The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-01-17

/ Let the girls he warned III tlmc 10
beware ufthe destinations of the MEM
hers OF the German legation. Bis
mark has recently issued Ill order pro-
hibitlug members of the diplomatic
service Of the German empire from
contracting foreign alliances. One of
the corps stationed in q European cap
ital asked Bismarck's permission late
ly to marry q lady who is q citizen of
the nation in which he is stationed,
and for answer received his recall
Washington Sa'.
ANOTHER NEW TERRITORY.-The
Black Hills Pioneer pleads tlsst the
Legislation required by the people of
the Black Hills must necessarily be
.ircculiar, and therefore, that q new
Territory should be established with
the Black Hills as i%tscentre. 1t wants
to take for this new Territory about
IS, 900 square miles from DakOtah, and
1000 each from Montana and WyO-
ming, making n Territory about one
third the siZc OF the present Territory
of Dakotah. The new Territory is to
he called Ell Dorado, if that will suit
Congress.
Gov. SMITH, of Georgia takes a cor
rect view of the Importance Of sccur-
ing immigrants to that State. He re-
CARDS every man as worth one thou
sand dollars,-about that amount be-
ing necessary to raise him from child
hood. He thinks that the State could
get ships loads of men from the OLD
World at a very small cost and that
the Legislature should at once make
appropriation to encourage imnligra-
ton and 70 aid immigrants to come.
He is exactly right. Congress should
do the same thing an q larger scale.
The Committee on Powers of the
House in counting the electoral votes,
agree that Ferry has no power in
counting the vote, and that the House
enjoys equal powers with tho Senate.
About S,Gs1 troops arc scattered
throughout the Southern States, of.
which two-thirds arc masscd in Col
unlbia and New Orleans.
Items of interest arc solicited from
all parts of the county.
1t has been decided Ivy the courts
that if Il partner of q dissolved firm
ncglccts to give notice through the
newspapers, Of q dissolution of part
nc:slip, he is equally liable with his
late partner, for all debts contracted
after dissolution.
We had u short call yesterday from
Bro. McRay, Of the AKCn Journal.
He did not stay long enough to tell his
business, but from an item III his paper
yesterday, We presume he came to buy
Il wasll-pan, as Il thief crawlcd in and
stole his the previous night.-Augustd
COl$tituiiOnUii$t.
The heavy fall of snow on the plains
of western Nebraska, which are usual
" available for grazing purposes
throughout the entire winter season,
seriously threatens to reduce to starva-
ton the vast herds of cattle that roam
that rcgion.-Gicago Tribune.
Will Mr.. Talmage make some COM
mcnts on the remarkable fact that III
twelve years there have been 320
churches and only ten theatres burned
in this country?
A TElBrTE TO GOVERNOR HAMP-
T0N.-Whcn the Emancipation pro-
cession on Monday passed the Hnnp,,
ton banner, suspended across Broad
street, hear Church, Charleston, the
companies with rms came to Il carry.
The Carolina Light Infantry, the
crack colorcd corps of the city, parad-
cd that day. Verbum sap!
AL1rrLE child of Mr.. Thos. Gami-
ncr, Of Lexington, played with q piss
tol last week. Much sympathy is cX-
pressed for the bereaved parents.
Four of the companies which have
recently been on duty in Columbia
have departed Northward. .
New EQUITY DIGEsT.-Silas John
stone, Esq, Of Newborry, is compil-
ing 4 Digest of the Equity Reports Of
South Carolina, from 1856 to 1865.
In Texas snow has fallen to the
depth Of from six to eighteen inches
crushing in roofs and freezing num-
bers of horses aud cattle to death.
MR.. J. II. Hanglcs, of Aiken care
lessly handled pistol last week. The
ball is now in Sydney Burckllalter's
shoulder.
The Probate office of Aiken county
is in working order for the first time
in six months; and all the other coun-
ty officers, except the Clerk, have
been sworn in.-1kcn Courier Jour-
nal.
Fernando Woods idea is to have n
new election at once in South Carroll
M, Florida and Louisiana, and he
talks of introducing a resolution to
that effect in the House.