The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-08
VOLUME XXX IN Oah4.w
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General, Wade Hampton VIII deliver
the memorial address in RaleighF North
Carolina, on the 10th instant. g5f sara
A person claiming to betheis Iineal'des
scendant of John the Baptist, 'isapread-
ing the Gospei In the streets of Cafioi
Illinois. i.Ji ;s-Is;; 2 /. siia
The death of Maj. William H-, WIT,
berger, proprietor Of the Pulaski House,
savannah, is announced in the Advefti-
ser ofethatcity.
There isa Dutch vessel now in. Boston
Which is said to be ninety years old.
She is built OF teak and is good for an
other half century.s service.
Joseph Price, lad II wears, Of ABE.
son of the late Alfred Price, accfdsutalIv
fell from boat at Wilmington, on Fri.
day evening lasta was drowned His
body had not been recovered at last
accounts.
Bits of silver were picked up. in the
streets of jackson Vile, Oregon, during
la recent rain. Il 'rhey must SfaSs fafieh;
from that "cloud with a silver. lining, y
which we read about. &, ~ - ~ t51.s9. -
Tie Philadelphia Post, Of Apni I'd,
publishes aletter fromiC Caroline S. Burn
ham, who, having been refused iadmis-
sion to the law department Of the State
University ;ferceiy denounces the fAei
ulty according!y.i ~ q III ss,cro.r
A. New Orleans paper says shat,rs
young widow in that city, who writes
well, us training herself for an editor 81
The editors name lis not given; sd,ik
would be well for the fraternity to ....bs.
ware OF the vidder.n sf,! t'sei'tfffs
Henry Ward Beeeher, in Z; isco;irse
on phrenology, said that iie;i1ad' Seen
men with large. blue eyes, whom you
could no more stimulate to action than
you could a lump of dough byibiowi1g
a resurrection trump over it. sgsis T.,
Josh Billings says There ,izyone
thing about q hen that looks like. wis
dom, they don't kackle much until after
they have laid their egg: Sum photks
are alWus Dragging and g cackllhg
what they are going to do beforehand. 9
The Rev. Alfred A. Curtis, late rector
of Mount Calvary Church 81 Baltimore,
in letter to Bishop Whittipgham, an-
inounces that he has dissolved his Com
!nection; with the Episcopal Churehrand
Joined. the Church :of, Rome. ~ t;9 i.a
Rochefort is employed in the. kitchen
at Fort Boyart, where he serves OUT his
term of imprisonment. He Is allowed
two hours daily, to read and write. He
is in good spirits, but frequently, CONF
plains bitterly that he Is not allowed
any newspape ;1 I. Z. ,.g5jial
y Frank, d. Millett, Of Boston, who
entered the Academy Of fines Arts. at
Antwerp last June, has been awarded
the medal of the academy at thep Cons
cours just closed, and waste bee decorated
and crowned with laural. He stood
first in-seven tof:the2ninelbfanc chessgin
which the class was examined 1.-The best
rank that has been taken for years.
Mr.. MiIlett is the only foreigner who
has ever won the medal, -.s;Asz, &,,:,A
The ''cheekn of the ordinary temals
book agents proyerbial, but the quality
seems to have reached its climax in q
woman who called the Governor Of
Rhode Island from his place as presiding,
officer during an important debate in.
the Senate the other day, to solicit hist
subscription for work ON. - Personal.
Beauty Upon her making known
her business, the interview terminated
abruptly. He didn't subscribe. ia isss yea
The Chicago Post says: New York
could endure, josephine Mansfield, ap-
plaud Jim Fisk and make him rich, hold.
the hands of Jay Gould, and eieetBill
Tweed to. the Senate by twenty thousand
majority, but she is horror stricken ata
low and audacious comedy which l1under9
takes to represent their roguery. and.
upon the stage. This is new
illustration Of the definition Of hypocri--
sy: 1.-THE tribute that vice pays to
virtue" st..-..,.''.,..s
Royal ladies in Europe cannot govern
their own health. The Empress of Aus.
tria is consumptive, the Empress Of
Russia suffers from gout and dropsy Of
the heart, the Empress Of Germany is .,
victim to rheumatism, the Queen Of
Holland is subjectto frequent fits Sof
hysteria, the Queen of Portugal is q con-
firmed invalid, aud the Queen Of Den-
mark is deas 20: -.5s49
All Hank, Chinaman, was tried In
New York for highway robbery, tho
complainant being Ayee, also Chinese.
Ayee wished to be sworn after his native
custom, and to this end a crockerys plate
was procured, The interpreter then re-
peated the words of the oath, and at the
end Ayee waved the plate twice in q the
air, and brought it down on the report
er's table with crash that sent the
splinters in every direction and caused
a general retreat among the Caucasian
element. - - "a .E.t..a. - ~
A novel temperance pledge is that
which originated in the New is York
Stock Exchange the other day.; 1t; is
addressed to "sensibly practical tenn
perance people," and runs as follows:
We, the undersigned, deprecating the
growing evil Of intemperance, and be-
lieving that tits in q great degree in
duced by mistaken idea of sociability
and politeness. therefore, with view OF
mitigating this evil in a practical way,
we hereby pledge ourselves to pay only
for. the liquor which we" ourselves
drink, and to abstain from drinking any
liquors which others pay for. - sgrU
The hanging of Joe Logston, a young
desperado, near Nashville Tennessee,
broke two ropes before it was eonsum-
mated. "Oh, Lord, don't do that again.
said Joe to the Sheriff, as he writhed on
the ground, the blood running from his
mouth and saturating the white capsand
shroud in which he was Dressed AT
last he was dead, but the performance
occupied over an hour, what With the
sermon, prayer and failures, and over
two thousand people watched the whole
with unfagging interest. He was cool
and pale, and his only speech was "Iet
this be warning to all"
The correspondent of the Springfield
Republican, who visited the banking
house of Woodruff, Clafiin & Co., in
Broad Street, New York, does not give
rose-colored view of either premises or
occupants. The rooms are dark and
gloomy, one clerk only occupies the
room designed for twenty. Mrs. wood
l.. nd tho fQn00IlQ