The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-04-30
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crciso his right Of choice.
OUT OF FUNDS.
"A late engagement was made bv n,uacer of
Il Theatre, in Montgomery, Ala, at the close of
which benefit WAS given to him, und bcin,
called before the curtain, addressed his audience
i'll the following strain. from which it may be in
fcrrcd that the unfortunate manager received
cold comfort:
"L"iics and Gentleman: II affords mo much
pleasure to return yon my thanks. am delight
ss! tn see You a-'rhM tE" horc honnrrd as mifh
your presence, since we came. Ladies and gen.
temcn, II would afford me pleasure to stay Ion
ger 0"s dtdtt bring money enouyh!"
Lrnt it Fdris.-We have been furnish cd will,
the following amusing account of this season.
as practiced by our friends Of the gay metropolis
! Of France:
:" think told YOU in lily last letter some
thing about the Opera Mask Balls, two of wli.!.
| | have attended in the Carnival. Well, these
rarIslans are certainly queer set. Before
Lent comes III, they dance and enjoy them
selves as much as possible. The nearer they
perceive the approach of that gIo"my season,
the more lively and gay they become, until thew
seem actually intoxicated with excitement and
pleasure. This stops with the first of Lent
They are now all devotion Balls and dancing
are eschcwcd. But alas this feeling does not
last. They cannot hold out the whole f,rtv
days: So. in tn" middle Of Lent they arrange
| for another blow out; and this is the mn,d.st
mrrrest time of the year. Professions of I, en-
and women, drckcd in the fanciest costumes
and sitting i'll open carriages, pass and repnss
| the streets throughout the day. In the after
noon, n grand fancy dress ball is given 20 The
children; and at night, tho population of the
whole city is cmpi"d into the ball rooms.
; "There are private balls innumerable, and
n score Of public masked balls, which are the
| most amusing nnI whimsical assemblies i'm the
world. The crowd is immense the noise deaGrn.
| ing, the costumes OF IL thousand different kinds.
Some are gotten up to look as beautiful rs pos.
sible Others with the purpose of appearing :s
| hldeous as human nature can be made You
see handsome women cXqusitely attircd; and
| men, six feet high, viii, immense false HOSES
fuces Enthusiastically besncared with paint-white
lips and checks, and red forcheuds, noses and
chins, attircd in short sleeves low neck and
| brief skirts, exhibiting to full advantage, ludi-
crously slim and skinny arms and legs, yet drcs-
sed in beautiful gnuZy costume of nymphs, hav-
| ing airy wings at their backs, and wrea,hs of
delicate flowers in their heads. This will give
you all idea, but without once seeing, you can
scarcely conceive the variety and the ludicrous
effect of the whole exhibition. AS for the
dancing, it is cNtravagant and original to the
lust degree. Negro jigs bea's sao comparison"
| Honduras Iatcroceanic Raiiway.-The English
| Board Of Management for the Honduras Rail-
| way Company passed an order in London OH
the llth Of March Tor the immediate fitting out
of the expedition of survey from New York
On Thursday, the expedition, fully equipped,
sailed from that port i'll the brig Favore. This
is quick work, considering that seventeen days
Of the intervening time were consumed in the
Transmission of the order by the steamship
Arago, from Southampton. The road is to run
from Porto Cabnllas on tho north. to the Gulf uf
1 81, ss,l e Ia
completion of which will materially shorten the
distance TO California md Oregon English
| capitalists are principally in the company; MIR.
W. Brown, of the distinguished house of Brown;
Shi"!ay + Co, c: Liverpool, bensits president.
The expedition comprises over fifty persons in
tho different departments. Among the persons
who smiled III the Favorte was Senior Don Leon
Alvarado minister from Honduras to the United
States. Also. SONS of Com Parker, Paul Brown,
of Philadelphia, and Col. TOtten, of the Panama
road. A photographic division. under Lieut.
W. N. JefIers, United Suites Navy, sailed on
the 4th instant, via Panama. for the Bay OF
Fonseca. All the materul and labor for the
road is to be furnished exclusively from the
United States. The expedition was fitted out
by George Squier.
The Magnetic" Telegraph Foreshadomcd-Im
years ago-under the word Loadstonc," is
found the following foreshadowing ofthe Electric
Telegraph:
"Somo authors write, that by the.help of the
magnet or loadstone, persons may communicate
their minds TO friend at n great distance; us
suppose one to be at IIondo and the 'othor at
Paris, If each Of t''em have q circular alphabet.
like q dialp plate Of clock, and a needle touched
with one magnet, then at tho Same time the
needle Mt London was moved, that at Paris
would move in like manner, provided each,party
had eecrei notes for. divining words and the
| VAT 10 nj aat hnur <xf
| the day or tile night, and when one purity would
inform the other of any matter, he Is to move
the needle to those letters that will form the
words that will declare what he would have
tho other know, and the other needle will move
4 IN the same manner This may be done recip-
rocaliy" . u ~
Il Fact Worth Noticing- The Cincinnati Ga
zette, in summary of the advantages incident
4 Completed. states the fact that the completion Of
tho great line from Baltimore through idassstta,
Cincinnati and sssLoais makes n direct through
line from anea IL da, Mains ss so Kss;ss [ Which d
arterial line, 17O2 miles Montreal added gives
over two tliaasany yiptes over'wi,icll passenger
can Iposs continuously Esstsand w est. From
kCiucjpnAi TO Prairiesdp Chen by railr4ad ia
now b2o mi.es Whilst by water il isleIl 80
mics & n sSs zsa ,s::ssr44S ~.
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. llaWip Ohio Witch provides that sll pfpaAity
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