Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-15
Current Neus.
DOMESTIC.

OF respect for the company, which is un
lersto"d to he emiuently respectable, bu'
bt cause General Lee feels that his missi..n
i the education of The youth Of the South
The tunnel under the Chicago River
known as the Washirg.on.sree Tunnel
connecting the south and west divisions OF
l'e city 10y solid and permanent roadway
has just been completed, aud will be open
'' the public to day. The contract price
WAS $32S50O.
The Governor Of Alabama has appon
It'd commission to negotiate with th'
government Of Florida for the annexation
of West Florida TO Alabama. They viii
nobably visit Tallahassee this week.
Brown!ow is in favor Of dividing Ten
""ssee. What territorial paradise.
Browulow's half would be!
1t is estimeted that no less than two
,urdred thousand persons are now resi-
ling in New York city who have no work,
no real homes, and no means which in.
sure them livelihood.
The Louisville Courier journal gives an
account of Young lady near Hickman,
Kentucky, who has spent nineteen of her
we"1y seven years in sleep. She wakes
frequently ten or twelve times a day, bur
'.annot remain awake more than ten 10
wen,y at time Her appearance is said
10 be rather pre-possessing, and she is
much more intelligent and well informed.
than would be expected from one in her
condition.
We learn that the Columbia Canal was
disposed OF, yesterday, for the mere nom
nal sum Of 5000. 1t is rumored thai,
several parties were prepared to negotiate
;or it.
Ii is asserted that chap named Poston,
brother OF the delegate from Arizona
Territory, holds a contract at 100000
per annu'n for carrying the mail over Il
route in that Territory that does not exist.
General Grant declares that he will no,
remove officers who have been faithful 10
heir trust, merely because any political
party demands it.
Mr.. Greely thinks that 10 these latter
days "!be principal qualifications Of can
lidates are impudence and money, mainly
the former"
A Mr.. Shannon, native Of the Emerald
Isle, born in l74O, making him ll9 years
old, passed through Searcey, Ark, lately,
un foot, en- route 10 Texas.
The Savannah News, of Tuesday, 5th.
says that bale Of The Pee!er cotton was
,oId IN that market on the day before al
forty FIVE cents per pound. 1t was shipped
rom Memphis, and the staple was beauli.
iul and excited general notice.
Everybody in New York This year iu.
'luIged in New Years calls, and unsteady
walking was not uncommon on the streets.
The Ogeechee troubles near Savannah
IRE ended. Yesterday the sheriff, with
eight United States Soldiers, carried sixty.
seven negro prisoners into Savannah.
The New York Sun lavors lhs opening
of the public libraries on Sunday, also
lectures, DC. Fine Sun says: ut is easy
enough to say that people ought to go to
.hnrch, teach i'll Sunday school, and read
good books, but they will not do this, and
aud The next best Thing is to give them 1t
least something that they will do, 10 keep
them our Of mischief" The desidera,um
then, according to lhe Sun, is to be found
10 pleasant and comfortable reading roou,s
where they could iud books, magaznes
and newspapers in abundance.
Whiskey, it. is asserted, is manufactured
in New York city according to the follow
ing recipe: Common whiskey forty gallons,
water forty gallons, tincture Guinea psp.
per three gallons, tinc,ure of pellitory one
quar-, "cet'c ether two ounces, and strong
lea one and half gallons. The alcohol
III this mixture is so much reduced in
strength that the drugs must be added TO
restore the taste, which burns the palate
like fire. The dealer thus make eighty.
i've gallons OF imitation whiskey out Of
lo''y gallons. of common stuff. This
recipe should warn all persons against the
Use Of such poisonous beverages.
The Delaware Legislature met at Dover
Oh Tuesday. The Senate is composed Of
seven Democrats and two Republicans :;
the House Of tweuty-one Democrats and
no Republicans. II
Tile Grand Jury, Of the District Of Co
lumba, have igoo'ed the bill of indictment
submitted to them against John d. su,rat,
FOREIGN.
A dlsp'tch from Athens states that the
Turkish Admiral, Hofurt Pasha, has for.