The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-16

Sinyal.nr-,.sc e sct,e, persons Yesterday nt,crnOon.
took into their l,eatls To cleSn out am cli sa"so
which probably Ind not lecn' used since s%,
S,s, yh~ %"r, mud wee was lying near
cleared out tho touch hole, aud through tha. th.mH n
trneteJ some Of tho dirt, they poured In a anal
quantity of gunpowder and touched iCoIf Gr.t
placing board before the muxsie 70 rsxsivs .i."
charge Of dirt. Much TO their surprise, howeysr s
Which % kSossed dp%n psacRsy tRs of 1s
street. and spent its force in endiishino = n,n", ,T
OF the door of the United Fire Engine Impsa p"o'
N0rfoik Herald, An. t'D'e-
Tornado IN Eansas-A l.ttor f,o,, o..
ME, Kansas, dated the / 9th ult, br;nos ;n.aT:
semce oi "a a most destructive tornado in flint To-
ean'y. Inc town was almost, completely do.
s!royed. .. MIR. o. c. Brown was one Of the nr;n.
,i", ulp,a sufferers. new dwelling, nearly com
pleted, was utterly demolished and fhc ho"ao
he was living in was partially DESTROYED t1thau
cl:iIehs suffered similar losses. Nothing. r. ia
s''o' s' could present more vivid scene Of mir
thaH me appearance Of the place after the lorna.
DO had swept over it.
he$,g"ato".-W learn through the Spartan.
ourg Express, that J. W Wofrortl Tucker, Esn. sent
ro,,a ~ ms resignation as Principal of the Female
ege ,1Ow T." the Trustees nt their meeting on Tues
gay afternoon last that it was accented and
-, Df. Charles Taylor was elected to IN his n,oca
nir. : tucker, We regret to learn, intends remov.
ing from the State.-Carolina Times.
Laying of tie Conner Stone of the Clan ,oo,,
me"t-The corner stone of the monument 70 h..
eiec'ea 10 the memory OF the Hon. Henry Clov.
was iald at Lexington, (Ky.) on the 4th instant
| with due and imposing ceremonies, and in tbss
pesehce mc oi aI immense concourse Of persons Of
al parties and all crecds. -
| Immigration Of Jiorn,ona-Since the frat nc
| january last there have arrived in this conntrv
ny io"r different vessels, upwards of two thou,
sahu one hundred cngrans who lind espousel
tne mormon iaith IN the Old Country, and were
en- route to Utah Territory, in tho Great Sah
| Luke basin. '
1hc Crops HesI-A correspondent of the Gin.
| chhati Gazette says that he has watched tho
crops for forty years, aud he thinks that in Ohio
| INDIANA, Illinois aud kentucky, there will be n
| larger crop Of wheat harvested in the comnt,
| season than ever before.
Gen. Cass is strict in his personal habits. wi,
not dine out if lie can help it, and goes to he'd At
io o'clock, L. NJ When at Paris, ut balls at hi.
own house, he would quietly slip off to bed al the
above hour, leaving his wife and three daurhters
10 entertain The company present.
Il Crosciny C;ty.-Thc city of Peoria. on the
Illinois river, i'll 1850, contain only six thousand
inhabitants, and without a railroad It now has
| eighlccn thousand inhabitants three railroads
completed, aud two i'll progress.
Tile AHanhc 7eIcgraDh-IIer Maiestv,s s,r-
veyng steamer Cyc!ops sailed from st. Johns,
| IN. r., for London, having completed the const
soun'!lnss for The Atlantic telegraph, with salts
| factory results.
Gen. QuUma".-A convention of the ffh
congressional district of Mississippi Mt Jackson.
! nominated Gen. Quinun without 4 DISSENTING,
| voice.