The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-22
FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINIAN
CHARLESTON. October 1,

hAELI.>loS. October q.
R"sSrs. EH!"rs: Will you plcns.. ,uE,r,n your
READERS that tll'. merchants of Charl,st6n hnviuy
c',irc confidence in the solvrncy of tn. ssurndj
banks "i south tnr"lina and t:r"rui;, will re-.
ciF" ih'lr notes at par value in vnl.nt OF rucr.
chandiSc and .lu.s.
llIrr" Is I" Ice Il meeting this evening Of thc
banks, To make such regulations as will prevent
hn "'rr-Iss'ic of thrIr hills anl to take active
measures for IN caily rcS,ir:,plinn of srcrie u,v
mcnt IL s"e'nl absolutely necessary that tho
Produce "i he country should i paid for in s,,s-
PENDED bank notes Int these bills cal, br con.
."iie, n"i" New i"k current funds, ut :; small
l"ss"f T." per cent. Our merchants hav. il,
tins great c",nn"rcial storm STOOL firm Tins
shows that they have not bve:, engaged in wild
sl'cculati"ns. Th"r. will be- no failures hero of
any magnitude. Yours. truly,
GEO. W. WILLIAMS & co.
EarthY""h' at ST. L,n;x.--I.a>, Thursday mor
ming. aicu, twenty ,rinut, pas, l..mr ;,.rrl, iro
severe Sii'"kH III an earthquake were experienced
III the CIT: al St. ln'iiS aud yhl,orluu.L TN.
atmosphere III tho evening WIS peculiar In 10
IL "'l"ck the night WAS clear anil bright, but
sh"r'iv hr."r" midnight kind If l,az" prevailed
which. III short time. became thick ms to ol,
scar" everything The first sl,oc,, is universally
admitted I" have hrcn the s,vrrst f.,t in thu
Mississippi Valley sine" ISL. The alarm was
general ON every side, windows were raised.
'l""rs opened aud h"a,l' put cut. Plaster fell
'''''' NV '''ihSS. t'iIS wcr,. iunJ.k ,
and thrown open, brick, knocked down, bells and
furniture" Displaced. Th" Missouri Hotel and
many bu:lt!n-> III I,. viriaitv. are said to have.
rocked very nearly like cradle
About i've minute rs after tn" first shock another
followed. les vi,.c"t but still Sufficiently SO IN
shake t!ic plaster from walls rock thu floors and
shake the furniture. In TWO minutes atirrwa,Is
the dense fog Which mp to this time prevailed dis
appeared, and the stars >h"nc out briyIt and So
rene us ever The shocks experienced apparently
came from southwest and Travelled c:,st-rly.-
They were fc!t ut Maranc", Kirkwood. Man
chester, and other points in that direction, and
also ut Ccntrnlia. III.
u large and brilliant meteor shot across tho
heavens from south to north, between the first
and second shocks. 1t was s"en by vari,,s n.r
sons thirteen ami twenty miles wcs, of the citv.
\ very strange phenomena to he accounted for
Is. that while the II ock was III ,rrreSs 4 Iurk
ness so peculiar should prevail aud that no
sooner had the shock been felt, than it quickly
disappeared.
Tile EnnSas E!rc'ion-.i friend sends sin
from tl,e office of the i.,Iartcr Sovereign giving
the state "f ih" polls for AtchS0n County, H. r.
III HE recent election
Josrrl, T.. Carr, Esq, lately of and from this
cry, Is elected to the Council (Scnn,e) for that
county, by Il ma jnrty of 75 votes over his com.
petitor, {. May tharicStou Courier
Il Rat SforH-On "Wednesday, the bark Fleet
I:"E", recently arrived from the Cape of GOud
Hope was Smok ell out, after which no less than
dbo dead rats were found in various parts Of the
vessel When gathered together they complete
~ filled pork barrel Samslge dealers will
please take noticc.-Bosfom LcLyrr
7hr ohio Election -CIxcrSxArr, October lG-
Six:y.two counties have been heard from which
give the Democrats 1860 majority. They
claim the State.
Senator Dou"Ias is soiI to k,yo Lost Lo,r, =,
the current rcvul>ion, having been cnynred in
eXtrnSive SnrcM ions In Wcstrrn li.ud.