Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-04

"Surprlso weddings arc the latest
novelty at Cleveland, Ohio. They
take place at pic-nics, camp-mcctings
excursions, and the like.
Quite u smart village has sprung III,
at Manassas Junction, Virginia, since
The war. Sumac is its staple OF
trade.
Tho semi-oflicial correspondence of
Berlin praises Baron Won Bucst's
recent speech at the rifle mcctin" in
vienna, on account of the admission
| that Austria is no longer q German
state, nor longer considers herself Il
guiding Influence over Germany. 1t
states further that Prussia will not
quarrel with Austria as long as she
adhcres faithfully to the principles Of
peace and reconciliation laid down.
Mr.. Buchanan and Thad. Stevens.
though living i'll the same town so
long together, never spoke when they
met III the street. Nevertheless, Mr..
Buchanan admitted Of his rival, "Thad
deus Stevens had Il good head and a
good heart, and if it had not pleased
Providence to omit the moral part of
his nature, he would have been a
great man."
The llerald's White Sulphur Springs
letter says General Rosccrans has held
his conference with Ice, Bcaurcguard,
"A. II. Stephens and other Southern
leaders, but tho purport oftho consalta-
tlon is asyet unknown. 1t is believed
to have beon satisfactory, and an ad-
dress to the Southern people will prob
ably be issued soon in the namo of the
loading spirits of the Confedoracy.
About three days ago report
reached Gen. Forrest in this city that
number of bushwhackcrs, who were
known to be dcsertcrs from the Con-
1ederate army, were engaged in max
ing raids on the colorcd people ofMaCli-
son County, with faces blackcncd and
otherwise disguised, calling themselves
members Of the Ku-Klux-Klan. and
ordering all the arms, such us pistols
and guns, to be delivered into their
possession. The General determined
to put stop to the marauding Of
these gentry, so he called together Il
few Of his old followers in the army.
and he dispatched them to Madison.
with instructions to arrest the ku-
KuXcs and hand them over to the
civil authorities for punishmcnt.-
The result Of the expedition is yet
unknown.
"A FATHER KILLED BY IT'S SON.-A
shocking case Of parricidc is reported
from Pennsylvania. A man named
Thomas was in the act of cruelty
beating his youngest child, when the
mother intcrfercd to save the little
one. Upon this Thomas seized his
wife by the throat and chollcd her
All this time little son Of the pair
had been quietly looking on, but upon
tho instant that his mother was at
tackled, he drew from his pocket a
pcnllnifc, with which he stabbed his
father several times, cutting the intcs-
tines, inficting, Of course, fatal injr-
ries. The lad had not been arrested
at last accounts, tho ncighbors gcncr-
ally regarding the act rs justifiablc.
The age Of young Thomas is only
fourteen.
llEARTLEss DEsERTIoN.-Thr
months ago q widow woman named
Susan Cannon, with three children,
girls, tho eldest of whom is about
twelve years Of age, and mother
nincty-odd years old, was living COM
fortably on O. farm Of her own, near
Dumirics, on the Potomac river. Her
little farm was well stocked, and by
hard work she managed to provide
amply for her dependent family. At
that time man named Samuel Trun-
die, hailing from Washington, made
her acquaintance and married her.
BY means of false representations he
induced her to sell her property and
go to Alexandria. Having possessed
himself Of tho proceeds Of her sacri-
feed farm, he brought her family to
this city last night on one of tho
Occoquan steam scows, and immcdi-
ately dccampcd, leaving her with her
daughters and mother on. the wharf,
without ono cent in tho world and
with, no shelter Or provisions. The
poor woman is nearly distracted, and
has tho sympathy of all who aro fa-
miliar with hor unfortunate circum-
| stances.
Hone KoNa.-Reports have reached
here from tho north that the imperial
troops havo gained q great victory.