The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-02-11
NEW YEARS DAY EVENTS.


gone by, which it may interest you to see.
| give all know, and Of the "sort" know.
and my doing so may induce others to go
and do likewise. IT WAS on Il New Years
Day just five hundred "nd fifty years ago
that William Tell, the patriot hero Of Swift
zcrlan'!, stood foremost in the cause Of free
dom against oppression; and, on that New
Years day five and half centuries since,
was set aro!ling the little stone of Rcvolu-
ton which gathered around it in forty wear,
such Il force rs swept the strength of tyran-
ny clean from Tells country It. WAS a
New Years Day, just four centuries and a
quarter ago, that the .f""liiy Of fighting,
between the British houses of York and
Lancaster began, although some ho>,ili,ies
had already taken place. Warwick "Thc
King Maker" had taken no decided part
but on the battle of Wakefield (,c,wccn
the soldiers Of Margaret, Queen of Ilcnrv
VI. and the Duke of York; proving Gkcl,
to crush the c!'ances Of the iorkists, 10y the
death OF their Duke on The last day Of I4Go,
the Great Earl threw himself, body and
| soul iu,o the Earl Of Marcl.'S cause, and from
that day until the year l4SG, alI England
'eit the worst influence Of dcspo,ic civil
war. 1t WAS OH Il New Years Dav. two
centuries and seven years ago, we believe,
that Charles I. was crowned at Scomc (ovcr
the Irish Royal Stone of dc>,iny) King of
the Scots, who were sick Of Cromwcll's pie
ty. 1t WAS on Il New Years Day Just sew
enty years ago that the Quakcrs of Pha
dcplia emanci pated their slaves, and set IN
example Ill that respect to whoever chose
to follow. 1t WAS OH New Years Day,
hfty seven years ago (lS0!} that the union
between Britain and Ireland took effect
and on that day the event $50 sad to Ire
an') was celebrated by the hosting of n
new tangled national nag-the Union
Jack-lrom the Tower Of London. 1t was
on this same New Years Day, tihy-scvcn
years ago, that the astronomer Tiazza, o.
Palermo, discovered the glorct, which he
called Ceres. On New Years Day, forty
two years ago, tic people of S,r:,banc in
Ireland, found reason to fancy that the
world WAS going again to DC drowned; for
that whole tract of country was covered
| BY flood Of 4 most destructive character.
accustomed 10y the melting Of all the snow
on the mountains adjacent 1t was on a
New Years Day tlirty-two years ago, that
the currency of England and Ireland were
assm'lated. O" New Years Day ten years
ago, the ship Ployer, set sail in the lruitlcss
search for Sir John Franklin. It is only
n'ae years ago this New Years Day, that
the cold in Norway was 80 intense rs to
freeze quicksilver. and take the breath from
any one ven'urng into the outer air. 1,
was on this day cigh, years, that Prince AL.
bert Gueoh Queen Victoria's hushunl)
announced the great project of Il Great En-
'hb'tIon. On New Years day six years ago,
the anonymously titled prince President
Of the French Rcpublic," was socmnly
Installed ut the Cath clral, and on that
Parls turned out in full holiday trim to
sanction Louis Napoleon's occupancy Of the
IuIIerles. On New Years Day four wears
ago, the chief streets Of Rome, were for the
first time lighted with gas. On New Years
Day, three years ago, the grand trunk line
4 z
OF Indian Electric Telegraph was opened to
| Madras.
Ar1stocr"tic IVcalM IN Euylund.-Thc
Marquis of Breadalbane rides out of his
house hundre! miles in a straight line to
the sea, on his own property. The Duke
Iof Sutherland owns the county of Suthcr-
land, stretching across Scotland from sea to
sea. The Duke of Devonshire besides his
other estates, owns oG.oo0 acres in the
county OF Derby. The Duke of Richmond
has 10000 acres at Goodwood, and 800, 900
at Gordon Castle. The Duke of Norfolk's
lark, in Sussex, is fifteen miles in circuit
An agrlculturist lately bought the Island Of
Lewis, i'll the IIebrides; it contains 500
600 acres. Their large estates are grow
ing larger. The great estates are absorb.
ing the small freeholds. In l7SG, the soil
OF England was owned by 100000 corpo.
rations and proprietors; and in 1922 by
$4,000. These broad estates find room OH
this narrow island. All over England, scat
tered at short intervals among ship.yards,
mines and forges, arc tho paradiscs of the
mobiles, where the live-ong repose> and refine
ment arc heightened by the contrast will,
the roar Of industry and necessity out Of
which you have steppcd.-EaglsA Traits.
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THE Spheres Of The Seres.-All circum.
stances well examined, there can be no
doubt Providence has willed that man
should be the head Of the human race, even
as woman is its heart, that lie should be
its strength, as she is its solace; that he