The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-02-19

any one offence, under penalty of fine and i'm
prisoEmcnt All other unnecessary cruelty TO
slaves is also made inl,ctaLlc and punishable by
fine and imprisonment.
NJ. Humboldt, in his - Personal Nurrativc'
states that lin the thirteenth century, the habit !
"f eating human flesh rerva,cd ull classes of !
society. Extraordinary snnrcs spread for !,
physicians in particular. They called to-
attend persons VIII" feigned to be sick, hut were
only hungry, and it not in order to be
suited, but dcvuurcd.'
Wheat Crop in Iiryim:a.-The Republican,
published ut Culpercr G.. H., Nirgnia, hears
very discourasiug accounts from the wheat in
that county ~ great deal of it has been killed
by the Intense culd weather. Some farmers go
as far las two-thir.ls, though the Republican, hopes
| for better cxhil.i. Of the crop in the spring.
chant of New York. who die recently, left
S5O,Uu0, the interest of which is to bc applied TO
uu,cliorate the condition of the Jews ut Jerusalem
by promoting among them education, arts and
scieuccs, aud by learning them mechanical and
agricultural vocitiu.s
y now dodge is being practced upon the
rhiladclrhians, by sharpcrs, after this style:
gentleman, pulls the door bell and asks for Mr..
A, who, of course, is not in-te!ls his lady that
he owes AIR. a. one dollar aud Il half-g ives II
countcrfeit five dollar bil und gets three dollars
and fifty cents Of good money i'll change.
Casc of Conscicnce.-A week ago. the
President Of the Georgia Railroad and Banking
Company, received by Adams Express, from an
unknown person, S2,OSl, with All accompanying
letter which said il had been dcfruuIcd from the
company years before.
| Naturalization. - The lower branch Of the
Massachusetts Legislature has passed law pro-
libling naturalizcd voters from voting until one
5 year after qualification. The Ohio Legislature
has u proposition before it requiring naturalized
citizens to reside year in the State before be
ing entitled to vote.
DR.. Durbin, the great Methodist orator, once
attempted to preach from the text, Remember
Lots wife," and made failure. Afterwards re
: mnrking to DR.. Bond that ho did not know the
reason Of his failure, the venerable doctor replied
J., that lie chad better thereafter let other people,
= ,civcs alone"
u 4 Living Skelctom.-The Manchester (N. IT.
Mirror says that there is now on exhibition il
J. that city, n man tl,irty-ive years old, six fee
> three inches high, who weighs only sSi pound
= When lie was l8 years old he weighed $50 Ill
is mere frame work, skin and bones, and
,s great curiosity.
Ncw Material for FMel.-In Mobile profes
r siona chemist las recently discovered process
c. whereby coal dust can be converted into har
I'd Jumps or blocks Of any size required, and thu
he made suitable for burning in crates.
% Marrying Famay.-A mother and four daugl
ters, all of whom reside in Northampton, hav'
collectively, approached the altar of IIymcn Sc,
:, enteen times Tie mother had four husband
i. one of her daughters four, and the others thre
or each.
lie Did you ever hear of the wife that wrote
- her husband in California, and commenced h
lie letter thus "Oh tell me rot that absence col
ed quers love the longer you stay away, the be
Of ter like you" $50.
young woman, who was brought before Il
Boston police, alleged in defence of her resree
n, ability, that she was acquainted with all Il
lawyers in New York; She was committed
six months.
- A farmer in Princess Anne county, Va, h
ion had 200 men employed in killing ducks, and I
le. 70 Che Goth slt, they had consumed 23 kegs
powder. He slfps, on an average, i6 barrels
,ho ducks to New York every week.
Ays Atasap of pure, solid silver weighing sky q
,in pounds, lnas been taken from ono Of the mines
Fin Lakes s3npeyios. its current market xaluo
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