
lima letter -55ee;;:ks now in possession OF the
federal government 70 olwhich he iB NOT
permitted access, but which have been
garbled by designing men, and used to
/ his det-imeut. y. iTs.i- arG 9st{;
| - When Cnzanave, an Ignorant mem
ber of the Louisiana Returning Board
testified before the Congressional commit.
tee, no wis wis HltiGii stitfedi at i5,r Saying
in apparent ignorance, thae the election
! returns were t'SontabulAsed." But he
!, spellea'it better tnan he knew. tsCon.
tabuliite" a genuine but somewhat ob.
soiete word, and means "t6 floor with
boards" $50 that Cazanave used the
right word in the right piace-his1 Re.
turning Board having decidedly "aHored'
the evident design o. slie Louisiana vts.
! t755 The .ost crop in Korshaw County
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