Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-28

OLuME XV---NO. al.
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Wessrs. O'Co,aar aaa Brady Rtgses-
4 10 uefehd tae feniaa PRISONERS In Eny
MI. --Scc, ctuy Seward, by direction
t tho President has written to Churlos
''Connor and James I. Brady, Of
low York, asking ,hcm to go 10 Eu-
ope aud appear US counsel for the
american citizcns under trial for com.
I;c,ty in tho Fonian proceedings. No
nswcr hus yet boon received, but if
hesc gentlemen do not accept the ton
er will be made to others.
At Lafayette, Ind, T. p. Pinkham,
Iged seventy ono yoars, died worry
Iuddenly last week. Ho was in good
,ealth till half an hour before his
leath, when he went down stairs aud
IL am going homo in half
IN hour-in thirty minutcs-I shall
De a corpse" He expired in exactly
thirty-four minutes. His relatives
wanted to go f,r IA doctor, but TO said,
It is 10 use; 1 rhall 80 henco in halt
al hour"
At Norwich, Conn, little school.
girl. who bad received various little
from her mates, thought
it WAS her duty the other day to re-
ciprocato the favors. She according.
ly provided herself with box Of ca
,hartic pills, and distributed tbcm
around among tho astonished little
oncs.
Not long ago, boy was seen put.
ting up Fen,an posters in London.
The polio: arrested him. All the pa
pcrs copied tho poster, but tho editors
wero not arrested, although they gave
tho incendiary document far greater
publicity than the boy could have
done.
A number Of gentlemen met at tho
Astor House, New York, on Thurs
day, for the purpose of perfccting an
organization for The purchase Of ViT.
ginia lands from insolvcnt owners, and
throwing them into market in smalt
lots, for tho bcuo(it of men ef moder.
a:e means.
The New Orleans Bulls!in rGjoices
,, over the arrival Of e0,s52 bushels OF
corn in that city, by barses down tho
Mississippi, from Cairo, as showing
that,h grain Of tho West is destined
to rcack a r'arkot by the way of that
rivor, and bring au immense business
TO that city. .e~:-,!.+ -
49,:
The Canadian anGoyornment, to pre-
vent The .insasion of the Dominion by
.imericaus who pursue game out Of
season, is enforcing tho game lava
with great strinssncy. Escently. a
party Of deer huntors were fined SIS
each and forty-two head Of slain dssr
coutisca.ed.
"1Eis Is. q. WAife Mans Government"
-Wo learn that throughout the
North metallic badges, bearing a like
ness of Washington, and the above
! inscription, arc being very generally
worn. This is one Of tho indications
showing the deep current of popular
feeling.
2 Montreal is suffering for water
r. In some places in the neighborhood o
f the city, ice and snow haverto b
hauled for miles and melted, to sur
ply tho needs Of the inhabitants.
# The New Orleans Crescent, q Demo
J. cratic paper, estimates that only abou
!, 1000 will be disfranchised in Louisi
r. siaue by the-provision.. of-ths Con
d s,itution adopted BY the State Coz
{. vcntion.
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J. Fakes -Bullstia says that tho Mil
tary authorities treat Texas as a n
Gonal Cinderella. She was kept n
o der martial law longer than any OIL
" or State, gels nothing from the Pc
il bodS fund, aad no rations.
,s.
s., The Turkish Government has dec
N. dod on adding a-souple Of turrot chi
Of to it's ironclad squadron. Plsns
ci new vessels have besn received frs
ce, several English and Freneh build'
and ure now uudsr confederation
the Admiral y Office in Oonstanti'
or ple., ..-4. ...
ow Mr., J. P. Benjamin, formerly s
Sc rotary of State ii Mr.. Davis Cabir
'es appeared for th prosecution In
ces cass IT the Queen vs. sir G. &. 9