The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-07-13
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It is said in Wall street HAT
Daniel Drew cleared three hundred
thousand dollars from the wreck
on Rock Island. q.
Al individual IN New York who
bears a striking resemblance to
President Grant, is said to enjoy
hugely the many mistakes to which
this resemblance give rise. ss'1
Tn view of the early retirement
from the service of Field Marshall
Won Moitke, General Blumentilal.
comparatively unknown to fame,
will succeed him as the 6Emperor's
chief of staff. ~ 3s4a I.
The Marquis Of Butte, whom Dis
reali is supposed to have persori-
lied in "Lothair,' is shortly to
marry Miss Fox, a Catholic lady, of
rare beauty and accomplishments
a niece Of Lady Holland-who, be-
sides, possesses wealth. that is de-
scribed as princely. .l,- .r,;,s
George Lockhart Rives, ayoung,
American, has been awarded tho
first prize at Trinity College, Unix
versity of Cambridge. for Englishl
defamation and composition. TIE
second and third prizes were awafd
FED to Hon. G. I. Strut and IiVfd
MonteagIe. - if'is' - .
,ia-gi S.s.;a asti ts'isss ,amgsd i
The dream Of an ocean piegS s
Long Branch is about to be. reals
lied. Engineers are. now upon the
ground se!ectinga q location. TIE
pier Will be of iron, 1900 feetfonk,
aud throughout the first one sthpis-
and feet It will be- 80 feet wide.
The last two hundred feet,whk khave
a width of 100 feet, and sonitawal
be a,payil!on and .Parlors havingac-3
comodaations .a on :t'9 for 22ooopersonas. AZ
The Prince Imperial bof Ffanee
dined recently with Prince Arth,H,
at the royal brigade mess at sWnnl-
wich. It, is,, evident . thatrtfle
Queens mot dordre to the members
of her family is to treat the exilcd
Imperial family with respect and
consideration. In view Of Lonis
Napoleon's possible return to
France, and the threatening "Bat-
tie Of Dorking," it is Just as well to.
maintain a friendly footing with
the Bonapartes. : % - : = 5
The African Repository, 'tlia0isN
gan OF the American g Colonization
Society, says that two tbonsand
people Of color, R tents Of the
States Of Vermont, New. York,
New Jersey, N 0rtli Caroliha, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Teh
nessee and Kentucky, of fthelr6wn
accord are asking help to get ,tuM-
IBERIA to attain .eitizeashlploatsonce
in republic controlled whollylR
their own brethren. with no bans
of custom and no bars Of prejudice
to struggle against. in Their r,el-
deavors for the highest .positiois.,
The London correspondents credit
the plot to assassinate2 the Pope,
OH the 10Th ulttiudo, 4and say it was
concocted by meas connected with
the International in London, Flor
ence and Paris. Queen Victoria
and all the European sovereighns,
it is stated, have sent letterso the
Pope, cougratulating HIM upoifdiis
having reached the twenty.ffth an
niversary Of his reign. In .reply!to
Queen Victoria, the Pope sent his
blessing both to- her, and to her
family-not knowing at. the time
that members of the Commune had
purpose to take his life.
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A new inextinguishable light,
possessing some singular features,
has been brought ont in England.
When placed in water, or thrown
on the sea, it will ignite immediate
ly and burn tor the space of forty
minutes, with so vivid flame. and
so intense a brilliancy. that photo
graphs may be taken by i, and
small print may be read at dis
tance Of several hundred feet. THE
chemical preparations contained in
the lamp is solid, hard substance
free from danger, and its applica-
tions for marine signals are numer.
Gus. ~ .. j.. .
The agitation in England, caused
by the Purchas (anti- -Ritulist) judg-
ment is as great as ever. The
Bishop of London intimated to lis
clergy that the responsibility of
carrying out the ruling of that de-
cision is upon him as one of the, in.
herent burdens of his Office, and
that the clergy if they accepted his
ruling are free from all responsible
ty. Beresford Hope points out
that this is no more nor less than
the doctrine Of Hnassive Obedi.