The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-04
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fhe hilowihs centpflas the list Of 'fSasts
slssa,sl, ,hc tsesht iasllfoad Jubilee st Charles.
tom SUa - - !. 4 ~ ~
4. TAs City Of .,is~pAis .-Qns ef ihs bright !
! ess jcwsls upon .hobtow of The Father of Ma,
hospitality, are imbued with the gtsdtaef and
magnRcence Of the scencfy by which shc ls sur.
rounded. May che forever flourish, d focus Of
beauty wealth and reflnemon, aud ,may hor
future greatness even still moro titan her pres.
ent prosperity, verify tho prediction! = =
Westward the courseof empire takes ils way
2. Tho CITY Of ,Huntsvifie--TheS lovely. home
Of fair women md brave men of elegant re-
finemeht and generous hospitality. "A favored
bridesmaid ut the nuptuls Of the mississippi
and Atlantic; may size share largely in the pro
fitable investments of the bride nnd groom
8. The City Of Nashpille Tho beautiful and
cultivated Capital of q great and rising State;
the mart of a.garden: lind. Itis her privilege
to combine, the dignity Of the planter, tho
energy of the merchant and the fame or tho
statesmen, in the beamihg chaplet of her dstinc-
ton. 'Ff..,.-a..
4. The City of iSauanaah--The conpeer of
II Charleston in opening the Communication be.
tween the fertiIe'valleys Of the South west and
the Atlantic seaboard. In their inexhaustible
products there is ample room and vcrge enougl,
+ for the enterprise and prosperity of both.
D. 7he City Of Augusta-Occupying an i'm
portant position OH the lines Of COMMUNICATION be-
tween the Atlantic and the Father of Waters,
, the seaboard and the mountains are alike bound
to her by interest and affection
0. TIE Clyof AHdnta-Ihe Gate CITY. The
only tribute she levics is the affection and graft.
tude Of those who partake of her unbounded
hospitality.
z. Mdttanooga-Natures' Scntncl-the look
out point i'll the path OF SoutIlcran prosperity and
greatness.
8. The G!!y Of Mason-commanding in posi-
tion and distinguished for her enterprise and in
teIligence. the future is full of promise to her
! commercial greatness and prosperity.
y. 1he Ctty Of Rmoruiiie-Thc Guardian OF
the Mountain Pass; the great highway between
the North and the South, the East and tho
, of unbonnded prosperity.
? !o: 1he Southern Stdtcs-Politcally and So
ela'iy the they huve one Fath one Hope, one
l Destiny.
' IL The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
a Covenant of Peace between tho Eastern
Monarch of Demand and the Western Giunt of
snCgg'y; Ig sona,.,,, >,o,;.u,,,r,Ic;.. !, ;.
and it will supply materials for the manufactures
and the commerce Of the entire world.
q IL. Sonthern 1Pomcn-As daughters. wives
and mothers, filling the tcndercst and dearest
relations OF our nature they form the strongest
q as well US the sweetest bond OF Southern I'm
: ion.
. accidents TO The Memphis Delcgate&-The Au-
. g'ista Constitutionalist Of yesterday gives the
! following account Of two serious disasters tba,
: happened to the Memphis Delegates, on their
way to Charleston:
As the special train with the Memphis tcle
gates was passing Raccoon Mountain about
twelve miles West Of Chattanooga on Saturday
8 the axle OF the baggage car broke, which caused
that car and one of the passenger cars to be
thrown off the track. The scene for n G,,y
moments, ID described of terrible excite
, ment and confmsiOn. The passenger chr was
; wiiIrlcd into tile air annd the SCREAMS of tho
, passengers the groans of the wounded, and the
, awful crash Of the tinnhcrs of the car. Several
; persons were slightly injured. One man by the
name of George Moore n member of No In
: vinclb!c Fire Company of Memphis, was SO Sc
; verely wounded that he died after tho arrival of
tho train at Chattanooga Paul G. Kay, ,nem-
Der of 1.,berty Fire Company. Memphis, had
:, | an arm broken. Another accident hanpcned IN
d the same train, about one mile and half North
OF Social Circle, yesterday morning mt o'clock
s. by the breaking Of the truck wheels Of the rear
@ car Of the long train.
It Anumber Of the passengers in the car Jumped
e out. and one of them, Mr.. G. Menirl n mer.
:, chant of Memphis and member of the German
C Rifles, was so severely injured that his life i.
" despaircd of. One other had his lcg broken and
several were slightly injured.
l. 1t is hut just to state that these accidents oc
cured with old cars which did not belong to the
{; Georgia railroad
r The Itliop Fever-At this early period of the
E. year, apprchensions are already expressed il
8, New York of visitation Of the yellow fever
1t will be recollcctcd that the plague which desc
iuted Norfolk III 1855, was pronounced by emf
nent medical authority a travelling epidemic
&C and its appearance in the Northern Atlantic ci.
ties was confidently predicted. The yellow fever
d York, to limited extent late in tho fall OF 1856
e us it did in Norfolk, late in the fall OF 1854
= There are those who prophesy that the parellcl
is not yet completed, and that the seeds Of the
pestilence. s9wn in the autumn, will germnate
into fearful harvest of death during the ap-
4, preaching summer. Should the yellow fever pre-
:, - vail i'll New York and produce as great IL NOR
tality as in Norfolk, spectacle of pcstilential
:; horrors will be presented such the world has
+ never yet seen. The imagination saggers. un.
= der thcterrifc conception.
4 The returns from the various ward inspectors
q ofthe city, show TINT it is in more filthy state
e than usual. i New York paper says the City
q Inspector, In view of the imminent prospect of
G yellow fever, is about to hold meeting Of lead
ing citizens to see what they propose to do or to
:. hayc done -3tiehpond D;.Oatch
Tho Cotton Crop in. 'Horida;-A, gentleman
: llassee Fa writes follows to the editor of the
a fFloidian and Joufiial: - . ~.
f LAKs JACKSON, May II, 1857.
= Dear vSir II is not often. I ntrude on your
columns, but allow me to say:to you and to all il
may concern-I have been working with cotton
seventeen years, end have been close observer
Of ihe diffetett stages of the 'cottou plant but
Ihayex neyer.seen. the cotton. in the condition
thafit Is ut this.time. All cotton plaftsd at-any
time during the month Of Bl6rGliSiif iif not already
dead) will .be depd BY the first day Of July. I
have examined several crops in tliis setflemani,
t. and they are. all In cpndItio,, that our
: crop ISL. e. the tapE rtot is sroitten. and a
large portion of the stalks prd diseased above the
j. ground It iswlat is generally termed sore shin
8 My experience is this-tlfat cottohs aaIEs dis.
eased nt l''ls season Of the Year sadSneyer make
outa rudder as. the cotton plant Siihoit-. top
root '|s- -.
+ lam nearly dous planting: my crop over
= State Fai.stor 1857 The following, State
agricultural Societies have designated the time
for holding their exhibitions: >.