The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-19

MASSACHUSETTS AND South CARO-.
LiSA.--Thcre WAS striking exhibition
OF ihe progress Of reconstruction and re-.
Cancellation at Spartanburg yesterday,
Thomas Wentworth Higgnson, one of
the most advanced of Massachusetts
radicals" ani Senator Wade Hampton.
q very distinguished representative Of
Southern conservatism, spoke from the
same platform, and there was no conflict
OF opinion or sentiment. Both orators
dwclt with equal fervor upon the glorious
memories of the past, and both took the
same view oi the present. Colonel iiig-
gInson went to South Carolina nineteen
years ago as an officer in the fifty.fir.t
Masaschusetts regiment, but was soon
mustered out to take command Of the
first South Carolina Colored Volunteers,
regiment which was recruited in the
vicinity of Beaufort mainly by his exer.
lions. He led his regiment in the assault
on Fort Wagner, August 3, 1868, and
was severely wounded. - baltimore Sun.
a RELIC OF THE VALLEY CAN.
PAIGN.-Mr. 0. Henderson, who lives
near Dorn's mine, has in his possession the
sword Of y Federal Captain, which he
found on the battle field during the val.
ley campaign Of Virginia. The following
inscription is found on the hilt of the
sword: @. d. ittendon-Preeented ts
his company, rs n. Y. State Volunteers.
Dir. Henderson was Lieutenant in
Company X. Fifteenth S. c., and has
made several eff1rts 10 ascertain whether
the captain to whom tho sword belonged
lad y,l, har L..
are still living, that he might return it To
them. The sword will chcerfully be de-
livercd up tn the CAPTAIN or ar nf his
kindred.-AdbeeiMe MEDIUM. dfay. ~.
= Mr.. y. C. Wilson, President of the
Port Royal Railroad, aud Hon. Wm.
Elliot, Of Beaufort, visited Washington
last week and opposed the abandon.
ment of the naval station at Port
Royal, s. c., as indicated to be the
policy of the naval department by
the Withdrawal of the frigate Ne,c Hump.
sire. They were strongly backed by
Senator Hampton, who called with them
upon the President on the 9th inst. The
delegation was received kindly by Mr..
Garfield, who was much interested in the
statement that the duties paid at he
Beaufort custom house wero equal to
those paid at Charleston and Savannah
put together, while the expenses of col.
lection were only twentieth part Of
either one Of those ports. The secretary
OF the navy was visited, rs was also Admi-
raj Porter. The result was that a prom
ise WAS secured that Port Royal would
be continued rs naval station, and
another storeship would soon take the
place of the Ne,c Hampshire. Admiral
Porter fnvors the establishment of a
dcpot for naval repairs in the noble har.
Dor of Port Royal. which, he said, was
the only one worthy IF the name on the
South Atlantic coast south of Norfolk.
- Captain John w. Watts, the Sheriff
years old. that id indeed prodigy. You
bers, and he will multiply them correctly
in a seconds time. His faculty for mui-
tiplying is not only confined 10 hundreds,
but he can multiply thousands AS well.
The fact that this little prodigy does not
know one figure from another, makes it
the more mysterious. Give out the mul-
tiplication table, and tell him how much
each line increases, and he will multiply
them as fast as they can he written down,
or, In other words, just as fast as person
can give them out to him. Ask him to
explain how he multiplies numbers 80
readily, and his quick, intelligent an
swers are as mysterious as his faculty for
multiplying. ng.-LdurenspiH Herald.
= stage coach was recently stopped
by robbers not far from Corpus Christi,
Texas, and the passengers made some
remarkably hasty movements in chang
ing the locality OF their valuables. Capt.
h1illct snatched off his watch and chain
and threw them into the bruah. and wear
ing long beard, he managed to conceal n
valuable diamond pin by holding down
his head. He also cut slit in the lin
ing of the coach and slipped 5000 in
greenbacks out Of sight. Judge Lesen-
ring showed his watch and chain into his
oo0t. All this WAS accomplished before
the robbers could get them ont of the
coach. There WAS great cursing by the
robbers at the poverty of the travellers,
and i'll revenge they wero kept about two
hours with their hands up in the air.
- The ratification of the Chinese trea.
tise, which was agreed to by the Senate
last week, will not, it is claimed, bring
the relief to the people of tho Pacific
coast from Chinese Immigration which
they are 50 anxiously clamoring for.
The regulations concerning the irnporta.
th'Ii vi OuIueSe 10 TIE Cnltcu states,
which the treaty comedies shall be made,
it is now said in diplomatic circles must
he adopted by the legislative branch OF
the government. The executive branch
can enforce the regulations, but it has
no power 70 prescribe what they shall he.
This being the case, it would seem that
Chinese immigration must so on
unchecked till the meeting Of Congress
in December next.
- Prohibitory laws are not what we
want; temperance organizations will not
meet the end desired dry elections will
not answer the purpose. Reform must
begin elsewhere, if we desire effectually
to rem071 this curse from the land. We
may be wrong, but it is our frru conyic-
tion that unless public sentiment be di.
rected agannt this liquor drinking ;
unless it is frowned down by our leaders,
both in church and State; unless the
agitators in this question and those to
whom the great masses of the people
look up, and follow as leaders unless
these, we say, preach not only by precept,
but by example. all the prohibitory laws
that forty Legislatures could pnss would
be of no avail.-A6beriNe Medium.
Gen. Gary's will gives his entire
property to his three sistcrs, Mrs. Gen.
Evans, Mrs. Hodges and Miss Luella
Gary. The impression has prevailed in
our community, for two or three weeks
past, that Mrs. Evans and her family
would come to Edgefeld to live-occu.