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?fflSi? & HUMPHREYS. ANDERSON COURT HOUSE, S. C TH??TMORNING, MARCH 23, 1885. VOLUME 1.?-NUMBER 8. ; p? ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER, 13 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY, AT ??IVE .DOLLARS. FOE SIX MONTHS. HOYT & HXJMIPItUtEYS, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. Advertisements inserted* at Five Dollars a rqnare of twelve lines or less, for each insertion. . Obitua? ries and Marriage Notices charged for at regular rates. " . . gtfcs of ij[t Wittk Congressional. nd, Maerh 2.?The Senate con tho House amendment to the ing the office of provost mar it ?vi thin the lines of the array Bill was further considered un ur of adjournment, ate passed -the bill authorizing tary of the Treasury to receive om the several States, and use same'for the benefit of the several States. Tho report of the .committee of confer? ence on tho currency- bill was concurred in. The House amendment to the Sen? ate bill authorizing the Secretary of "War to negotiate with tho Governors of the several States for ?lavc labor was concur? red in. In the House, J. T. Loach submitted a resolution recommending Gen. Lee to be clothed with power to 'treat tor peace. Referred to iho Military committee.? "^SomcHime was spent in secret session. The bill providing for tho payment of Volton purchased in the Trans-Mississippi by government ogeut:> was further dis? cussed until the hour of adjournment. Richmond, March 6th.?In the Senato the House bill to amend the act regulat? ing the assessment and collection of tax in kind was considered and passed. (?hc House resolution fixing the day of ^adjournment was laid on the.table. ? The bill to muster negroes in tho army was takers up, whereupon- the Senate re olved into secret session. It - is under $ood that final action.on this .subject wilt ';^^-m^w^^ ^ ^ ? ^ it conference was appointed. Nothing else of importance. Bichmo.vp. March. 7.?In the Senntc thc.renai-t- from the Conference on the tax I'ill was concurred in by yeas V2, mays o. . ? , ? - The House bill for the employment of negroes was taken up. when Hon. 11. Zl. T. Hunter addressed the House at length ? in opposition to the bill, but said that he should vote for it in obedience to instruc? tions from -the Legislature of Virginia. Graham also spoko against the bill, Seiflmes warmly advocated the measure; and Orr opposed it; and the Senate took *u recess a/ter a speech by Burnett in fa? vor ?f In. the Horse, Geh. Hood's report of ?operations in Tennessee was presented. The report of the Conference Commit , tec on tax bill was agreed to. The bill imposes a tax 'of eight per cent, on all property not* exempted, and an additional tax of one per cent to raise money to pay the soldiers. The current expenses of the?gQ,ver'nment are t?'be paid one halt ' in Treasury notes and tho other half in certificates of indebtedness. The report of tho Committc of Conference on. the ex fcraption bill was agreed to. The bill is_8ub8tanlially the same as the House biil. Alter transacting some unimpoitant ? business the House adjourned. Richmond, March 8.?The' Senate re I "samcd the consideration of the House bill increasing the military force of the Con federate Stutcs?. Oui motion of Mr. Ca 'perton, the bill was amended by insert? ing a proviso; that no more than twenty five per cent, of the male slaves between IS and 45 in any State shall be called for under the provisions of the act. The bill, ?as amended;.passed. Yeas?Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Hen I ry, Hunger, Oldham, 'Scmmes, Sims', Wat Won, 9. ' Nays?Barnwell, Graham, Johnson of ?a., Maxweli, Orr, Test, Wigfall, 8. The Senate passed the House bill au aorising the Secretary of the Treasury > borrow specie to be applied to the ro pnption and reduction of the currency. The House resolution fixing the day of -"" lournment was amended by inserting itircbiy; the 11th aud adopted, by yeas ,>>jnays3. - - '% ' ' ? >frcu>ioND, ;iarch 11.?In the House v^Tuesday night, a message.wesroceived /rota tho President notifying Congress that he expected at an early !day to send in a communication which may require deliberative action and before that mes? sage was sent he requested the session to prolonged. [ M resolution TOstponing adjournment until Tuesday was adopted. The House receded from its amend? ment to the Serrate bill setting the time for conveniug the next session of Con? gress. In the Senate* to-day the House reso? lution extending the session wasconcur -red in* A message was receivedfrom-the Presi? dent vetoing the biii providing for the' promotion of officers in certain eases,?and after a debate, the bill was again passed by yeas' 21, nays 5. The House bill authorising tho Secre? tary of the Treasury to issue eighty mih Ilona of Treasury notes for the payment of arrears-duo to tl'-c- Army and JSTnvy, was passed by y?s 0,.n A message was reeeivedlr^s^^res ident vetoTving the bill aboijshiirigtho of? fice of Assistant Quartermasters, and Com? missaries, and providing for the appoint? ment of bonded agents instead. Tending tho consideration of the message? the House resolved itsolf in secret seces? sion. The House passed the appropriation hill for the expenses of the Government to December 31st, 1S65, and sustained tho President's veto of the bill providing for the promotion of officers ii\certain qases, b}T y<as 14, nays 45. 1 After a short secret session the llouse adjourned. -Cp-? Lincoln's Inaugural Address. . Fellow Oountiymcn: At this:second ap? pearing to take the oath oj" the Presiden? tial office^ there is loss occasion for an ex? tended address than was at' first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of the course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. 2sTow, at tho expiration of four years, during which public declarations j were constantly called at every phase of the great contest, which still absorbs the attention and vigorous enorgi.is of the na? tion, there is little that now couid bo pre? sented. The progrosa of our arms, Upon gghicl) all-else chiotly depends, is as well known to tho public as to myself?I trust with reasonable satisfactory encouragement to and- divide its efiVcts by negotiating. jlH, with h^h hopo.i for \ha fuliirn. 111 jli u piiiHuiuion in- regard ^toSPrZ?jfabu ventured On an.occasion correspond! i*t this. Four years ago ail eycsi wcrliRx-. iously directed to the impending civil war. All dreaded it. AH sought to avoid it; while tho inaugural address being deliver? ed from th&pUiCO was devoted altogether to^avitrg the Union without war, insur? gent agents were seeking to dcstr'03* it without, war, seeking to dissol vo the Unio n Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let it perish. ? . ^ War came. One-eighth of'the whole population were colored slaves not dis? tributed generally over the Union, but loealised.in the Sou thorn p?rt of it. These slaves cons tituted a peculiar and- wonder? ful interest all know. This1 interest'was somehow the cause of tho War. To strengthen, extend and per? petuate this interest was the object for 'which the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while the Govornmont claimed no right to it more than to re? strict territorial enlargement of it. Neither parry expected a war of the magnitude and duration which* it has al? ready jwkainedj neither anticipated that the cause of tho conflict might coa ic. pr.RO on. Before tho conflict rdionld .cease wc at least look for an easier triumph and a result less furidanfental and astounding, ? Both read the same Bible, pr,.y to the same God, and invoke his aid against the other. It may seem strsvn yje that any man should dare to ask a just God's as? sistance in Wringing the bread from tho 'sweat of other men's faces, but let n.s judge not that we-bo not judged-.. The players of .both should not bo ahsvwired?-rieith?r has-been answered fully. The Almighty' has His own purposes^ Woe to tho world! woo to tho world! because of oifenoesj for it must needs be that olfeuees come; but woe to that "man by whom offences como. .-??'": '. - Finally we hope and fervently pray thattho mighty scourge otwar may speed!, rly pass away. If God wills that it con? tinue until the bondman for two hundred years of unrequitted toil shail be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn w&b cost shall be paid by another drawn with the sword as was said three ? thousand years agoj so still must be ialJ> that the instrument's of the. Lionhtre -true-and righteous together with malico towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in right a's God gives us to eoe right. I/ot us strive on to' finish the work we are in; to bind up tho nation's wounds; to eai'e for him; who has" h?rn? the burdon and- heat OP the bat:tl'e, for his widow and his ofphans; and to do all which may achieve f?fid cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all na? tions. -.-<5>- , Richmond, March 9.?The following was received this afternoon v Headquarters, March 9,1865. Hon. J. C. Breckinridge, Secretary of War: Gen. Bragg reports that he- attacked the enemy yest erday, four miles in front of Kinston and drove him from his posi? tion. He disputed the ground obstinately and took a new line three miles from his first. "We captured three pieces of artih< lery and fifteen hundred prisoners. The number of tho enemy's dead and wounded left on the field is large, ours comparatively small. The troops behaved most handsomely Major Generals Hill and Hoko exhibi? ted their accustomed zeal and gallantly. R. E. Lee, General. ? Kitfst?if, near" which place the fight oc? curred, is situated ori~ the direct route from Goldsboro'to Newbern, and is about twenty miles east*of Goldsboro', and abcut thirty from -Newbern. It is supposed that this force of the enemy was advan? cing from Newborn against Goldaboro,' for the purpose of cutting tho railroad at that point. It is not probable, after this repulse, that the enemy will attempt to advanco, and-it is likely wo shall next hoar of them fulling back upon Newborn or changing their course to some other point of tho compass. -This movement of the enemy was evi? dently designed to bo co-operative with Sherman, and in-this light' and at this juncture it may bo of great value to us in embarrassing the movements of Sher? man. -*-? Richmond, March 11.?The following was received at Headquarters last night. Hon. J. C. Brcckenridgo, Secretary of War: Gen. Ros8er reports that on the sixth with a few of his men he attacked the en? emy near Harrisburg who were guarding provisions captured at Waynesboro. On tho next mornin<rkc aijain attacked them near Robe's Hill. Having detained them a day and night at tho river ho caused them to retire hi. haste, abandoning the oJi/.p?i^or?rhu^iyiTi-gT^i^i ', i f Hampton at daylight this m.orning drove him from his camp, taking hid guns and wagons, besides releasing a great number of our men captured by the ene? my. The gniis and wagons could not be brought off for want of horses. Many of the eneruy were killed and wounded. Our loss, was not heavy. Lieut. Col. B. L. King waskilledand Brig. Gen.Hamcs, and Cols. Hogan, and Harrison, and Majors Lewis, Furger3on md others wounded. R. E. Lee, General * -~4>~--1 Richmond, March 12?Tho Tribune says that Andy Johnson, demented by liquor when sworn into ofuce, mado a senseless discreditable harangue, and adds "if he has become a drunkard and does not reform, he cannot remain Vice President of the Uni? ted States." ?-New Orleans advices to the- ll'th state that Gen. Canby with staff left that day for the vicinity pf Mobile. Orders have been received*at New York to commence a draft" on-tho 15th. About tbirtcen-fiieusand names havo to be drawn. Senator Barlow, of Iowa has been con? firmed Secretary of tho Interior in place of Usher, resigned. The question of the admission of Scna ior* from Arkansas and Louisiana was postponed until December. Green Clay Smith has been appointed' minister to Spain.. Piere Soule and. family had arrived at the Citj' of Mexico. -e-* Fayetteville. N. C, March L?The la? test from tho front locates Sherman at Lynch's creek, twenty two miles from the. ! coast. It is supposed that Jie is striking for tho coast. .On the 26th there were no Yankees advancing~in this direction from. .Wilmington. *The Confedrato Steamer Chiek'amaugu was destroyed by her crew to prevent its falling into1 the hands of tho enemy, at Grey's point on ,the Capo Fear River on Saturday, and is a total wreck. . a gentleman from- Lnmberton reports that a courier arrived last night from Che raw with intelligence that a portion of Slier'man's army had been mot by our for? ces and defeated, and Sherman was re? treating in the direction of Charleston. This is not official. - ? - Richmond, March 6.?Official notice is givon to all Confederate officers and men delivered at Savannah or Charlston, dufl ring November and December'last, auj| all "delivored on the James river prior tq(| the first instant, that they are declared^ exobanged. 1 iPisrrllancoiTS. From theW.^ Y. Daily News, ofFeb.22,1885. TheJ Ashes of Charleston, With the fall of Charleston commences the tug of war. The conflict is about to assume its- fiercest, bloodiest, deadliest phase. There is no longer any doubt as to tho temper of the South. In the ashes of the doomed city, the retiring footsteps of its proud defenders traced their dcter .mination'to conquer independence; what? ever might bo the sacrifice of comfort, pnjpcrty or life. Charleston was to the Carolinians" what Moscow was to theEus sians. For beyond its-material value they ?reverenced it for tho sake of associations :that linked it with their emotions of pride ~and affection. If they had, obeyed their inclinations," they would have stood by the city to th:; last, spilling their life-blood drop by drop, -j.n its. defence. But the hour had come for them to sacrifice all lo? cal prejudices, all pride, al! passion, all sentimentality, all personal considerations to the cause in which they had embarked. They did not hesitate. The appeal jvas made to their moral courage, and it was answered by a devotion like thrt-whieh ? fired the sacred city of t he Muscovite, and gave to tho invader a blackened ruin for I Irls prize, and a desert for his land of] promise. One journal in this city, the most fan? atical of its kind, has asserted that it was cowardice which induced the abandon? ment of-Charleston. All men of intelli? gence know this to be false : a?I just men will ackowledge.it a slander, and all who appreciate true courago will blush for s!iame that it was over uttered. It was that kind of cowardice that impelled the lliack. Douglas to fling the heart of Bruce hto the centre of the Saracen host, that fj-ir its redemption his arm might be ner? ved to victory. It was the kind of cow? ardice that caused Tell to aimhissffaft at tho head, of his loved best; that caused the first Brutus to pronounce ?the doom of | death upon his son.-and the second Brutus lo slay his nearest friend. Some such cowardly instinct induced Fabius to shun the enemy, and Washington to follow his example, even when the failing spirits of J [:l\i3 countrymen seemed to upraid his cau ftlimiS.pOACV. ' 11 o,'7IT-..u.?? ^UwlkV feh?t fears to jeopardize a cause by grati? fying a Vanity or ambLion. Jt is- moral courage: the loftiest and purest thai God ;ias given to hia creatures. What man is there, who is not a fanatic or a simpleton, who-believes that the Northorn people wonlpVburn and destroy their property to assist^in suojugating the South. They would make every needful sacrifice to resist invasion; but for*con? quest, only such as avo- forced upon'them' by _the military power that conducts Ihe war. But at ?last tho North begins to comprehend tho stern, unfaltering and in? vincible purposo of tho foo. They under? stand at last the jiruo character of tho war and they know that it means'Southorn in? dependence or extermination. Three y?ars ago, or two, or even "a year ago, the capture of Charleston would hayo set the -Northern puh>e in a fever of cx citcuicrt and exultation.. To-day, al? though tho flags are flying, and cities and villages wear a holiday aspect, there is disccrnable in tho midst of strained en? thusiasm and superficial rejoicing, a more reflective mood than*has been apparent siucc tho commencement of hostilities! Our pcoplo have notlost all their sagacity ? in the whirl of excitement. They know that tho-Southerners do not burn their cities and destroy their property because of despair or phrensy: or if it bo madness there is a method in it that is dangerous, to others than themselves. " ... g?. The South has accepted a great bumwfi ajjon as a prelude, to a .gre^^triumph. Tho won-derful intellect that now controls the military action of the Confederacy has prompted thcsftcnfjco that even the North bcirolds^vilh wonder. Lot us -^pocfoss that, beneath the outward seeming of rc-j joicing there is bewilderment and forsbo-1 ding and a consciousness that the fruit we have so long reached for, and t hat, at last j has fallen of its own accord into our hands may turn to ashes on our lips. ' When American freemen go forth to battle with the flames of their homesteads" lighting 1 ^ their way to victory or death, dedicating their household goods to destruction, and giving all their wordly treasures as a trib? ute to-a political sentiment, the word.re? bellion, as appliod to them, loses its sig? nificance, and history records them as pat? riots, whether they fall or win. 4 Against this indomitablo will, this dog iged perseverance, this sublime devotion. St is in vain for fleets and armies'to con Rend. The Federal- Administration may lind in the riiius of Charleston;the begin? ning of the sequel to the late Peace Con ierence. They imposed conditions that no frco", brave people couia accept; ana now as a brave, freo. people, the South? erners are concentrating their energies for war to tho uttermost. It has been said-that the rebellion was a shell ; the sehll is burs, and while we hold the* worth? less fragments, its invulnerable core, the great strong heart, defies and.baffles us. To one who truly conceives the mean? ing of tho change of policy that has been inaugurated by the abandonment and de? struction of Charleston, the shadow of coming battles looks darker and more vast than ever before.' To one brain, we know how fertile tho rosourccs^-to one heart we know how firm and true?to one intellect, we know how gifted with martial attributes?to one man, wo know how'capable to plan, to strike, to thwart, to retrieve error or to take advantage of it, tho military fortunes ofthe South havo been confided. Free to act at his own volition, untrammeled by administrative interference, trusted, beloved and honor? ed by soldier and civilian-, he has lost no time in using his dictatorial power to re? model the whole systent of this warfare. The fall of Charleston is a consequence less of Sherman's prowesss than of Lee's | ^tratcgy. "Who gives a castle looks to gain a queen. -<=>-:?: The Evacuation of Charleston. We havo at length what W6 conceive to bo authentic, intelligence of tho fall of Charleston. It were worse than useless to bemoan over this event, though it Will cause poignant sorrow in the hearts of thousands. "Not only thoso whose homes wore in the beautiful' "city by tho sea^' will lament the giving up of the place to the-cnomy, who for four years have vain? ly thundered at its portals; but there are myriads of sympathizing hearts through? out Christendom who must mourn the military necessity that has yielded to oar vandal foe tho seat of so much elegance, refinement, hospitality and true chivalry Fallen though' Charleston be, her name will live in, history, and her heroic defence bo chronicled on the brightest pages of that record which transmits to posterity tho matchless deeds of-this revolution.. The evacuation was successfully eom pleted on Thursday, the 16th of February, between tho hours of twelve and one -o'clock, ^j^j^regjjs left; on the^ears of the 'North^al^pfraiJwa-y g^rr.gi tion of Klngstree. In addition to fall of tho cit3', of itself sorrowful in the extreme," we liave to re? cord one of the most horrible calamities that ever befel auy population. The De? pot of the South Carolina Railroad com? pany between Mary and Ann streets was filled with stores of the (Sommissarry, Quartermaster and Ordnance Department. Upon tho doparture of our forces such supplies as*'could not he removed wero al? lowed to the indigent c?izens, and the building was" thrown open for them.? While crowded with women and children some fixed ammunition was exploded, de? stroying the bouse trad causing tho death of three hundred persons. The sight was a most pitiable pne? and boggars descrip? tion. The flames immediately spread with the greatest rapidity, and it is feared that a largo portion of thacity must have been destroyed. The fire was in progress when tho Federal troops landed and they imme? diately tendered assistance and protection to the firemen engaged in staying the con? flagration. The explosion is supposed to have been* purely accidental; some boys having been seen engaged"- in amusing themselves with shells. It was certainly not caused by any military order, [?uyiuka Constitutionalist. Scraps of Ti3iE.?Try what you can make of the broken fragments of time: Clean up its golden dust?those raspings a^jd- parin'gs of precious duration?those leavings of days and remnant hours which so many are sweeping, out into the vast waste of existence. Perhaps, If you be a miser of moments?if }Tou befrugal, and hoard up odd minutes, andhalf hours and unexpected bdidays?your "careful glean? ing may eke you a- long, and. useful lito and you may die at last richer in exis? tence than multitudes whose time is all their own. .-_^?__ ; Fayetteville, 2.?Reliable 'intelligence from Cheraw this forenoon states that Sherman is still in that vicinity with three army corps. His left wing had taken the Tillarr's' ferry road towards Cheraw, and the others wero crossing lower down!"? Skirmishing was going, on day on tho 28th near Thompson's Creek, about four miles from town. Prisoners were being, brought in in small squads/ Our .cavalry was'holding the enemy in check, and troops had already gone out to reinforce those at Thompson's Creek. A Touching Incident of the War. A correspondent of tho New York T; U bune, with Gen. Sheridan's army. inakes\ the'following notice cf Sheridan's head? quarters, and the death of Col. John-Mar? shall, the grandson of Chief Justice Mar? shall, in the fight of the 35th of Novem? ber : .Gen. Sheridan had made his headquar- ?? ters at Bartonvillo, the venerable country seat, for more than a century past, of tho Bartons, who were1 formerly one of the' most wealthy and aristocratic families'of Winchester. ? The fine old stone mansion was origi? nally built for a fort, and 'was long pceu: pied as a frontier post in the olden times, and often garrisoned against the Indian??; Washington himself id said to have slept within its walls. It stands on the valley pike, facing westward, at the crossing of the Opc quan, and its massivo walls, still bomb? proof; though enlarged, and 'surrounded with everything new and elegant, sug? gests all that is ivy-grown and venera? ble in an American family history. . . [? Its broad, acres, now fenceless and wasted, and its beautiful lawn, now scared in the light of crowded camp-fires, afford ! one of the. saddest pictures of the desohr tion of war A beautiful child now stands upopTtfco jtorfch, a girl of ten summers, rosy and bright, Fannie Marshall-by name, a great grand-daughtei' of the distinguished chief justice of the.United States.. She clings to the hand-of Major-General Sheridan, who listens to hor prattle, and looks- up inquiringly into Iiis lace as the sound of distant cannon comes nearer to warn him . ho is needed in the front. . General Sheridan is a good locking man, in spite of tho wrctehedjj pictures of him which prcvaiLuiud by no means the' brutal ruffian which ho is" represented to bq, but a most genial, kindhearted, amia? ble-man, with a face running over with K smiles j and disposition full of humor and even boisterous good nature. As he* stoops to caress the fair child, the human for a moment cvidcntl3T sub? dues the heroic,'for he lingers at the part? ing as if he knew, what theebud'does not that her father. (Col. John Marshall of the Confederate army,) is the gallant cfrl cer who e'o fiercely pressed forward the of his homestead, and whom it is his duty to sweep from the very hearth'sloiic of his family. On come the Confederate troopers, ev? idently urged by more 'tha? ordinary zeal and impetuosity. .Charge follows charge and volley answers volley. 0ur bravesE are falling; tho line wavers; even Custar is forced backward; and the Confederate father rushes homeward to'his wife and child., A strange light kindles in Sheridan's eye. He no longer smiles, but-hastiiy and gently caresses the child, and after order? ing his>iieadqnarters niftre to the rear as' the hostile cannori" come near, with all tho soldier again in his face.lie presses rapidly to the front. Alas for tho sad fate of wrr: ti.v. pres? ence of Sheridan is inevitable death and destruction" to the enemy.' . ? He had scarcely reached the fi>ld cro the"gallant Col.-Marshall is slain at the head of his command, while bravely pre ^ig forward-immediately in front of his homestead, and not three miles distant therefrom. -:-o?:-l_ Character is Poweh,?It is often said ? that knowledge is power, and this is true. Skili of faculty of any kind carries with it superiority. So to a certain extent, wealth is power and ranleis power; frtJG intellect u power, and genius has a t'rr.n cendant gift of mastery Over men. But higher, purer and better than all. more constant in its inilucncc, more lasting in its sway, is the power of character, that power w"hrc& ehvr.nates from ? pure and lofty mind/ Take any community; who is the man' of most influence? To whom do all look up with reverence?- Kot tin? "smartest" man, nor<?-the cleverest politi? cian, nor'tire most brilliant'talker; but he who, in a long course of years, tried by the'extremes of prosperity and adversity ? has approved himself to the judgment of his neighbors, and of all who" have seen his life, as worthy to bp called good and wise. 1 ??-o Don't " Belong to Them.?A drunken soldier, a few nights since, was being con? veyed to tho guard house for riotous con? duct. Confed. quietly submitted, and as he was hall carried,' bal?forced along,.ex? claimed, " You may gag, shoot, hang or kill this individual'; But, no matter what you do, I want in distinctly understood! .. doh'fc belong to tliat d?d Wheeler cavalry c**vd:" ?;--j.?*-_. An officer of Sherman's army is raising a wh&e regiment in Charleston.'