The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-01-21
LONDON MARKET.

7 ''S. nv year closed larOralJly. The Joint
stock banks had reduced their rates in d,nus,s
| TO four per cent. The demand for ,lis,,uui was
lgh and the highest rate in open market WAS
seven per cent. Australian gold Wits il,wi. in,
SUGAR WAS bu"Nani, at IN advance of IS cd n 1s
! per cwi Coffee WAS firm and ADVANCING
ln tnc lIavrc cotton market, tres orEac;rc was
quoted ut 9lE
THE WAR IN SAN DOMINGO.
Accounts from the Dominican republic To the
! 1th Of December, have irrn received in II,v,n,
by which it arpcars that I;acZ and his pur,v arr
hard pressed hv the libcrn,or Santana. So com,
pcfc is SalI To be the decentralization which nr,
walls among ihcin and 80 hopeless. their Ir,siiou
that "iiiral steps have been taken f., nr,rurc
peace. The i:nYIi>h. French ;ud Spanish con-
s'ils met IN the camp of SAN, ana, To ;rrau. forms
on which the hrIli.crrnts could lay down th,.;r
arms, hut lihv" hithcri" iiilr To satisfy Sanuo
who insists upon l;"I reducing to wri,inu ,h
! proposition for the cari'u!aion Of san Don,irno
There is little doubt hat The latter will he obi ,I
eventually I" ac':"oc 10 this lcmani rs he par.
! ~ "i SAINT are rapidly gaining success and
ndhcr"nts III all parts Of the country.
! The peninsula "f Sa;,l,:l on ih, northeastern
coast, has been occupied by hts troors, ana ,h.
war brig Ninctr"nth Of March, laden with muni
lions aud provisions, tnr sa"z and cnu,aiuiu,r lei,
tcrs and '"cunrnls from him, showing his an
preparation Of the public moneys 20 his own us.
has surrendered to the provisional government,
the commander Presenting Il written Declaration
that he and the whole crew adhered TO the new
order Of things. Such losses mr.. w,,ke,;,,,
l'acZ hryond the hope Of recovery and he has
p:"hably ere now surrendered 10 his olponcut
The Havana paper, Ia rrcns;,, expresses nm
apprehension that IN the flush Of victory Santana
may commit cNcc$Scs injurious to his reputation
as well as the peaceful establishment Of n New
government. II says:
IL rs necessary, therefore, that the libcra,or
set hliIisclt free first by refusing to obey the d.
nahds of those who-,mastrrs Of his coutilcuc.
'-clliravor only To satisfy their prricious h,,rcd
! under IN" cover of uncontrolled power and b.;
not permitting his passions Il loose rein +, tL,.
'lr'r'lnent oi humanity and his own rlnrv II
'hS Is done, 1t may b., said that the Dominican
republic is now laying. the second stone Of tho
foundation OH which the clicc Of her future is
| to be built ul'."
lhc Fulton will remain in tIis port for the
present. She has TWENTY-FIVE. men ON her sick
list. Principally her w",kn" men, whose services
she could scarcc V do without at sea and This i
tic man reason why she, inst cad Of thu Wabash
docs not take home :hc iillihn$tcrs. During the.
greater part of the time that The Fulton has bcen
on tins coast, the rains have been very heavy
aii'i The men much exposed. Al one time cun,
Aimy laid eight DAYS off til. rno,lt, of the Colo,
r"d", the rain falling two.thirds of the time in
torrents.
Col Anderson explains the matter of breakipo
says he nhScrcwc,! The cv!i:tlcr.hcad hacked i,
INTO Il box, and took IT. into the wuo.ls and L;J il
:" that The enemy could not use the steamer as
he expected Walker ght be able TO return, and
| would want her himself
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american Octa'. .Stsnncrs-i recent Am.r;
can writer an ocean steam avigntion saws that
ihe unitcd States have only tiy-srvrn s,ramors
measuring 81, I?5 tons, willie Great Britain has
one thousand SIX hundred and seventy, with nn
| aggregate measurement ofG6o 32Otou We hav.
twenty-five steamers Of $4,000 tons tuooncl in
tn" foreign and domestic mail service while t;r..t
Britain has one hundred and twcnt y-two of I35
iSs aggregate tonnage, engaged in the f,rriyu
mail service almost exclusively. We have tbirtv-
seven steamers engaged in the coastnc trade
while she has one thousand v hundred and Eortv
| eightsiuIlarly employed. The Steam mail s.rv;c.
ot Great britain costs that government nearly
six millions of dollars annually, while the dirsc,
returns Ill postage amount 10 very little above that
sum.
Tile H"nsas Eicction.-Sr LOUIS, Jnnuarv H.
~ despatch dated BoonsvilIc yesterday, re-
ports that the pro slavery party in kansus had
carried the ticket for State officers and Ieoisn
ture mt the election on the .iih instant IL is
stated that Gov. Denver placed troops at the
disposal OF the free State men for the pnrposc of
preventing any invasion that might Jc attcmpted
Of the border counties.
~, -, ~. LOUIS january ID.
The Republican, of this CITY, says thnt Gal.
houn has returned to I.ecompton under an escort
| of troops. lie would leave Lcayeuvortb nm
"Wednesday last for Washington, with tho Le
compton Constitution.
Suspensions IL. tile Cotton I,aGe-A disnotcl,
from Mobile states that there have been eight
suspensions IN the cotton trade i'm that CITY with
in the past few days, and two in New Orleans.
II, IN addition to thrce teegrapbcd last week.
These suspensions nre caused mainly by thehcayy
fall i'll cotton the past month, rendered it limos
sible for parties to meet engagements which had
been predicted upon the cotton they held being
worth IL TO 13 cents, instead of which il had de-
clIned recently To st. and is now only quoted at
0 per H..
I'm Lane a a,Jformom Spy.-The report ia be-
coming current that Col. jim Lane, of Kansas
notoriety, is now. and has been for some months
in colusion with the Morrnons A Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press says that
the administration is in possession of information
which conclIsively proves the fact. "Thc exact
character of tho information is not pubcly
known; bnt tho impression is, that all express be.
tween Brigham Young and Lane has been in.
tereepted on the Plains by the United States
forces"
4 Judgment Rendered-Judgment was rendered
on on 9th instant against Gen. Wm Walker and
his surety s. +. Satter, in the Court Of The IJn;.S
ted States at New Orleans, for $4,000, 5tfes
recognizance Of the former to appear TO answer
for breach Of the neutrality Laws and which
recognizance was forfeited; by his departure IN.
the Fashion in November. W. 81. ~ ~;
s'Ivashington January 15.-The3 National A.
ricultural Society adjourned to-day, after Sflfs9
most valuable session eyer held enerai TanEh
iilghman. Of Maryland, wasS sJS5tsd PresidsnE
I'm place of Mr. Wi!der, resi6 fA NesriV,alfitbs
old officers were rs elected IN sasat sof:a
fice of the Society has be efi 2S
ington: 5c. e q , ssss,
s Cuban Tobacco Int Tkss AxSt of p
bacco ffofn the port Sana 1 staSp7 fyesj Cd
other forms; exceptihg Wee r. 5SS6:
rounds j Of eigan oeb, easf ofr rs
sss ssEslS & s s Ese e 1875 1875.