The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-29

N"s nom h"n"s i, In now trbnr,cd that |
rnrr"'i's mnjmi',. Et t"mprrs$ il t,asb. 'rh.
~. Joseph correspondent, nt the -. t.uis }.nul,
Lean sn!s that ,," night nfici the rl c,i,n in /
knnsns purity al soldiers. rnrnnp,rl In Hirh
mon,l, attacked ilr" residences If Mr. Dolu,n, tho
democratic representative Of Nrnel county in tl,,
Constitutional t"mve eni"n, breaking the doors
unl windows "i his house, aud beating him very
roughly. Lieut.. Hynrd was immediately scnt !
Tor. hut he was moi ai,'" I" qm"l the distuibnurc
until he stuck down tw" "i the soldiers with his
sabre. when the res, Of the them ,lcsiscd aud re.
tired 4" their quarters.
The same correspondent mcntions having seen
letter stating that WIN. n. Wilson rcicarcd to-
III the Washington despatch day or two since.
; after having rope tir, round his neck, aud n
pistol pointed ut his head, escaped from Salt
Lake safely.
SHARP Gamdijmy-The Chicago Democrat
says there Is II large produce house in that city
which has realised some thousand. OF dollars by
having agents in New York who purchase few
hundred bushels of corn at Il hryh figure, and
send these sales 10y telegraph as the true cond
! ''"n q! the nnrkct. AS soon as these high pri-
ccs get wind ON change, the unnitinted buy corn
! OF The very h"usc in Chicago which hns caused
| III" fictitious advance in New York. Such sharp
transactions are bu, fair sample Of the gambling
! which pcrvadcs all branches of the trade
Ne" .Eamc f"r a Scarce .irfirir-The partv
| formerly one" known rs the Native Americans,
! fhcn as the Know Nothings, tl,cr Of the Dark
Lanterns, and subsequently, IA the flndoos or Sc
p"ys, have found it necessary, in order to aruo.
hiz" all shades and differences Of opinion to take
Yet another name" and We happy to say that
III all the States where there have been any re-
cent elections they have hit upon which will
grow NOR" an'i NOR" aprr"pria'c every day. It,
Is the Minority Party.-Er'nj"y Post.
Ro"nd. R"hn.--From the Frcncl, rond ruJnu
al phrase originally derived from Il custom of
In" French officers, who, signing r"nunstramcc
I" their sup"roTs, wrote their names in circular
form, $" that ii might h- impossible to asccr n
who headed the list. The first sirncr was of
course. the riiy yi'n.lr-whcuc" the origin of that
term. now used to designate tho prime mover of
Il mob or conspiracy.
E"r~ltr IF our I"N,y"-Thc Trustees of the
I.anr"nSviII" Female College, on Saturday last
elected the following Faculty:
Rev. T.. Il. I}uist, ID. d.. President; Rcvs.
David Wills and H. L. Holmes, Professors. aud
Mrs c. VI. Vernon, Instruclrc>s in the En-. sh
Department. LdrF,nS,iUr WrdiI
H"i'r""d Drm"p"s The " idow Of Mr.. Sc
cord, VIII" of the killed at tho terrible
r:r": accident at The Dcsjar.lin-s Bridge, Can.
adj West, last Spring, has rccov, red damages /"
the amount "f $l2,n ,nII', against the Great West
rrn Rn'lI"nd tompany-S3 100 to tho widow
and 1920 each, to three children.
Not S"SJtnl'h-The Hartford COurant saws
that the only haHks in New England that have
not suspended specie payments. the New
l.onl"n, the Connecticut River ut Hartford, tho
Martha's Vineyard, and Pacific, of Nantucket
ll'" Iron Bank Of Salisbury, at las, advices, con-
,inued to pay.
In .dccount 7hrrc W',s Long-The Inst
quarterly returns or account Of the business Of
the New York city post office, which was re-
cciv"d at the Department in this city in day or
two after the close Uf the quarter would make IL
string "f paper quite three miles long " ASH
inyfon Erc,iny Star.
HISTORY OF OUR ABUSED CREDIT.
Monday started my bank "rrr:,ii"nS;
Tuesday owned millions, by all calculations;
Wednesday. my brown stone palace hogan
Thursday. 'lrnv" out II spanking bay span;
Friday, gave n magnificent ball.
And Saturday snsashcd-with just ing ut ull
Jmiyc Ero~n's Majoritn-We understand that
the otficnl return from all the counties have been
received at Mil.rdgevile, and Joseph T., Brown
rs elected, Governor of Georgia by IL majority Of
eleven thousand and ticy. votes over his
competitor Benjamin IT.. Hill, Esq.
R'i"r" Day. Saturday last WAS return .lay
| for our district, About one hundred eases were
| put upon III" Clerks books and we learn that
| there are besides uluIt fifty vaccentouces-S,,r