The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1849-07-21

CoNSTANT1NoPLE.-Ata a meeting held of
Inc Troy House last Monday evening, 10
hear statements respecting the progress in
missions, Rev. DR.. Dwight, recently from
Constaniinople, sad, that the moral change
IN that city was truly wonderful. A dozen
or fifteen years since, he had not expected
To see all religions protected by the Sultan |
The enmity TO pure Christianity, when he
hrst went there, seemed universal. amonp n
million of inhabitants.
Since then, Germans, French. and En-
:ish, as we'll as Americans, friendly 10 our
Mission, had settled there and these. as
%eilas the Foreign ambassadors, had ia.
vored correct sentiment, and allayed Turk
8s Then, female education was unknown
and prohibited. Now the Mission had
hourlshing Female Seminary, and there
were eight or ten other female schools.
Now, too, they had seminary for the
Christian instruction of young men, who,
In talents, standing, and prospects of infu.
ence, were equal 10 any in that country.
They had also church Of about one
hundred communicates, who seemed grow
ing in p!ety, intelligence, and influence.
among the people. And it was all inter-
estlng fact, that whenever brought before
the Turkish Courts, rs they had been by
prosecutors, like Paul, by simple statements.
they always made known and commended
their religion to the judges, and to multi
tudes. who mi ght not otherwise hear the
Gospel.-N. Y. Jour- Com.
BCRyING ALIVE THE ST. Louis Union
OF the 29th ult., relates an occurrence of n
Mr.. Schneider, living near the corner of
Carondeiet Avenue and Lafatle street, who
came very near being buried alive. 1t
seems that Mr.. Schneider was seized with
the cholera, and his friends presuming at a
certain stage of the disease that he was
dead, his body was at once transferred TO n
coffin and hurried off TO the graveyard.
On reaching the cemetry last evening, and
just as the coffin was on the eve Of being
lowered into the ground. a knocking, was
heard from the inside, which caused those
around the grave TO remove the lid. Upon
this being accomplished, Mr. Schneider was
discovered 10 be alive, and of course taken
home. II is said thnt he is in fair way of
recovering his Health entire. This should
act as warning to persons no, to be so
rapid In committing the bodies Of their
friends to the grave after death IS sup
posed TO have intervened. We fear that
this is not the only instance OF the kind
that has ,ranspired since the epidemic has
been raging in our midst.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of The 18th
ut., relates us follcws:-
The body Of victim of CHOLERA was
PLACED in the vault ofone of our grave yards,
where 1T remained about "A hours, when
in ntPresence Of friends and relatives it was
taken out for burial. Some of. the relatives
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Of the corpse was found to be hideously dis.
torted-,his shroud torn. and his fingers,
which were between his teeth, bit,en and
gnawed TO the very bone The respec,a'
bilily ofthe source from which. we derive
ouriaformalion, is at least sufficient 70 give
US fearful reason 10 entertain horrible yet
doubtful suspicion" . s-.+
CH,NA AND EseLAND.-'The New York
Herald of the, 9th instant says:-lf the
taews reseiysd by the steamship Canada is
true, wesd6 not see how a collision between
the Chinese and English can be avoided.
According to the treaty Of peace entered
into betWeens those natinns, the Chinese
were, after a certain defined period, to
throw open, the city Of Canton to foreigners.
That period has expired, and snolwithstand.
! ing the stipulation in this respect, the Chi
| nese authorities, it is said, refuse to abide
Ibyit The great object Of the war with
EChihs, on the part Of the ,Bri,ish, was to
compel the Chinese 10 throw open their
! county io thsi trrade 81 lks world; and when
1.-The treaty was made, this stipulation was
finnsarfad 81 IL nSt Tlitalv therefore that