Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-29
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" ie""sy'yap'a, who; lost, ,thsirs liyes
inc war With Mexico. 1t will be dedicate
on Wednesday, 9o'h Of May. NEXT y
mo, guilty." said ap Omsha; jury, "br
IT the prisoner ia smart he wi leave III
'ersi'ory before night" He left. .~-aE'
4 2 % the lst Of February the money orde
/ sye,em between the large towns Of Mort
Germapy and the United States will b
tinaugnra,ed The amounts ur. to he limi
ted TO about Y 5fif'yi dollars. -
Jefferson Davis writes from Europe to
friend that lie intends to spend the winte
In the southern part of France.
Advices from Rome state that the prer
nrations for the Grumcniral Council ar
being actively carried on. Tho as<enbl,
will be held in ST. Peters, and already tn
arrangements are being made in tho nave
at tho part where tho Pope each yea
washes the poor mems feet.
A Lond,n dressmak.r has been fluej fo
keeping her girls at work after balt-po.
Our O'Clock on Saturday. She urged il
extenu"tion that she was engaged on larc,
order for "resses for a corps of Girls O
the Ierlod," in pan,omime rcquirius
haste, but the excuse did not avail her.
Prince sa,n-SaIm, whose record EN-
braces service as an Austrian cnvalr,
officer, French officer in Algeria, service
in Spain, as brigadier in tho Union army
during the rebellion, and as an officer under
Maximilian in Mexico, mas now accepted a
commission as rn"jor 10 Prussian reei.
ment Of grenadiers.
One effect Of the Presidents declaration
of full amnesty will be 10 clear the docke,
of the Grimm al court in Knoxville. Tenn.
OF about thousand eases Of treason. H.
lictments are pending against nearly every
rebel who set foot in East Tennessee, from
Jett Davis down to colouels OF regiments
who cbanced 10 pass through there.
A recent English writer says that the
distinctive difference between an English
and purely Irish face is, that tho former
ooks as it the hand Of nature had bee,
passed over it downwards when coming
ut" the world, while the irish face look
IS it, on ,Ea. occasion, the hand had been
mi u
rary or upward direction.
Intelligence has reached Washington
rom an aathentic source that the Spanish
Government is favorably inclined to trans
er the island Of Cuba to The Un tied States.
nd 'hat the terEs suggested are such IA
'onid probably meet with favor bv our
Government and such CT our p~ople as an.
prove of the purchase or annexation of
;u6a. The conditions upon which Spain
would per. with the island have not trans.
,ired.
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Davis arrived in
london on December 2lst, fiom Le,nine-
on, where they lave, been staying for
evetal days! During bis stay in War.
"lckshi'e, Mr.. Davis visited the Lord
Lieutenant (Lord Leigh aud several other
'"blemen aud gentlemen. Mr.. Davis is
till 10 Indifferent: health.
-he coroner of st. Louis reports thirty.
wo murders and homicides, and ,bir,v
u>cldes committed in that city during last
ear, and five deaths occasion.d bv coa,
ii explosions. :.
Late advices from New Zsaland reDor
frlshtful massacre of the whites bv the
atives at Poverty Bay.
On The 1st Of February the money order
ystem between the large towns of North
Germany ind the United States will be in.
ugurated. The amounts are to be limi-
ed 10 about fifty dollars.
Ttere has been sstarp earthquake q,
;aleutta. - - i
1t, can = be stated with authority
ns' tne PRESIDENT will soon pardon
'r. Mudd, one of the convicted con.
pirators. The application made in
n. Audd's behalf by the Conservative
congressman and otherpublic men has
eon successful, and the papers of re-
'ase are even now being prepared,
nd in day or two vii be published
hat the remaining sufferers will fail
orecelve elemency may: seem strange,
ut the Executive custom is not to is.
ae perdons 20 in advance Of applications,
nd the other men do not appear to
ave the friends in place who appeal
their behalf That. DR.. Mudd's rel
'ase, however, will load to q success. $50
u endeazor for the relesss Of the rest
not unlikely:
Rotkschild said, one day.: "a he always
new when people were talking about
Is fellow Hebrews, whether, the , lat.
II were rich or poor-psUpop being
'ked to explain how he came to know
lat, he replied uVb.,