The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-06-19
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| N e W 8 ITEM 8.
MoRE OF TIE FAMINE IN M,crrrcAy.-Dsrn.s
SING ocESEs.-Ihe Michigan famine is sn,ily
pictured by writer from Detroit who snvs
that in Gratiot county he saw woman who
sustained her sick husband and two children
on maple sugar and lccks several days before
che could get other relief she then had to
carry carry the provisions several miles on her back.
!his woman had taken care of her sick husband
since last August. and her fnmly of two chill.
dren. beside which she made 100 pound. Of
maple sugar, cleared the ground and hocd in
Two acres OF spring wheat and planted some
| corn and potatoes She was habitcd in tntter.
cd garments.
| Another family of father and three daueh-
terS ngcd hiteen, twelve and ten, snid they
| h'ed on milk, maple sugar aud lceks for n
week after they could borrow nothing more.
before supplies reached them. Two OTHER fam.
| lies, consisting OF four grown persons and scv-
en- children, md who considered themselves
well of, Ind no breadstuffs except two bushels
of spring wheat, AMI like quantity of oa,e
which they had got for seed This tiey mixed
together and ground i'll coffee mill. Milk
and an, few fish they he'd caught, constituted
their supplies.
DEArn OF THE GREAT THIEF CA1cuER-The
| death of Fidocq. the famous rx chief of poj;ce
OF Paris. has been noticed. The Paris Moni
tour says:
At his own express desire no friends were
! present at his funeral. which was attended on
~ ny hired monrners at the church ofSt. Louis.
III the Marais. Fidocq, few days before his
death had an extraordinary idva-that if his
the earth, lie would recover. In compliance
with his request, a lawyer of fine mould wns
was placed by his bedside lie rose with diff .
Guilty. supported by his attendants and placed
his feet on it: ms lie did 30, flash of life, so to
speak passed over his features, and he drew
himself up to his full height; but his strength
| gave way beneath effort and lie fell back inert
and cold. From that moment he saw that nil
was over with him, and abandoning hope. he
occupied himself exclusively with his religion,
duties.
the zen" of harm from the approach of tie ex.
| pected comet has prevailed to IN Incredible
extent. not only among the masses, but among
| the cultivated and the nristocratic. MANY baye
believed that the world would come to an end
OH the 18th June: the Scriptures have been
aaAIousy searched for predictions Of the event
| and the priests and clergy have been torn,euted
with questions. Some have made prepara-
| tions for the catastrophe by course OF fasting
md dprnyer Others have fooishly sauandercd
their property, believing in good sootl, that
they would have no further need of it. The
belief hns prevaile1-that on the day named
the fiery messengers of doom would be seen
drawing nearer and nenrcr the earth that its
massive bulk would spread and fill the whole
visible horizon. cnveloping this globe in utter
darkness, drawing the water out of our sens
and river.. and finally converting the world
into heap Of cindsrs.
TnE DEMocRArIc TnIuMrn IN AfryyEsorA.-
notwithstanding the efforts of the Repnbli.
cans, their confdsnS anticipations. nmd their
| noisy announceineft of victory we. believe
there is now no doubt TINT Minnesota bos
gone largely for the Democracyat at the recent
Constitutional election; and there is every
prospect that she will come into the Union
with two Democratic United States Senator's.
and three Democratic Representatives This is
n heavy blow to those who relied 50 confidentI.
ly on the Republican proclivites-peculiarly
the Germans-and insisted on their being d.
| lowed to vote in tho Constitutional election
in the hope that their mid would win the new
State for Fremont and freedam" alias Black
Republication IN 1860.
NJ y Journal Of Commerce.
with two of Our citizens, $just returned from
Nashville. Tennessee, which place they left on
Wednesday evening who state that corn had
declined rs cents per bushel at Nashville, and
wa. dull and declining. and that provisions of
all description. were dropping. They give
glowing descripsiop Afsethe prospects Of the
wheat crop. Corn, they sny. Is small. but that
that would have been planted in cotton, had
the spring been moreaorward, has BSea put in
corn. Tlis is sensible in our Tennessee friends.
Corn is more prof table in Teanessee at s5 cents
|bpsr bushel than cotton at 10 Gents vper H., to
say nothing Of the esegomy sfasgE Thi: is
bility Of the soil and climate olffat localiiyto
the two products.-ColMa6us iia
The Suasn CRor.-T Louisiana sugar OH
promises larger yield than for several years
past 260, 600 70 300 .0oQ bogsbead. against only
$4,000 last year. n The price in, this country,
and, tc most suprising extent also in Europe, 4
10 now affected by The production Of Louisiana. d
The stock Of sugar in .Egrops 10 considerably
lower than ,as year Sg. T. ;ss , gDssd States it
appointed in, the demand the present season,
which they have been anticipating would be
very ssrke from the inferior on account of the
Iowpess Of stcok there, d 'the high price, has
greatly checked the consumption. s;uAt New
hsa. & M 1000 sssa Sss = and ana u Z, sos
$1,000 hhds, 500 bags and 4,co1 boxes last
,ysers I: 81 5... q q = ~
Z. 4 soAIoirr OF ns--Tbs Raleigh and Castor
Railroad Company, in consideratspu Of tie great
scarcity Of softisin North GArelinS aTe charging
only half price SIl the corn carried Into that
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