The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-04-24
CONGRESSIONAL.

which was referred the memorials Of Com.
Vanderbilt and Livingston, reported Il bill
to encourage stoHii navigation lines, To
provide Tor the transportation Of the mail
by sea, and for other purposes.
The consideration Of the bill TO admit
Kansas as Il State, was pnStponcl in colsc-
qucncc of the illness of Mr.. Clay, who WA,
entitled to the floor
The Senate then went into Executive
session and adjourned.
lloUsE.-The House passed Il bill
amendatory of the act of 1919, for the
payment for horses and other property lost
III the United States military services, ~iv-
ing facilities for obtaing proof in such
cases.
The deficiency Till WIS taken ur, and
the Senatc's amendment, arpropria,ine
:'30O,0OO the Washington apueduct, was
rejected.
The House then adjourned.
WAsIHNGToS. April G.-SEyArE-Thc
Senate to-day passed bill to remove from
circulation all the smaller Mexican and
spanish coin, establishing their value when
received by Government, ard providing for
the coinage of Il new description of cents.
Mr. Seward introduced bill providing
Tor the taking possession Of Gualo Island.
discovered by Americans.
MIR. Jones, of Iowa, made speech on
Kansas atf:.irs, and the Senate adjourned.
llorsE.-The House pissed Il bill grant
ing $40 per month for the relief of Il lady
IN South Carolina, who lost three sons IN
the Mexican war.
The agricultural portion of the Patent
Ofticc Report was received.
Inc House passed the joint resolution
subscribing for $4,000 copies of Kanc's
Arctic exploration narrative, and providing
medals for DIR. Kane and the officers of his
expedition.
The House then adjourned.
The Holy Lunce.-The lance which
opened the side of our Divine Saviour is
now kept at Rome, Lut has no point. An.
drew OF Crete, who lived in the seventh
century. says it was buried together with
the cross, and st. Gregory of Tours and
Venerable Bedc testify that in their time it
was kept at Jerusalem. For fear of the
Saraccns, it was buried privately at Antioch,
in which city it was afterwau found, and
wrought many miracles, as Robert the
Monk and many eye witnesses testify. 1t
was first carried to Jerusalem, and then to
Constantinoplc, and at the time the city
was taken by the Latins, Baldwin II sent
the point of it to Venice as a pied &c for
loan of money. St. Louis, King of France,
redeemed it by paying the sum for which
it was pledged, and had it conveyed to Par
is. where it is still dept in the Holy Chapel.
The rest of the lance remained at Constan.
tinople, after the Turks had taken that
city to the year 1402, when the Sultan
Bajazet sent it by an ambassador, in rich
and beautiful case, to Pope Innocent VIII,
adding that the point was in the possession
of the King of France.
Il Poser.-An artist who had been en-
ployed to construct an angel, for the spire
of church, in a neighboring town, fin
isbed the work with pair Of shoes on.
Some one undertook to point out tho error
to him, and asked, who ever saw an an
gel with brogans on ~ The artist regarded
the work for q moment, with an air of
modification, but recovering himself, re-
joined, "you may be right, but who ever
saw one without 2"-Be!fast Journal.
Errors Of the Reader, did you
know that every column of a newspaper
contained from ten to twenty thousand dis
tinct pieces of meta, the misplacing of any
one OF which would cause bIunder or ty-
biographical error9 With this curious fact
before you, don't you wonder at the general
accuracy of newspapersa Knowing this
to be the fact, you will be more disposed.
we hope, to excuse than magnify errors Of
the press.