The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 21, 1866, Image 2
THE. ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER,
BY JAMES A.. HOYT.
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FEOM WASHINGTON.
Washington, June 16.?The Senate was not in
session, and nothing of interest occurred in the
House?the time being taken up with unimportant
political speeches.
W. W. Seaton, for many years editor of the In
itttxgmccr, and ex-Mayor of the city, died to-day,
aged eighty-one.
The President has pardoued Gen. George Maney,
of Nashville, and Wade Keys, of Montgomery, Ala., j
Ikte- Assistant Attorney-General of the Confederate
States.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce re?
commended that Congress pass an Act to relieve
the China and Japan steamship line from stopping j
at Honolulu, by which ten days are lost each trip,
and suggests the propriety of subsidizing a line of
small steamers between the Sandwich Islands and
Son Francisco.
Washington, June 18.?In the Senate, Mr. Har?
ris presented a petition of seven New York banks,
asking an extension of time on the tax on circula?
tion; which was referred to the Finance Commit?
tee. The President, in rcsponso to a resolution of
tho Senate, transmitted a communication from the
acting Secretary of the Interior to that body, re?
specting tho transactions for colonization, trans?
portation, &c, of negroes. The report was made
March 7, 1804, showing that upwards of S33.Q00
had been expended ; which was augmented by a
supplemental report to S37,391. The report fur?
ther says the Act of 18G2, under which this was
done, was subsequently repealed, and no other
measure of a similar character has since been
passed by Congress.
In the House, Mr. Stevens offered a joint reso?
lution, proposed an amendment to the Constitution,
giving Congress the power to lay an export duty
on cotton; he refused to allow debate, and pressed
the measure to a vote, hoping to got it passed by a
two-thirds vote. The resolution was rejected?
yeas 59, nays 61.
Mr. Bingham offered a resolution, which was
passed, requesting the President to transmit the
Reconstruction Committee's constitutional amend?
ment, lately adopted by Congress, to tho several
States for ratification.
Mr. Raymond, of New York, delivered a long
speeech on reconstruction, declaring himself a
faithful and consistent member of tho Republican
party, yet defending tho President.
The State Departmeut has been officially ad?
vised by the Consul at Havana that Lersundi, the
new Captain-General of Cuba, has expressed him?
self determined to suppress the traffic in slaves.
He notifies the subordinate Lieutenant-Governors
that he will hold them to a strict accountability
for any violation of bis orders in this respect,
which are from the Queen. *
The Senate Financial Committee has reported
a tax bill reducing the tax on cotton to two cents
per pound.
FEOM EUROPE.
New Yobk, June 16.?The steamship City cf
Baris arrived to-day, bringing advices from Liver?
pool to the 5th, and Queenstown to the 6th instant.
The failure of Agrio & Mostenau's bank has
caused considerable depression; the liabilities arc
heavy. Tho crisis on the continent continues, and
war is inevitable.
The conference has been abandoned, in conso
quence of the- demands of Austria, which rendered
tho mediation of the neutral powers an impossi?
bility. The neutrals have broken off all negotia?
tions, and it remains for the belligerents to nego?
tiate among themselves to inaugurate war. It is
believed that hostilities will commence in the Elbe
Duchies, and that Austria's great move will be to
sieze Silesia. Prussia will probably commence
the war, and has already sent circulars to the
neutral powers, charging Austria with a flagrant
breach of treaties.
The Prussian army comprises 452 battalions of
Infantry, 320 squadrons of cavalry, and 1,086
field pieces of artillery. The Italian volunteers
number 95,000. The Austrian Army now num?
bers 900,000, aud it is supposed 350,000 will oper?
ate against Prussia, and 250,000 against Italy, ex?
clusive of reserves. It is reported that if Prussia
seizes Holstein, tho Austrians will cross the fron- j
tier. Spain's forces have bcon^augmented to 86,
000.
Tho London Times declares that all hopes of
peace have vanished.
Tho Government reform bill, in tho British Par?
liament, was referred without discussion. The
impression is that the Government will withdraw
it, but there is no such indication.
London, June 8.?The Prussian troops entered
Holstein on the 7th. The Austrians were concen?
trating at Altona, where a collision is expected.
These movements ore regarded a9 a virtual com?
mencement of war.
It is confirmed that France has officially notified
England and Prussia of the negotiations for peace.
Napoleon says it is well that Austria takes upon
Jersolf a grave responsibility.
THE FENIANS.
The army of the Irish republic has not entirely
disbanded yet. They seem to have been rein?
forced at Buffalo, and it is thought that there will
yet be some trouble. Government orders have
been received countermanding tho return of the
neutral troops, in view of the last news.
The Canadians are greatly frightened at the re?
cent action of the House of Representatives in
regard to the neutrality laws, and were in a state
of excitement respecting a pitched battle to which
the Fenian General Burns has challenged the Bri?
tish Colonel Lowcry.
Malone is entirely deserted by the Fenians.
They have abandoned the expedition and returned
to their homes generally.
A row took place among a party of Fenians on
the Hudson River Railroad, on Wednesday night.
They helped themselves freely from the milk cans
on the train, and afterwards obtained drinks at the
bar of the Trivoli Hotel without paying. Two men,
it is alleged, were thrown from the train, one of
whom is believed to have been fatally injured.
Nothing of importance transpired in this city
yesterday, relative to Fenian movements. The
officers who have returned from the front were in
session during the day, pooposing plans for their
future action:; it appeared to be the determination
to renew their attack at no distant day.?Xew
M tonte, 160.
GLEANINGS FROM OUB EXCHANGES.
? It is stated that pickpockets relieved General
Grant of his watch and Speaker Coliax of his purse 1
at General Scott's funeral.
? There are said to be at present only 480 sol?
diers in Georgia, and good order prevails through?
out the State.
'? The wheat, corn, and fruit crops, in East
Tennessee, are reported thrifty and promising.
? The Secretary of the Treasury has received
from Decatur, Alabama, specimens of new counter?
feit $50 and $100. The lettering is somewhat
blurred, the paper poor, and color of note too light,
as compared with the genuine.
? Governor Tat ton, in his late letter to Con?
gress, makes the startling announcement that there
aro fully twenty thousand widows and sixty thou?
sand orphans (whites) in Alabama, and that three
fourths of them aro utterly destitute!
? Silver has been discovered on a farm near
Greenville, Augusta county, Va., and old miners
pronounco the developments very rich.
_ There is a project on foot among the Israelites
of tho United States to build a magnificent college,
for the purpose of educating the young men pro?
fessing that faith in all the scientific and classical
branches, but particularly in Jewish Theology.
? The Indianapolis Journal says that the Me?
tropolitan Literary Association, of that place, of
which, no doubt, the editor of the Journal is a
member in a good standing, " contemplates mak?
ing an excursion to the historic spot known as the
Mammoth Cave, about the 25th instant."
? It is stated that the negro troops stationed at
Fort Smith, Ark., aro mutinous becauso they are
under orders to March to New Mexico. A consid?
erable number of them aro under arrest. At one
timo there was danger of a fight between tho white
and black troops. A number of the blacks sworo
they would rather die than go to New Mexico, and
loaded their guns to resist the officers. Thoy wcro
finally quelled, however.
? The Malay Prince, now visiting England, re?
gisters himself at the hotels as Datu Tumonggong
Abubakar Sir-Marahaiah, of Johore.
? The counties of Edgecombc, Ghowan and
Wilkes, North Carolina, havo resolved to pay tho
gold value of the debts contracted by them respect?
ively during the war.
? From India, we are sorry to learn that Mr.
Rustomjee Jamesetjoe Jeejecbhoy has resigned his
scat in the Council through ill health.
? Many of tho most experienced physicians of
New York are said to have expressed the convic?
tion that the disease at quarantine is not cholera
of the Asiatic type, at all, and that the "casos" in
the city, about which so much fuss is making, were
only an aggravated diarrhea, or at the worst,
cholera morbus.
? The Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia, who
was suspended from office a week ago, because he
was not pardoned, was, on Thursday, restored to
his full political and civil rights by being pardoned
[ by the President. The Mayor was a Confederate
officer captured at Fort Fisher.
? General Beaurcgard visited the LivorpoolEx?
change on tho 30th ult., where, his presence be?
coming known, great interest was excited, and tho
news-room rapidly filled. Ho wus applauded on
leaving, and considerable numbers of people fol?
lowed him through the streets.
? It is now said that Gen. Joe. E. Johnston has
declined the Presidency of the Tonnessce River
and Alabama Railroad, and remains at the hoad of
the National Express Gompany, and is to reside in
Baltimore.
? Harvesting has commenced in tho northwest?
ern part of Georgia. The wheat crop is an average
one. The corn prospects aro fair. Kot much at?
tention paid to cotton.
? Heavy freshets have followed the lato rains in
Alabama. It is estimated that the cotton crop on
the Alabama river has been damaged to the extent
of 50,000 bales. The river still very high.
? In the United States District Court, at Mont?
gomery, on the 5i.li instant, Judgo William G.
Jones, indicted for treason, was admitted to bail
in the sum of $20,000. Tho case of G. W. Gayle,
indicted for endeavoring to incite a conspiracy to
assassinate President Lincoln, was continuod until
the November term.
? In one of the lower counties of Georgia, says
tho Columbus Sun, one individual paid sixty-one
thousand five hundred dollars internal revenue
tax for April last. Poor man, what consolation?
but nevertheless, hurrah for Georgia.
? Tho hog cholera and army worm arc troubling
farmers in different parts of Illinois. The potato
bug is making serious havoc in some sections of
Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.
? Tho Radicals of Missouri are still indicting
and fining ministers of the gospel for preaching
without taking the "test oath."
? A number of prominent and well-known gen?
tlemen of New York aro said to have subscribed
a handsome sum recently for the benefit of Mr.
Davis.
? The Pall Mall Gazette gives currency to the
rumor that the Emperor Napoleon has written to
tho Emperor Maximilian, asking him to give over
the administration of the Mexican customs to tho
French authorities, as a guarantee for the payment
of the interest on thee per cent, loan, and adding
that unless this is done it will be necessary to re?
call the French troops,
? About one o'clock Tuesday night, says the
Petersburg Index, a fire broko out in tho office of
tho Daily Express, on Bank street, and rapidly
spreading from that office to the building adjoin?
ing, occupied as a lawyer's office, consumed nearly
all the inflammable material of both buildings in
tho course of an hour. The Express lost its types,
presses, books?everything. Both buildings wcro
insured, but to what extent is not known. The
proprietors of the Daily Express were insured on
their printing materials, buildings, &c, for some
$8800. The fire was evidently the work of an in?
cendiary.
? Letters from Madrid give some particulars of
the military conspiracy which has lately been dis?
covered in that capital. An attempt wa3 made on
the night of the 24th ultimo, by nearly the whole of
the garrison, to raako a pronunciamcnto, which it
was hoped would be supported by a popular insur?
rection. Fortunately for the Government, it re?
ceived timely information of the conspiracy, which
it prevented from assuming a serious character by
immediately arresting a great number of officers
who were implicated in the affair. Marshal O'Don
noll was, it is said, obliged to pass the night in the
Ministry of tho Interior, and it is intended to place
Madrid and $exr Castile in a state of siege.
? A remarkable case of mistaken identity has
just come to light. Several years ago an English
burglar named Collins killed his wife on the out?
skirts of Providence, Rhode Island. On the day
of the murder a sea captain named J. M^Cookson?
and his wife quarreled and separated. Wlitn^the
body of Mrs. Collins was found it was identified as
that of Mrs. Cookson whose husband was arrested,
tried, and would have been hanged but for the
timely reappearance of his wife. The question
was then raised, who was the murdered woman ?
The answer has at last been furnished by a profes?
sional burglar, recently arrested in New York, who
knew Collins and his wife, and who has related all
the facts to the police authorities, of New York.
3tAdltytnctx.
Thursday Morning, June 21st, 1866.
OUR SECOND VOLUME.
The present issue begins the second volume of
tho Intelligencer, new series, and as it is customary,
wc embrace the occasion to have a brief chat with
I our numerous readers. Under the most unfavora?
ble circumstances, when the people were disheart?
ened and tho country in most deplorable condition,
just one year ago the Intelligencer was sent forth
to buffet the minds of adversity and breast the
storm of dire misfortunes. With an earnest pur?
pose to subserve the best interests of the District
and State, we buckled on the armor of a journalist
in lieu of the sword which had been freshly laid
away; and though there were many trials and
difficulties to encounter, the severity of tho one
nor magnitude of the other did not deter us from
pursuing that course which was dictated by man?
liness, prudence and patriotism. Those who have
followed our editorial career during tho past
twelvo months can best decide with what fidelity
we have executed the self-imposed trust of a "sen?
tinel upon the watchtower." But this much wo
arc bound to declare, that all our efforts have met
with warm encouragmcnt, and to-day the Inlcflt
gencer is established upon a sound and safo basis
for the future. At no time, during our long con?
nection with the press, have wo been more en?
couraged to work with and for the people, and it
shall be our honest purpose to requite that appre?
ciation of the public with the very best endeavors
of mind and heart. None can more truthfully af?
firm their indebtedness to a genorous public than
we, and it would be baso ingratitude and shameful
recreancy on our part wcro this acknowledgment
withheld on the present occasion.
From time to time, new improvements and styles
are introduced into these columns, and it is our in?
tention to supply many more, as we progress.?
Whatever may be necessary to tho conduct of a
first-class newspaper will be procurred, aud tho
reader may feel satisfied that, instead of retro?
grading, our motto Bhall bo to press onward in the
path of intelligence, virtue and truth. Without
distinctly foreshadowing our intentions, the
patrons of the Intelligencer may expect that during
the prosent year additional evidence will be given
that we are determined to morit a continuanco of
their favor and encouragement, by the introduc?
tion of new and more attractive features of journ?
alism.
With this outlining of the past, present and
future, we make our best bow beforo the commu?
nity and District, trusting that brighter omens may
yet hang over them, and that tho misfortunes and
calamities of by-gone days may bo obscured by
prosperity and happiness in times to come.
EQUITY COURT.
Tho Court of Equity will begin its session at
this place on Monday next. We learn that Chan?
cellor Johnson is expected to preside.
ANOTHER REVIVAL.
Religious sorvices havo been held in the Metho?
dist Church of this place for several days and
nights, and much interest is manifested among the
large congregation in attendance. Some eight or
ten persons have united themselves with the
Church up to this writing.
THE DEBATING SOCIETY.
The favor of our correspondent "Cicebo" indi?
cates that the suggestion made last week in refer?
ence to the formation of a Debating Society has
not been allowed to pass by unheeded. Others
have encouraged the project, and all will have an
opportunity on next Wednesday evening to unite
in the furtherance of a beneficial object. The
young men of the village are particularly requested
to come forward on that evening, and testify their
appreciation of the many advantages accruing
from such an organization.
THE HOT SUPPER
Given by the ladies of the Methodist congrega?
tion on Thursday evening last, proved an eminent
success. The spacious HaU was well-filled with
anxious purchasers, who left their money in goodly
sums with the fair saleswomen. The evening was
altogether a pleasant entertainment, and the ladies
were handsomely rewarded for their untiring la?
bors in preparing tho feast. Wo learn that the
nett proceeds of the supper amount to $225, or
upwards. This liberality and generous donation
on the part of citizens and strangers will enable
our Methodist friends to embellish and adorn their
house of worship in becoming stylo. Their success
is worthy of congratulation.
THE TWENTY-THIRD AT WALHALLA.
The Masonic fraternity of our neighboring vil?
lage, Walhalla, intend celebrating St. John's Day
on next Saturday, 23d inst. We learn that Gov.
Ouu and Rev. T. S. Astiiur, of Greenville, arc
expected to address the assembly. Tho ladies of
that vicinity, for the purpose of raising funds for
an educational enterprise, will also give a supper
on that evening, and the day's enjoyment will con?
clude with a Ball, of which Mr. H. W. Piepkk is
principal manager. Surely, our friends of Wal?
halla will find enough to interest and amuse from
this variety of entcrtaiumont We wish them un?
alloyed pleasure on the occasion.
ANOTHER CHANGE OF GARRISON.
We have to chronicle another exchange of troops
in the conduct of this important (?) military post.
The 15th Maine, or rathor two companies of that
Regiment, on duty here for the past six or eight
weeks, have been relieved and ordered to Charles?
ton to be mustered out of service. Wo learn that
Co. "I.," 8th Regular Infantry, has supplied tho
vacancy thus created.
In taking leave of the lato garrison, simple
justice demands that we should make known the
favorable opinion entertained by our citizens gen?
erally for their propriety and good behaviour
during their sojourn amongst us. With rare ex?
ceptions, they were excellently behaved and
ovinced the strictest regard for discipline and good
conduct. Ilaving served faithfully in tho army,
the 15th Maine did not choose to obliterate their
deeds of valor by unnecessary tyranny and op?
pression over their recent foes. And as one who
dearly loved the causo of the South, we take pleas?
ure in adding our testimony to the soldierly bear?
ing of these men while quartered in this commu?
nity. The officer commanding, Brev't. Brig. Gen.
B. B. Mubeat, was known to few of our citizens,
we believe, but by that few respected as an officer
intent on performing his duty, and nothing more.
If it will be any satisfaction to members of the 15th
Maine, they may rest assured that the citizens of
Anderson would prefer them always, whenever a
garrison is deemed necessary at this point.
The present garrison is bivouacked near the
University building, we understand.
The detachment of cavalry, from the Fifth Regu?
lars, has also been relieved.
SHALL BELLET BE AFFOBDED THE DESTITUTE] I
We are well aware that the' condition of the !
country at this time does not admit of an extensive j
scale of liberality and munificence in dispensing a ;
charity, but at the same time there is an imperative
demand for concerted efforts on the part of suoli as
are ablo to relieve temporarily the want, suffering,
and absolute destitution among the poorer clusses
of this section. There is no exaggeration in the
statement that there are. hundreds of people in this
District actually destitute of the necessaries of life,
and there is scarcely a day passes that we do not
hear and see the incoufestible proof of the declara?
tion. In the case of many, they have boen strug?
gling with adversity until the wheat crop might be
harvestod and their sustenance be derived from its
proceeds; but in numerous instances these falla?
cious hopes have been far from being realized in
consequence of the crop proving so far short of
general expectation, and the scantiness of the past
is only ten-fold increased for the future. Months
will elapse beforo the corn crop is forthcoming, and
in the meantime, with additional numbers, the des?
titute of the District must toil and struggle for tho
bare sustenance of life and strength, and in the
end their prospects may possibly be far more
gloomy and doubtful than at the present momenff
We place this appeal upon the broad ground of
universal charity, that godly quality " which vaun
teth not itself." There is a moral obligation rest?
ing upon all alike to use every endeavor to mitigate
suffering and want, and whenever or whoever of
God's creatures may be brought to the door of star?
vation, there is a solemn duty, imperative and un?
yielding, for each of us to contribute " the widow's
mite," if need be, to alleviate their helpless condi?
tion. But we have a particular class in this com
munity, in whose welfare and comfort there shall
bo an all-absorbing interest manifested, and whose
ordinary wants in life should earliest claim our
close attention. It is hardly necessary to add that
the class alluded to comprises the widows and or?
phans of our doad heroes?the weeping wife of him
who went fortli to battle in defence of principles we
all held sacred, and the helpless children of that
father who so nobly perished in tho maintenance
of those principles. Among (his class there are
many, alas ! too many who have been deprived of
every resource by the war and its results, and they
are left to brook the cold charities of a merciless
world, and engage in tho strife for an honest live?
lihood, almost forgotten by those who cheered the
stay and support of the family to risk his life for
our common weal! But they are not forgotten for
a single moment by the comrades of those men who
now sleep in nameless graves upon far-off battle?
fields. No ! a thousand times no ! And though
others may forget and overlook the wants and ne?
cessities of their poor orphans and helpless women,
the true and worthy soldier of the " lost cause'* can
never hesitate to raise his voice in their behalf and
rebuke the Pharisaical spirit which would pass
thorn by on the other side!
From among this class, we arc reliably informed,
there are scores of instances where the actual want
of broad to sustain life is sorely felt, and the worst
is yet to como. Tho rude blasts of wintor will
find them still uncared for and unprovided with
food and raiment. Now is tho time td prepare
against that emergency, and to the noble, glorious
women of our District?those who were ever fore?
most in the prosecution of means to sustain our ar?
mies in the field?the appeal is confidently made,
not only to relieve temporary suffering, but provide
against the contingency of probable destitution du?
ring the coming winter. By the memory of all
that was deemed holy and sacred but a few months
back?by the recollection of tho privations and
sacrifices of those men who shed their blood in
your cause?by tho tender emotions which are
ever uppermost in your warm, trusting hearts?by
all that is reverenced and esteemed in the past, and
whatever is worth living for in the present, let it
not be said that you were faithless in the discharge
of that duty which all alike owe to the surviving
families of our departed heroes. Men may become
absorbed in the new duties under which they labor,
to the exclusion of their full share of responsibility
in the care and protection of these homeless and
comfortless women and children, but Heaven for?
bid that the women of our country shall so soon
become engrossed in the nurture of fashion, in the
tinsel and gewgaws of display, that they shall ex?
clude from their minds the hundreds of their sex
who are daily perishing for the want of food. Men
may neglect to exercise that all-sufficient charity
which covereth a multitude of woes, but pure and
lovely woman?she who was "last at the cross and
first at the grave" of Him who taught mankind to
display this virtue?cob never forget the task as?
signed her in miuistering to the wants of the needy
or comforting the distrcssod.
The opportunity is now presented for the ladies
of this District to prove themselves worthy of the
exalted estimation in which they arc held. The
wives and children of your own countrymen arc
the sufferers, and upon your exertions depend
their succor and relief. In the common wreck,
others cannot assist by their moans; the whole
South, with few exceptions, stands to-day in this
condition: and it is, therefore, absolutely essen?
tial that the work be entrusted to your own hands.
When the South was prosperous, these appeals
were not necessary, for there were few or no pau?
pers in our midst. When the struggle for inde?
pendence ensued, the cause was universally ap?
plauded throughout this section, and it then re?
quired a simple declaration to secure all the as?
sistance for tho families of soldiers that might be
needed. But the case is far different at this time,
and those who labor to maintain the sinking
hearts and desolate lives of such as lost their all
in the Confederate cause, are surely working for
tho survivors of a principle that is contemned and
detested throughout this broad land of boasted
freedom. The effort is far more praiseworthy now
than when fairer skies and brighter hopes cheered
the laborer, and the truly sincere and faithful are
those who dare incur tho odium and obloquy of
defeat. All others are mere drones in the hive,
and their labor is utterly worthless, because they
sink beneath tho weight of the "burden and heat
of tho day."
For the Intelligencer.
Mr. Editor : Having noticed an article in the
editorial columns of your last paper, under the
head of " Debating Society," tho object of wflich, I
understand to be, the organization of a Debating
Society in this village, I feel confident that the
suggestion is highly approved and sanAioned by
all lovers of researching argument, general infor?
mation and elocution. It has been through similar
societies that many of the groat men of history
first revealed to tho world their genius and talent,
and it is possible that we may have in our midst,
talent of the first order and genius, which other?
wise might remain forever obscure and neglected.
Wo suggest that a meeting be held in the Court
House on Wednesday evening next, 27th inst., at
eight o'clock, for the purpose of organizing and
establishing this society. All who feel interested
are desired to bo present. CICERO.
? Col. Harry Gilmcr, late C. S. A., has written a
book entitled "Four Years in the Saddle." It will
be ready for delivery on the let of July.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEWBERRY.
A terrible and destructive fire occurred in the
town of Ncwberry on Monday morning last, about
3 o'clock, a. m., consuming about twenty-five
houses in the business portion of the village. The
stores of Messrs. B. Duncan, TV. F. Pratt, J. H.
Rutlcdge & Bro., Marshall & Bro., R. B. Holman
& Co.. A. M. Wicker, Buist & Ward, Lovelace &
Wheeler, T. Gouin, P. S. Jacobs, S. Montgomery,
C. W. Montgomery, Capt. Boyce and John Nesley,
Drs. W. B. MeKelkr and J. E. Dapray's Dentist
offices, the old Newberry Hotel, in which was Gen.
Kinard's store, and the dwelling houses of Capt.
Isaac Davis, Dr. R. S. Whaley, Mrs. Dr. Thomp?
son and S. Montgomery, were all destroyed by the
fire. Also, the office of the Newberry Herald, and
we hear that our friends lost heavily, as no doubt
thoy could save but little from the flames. The
fire broke out in the Thespian Hall. Rumor has
it that some of the garrison, which left Newberry
on that morning, originated the fire, as they had
been heard to threaten such a calamity.
This almost total destruction of the business
portion of our sister town will entail much dis?
tress and inconvenience, and the tmfferers have our
entire sympathy in their misfortunes. We trust
that, if the rumor is well founded that soldiers
were concerned in the incendiarism, the fact may
come to light, and the perpetrators of this black?
ened infamy bo brought to punishment. The
torch of the incendiary and the knife of the assas?
sin are equally infamous, and it behooves every
lover of good order to ferret out the one as the
other. In this connection, it will hardly be out
of place to suggest that there is small security
against a like calamity in this community, and wc
trust that the occasion will be improved by an
earnest effort to organize an efficient Fire Com?
pany in this village. Who will make the first
move in this direction ?
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
' The latest advices from across the waters indi?
cate that the belligerent powers are madly intent
upon a general war on the continent. The efforts
at. pacification have signally failed, and Austria
and Prussia, the two confronting powers, are de?
fiant and desperate in their preparations to begin
an early inauguration of hostilities. While France
directly involved in this difficulty, the other
greit powers, Russia and Great Britain, aro neu?
trals so far, but none can declare with safety that
they are to be exempt from the meshes of actual
strife and warfare altogether.
Already the influence of this gigantic struggle is
being felt in the financial circles of this country,
and tho exorbitant demand for gold in Europe
may speedily dethrone the reign of '.'greenbacks"
in the United States. With the commercial classes
of the North there is a redundancy of this cur?
rency, and the toppling from the giddy height of
prosperity and accumulated wealth may be looked
for whon the control of the money market is be?
yond the reach of Northern capitalists and specu?
lators ; and if this war in Europe continues to
grow in magnitude, that period may be greatly
hastoned thereby. Thdfe are not many in the
South who hare a personal interest in the results
of this question, since nine-tenths of the capital
has been suddenly swept away, but nevertheless
the material prosperity of every section is in?
volved to a greater or less extent, and we cannot
look ou with stolid indifference.
For ike Intelligencer.
RECONSTRUCTION.
Standing on the Benson House piazza, only yes?
terday, my attention was attracted to a coach drawn
by two beautiful horses. This being an unusual
sight in our quiet town, I was determined to ascer?
tain the cause of the singular apparition. Follow?
ing the vehicle until it stopped in front of the city
confectionary and restaurant, I beheld a gentle?
man tfresscd in a suit of deep blue, and evidently a
non-commiss:sned officer in the U. S. A., accompa?
nied by a lady, enter tho carriage, when the coach?
man npplied the whip and around they came.
Suddenly the reins were drawn and the horses
halted exactly where I stood. I was yet mystified,
and could not imagine the cause of the display.
Botli sprang from the coach, and in an agitated
manner a few brief sentences were spoken ; then
they entered a well-furuislied parlor, and a minis?
ter united them in the holy estate of matrimony.
The happy pair received congratulations from
those present, again sought the carriage, and went
on thoir way rejoicing?hoping for better times to
come, when everything will be rightly reconstruc?
ted. The whole affair was so suddenly consum?
mated that the hum-drum of our village life was
scarcely disturbed by this practical illustration of
Reconstruction in the Union!
For the Intelligencer.
THINGS UNBECOMING AT CHURCH.
1. To see a person laughing and talking in time
of preaching.
2. To stand outside the church and talk in a loud
tone while services are being held.
3. To chew tobacco and spit upon the floor when
spittoons are in reach.
4. To get up from your seat and go out with?
out sufficient cause, when the minister is deliver?
ing his sermon.
6. To rush out of the church after benediction.
We have seen so much of the above of late, at
revivals, that wc could not refrain from giving
them publicity?hoping that those who have been
accustomed to these ill-bred habits will abstain
from them. It is as easy to do right as wrong.
OBSERVER.
HUMANITY OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU!
Beverly Nash (formerly the "Post's witness"
against General Hampton, and who afterwards
confounded his Radical believers by coming out
with the truth in the*matter of the burning of Col?
umbia,) turns up again in the Steedman-Fullar
ton report on the condition of the negroes in
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Beverly, it
will be remembered, is a negro, and he appears to
make great use of his ability to read and write.
Thus it appears from the report that General Ely,
who has charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in South
Carolina, and who "works" plantations on his own
account, packed twenty-nine negroes, men, women
and children, suffering from small-pox, and un?
provided with tho most ordinary necessities, into
one room' twenty by twenty-four in size, causing
much suffering among them from neglect. Beverly
thereupon took to his pen, ink and paper and
wrote a complaining letter upon this subject, which
was published in a Charleston paper devoted to
the interests of the negroes. But as Ely did not
like this "treason in the camp," and preferred not
to havo such letters written about his course, he
upbraided the too candid Beverly, and tried to in?
duce the negroes in his district to get up a meeting
and to "resolve" that he was all right. This,
however, they refused to do, and this was the
pretty mess that General Steedman stumbled upon
in Columbia.?Neio York News.
The Laurensville Herald has besn told of a gourd
vine which came up in the garden of Mr. J. H.
Owings, who lives on Rabun's Creek, in that Dis?
trict, and which said vine bore to full maturity
three hundred and forty gourds / Shade of Jonah!
J help our unbelief in that Laurent; gourd story.
STATE NEWS.
We learn from the Adoert?er that Capt. James
Tillman, brother of Senator Tillman, of Edgefield,
departed this life at the residence of his widowed
mother, on the 8th inst. The deceased was a
youth in years, says the Advertiser, but a hero in
Bervice and achievement, having served through
the war with truest valor and devotion, and its
close found him Captain of a brave company of tho
well-remembered 24th S. C. Vols. He slumbers
with the brave army of his comrades gone before.
We live to meet and perform the duties entailed by
a faithless sacrifice. Let us be as true to our
country as ho was to his.
The Sumter Watchman, of the 13th inst., ac?
knowledges the receipt of two stalks of cotton,
which are of remarkable growth, all things consid
ered->-they being a little more than twelve inches
in height from the ground upward. These stalks
were fair specimens from a field of forty acres.
The Kingstree Star regrets to learn that the
dwelling house of Mr. Cleland Belin was destroyed
by fire on the night of the 6th inst., together with
every piece of furniture he possessed. The only
thing saved was money and papers. The fire is
supposed to have been the result of accident. The
Star also states that a most bri.tal murder was
committed in that District last week, on the plant?
ation of Capt J. A. Salters. i. negro boy, aged
about twelve years, murdered another boy about
seven. The murderer took offence at some trifling
cause given by the deceased, and beat him in a
severe manner. He afterwards attempted to drown
the boy in a pond of water, but finally knocked
him in the head with an axe, and iiecreted the body,
which had not been found up to :he time of this
writing. Several small negroes witnessed the
murder, but were too young to render any assist?
ance. Here is a case for a Bureau of some kind.
A cold, wet, and backward spring, says the York
ville Enquirer, has been followed by continuous
and heavy rains, that have done serious damage to
the crops. The prospects of farmers in this Dis?
trict, arc altogether disheartening. The unsettled
condition of the labor system?bad seed, and wet
weather, have all combined against him. The cot-f
ton is scarcely yet visible above the ground, and
promises badly. The wheat crops are better, but
less than an average will be produced.
Another destructive hail storm passed over the
upper portion of the District, on Saturday last, ut?
terly ruining many farms.
The Greenville Enterprise leans that about sixty,
five thousand rations have been issued by the Got
ernment for the indigent and suffering poor of that
District.
? Governor Orr and his Private Secretary ar?
rived in Charleston on Saturday afternoon last.
? Tho ladies of Charleston on last Saturday,
the anniversary of the fight at Secessionville, dec?
orated the graves of Confederate soldiers in their
midst. The occasion was imposing and interesting.
ANDERSON, S. C, June 20,1866.
Cotton market quiet and but little offering.
Prices range from 25 to 27 cents in currency.
Gold, 135.
CHARLESTON, June 18.
There was but little inquiry for eotton on Satur?
day, and no transactions.
AUGUSTA, June Itt.
No reliable quotations for cotton, all demand
having ceased upon receipt of the foreign news.
NEW YORK, June 18.
Cotton firm, with sales of 1,000 bales at from 40
to 42 cents.
Gold 164 at noon and closed at 158.
VARNISHES! VARNISEttS!!
JUST RECEIVED, a superior article of Coach
Body and Copal Varnishes. For sale low by
W. H. NARDIN & CO.,
No. 7 Brick Range.
June 21, I860 1
PIANO TUNING.
J. G. CLARK, of Edgefield, begs to inform the
citizens of Anderson that he has located at this
place for a short time, and is prepared to Tuno and
Repair Pianos in workmaulike manner. The best
of references given as to his knowledge of Piano
Tuning and Repairing. Persons who desire his
services will please leave word with Mrs. Robinson
or Mr. W. C. Bcwley.
He is also engaged in the sale of Chickcring's,
Steinway's, Hazleton's and Gabler's Piano Manu?
factories, and will receive orders for the same.
June 21, I860 1
J?ENIT?RE
FOJR SALE.
Consisting in part of the following articles:
TWO SETTS OF PARLOR FURNITURE,
SIX BEDSTEADS,
TWO BUREAUS,
FOUR DOZ. CHAIRS,
FOUR ROCKING CHAIRS,
TWO WASH STANDS.
The above Furniture can be seen at my store,
and persons in need of such articles, will do well
to call soon. SAMUEL BROWN, Jn.
Granite Row.
June 21, 18G? 1
PIAIVOS FOR SALE
TWO excellent PIANOS for sale, at New York
prices before the war. Apply to
SAMUEL BROWN, Jb.,
Granite Row.
June 21, 1866 1
FOR SALE.
ONE TWO-HORSE CARRIAGE, also, one TOP
BUGGY. Apply to SAMUEL BROWN, Jn.,
Granite Row.
June 21, 186G I
SHAW & CLARK'S
NEW AND IMPROVED
SEWING MACHINE.
I will have samples of this truly excellent Ma?
chine on exhibition at SHARPE & FANT'S for
four days, commencing Tuesday, June 26th. These
Machines are unrivaled in point of simplicity, effi?
ciency and cheapness?sewing from the lightest lo
the heaviest fabrics with equal ease and neatness.
They are so simple that a child can uso them, while
the low price at which they are sold places them
within the reach of that class of persons by whom
their assistance is especially needed- Call and sea
them.
I regret that unforeseen circumstances prevent?
ed me from fulfilling a former engagement. Un?
less providentially deterred, I will certainly be oa
hand this time.
CLARENCE McCARTHA, Agenh
June 21, 1866 v 1 I