The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-03-24

now manifested in the miseries Of the peo-
pie, relates the following facts: which he
saws he had on the highest authority
" The houses IN Jerusalem belong to Turks.
IF a Jew wants habitation, he must there
fore have an oppressive hater for his landlord.
The landlord has right to demand a
years rent, to be paid on taking possession
but vet he may eject the tenant at short
notice. The Mohammedan law sanctions
the claim of an elected tenant for the re-
payment of an adequate portion of the rent;
but he must prove his case before the Cadi.
A Jcws's testimony is not admissible
A Christians is refused, No Turk will
at any moment, Jew may be turned into
the street; and in addition to that calamity,
must lose all the years rent which he paid
in advance. Moreover, if Jew engage in
any little trade, he barely earns enough to
sustain life. If he possess any thing be-
yond this, he is an object towards which
rapacity glances its greedy and cruel eye
The poor Jews throughout Palestine de-
rive all their sustenance, or nearly y so, from
contributions made by the richer Jews in
various parts of Europe"
No EFFORTS TO Coop ARE LOST
have heard of seeds which will sleep in the
earth for ages, and have read of the young
of certain insects which lie in state like
death for eighty years together, and yet
when the hand that scattered the seed had
been mingled with the dust, and when the
insect that had deposited the young had ell
ded its flight for generations, the seed would
come forth mighty forest of trees, and the
slumbering insect would wake to life, and
become the mother of an endless multitude.
And so it may be with us. We are scatte-
ring the seeds of knowledge and picty, and
Immortality, but we see not the seed spring
forth. Our instructions seem to be forgot
ten; the fruits of our libcrality seem to have
pcrished; and our fayors appear to have
been in vain. But be of good courage the
seed is still in the earth undecayed, and the
time will come when it shall spring forth,
and yield plentcous harvest. 1t is watch
ed over by the God of Heaven, and not a
seed shall perish. The hand that scattered
the seed may be withercd, but the seed itself
shall swell, and send forth its germ, and be-
come mighty tree. The voice that uttered
the sermon may be silent, but others that
received the truth shall come forth and de-
clare it afrcsh to the generations that are
yet unborn.
| The SLIPPERY ELM-One of the most
liable, as it is we'll known article in
our country, is the slipperyelm Ulmus FuLuo.
All our apo,hecarles keep it, both the flower
and the bark. 1t is generally called sippe-
ry elm, red elm, or rough leaved elm
1t is indigenous to our country, and what is
remarkable, yet little known, it cantains a
great amount of human nourishment. 1t is
medicinal also. 1t is an excellent substitute
for water, and you can carry in your waist.
coat pocket sufficient to subsist upon for
ten days. The shipwrecked sailor, the
soldier in Mexico, and the traveller on the
prairies, should never be without it. 1t al
ways mitgates hunger, and is nourishment
and drink. Let no ship go 10 sea without
ii: no traveller fail to have it with him, no
army march without it,
SEED demonstrating g. Hunt, the
foreign brokers, of Monument-yard. London,
have received government order to pro-
cure 100000 worth of seed potatoes from
they can best be had, as speedily as possible.
MILLERlsM.-There are 80 victims to
Millerismin the Insane ASYLUM at Utica,
and although it is true that the folly and
deulusion has in a manner passed away,
yet there are many credulous enough still
to believe in it,
FooD FOR EURoPE-1he value of the
exports breadstuffs and provisions,
from New York, is now averaging above
81 100000 per week, and from the United
States, abou, S5, 100000, Ofthis enormous
amount probably seven-eighths; are shipped
to the ports. Of Great Britain and Ireland,
from which we are receiving in specie not
far from S3.0oo,o0o, a week, by the mer-
! chandise imported. ,n:y H.. III.
BALANCE YoUR PARTNERs.-We Under
stand that Rev, DR.. Tying, and Rev. Messrs
Hallack and Andrews, appointed to award
the prize for the best tract against dancing,