The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-04-08
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

| PoErLAND, Maine, April S.
The steamer Indian has arrived at this por:,
bringing advices from Liverpool to the oath ult.,
three days later than by the Persia.
| The sales of cotton for three DAYS amounted
to % 900 bales. Of which spectators took 5000
and exporters 1000. All qualities of cotton
have advanced I'D to iarthng, but the Amer-
ems news had checked the buoyaucy of the mar
ket. The market closed quiet but steady. Man.
| chester advccs are favorable, and market firmcr
but sales unimportant. Breadstutfs have de-
cIining tendency. Provisions dull Consuls 97A
| for money OH account
| New ORLEANS, April 8.
TelegreplIic dispatches from Vicksb,irg state
| that the levees on the Mississippi river had given
| away, and that the country is submerged The
| river towns Of Napoleon aud Prentss are mum
dated.
New YonK, April J.
The Collins line Of steamers, subject to n lien
| of S657 900, sold this morning in ono lot
| by Dudley Il. Fuller, at S50,O00.
The sale OF the Collins steamers is generally
ed upon II farce. They were bought in
by IL relative of Brown & Brothers, as is sup
| posed, for those gentlemen.
WAsrINGToN, April 2.-The government has
made c"ntract with citizens of Texas for sup
plying S25,OO0 worth of cnu,vIs for the use of
the army Commercial arrangements will be
made with some point in Africa atordng the best
| facilities for purchasing animals suitable to our
climate ans Tor expectation hIthcr.
NEw YORK, April 1.-Tho accumulation of
| money is steadily proceeding and rates of lonns
| and discount tend further downward Loans can
scarcely be- placed at 5 per cent or over, and
we expect 10 see much lower rates prevail very
| soon. Discounts are easy at 5 to per c"nt. for
| first class paper endorsed and 6 to uuendorscd
Foreign exchange is advancing. The Fulton
| steaincr sails on Saturday, and will takeu mail
Sterling bills are held ut loe4 to'lOss. and some
drawers will not sell under 1859. 1t is expected
| that the rate will advance to 100 next week.
There has suddenly ar,zcn u quick demand from
the British and French importers who .ro init
| ting the pr"ce"ds Of the paper whic, was extend.
| cd last year. and which is now in course of paw.
,nent. Tho liquidation deferred from last wear
| rs now freely going forward; and is n good sign
of recovered strength. The Treasury is disburs-
| ing Its cash receipts. Besides it has received to.
day SSa9OOo Ill Treasury notes for duties, making
i'll all Si55.0O0 from this source Of revenue.
| ST. LOUIS March 24.-A letter from Col John
st"n, of the Utah expedition, describes his march
to Camp Scott, compliments his troops, and saws
the M"rInois have, fully words and actions
can, manifested the intention that tlev will no
| longer submit to any government but their own
aud that the people Of the Union must either
submit to usurpation of their territory aud have
Il government erected in their midst must ne
kn"wlelging no dependence upon, or allegiance
| t" the Federal authority, or act with vigor and
1
AN earnest hope that every eXerton may bs n,ad.
to forward supplies early in the spring under n
sufficient guard of mounted men.
| Holy Dnys.-Thcse are truly holy DAYS, The
| Roman Catholics and Epscopaliaus are celebrn.
ting Passion Week; other Christian denomina-
tons have daily prayer meeting where consci-
ences qnivrr like tall trees struck by lightning
and irresistible appeals stir the urconvcrted as the
winds OF "ntumn whirl about the dry leaves; and
even the lsraelitcs dcvoutly commemorate the
| Passover, i'll remembrance of the Proyi,l,nt:a
sparing Of the Hebrews during the time of their
t'"niage IN Egypt. when God smote all the first
horn of The idoIaIrous Egyptians but ruxs,,l oyer
the dwellings Of the Isrncli,cs, whose cuurs were
sp'inklrd with the blood Of The paschal lamb
Even our savage visitors have been stricken by
the Great Spirit, who has taken one nf their num-
bcr to the happy hunting grounds of his fathers
| | Washington States.
pole"n has cxilch thirty.two thousand men. OF
these thirty Thousand have been parIone,l-
! The recent arrests are said to have been made
! almost entirely from among the pnrdonrd. The
PRISONS Of Paris are crowded ith political olTen
ders.
Il Bloody Ducl.-A fatal duel took place neur
Carlo, Illinois, on the 22d ultino between two
men named -- Lane aud Allcn Hale. They
had an old grudgc, and agreed to meet and settle
it 10y fighting with double barrelle,l shot guns at
| ten paces which they did accordingly. AT tho
first giving of the word both guns missed fire :;
at the next attempt, IIaIc's gun missed fire, and
Lane 8 went OF, pouring its load Of buck. shot in
| to iale's body Hale Tell, and Lane went UP TO
him and beat him on the head with his gun,
breaking the gun.
| Northern Lo6orcrs-The Boston correspon.
dent of the New York Economist snys:
| "The manufacturing establishments are fast
resuming opeia atoms and ntfor.ling some relief
10 the communities among which they are To-
Gated: AT Manchester. when tho Amuskeng,
Manchester and Stark Cos, commenced running
nll time, the inhabitants of that busy city
thought seriously Of setting apar, day for
thanksgiving uhd general rejoicing in conso-
| qcence.
"Thore are yet, however, in Massachusetts
thousands Of operatives unemployed, end the
mills that are starting ure besieged to such an
extent with applications for work, that OH army
could be formed for Utah. either ut Lowell or
Manchester, almost any day in the week, If
Government would be willing to employ both
sexes, and not over particular about. national
ity"
Southern ConUcntiom.-This body, it is known,
will again assemble on tho 10th day OF Nav next.
| at Montgomery Alabama, and we are reio,c.d
! 10 perceive that the Southern pnpers are being
now largely occupied with the subject. The ad.
dress of the committee Of invitation will soon ap.
pear, and there is every indcntion TINT this will
be the largest nssemblage of Southern men tina,
| has ever been held The South is more united.
more determined. and presents more solid and
compact front, than at ally period of her history.
| The late action in the Alabama, Texas, and
| Louisiana Legislature, all show this.-De Bo,U,s
| Press.
Revoiation tn Tcncsuela-An arrival at New
York confirms the recent intelligence OF that
l'co"ntry being i'll complete state of revolution,
The city Of Porto CaboIlo was taken by the revo.
lutonisls on the 9th instauts On the 7th force
OF lnoOO men marched upon Caracas. and sum-.
inohed President Alonagas to surrender the execu-
tive authority. lie peremporily refused, and
declared the city in state Of siege. There was
report current at ,Laguayra that the Govern
mcnt troops had several times been beaten by
the insurgents, and that many, had joned the re,
for this attack, aud were greatly in want of mus.
kets business at LagEayra was dull, and the
communication with Porto Cabello had been COM