The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-02-25
THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD.

and the energetic operatives are driving the
heading before them with gratifying success.
AT Shaft No 3, the depth of over one hundred
feet has been made. The water here flows in
lerge quantities, but the substitution of other ma
| cl,inery will soon lessen this difficulty. From the
west end aud Shaft No. 4, the work is progress
ing rapidly, Of full tannel size, aud the welcome
shout of the operatives will herald To us the
completion Of this portion Of the work. And
then. we might reasonably suppose, the doubts of
the most skcptical would bc removed. An add-
tional force is to be employ ed on the tunnel, and
with provisions plentiful and cheap, the contrac-
tors will fIld II" grrad difficulty in the way OF an
| early completion of their contract.
The masonry for the bridge over Cha,Iga has
been commenced by AN experienced contractor,
and will he pushed Eprwurd encrgc,ically.
For some time, the engine has been running
from Anderson to the Twenty -ttroe Mile Creek,
within IL few miles or Pentleton. Upon the com
p'etion of the bridge at the creek, the road will
be put i'll RAINING order to Pcndletun in very
short time.-Pickcnx Courier.
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Tie Belfast Riot-A Belfast (Ireland) paper
thus nlludes To the report Of great riot having
occurred, in that town, on the marriage day of
| the Princess Royal:
Three Kingdoms, for disorders Of all kinds, that
it any wmg choose to telegraph through the count
ry that we had hanged the Mayor and declared
| n republic, the news would be received without
the least doubt or question. A joke has been
practiscd on the Dublin, Liverpool, and London
press, very much of this tendency. The mobs
of boys who out on Monday night in our
streets, firing off sIubs aud throwinrs stones,
were great nusances, of course; and the Mayor
wns, perhaps quite right seeing what little
thing might develop into a commotion in the
present I.oltica and religious condition of society
IN this town, in reading the Riot Act and mar
sl,aling the police. We did not think that he did
right; but public officer is Ia be lightly
| blamed We beg, however, to assure our Iis-
tant contemporaries. that we not in IL state of
siege, that hundreds of men were not arrested,
that no houses were burned down, mud that
next morning business Went on pretty much as
usual"
DCframiiny UMcic Sam.-In accordance with
the recent instructions from Washington. the
postniasters through the country are looking up
the frauds which every 1ay committed to
avoid lawful postage. The extent of these frauds
will be best understood by our enumerating the
contents OF 2S papers opened by Col Rodgers,
postmaster "f Charlestown, within three days:
III were written upon. contained dress patterns,
three skrins Of silk thread each, 3 contained
letters. Ind pieces of black silk, hand a land
scape drawing. IL letter and So bank bill. l
clild's apron, roll Of ribbon, n Iady's
worked collar. aud q china baby. The amount
of postage pui'l for these % papers but 70
cents. while the amount that should have been
| paid is 81 l7.-Boston Herald
From Kansas LcuIs, Feb l9.-The
Kansas correspondent Of the Democrat (Back
Republican, states that the Topeka Legislature
re-asscInbled on the 10Th inst. Concurrent reso-
lutions were introduced, setting forth that as the
| President advocates the passage by Congress Of
n bill for The admission Of Kansas under the Ie-
| compton Constitution. Gov. Robinson be request
| ed to correspond with the Governors of States
friendly to the ''peoplcs" government, soliciting
aid in case it shall be necessary to ress. such
| encroachnent.
| The election in Atchision county, on the 9Th,
| to fill n vacancy in the Council, occasioned by
the resignation of Mr. Carr, resulted in the choice
| Of Chailiss. (DemocraD over Wheeler, (free soiD
| by $50 majority.
dn attempt to -K"roer-We were informed n
| few days ago, of daring attempt 10 murder DR..
John Evans, of this district. We have not been
| favored with full account Of the circumstance.
hut gather the following. in conversation with
respectable gentleman 1t appears that late at
| night some raped AT the door, aud on DR..
Evans rising TO inquire the cause. he was shot in
the arm, the ball passing through his arm into
the pillow Of the bed, very near tho head Of Mrs.
Evans. A negro belonging 10 the Doctor was
arrested and tried, but we do moi know tie result.
| -Laurcnsviile Herald
Il King for Camada.-The Sandwich &C. W.
| Mercury ia advocating the erection of Canada in
to an independent Kingdom. with permanent
ruler. The most eligible person to found Ca
madam dynasty the Mercury thinks, isa Prince
Of England; for, while his elvalion to the throne
Of the new kingdom "would he graceful tribute
of loyalty to our gracious Queen it would re-
move The disadvantages under which we at pres
ent labor aud would bind us more firmly US an
entirely independent nation TO the first empire
| in the world"
Peruvian Gunno-A letter from an American
| captain at the Chincha Islands, says that there
is abundance Of guano, but that it is so freely
| internixed with gravel and stones tn require
screening previous to its shipment This proce ss,
Of course. would make the guano cost more than
it would come to. At the date of the letter, No
| vember 18th, there were stwenty-six chartered
| vessels loading for England, in every instance
the crew having to dig and bring alongside the
cargo, and there seemed little no prospect Of
| any being loaded withinn the stipulated lay days.
The Siansesc 7Icins OWdone-On Wednes-
| day last, DR.. Bradbury, Of Oldtown, delivered
Mrs. Bray, of Bradley, ten miles above this city
of two boys which firmly united together by
ligament extending from the hips to the shoulders
There wus but one clavcle, collar bone for both
children extending from the outer of tho one 10
| the outer shoulder of the other. In other res
| poets they had distinct and perfect formations
They together weighed ten pounds; one was
still born, the other alive, but did not survive
| long.-Banqor Union.
A horrible case of spontaneous combustion is
| reported as having recently occurred in Cairo,
! Illinois. A man named Fnxon suffering under
delirium tremens, entered snloon and called for
glass of brandy. Immediately after drinking
| il his breath came in contact with a lighted
match in the hand Of bystander, and Instantly
| took fire and burned for nearly two minutes,
when death ended his torturess< The sgouIzing
| screams of the wretched man described as
having been horrible in the extreme.-Louisvilke
Democrat.
Newspaper Patronage.-Newspape patron
age," says contemporary. is curious thing in
the estimation of some people. man lives near
| you-never took your paper it is too small
don't like the politics; too whiggish; old fogyish,
or too something else; yet goes regularly 10 his
neighbor snd reads 6y good fire-inds fault
with its onvenienceLdsputes with its position,
and quarrels with it's type. Occasionally sees am
article he likes-saves half dime and buys a
humber. This'is newspaper patronage"