The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-03


as improbable as it would be tIiscred;t-
able TO all concerned, and Il may be dis.
missed rs one Of the stories In which cor.
respondents indulge, not so much for the
enlightenment of their readers as for
their own amusement"
- An unusual scene was presented in
the house On the 10th. Alexander Ste
phens was rolling about in ia his
wheel chair, delivering speech on the
acceptance of the Coilamer statue. The
members all gathered around him with
pended pcstnres aud solemn yisage as IL
the thought Of death was on every mind.
Entire silence prevailed, and now and
then when Dir. Stephens would endeayor
10 nit up his voice, it had shrieking
sound as though of dying agony. The
scene was Of remarkably solemn charac.
| ter.
= There are about $4,000 more men
than women in Texas, and about that
many more women than men in Massa.
chusetts. If some Little Buttercupn
were to mix the two States up nobody
would mplain.-DefroR Fyee Press.
Perhaps not; they are too gallant down
shat way to complain; but if $4,000
Massachusetts spinsters were turned loose
III Texas there would be more men
wading across the Rio Grande into Mex
leo than have ever left chat State since
the battle Of San Jacinto.-Brookiyn
Eagle.
- ckproposes to rename the months.
describing them by names which would
suggest their most prominent qualities.
This would enable children to learn the
names readily Oh the kindergarten. nlan,
and the months, if this sensible plan
were adopted, would be named as fol.
lows: January would be Siushuary. Feb.
ruary would be Slopuary, March would
be Winduafy, April would be Rainuary.
May would be Buduary, June would be-
Warmuary, July would be Roastuary,
August. would be Broiluary, September
would be Obituary, October would be
Coiduary, November would be Frostuary
and December would be Snowuary.
- The Louisiana planters who hayo
substituted Italian for negro labor are re.
ported aS quito enthusiastic over the
result OF the change. The frat batch of
these emigrants reached New Oriean5
just before Christmas, and were sent TO
several plantations moth &C .hs civ.
They learn readily, and seem willing and
able to do full days work for the paw
offered them. There is question as to
whether they will be able to withstaud
he climate of Louisiana, and until thew
nave been theTea year that question will
remain undecided. Heretofore the Ital-
Ians have gone chiefly to the Soutl,
American republics, whcro the climate is
quite like that of Southern Italy.
= General Garfield has long favored
tho proposition now before the Senate.
and in Mr.. Pendleton's charge, to admit
Cahinet officers to the right TO participate
in the discussions Of the two Houses re.
garding matters in their Departments.
Ihe measure has so much favor other.
wiAe that it is very likely to be adopted
by the next Congress. In view of this it
sIs suggested here that Mr. Garfield will
De careful tc eelect for his Cabinet gem
tlemen who will know how to make an
effective appearance on tho floors of the
two Houses. 1t would be damaging to
the administration to have any of its
members make lame presentation Of =
question, or still worse, lame defense,
il q body like the Senate, which abounds
In trained and merciless debaters.
= Gam Rousey was shot and killed
recently In L Kentucky town by man
named Gresham. ani correspondents IS
the C5nrier-Jonrnal, in reporting the
att'ur, called Rousey desperado. Two
friends OF Rousey resented this in COM
munications to the paper, and from them
1t was learned that Cam" was one of
eleven brothers, of whom ak still I've.
OF the five dead brothers. jasper was
hanged by mob in 1859, Thomas was
killed in 1855 rs he was leaving Sabbath
school by Thonas and John Akin. who
were also in the mob that hanged jasper:
Smith was killed in 1857 while trying to
rescue two brothers from the Kentucky
militia during the Lynch trouble. and
Archie was killed last year by John VIII
iiams through mistake. Il is averred
that they. ''were noble fellows" who
never looked ito the Courts for Justice.
but went to their abusers and demanded
an eye to. an eye or friendship on the
spot, with appropriate apologies, which
they would exchange"
- Tho invitation to General Hancoek
to attend the inauguration of Garfield.
recalls the fact that tho great.hearted
Westerner, Douglas, went with tranquil
face to see Liuc6ln made President. and
walked into the ballroom with Mrs.
Lincoln on his arm. Tho only two Pres.
idents, believe, who ever refused to sen
their successors inaugurated were the
Adams's. The frat Adams left the Cap
itol In q bitter passion before Jefferson
reached it, and retired to bis country
home, sonred aud implacabIe old man.
The next Adams made way for jackson
with hatred that he did not ATTEMPT TO
conceal. He was taking horseback
ride on the outskirts Of Washington
while Jackson was taking the na.a. ar
tneEother Presidents witnessed the innu-
guration of their successorp-but I sun.
pose we shall have break in the custorn
when Garfield is about to take the oath.
AS President Tilden has been prevented
by circumstances beyond his control.
from spending, hia te::.. ::. tb5 ;ITI;;i ;ITIi,;;i,,
House, 1t is hardly probable that he will
ride over to Washington merely to sec
iris successor sworn in.
- Quite breeze has been stirred bv
n report in reference to the inaugural
ball which states that nearly one.half of
the tickets sold nave been purchased by
colored people. The occasion ;s likely.
therefore, to present variety which is
too spicy for the fastidious people of the
North, for it is they who are making the
row with the committee. Since this ra-
port has been in circulation few tickets
have been bought, and the committee are
anxious about their finances. This little
circumstances shows how dead is tho civil
rights legislation over which the great
parties bitterly contended. There has
como to pass an almost universal assent
TO the doctrine held by the Democrats in
that passionate struggle for-nothing.
1t was claimed then, and it Is demon-:
strated now, that this question of social
rights is one which no legislation can