The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-06-16
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'Adtcy fer the Ohio Governor
ship ~. H7;E,.i. " > +
The New Orleans Commercial
Bulletin reports that in Louisiana
more corn and less cotton lF've
.hcen planted this. year, eotnpara-
lively, than last year. '
s6oGO7-25 worth nf base coin wars
redeemed II, the United States MIN
for May. Total rcfemp,ions aiupuu,
,oSIl5 33Cs4. This under the act ol
May 3, 1871. s. .N,.ry%.Gr.. .-,.
The Communists, prisoners, t"
the number .ut twenty thousand,
arc to lie transported to-New Gale
doniu, a, llesolatc Island in the
South Patiic Ocean belonging to
France. ,.'
The first peaches Of the season
are selling iii New York al Sc per
dozen, or'S2o0 per basket. So far,
Tweed and Jim Fisk arc a5ont the
only men whv cal, afford 10 indulge
very: largely. 80. -. ..",...,:.st =.
An en::igrant woman died sud:
denly yesterday, at Brady,s station
Utah. : There was toual; eH$her
person a through. ticket from New
York to San Francisco, and ten
thousand dollars, mostly i'll United
States bonds. 81.
OF the 2652 present members ct
Congress, @of the representatives
and senators eliim to have had cols>
lcgiatc educatious. Of these only
three arc graduates of Harvard and
six of Yale, which ,sis..ssaSa great fall
lingioft' fortLe. News England seats
of learning. + go
Butterflies hare been fund fly,
ing5at. sen, six hundred miles from
lana. Their buoyancy is great and
tho muscular effort Of flying must
be small, while the wind drives
them forward rapidly over great
distances. - = y 1$s-@
tfho demand for tlrfic.l palmetto
leaves scc1ls to be- kept.np, as late
adviees from: Idvcrpuato torehew'tlc
invitation Of produce; brokers Eol
cotlsignmeits., ia any ,t,n,rlut> frr,
which. the, sum Of Sl20 ir goIl gncr
toy is offered. 81 .;5o:zss sII;:sssI3a,
TIC. New. Birrlp5is;wiyk lp5i;wik .GoveH'-
meut;, has appointed three. of:-its
me!a6crs,, kipgs Moore ,nul Eraser,
a delegation! teStasfer with the
G1termncnts of Mona Seoth. sa1t!
i'rircc Elw,ut:s Isls,,tl. wishEa
ricw>toaanitcd action against the
Washington Treaty. >.> IA. : '<}s, >,}sn
A. committee %of Italians have
bcen2 some days In Aler7han, Mis-
sissIrpi;; looking fnr.laii,ls fyr. culG
vating silk worms and We IrQlbee-
ton of Wile. Tlcy :lre SAID +"
lave ,hren much pl leased, ,anif ~
tend sending oatlsa !co1uH% rtroal
Chicago, to scuintnenee: operations
immediately. :, G;sff.slsI II: -
x new dwarf, who is styled tie
Pri4cess Ee4icis,2 exhibiting hsr!
self in, LoNtlon preparatury to visit
ing New York. She is reputcd to
l'r niue Years old, eighteen Inches
high, weighing six puanls, and of
entirely symmetrical proper
,;ons Il! s..&s : a. =
In the First District of Tcnnes-
see the Democrats are talking Of
running Andy Johnson, for Con-
sress. TIE New York Herald says
they can surely elect l,inr anti he Is
JUST the. man wanted i,t the House.
of Representatives to take carent
General Ben Butler and the cons,i-
tuition. .; s"...' D.: "' -..f
.,r . o-.y..y ~Ar-. = Z
The examination Of the entering
cIassis concluded. ''Ior: Napier
the new coloreel cadet, rassed with
high credit. Muster Young, son OF
Brigham. the prophet also passed
wcfl. Among the class is son OF
the late General 2rliomas +. Mea-
gher, appointed by Congressman
Roosevelt, of New York. -. Z.
The New York BMleAin, of We'd
nesday, in its report of the stock
. markets for the proceeding: day,
says: Es'Southcrn StateIbonls have
lMen strong with .Fenhessecs, Viz
ginias and new South Carolinas AS
the features. AS will bc'seen by
the advertisement elsewhere. the
July interest on the South Carolina
bonds, will be paid promptly
The United States army, it is re,
ported, has finally been reduced to
II peace footing, in accordance witl'
the act of Congress Of July. Is,
1870. The regular army hwilI'now
consist of one general. one lieutcn-
ant-general, four mjer:gcnerals and
three brigaaier-gener;tIs,, with tbsir
respective staff organizations for
&a!il services. In addition there