Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-16
PE&Ras AND pSBBfSs

Judge D: r. Dunhar,, an old an,
prominent citizen of St. Augustine. !
sioriaa' committed suicide by shoot
ing himself at that place on tho first
instant. -. -
There are said to be not les. than
one hundred colorca 'mer noe IL
priesthood. l':,s The majority Of thsm 1U,lo
viii become toc:.chers Of $780,, ,a'' .neln
the Sontb:: 'eseamen OF
IN Mr.. "A. "A. W. Reo';s %, who oha., for more
than 1 two years, eondupeed the Macon @
u;"a' r;,;. A"d Messenger with great
~. +, retires from his editorial DO
Aon to give place to Generel William
*, Browne.
James Fisk, Jr, tclegrsphed back
The words, "Non Possamus," when
Patti sent on her terms for an en-,
gagement Of ono hundred nights
Theso'were 100000 in gold, one. bali
in advance, the rest in dali y install
mcnts .r
The news from Cuba is to the effect
that General Jordan has been placed
In command of the. entire eastern dis
trict. Qucsada has possession of the
whole country and, line of railway be-
tween Nuevitas and Puerto del Pa
DIRE.
Tho new site fer tho White House
Is three miles from the Capitol, loca-
ted at that distance for the conven-
ience Of fsw choice visitors who
como in carriages. Any who haven't
$40 to spare won't be likely to bother
royalty.
The Washington correspondents
say that private letter has boon re-
eeived from General Hancock, in
which he intimates that if rendered
the nomination for Governor of Penn
sylyapia by the Democrats he will re-
Sign his commission and accept it.
In. 1865 Adjutant-General Town
send deposited in the Treasury a gold
1ar worth $I1s9, captured at the De-
lonaga Branch Mint, Georgia, with
the Confederate Government stamp
on. Treasurer Spinner will now send
this bar to the philadelphia Mint to
be coined.
The Catholic clergymen Of tho do
cese of New York assen, bied on Wed.
aesday, at St. Patriok's h.dral, il.
that city, and adopted an address t.
be presented by Archbishop McClos-
key to the Pope. An address to the
Archbishop himself was also adopted
and read to him, to which he made a
response, warmly thanking them.
The Archbishop departs in tow days
to.attend the Qcumenical Council in
In the month Of October next the
Suez Canal will, throughout its ent1re
length, have attained the required
depth oftwenty-slx English feet, with
. width varying from one hundred
metres (327 English feet) along the
greater portion of the canal, to sixty
metres (l96 English fect) at three 9TH
or points along the line, as specified
In tho plans. the official inaugura-
tion has now been fixed to take place
ON the i7th Of November next
The Macon, Georgia, papers say
that their new colored postmaster
makes sad work with his business.
The Telegrorh says: "Qay before
yesterday gentleman brought us
two-thirds of our newspaper mail
which had strayed into his box. Yes.
tcrdny nearly ene-haH of our letters
came in the shape of voluntary con-
tributions. by outsiders, who had un
designediy been placed in possession
OF them. These are times in which
'ne people must be neighborly. Pass
around tho letters and documents u,-
III they get into the right hands.
a San Francisco paper of tho 27ti.
o't' says . contract has been made in
that city to supply 10000 Chinese la
ooFersto be employed as plantation
hands in Tennessee. The same pa-
per commends the Chinese laborers
for the manner in which they per-
formed thar work on the Pacific Rail-
road, and thinks general attention has
been attracted to this class of labon,f for
the reason that they have proved them
selves unsurpassed as rough workers.
The Tennessee immigrants will receive
their fare to the State and $40 per
month wages. Another force Of rs.
0oo is being contracted for to proceed
>, 70 ! Mississippi, 80, oz.... = .' .",.7e ~
The fares, in. gold rates, for a Jour-
ney round the world, visiting the most
important cities, it is asserted. will
an1Out to- a166A. :, made. ,,,, ~ az c.i