Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-08-21

AhoissPn1lican Congressional u IT.
MI, t.c havo ,, On sending out 5000
l,o''olen' Documents. .eprr'. week, aud
SneyseNHect to average sc, COO to 100.
7ol per week hntiI tha election.
Tho Wilmington Star informs us
''''' ono t1 the 20. commissioners ami
seven otlfes ,Radlraas have. pu bl,shed u
caro- n1i,o Fayetteville Eag!o, Ritt-,
drawing fomsi he tIcssue" and eaiist:.
,hS under tho Banror Of Seymour and
Blair. Tno samo paper states tia,
'nefo Is gcnelaa cacirg in Of Leagues
all over tI,e'dnto
A !isordcrly crowd of eolorcd mon,
armed with tIudgc6rs and 'atonos.
marched in procession. through tho
Htrccts,of Charleston, On Saturday
nigh, ;-ahd rocked tho guard house
and tho street cars as they PASSED.
Arriving ~ The battery, they were en-.
hghtcned by sincendia1y addresses
from II. J. Moses, Mackey and others.
Straws show which way the wind
blows Tho New York Herald has
foppsd overlo tho support OF Seymour
aud Blair.
The Augusta Chronicle predicts that
the Democrats will carry tho State OF
Georgia by forty or fifty thousand
majolity.
DIR. j. Marion Sims, q natiyo of Lar.
caster, now living in Paris, has rccciv.
cd tho tile OF the Order OF Christ from
tho King of Portugal.
Rev. Washington Baird, a.Prcsbv-
terrain minister known and rcsDrctrd
in this State, died recently ut Jones'
boro, Geo.
Four State elections occur in Sop
TENT bcr, namely: Tennessee on the
18th, Vermont on tho 1st, California
on the 9Th, and Maine on tho l4,h.
Lieut.. Col. J. R. Edie, commandant
Of tho Post OF Columbia, has; been an
pointed Assistant Commissioner Of the
Frcedmen's Bnrouu, vicc Gen. r. X.
Scott, resigned.
MAnRtD.-Thc Spanish Government has
declined to assume the protectcrate Of San
Domingo, which WAS prolicrcd by one Of
The political parties in that Rspablic.
C"SsrANTIHorLE.-Th Sublime Porte
has formally proclaimed the eldest son of
i the FiceroY OF E.,yptthe righ,ful and legi.
, innate successor TO the vice regal throne in
event Of the death of Ismacl P.,La.
Famine threatens Spain, and entire pro-
vinces are suffering.
CoLrMpIA, S. C.-During the debate on
the subject of the State printing, it was
stated that the cost Of the printing of the
House Of Representatives. amounted to
5000, Or about s35 per day, and for the
Senate to Sl5O5, or about 500 per day.
! Beast Butlcr has announced himself as
a candidate for reelection to Congress.
Il Washington letter SAYS: "Gen. How.
ard, who has gone South osiensibiy on a
! tour Of Inspection, TO look into and deter.
mine iLc mode and manner Of closing IN
! the Frcc!m"n's Bureau, was especially
, Instructed TO ininiro into the report that
ra:ions were still being Issued to idle var
abond negroes.
Ten thousand Germans in one ward in
Philadelphia, disgus,ed with Radicalism,
ray they will vote for Seymour and Blair.
The Icebriatc Asylum on Wards Isl
and, New York, costing $500, 600, via,
paid for by licenses under the excise law
An act Of :ke Legislature OF Tsnnesse.
now makes habitual drunkenness caus.
for divorce on the part Of either man o,
WIFE,.
Tho current expenses Of the government,
for July, including Thirty one and hal
millions for interest, are forty seven and
half millions.
PAHls.--General Fleury has Issued .
circular. calling for the purchase Of addition
al supplies Of horses for the army.
The preliminary steps have been taker
TO secure tho library Of the lato DR.. e. P
k'auth for the Theological Seminary a
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