Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-03
DIAMONDS.

Diamonds arc still to be found IN tbc
Rocky Mountains.
Ac cmISrant tr:iu is soon TO be run
over the Pacific Railroad.
The Boston Traveller thinks snccic
payments will be resumed by Julv
1870.
1hc Lcipsic students have voted to
abolish thc duel and substitute q cou,t
uf honor
a fvc-whcclrd vclocipcdo has ap-
p"arcd i'll P;,ais.
The patcntccs Of the "Byron Col
lar have commenced an action AGAINST
the "Atiantic."
y Connecticut man has clopcd with
his divorced wife.
1he bishop Of Exeter is to retire
On an incomc Of some $4,000.
Gladstone is going to Ireland to
look into the land-tcnure question.
4 married woman Of fifty has left
i:er aged spouse in Washington, to
elopc with routh Of sixty.
! Among tho expected new bishops
O; the Church Of England arc Dean
St""!"N. and DR.. Temple, head mas
Ter at liayhy.
! Somebody haas done sh;,kcspcarc's
JULIUS ti"&ar' into Latin. C.rsar can
HP;' read il in his native tongue.
The Augusta Chronicle SAYS that =
farmer whose plantation is on Broad
River, lii ohis State. brought into that
cay yesterday thirty bales Of cotton
OF lhis year.; crop.
y Nashville paper says that bath
ing III the Cumberland River at prcs-
cns Is perfectly safe to those who can
wade. no swimming required to rct
'cr":" '"at great commercial artery.
! An account of an Ohio lady ono
h""drcd and five years old concludes
W.T.! the information that sho has an
internal canccr Of fifty years stan.
ding. Perhaps cancers agree with
some people.
Ashley received much attention in
Aon';;"" on lii; arrival. lie was met
;at.thc capital by T. delegation who
presented Lin the resolution passed
II "n Indignation meeting held whc,
his :'HYointlacnt:lcnt was made.
Ill order to draw largo crowd tc
the Chicago Iyccum, debate is nm.
ho'in|cd On the snbject Of divorce
t'A!i ia"l"s and Gentlemen interested
III such exercises arc invited to attend
y lively time is anticipated"
>. The lack Of sufficient labor in nor
tons Of tho South to gather the
cr"ds is painfully apparent. The lie
Lena Arkansas, Clarion of the 1911
'cal!S ap"r the North for assistance
'"r ut least one forth of the cotton viii
De wasted,
| Montreal has free bath, which .
local paper calls a."wrctchcd, suicidal
looking; Place." SO rocky that it is :
m!r:'c!c tiiat a"y oi the bat,,crs com,
out Of the. pool without ut least q dis
:iocatcd ankle, w!ic, 'as for divine
zen chances to enc but you crack you,
Skull"
| An excellent illustrated man Of IN,
river Thames, showing the cxacr
cori:;c Of tho Harvard and OxCor,
beat race, has been printed. Th,
map gives the prominent building.
ana points on the river, together will
ia past summary Of past univcrsity
Dolt races between Oxford and Cam
bridge over the same course.
Some OF The Cuban exilcs arc 10.
eating in Georgia. A few days since
\ neutrality-suspicious. purchased a plan
ton OF eight hundred acres from
-'ir. Cnarlcs J. Dcnham, Of Columbia
county, at cost of $4,000. This
tract of land is situated about seven
'cen miles from Augusta, and it is
said to comprise some of the most fer
tile land to be found in Columbia.
HE cruel puuishmcnts on board
the Cmtcd States mcn-of war bov,
become the subjects of investigation
both by the civil and military tribu
na!s' y man and two boys on tho
Pawnee, it is reported, were recent
~ suspended by the wrists for sever
al days, in order to induce o. confcs
sion Of theft that it was subscouort
y proved they did not commit. One
ol the boys it is stated, became tenn.
por"riiy insane in consequence of tho
severity Of the punishment.
1t is announced that ninctv miles
have been graded Of tho trans.istb.
man railway on the spanish IIondu-
ras ro"te from Puerto Cabcllo, on :thc
Gulf Of Honduras, to Amcepola. on
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