Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-22
NEWS SUMMARY,

Si"Vo eaftDquak0 enocKS occurred tue
Shock April lasted three minutes no one
could stand; churches and houses oil In
ruins Following the shock came tidal
wave sixty feet high, sweeping everything
before it. The earth opened with bottom.
less Gssures, and thirty people were swal-
lowed. The earth opened under the sea.
making the water red. Vast land slides
in the meantime, occurred, destroying, life
and property. The summit and side of a
bill 800 feet high was thrown 1000 feet,
over the tops Of trees, into the valley be-
low. Gases issued afterwards, DESTROYING
animal and vegetable life. An Island 400
feet high was thrown. up. three miles from
Wais China, and is joined to the land by
stream Of lava mile wide. The volca-
mic display Illuminated the sea fifty miles.
Fully 100 lives and half million in prop
erty destroyed. ....
Sltka is reported to bo turning out
lively business port, and during April ten
or twelve vessels arrived and departed from
its wharves. Several of tbom wero steam.
ships, and it also appears that from the
constant arrivals Of passengers, the popu-
iat'on is rapidly increasing. A brisk busi-
ness has also sprung up at that place, bull
d'"gs are going up, and general spirit of
enterprise is developing ITSELF all on &C.
count OF the magic name of America be-
ing attached to this far-off country.
In the Georgia reconstruction election.
the returns received show that the consti.
tuition has beon ratified, and that the Re-
publlcans have elected their candidate for
Governor by 1000 majority, and have also
chosen majority in both branches of the
Legislature. The congressional delegation
stands four Republicans and three Demo-
Gratis. In Louisiana, the Republicans have
carried the governor and State Legislature,
and the congressional delegation Is three
Republicans and one Democrat. 80 "s
A terrible case of human spontaneous
combustion, which resulted in death. il re-
ported in Cleveland, Ohio. The name of
the man was Bremen. We learn that bs
drank, on wager, six large drinks Of whis.
ky and apint of stock ale, at q sitting.
With blazing face and starting eyes he
reeled towards gas jet, in order to light
his pipe, when the noxious gases issuing
from his mouth were instantly blaze, and
the poor wretch was soon being consumed
by an inward fire.
ILe Overture of DR.: Boardmau was
earnestly advocated by himself the Rev.
George Junkiu, D. D., the Rev. William
Blackwood, the Rev. s.. +. Lovrie, and
Others, but was laid on the table to take up
q substitute. The Presbytery then ad-
journsd until Friday, whom tho whole sub.
jeot was laid on the table by q ve.s Of
twelve to eight. -, 49,. '.,
it's said that the late King Louis
of Bavaria, left eight cofers, tho con.
tents of which is mystery. One is
to be opened in 1893, and tho others
in 1913. At that date it is more than
probable that the present generations
will have joined King Louis.
They are experimenting at Hart.
ford, with considerable success, in
the new method of curing whooping
cough, by >inhaling the atmosphere
of gas house. Upwards Of three
hundred children are said to <havo
been wholly or partially relieved by
this treatment.
Rev. James McCosh, L. L. D., Prolss.
sor' Of Mental Philosophy in Queens
College, Belfast, formerly of the Free
Church; Scotland, has BEEN elected Pres.
ident Of Princeton College, New, jersey
DR.. Green having declined to accept the
office. :. s,-s.
A fond mother in Boston the
other day determined to whip her
unruly son, buttempered justice with
mercy by giving him chlofoform be-
foro administering tho rod t"N@ra
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In Mexico the insursclion il sipaloa n
progressing. The rebels number 5000
men, against whom the Government has
sent Gen. Corona with 5000 men.
The total number Of landed pfopriston
OF Ireland according to The Icensus O
1851, was s4l2,, Of vE6f6hS 4o44 were la;
Aaglica6s, s57e' we're Roman Catholic.
and 57s were Protestant diaseatsr..t t''''s'
~ 81 ga ,o: ! - s'xhaA ax.saa
lo Indians, az, effsst is Il bswsds, to q
tablsh colored schools, By the present
schqel laws the coIered. ,msn Of Indiana
are taxed for the support. ,af seboels from
Awhiss their own children are sxelalsd. 4:
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