The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-07-21


Army, ogninHt whom charges Of malfrasance in
Office have been preferred. will not iesign, Ms in
tmated IN previous dispa tci,, but W in stand
his trinl boiore II Court martial which has been
ordered to day for That purpose. 6Iuior Cross
admits greut carclessnesa in signing vouchers,
without proper examination. hut dc MES nny evil
intent Some Of these vouchers or cert itico,..
proved to be fraudulent.
Senor Meta, the Mexican Minister, is confined
to his bed by sickness
Fiseou"t Quillinrd. the French Charged AL
faires. in now in New York.
Tie late Congress has appropriated only sl5..
600 rs preliminary to taking the next census.
for tho preparation Of blank forms. instructions
to mnrshals, DC. Ample time will lie sllnw-d
for tho selection Of reIiubc deputies, aud sucl,
arrangement will be made by the Secretary Of
the Interior will secure the prosecution Of the
work with more perfeciness than heretofore
Many applications lave been made for employ
ment as clerks. but The Census Bureau will not
he organized until next year, when the returns
shall begin to DO received.
There is authority for the assertion thnt. how
ever desirable the acquisition Of Lower Califnr-
MIA may he 10 the Administration, no sucl, pro-
position is now pending between the Govern
ments Of the United States and Moxico, us hus
been stated.
Secretary Floyds health is slightly improved,
and he will return to Washington to accompany
the President to Bedford Springs ON Monday.
lue tTcSiufnt mas recognized FREDERICK
kuhne ns Consul Of the Grand Duchy of IIessc.
Cnssel Mt New York.
The Mexican Minister is ill.,
The Mayor of Washington having received n
dispatch from the Mayor Of Richmond. That O.
Jennings Wise, and p. IInylett had left to fight
n duel, nnd would probably proceed to the
ncigliborhood Of W ash III gton, he caused war.
rants to be issned for their arrest in case they
should come this way. The officers were now Oh
the look out for them.
THE Duel l--Messrs. o. Jennings Wise and
L. II. Aylett, accompanied by their respective
friends, Colonel J. J.. Davis and William Old,
Jr.. met yesterday morning, in North Carolina,
Il short distance from Danville. After the usual
prcnnarles, the combatants took their posi-
tona, thirty feet apart, and at the giving OF the
word, Mr. Aylett fired, his ball passing within
| about an inch of tic shoulder Of his antagonist
Mr.. Wise then raised his pistol and fred in the
air. The friends Of the latter then advanced
and inquired whether Mr.. Aylett and his friends
| demanded anothershot, to which negative re-
! ply was given. An effort was then mndc for nn
adjustment of the difficulty, upon terms honora-
bic to both parties, but Mr. Wise declined ma
king any arrangement until he had mn opportu-
nifty to consult other friends, in this city. They
| all returned to Richmond in the Danyille train
| ut G4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. large
number OF the personal friends Of each Of the
|
, congratulations upon their safe return.-Rich.
mond Dispatch.
| The Tea Plant. Wheat. and Vines-A letter
! from Washington gives the following interesting
| information
THE tea plants recently imported from Ch inn
by the Department Of Agriculture, connect ell
with the Patent Office, nye in q very thriving
condition. Some Of them have grown 10 the
height OF fifteen inches others are Just appear
| ing frem the seed The climate seems to be con.
genial 10 them, and the experiment is proceeding
satisfactorily. Probably it will be found that
not climate after ALL but labor, or rather tho in
suisicLen:y of it in the United States, is the i'm
Pediment to the successful culture of tea Much
can be done by the ingenuity of our people in
substituting machinery for hunds but tho patien:
| and nnshilled lnbor processes Of the Chinese, MS
| applied 10 ten making. in not likely to be mi-
tated in any part Of the United Stntes ltmay
not generally be known that not only are the tea
| leaves picked by hand. Int they are also curled
up leaf 10y leaf hy Celestial fingers. Necessity,
however is the mother of invention and a relation
| OF That family, all uccutc son of New England
| has already his mind on II tea.curling mn
chine, which promises to do for the American
crop, with few thousand fingers If steel, the
| work which occupies the diC:ts Of IL million in
habitanls Of the Flowery Land.
Many other interesting experiments are 90
| ing forward Ill the tea garden, the results of
which will, doubtless, he useful to the nrricul.
ture Of the country. Mr. Brown, the superin,en.
dent of the department. has l23 varieties of
wheat growing and ready for the sickle. The
yield OF some of these sorts has been aimed
| TO be very far beyond the average OF any COM
monty produced in the United States. The su
perin.endent liz nlso natura Iizng great numbers
OF foreign grars-rines as well us collecting the
almost innumerabie varieties of the American
grape. aud testing their qualities. The wine.pro-
ducing interest Of the United States is destined
to become one Of vast importance"