The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-01-07

one thousand eight hundred and fifty
six, and in the cighty-first year of the
sovereignty and independence of the
United States Of America.
JAMES CIIESNUT, Jw,
President Of tic Senate.
JAMES SIMONS,
Speaker House Of Representatives.
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Mr.. Jenks .torms Rcsolut;on.-Well
ono thing Pm determined upon, no matter
what Mrs. jerks may say-whethcr it's
good for the children or not-never again
during the remainder Of my natural life,
will | buy, lease, Oh reiit tany house, dwelling
or habitation in that ridiculous, absurd and
abominable location which Mrs. jerks de-
nominatcs "Jest lectle out of town.
Never. lfmy family must spend the suiii-
mer in the country, they shall be conveyed
to the middle of "a Western Prairie, to the
depths Of the pine forests of Maine to Cen
tral Africa, or Arabia petrea, but never, no
ncvcr-'jest lcetlc out Of town." 1t is
near enough for every one you ever nodded
to come and sec you, but it's altogether too
far for them to go homo again at night.
Why, if you'll believe me, slept on the
sofa, Mrs. jerks in the easy clair, the chill.
dren on the kitchen dresser, my Oldest son
on the window seat, my Oldest daughter in
the fireplace, and the servant girl on the
wood pile, while our beds were occupied by
Tom, Dick and Harry, and their wives and
second cousins. Or minister s. nnt his va
cation there; the cllildren's teacher came to
see the 'dearc little things (very dear at ten
dollars quarter J Priscila's music master
brought up some new music that his pupil
might not forget to practice, during her
holiday and staid fortnight wretch;
and the lady who used to live next door to
my wlfe's cousin, and whom we had never
seen before, brought four children and a
nigger servant, and never went back to the
city till we did ourselves.
Will l stand another siege of visitation
as this for the sake OF being Jest leetc out
of town = Not 1. Mrs. jerks, YOU need
not expect it.
An Eloquent ReJuke.-Rev. DR.. S. w. AL
exander, in recent letter from Scotland.
states that on the occasion of the recent ma
tional fast in Great Britain, the most candid
confession of national sins, including the
opium business, was fairly uttered. He
quotes the following striking rcbuke of the
government Of India from one ofthe sermons
delivered on that day: ut is calculated that
hundred thousand acres Of the richest
lands watered by the Ganges are devoted to
tho growth of the supply of opium. These
are the very regions aoAich the revolt is noy
desolat'ng. The profit which the Company
derives is very great. For that which costs
about Sls5, they receive s525. The aggrc-
gate is about s25,O0O,ooo. This money
has come to be, what faith was at the Refor.
nation, the article'of standing or falling,
government 1t is felt that the solvency,
and consequently the existence, orlhe Com.
pany depends upon it. The principal por-
ton of this great revenue is extracted from
the Chinese. The government of British
,Iudia, in league with the vile passions OF
the Chinese populace, has proved too strong
for the Chinese government. There is not
a more humilia,ing fact on the face Of the
world or in the history Of man than this: it
is by becoming the sole and exclusive pur
veyors to the gigantic vice which is degry-
ding and destroying the Chinese population,
that the government of British India main
tain their solvency.
Handicopping the Pigcons.-S So deeply is
the love of outdoor sports implanted in the
breasts Of the English people, that they even
handicap the pigeons, in order to'make fly
ing matches; and by the application Of this
equalizing principle, thus succeed in getting
up winged contests against competition, or
against time, which, without the application
Eof the handicap, could not be made at all.
On our fifth page we lave presented, from
the columns of Bells Life, four-mile han
tdicap race, in which fourteen birds we're
started, and tho victor of which won the
first prize in 4 min. 3s sec. This was at
tho rateof a milo in 1 min. 1.2 sec. A
second race of two miles, however. (not
handicapped). was performed by the winner
in minutes, whicli reaches the rate Of the
fabulous Emile in a minute" which vulgar
error has so frequently ascribed to Flying
! Childers and Eclipse. The fact Of a mile