The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-05-07
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.

rOrty Two Democratic members OF tho
late Legislature of New York Constituting,
We believe, the whole Of that party in both
lIouses) have addressed tho people of the
State on the subject of the progress of
misgovernment in the State" The address
is one of considerable force, recapitulating
the various acts of the majority which they
consider us threatening :" tho ascendancy of
constitutional law, the peace OF the country,
and the integrity of the Union."'
The Canals, it is stated. are no longer
source of revenue to the State anil arc
now unable to sustain the immense burden
debt which improvidcnt legislation has cast
upon them" The total debt of the State
on the lst January, 1851, was over thirty
one millions of dollars, and, with the amount
chargcable on the canal revenues, an aegre-
gate above tllirty-six millious.
Complaint is made of the contempt mani
tested 10y the political majority towards the
State Constitution and the Constitution of
the United States, in regard to free negro
suffrage, and towards the decision of the
Supreme Court Of the United States, in an
organized agitation and defiance, before that
decision has been published in any authori-
talivc form.
The address, whatever may be thought
of its general views, truly says Of New York
that ''Eo State has a greater stake in the
Union, and its peace and prosperity, or
larger interest i'll maintaining the Constitu-
ton, us it now stands, in all its force No
State woul, suffer SO much from the civil
comnotions : would inevitably follow
Il dissolutio compact"
Colorcd e PoisououS-At n re-
cent mectin. OF the Select Committee of
the British House of Commons to inquire
into the a,lulterations of all articles sold for
food, &c, Br. Taylor, the celebrated profes-
sor of Chemistry at Guys Hospital made
the following statement in regard to colored
confections
" In red candy, vcrmilion and rcd lead
were used and in the yellow, oxide of lead
and cliromatc Of red, which was very dan
ycrous, and had been known to Le the
cause of the death of IL child in 1858. The
extract of bitter almonds, which was very
much used in confections, was most pow
crtul poison, as it contains from six to twelve
per cent. Of prussic acid. Twenty drops OF
the oil killed a woman forty years of
age i'll half an hour. a compound Of it
called almond flavor was much used, but
was very dangerous. There was an instance
in which half IN ounce had killed woman
thirty six years Of age in half IN hour"
Encourage and Sustain Your iKcchunics.
The prosperity OF all communities, be
they largo or small, depends, in a great de-
gree, upon the encouragement and support
given to that class of citizens engaged in
mechanical and industrial pursuits. The
protection of home enterprise is one of the
principal supports Of every community.
and upon it the wcll-being of all depart
mcnts of trade eminently depends. Hence
1t follows that it is the duty of all to throw
out to that substantial and reliable portion
of the communicative mechanics
encouragement rs will induce them to re.
main build up the business of the place.
The Importance of a good, intelligent me-
chanic to community, cannot be over csti
mated. 1t is this class of men, indeed, who
give tone and Importance to the place of
their residence. In them can generally be
found generous impulses, honest intentions,
and the true principles of fricndsiip.-
Through good and through evil report they
are the firm and steadf;.st friends of their
neighbors and felow-cllizens. In seasons
OF prosperity and adversely alike are they
welded to the community in which their
lot has been cast.-Nushviite Guzctie.
1n Ohio Editor, on Fashionable Dan
ciny.-An Ohio editor gives his views of
several dances Which he witnessed ut the In
auguration Ball at Washington, thus:
1.-The want of variety in this Mctropoli-
tan dancing, was, however, fully made up
by the fancy things, such as the waltz and
polka. These were absolutely barbarous.-
The old fashioned waltz, the morality of
which even Byron called in question, is here
Ignored as altogether too cool and distant
The lady here lays her head on the gent,
mans bosom, puts one hand in his coat-taiI
pocket, then resigns herself to his embraces
and goes TO sleep, all but her feet, which
when not carried by him clear off the floor
goes patting around on her toes. The GEN
tleman thus entwincd throws his head back,
and his eyes up, like a dying calf; his body
bent III the shape of a figure 4, lie whirls,
backs up, swings around, swoons to all ap
pcaranccs, pushes forward, and leaves tile
ring to the delight of all decent people,"
1hc "Iioy Choleru" Erpiained.-Th
liquid enemy of man, which has slain its
thousands, now turns out to have been the
author OF all tn the mischief among the Yves.
tern swine. The whiskcy manufactured in
Ohio, it is stated, after an ANALYSIS by chem.
lists, contains strychnine enough in one bar
rel to kill thirty men, Upon the slops or
"lees" Of this poison the hogs of the West
have been fed, and hence the "cholera"-so
caIled-which has made such appalling in.
roads upon the pork market and the swiinish
race in general.
Selling Nun ut 1uctiom in Illinois,
The Sheriff of St. Clair county adverties.
negro man tor sale at public auction, lie BE-
ing guilty of the "high misdemeanor" Of
having come into the State of Illinois and |
remaining there for ten days, for which of.
fence le was fined $50, as provided by the
Black Law of 1853, and in default of paw