Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-02
Miscellaneous. -. i.

Tne papers say Nj. Hoar gave Gen.
efal Grant library awhile ago. He
was onesof : number who made the
present. They thought a little read
ing would not be 4 dangerous thing.
Tho cause which has brought Mrs.
Stoves Florida plantation into the
market is said to be the insecur:, ten.
ure by whice thet Iasy hollis it. /,
was ronfscated during tho war
bought for song, and now the heirs
OF tie original ow ners are demanding o
their property in the courts. .,
The War Department has been tho
means OF restoring a truant husband
to his wife. The wo nan applied fo,
3 pension, supposing her husband
drowned, and was directed to hi,
place Of concealmeut in Tennessee.
The most notable instance of suug
J'otd that we have read of lately was
the message sent the other day to
Iwitchell, the condemned Philadel-
ph'a murderer, by his wife. This
cheerful dame who, rs our readers
will remember, was acquitted, on th4
score of doubt in the minds Of the
jury, of the crime for which her hus-
band now lies under sentence ofdeatb.
recently remarked to clergyman
Ut a. {n L.
ed: "By the way, when you see
George cher husband( please ask him
where he would like to be buried
after he is hanged"
Jacob Surgett, ninety-seven years
o'd, DIED in New York last week, and
lett property valued ut ten millions
of dollars. He was a Creole French
man, but was born in the United
States. he lived by rule, and was
very abstemious, drinking nothing
but water. He used to say that he
hada secret of longevity which he
bought of a gypsy woman when he
was sailor, and ho thought
he should live to be hundred.
For many years he spent his
winters in Mississippi, but when the
war broke out. he came to New York,
where he remained until he died.
a. chain-bolt has been put upon the
White House door, at Washington,
the more efectually to keep out Office
seekers who witt Loake "no" for na.
Judge schley, of Savannah, has de-
cided that negroes are Ineligible to
Office in Georgia.
A New York paper says: "Dr.
Hayes wishes to go North again. No
Arctic explorer is really happy until
he has failed to come back"
a movement is on foot for the for.
nation of a new political organiza-
ton in New Hampshire, to include as
many as possible of the Conservative
membefs Of the two existing parties.
The matter is now in the hands OF
twenty prominent men, ten of them
being Republicans and ten Democrats.
Private meetings Of those having the
thing in charge have been held, but
nothing can be obtained as to the
prospects Of the movement. 1t is said
that the whole scheme will be made
public in June next,
A clergyman was shot while per.
forming the marriage ceremony at
Andersonville, Ga, recently, by the
drunken s:epfather of the bride
The reverend gentleman, however,
completed the ceremony, propped
up by pillows.
tt ls reported from Germany that
the gambling establishments are tax.
ing measures to prevent the pnblica-
ton ofin diligence Of the suicides com
mitted by despairing losers. ~ -
: The Turner societies of Nav York
and other cities propose to bring DR..
Carl Voght from Germany to lect re
on natural science, He will COS,
$4,000 for six lectures in ,eaca of]
seven cities. His famous saving.
The brain secretes thought as the
liver does biles"shas done more to
make him nosarious than even his
ane work on mineralogy, ....,...
;'s The clergymsn attached to Trinity
Church, New York, have rthier
'saiaries raised, and in one instance
there has been the very handsome
advance from twenty-five hundred
dollars to ten thousand dollars.
The authorities Of waldecf, 4 Ger
man town, have given public notice |
that no license to marry viii ahereaf.
5ser Pc egrxnted TO- any, hsbitua drunk
srd # 4 hg.s.sH { S9
Fhg New fYosk &gpissopsnanJasars
'ne Meth9dists are tstrying to take
possesaion pf tha goYeSnment." +