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

however. money IL uS tyht us ~ amy time during
the week.
II is stated hy express nntln,iiv nr rrivn,r nl
vices that III" Enulish underwriters have de-
rliu'd I" tns,ir" amy NOR" sI,"ri" board the
Steamer P"t.'": aud that sh" and ih" ship "r the
18th "r O","h"r would have on hoard on. mil.
lion pounds sterling. The same authority states /
that the Bank of the States had notified III" bill
brokers that they should discount nothing having
over thiiy days /" run.
B,Sr">, Oct .3.
a circular. endorsing the good staining OF the
'"s"m and New England Banks, ami sigmcd hy !
many of TIA" leading merchants of Boston was /;
published tn day. The circular npDrnrs to have
been called Eitli on account Of the difficulty rx.
p"riemc"d II, the West, aud III many other distant
! sections. passing Massachusetts bank bills
The E"s;"n Daily Ledger, heretofore in.icp"n- !
dent comes OH, I" morrow i'll support the Dem.
ocIui :c State ticket.
The English letters received here announce the
f,iIur" of dozen silk houses Manchester aud
several manufactures at Glasgow also report
ed failed.
The reported failure of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way Is false.
| 1h' n"o"-I have not met with IA sound
view of the relation o our OCEAN To the l,"ly Of
the earth | send my views tn" subject
! They hav" given pleasure to all to whom | have
explained them:
| Take II thirteen inch artificial globe dip il in
any syrup as ilunl aS common inolS>,s. Let it
dram "a long DROPS fall from il. Then wine
oil clean all the L,n,!s. The remaining coat Of
syrup then Represents our "r"ar,s, excerpt being
too dep. on the average" Iou will III, ;, see dis
tincily that il they gathered to on. spot
they would hardly disturb tho equilibrium of oar
globe.
| E", islands cropping on, of oceans, and ,n,
"a"$ hk" M""ry'>, demonstrate that the nvclac.
inequalities Il ocean ".'or,'S very mcl, resemble.
! those dry land. Now, the dalleirr of our
G."i" h"in., in round numbers eight thuu>;,,rd
miles, then one mile average d'ph OF seas shows
II daIncirr "i 1.!!S miles of :.l"lr therefore, Il
/ paper or syrup covering is vastly too thick to
show tn" depth al season "a 'hir'"rn inch -l"!c.
/ ;" mulch for ",ir habit of looking at things too
. near, :,> man of one eye views Iii, uw.l nos,.-
Ocean is great j,'r Sc, but not wllc, compared
with the globe Itself.
| HENRY MElt;$
Rec. See Of The .lni",i..an Institute.
! !"ias@~ I" h" P,r%"rit..L--EvrIy State in the
nnn should !"ucr!nri!i mos, ri:ci,l.v pr,,,rrr.
"ni prohibit III" establishment of ih. MA. I.ronm,',
! Wi"i cat, anl Dn- Horse banking cn,.r.rns
! which iiav" produced much mischief AMI
brought 'li>crrt on all hankin. Institutions
lin" br"akin" down of half dozen OF d, zen of
these bubble banks at the commencement OF our
; present nacial ,roulrS. slnc,l alarm among the
people and embarrassed the operations Of the
other banks. The people in every part Of the
country should set their fnccs against brokers'
, banks-nirrc shaving Si,oln,-wl,,Sc issues have
Legitimate banking institutions should, also as "A
matter oi self interest, give count cn;,,lcc to
Concerns that only prejudice the public mind
| against all c"narctcd with banking upcratiuns-
". T. Sum.
Il f""f.-'Ihc ready wit Of a tr,c I.islr,an.
| however humble hs station, is exceeded only by
| his gullantry few day since, says IN exchange
| paper, we observed II point. n sudden
gust or wind took the l'ar;Snl from the ha a,tls Of
1t, owner, aud before had cl,ncc To rcrncc,
whether IT. was ctiIu"tic to catch the rir;,suI of :,
lady to whom he had never been introduced a
| lively Em"r"r dropped his h" Of bricks, caught
tl.. parachute in the rti>t Of his ITSlrr rrryruiiDus
| and presented il 10 the l"s"r with II low bow
which reminded lis of p"ur Power Faith ma am
| shid he, II You were :ts strong as you hand
some, il wouldn't have got away from you-
| w hlch shall thank You t,r The service or the
ml,liment said iI," lady smiling 'Irolh ma an,'
said Pat, again io,rlrimg th" place where once
stood the hrim Of what once his beaver that
l""k your beautiful eye M,mk'd for hoM'
Missouri is now holding its adjourned scs<i"u.-
! The Governors message recommends the I.cgis
lhturc I" take decisive measures I" secure hey ond
all question III" honor and credit of the Sta,r.-
lie desires 20 have such an amendment of the
! railway system as will enable the companies To
secure the work done and ultimately I" cn,nplct,
their roads, and he urges the placing Of such all
d'i"na guards upon th. banking system as will
conilne IT with legitimate limits and tend TO cx.
pei appreciated paper from the State Suspcn
siolis vii! only result in producing greater diff
| cutes than those intended to alleviate. The
amount of State bonds due the railway rolnpa-
nies OH the 18th Of October was S9,OUO,O
The LnfrSt Intelligence from MccIimg Hamsas
The w cstfcll Argus has The following, which
is not only good joke but ii fact:
| "Ihc best political joke We have heard this
season was done OH the occasion Of KING Da-
| Itt.l IttI..,t -.
had listened atscntivcly to hi.n. finally turned to
a friend and inquired, An that's David Wilmot
eli! \ cs, was the response. AN what is he
running f"r'' Governor Governor Of Kan
sas is it! No, Governor OF pennsy lvana'-
| Faith, he sud nnihimg of PENNSYLVANIA. /
thought it WAS Kansas, sure"
-im Erpcdition.-Mr Forbes, of Boston. is con.
structing small steamer, about ninety feet long,
and to draw only two feet of water, to br used by
Captain Page in continuing and completing the
survey of Tie farana river in South America, for
which Congress made an appropriation OF S25, 600
ut lis last SESSION. The steamer will he construc.
ted III tw" SECTIONS, 50 as To he carried out on the
| deck of a sailing vessel She is expected 10 be
ready for shipment by the middle OF November,
and will be put together at Rosario, two hundred
miles ul' th" l'arana river which can be reached
ly vessels Of the largest size.
| Progress IF tie Panic in Ncw Yo,k.-A New
York journal asserts that between twenty five
| thousand and Thirty thousand tars, scmmstrcss-
es and cutters have been thrown out Of employ
n"nt i'll that city In prosperous times, il ssail
that the number employed by the various cloth
ing establishments renchcs fifty thousand. Those
wh" are still furnished with work compelled
to take poverty prices, that theI are about as
| much exposed to want us those who have nothing
| to do.
-nr. FHmorc-Ex- President Fillmore is about
to marry Young lady from Montreal, Cunnala
She is not only foreigner, but Catholic. She
ls said to be extremely beautiful and intelligent,
| and commands the entire affection Of the ex-
Presidents heart. On recent vsi, he attended
Catholic worship with her ut tho old Cathedral
| in Montreal. Thus ,h. great Lion Of Know No.
tingism turns the noblcst impulse Of his soul in
opposition to his rIimciplcs,-Hasas .Skar of