Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-04
Nov. l3. 1863 8m

UDOLPHO WOLFE.
=, Nov. l3. 1863 3m
EXTRAORDINARY PRoDucr1oN @
CoTToN.-The Augusta Chronicle an
.Sentinal says:
i A friend of Mr. Bancroft inform
US that he on the sth of Scptembe,
had gathered five thousand pound
from one acre, which he devoted +
experiment, and that every ono VIII,
had seen this acre were unanimous i,
the opinion that there could not b.
less than one thousand pounds t,
gather, whatever the vicissitudcs O
the season might be. Tho Same au
thority informs us that Mr.. Bancroft
T. SIT the estate gathered one bal,
to the acre for every acre planted OF
his farm of some thirty acres.
The same authority informs us tha
the system Of applying tho manur,
to the givon spot sustaining the plan
is practiccd by the Brazilians, and the
settled plan in Use by the Chinese
practiccd for centuries. Tho Chinese
say that they cannot afford to apply
manure broadcast.
ARE YOU INSURED ?"-The decision
of Judge Clifford in the United States
Circuit Court, should prompt those
who hold policies Of insurance which
have been transferred or assigned tc
look sharply to tho validity and
regularity Of the proceeding.
CProu,denee (R. ~ Journal
The party insured had assigned
the policy to third party without
the consent of the company insuring.
Decision of course, was that the third
party could not recover, the assignor
being the ono insured. And as the
goods werc not his (thc insured par
ty's) when burned, neither could he
recover.
A sharp earthquake cracked tho
wall "f the courthouse at Mlllcston,
Frenz' County, California, on the 5,h
a light shock occurred ut Austin, n, :
vada, on tho 17th.
Last Thursday our business neigh
Dor and contemporary, John c. Bailey,
Esq, Associate Editor of the Enter
prise, committed matrimony by ta-
king to himself a wife-a young lady
of this District very highly esteemed
for her amiability and generous ac-
complishments.- Mountain.
eer.
"Brick' PoMEnor gives up his La
Crosse (Wis.) Democrat, or rather re-
moves it to New York, and continues
it with his daily paper, there is a
weekly edition, and to bc called
Pomeroy's Democrat.
The spire of the now cathedral In
Pittsburg Is to be surmount.d by a
hollow iron GLOSS fourteen feet in
height, which is 10 be illuminated by
three hundred gas j,,s.
Dir. Corcoran is goiag to build in
" ush'ngton, at his own cost, an asy-
lum for aged and iudigont nomon.
Philadelphia has taken steps 10 I'm.
port a thousand English sparrows,
which will be let loose in tho public
squares ard parks next Spring.
New Yo'k has twelve clcrgymen
who are each paid over $4,000 year,
and hundred others who don't get
81 900 each.
The Dispatch says one thousand
bushols of California wheat have inst
been received by one of the mills of
Richmond.
Schenectady has genius in the
shape of saloon keeper, who has
trained number of rats to run across
his floor and wnken up his customers
" tho sleep about on chairs. The star
tied drinkers see the rats; the bar
keeper declares there are no rats
there; and the former, thinking do
lirlrm tremens to be approaching
quickly 60 home.
A young German, Of Milwaukee
shot himself on Saturday, because ar
expected remittance from "Father-
land" did not conc. The remittance
came on Monday, in time to meet the
expenses Of his burial.
The Winchester Times beasts of tht
prosperity of tho Numerous wooler
and cotton factories of Frederick
County, Va, "which run day ant
night, turning out cloth, etc, as goot
as can be purch ased at a distance, ans
much cheaper"
An "ex.medical officsr of the Unitet