The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-04-16


Pork Fatte,cd on Human Bodics.-Lct any
person, says writer in n late Ccylon paper, at
daybreak start from the gate Of Government
i!ouse, Calcutta and whether his walk be on the
bank of the river, or on the banks Of the canals,
whic'i on three sid surround the city, he will
seeIpigs feeding Oh the dead bodies o the natives
that have been thrown there during the night;
during the day the river police clear awav and
sink oil that remain Of the bodies: Bad as is the
metropolis Of India, il is nothing coinpa. red 10
Patna. Hundreds upon hundreds of human
corpses are there strewcd along the strand and
fattening Ghouleke. upon these. are dorves
upon droves of swine. These swine are slaugl,-
tered, cut up and sailed into hams, bacon and
picked pork, and then dispatched to Calcutta.
The great market for this poisonous swue pro-
duce IL the Munrtius nnd Bourbon, where it is
foisted on the inhaptnDts as the produce of Eu-
rope, Moreover, these swine are sold in CAL
eHttR at ttree~or four shings each CARCASS, it is
stated that The Inferior class Of homcwarl bound
Vessels are; provisroned will, them. and TINS
this human fed pork is introduced into Europe
and America. -,
Tile Iysferies of the Ldu.-In Maine, ut the
term OF the Supreme Court being held Mt
Portland, bill of indictment was found by the
grand juryRgs inst John s. Sprmgue, for the crime
Of polygamy. The Indictment. charged that
Sprague, on the Il,h September, 1854 being
then and there m unmarried man, was lazy fully
married 10 Enly W. Clark, and that afterwards,
on the 4th OF December, $50, his first wife he
ing stil living, he married Rhoda Sylvia Stew
art, thereby committing the crime of polygamy.
= Spragues couDse! stated to the Court that the
County Attorney was willing to admit. and that
ths defeuqe gould prove. that the alleged first
marriage ~as not legal one, Sprague 1T iffdt
time being asmnrricd map aud having wife lIv-
ing; but as The indictment was based upon the
leeslitycof the second marriage, which was not
fs5{Skh must fad. Aid further: If the Govern
lInsM Attempted, to prove ahat the fnf wife was
living wien Spragne married Che third one, liS
sbpih object 70 such evidence, us there Was
Go saeh shsgahpn tn &c iGdietp,ant. This last
! poSitiqr heB ata6ed by the -CoIrl, the Goun-
ayAffyybsy Sf2tsyed h7ioI: pros and hus Sprague,
wiM 1basgep wifi, bsving N@o wives, st
]. ! se'ss g sss by hzslns,.hIsss a.n',!.
:. lSona.srsc CTssEitS-A latter from New York. In
ne .Phts& tpiIia tequiEr speaking Of the
dry eoods trade, ,.remnrks.
The pasmeatS Tom N ortiEsnd West continue
yHiy hfekE1fd Ind a good many, spaaI fqnres
are Mn iSopicfedin On fsiese sections. Prom
fhsJ esssr: hsps. prompt Eeturhas: I: !! afe
z gIixon's line meyer stood pet.
sa .gso sbstly On se:
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stSssesafsg e. 8 Z SSosa ii3 isSnt of fhs State
3cif0H ESViI I M 5Sl 5Syfbsd, OpSfats0n.
kats5 6sss ss1s 90 III eSRsssse.. IN is aip.
bssn9 hid ii fhs dissst tton The Six x.andT wen
tysk5iis crsst, and he Rid d54 Peadiet6r wiIl h,
SompFsted ssriy q 6islb1es siEverytiiiht
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