The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-11

| unr
rowly escaped being destroyed Tho nud srttiuy |
tho cotton lint nttaced TO tile machinery Oh fire
In two places There is singular circumstance !
attending this which we hope some one better
ncq"n'nted with the frenks Of lighting than we
ARE, will explain. On tho top of the factory il
cnpalo with rod Of iron, a ball aud weather.
cock. The rod runs down the center aud is se
cured in the post which rested on II beam few
feet above the roof The lighting struck tho
rod; run down it, through the post and beam,
and there all truce Of the fluid wan lost Ih.
roof is covered with tin. The question is. how
did the fluid descend into the rooms below and
set the cotton on fire when there was no conduc
tor leading down from the roof2 In tho 5tb
story where The cotton was iGnitcd the windows
were all up-in the other story where fire was
communicated, there was only pane of glass
| broken out. The fire in the second story was
noticed to be directly opposite to the broken rIuss
ana no other place Can any one throw light ON
the probable cause of this freak of tho Hu;i md
is TIN II conduciori And how did il enter ,ha
bulld"g-Chariouc (N. ~ Wig, odinM.
Gen. Walkers Spccch.-Tn compliance with
the request Of many citizens of New Orleans,
'eh walker addressed large assemblnge of
people i'll that city on the night of the 3Oth ult.
There was grand display of flags and fire
| WORKS. and much enthusiasm OH the occasion.
lhc following is an extract from his speech:
| lie had been accused Of avaricc but will,
those around him who had hcen the companions
! Oh ms reyrrScs and success, he scoIncd To nm
! s~er such charge. 1t had also bcen stated
tilat lie was soldier Of fortune This also he
denied Every motive of his heart, and every
ac'lon OF his hand had rurcr and noblcr prompt
Ings II he had left his cnuntrv ,nL .iL,
employment, in another land II w,s c. ,'' i I''
purpose than to extend the snl,.r, or A,;
can nucucc-to give to Snn,L ,rI Ca',,.,
hih'rca what already exists in North Amcrica
inc advantages OF Il well digcste.l system of
government. Such had b.ru his .;,r nj w.
j-ct, and that object b,, cxn,,t.J ,"t =, "'. W"
pllsh.
H"ra S''r""-ln conversation with our
friend Todd, the indci:tipabl.. Noil Ar.,, nm
the "rcrn'illc Il Columbia Railroad he ncidcn-
tally mentioned some interesting particulars rs
10 ms ''nll service. We trust he will pardon
thc'r p"0lcation as they possess interest To the.
public.
has mad. Ak Trims ,s w.; n,',,' - iCo"' II"
the t;rccnviIle g. ,,,un,l;, E,;i., .,vc w, ".''
T., ,,,h ,,;, "n,.l; ,c- ..,n '' -"' 'n"c'
Duriu,, TIM, lime he h,. I''., .,:''I -. ',',
tcrs III. has employrd snI.,;,u,. ,. c r,.
trims and has p,v,r Inst :, tr;,, w., '"a ""S Ilc
own sickness ~ VII ACCOUNT Vi HIS
Has any other man i, tbo S,,,, ,r.,,.,
many mills in three yc,r. and ,;no ,,,,.t. "'
If ih. Government had us C,;,Lr,l ,mi ,,,
i tu:,I u.,cu,s -, .,,,, ,I ,,, w pune
some of our mails m,r, rorl,I, ,',, .S,. Gea
timc-tuoEu;ou. "'' ~ oe''e'
Iinoiher .i,ci.lcnt from Mc I'x. of Ly.c- a,,,,s
We understand ,i,.t ,, ,, ,,:,, ~ r'
Houston Cocl,rane wa, kiII.j hv ,Ia .";',,.i '
discharge Of his own gun. we lrorm that J,a
had been to IIarris's Depot on In. n. C. EnilronJ
on business and WIS RETURNING, l,,n,n ,,h,., H.
and in putting down his sum- w,cl, wa. ,I,,' IT, 'in
burr.llrJ h. srrucl, ,L i,,r,, " " ',
such violence ounin.t .,,,n.,I,;,,, ,;, "'N ~ " ~"
the can to ,ynInIr ,nd ,h. i,J ..n t''"se"
lust below the riuh, .v. t,r. :, ,.m, I ,', ] l.'I
his head cuusir,r d.,,i, ;r.,,,,I W. n"" '"'e'c"
wns ;, vnumr ,,,. .,r ,,h i ,;H n'. r"rhr"hc
meter nl,ou, oD wc,rs ,,f ,, ,,, i "" I""' ch'r-
wife 10 mourn Ills lnss ;rL,, ,,nn,I' " su|"s
to the lou,. list or ,;rtn,,. t,' ,I ;': - u"u'"
! of fire. arms win n.o,,n r.,.", i'".,' |' | "s'
from the n,nr,. c,.,s ,It ,., l.,',. 4" ',s9'',
every day in the co,,nirvWfI"rt,.E I'E ,'.'""s, "I
| JTb;, '""'''"c w. -
Military -i3"irs-G"n"rnl Scott with The
alnr"ba:on Of the President, has Just issued The:
Th. two cnun:,u;.s or ,ho Soo,,, n........
10 move from Fort Randall r., rr, ! .,,..,,,,t:,,"
In. Colonel of tho SrcnrI Irf,n,r, -, I',i' ~
three comraui.s If ,bo, ,,,,,h ,w w. "e."v"
pv Fort Smelling and one Furi K;l.,.l.r
'Th. E,nb E,,;,,.,,, ,n ,.o -,
bv ynun,crrs whn ,r,. +, nrr.,.'J ~ u, n"a'''
: E:,rr,cks. and ,L,r. ,wt r,,,l, ~ :" "."', n ,r""
Tenth Infantry ar, d.r.d IN En,, n.,,..' '
,iphi conpani.s nj one. and ,mn - iaa'.n ~ -,
For,s Smliinr and pu,eie,. ~ sn,', =" ,u",. It.
rel we'd by l,n 4 ID
meut '''' '>'s'-
Tie above movements will no m.,do will, a.,
]east prssihIc dJ,v. rio n';ior' r,"ra "'n a.c
sent by tecrranh to.dov bot ~ v w's Ws, Mu,J ,',
Leay.nwortb. van '"N
the IIunisv;Ile Lnen%cu ho We e",aof ,t o,
number ofthc ruesis of o,r c;i ,,,-n,, ia., ,, .
writes the following in a lettcr tn his noner N'
We left he civ of Anmst, ,hnrt ',i,s o.,io,,
md passed over Tho savannah p;ro, ;m,o H. en-
famed Stotc of Snnth Cnro,nn Wh.n "c c.,,, ;",
over the river. felt sensible cho,cc coms.ovny
the spirit oc nv iro,m fo,, r,,,nI ,II', ~
urous and somewhat refac,orv nnd ,1ns,, v"ta Nv
cve that if Yankee had com, ,l"no ,hou,' w."
time and crooked his fnger 81 mo wamii
hnvc--, well, don't say what I wouId havc
done. but he would have been m,tv nn," -
have haurd somcth;m" " dr,,, I,,:?, "iv p..'. ~
,nnsnhsro nar,,,.,s ~. se'''s ''o''i o"f0''i" at
! yJc- -J,,,,t;. S,Lm,r:,. 7,Jo, 1..