Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-29
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1850 600 bales Of potion. Tie cotton !,
distributed as follows: North C.rol,na
44o 600: South Carolina, lso 600; G co.,
gi', 100000; Florida, $4,000; Alabsm*
2s5'ooo; Mississippi, 100000; Louiisian.. iisi n
25o,ooo; Texas. 900 600; Arka,sas
265,Oo0; Tennessee, 100000; othe,
States, $4,000.
The Virginia Republican State Cen
trail Committee are called to NEE, on Jou-
u"ry .27ts' to consider Ito propriety o.
calling now State Cc'.voo,ion.
General Sherman te'egruphs from It Loui.
that letter from Sheridan represents The
destruction of The Camapche village On
opF''.mas day as breaking tho backbone
bf the Indian war.
Great excitement prevails in Marion
County, Ark, on account Of an outrage Oh
three young ladies by ninc negro militia
Iaen The ne groes were captured.
Seventeen Mississippi towns arc prepar~
ing 10 build cotton iaclorices.
The Colored Convention, now in session
in Washington, called upon Langston, "the
intelligent con,rabaud," Tor a speech
Here is part Of what he said "T::e en-
envy of the coored man is 10 be found in
the North. The negro 10 the Soulb S,as
his rights, can vote and hold Office, bat in
the North it is different
Bona fde subscriptions TO the amount
Of 100000 have been subscribed to the
building of cotton factory In Americus,
Georgia.
The DUTY of the days, Mr.. Phillips says
10 to secure the rights Of the negro.
When General Grant will ''lhrow himself"
into that. Mr.. P, "will feel obliged to be.
lieve in him" /
An Indiana youth puts hie Christmas
Candy and torpe1oes in the same po. ket.
and blew out all his tse.h,whe he ts.ed 10 |
lnasticate one Of The latter.
The Radical committee are in high spir
its to-day. Carl Shu,z has been elected
from NJ M'esouri. Trenton from New York, ;
Ham!iu from Maine Nine senators and
ten members O: the 1ndinna Legsla, ure
bolted the carcus nomination for United
States Seua;or.
The Nashville Banner publishes extracts
from letter from Amos A. Lawrence, OF
massachusetts, in which that e,ninen, New
Englaud manufacturer exloIs the advauta.
ges OF the South, particularly Tennessee,
tor carrying on cotton manufacturing.
The Georgia correspondent of tue New
York Times says: "The cotton crop is
good; the relations between tho whites
and the negroes friendly, the former pay.
ing promptly on all their contracts for
work, ard tho latter being satisfied with
the results Of their labor. .
Que OF tile most remarkable snow storms1
ever seen in the South, fell in Missi,sipni
and Alabama last Sunday hight. Cars
which arrived at Memphis from Hun,svi,le1
were still covered wih snow, aI,n ouyh the
day seemed quite warm. In the regions
OF Huntsville, Alabama, the snow fell to
depth Of ten inches, and in some places
IN tn holIows aud cuts of the railroad. il
had drif'ed to the depth of three or four
'eet' and the passage Of trains was really
lmpeded: At holly Springs. saow feI.
Monday night three or four inches deep
and Monday following, rabbi, Hunting
prevailed throughout. tbs borders Of Mar
shall County. At Vicksburg where mas-
no''as bloom and orange trees smile in
mid winter, the snow was over q foot deep.
Three explosions of kerosene ta lamps, - ! in
Ne" York City on Saturday night, (bow
many more may haye occurred that d.
not come to The knowledge Of the police
nobody cap telI), are the sufficient com;
ment.ppon the late frigh,ful report of Pro.
fessor Chandler. !,
Philadelphia has another horror, the
story of which is as follows: zone ,
" James Dempsey, with his family, rented
lns front rooms Of building also ,susn.
ted p Joseph ponohue. Tbo.e mon
havs ior some lime been bad ffisnds, omar. n }
'el''ng' frequently, and ;nduIgips' il ,he1,
use o. very opproprious epilbsts. sAbou, h
Ten O'Clock on thursday evening, Demp- L
sey wept ~. .s,lairs, and on, rsa, hing lLe !
Ia nd'ng TO which lie door 81 psnobhs,s +
apartments opened, he commenced ealliuo i
me latter hard names. After rem aino
some time Donohue opened his door and +,
'prang at Dempsey Nth knife, which he =
'ashed violently ip the back Of bis, neck.
md drew it around ahs throat TO The from, +
,s ,sarls severing the bead FROM the body. r
no murderer was soon after arrssted ,andtS
'akea to the station house. Hi hands =
we're covered clear to :bs wrist with ,be |!
blood q; hi. sjetias sasd sths font .of~6is ;
ayoeens tSgIAE,ci IN a1M EsEyp H5vT "a W.