The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-10

of armed junks in tho Canton river. They
have destroyed about ono hundred junks,
but we sec the melancholy cost In tho de-
taclimcnts Of killed and wounded brought
down to the hospital s!ips-ninc killed and
twenty-five wounded; among the former,
Mayor kearncy, Assistant luartcrnaster
General. Commodore KcppcI, late of the
ltalcigh, had his boat knocked to pieces,
and every one i'll it killed or wounded but
himself
Chinemen can DC conqucrcd-CLine
forts and junks taken and dcstroyed-but
those who sit at home and fancy it to Le an
easy, pleasant and safe business, are some
what ignorant Of the facts of the matter
and every days experience renders the oc-
cupation of opening the Chinese Empire
one of increasing difficulty.
Gruphic Description Of Jcrusulem.-
Jerusalem correspondent of the Boston
Post graphically describes the ruin and des-
olatc condition Of the Holy City. lie says ::
"Thc women, clothed from head to foot
III white sheets with their faces concealed
by black veil, resemble so many ghoulcs
just risen from their subtcrrancan abodcs,
more especially as they have great fancy
for cemeteries, where they daily congregatc
to howl. No sound of youth-therc are
! no boys in the strccts-no sound Of wheels
-lhcre are no carriagcs-tllc dogs, NANCY
and wolfisl, snarl and snap when you dis
turb them i'll their daily work as scavcngers,
and make the livclong night hide with
their contcntions-thc vcry birds do not
sing, but to each other with dissonant
clsirp, or complain with harsh murmer.
From the horrors of the city, if we pass to
the cnvrons, we find nauSht but bare rocks
around-stones and dust beneath-the
bright sun, reflected from every Object,
burns into the brain-no grass, no trees,
no green thing-the promcnadcs are ccmc-
tcrics-thc seats arc whited scpulchers-
Here have been buried whole generations
Of Jews; here arc the bones of the Assy-
rian, the Egyptian, the Chaldean, the Per-
sian, the Greek, the Syrian, the Roman, the
Saracen, the Crusader, the Turk. In fine,
Jerusalem is nauglt but heap Of moul-
dering bones and shattered houses"
1900
Il Romaatic Marraqc. The young cou-
pie who were married some time since
while on picnic excursion do not, il
seems, appreciate the joys of welded life.
The friends of the young lady, who were
not Informed Of the event until after it had
taken place, have since refused obstinatcly
TO consent to an interview between the
parties, and, i'll the opinion of some, have,
bya process Of misrepresentation, succeeded
in poisoning the mind of the young and
inexperienced wife against her equally mex
pericnced husband. The young man, des-
rous of asccrtaining the feelings of his wife,
OH Monday addressed her note rcqucstin q
her to meet him at or near Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery. The lady failed to comply with
the request, and subsequently the twain
met by accident near the corner of Broad
and New streets, where Inc husband up.
Drained his wife in unmeasured terms, using
harsh and unbecoming language. So much
for marriage which never ought to have
taken place. The young lady's friends
intend applying for divorce, and the
Clergyman who performed the marriage
rite is to he prosecuted, the parties being
minors; The case vii: be tried at the next
term of the Union Courts, the "knot"
having been tied in that county. Mean
while the subject will remain as food for
gossip.-Ne~arh (N.J) Eaylc
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Sea- Sickness CuruJlc. DIR. w. Z. IIar
ris, surgeon to the khersonese steamship,
writes to the London Lancet: al am
much surprised at the opinion, which is SO
prevalent, Of the utter incurability of sea-
sickness. l believe this opinion to exist
amongst the non medical part of the COM
munity from sheer ignorance, and amongst
sea-going surgeons from supinencss in
applying rcmcdies-a fault TO which they
arc rather too subject. AS surgeon to one
of the frst-class American steamships,
which each voyage carries over to Portland
at least four hundred cmigrants, l think
may venture to state my experience. In
the greater number of instances allow the
stomach to discharge its contents once or
twice, and then, il there is no organic dis
eases, give five drops of cbloroform in a
little water, and, if necessary, repeat the
dose in four or six hours. The almost con-
slant effect Of this treatment, if conjoined
with few simple precautions mentioned
below, is to cause an immediate sensation,
as It were, of warmth in tho stomach, ac-
companied by almost a total relief of the
nausea and sickness, likewise curing the
distressing headache and usually causing a