Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-19

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tss fsd The Flhssn,h amsndmsat
A young lsay nsar Atlanta, Georgia, /,
10 said, has four suiton, aged respectively
thirteen eighteen. .hiny-avs aud six., .
She 10 ,wen,y.four.
Straw bsrriss, curumhers nud ,omn,oe.
are In the New Orsau. markets.
Ensli'b aud French j"utnals are al,nus,
unanimous 10 their euloges over Presideu,
Grants inaugural address to the psople oI
the United States.
V.ndnI Phillips says: Congress shoulJ
cover the South with cannon, ban.e,s and
scatf"ds till ~ecurity OF person and proper
" is enjoyed, and Till it can be said will,
ruth T" We will have peace"
Brownlow, in his letter of resigninp the
dovrr,mrst,ip of Tennessee, cites u one OF
the evidences Of progress made bv the
State under bis administration The net that
"h-r cel-mosynary institutions are all
crowded" The new civilization is accom-
p''sh'"g as much in Virginia. Our poor
houses are filled as they were never filed
oesrre, and tn same may he said of Peni
'en'ia'y aid jAils.
The young la.iies "f Dover, Wayne
county, Ind. have formed IA society for the
redemption of young tncn from bad habits
Each of the members has pledged herself
hot to re"elve the attentions Of any Young
man VIII" uses liquors. ,ob 1000, or prof.ue
language. This is Woman s,Righ,s in n
most Wholesome and practical q ectinn.
WAsHINaroN-IN THE SENArs.-Rey
Dr.. Newman was elected chaplain on The
second floor.
In the course Of the election Yates said
that he had no doubt that Dr.. Newman
Was unsurpassed IA a political preacher
but It WIS time to have little less poll
tics and little more religion in the pray
ers.
A Law has been passed in Kentucky pro.
hibting marriages between fest cousins.
NorroE TO OFFICE SEEkERs.-Appl-
cations for Office under General Grant mus,
DO made to tho Cabinet officer in charge of
the department in which the Office is solo
tied. The President will not consider any
snch applications until they have passed,
through the head of tho department to
which they pertain.
Late Paraguayan advices say that Lopez
still heads the army and is fortifying in the
interior. Dissensions among the allied
commanders led to The resignation of Coxias
and HervaI. and the B,aziIia General De-
Lonzt Correa commands.
Here is the latest from Paris. Al a re-
cent opera ball, a pellow opera ball, yell
low domino WAS observed bowing to every
lady in black or rose domino, whose hand
he kissed respectfully and he retired with
out saying word, but making note in
his tablet. Yellow domino WAS one Of the
aisringuished editors in Paris, who was en-
gagged in the solution of agreat social
problem. How many pairs Of new gloves
aE0Sn TO night ct This opera mask
Tound THAT of three hundred and
he had smeIt a, under pre-
FssAl98 kissing there were only eighteen
which had.no aroms Of beuzine, or which
had been cleansed.
German papers state the whole tract on
which the City Of ST. Petersburg is buiIr is
sinking slowly but with fearful regularity
and that at the present rate it will be Who'll.
ly srbmerCed in fifty years. 1t is atAel
that The Russian Government is taking
steps to remove the cour, to some other
city.
A boy in Breutwood, England, recently
snapped pistol ut thu bead of woman
II as not loaded, but the woman fell d-a1
killed by imagation.
The Sultan intends to have his son ed
uc ,ted in Vienna. He is to remain there
~ private school for two: years, and 10 re-
ceive the same treatment as the other pu-
pills.
In the pr:n"ipali,y Of Waldeck, Germa.
ny. the government has recently issued a
public notice that no license TO- marry will
h'reafter be granted. t" any individal who
Is indicted for drunkenness OF, if having
been go, he must tshibit full proofs that be
is no longer slave to this vice.