The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-11-27


= Later from 81 yr;eo..- The Hon. 5rnbn
Forsyth, Uuiteds Btates Minister to NIer,co'
arrived at the capital, ont .2lst ult AMI
WAS presented officially to President Comon.
fort on the 23l. sIn'deiverire his. credcn.
tials, Mr.. Forsyth assured the Presi,lrnt of
tho friendly feelings entertained Ly lie IJn;.
ted States towards Mexico, and expressed,
the hope that the two republics wouIJ ;u
future he connected Ly the strongest ties Of
amty.
President Comonfort in reply, state,. that
his Government was inspired 10y the kind.
est sentiments towards the United States.
anu would sincerely cooperate in main
tanning these friendly relations.
Horrible DeoM.-The Chinese R,posito.
ry tells Of strange kind of deatl, punish
ment which was inflicted on a Chinese Grim.
lnal who had committed Il dreadful murlar
lie was wound with cotton, saturated will
taIIow, places being left for linn to breathe.
lie was then dipped like monster candle.
until lie presented mass of tallow. In this
way he was stuck up on his fathers grave,
lighted and kept burning until lis body was
consumed by slow degrees.
Price Of Xogs.-The market continuc,
dull and inanimatc, with no buyers of lIops
at over cents gross. Messrs. Hull. Hunt
d. Co. slaughtered 400 head Saturday. and
cut them up yesterday. Several of the 9TH
er packers will probably commence to day.
By private dispatches from Cincinnati. on
Saturday evening, we learn that hogs were
selling there at 3-4c. net. Mess porL solil
at sl4.75 per bLl. This is LARGE decline.
-LoutsriUe Courier, Moneloy.
Horrible T'"qedy.-At Ba!Iinrobe. in
Galway, LELAND, the wife Of a farmer. named
Magrath left her two little children Will.
she went to bring II kettle of hot water to
scal'i the churn she WAS about 10 use for
making butter. The eldest child ,nean,ina
forced the baby into the cllnrn, and tie
mother nnwittingy scalded it TO death.
Rendered frantic hy the discovery, she threw
stool at the other child, which killed il.
and then drowned herself.
Grc"t .SAootiny.-We learn from tile
Alabama (E"aw) Wing, that Dandridge
Z. Williams, Esq, made Il number one shot
some days ago. lie killed seven grown
turkeys and wounded the eighth ons ut
one s!'ot-all ot. the wing ut that. Can
any Of our spor;snen beat it The VIII.
says Mr.. Williams got his shooting educ;-
ton in Nottoway, Firginia, and thinks AL
abama can't quite equal it.
Uumor an Rngs.-A little thin old man.
with rag bag in Ills hand, picking uip a
large number OF small pieces of whalcbone
which lay i'll the street, was asked how lie
supposed they can,e there. "Don'. knew
lie replied, i'll Il squeaking voice, "but I
'spcct some unfortunate female was wrecked
hcreabout somewhere" -
Some Pumphiny."- pumpkins of
huge pondcrosi.y have been grown in Cali
f"r"ia this year, one weighing 276 and the
other $40 pounds! They were named
'Buck anil Brerk. '.ol'S AI!Poq OIL, 20 aud
r'.. &c
Clear MS M"d."-An exchange paper
/ says that "transcendcntaliSn is the spirit
uhl coynosccnre oi psychological irrefraga.
billy, connected with concuitant ademption
OF oncolu,nnient spirituality and ethereal2
'zcd contention Of snLsultrry concretion."
Earthquake at NaMuih.-The Nash
vile Gazette Of Tuesday last says:
Several persons IN this vicinity have stated
to us that they felt the shock of an earth
quake on Sunday morning last. 1t occurred
| Hboat o'clock, and lasted several seconds.
Kansas Ncms.-St. Louis, Nov. 17.-Oor
adv'ccs from Lawrence are to the 10Th inst.
Last Saturday. twenty Of the prisoners taken
III Hickory FONT were tried and found gull
~ of mal'SIanghtcr, and sentenced to five
years imprisonment ut hard labor.
Commercial Relations m;M Judea.-It
is stated that DIR. John w. Gorham. of
lioston, has been appointed United States
Consul ut Jerusalem,.
'Sh"nyhM COncern.-There is firm in
New York city, the name of which is Law.
Hatch IL Co. The clerks arc presumed to
be Shangbais.
THE Loss.-Thc loss Of the French army
IN battle and hy disease, during the war
with Ru>sin, was 60,229 men. Such are
the fruits Of war.
fcg"i"ftng N"rriogc.-1n Prussia males
are not permitted to marry under twenty.
1--WE, nor females under twenty -four years Of
age.
During the fiscal year 1856, 1 the i'm.
ports OF Brazil amounted to S52,00e.473.
and the exports ,s590,O4,742.
Beefcatle ar. quoted in the New Orleans.
La, market, at from to cents per pound
OH the loof =,
If any ono speaks evil Of YOU, let your
conduct through, life Lc such that none will
believe them.