The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-03-19

at Hi;'"t i some lonesome del, whether asleep
| awake. Is dreaming of some fair one ut hun,e
Tho tales Of the camp fire are of buttlcs love-
and beauty, and 10y constantly dwelling OIL the
! female character they have thrown grace or
magic around it little short of angelic; and
! every white woman is looked upon as something
sacred or rs fancy paints upon the plains, there
! fore, they slow to believe everything they
mny hear about Frcelove. &c. but what i.
change would cone over their deans if they
should suddenly find themselves in Lawrence on
some gala day as the Chorus arose over the
city:
Fill up the cup will, mad delight
must, ] will he wild to-nirh..
"PETEIt PErPEl,GKASS, NJ. d."
Tic G"""o Ls'"n,k-The Navy Department
has issued an order to Commodore Mervinc To
despatch II vess"i to Jarvis Island with u view to
| making soundngs, asccr,ailin:, its locality, and
The quantity mud quality of the guano said to
exist upon it. Also, TO visi: tile Island to which
C"mnmtor Boutwell, was tespat chetl il. the In
dependence, hut was unable TO explore on nc-
count of the peculiar season of the year.
P""iShmr'H "iA Pepper IN ,if,;,m-One of
the most common and terrible kinds Of punish
| ment inflicted upon disobcdient boys, is to rub
; red pepper into their eyes. Their screams md
yclls under The operation are savage beyond de-
sc"ii'ion, anl it is q wonder t,u; their si.ht is
not entirely destroyed. Adult offenders are
sometiincssnl.jcct to II still sevrrcr punishment
They made fast in the roof of i; house. md
, thoroughly smoked with pepper.
Utmost tie Gccry;a Cnijo,m.-A crazy man
causcI some CONSIDERATION few days since by
entering passenger car on the Central Railroud,
near Rochester, primitively clothed in IA hat,
cloak and II pair of boots. a sudden flush of
heat caused him to attempt to hang mp his cloak
and "cool off, which caused some screaming, a
little faiutng, the stoplage OF the train, and the
return of the lunuiic TO the asylum where he be-
longed.
Largest National Chmrrh The largest ma
tional church in the world is the Greek Church
iii Russia. 1t embraces from forty to fory-fi
millions of people. Besides these Russia con-
tans Lutheran and other Protestants, three or
four millions; Roman Catholic, seven millions
Moiainnedaiis. two and half millions; Jews,
perhaps two millions; and about half million
Pagnns.
ID Centraary Soldier ;n Prison.-One of the
keepers of the Auburn IN. Y.) Prison writes to
tile Advertiser Of that city, that among the n-
mates Of That institution is man named Joseph
Schoonoven, who is within few months of one
hundred Years Of age. He claims to have fought
with Washington and Lafayette, in the Ameri-
can revolution.
D"eM-The other day two Dutchmen were
overheard discussing a knotty question. snid
Hans:
"Yncob, vat de Yankees mean, when he say
about der momme,nicr. and dc zeerow?"
"Vut,' said Jacob, "you not verstun dat 2"
mo, vat he meant"
"Vy,n nsaid jacob, K" it mean twenty 'liutches
belowscan't get no coller!"' -
"Yuw"
Sir Alhn Pork, On epiIent, English Judge,
once said: yesyysa of our civilization, our
arts, .elr freedoha laws, mud ,fore entirely
how large a shafs.is due to Christianity Blot
Christianity OUT Of mans history; aud what
'could his laws have bceu-wI,at his eisiliza
'tion3' :. =
Pour women in New York city are said to.
make two hundred dollars week; eacl, Of item.
by forune-telling. Besides thessfGnfs there ass,
Of ddpos and fools there. must Ie to fiIItlo pur-
ses Of these ;women!.. Is; - =. y tt;S-. -
-aiieatea upea Ka,.a-Ais nsv al iormesn dance. !.
which asd the fancy ofsAe asptiIos "a much,
has besha isapeed into .Utph and wss alystle
rage = EscEs 6ilsRan l,ass two lsdas .ff his.
Paf. .nerss and it, is de6ominaied abe non
.CotislOn, OR IisSssn. .upon EaFil, -;ssI
:, Esp;;asses Ags;sKi dl1a "a flierei. Il I ra'nor Il
fPIoba6'y nnt6aasa nat aaila5 asspsai.