The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-02-05

well to refer to tho prospectus to be found on out,
side page of our piper.
-imothcr -N"rdcr.-On Friday night last, about
o'clock, Peter Livingston, the son of Marshall
Livingston, deceased, was killed in u most brutal
and cowardly manner. While sitting with the
family around the firc-sidc, stone was heard tp
strike against tho house, whcreupon he got up
went TO the door. and upon opening il. was shot
through the head. In three hours afterwards
lie was dead.
The Coroncr's Jury found n verdict in accord
ancc with the fnct. When will there he peace
in the land, Ncwberry District is covered over
with blood, and she is fnst earning for herself the
title of the Bloody Observation-Disclosures San.
2Sth mk
Stare Exemption in .Kissixsippi-wo learn
from the Mississippian that the Senate of Mis-
sisspp, on the 9th ut, after long and interest
ing discussion, adopted, by n vote Of 90 to s. the
following amendment. offered by Mr.. Ellrt, to
the court bill, cXcmptimg portion of slave prop
crty from sale under execution:
"Exen,lting one slave. to be selected BY the
debtor, if he have more than one. And should
such debtor select to retain Il female slave. then
all the children Of such female under the age of
| twenty years, shall likewise DO exempted"
sue
At II mouse and rat hunt, which came off
recently at Bridgeport, Vermont, Two parties ell.
gagged in competition, forty men und boys Oh a
side. under two captains. The result was us fol-
lows:
Joseph Fletcher, sig rats-l74 bushels mice.
{. ii. Hill, AT rats-l3a bushels mice.
Total, 959 rats, 81 bush. mice
We clip the above from exch, ngc, but can
not voucl for the truth Of it.
Il Remarkable Statemcnk-We find ;is a,.
lowing singular paragraph in the Canada cores
pondcnce of the London Telegraph, in a letter
dated Toronto, December 7th:
Col. Fremont, tho defeated Presidential cun-
d;tlalc, hns been sojurning for ten days in the
city Of Ottawa, completely inrog Tie had fled
tlither, it is said, to save himself from the i'm
po.tunitics of his friends, who were dunnng him
most numerically.
Royai Prcsrnts.-Unter this head, one Of our
Mobile exchanges mentions that Mr. John Tick
nor has boxed up pair Of horned owls. and sent
them to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. They
were taken in the woods of Baldwin county,
Alabama, and. from their size and breeding, tho
doubt is expressed whether such pair ran be
found i'll Nil the Geological gardens of Europe.
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To Clean Mdrble.-Mix up II quantity Of very
strong soap lye with quick lime, TO The consist
ency Of milk, and lay it OH the marble you wish
IN 70. ,Shcr. ~
thirty hours; afterwards wash off with soap and
water, and it will appear as if new.
Smn6.-It is asserted that it costs the general
government several thousand dollars Il session to
furnish members of Congress with snuff. A box
that will hold huff peck is secured by the desk
of the Clerk Of the House, and is filled with
fresh Macaboy every morning.
4 Mammoth Depot. = The depot buildings,
machine shops. &C., of the Central Rail Road
Company: at Savannah, arc said to be the most
extensive of anything of the kind in the United
States. They cover thirty seven acres Of ground,
and cost s4Oo.OOO.-Aaanta hnteliigencer.
Cold Weather in Forida..-On the 23d of De-
cember, tho thermometer ut Micnnopy, East
Florida, stood at 90 degrees, at sunrise, which is
colder than Inns ever been known in that region
before. Standing waller froze to the depth of two
inches, md ice accumulated for several days.
Saturday, the Oath uit., is said to hive been
the coldest d"y ever known III Vermont. Their
moIneters in various places congenled, and the
weather judges estimated that the mercury, if il
could, would have indicated fifty degrees below
zero.
Large Xoys.-The Chattanooga Crenn.) Ad-
vertser, of the Goth December, says: Up 10 this
time. there have been 5000 hogs slaughtered in
this city, which averaged four hundred pounds
piece. One of them weighed $50 lbs. nett.
Bear Shooting.-The Montgomery Null reports
the exploit of gentleman who shot four bears
IN Texas in one day, and eleven in the course Of
month. This We consider pretty tall hunting.
Consumption. IN Boston.-Seven hundred and
sixty persons died in Boston of consumption, in
1856. being about one. e.sixth of the whole mortal
ity. Four hundred and five were females.
Good O6er--James Robinson. the circus ri
der. has been, offered by q northern circus com.
pany. $3.50 week for three years, and to pay
all his expenses, in European tour.
A couple, named Jerry Better and Louisa
Well. were married Mt the cathedral in Cincin.
natl, on Saturday. Louisa was We'll, but now
she is Better.
= Pictute!frames and other like articles Of art,
are now manufactured in England from ce-
ment composed of,briek dust and coal tar. The
articles are compressed in molds and dried.
Lemon juice Is principally relied on by the
physicians in London, for curing rheumatism
Three tablespoonfuls per day is dose for
man. &.5 s'@i- ~, e Stf 5S u, zis2
Ths sssshern Univesity Of Gresasboro', In
Alabama, under the control ofstho MAthodsts,
has had 4ao0. 600 o. fund, raised for ks eadow-
ment; Ia, I; 8 III ss, e,
-Four sad,a half millions Of raw silk are es-
ported annually from China. AZ much SILK, we
think, could be raised in our Own country.