The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-09-01
FROM EUROPE.
Arrival Of asaH Cambria.
From Mc Duhimor- Sun.
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Parliament has been dissolved, and the
new elections arc proceeding vigorouslv.-
So far as the returns have been made, thcv
show ccmplctc triumph for the free trade
princi pie. Lord John Russell, who will
form the new Cabinet, has been reelected
for the city Of London.
The prospects OF the |larvcsts continue III
exceptionally b!yrncouraglng, aud everywhere
promise Il most abundant yield. 1t has al
ready commenced IN several southern coun-
ties. The crops Of wheat, oats, and barley
arc unusually healthy, and the potato crop
Notwithstanding all that has I,ccn <;,il abou,
the rc-appcarancc Of the rot, is affected to Il
very insignificant extent. Reports from
ireland are equally glowing
Famine and and disease are RAPIDLY va
,, n!shiny from Ireland The acccsSions OF
| the prclac.y priesthood gentry of the country
OF OLD Ireland party are luyr, AMI the
; weekly contributions steadily increase 1t
is scxpcclrd that q iiryc proportion Of Repeal.
rrS Will bc returned to the Imperial para
m?nt al this election.
The remains OF llr. O'ConncIl were en-
|arhrl at Brkenhead Tor Dublin, on Sun
| day last, where they arrived the following
! day.
Several heavy failures have occurred in
the corn trade, and many others of Il serious
character arc apprrhcnlcd
\ distinguished literary amateur pcrlor-
nance for III" benefit Of that child of geniu.,
Leigh Hunt, WAS 81 ven in Ivcrpool ON
Wednesday last. The principle characters
were borne by Charles Dickens, Douglass
Jcrrold, Mark l.crmon, CruicllShanl, Eos
Ter and I.cccl
n formidable conspiracy, of the most d;a.
bollcal character, has been discovered at
Rome. The object OF the conspirators, who
Amounted to several hundreds in number,
was to massacre the citizens and remove
Pope to Naples by force. Five Cardinals,
OF exalted civil and military officers, have
been discovered 10 have been abcttors
Popular feeling has become more tIan-
gull in France. The King was we'll re-
ccivcd by the people on the celebration of
| the glorious three days.
The Chamber Of Deputies is about to be
dissolved.
Several sanguinary battles have been
fought between the Russians and Circnssi-
ans-he former having been defeated with
considerable loss
Switzerland is threatened with revolution.
have armed themselves, but arc likely to be
suppressed.
Mr.. Walter, the celebrated propriato~ of
the London Times. died last week.
The Wesleyan Conference commenced
their sittings at Liverpool on Wednesday
last The Rev. Samuel jackson was elect.
ed President
CHAIN OF BElNGs.-Woman, as all
know, are like the link upward between us
and angels, and writer gives us the links
doaomacard thus:
'Bitumen and sui phar is the link between
earth and melals-vilrols unite metals with
salts-crystalisms connect salt with stones
the amainthus and Iytophites form kind
OF the between stones and plants-the poly
pus unltcs plants to insects-thc tube worm
seems to lead to shells and reptilcs-,he wa
ter-serpcnt and the eel form passage from
reptiles to tish-thc anse nigra are a medi
um between fishes and birds-the bat and
hying-squirrel link birds to quadrupeds-
and the monkey equally gives the hand 10
man."
Sir Humphrey Davy goes still further:
There may be beings, near or sorround-
ing us, which we cannot imagine. We
know very little, but in my opinion, we
know enough to hope for Immortality, the
individual Immortality, of the better part of
man. The caterpillar, on being converted
into an inert scaly mass, does not appear to
be fitting itself for an inhabitant of the air,
and can have no consciousness of the brili-.
ancy ofits future being. We are masters
OF the earthY but perhaps we are the slaves ol
SOIraaf grant and ,1nknotunT hainoe Tbo a 8,
thatwe crush with our finger, or feed with
oursyiands, has no knowledgesof man, and
no ogsonsciousness of his superiority. We
sunppse that we are acquainted with matter
and'ali its elements, yet we cannot even
guess at the cause of electricity, Or explain
! the lawsaEthe formation Of The stones tha
) fall from f7issaQgs.
q A BRrr1sH OUTRAGE ON AMERICAN SOIL.
i Pierre Chouteau, jr, g. Co., the success,
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