The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-08-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

I"hEth, hhmitintrH Alr il. ID. kiiErf fOr The tIni-
ted Stutcs Senate.
The son Of Mr. O. J. CmArrrr, Of Charleston,
was drowned in tho Swunnnnnoa River, near
Asl'villc, N. G., OF Saturday, l-t inst.
The Anderson Ga-,He .S Aarocatc nominatcs,
through n correspondent, the Hon. JNo. l.. Man.
NrNa for the United States Senate.
The Edgcicld Ad,ertisrr announces, that in Il
short time reprint of the celebrated " BEcK
C"rroS," written hy NJ. J.. WEEMs, will be issued
from that Office. This az n most remarkable mar.
rativc Of Love and Murder. equal, in intensified
romance and elements of interest, to somc half
dozen Of REyNoLD's novels.
ANDEEw WALLACE, ESQ, of Columbia. has
contributed $500 to the cndow,ncn, fund of the
Columbia Female College, and is thus entitled
TO scholarship of twenty years. the certificate
Of which he has taken in the n;,mo Of his wife.
In 1880. it is stated, there were but fifiy-three
Colleges i'll all the States in ls 10, nincty-five,
and ut the present timc one hundred and TWEEN
iy-seven.
About one hundred tons Of rock fell from the
prccipice at Goat Island Niagara Falls, on the
2d inst. -Four persons were below at the time,
three Of whom wcro badly hurt.
Tho Missionaries and native christians Mt
Delhi wcro killed in the recent insurrcction-
Rev. Mr.. JENNINGS and his daughter, Il vounr
landy grown, were murdered in the Palace
where they were living with Capt. DOUGLAS,
C"mmandant Of the Guards who w;ls also killed
The notorious Mrs. CuNNISGuAM is again in
trouble. She has been recently arrested in New
York for attempting TO play oii' farccal nc-
couchcmcnt, and give birth to fictitious heir Of
DR.. BrRpELr., of the Bond ST., murder notorietv.
But while she WAS reigning all the agoncs of
pa::':r:tlon the police came in and arrested her.
and thus put an end TO Of The bascst pieces of
hypocrisy in tho annals of crime.
man in New Orleans has made a bet or
81 ,ooO that he will cat 1000 eggs to weigh not
less than 2O ounces TO the dozen, iii 1000 hours
and has actually commenced the fc,c. If II.
succeeds lie should lc pcItcd with 900 more
rotten eggs.
The Knoxville Wig is confident that Fast
tennessee will be able to cell two millions of
bushels Of wheat the present season. The farm.
ers IN the counties tributary to Hickman are
likely TO realize u million Of dollars from their
wheat crop alone.
large quantity Of wheat is now comiu,,
down the Georgia Railroad, ell rou for ITS final
destination. About forty car loads pass over tn,
South Carolina Railroad, for Charleston. every
day.
The Savannah R'pmJiicau learns that the Rev
d. L. B"rct, of Grcemville. 5. c., has been cleo
ted Ircs'dcnt Of Mercer University.
A new paper is about to be started at Man.
chester, England, by II. ADEAxE Barlow, for
the purpose Of upholding the institution of slave
ry. lie writes to the editor of the New York
O"y look a very sensible and manly letter. show
ing that he has not proceeded without reflection
III the matter. The name Of the paper will be
The Manchester Cotton Press" weekly, al ten
dollars per annum.
Dr. X. 5. MACKENZIE has become connected
with Col FoRSEys new paper Tile Press, in
Philadelphia, taking tho foreign and literary
edtorshp.
Another Arctic Expedition sailed on s,l, ult,
from the city of Aberdeen, un,lcr command ,G
Capt. McCLISTocK. This Expedition was gotten
up by Lady FRANKLIN, who seems still cupinn
to the hope that her long lost husband is either
living or that some clue may be obtained of his
sad fate.
The Fayetteville Observer Of the It'll, inst, nm
nonnccs the death Of the Hon. J. c. DopprS. late
Secretary o: the Navy, and distinguished son
OF North Carolina. lie was in the 4ith year of
his agc.
The latest advices from Europe are To the er
iect that the crops in all parts Of Continental
Europe, promise a rich harvest
We learn from our exchanges that the copious
RUNS with which We have been recently visited
were general throughout the State, and that the
corn crops every where are most promising.
Powers. tho artist, is now engaged upon a.
statue OF WASHINGTON in the dress of n Froema-
son, and with the insignia OF the order Its d,s
tinaton is Richmond, Virginia.
One dollar bills OH the Bank of Wadesborouph
n. C.' are in circulation, These bills are, Of
course, counterfeit, as Wadesboroug Bank issues
no bill of less denomination than SO.
Mrs. Lydia Jenkins, of Port Byron, N. Y. has
commenced preaching, after Il regular course of
study, and now fully entitled to the appelIation
of "Reverend.'
The Little Rock True Democrat is satisfcd
'hnt' with the exception of few localities, abun
dant crops will be made in Arkansas this year
Kew. CHARLES TAYLOR, who was but recently
elected President of the Spartanburg Female
College, viceJ. WoFsonp TucKEr, Esq, resigned,
has notified the Board of Trustees of his ;ntc,.
''0n to decline the flattering appointment.
The State crexas) Gazette mentions fine rains
about Austin, which have given the farmers
good reason to hope for large crops. The As.
SCISSOR and Collector of Williamson county re-
pof.s is'6oo acres of wheat, that will ycald
iSo'ooo bushels Corn and Cotton in other
counties are reported TO be in good condition, and
from present prospects an abundant harvest will
be realized in Texas.
u. Z. MEsDESHALL, Esq, Of Guilford county
~. C.' originally tho owner of 80 sloves ,,.s
liberated SO, and designs setting free tbo h,l.no.