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Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-09-15
,FRESHFANCV and STAPLE GOODS

FRESH FANCY And STAPLE GOODS,
RICH AND BEAU rIFUL
Spring and Summer Styles!
COLLINS q BR b B D.
Main street, Hannibal, MO-,
Call the attention of purchasers generally, to their
carefully selected stock of fresh and fashionable
ID R Y G. o Old So
Which are just received They refer particularly
TO their stock Of
EMBROIDERIEs. of real French Work
Collars, with and without points; Under Sleeves; La
dies Embroidered Handkerchefs; Edgngs and luser.
tings Transferring Bands, Chemsettes: Capes also,
some beautiful Soutach Collars. This stock is one Of
the most complete ever brought to this City.
DRESS GO0DS.-Prints I; Ginghams /; JAG
Unets and Lawns Barge de LANES; Tissues Plain
and Figured Bareges small Figured French Chntzes
for Children; Summer de LANES; Apaccas; Poplins,
&c.
DRESS SILKS.--A selection OF the most
elegant Fashionable Styles among which the plain
colered Poult de Soies, so much IN demand also, va
Irieiy Of Black Silks, of all widths and prices.
B0NNETTS AND RIBBONS.-A superb
OF selection, aud cheaper than the styles were
ever sold before.
GENTLEMEN's WEAR. 49, Cassimeres;
Linens, Drap d'Ete; Vestings and Cottonades of the
newest styles; also, fine assortment Of Childen's
OOOuss SUCH as NdsnlUeIeltes. lNeeusS &C
STAPLES AND SUNDRIES. -Domestics;
Checks, Hickory; Chambrays; NanEeens Curtain
Muslins Shawls; Handkercheils; Cravats Hosiery
Flannes, Swiss and Jaconet Muslns; Irish Linen
Ladies' Skirts; Filet Mits and Gloves, Parasos and
Fans.
4 BOOTS AND SHOES.-We wish to call the atten-
on Of the Ladies to our Stock of Ladies' Shoes. We
have some OF the finest and the latest styles custom
Made. We have also excellent stock Of Mems and
Chldren's Shoes and Boots from the finest to the cOars
Jest
HATS AND CAPS-Gents, fine Silk Hats, all prices
and Spring Styles, Panama, Leghorn, Citizens ant
Palm Leaf Hats, Gents and Boys.
| QUEENSWARE AND GLASSWARE-0f the
Newest Patterns and Styles.
CARPETS We have lot Of Ingram, three-piy
and Stair CaTpetng, which we will sell at St. Loui
prices.
! COUNTRY MERCHANTS AND MIL
LINERS.-Will find in this stock many styles
not TO be found in Wholesale Houses, aud as they we
all selected from the Importers in the East, will b.
sold at such prices cannot fail TO give entire salts
faction.
~ Call and examine the Goods before purchasing
elsewhere-even if you do not buy,we will be pleased
to show them. COLLINS & BREED.
(apr-7-ls53w-1y)
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The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1853-03-24
Another Attempt al Fire

An attempt was made to fire the large Cotton
Gin Factory of Mcssrs. ESRlGl.r & SrAR, at this
place, on Tuesday night last The fire was com.
municatcd through Il window TO pile of sliaving.,
aud, had it not been discovered in time no effort
three o'clock i'll the morning, and WAS discovc red
by some persons who happened TO be passing by,
and the alarm was given. A PIancing Machine,
which stood near tho window, was much scorched
and injured, and is the only injury sustained
There is no doubt at all that the work is that of all
incendary, as fire had been in the building du-
ring the day, and the doors wore carefully closed
at night.
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ToM DIV the Potatoe Crop.

The Gardeners Chronicle says the potato
may lie multiplied a hundred fold. Any
plantation plausible way Of increasing the
amount this valuable csculent is deserving
attention. There is no department OF agrl-
culture, i'll fact no department of any art or
science more nearly allied to health and hap
p'ness than the proper cultivation of roots
and fruits as human food. We quote as
follows:
1t appears not to be generally known that
the potato plant may be propagatcd more
abundantly and with greater case than most
other plants. The shoot produce roots nat
ural at every joint below the ground, when
planted in the usual way. 10 plant for
propagation small piece Of ground will be
sufficient, as the tubcH may Be placed close
together. When shoots have grown an inch
or two above the surface of the earth, the
top may be cut off below the first jointed
root, and planted two or three inches a part
III line sandy earth; in the course of a week
or ten days they will be rooted plants, and
planted at the distance that potatoes are gn-
orally planted will produce u crop of tpbss
IN eight, ten or twelve weeks (accordihgW
the knd,) equal to that produced from tub
e,e' anu "heh propaSatcd III this manner,
plants may be obtained in great quantities. :
"A more simple way will be to place the
tubers i'll Il similar manner as before stated,
and when the shoots have grown to the
length of two or three inches above the soil,
to take up the tubcrs and strip of the shoots
from them; there will he six or more .bcau-
t'ful shooted plants, just in order for final
planting, replace the tubcrs as before, which
may be repeated at.least four timesys and
this will produce sufficient plants from four
or five tubers, of a moderate size, toPlant
rod of ground at a distance that tubes arc
usually planted. Lateral like cuttings of
other plants, and afterwards transplsntcd,
will also produce crop of tsbcrs equal in,-
quantity to that produced crop of tubers
equal in quantity to That produced by the
parent plant:
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Court.

Our Spring Court commenced it's session OH
Monday last, his Honor Judge WIrnERs presiding
with his usual ability and courtesy. His Honor
seems to be working man, and is milking Wig
effort to clear the different dockcls, which
front recent aud unfinished business, is somewhat
formidable. The cases that have and still are cx
citing most interest, is one of bigamy, another of
larceny, and several of assaults und battery, &c.
We observe in attendance upon the Court, be-
sides Solicitor REED, sovcrul gentlemen Of the bar
from the adjoining districts
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Blue Ridge Rail Road,

We are plenscd to announce to our rcb,lcrs, saws
the Charleston Evening News of the 1911, instant,
that the Council this day subscribed S5OO,O00 to
the Blue Ridge Rail Road Company, thereby Sc
curing tbs charter granted by the State for this
great and important enterprise. The News thinks
that a similar subscription will be absolutely ne-
ccssarY TO the Road through Georgia, to secure
the enterprise, and suggests tho proprioty Of the
question being submitted to public meeting of the
citizens of Charleston
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Tho Rail Road

VIC arc gratfed TO learn that the Broad River
Bridge is now in such u state Of completion az to
enable the cars to pass over it daily. This great
impeachment to the speedy progress of the Road
being overcome, we trust tho work up the conn-
try will now be pushed on and tlut we shall have
the cars running TO our Village at an carly day.
we observe III the last number Of tho Green
vile Mountaineer that our friend, Mai. TowNEs,
lis disposed to grumbIe because his nciphbors below
insist upon the completion of the branches before
the work is flushed on the trunk. We think our
friends in Greenvlle should be the last to complain
on this score, for they will remember that after the
company was Organized and Anderson fixed upop
us the terminus, the Grccnvie portion of the Road
was admitted to come in as Il special act of favor
The question then would naturally arise, is that
portion OF the Road itself branch or part of the
trunk7 We think the question will at least admit
Of debate.
with regard to the completion OF the branches,
ana especially ours, aside from selfish considera.
hons' we think their completion will materially in
crease tho business aud travel OH the main line
ana IT hni' he'd to Abbevie and Anderson would
benefit the company moro than by carrying it for
"ara Tic same distance OIL the trunk. There is
no doubt that oul Village, little as is said and
thought oiit' will be the most important point OIL
the Road, aud will contribute moro il freight and
travel than Anderson or Grccnville, because the
Inc Of stages connecting the Georgia roads will,
ours ut this place, will make it a thoroughfare for
Western travclaSs Northward bound and further,
we arc satisfied that from fifteen to twenty thou
hall pS 0f 4
INC Noau from here every year. 1t was the opin-
ION OF the late Col. BnowN that Abbcvic, from her
wealth and position, would contribute as much, if
not more to the business of the company, than any
other portion Of the Road.
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Central American Affairs,

despatch from Washington to the New York
Courier says:
"Thc Hon. WM. T.. Nancy, Secretary of State,
was closely engaged during the whole of yesterday
OH the affairs Of Central America. It is under
st6od That minister is TO be- Immediately appoint
"a to that quarter, with Instructions TO carry out
high Anicrica" policy The report of recent high
handed proceedings Of the British Government at
Honduras has produced u deep sensation II Wash
inTtnn.t
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The Weather.

VIC sill! have rain in the greatest abundance,
| which is rca:ding farming operations throughout
the country. The Spring SO far, is certainly the
most inclcmcnt and inauspicious we have had for
years, and induces the belief upon the part of ma
ly that we shall have another exceeding dry Sum
mcr. 1t is said by those who are in the habit OF
observing these things, that all average amount of
ram tails out every year, and consequently if the
laIl oi rain during the winter and Spring months
Is more than an average it will be less in the SUM-
mcr, and Of course dry aud unfavorabo for crops
Hence tic saying among the old people, ''long
foul, long fair In view of such contingency
then, would it not be wisdom OIL the part of our
farmers to Use every precaution to guard against
such a calamity? 1t is true an OverruIng Prov
idencc can thwar the best laid plans Of short sig-
ted mortals, yet certain degree of prudence and
observance Of natural causes and principles, can
not be regarded as warning against heaven
Storms, drouths and pestience, are ministers of
mercy sent upon man 10 humble his self-depend-
ence and pride, and teach him TO rely more inn
plictly upon Him in whose hands are tho desti-
nies Of all, and who holds and withhods the gcni-
al sunshine aud showers.
To our farmers then we would say, plant every
foot Of your low lands in corn and plant it deep,
for experience teaches every practical planter
that corn thus planted is better able to stand
drouth from tho fact that its roofs imbibe suGi-
cient of moisture to nourish the stalk and produce
aPretty fair yield. Plant largely, more than YOU,
are i'll the habit Of doing, and in case the seasons
fail, perhaps enough may be gulhercd to supply
all denuhds And upon the other hand, should
propitious Seasons crown your lubors with abun-
dant harvests it will be only what is needed to re-
store to the country its former prosperity and plen-
ty. There is no danger of too much grain heing
produced, for if the market should be guttcd, the
surplus Gun be well appropriated 10 the ruising and
fatenng of stock, the scarcity of which is producing
the present high prices.,
failure of. the corn crop this year would be at
tended with the most serious consequences to our
people, for the crop OF last year though large
one, is rapidly being consumed, and befo,e the
first Of October next, there will be comparatively
no o!d corn in the country.
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A treaty has been concluded ut Washing
ton between the United States and Belgium
for regulating tile rightof inheriting and
acquiring. property. TIE treaty provides
that Belgium sibjeels shall ENJOY through
out tile United States the right Of acquiring
the transmitting property, with or without
Il will on the same conditions as citizens OF
the United States. In like manner citizens
of the United States shall enjoy in Belgium
the right ofacquirlng and transmitting pro-
pcrlty, with or without mill, on the same
conditions us Belgium subjects.
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u Recent dates from Mexico furnish l,s with
the intelligence of SANTA AxNAs return, 10 tn 1t dis
racled country 1t is also stated tia, there is lit
Tie doubt bulhe will be rc-ccciod and onnce more
assume the regns of government. What all event
fui life he has led and how chequercd the scenes
through which he has passed!
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u The Newberry Sentnel'of last week is cx-
"ting over the completion of the new Court
House at that place which has been on hand for
the last two years The new Court House TO be
erected here " be similar plan to the one at
Nrwbcrry.
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o., Wo are indebted to Mr.. X. II. W.nm,,w
for box of very nice Scgars. This gentleman
has just received lot of the "caro dspeling weed
of choice brands, to which we would call the nt-
tention Of those fond Of smoking
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u We arc requested to say, that an Exhibi-
ton of the Senior Glass, in Erslkine Collcec will
take place Oh the 3lst inst. We understand the
class comprises much talent, and some interesting
speeches may be expected upon tha, occasion
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1853-03-24

: GJ We learn from tho telegrsphic dispatches to
the Columbia papers. that the Hon. w. F. COL
COCK has been n;apponted collector of the port of
Charleston, and THos. EVANS, Esq of Marion, U
S. District Attorney. These are the only appoint
ments by the President we believe, so far for this
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VI We have received several communications,
which we must defer until our next issue, in con-
sequence Of press Of business.
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O- We would call tho attention of onr mechanic
fricuds to the advertisement found in another col
umn, proposing TO receive bids for the building Of
new Academy at this place.
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Foreign News.

The intelligence from Europe by tho steamer
Canada, received in Baltimore OIL the 10Th inst.
represents u decline in the cotton market and yet
we learn from the latest dates from Hamburg and
Augusta, that the market had advanced in these
places, and was rating from 10 to l0l-2.
GREAT BR1TAIN.-Lord Palmerston stated
in Parliament that no application had been
made to the Government for the expulsion
of foreign refugees from England, and that
had it been made, it would have met with
decided refusal. During the debate on Turk
ish affairs, Lord John Russell said that the
government lad thought it necessary to have
Il frank explanation with Austria, and at
the same time expressed the views of Eng
land as to maintaining an independent pos
ition. Turkey, he said, doubtless had her
difficulties amieably adjusted.
Advices from Melbourne, dated the 26th
Of December, state that the receipts of gold
were decreasing.
Dispatches received in London from the
Cape Of Good Hope announce, under date
of the Gath of January, that the battle had
taken place between the Kaffiis and the
British, in which five hundred of the former
and forty of the latter had been killed.. (
FRANcE-The pope's arrival in Paris was
daily expected. An unsuccessful attempt had
been made to set fire to the arsenal at
Toulon.
AUsrRIA.-Thc% Emperor of Austria has
not recovered from his wound which is much
more serious than was at first supposed.
The would be assassin had been executed.
The windows of the British Ambassador at
Vienna had been broken by mob. The
Viennese refuse to. associate with the English
because they shelter Kossuth.. e
NORTHERN IrALY.-Mazani publishes a
card in which he, takes upon himself the re
sponsbility ofhaving originated tile recent
revolutionary movements. ( ~
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u Gov. FooTE Of Mississippi, has issued
proclamation for the election of five members of
Congress in November next, from the State ut
large the Legislature having neglected 10 district
tho Stale
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1853-03-24

T We observe by the last Edgefeld Adverti.
ser, thut Coll J. P. CARROLL has been nominated
for the senate' and will probably have no opposi.
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Treaty Ratified.

The Senate has ratified the treaty negotiated by
Messrs. EVERETT, and CRAMrroS, for the speedy
indemni6caton of.Amercau claims against the
English government. and English claims against
tho American government, particularly claims ar-
sing out Of false. seizures .snder the slave trade
treaty and underScustop house regulations j. 81
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: 9T The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald, under date of the 18th, writes;sA;
protracted meeting sof the cabinet was held iIis
morning, which resulted in directing the Secreta<
ry Of State todenana un explanation from the gov:
erhmsntof Great Britain or tho subject of the
,rfcenpintel eligsdcs from Honduras, and The Eny S
lish haerys fuf Tho Mesquite Hinis
The ssarstsrS ofans aytwas iisiraeted q b.
port 2ecuvo the effective foico
at his airPSssl for active opsrations.as "ss
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ENGLAND AND AMERIcA.-"Ion," Of the
Baltimore Sun, says in his last letter:
"Ihe speech of Mr.. Mason to-day was
chiefly confined to reply to Mr.. Clayton,
upon the single point heretofore made by
MIR. Mason, that the balizc is within the iu
r'sdlctIon Of Guatemala. If so, British
Honduras is in Central America, over which
Great Britain has by her treaty abandoned
amy Jurisdiction. Besides, the extension of
iier pretension from that of a transient and
limited to permanent jurisdiction, is of
recent date; and is an aggression upon
the rights Of Central America, and incon.
hlstcnt with the Monroe doctrine and our
future peace and safety.
The possession Of the Bay. Islands
rs also another act of open aggression, and
we have just received advice, of fresh ar-
,gresslon III the same quarter. Mr.. Mason
closed his speech with solemn declaration
that England has gone as far as she could
ne allowed to so in her aggrcssions, upon
Central America, and that. this. continent,
and the whole continent, must be made free
from British aggression. He alluded to
and accepted the alternative of war in pre-
terence to any policy that would leopard,
z lze national safety and national honor.;ss, ::
- "Ihus ll! we arc drawing nearer to an issue,
sacprecated by. some, but desired by, manv
between young America and old England.
"Mr. Douglas late speech also represents
fully the policy of young America" and
Sscalls for4immediate action, and it is consid-
cred. as fair reflection Of the sentiments
of the:Inaugural. -..< 60.
"ThesBritish Government as I'VE learn
.tromlate proceedings in the New Foudland
iegislature, are soleinnly plsdgetl,to enforce
their extreme CONSTRUCTIONS sthe Gohven-
as% ,,oa o.. o. 1918, in regard to fisheries;
don their occupancy Of the. Bsy;a Islands,
War IS therefore inevitable within a year !:
.Snd, psaIhaps, is state of things may .,ariss
9tbat vii: demand an extra session Of Con.
cfessadashg ffe summer. Z, .
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A man, whose name is Samuel Cole, re-
siding in Washington county, Ohio, who
was made insane from. the workings of the
spirit rappings dclusion, became possessed
ofthe idea that he must offer, like Abraham
of old, a sacrifice to the Supreme Ruler OF
the Universe. lie accordingly proceeded
to carry his object into execution, by taking
oft one of his feet, which he succeeded in do
ing some days since, in a. very scientific,
manner, and with a heroic Determination
that would compare with tie sefsacrificing
deeds done i'll the earlier ages. His family,
fearing that some other of bis limbs might
bc demanded in a like cause, had him COLI
yeycd TO the LunA,ic Asylum, at col4'
bus. g.
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Snow \ HuSpRED FEsrtD DEEr.-The St.
Louis Intell:gencer publishes letter from
an overland emigrant to California, which
gives Il fearful account of q tremendous
snowstorm in the mountains near Capon
Valley. On what IS called the Second Sum
init, the writer says, he caught hold Of tkSAz
tops of pine trees, and was confident that
they were one hundred feet ihheight. This
is an item that should havs bearing upor
the question of a>rairoad to the Pacis
through the South Pass. Rails buriei'
the snow a hundred feet deep, would
little chance of removal by apy 90.
invented.
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BEVILLE, s. C.:

Thursday Morning, March "a, 1853.
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INrREAsr or f,.e.s..

INCREASE OF fEsAHlrY.-T
tendent of the. Lunatte Asylum n.
that insanity is fearfuily on the
this State. We learn that from Me-.
til Friday last, Give days) seventeen
tients were admitted into this instit
the greatest number ever before
in SO brief n space oftime. The,
doubt but that this. increase is owl
great measure, to the unhealthy stat
citement caused by tho "spiritnal h.
of the day. This mental disturb
es people of,all. !. classes, for in
there are to be found Ihose
beings in whom theaferv.
over and tyrannicSk, s,s
peramepts, and rendsss them su,
the SReculiarxtnds fascinating isfluences Of
|. such marvellous demonstrations las. It is aI-
legged are produced 6ysapiritua9 mediums"
sagd az people more highly charged with elect
ro-magnetism than comIaoe a.. Albany
Register, dtareE q 4. 11:-,.'sS. ~ = '''
AN exchange lbs the following fllai s,-TB;rtv
varieties Of cotton have been found tef0winm~
spontaneously, in Africa. A srnissionary
says he has stood erect undeEsthosbranches
Of "a cotton tree. in a Goulaln village, 90
! heavily laden with bolls,that it is propped
up with forked sticks to prevent It from
breaking down; under its own weight, ,ss,Chc
cotton was equal to that of any countrv-
!; The natives manufacture Cotton goods ex.
stensiyelY; The whole land also, IS covered
With coffee. 1nsErrayh and :Kaffa, 200 lbs.
) can :asl s9e purchased FfQE about dollar. A
single tree il MopJoYia. yielded four md a
half bushels in hull at one time :,;.h G =
made 81 lBs. Yhel shsllei.and dried: s9rbe sria
3ss!spratsd essp na! Moehs g from the