The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-10

Needing two hundred and fifty dollars Tor each
n'l every slave ciiIanci p,cd, each State pr"vii.
II" for any additional remuneration that il may
!cvm proper.
b R"s"i''d That the American people, when
helping the cii',nrp pators, should help the , ici
raici also. No measures of in aid this direction
could exceed onr wishes. Nevertheless the
small sum of twenty five dollars To each Of these
wrongcd and destitute ones wnml go far towards
supplying them humble homes upon this cont.
h"nt, or upon another, should they prefer 50 wid,
removal from the land of their birth
These resolutions ;.vincc an Ignorance upon
The sui j. c, of slavery which, one could not well
i'sinc to exist in an intelligent community.
Another remarkable feature Of their s,Icluc is
t" make The government the agent in this busi-
hess. Well, this is coo:, indeed. They propose
that the people Of the South sha, be taxed To
Else Il revenue to opurcl,asc It's property. IT.
Sin effect saying to the slave ho.Icr-"If vou will
i've tax Of two hundred dollars TO tn. govern
"rnt, the government will give it back to
on for the purchase of your m.-rus.''
"0UR GEORGIA"
.H'Ssfs. EEi"rs: LAWN. noticed that yo,,r
ri.hlors of the Independent have, for vra,s
aS', h"rn Unjust; inusly tilus;n. s,l,! r:,hin"s
on tii" sewers of slanhcr thnSc of :. | mel.
'rll'c-thus III once lclu'in:: their readers. and
iiurIcing their minds against tn. South--I de-.
ire To give an inri,i,nk' on the ether side ::
'nc which, with thinking minds, shoul outweigh,
thousand of the thrilling >ccncs' which are SO
ol;"n l';sr,'lcd bcinic the public.
Thirty or more wears ago, an active vouur
man, from Maine engaged i'll business in S:,vun-
nah, Georgia.. lie afterwards married Il lady in
an AL iaccnt part of SOUTH Caru.ina-tllc owner
ol s""c n"Sr"rs His custom before nnrria.r
had been tn return to the North anL spend the
summer in his native village. Ih:, custom he
kept nl'--taking his wife, ani ;flerwar.l his ;,mi
", with him. Among the servants inherited hv
hts lady. was Il sensible and piulis old woman
who had had the care of her yuun. mistress in
her childhood, and WAS Very muci, attached 10
her and her children This woman accompanied
tn" ta,ni'y III their trips To the North.
There came one day, to the village in which
they were residing, IN interesting specimen Of
that numerous tribe Of luminous men," wl..
without ever having seen Il slave, ever having
trod Southern soil, OF known, from personal oil.
SrrvalI"n the true condition Of things on !, single
southern pl;,ntaii"n, have, by so.,,c li.rams, i'm
Mbc 50 much li.ht in relation 10 .'Soutlicr rn in
siItuiionS, that they not only feel in conscience
honml 10 ''lrt their lights shine h Jrr man, hui
they are moving, not stationary lights. They 30
alter men, that they may encompass them with
their ra'liancc make, indeed, the illumination of
their fellow men their chief avocaliom Upon
tiic arrival bI S;iNl notices
were posted up through the town, stating tl,u, 4;
lecture would be delivered that nj slll upon Mo-
litionisIn" The gentleman from Savannah said
to his wife, 1--WE must go and hear that ,Iun--
His lecture will he quite curiosity To YOU. who
| never have heard the like bur more than that |
want to take S"c along, for a;n anxious To see
how II will strike the mind Of unSop Il icnt ed
and honest hcartc creature sucI, us she is" They
wcn,-" Sue" in company. The lecture from
The beginning to the end was Il trade Of the
| most outrageous abuse Of the whole South, in all
It's features, phases, and characteristics; d"tai
| also, of the most horrible barbartics AMI cr,;,-
iirs that ever mortal listened to, or devil ever
glorticd i'll fabrIcatin. For the sake Of grr, er
"clect," day and date, time and place were fire.
qucntiy given, in connertiun with those atroci-
tics.-niany of which, it was declared, occurred
| in Z" Gcoryiu ~
The lecture ended, aud all went home. Not Il
| word was said i'll the fInv Of our Southroils--
Presently Sue, III Il tone Of earnest inquiry,
said: e Miss'is, was that Gcorgin that man
! talked so much about to-n.ht?' 'tCcrtninly il
was." replied the lady, there is no other Gcor-
| gia i'll this country" AT this, Sue" with head
thrown back aud hands upraiscd, exclaimed,
"Go"d sake. missus! Why somebody mus, have
l never heard nothing like all that in our Gcor.
| gia not ut all, s"-Journai of Con-
| HtcTce.
Gnita Prrha IN its First .Sfaic Tho sub.
stance which comes to us from the Eastern
Archipelago, under the name Of Guita Pcrcha,
Is cnltaincd in the descending sap Of the "lsn,In.
dra Gutta," belonging to the natural order "Sa-
| potaccc. This tree atains great >. being
sometimes as much MS yard in diameter, and
60 or 40 feet i'll height its soft and fib:ous wood
being used for industrial purposes, and its fruit
furnishing fatty oil. II is said that Il tree, wc,
cut down. will yield eighteen kilegrummes oi
| Or 0IIG ri 'llo Hri in
thin strata, laid one upon another, form irregular
masses Of greater less thickness, Of rcdisll
or grayish color. During many Years the ma
tivcs of the countries " here it is produced, have
employed il almost solely in the form, ION oi
handles for axes, which possess, when cold, u
certain degree Of fiexibiIty, with great tough.
ness. The Gutta Percha may be purified by
rasping it i'll cold water, which removes the
greater part Of the soluble organic matter and
salts, and also fnciltatcs tho separation OF any
PORTIONS of wood or earthly matter. The pur
hcaiion is completed by means Of warm water
und several basins; the Gutia Pcrcha is after.
wards dried and formed into a pasty mass by
heating IT to about two hundred and thirty de.
srees, Fahrenheit, III vessel with steam jacket
The Guttn Pcrcha thus prepared becomes suhi
GENTLY soft TO be readily joined, stretching ou
INTO sheets or straps of any thiskaess, drawn
into any form, whist on being slowly cooled, il
acquires great tcnacity and solidty.
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Sale Of Imported Stock.-At Springfield, Ill.
OH Thursday. the great sale of stock, imported
from Great Britain and Ireland in July last, b,
the Illinois Importing Association, came Off
The company derived profit of eleven thou
sand dollars by the speculation. The horst
Young Branton, halfbrother to the great Eng
lisl racer Fandango, which cost S2,152, wa
sold for $5,O50 Daylock Cleveland bay
brought 500. Defender, n rom bull, and Ad
miral, red. which cost about 81, 900 each, solt
for 1000 each. Ruchael, rich roam COW, pur
chased for $l,776, brought S3,O25. Emeral,
younger heifer, brought $s025. Tile whole 10.
with tile exception Of the sheep. on which isr,
was considerable loss, sold at large advance.
7ampering rim Slaves in Mtssissippi- larg'
Mississippi, was held short time aeo, 10 tax,
into consideration tho. conduct Of thres flet
named Reuben and Samuel Seastruuks and Ste
phen Morgan, who have been engaged in enlic
inn nfF and ,t