The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-08-04

tens, covering them under her wings Just as
she would brood of chickens. 1t is with
great difficulty that the old cat succeeds in
affordlng nourishment necessary to sustain
life, as the hen often shows fight on her ap
proach. The natural mother of these kit
tins embraces the opportunity to nourish
them in the absence Of he antagonist Of the
feathered tribe.-Jersy City Sentinel.
Mr.. BENNETT, of the New York Herald,
in one of his recent letters from London,
remarks:
cit Is singular truth, that in Germany
alone there is sympathy for the u States
movements in Mexico; and this is among
the higher classes of society. have an
extraordinary fact to state ON this subject.
Not long since, an application was made by
one or more young officers i'll the military
service of Prussia, for letters to the United
States, for the purpose of entering her armies
as volunteers in the present war with Mexi
CO. One of these applications was from
young officer in the Prussian army, and
closely connected with the upper ranks of
society. Through Chevalicr Bunsen, the
Prussian Minister in London, he has pro-
cured letters to some of the American gen
erals, and probably is now on his way to
the United States to serve as 4 volunteer.
He is sort of German Lafayette, and will
be followed by many other German militia
ry men of high rank, and singular cnthusi-
asm."
A mechanical miracle, almost, has Just
been perform at Providence, Rhode Island.
An immense mill, five stories high, and $50
feet long by 100 wide, owned by Fletcher
& Brothers, having been badly built, de-
clined so much from the perpendicular as TO
become almost Il second tower Of Pisa. 1t
was also bowed in at the sides. All feared
that it would fall. But see what mechani-
cal genius can pcrform! BY the applica-
ton of screws and wedges the building, in
less than nine hours, was restored 10 its ori-
ginaI condition, without brick being start
cd. A Mr. Carpenter has the credit Of this
bold and successful act
JEWS ACCOUNTING; THE PORE THE MEssl-
Au.-The Steele publishes the following
letter dated Rome, 22d June. "Thc Pope
has appointed a committee to inquire into
the position of the Jews. His plan is to
withdraw them from their dctcstable ghetto.
There is controversary in the ghetto on
the subject of the Pope. Young Pales-
tine IS of opinion that Plus TX is the Mes
siah. The Conservatives maintain that he
is merely great prophet. We have admit
ted five Jews into the circolo Romano
Such an event never before occurrcdn
A GERMAN poet of some celebrity, Her.
man Maurc, asserts that he has discovered Il
method Of teaching young children to read,
by which he undertakes in six hours to
teach the most stupid child the art of read
ing fuently and correctly.
C1v1L1zATIoN.-Afcr rcmarking that the
National Club asserts, that Of the citizens Of
London 100000 persons "never enter
the walls of Il religious ediiice," and that
"all our large towns arc in a similar state,"
SC, the Dublin Nation of the 3rd ult. adds:
But all these horrors fade before the new
atrocities revealed by the London Times of
Saturday last, in which we find some re-
marks upon the "undeniable increase of
infanticide;" )" how innocent children are dali
ly "strangled, drowned, burnt, poisoned,
starved and decapitated By qcholesale;" how
"the murder Of children has ceased 10 be
murder in England" and other fearful
statements of a like character. This is
horrible.
VERY EXpLIcIr.-A Yankee, riding up
to Dutchman, exclaimed:
"WelI, stranger, for acquaintance sake,
what mought be your name?''
"Vy. my name is Haunsc HolIenboffen-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
"By Cape Cod! that's long as punlkiH
vine We'll, han't nc time to lose-l'm
on speculation! Tell me the way TO
Harrisburg"
'ro Harrisburg. Veil, you see dat roat
pom de hill z" pointing in that direction.
r 20 yes, see it,"
"Veti, den, you musht not take dat roat.
You'see dis roat by de coal bank?''
eyes"
"VeIl, dat ish not de road der, too; but
you must 60 right straight py tee barn dere,
and ven you see Won road jhast So" [bend
| inn his elbows onfl doscr;hinr II az tho