The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-04-16
THE CANDIDACY.
c. =. SULLIVAN.


able to visit tho other Districts, either TO see or
address the people HIS expectations was that
the Governor would not order tic election before
octohrr' ana that III the meantime an opportunity
would be afforded the various candidates TO
canvass the Congressional District. He requests
us to add that he is willing however to address
his fellow-ctizens in respect to his views Of the
Federal Constitution and the proper policy of
our Government, whenever called OIL although
the space of time before the election and his
personal engagements will not. he fears permit.
anything like electiuneering even ifhe had dis
position for such u task.
Gen. Bonham is well known to be fully in tho
field. so it is unnecessary to sny anything in
reference to that fact.
We are the more ready to make this state
mcnt Of our exchanges in the Congress
sional District has expressed desire for definite
information in tho mattcr.-Eayefeld Aduertiser.
The I'criis Of tie !Sed.-Thc official lists of
wrecks for 1886. as just published in Greut Brit :
am, exhibits II fearful amount OF disaster. We
learn that II" less than ,l56 ships were wrecked.
or met with casualties near the coast OF
the United Kingdom. Tho burten Of these
ships amounted III the aggregate to 299, 998 tons,
and the number Of funds employed to lO.OlO,-
The largest number Of casualties occurFed In
January, February, November and December.
! Of these ships, SSI We're British, registered at
! home; 81 British, registered in the colonies
and a31 foreigners. $40 were sailing ships over
sen 43I COASTERS, l39 colcrs, and 81 steamships. :
5l6 wrecks, &c, occurred on the east, S07 on
the west coast, 10 on the south coast, l55 on
the Iris, c"nst IL off the Sicily Isles, II off
I.undy Island. 5 Oft tho Isle of Man, and 81 off
| the northern isles. 26l OF the ships were conn
manded by masters holding certificates Of COM
| potency, 29n by mnsters holding certificates Of
service, 2JI by masters Of coasicrs, 95 by per-
sons whose qualifications unknown, and 2iO
by foreigners
The reader may well imagine q terrible
amount of suffering. In some eases entire crews
pcrshed and III Others bet few were saved.-
Among the causes, lIS attributed to stress
of weather, lO to mistnking lights, 81 to unsea-
j. w"rth'ness, 3s to fog, to defective charts, ID
. to errors in Judgment. to ignorance of cOas 7.
to errors of pilot, to want Of pilot, 81 to neg
cct Of lead, II tn want Of caution, aud to gem
t cral negligence.
From Observation-Disclosures received nt
New Orleans from NcneZula, represents TINT
: Republic in prosperous condition., and thut the
o people are alive to the development of the Ina-
j., tcr,al resources of the country. In particular
1t is said that the effect that the Grand Central
u Rail Road, connecting Porto Cal,cllo with the
i headwaters of the O-inoco, is no longer OIL u,-
} certainty. The government had been very
liberal with the company, not only granting tho
exclusive right OF way for twenty five years
but guaranteeing the stockholders per cent. on
II their Investments. Ii also freely gives 500 acres
, of land, to he selected in any portion Of the nn-
tional domain. for every mile of road built, and
II expects the materials used in construction from
e all duty. 1t is thought the road will pay a
year, running, it will, nearly tho whole dis
tance through II settled country, and connecting
d points Of go much impo, tanoe, Tho contractors
:. are making preparations to begin the work at
once. A branch road is also to DO constructed
- to Caracas. Property in that town. as also in
Porto Cabello, has already advanced, in conse-
+. 4uence OF the now assured realization OF this
It Important enterprise. 80. -
Railroads IN Ne0 York-The annual report
n of the Railroad Commissioners has been received.
We 6: ther the following interesting statistics
r from its copious details That the dividends
- paid on the completed, roads throughout the
State average from TO per cent. on the aggre.
gate capital stock that the double track laid ia
ts nearly equal to one-tourth of the whole length
of the roads, and the sidings to eighth; that
! the total number of locomotive engines is 1876
is OF passenger and baggage 900; freight chr.
10 $40. and the persons employed OH; that O
the whole number Of persona killed eight pEl
cent were passengers, thirty -one- -prr cent. em.
OF poyees, and sxty-one per cent neither. passen.
at gers employ ees; and that four -fifths Of tn.
~ passengers killed and onethird of those injured
- suffered in consequence of their own mprudcnce
10 comparison Of the safety of Railroad travel
a ling on tn. roads ofttis State and those Gfea
of Britain, during the :Iast four years shows thai
aud less uumbei injured upon our roads in p1u
nd portion tolhs number carried than thosein Grca
cd Britain. -
, Col. c. q. jfen,mimger- of Charlcston.-Th
address of tho gentleman before the Yonn
VI Mems Christian Association of Richmond, o
:, Tuesday evening, was exceedingly appropriat
in conception, elegant in diction, and calculate,
to produce lasting impression uponsthe mind
ith Of bis auditory: Ills design was to depietst
h. humanity of thessavior-to represent him !
"' hia historical character, Lying and movipg Il
miliarlyssmong men, andIt Itsfnishing them saiit
ry the snblimest example o, piety snaygndliBss
ne ,siyss say ,Ss ss ADVENT sSy ass
foretold, but also his final appearances on seartI
'e' The mnrhed attention which the sPeak 4
in ceived from his AndanSe, afforded the highes
I'd, g"oi, gcs,s 0f''ha ezs'llenoss0f his dsseurse
H.. FayKansas.-.cap. Danforth nom r,,f.,;i
sayg Say Kan... !ne Co,amoas Syn Of .hi, as
evening accoTpanied BY fpTty.6ye si,s ssSsfs
as principally from Barbour seo1a aytf EstEsi
ms . accompanied by hisfarnilY, bog: and Hs9ass
W. Hhpt Clayton acpeDpanies the party q ppfts
;asss of ss waS y, VI, Gspab e:sps X pfpSg!s
the editor of the Enquirer. WHO goes ost On psn
hat peoti9g tour, fronsy hose thicpes fEe4 3l
in Of the Sun may expect an occasional desefsf{i,
daguerreotype of that far off regl6a-1its Ian
'aa productions and peopfe.-;-dfonsgog q
h;s Ss<gieal. 0peratian--Dr Bigs,pw. af 5Roaf,
~ recently removed from the lungs cfs9 shi jS'
lee years Of age, smHbth pebble abont tS siss Sl
as much suffering and its parents MOI ait -
tai discomfort. Ether was 4Arsa xs3,1t s
tie necessary incision fwss Sthen md q a
'les stone quietly ,snaoy lts lsas 81 4 :