The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-04
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cts, hinte, provisions de-, &c.,--.tevolops tho.
proceeding TINT the FSllibus,ers IN New York
were making sgalnst Cuba In 1888. ucleealia
SSt on board @ .Se % %au""" wsks Susions 10 70
tho amount Of about Si20,ooo-which vessel,
il we remember arght, put In. or was drivan Ia
by stress of.weather, to Mobile, where The U.
s. officers seized II, libelled II, or part Of it.
which was bough, in: Goicoura nakes strong
statements rs to fraud or oollusiob, against Oak
Smith and Others, in which according toF Col.
courias oath, lie was about as badly ,trehted in,
New York M General Concha would havo treated
him II he had been caught Havana, snvo md
excepting the leaving Of his hedd on his neck
and sioulderr.-N " Express.
Cotton Crop in Ala5ama.-The Montgomery
Mail, 18th instant, alludes agnin to Wl,nt it calls
the cottod .tnp- root dseaso,' in that part of
Alabamn. Summing up the information it has
received from several piantefs,sit says. -.
II is n regular vegetable epidemic, likely to
prove more disastrous TO the world than the po-
tnto rot. A short crop this season will boa cnrse
| TO al concerned. and short crop we are bound
to have. The only question ,is. are we to have
n sufficient stand with which to Smake half
cropi Hail and freshcts have spread ,devusia-
tion, in the finest cotton region OF Alabama, or,
of the world but hail and freshets are local. and
the injury they inaict. cannot compare with this
| nsidious disease OF the tap.root of the. cotton
| plarit-a sort Of conslmption,f supernduced by
! cold and wet, under which the, young plant
yields up itsliie will, the first few hours Of warm
sunshine. : 80.
Old Mans QnarreL-Capt Edward Crowell,
aud Capt. Francis Small. each about seventy
| years of age, met at the river side in West Dem
mis-, and fell into controversy about some fence.
The former seized the latter by tile collar, when
Capt. Small being lame aud having cane in
his hand, hit Capt. Crowell n blow upon his head
causing the blood 10 flow pretty freely. Cant
Crowcll thcreupon seized Capt Small, dragged
him iuto the.rivcr and held him there until he
was nearly drowned. Both parties were TAX en-
before,a justice of the peace, where they were
| prevailed upon TO settle the matter At first il
! danger, but he afterwards recovered. II is now
| announced that Capt. Crowell died OIL Wedncs
day. probably from the effects of the blow OF III.
head, upon man of his advanced years-Bos
i ton, 1Tdvelcr.-. -e'
Unequal Wager dndMe Remcdy-Of the wa.
ger. upon the recent boat race in Boston, on
which young lady staked one of her own curls
against dozen pairs of gloves, and lost, the
Providence Journal says:
Such on unequal bet the lady might well refuse
10 pay: Had it been single hair the Odds
would have been sufficient. on the feminine side
but o hole Il ess against all the gloves that Jou
vine or Bolvn ever exporledl-no gallant niar
could assent 10 such mutiIation. lie NAV, es
an act OF Justice, claim the curl, but SURELY he
will not sever it from its glossy companions; lie
must take it as it is, with the head, heart and
cfinoline attached. -"
Episcopal .Stdtistics-The Banner of the Cross
learns from the Journal Of the late General Con
vention, that the. number of Clergy in our 81
dnocescs, Is 1884; Communicates, ll9, 54O.-
me ne eon,lrmat,ons for the three years preceding
1885 were lO,277; 1888, IL ,a66; 1S4i, II, 7G7
lo44, 22,2l6; 1886, l5,9ls; 1885, ls,937; 1853
| 23,SS4; 1855; a0,644.4 Churches consccrntea
1879, !2S; 1888, 1863; ls4l. 9l; 1874. l43
ls47,: 1872; 1880, l55 ). 1853, 1873; 1856. loo
Candidates for Orders, 1885,. l65; 1898, lSs
1858, lG5; ls5es;2i3.
Crops on Rcd Riycr.-The Napoleon Planter
Of Friday, says:@" Mr.. Il. ]. Carroll, of Rec
Fork, was III town this week, aud we had III,
pleasure OF listening to his remarks OH the pros
pests1 Of the growing crop. He states that tn
cotton In his-neighborhood has an exccllen
'stand, not having sustained any damage by tn,
late cold snap Corn is up and looking finely
and nll that remains to be donc-is to keen tn
gtowth of the crop little ahead of the weeds
The Press, not ProhiJited-The Macon Citi
zen snys: ''We have it from good authority
that the late Resolution Of tl,e Southern r.,
Association. as TO Free Tickets, was not desisne
to operate against the Press. gang, bnt had refer
encc to another class of persons. Each Road re
serves to itself the right to pass when it pieases
over its own local line, and the usual courtes
will be extended toAhe Editorial Fratcrnity.",
Pious 7he,1-The Boston ftTravclor of til
22d, says:
| '.The Kansas Aid Resolves, canre from tn
Senate to the House. yesterday in their amende,
form, and were read by the Clerk, They wer,
soon latter among the missing, and though dill
have not yet been found" -
The Fruit Crops of ofKeatucky.-Tbe cxecu
tive committee Of the Kentucky horticulture
prospects: of the fruit crop in that State" 1t ex
presses the opinion that. the fruit crop general,
will exceed the average, but that the yield 0
peaches will be light. - :: :.
CropA-The sCovington Type; Of the Time.
snys: The wheat crops in bis'latitude arc fin,
indeed the prospect was never better yA!rb,
CHANCES for cotton crop, were never NOR.
gloomy. Many planters hnye plowed up fiei,
cotton md putin corn. Corn is extremely back
: ward in consequences Of. The cold spring.
Suicide .f,om tSpiri1ualisuG Stiles. F..
respectable farmer Of hiilfpgd, Wis., stabbed Ti,m
self to. the heart. with hay fork, a lew day.
since. His nephew. George Stiles shot hinsel
q little while before, iu the same time. Spirit
uals'n is ssaid to have caused alssc'suieidcs.
A volcano is said to have hurst forth in Gsor
gia. According to the accounts of il We have
seen, it belches out flame and smoke in a fash.
ion Tint would do no discredictt to IEtna orYcsu
vius. 1t is aperfect furnace Of blazing caloric
We bcSthe rfirc:eaters to pitch. ~ louisville
Journal. -s--
Col. John A. Washington proprietor of.Moun,
Vernon, is lying dangerously III at that place
His brother who resides in one Of tho upper
counties of Virginia, was telegraphed to proceed
thither Immediately. The Colonels healtl, ha,
been bad for some weeks
Scarcity Of Corn.-Accounts from the, middle
section OF North Carolina, tell Of great scnrcity
of corn, amounting in some cases to a fear o
famine and the actual death of stock forSxant O
food. The Salem Press says at o sale fl nstokel
county on the 10th insf, c6fn sold for $2.O5 pei
Army Worm.-TheE eEdgefeid Il Aducrtise-learn,
by private letfer from friend in Hamburg
that the nrmy worm has made its appearance II
Beeci, Island and is doing serious injury to the
wheat crop iii that locality.
A pacing match or twenty seyen n;les o,,,.