The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-01

rhey will make about half Il COTTON
" y at Hilton Head. The cotton Is
Z. ,eiling rapidly, and will turn out bet
trr nan expected.
The Laurcns Railroad was comrl"teu
Acssl tsesday to- a. point iW" h"H''t'
gsSr.is from Martin's.s' S!Xty-lifc haA"e
are at work. -.
Gal. John G.. .PresslV his re"e!vea
rom the Democratic pal y OIL" ssc-
Zi{o,,:of California where .le.A%| u - 1-
sae termination for a ajudeesll!r. r -
.,s.zsSfhe Ne,c York Sun, on "infoiu&1ion
rom both Republican ana Nenlocrauc
soarces,n thinks that the i'2A!"cratlc
majority in Ohio will be 2},o"' @: '''oGo'
ss Is there man with sou! 50 "',si, who
never to himself hath said, -; Il !":N be-
sre I go to bed the debt ""r ;iit pr.n-
I: Flssre will be q reunion oi Company
Hampton Legion, at ;:rcInvl!lc
Courthouse, on the 18th Of Oc,"ocr A>Xt.
he call is made by Capt. ". 3. Charles.
s The opinion is becoming strengthened
every day that the man who first made
shirt to button behind did more for
:hc world than one who has discovered
I've comets.
The amount of money cSrcNdId fol
advertising by A. L. Stuart 4 60. du-
ring the last year was $;S"D, Wh'. licre =
one of the principal secrets OF thciI
prosperity. They know the value OF
printer'a ink, and arc backward iii Ia
king advantage Of their knowledge.
One or the jail prisoners, as the jailoI
entered his room. yesterday morning,
quietly slipped 'out" and locked tn,
nrison-keeper .'in :" but his vocifcrous
cries soon alarmed the surroundings,
and the daring criminal was arrested
aud brought back.-SuRtor lln!chn'dn'
It is something to receive q lift o; six
million dollars. The Emperor fcrdl-
Land, who recently died, leaving for
tune Of sixty million dollar, gave six oi
it to the Pope Of Rome, and most OF tn,
cash has already been paid over. This
is the largest sum ever received ut one
time by his holiness.
The trial justices Of Charleston city
returned Sl7S.25 for the month Of July,
collected as costs and fines tnto"-
Herald.
H., One certain trial justice ut Lau-
-eus &. H., in one short mouth, y couple
os wears ago, returned Sl2i.00, "collecteu
rs costs and fines" How was that fol
high ?-Heruid
Queen Isabella's horses got Frightened
+he other day at the roar of q lion, ana
pitchcd Her Majesty Out OF her carriage.
Tie old lady has been advised !" send
fora Cincinnati .itcka-s 10 ac'":4:pAhN
her en- her future drives ia the neigh
norhood of the menagcric.
A famous auctionccr, after cHhausting
the language ofpraisc in eNto!ling Ger
tain gentieman'S park which ha'i to Ia:i
under ms hammer, said ne WAS bound,
as an honest man, not to conceal the
drawbacks to the property, which wa>
The litter made hy the rosc!cavcs and
the perpetual din kept up by the night
ingalcs.
The old story-not knowing the gun
was loaded-haS resulted III the wound
ing of Julian Bland, Of EdgeAcld, by
being shot with rifle ia the hands OF
Charles VI. Gary, both of them the best
Of friends. The two were icsting about
something when Gary picked upa rifle
in the room, and handling i, the Gui.
was discharged. Neither knew the GHn
was loaded.
The most remarkable peaches "" hay"
seen this yea: came trom the i'3i"'r% oi
M. 3ristow Lawton, in til, .H:;tt gar,
OF the town. A sample hC'"g,. ~ - "l
write is 81 inches in dialnc.-I, A"4 he
tween 10 and IL inches Ill ct:cNu.trG'
Il ,;,l, Il .,g, ,,,,.
cious enough to have been grow: in the
original garden Of Eden. .--.";cA 1rid'
enc.
In letter written from the Peruvian
coast to the Londcn Times. d gloomy ac.
count is given of the future oi the Pc
ruvian Guano. Hundreds Of vessels
have gone there for gli;.uo and were
forced to load with inferior Ylality, OBJ
tanned by burrowing and blasting
among the rocks, or return empty. The
good guano is all exhausted, and that
now to be had is mixed witt: dirt and
rocks to such an extent that it is offered
at greatly reduced prices.
Emile de Giradn says Bismarck j,
in q bad fix, and wants :,no;Iler big war
so as to divide up and get Il big slice o
better for France to Join hands with tho
powerful Chancellor, in order to share
the spoils, than to he cut and eaten up b5
him, ne advises France to give up al
hopes of getting back Alsace and Lor.
raine, and to become thoroughly recon
ciled with Germany, as Austria became
with Italy after the latter rccaptured
Lombardy and Venice.
A circular having been sent to Gen
Fitz Lee, of Virginia, soliciting his en-
dosenent Of movement IN favor ol
Hon. n. 2. Banks, OF Massach u,etts
for President and Hon. l.. Z. {. Lamar
Of Mississippi, for Nicc-Prcsident III the
next coming Presidential campaign, the
general has written u reply in which ht
SAYS: ~ feel it my duty to say, that
should those gentlemen be the homi-
nees of the National Democratic Com
yention for the high Offices you desire
them to fill, it will give me pleasure to
vote for them and to aid in an humble
way. to secure their elcction.'
z IMMIGRATION LOOKING South
wAHD.-An immigration agent in Niiu-
neapolis, Minnesota, has now on his
books the names of over three thou>;iu;t
persons scattered over twenty States,
Canada, and many in Europe, WHO al
p!y for documents relative to ihe South
ern States, and he represents the list a;
IL Ecrcasing at the rate Of fro.n fifty 20
one hundred day. Th" 4 -,rac, ''soi /"
mild climate and generous soil are gen-
orally assigned as reasons for dc,IiilS to
20 South by those making inquiries in
regard 10 the price of lands, &c.
In reply to an inquiry, Comutroller
Dunn says that the assets OF the South
Carolina Bank and Trust Company
amount, in par value, to ahont eighty
per cent. Of its liabilities. But as q large
amount of its assets consist Of State pa
ner. for WHICH there can be no :settl"nIcnt