The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-09-17

Total $1S, 197, 200 81
The above does not include payments made
on account OF the interest or principal OF the
public debt OF the United States.
The total number of standard silver dollars
coined during the month OF August was
2,787, O5O, making an aggregate Of 40,237, 050
coined to September l.
Up to September l the receipts OF %retunding
certificates for conversion into tour per cent.
bonds aggregate $35, FOG, 900.
The total issues OF the four per cent. loan
by the Treasury Department up to September
l amount to $40, 795, 800, leaving 1851
not yet disposed OF.
Foreign News.
. The Swedish steamer ordensklold has been
lost on the coast OF Japan. The officers and
crew were saved. The Nordenskjold was
fitted out for the express purpose OF going to
the assistance of the Nordenskjold Arctic ex-
pedition, and sailed from Maclu, Sweden, Oil
the Sd OF June for the Arctic regions, well
equipped for a voyage OF two years. Her
commander had instructions to follow the
course OF Professor Nordenskiold's exploring
ship Vega, from which no tidings have been
received for more than q year, and it found to
aid her crew, and if disabled to take her place.
The Los Debates (Madrid newspaper) re-
commends that Spain should free all the slaves
in her dependencies, and to substitute a seven
years period OF slavery.
Mr.. Longlnnn, tho last OF the original part
MS in the eminent firm OF English publishers,
il tad.
A'eneva (Switzerland) correspondent re-
pofls .at Il carriage containing II party OF
Alnef'el tourists, driving from Martigny to
Chanon'N WINS overturned. A lady named
and was kid.
The scuiiih match at Halifax. n. s., be-
tween Sm'tn, that place, and Wallace Ross,
OF St. John, WAS ron by the former.
A PATS alspa,e, says fifteen persons have
p~losion of flre-dnmr'n tho coal mines ut
Bonchamp: France.
Reports received by tn 1to,;un ministry ot
agriculture indicate thnt !, crnns This yrnr
will be poor. The wheat ere i IL a",al ouIvto
q third OF that OF 1878.
Tho Spanish government dc ,rcs il will
oend 90 900 troops, with mmple tni. o'au
the threatened general revolt in CT u ~" =
has decilcd to instruct the Spanish ,;n;Star
at Washington to insist TINT the unitet1tntcs
compel Cuban refugees and hliblIstors rc.
spcci neutral obligations.
Sir Garnet Wolsoley, commander OF tn
British troops in South Africa, telogr"lhs tha
King Cctywayo lus only two or thre" an!
followers with him. His prime minister, tw
of his sons and three OF his brothers have slI
rendered, with $50 head of royal cattle. Arm
: and cattle are being surrendered daily.
: The Chilians nave abandoned tho blockad
OF I~quique, Peru.
Tho Emperor OF Germany md tho Car c
Russia have hnG n cordial meeting ut AleNhn
= drowO.
y The waters OF tho River Thesis, in Hungary
t continue 10 subsida. and tho sito OF tho sui
merged city S~zegedin will soon be dry. Elgl
, more corpses have recently been found III thu
1 city.
1t is reported that the Emperor ami IN
v Crown Prince of Germany have approved til
r project OF IN international cxhibilionm Bci
q lin in 1885.
According to oficinls statistics the llnlI"
q harvest of this year shows u deficiency {
- 10, 900 900 q~uintals OF nlnize, . 900 600 pnintn|
"a - of wheat and 1000, 900 q~uintn's OF other grain