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


liar views in his own State" The Times
declares that "such q bargain would be
as improbable as it would be discrcdit-
able to all concerned, and it may be dis.
missed as 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 is his
wheel chair, delivering speech on the
acceptance of the Collamer statue. The
members all gathered around him with
bended postures and solemn visagc as if
the thought of death was on every mind.
Entire silence prevailed, and now and
then when Mr. Stephens would endeavor
to lift up his voice, it had shrieking
sound as though Of dying agony. The
scene was of a 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 Buttercup"
were to mix the two States up nobody
would complain.-Detroit Free Press.
Perhaps not; they are too gallant down
that way to complain; but if $4,000
Massachusetts spinsters were turned loose
in Texas there would be more me-.
wading across the Rio Grande into Mex
leo than have ever left that State since
the battle of San Jacinto.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Puck proposes 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 plan,
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 Winduary, 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
Colduary, November would be Frostuary
and December would be Snowuary.
- The Louisiana planters who have
substituted Italian for negro labor are re-
ported as quite enthusiastic over the
result of the change. The first batch Of
these emigrants reached New Orleans
just before Christmas, and were sent to
several plantations north of the city.
They learn readily, and seem willing and
able to do full days work for the pay
offered them. There is @ question as to
whether they will be able to withstand
the climate of Louisiana, and until they
have been there year that question will
remain undecided. Heretofore the Ital-
ians have gone chiefly to the South
American republics, where the climate is
quite like that of Southern Italy.
General Garfield has long favored
the proposition now before the Senate,
and in Mr.. Pendleton's charge, to admit
Cabinet officers to the right to participate
in the discussions of the two Houses re-
garding matters in their Departments.
The measure has so much favor other.
wise that it is very likely to be adopted
by the next Congress. In view of this it
lis suggested here that Mr.. Garfield will
be careful to select for his Cabinet gen.
tlemen who will know how to make an
effective appearance on the floors of the
two Houses. 1t would be damaging to
the administration to have any of its
members make lame presentation of 4
question, or still worse, lame defense,
in body like the Senate, which abounds
in trained and merciless debaters.
-" "Cam" Rousey was shot and killed
recently in a Kentucky town by man
named Gresham, and correspondent of
the Courier.Journal, in reporting the
affair, called Rousey desperate. Two
friends of Rousey resented this in COM
munications to the paper, and from them
it vas learned that "Cam" was one of
eleven brothers, of whom six still live.
Or the five dead brothers, Jasper was
hanged by mob in 1859, Thomas was
killed in 1865 as be was leaving Sabbath
school by Thomas and John Akin, who
were also in the mob that hanged Jasper;
Smith was killed in 1867 while trying to
rescue two brothers from the Kentucky
militia during the Lynch trouble, and
Archie was killed last year by John Will
liams through mistake. It is averred
that they "were noble fellows" who
never looked ITO the Courts for justice,
but went to their abusers and demanded
an eye for an eye or friendship on the
spot, with appropriate apologies, which
they would exchange"
- The invitation to General Hancock
to attend the Inauguration of Garfield,
recalls the fact that the great-hearted
Westerner, Douglas, went with tranquil
face to see Lincoln made President, and
walked into the ballroom with Mrs.
Lincoln on bis arm. The only two Pres
idents, l believe, who ever refused to scc
their successors inaugurated were the
Adams's. The first Adams left the Cap
itol in bitter passion before Jefferson
reached it, and retired to bis country
home, sonred and implacable old man.
The next Adams made way for Jackson
with hatred that he did not attempt to
conceal. He was taking o horseback
ride on the outskirts of Washington
while Jackson was taking the oath. All
theIothcr Presidents witnessed the inau-
guration Of their successors-but ! sup
pose we shall haze break in the custom
when Garfield is about to take the oath.
AS President Tilden has been prevented
by circumstances beyond his control,
from spending his term in the White
House, it is hardly probable that he will
ride over to Washington merely to sec.
his successor sworn in.
Quite breeze has been stirred by
report in reference to the inaugural
ball which states that nearly one.half of
the tickets sold have been purchased by
colored people. The occasion is 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 re.
port has been in circulation few tickets
have been bought, and the committee are
anxious about their finances. This little
circumstance shows how dead is the civil
rights legislation over which the great
parties bitterly contended. There has
come to pass an almost universal assent