The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-05-21
Honss.fIrss Dinner IN PARIS

HoRsE.fLEsf DINNER IN PARIS.
An experimental, dinner wos given the other
day by the firm or Chrvrt, 10 n number Of st.
rants who took The lead some time ago In recon-.
including horsc.ilcsl ne II wholesome aud nourisl,.
ing nlimrnt. The banquet accordingly consisted
almost exclusively Of TINT csculnnt, and Of the
ignmn, Chinese root. which promises, from its
nutritivc qualities, to become powerful auxili.
nry TO the potato. Among the guests were ~
dc 81. lIilnirr, the originator of hppuphnny IN
France, NJ NJ, Mouquin, 1un,loo and i'nyen, mem
bcts ot the Institute. General dc llressols, iii.
rector OF the Artillery Department at the Minis.
try nf War: several eminent ayronnomsts and
Dr van, gentleman who has travelled much,
nhd whose claim 10 be considered Il connusseur
III gnsironomy rests on the fact that, according
To his own account, he has in the course of his
life eaten of the dog, cat, monkey, rat, lizard,
that the dinner consisted of bread soup of horse
BROTH boiled horse flesh 1.-Two hours cooking ir.
namas of China stcwed in butter, labs with Dutch
sauce, and ignanlas boiled for twelve minutes in
water nad salt, "Oid"-rcmfS am0urcttc made with
the spinal marrow of the horse, chine of horse
~ ct dc chcr"l) roasted, truillcd turkey, and n
pie Of ia moct flesh. The soup as pronounced
excellent, having flavor which beef broth does
not arrive ut the boiled meat could not be dis.
tinguishcd from beef hy any outward token and
the taste was nearly the same The roi-am-rcnts
DIR. IVAN states would not have disgraced an
Imperial table. The roust was extremely rich in
gravy, and emitted peculiar aroma not unlike
that belonging to good vcnison. In short, the
morse was unanimously pronounced fit animal
Tor human food. AS for the ign:nln, il was found
inferior to the potato i'll lis fccucnt quality, hut
superior III taste and flavor. What renders this
root particularly interesting to agriculturists is
that the longer il remains in the ground the more
it increases in bulk and in quality SO that il may
be in the ground during years of abundance, and
brought into market when year Of scarcity oc-
curs.-Goiig,dni
Tie Cotton Q"eaiom.-'The cotton question
still engrOsscs much attention. Recent returns
show that England imported in $50 from Amcri-
ca So, 99o,l74 lbs of raw cotton, and from India
23,l25S25 lbs. of the same article In 1855 the
importation from America was 6S ! G29, 1914 lbs,
and from India l45 2GG lbs. In lS2O England
eNportcdto America manufactured cotton valued
at FL, l9l, 53l and to India 1850, ,006; while in
1855 the exports of the same article from England
to America was e., 49, ,33 and to India $751;
3S4. These figures show that in the thrty-iive |
years which elapsed between 1890 and s55. the |
Importation of raw cotton from America increased |
more than $50 per cent, and that from India only
625 per cent; whilst the exports of the manufac-
tnred goods from England to India increased GG6 |
per cent, and that to America only 300 per cent |
heso ostatcinentsprovc two facts, viz: that Amer
lea Is the great source Of the raw material for |
EnGland, and must probably long continue So |
whilst India Is the great consumer of her cotton |
All other circumstances cu,,a|
India can never compete with America in the |
production of cotton for the English market, until
the Indian Government supply the necessary
railway communication. The great tartlincss of
the Indian Government in this respect is shown
by the fact that whilst the whole extent of rail.
ways in India amounts to only 35S miles, that in |
England is S,297 miles. and that in the United |
States, we believe, more than 5000 miles. Not
less than 5000 miles Of railway must be con-
structcd Oh we'll selected lines in India, before
that country can test her capability for raising
cotton and competing with the American Pro-
ducer though that would be far short of her ul-
innate requirement. We take these figures from
a report made by Lieut. Col. Kennedy TO the
shareholders Of the bombay and Baroda Railway
Company.
The lr"rc Of H,nry Clay.-Thc editor of the
Fort Wayne Iincshas bcen journey through
Kentucky, and went to pay his dcvotions TO the |
grave of Henry Clay. In the cemetery, not far
from Lexington, he searched for il first among
those covered cntablcd slabs, obelisks, pyramids
and imposing monuments, but the name was
found on none of those he sought it among less
imposing tabulets but found it not A lad Mt
last led him to the spot, where little mound.
marked only by the path worn by the foot prints
Of devoted countrymcn told that the Great Com. |
monnrr still lived i'll the hearts Of the people,
Near by was the monument afftctonatcly in |
scribcd by Mr. Clay to his mother. On an nd |!
joining cinincncc-which is beautiful site with |
an area of half an acre, circular in fornl-tho |
people of Kentucky are to erect monument of
Kentucky marble Of beautiful design, which is to
rise 100 feet i'll height, under which the remains
OF the noble son of our sister State are to be de-
posted. The corner stone will be laid OIL the |
18th Of July next, with imposing ceremonies.
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From tie Fort Wayne Sentinel April 4.
Singular Frcah Of -Naturc.-AIH Ep1ron-l
" oursclf and readers have doubtless heard of
the lrisl'man whose COW came from cow that
never had a calf / had considered the story As
somewhat npochryphal until my attention was
caliedto calf now at Lecsburg, Koscusko county,
the property of Robert Blain, Esq. The calf is
now l3t months old. and has been giving milk