The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-03-27
From tho Liverpool Jour,!oi; March 8.


what is done is kept profound secret: 1t
was known OH Monday that the prelimina-
ries of peace had been signed; but Lord
Palmcrston, when questioned in the eve
ming in the House of Commons, by Mr..
D'sraei, refused to tell on what day they
were signed, his answer being vague one
-" some recent day last week" Mr.. Dis
raeli probably knew that they were signed
on Sunday, and Lord Palmcrston, to avoid
giving offence to the religious mind of the
country, turned off the question by u Jest,
which, like all his lordship's jokes, elected
laughter.
1t was expected that the speech of the
Emperor of the French would have made
some allusion to this matter, but His Mai
csty dealt largely in gencralitics, and made
no specific reference to the proceedings of
the congress. The speech WAS obviously
greatly elaborated, and it seems that after
being printed, Louis Napoleon introduced
many alterations. France, however, seems
apparently satisfied; and all Europe looks
with united confidence to general peace.
The independence does not enter so
much into detail, but it maintains its :,sscr-
ton of the preIiminaries being signed, and
also states that the Empcror's speech would
contain the announcement about peace.
lhls story is considered in Paris as similar
to that OF the first taking of Scbastopol,
and has already obtained the appclIation of
c""ora Ia 1"rturc. Dispatches from
Berlin speak of Il similar state of things.
and it is expected that "A combination ex-
lists, both in Paris and Brussels for the fab
rication of news with q: view to Boursc
specuations.
The Times Paris correspondent writes, on
the evening Of March 5th:
81 believe that France and England have
not been since the commencement more
FIRMLY united than at the present moment.
OF Austria's firmncss, doubt whether SO
much can be said At all events | again
hear whisperings of Count Buo not rc;.Iiz-
ing all that was expected Of him.
"lt is stated positively that no prolonga
ton of the ar'nisticc beyond the 3lsl of
March will he listened to, and that, in fact,
everything must be arranged in ten or
twelve days from this date"
The Times says there is little doubt the
cause of order and justice speeds well ut
the Paris conferences; but, rs regards the
alleged signatures of the prlminarics of
peace, it WAS mistake. Nothing has hap
pcncd but what everybody was aware of
last week, namely, that the conferences had
adopted the proceedings Of that ut Vi
enna.
T"rkry.-A letter from Vienna, in the
Post Gazette Of Frankfort, says:
"liy letters from Constantinople we learn
that Lord Stratford dc Radcliffe had pre-
sentcd Il note from the English Government,
asking the Porte to allow, as Il guarantee
for the promised reforms the occupation
by English troops, for IN indefinite period,
OF Narna, Gallipoli and Gambia. 1t was
thought at ConStantin"plc that if this uucs-
ton be discussed at Paris, Russia will OPP
pose it. l;cintorcements are no longer
directed on Kamicsch, but on Maslak.-
Marshal pelissier has been summoned to
Paris"
The latest mail from Constantinople
brings news Of the PRONUNCIATION of the new
llatti-shcrlf. It states that
"Enroprans will have a right to possess
lan'ied property; that, as regards civil
rights, there will be complete equality Lc
tween MuSsumans and Christians, and that
the latter will bc subject to the payment of
different taxes. Any denomination of II
nature to express the superiority of one
race over another is expressly forbidden,
both in public documents rs in private con-
versaions. The patriarchs are to he named
for life. The clergy will receive Il fixed sti-
pend and the church property will be man-
aged ny an assembly composed of persons
OF that religion. There will be mixed tri-
bnnals. Education will he free, but under
the surveillance Of mixed commissions.
Other reforms are announced, as, for in
stance, the right granted to provincial and
communal councils to take the initiative in
grants for public works; rs also the cstal,-
llsncnt of banks, in orlcr to reguiarize
the monetary system Of the empire"
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Perennial Massacre
4 Warning and a Recommendations
The mortality among children born in
American cities, bears an immcasurably
higher ratio to the whole mortality than
i'll any uf the cities, even the most un-
healthy, in the Eastern Hemisphere. The
deaths resulting from improper medical
treatment and lack Of prompt attention
and care, are higher among the adult popu-
lation in this country, than in any other
country, savage or civilized. Throughout
these United States of America (God bless
them) there is not one household in q
hundred that has not its graves.
People may well begin to take this
solemn fact to heart, and ask, is this always
to be-? We justly pride ourselves on our
superior intelligence, but is it not humiIia-
ting to us toLe obliged to acknowledge
that through our own oversight and care
lessness, life will become shorter and more
uncertain among us than any other people?
Let us pause moment to inquire how
this awful mortality is produced.
The women Of this country are proven
bial for the implicit reliance which they