The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-11-19
THE THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-

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As the approaching session of Congress is rap.
idly drawing near, speculation is rife as To the
probable measures to be- brought up for discussion,
and the choice nf Speaker. Perhaps the most
prominent question in this Congress. will b.. Tie
admission Of Kansas into the Union, us ui,on the
Introduction of this n,rasurr, the conduct Of
Gov. WALHEE. her Constitution and the old issues
of slavery will again be opened up
The correspondent of the Charleston .Sion-
'f"rd, i'll Il letter from Washington upon these
matters, has the fulIowinc
Our city is already brgi;.ning To swarm with
strangrrs-includ;ny politicians from all sections
oi the country, discussing the prospects and is
sues Of the approaching Congress. .Wlat will
he the leading questions i'll Cnmgrcss!" | hear
asked on all hands, and by evrryhnlv. The i'm.
preston is, tIa; ianca! relief will be The irst
subject Tor MISUNDERSTANDING, of course
the policy and morality Of Il bankrupt l;lw-
Next to this, will be the kansas Constitution, if
pro-s!avcry, and not ratified l,y Ihc people The
third great subject which will occupy mncI, OF
the attention OF Congress, is the construction of
Il railr"ad I" the Puciiic Ocean. The loss Of the
Central America, with her in,n,cns. treasure aud
her freight of human life, has created Il drtcrini-
nation, on the part of the friends Of the railroad
enterprise, to push railroad bill from the very
jump, and il is confidently expected that the plan
proposed III the last session of Congress will he
adopted without serious nppoSiol, ,s it hur,,,o.
niZcs all sections, and offers every guarantee (,r
u speedy and faithful execution Of the work
The organization of the House of Representa-
lives Is now an exciting theme, and every .lay
brings MS new candidates for the various public
honors to be conferred. The SpcHkrrship, |
thing is settled / have not :; t,,ubt tina, Col
James l.. Orr of South tarIina will Ia. liz.
Speaker of the Thirty Fifth Congress Not only
does his personal popularity indicate this hut his
decided ability rs Il presiding oilicrr points HIM
out rs the one to be chosen Speaker. | have
c"nvcrsrd with a grca: many Democrats from,
the North Well as The .;ouih, and have heard
but one opinion expressed as to the prospects of
Col Or--sh"ud lie not be elected To the United
Statcs Senate i'll the place Of the late lani.uI-.l
Judge Butler. Ills friends here much prefer his
remaining i'll the House and presiding over that
body to his going into the Senate.
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Singing az Spnrgcon's (Hnrch.-Thc PRAYER
concluded, MIR. .Spurgeon gave out the wclI-known
hymn, beginning
'.Bcforh Jehovuh's awful throne"
lie read it through, having first announced that
the time would be the "Old Iinndredth," and
then read each separately before it was sum-
10 Is scarcely possible To give any idea of the sub
lime effect produced by those ten thousand voic.
es, as they swelled the massive harn,onics Of tat
grand tune with fIlIucss Of breath rarely heard
snid, 81 will read the third verse, and YOU will
sing the fourth, and let the uplifting of your
voices be rs the sound of many waters! :" Ills AN.
dicncc responded 10 his WISH III. words of the
verse were:
We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High MS the Heavens our Voices rnise;
And enrl:, with her ten thousand tongues,
Silhll MI Thy courts with sounding praise. -
Most magnificent was the shout of praise that
10 yt,I,. u,.,c
where occasionally some G,lcs nerves were over.
powered by the massive rolling chorus that rose
OIL every side. Never did we realize what con.
srrshtional singing might become. 1t was an
uplifting of voice and heart sucl, as one can hope
to hear only few times in the course OF life
Much Of this grand effect was no doubt owing
to the majesty of the tune itscf-much 10 The
inct that all the congregation knew il-and per.
maps not little to the practise Of reading each
verse before 1t was sung, practice we have al
ways thought very reasonable one, especially
amongst The poor and those who cannot read.
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Ipaim 1r"th.-SoIne ono who seems to UNDER
stand uie subject, describes the education Of
''yonng gentlemen and ladies'" Of the would.bc
iashiohabc sort, which tends Only to mental
wea k"css and physical decay, as follows:
IA young gentemam-a smootl-faccd strip.
hg-wiih little breeding and less sense, ripcns
last, aud believes himself q nice young nInn.-
lie chews and smokes tobacco, swcars gentcelIy,
coaxes embryo inperals with bears grease, twirIs
rattan, spends his fathers money rides fast ho.
ses-on horseback and in sulkeys-doublc and
slngie-drinks Catawbn, curs's the Maine law
and hirts with young ladies, hundreds of which
are Just like himself though Of u different gen.
der and this is the fashionable education of our
day. The f:f'icrs and mothers of these fools
were once poor. Good fortune has given them
abundance Their children will GO through, all
inexhaustiblo fortune and into the poor house.
Parents You are responsible for this folly. Set
your sons and and daughters to work, and let
them know that only in usefulness there is honor
and prosperity"
zha"Ssgivi%g q Dog-The Governors of tho fol-
lowing States have by proclamation Designated u
day for public thanksgiving and prayer:
$. Carolina. Nov. 19IPennsylvan,a. Nov. 90
Maine. Nov. 10 Connecticut Nov. e6
Mississippi. n Nov. s6 Rhode Island Nov. 26
New York. Nov. 2Gl GlIowa.. Nov. 26
New Hampshire " 26l Massachusetts. Nov. 96
Maryland. Nov. 26 N. Carolina. Nov. 26
The principal reason which induced the net
ing G"verncr of Mnimo to appoint the l9,h is said
to be Ihat tho fiftieth anniversary of his fathers
marriage occurs OIL that day.
A wonan's life was curiously preserved by her
husband, in Staffordstire, lately, by tho process
Of TRANSMISSION. She lay at the point of death:
when, as laet resource, q vein was opened II,