The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-07-10
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special dispatch in Yesterdays EXPRESS lint -
terrihc hail storm visited Frederick sburg. W..
on Wednesday. va
The Herald Of yesterday, says it commepccl
"t 3 o'clock, and continued for over ten min.
utcs.-Thc same paper adds
nan 1el fuily rs large hens eggs. and
.nat . IN n, a large quantity, covering the ground
most thoroughly.
Large and s'a,ely trees were blown down.
windows in every direction broken. roof. com.
mcnced leaking, and confusion prevailed in III.
general; but 1T was no time for aught save
10 stand IN awe and look for some new rcv,la.
tIon of the fury of the storm
The loss III the way Of damage to the bar.
Sest IN both Spcttsylvania and neighboriig
with fury that beggars description. The
gardens have also been riddled. but we re-:
gard all ms small loss to that which our ap
riculturnl friends have most surely met WITH.
A PROMISING TnEoLoo1AS.-A younc mn, .,
student in the Theological Seminary in Fair.
lax, Va, shot and killed with a revolver an.
other young man on Sunday last in fracos ar
Sunday School When theological students
Z" armed with revolvers it is not surprising
That all rowdies should wear them. Among q.
people 80 resentful, quick. and ready to shed
blood for an affront as Americans usually mao,
arising chiefly from laxity Of domestic train.
ing and discipline and the absence oil all re.
strant over the young who are left day md
night to the sole guidance of their appctites
anu passions and to the contan,nating infl-
enccs OF street companionship and deprayed
street education, it ought to be made q pun
'shablc offence to wear deadly weapons. Such
prohibit on strictly enforced would sovo
many life and m infinite amount of rcmorsc
and misery: Such law, we understand, is
found IN the statute books Of Virginia, but ID
unheeded, even if known to the magistrates.
The young Fairfax homicide fled. but wss
caught and committed to Alexandria prison for
trial. ~,
TIE SUnMARtSE TELgGr ArmISo PnocEss.-Itis IA
we'll known that some of the most interestinp
experiments which have hecn made for deter,
mining the laws which effect the transmission
OF practical working currents through extend
ca conductors were made in England some
time since by Dir. Latmer Clark-his experi
mcnts demonstrating the fact that the speed Of
electricity is essentially modified by tho con-
ditions of the circuit through which it passes.
Basing his Investigations upon the conclusions
arrived at by Mr. Clark, another gentleman
Mr +. X. "iniow argues to prove that tho
submerged wire from Ireland to America
would require two and one.half seconds for
each signal to reach its destination, and. after
it. four and one half seconds more must elan.o
before another could be sent. Thus, one word
would require minute for its Transmission.
and messase of twenty words, with the
usual Office signals, would occupy half an hour
At this rate, not more than fifty messages
could be sent in the twenty -four hours.
Az ISrEREsrlSG RELrc.-Dr. Witherspoon. of
Alabama, has in his possession n manuscript
copy of the Bible, written over thousand
years ago II is described rs being strongly
bound in boards of old English oak. and With
thongs, by which the leaves are bound to-
gether The leaves arc entirely made of parch-
ment, OF most superior quality, of fineness
md smoothness little inferior to the best satin.
n . ~ ~,
and written with great uniformity and bcauii
fully in old German text hand, and divided off
into chapters and verses. The first chapter Of
every book in the Bible is written with a large
capital of iniinitntlc beauty and splenddv H.
Illuminated with red blue and black ink still in.
vivid colors; and no two of the captal lettars
n the book precisely alike.
IMPORTANT FROM MExrco..-Tt appears from
our California les that there is some serious
apprehension that the communication will be
cut off between Acapulco and the city of Mexi-
The Indians, numbering from 4.OOOt 10
5000, have rcvoted near Chpancingo. and
have defeated the fusiliers Of the government
and killed the project of the district The cause
OF the outbrcaks,is TINT their priest. who has
been preaching insurrection from the pulpit
Inns been arrested, and is now in prison at Aca-
pulco. Old Gen. Alvntez has just left Providen.
cia with his Indians to subdue the bellicerents:
II he does not succeed, the communication will
be very soon cut off between Acapulco and the
capital.
The CEors, WEATHER &c-Now that the
wheat harvest is about ended and a correct
statement can be made of the crop. we ara
gratifcd to be able to coroberate all the bright
prophesies which have been made with regard
to its abundance. From almost every quarter
OF our land we hear the grateful cry of abun.
dantwheat crops. In Laurcns District our
farmers have never gathered into their granards
agreater abundance. or finer quality Of wheat.
Corn Is still backward, but generally looks
healthy, and if we are blessed with good seasons
good crop will be made. Oats are generally,
continuing too cool for it to grow off with Wig
or, and reclaim its backwardncss.
LaurensviHe Herald
EARTHQUAKE IN LAUREHs.-Mr. J. II. Martin. a
reliable gentlemen, informs us that on tile night
of the 2lst Of June, he felt, very sensibly, 1Hea
evidences of nm earthquake Mt the residence Of
MIR. John Robinson near Poplar Spring in the
upper part Of this district. 1t occurred between
nine and ten o'clock, and wac also felt by his
sister. Dir. John Pucket. living near Knights
Bridge, also states that the shock was so great
that it awoke him, and on ''Inaking a lieitsin
the room he could see the house shaking" Mr.
Martin. fearing he might be deceived was re.
luctnnt to disclose the fact until he foundmanv
other persons had felt the same shocks ~
Ld'srensuiAe aRerald
DOUGLAS JERRoLD.-The friends of this de-
ceased author have get up series of enter
tainments in London for the benefit of his
family. They were to commence on Saturday
evening last with grand musical festival, to
be followed last evening by Charles Dickens
reading his Christmas Csrol." Other enter
tainments were TO follow, in which Mr.. Thask-
cry and Mr. Russell, the Ctimean correspond
ent would participate. On the committee Of
arrangements are Sir E EEBplwer Lyt.on, Sir
Joe Paxton and Mr.. Macreaa1.
MAKING AN EFFORT ToR -LiPE.-Lord Coct.
burn says of old Adam Ferguson, the ilisto-
rian of Rome, who dressed ike q PHILOSOPHERS.
from Lapland, that he lived fifty years lon
gel. than nature meant. by rigid care. Wine
and animal food besought his appetite In vain.
but huge messes of milk and vegetables dis.
appeared before him, always in the never fall
ing ing cloth and % fur never heard Of his din.
ing outa except at his relation, DR.. Joseph
Blacks where his son Sir Adam (the friend Of
scott) used to say it was delightful to see the
two philosophers rioting over q boiled tnrnip ip.'