The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-02-11
SUMMARY.


it is reported OH good authority that Mr.. BUcnAS
AN contcnpl"tes withdrawing the troops from
Utah. Mr. BERNulsEL having submitted prOpo-
si,ions indicating willingness the part of the
Mormons to coloni.c some island outside the ju-
risdiction of the United States provided the
government will purchase, ut n fair valuation,
Salt Lake City, and the Mormon improvements
BuENnIsEL usks commissioners to go and arrange
the terms and details.
Since the above was put in type, we see it con-
tradicted in the Washington Union, which paper
says that this rumor is without the slightest foun.
daton in fact.
1t il stated i'll the Soufhcrncr, Of Waco city,
Texas, that nt recent meeting of the Metho.
dist Conference in that place, a collection for
missionary purposes was taken up. which amount
ed to $ 500 in cash, and G2G acres of land
and that the sum of S6,0O0 subscribed by
The preachers Of tho Conference for tho purpose
of purchasing IL steam press for the 7;rns Chris.
tiom Adrocate. and building publishing house
i'll the city of Galveston. Quite liberal.
| We sec that n writer over the signature of
"Many Voters in the SpartaLurg Express of
tho lth inst, suggests Col. JAMES FARnow us n
suitable person to fill the contemplated vacancy
in Congress of the seat of Hon. J. l.. ORR
The Express also says that, in spite Of The
gloomy manner in which the Unionvillc journal
speaks of the prospects Of the Spartanburg and
Union Railroad. it feels confident of this Road
bcing completed.
1t is said that the house where Dr. BuRDELL
was murdered is now trnanted. dentist has
taken the very rooms occupied by BunDELL, and
does very good business in advertising the fact.
lie seems to think that the notoriety Of the place
will give 1t popularity which it would not 9th.
erwise have had. Mrs. CUNNINGHAM and her
daughters are still living in the city, in 23d st.
The current rumor that the eldest daughter is to
be married soon, is yet credited.
The original Rev. w. G. BRowxLow, recicd'
in Selma, Ala, not long since one of his lectures
which he has prepared for the nigger".loving
community of Boston. Tile lecture, says the
Selma Reporter, was original, unique amusing
and instructive, aud will produce quite n sensa
ton when delivered on Boston Common, as ho
Intends doing next spring.
During the month January last, there were 33
fires i'll the United States so far as accounts have
been received. occasioming n loss Of s 642, ,0OO
The principal were follows: DownievilIe,
Cal, $4,000; Dubuque, Iowa, two fires SAL
900; Chicago $lOO,o00 Hartford 100000.
TIIos. II. BUnRows, the anti Lccompton Con.
sthution candidate, has been elected Mayor Of
Lancaster, Pa, by ma jority Of 25 over ZIMMEn
MAN, Buchanan Democrat. At the last Presi.
dental election, Lancaster gave BrcmASAS 900
majority. Whnt n change!
Gen. WALKER appeared before the U. S. Dis.
trict Court, i'll New Orleans, Monday, lst inst,
and urged his trial. Tho District Attorney said
there was nothing against him. unless new in.
| structiOns came from Washington.
| A Mr. GRosvENoR, who died some time uro in
Pomfrct. CT, has beIucatlcd to the Connecticut
Historical Society, the sword that was owned
and used by Gen. PUTNAM during the revolution.
AIRY struggle.
We were visited on Thursday last, says the
Grccnbricr (Na.) Era, with old fashioned snow
storm, which contrastrd unfavorably with the
very Pleasant weather we have had for the past
| month.
At recent Estate Sale, in Anderson District,
~ negroes. of all sizes and ngcs, sold at ave-
rage OF 1915 per hcal-tweve months credit,
interest from date.
COL r. N. DAwKINs, in n note to the editor Of
Grcenvllo Patriot, declines being candidate
for Congress, in case Col. ORR should refuse to
be chosen again.
1t is stated by late advices from Europe, that
200 persons, including members Of the police
had been arrested in Paris for un ATTEMPT OH the
life Of Emperor NAPOLEON.
Mr. KENSoN BRAzEALE died in Anderson Dis.
trlct, not long since, at tie advanced age of ono
hundred and six.
destructive fire occurred in New Orleans on
Sunday, 3lst ult, which resulted in the loss of
property to the amount of over $5OO,OO
Il Rcrotiny Mnrder.-lt in our lot TO record
this week, one Of the most atrocous acts of inhu-
maDity which hus ever narrcd the fair name of
our District. 1t appears that slave, about sixty
years Of age, belonging 10 w. d. A. Dean, Of
this District, died last week, under circumstances
that gave rise 10 the suspicion that his death was
caused by violence; consequently the Coroner
summoned jury to make the necessary inquiries.
The result of the inquest was that the slave had
come TO his death from frequent brutal punish
mcnts, and bad treatment generally. On the in.
quest it was proved that for some time past, the
neighbors had been much annoyed by the Ire-
quent cruel and general i'll treatment of his negros,
by Dean; and at one time few gentlemen wait.
ed on him aud warned him to desist This. how.
ever, appears to have had ro effect and from
present appearances cruelty has been consum.
mated by Murder. ..
We understund that Deem and his son have
left and that suspicious excited of their hav-
ing committed another crime of similar ciarac-
tor 10 that stated above e-Larrensvillc Herald
The Enslavement Of Free Negroes-The bill
now before the Virginia Legislature, providing
for the enslavement Of free negroes, under GER
tain circumstances, proposes to hire them out for
period of three years from the date of the pat-
sage Of the act, the proceeds Of their hire to be
appropriated to totheir'ransportation from the State
The hiring shall be managed by an overseer to be