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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
The Hungarian Flood.

The cable brings startling news of a
food in Hungary which las submerged
and destroyed the city of szegedin, q
city of $4,000 inhabitants. The thawing
of immense quantities of snow III the
Thesis valley caused an accumulation of
water which sapped the bikes, burst then,
and overlooked the town. Over three
hundred persons were drowned. The
destruction of property was incalcula-
BILE. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
THE Democrats and the Republicans ir

THE Democrats and the Republicans in
tfe lower house of Congress are very
nearly divided. The few G~reenbackers
VINO are in Congress are expected to vote
with the Republicans, when it comes to
"a party vote. The G~reenbackers in Con-
tgress seem to be nothing more or less
than Imitation Republicans. Out of the
three hundred members of Congress only
some four or five are Greenbackers. This
shows that both political parties are al
most a unit for honest money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19

Gov. Simpson, Of South Carolina is in
sconstaut receipt Of letters from South Car
I olinians who have emigrated to the South
i.west since the war, the burden of all OF
switch is that the writers have been sad
lysdisappointed in their plans and expee-
tatsDns, and areaDxious to retutn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
BEWARE OF LIMITATIONS.

The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid,
with the impression DR.. McLANE's Liver
PILLS. ..
The genuine McLANE's LIVER PILLS bear
the signatures Of C. McLANE and FLEMING
Bros. on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c.
McLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared by Flem.
ing Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full Of limitations of the name McL0nei
spelled differently but SAME pronunciation
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19

THE BarnweU Sentinel says that Mr..
Ed. Hutson of that county will try his
luck at tea culture;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
A Word for the Chinese.

joaquin Miller, In a letter TO the Tribune
speaks, not only with much enrneStllcsS, bul
with knowledge. on the Chinese question
Formerly n miner, for years q resident OF tht
Pacific States, and for four years Il Judge. he
had an excellent opportunity to know some
thing Of the practical effects Of Chinese immi
grafton and labor. He ~testlties as follaws:
The honest men OF the Sierras welcomed
them, and, side by side, they worked together
for many years: aud ! am certain that every
miner OF those days, who has no selfish ends
to serve, will gladly testify to the honesty
industry and ncighborly good nature OF thesf
same time, were terribly taxed by the county
authorities: bnt they always came ur
promptly. and, without n word OF complaint
paid what was dcmandcdof them. At Canon
tax was S. Il head for every ChlnnNlnn. they
had 10 constantly endure wrongs from every
drunken ruflian or reckless "hoOdlum' who
saw ft to impose upon them; yet theF were
the MOST peaceful people we had amongst us.
| sat on the bench rs judge OF this county Tor
four years, and. | will state. on the honor OF
II magistrate, tina the calendar, both criminal
and civil, showed ut least ten white men 10
one cinnamon, although the Chinese popula-
ton. during the most nf this time. 0utnuln.
| bcretl the whites. Let, zoe here say that
never, during all my frarS Of intercourse
with these people, rs miner or hiasiSlra'e,
Chinese bcggar, I never say 4 lazy emma
man. They arc perhaps the most industrious
people in the world.
some NEW POSTAL WRrSKLE3.-Thc clause
In tho post Office appropriation Dill wltch
provides for n lettcrShcrt envelope, which is
TO be stamped MS other envelopes arc now
stamped, and Il double letter envelope. The
double postal card is in size similar to the
present Onc-rcnt card. IL bears nj both upper
corners Il one-crnt stamp, and lines are
drawn from the centre, sloping downwards
to each low corner, to he written upon. The
writer OF the card uses the left hand side for
his reply. The doublc-lctter envelope Is
stamped twice, and the sender uses the right
and tho receiver the left hand side In writing
the address. At the back of this envelope Is
a double-gurnmcn flap divided bya pcrforat-
limo. The lower one il used for scaling by
the sender, and the receiver uses his knife
along the perforated line and has n new gum
med flap ready for use. The letter-shcet ell
yelOpe IS designed to do away with outer en-
velopes. Its patentee claims great merit for
1t for the reason that 1t often occurs that the
date ut which u writing has been mailed cam
be aScertDined because the envelope has
been lost. Here letter and envelope are one.
The new law does not direct the Postmaster
General to issue these patented conveniences.
It only allows him the discretion to do so.
The Post Office Department had nothing to
DO with having this clause inserted in the
York Rorid. !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
Symptoms Of DiseasedLiver.

DAM in the right side, under the
L edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top Of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss Of appe.
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen.
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss of men,
DRY, accompanied with a painful sem
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains Of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa-
ton of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several Of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination Of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. c. MCLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF .AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious arrangements, and as
a simple ~purgative, they are %unequaled.
A-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19

AS to women of halfcustc blood born in
Mexico, they have all the pecullarities OF the
native or full blood. Language, manner,
even tire slightest trace Of foreign forces.
The country of the mother and not the coun-
try Of the father is everything. There Is no
on the paternal side, no desire to glory over
hor foreign blood. She Is Mexican II every
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
TRYING TO BREAK THE BOND.

When the fact was made known that Col
Aston had contracted with Col. Howard, II
Is alleged that Mr.. Cox became greatly sNcit'
cd and declared the matter should not take
that direction. lie was SO intent upon max
! tasc he sought, that lie sought out Col. Aston
to try and effect his purpose. Prior to finding
Col. Aston he visited Col. Howard and ask.
ed to know whether, in the event the trade
was consummated, he, Howard. would con.
sent to trade with him, Cox, for his interest
in the matter. Col. Howard replied that Inc
would not talk about that at that time; Inc
could not, make but one trade ut II time, ant
he was buying the Gordon interest rs IL stood
subject to the suitcase held by Cox. This
turn OF affairs, II seems, led Mr.. Cox to q
stronger determination to upset the trade
and secure the transfer of the interest to Wal
! tcrs. Whether Walters had anything to dc
! with this determination We know not fur.
thcr than that he is understood 10 say he did
! pnt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
No OR TRIAL,

I. Last night, after the death OF Colonel Ais.
ton. the coroner was notified Of the fact, but
in consid. ration of the circumstances attend:
ing the homicide and the fact that ample wit.
nesses to all the facts are accessible, he de-
clded that II was unnecessary to hold an IN!
ouest'over. the remains.
We also learn that 1t Is the probable pnr-
pose OF the friends Of Mr.. Cox to have him
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19

The real facts in all their Legitimate conncc.
ti0ns which preceded and led up to the iath!
encounter arc difficult ~ he aSccrtaincd III
the present state Of affairs. One of the actor:
is dead and the other seriously wounded nno
forbidden to talk upon the subject. Cthel
parties acquainted with the main facts nave
TO be relied upon for the mutter OF the present
narrative and these statements made during
the intense excitement following the dread,
full event may unintcntionally be somewhat
ut variance with the facts developed upon &
judicial investigation hereafter. We have Ell
dravored to get ut the truth in the matter
and we give the connected account made NJ
from the statements of those who would con
as below given.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
TIE CLOSING SCEkES,
The Funeral Services - Additional
Facts as to the Killing
Incidents and "reminiscences.

TCOnQCllSCu lTOfll lHt NCINIltN COISlIlUtIOH
Of 18th inst
The early trains yesterday morning brought
In number of people from the other cities OF
Georgia, who came to the city to pay their
last respects to Colonel Aston. 1t was very
soon evident that an immense crowd would
go down TO tho funeral:
. II was universally remarked that no death
that ever marked Atlanla'S record with blood
caused such widespread sll. rcSS rs this. 1t
was u sud and mournful crowd that boarded
the train fdr Decatur. Nothing but praises ni
the dead man and SObs over his un;imrly
taking OIL could be heard. Al The church The
vast crowd could 70 gain admittancc. ant as
the c0rtcge approached and the coffin was
borne across the STard there were hundreds
who bent their heads and gave way to their
,rrint
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19

Is related In connection with Colonel AIS.
tons membership with Decatur Methodist
church. About " years ago, when he felt Il
his duty to join the church. he preferred tho
I Edgew0od chapel and was about to join there
when he learned that Mr.. CoX had an idea OF
Joining the church also. He approached Mr..
Cox and earnestly begged him TO join the
Edgewood church. Mr.. Cox would no. con.
sent. At last Colonel Aston said well,
Ed, III Join at DECATUR, II you WILL" ~
! this proposition an Affirmative response was
returned, and these W men entered the sol.
emn bonds together. Now one Is slain and
the other Is his slayer.
The feeling against Cox Is Intense and with
out qualification.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
THE ACTORS IN THE nEEL

Were too citizens we'll known In our comnlu.
nifty and numbering hosts OF friends. one OF
them Was Colonel Robert \. Aston, of tho
adjoining county OF Dckalb, and its Repre-
sentative in the present General -lSSrinnlf.
The other WAS Captain Ed. toN. Oh i'ctaio
County. and oncOf the Sub-lessecsO OF prnitci-
tiury convicts. Colonel Aston was Chairman
of the Peniicntiary Committee OF the present
House Of Representatives and the aull.or OF
the bolda and horriiying report upon our pen
%itcntiury lease SYSTEM which caused 70 Wlue
Il sensation in November last.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
I'VE FATE AND FUTURE OF MEXICO,
Sylu E5.uuci,rO (hrOuirl

If by war the United States SHOULD conquc
md hold subject several of the NorthcrI
States Or all OF the country the result as Il
the mlnglng OF races would be precisely as |
has been IN California an d In the nciehborlll
country. Following sucl' Il conqucst thor
! would be thousands or intcrmarrlngcs DC
tween American and McXican women, bu
no American father could hope to see hls
power and pride pcrpetuntrd In his son
Many foreigners who have given the SubJcc
VI immigration to Mexico much though
have wondered why 81 country SD marvellous
ly rich In resources, So varied In climate ana
so extensive geographically. should receive
such Il bcSyarly influx Of foreign stock. The
secret may be discovered In the fact that men
do not like to settle down in Il country
where amalgaInation Is to dctcrioratc the
male blood and virtually blot the ,patcrnal
stock out of existence. There Is a deep and
profound feeling in the human heart, based
upon the irrcvocable instincts OF nature,
which makes IL father love TO see his image
and likeness perpetuated In all the strength
and glory of manhood. The father or Euro
pelm blood can never hope to see this If he In
tcrmarrlcs and brings up his family among
Spanish-A merican people. The iHtur OF
blood and the atmospheric agencies ever act
Ing upon the physical system, arc the two Vi
tai clements ~inrlgOnistic in tropical coun-
tries to the pcrpctuatim and powcr0l foreign
blood as II exists IN Its native condition..
HALF-CASTE LADIES.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
TIE DEATH OF cfioSEL AIsroy

The sad and bloody event was ono Of the
most regretted ntliir ever known In our his.
tory. All Atlanta knew "Iiob lAlstOn,' and
there were few who did not admire and cS-
tecfn the man, above whatever faults he had,
bccahse OF his manly virtues and his cllival-
riE and yet manly traits Of character. The
streets were filled all the evening with men
discussing. the affair, and an nniycrStl cx.
preston Of sorrow was heard. 1t did not
seem real e. know that Aston was dead,
and the news spread like q tclcgraphic mes
sage from car to chr and house to house The
friends of both parties are plunged into end
less regrets that they shonld have thus mar
red and closed their useful Careers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
COUNTING AIsroX's SHOTS.

\ great number OF dispatches have beer re-
ccived rendering full anil practical sympathy
to Mrs. Aston. General Gordon t~elcgraplled
crushed, and say that ! will be a fnther to her
children and q protector to her." and gave
many other messages. He tclcgraphed OH
yesterday to nave Bob sent on to Washington
us sonn as possible. He Intends to take care
/ ,T lit,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
TIE PROSECUTION.

1t is understood that the prosecution Of Cox
Will not lag an instant. Mcssrs. Hopkins 4
Glenn, Mr.. Howard Van Epps. Mr.. Patrick
Calhoun, Colonel Willis ~. Hawkins, and
Judge Samuel Hall have been, We under
stand, retained for the prosecution. 1t is
generally believed that the trial Will come of
week after next, when the criminal dockc is
opened. There IS Il very deep interest felt in
the progress of the cnsc. ills
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19

=. = NVo IsEhUf IIffF I
For him to come and see 1t out, or fght'it
ont like q man! Aston asked Sans II Cox
drinking, and Sans replied that he did
not know, but that he was very much excit-
ed.
Aston told Sans to go back and tell Cox.
that he would not come to meet him, but for
10 attend to his own business, n he,
would attend to hts; that lie wanted
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
Bathed In Blood.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN THE GE0R-
GIA CAPITOL.
Colonel Aston and Ed. Cox hayc Il
Hostile Meeting, In Which the For
mcr Gets Killed II the Latter Sc
yerrly Houndcd.--Thc Facts Before
md After tho Killing.
f.iNuntu Constitutional

Yesterdays afternoon another bloody tragedy
was enacted in thi%city. 1t came on sudden
~. and the terrible news, as II irSt Giiclillte'l
rom mouth 10 mouth, WAS scarcely believed
hy those who heard it. Ii had been so Gencr-
ally hoped that days. and even years might
pasS before such Il iotler event would Startlc
The community that men dreaded 10 learn
the truth. The fact WAS only too true and too
awful. The vcritic,tion Was swift, and crowds
nucicd to view the >ccncand the participants
ia one uf the coinplctcst Grath-ducls on our
rltnllIl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-03-19
A LONG SESSION.

The new Congress, which Is to assemble
here on tho 18th, Is likely to have u long ses-
sion. From present indications 1t will take
Il fortnight for the House to organize ald an
other week at least will be required for the
formation OF the committees. There Is little
doubt that the officers OF the house. will re-
main about as they are. with Mr.. Randall ~
Speaker, Mr.. Adams ns clerk, Mr.. Thompson
as sergcuntat.arms and Mr.. Fields rs door
keeper. The subordinate officers will also
probably remain.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-08-09
SEWERAGE-NO. 3.

The condition of Franklin street
at the time of our writing TUESDAY
EVENING" is a good illustration Of
two principles advanced In these
papers, viz: that water-worlIs can
not be safely adopted without sew
erage, nor can sewage proper be
safely committed TO the same APP
paratus as that which carries off the
surface and suhsoil drainage. On
the north side of Franklin street at
this time the badly graded gutter,
which was intended for a mere sur
face drain, is made to do duty as an
open sewer. Let us see exactly
what is going on there. Mr.. Leh-
man has established his hotel and
restaurant near Second street; he
has awaited himself of the new
water-wOrks to have his house sup
piled with kitchen sinks, bath
rooms, urinals and, we suppose,
water-closets his drain-pipe emp
ties into the open gutter, and, at
certain times in the day, a stream
of water passes down this gutter
loaded with filth from all these
sources. Further, at certain times
of the day, at Caldwell & Shelton's
livery stable just abov6 second
street, the horses are washed by
throwing water over them in the
open street, and the stream of water
from this source during that time
produces Il slender stream down the
gutter now so often mentioned,
which as soon as the washing and
the flow of sewage stops ceases to he
Il stream and subsidies into success
sion of pools, the quality of which
can be ascertained by anyone with
a nose who will walk from Second
down to First on the north side of
Franklin. The least evil that arises
from this is that it is nauseously
offensive. 1t is fortunate that it is
offensive, for that compels us to
seek ii remedy, so long as we are
not used to it. We had better do
so before we get used to it, or it
won't be done at all. Just such an
odor as may now be inhaled at
Roth's front door is a chronic thing
in New Orleans, perceptible day
and night, summer and winter, and
the same thing may be experienced
in some parts of Memphis but the
people have got used to it, and you
may talk till you are hoarse to an
old inhabitant of New Orleans with
out convincing him that there is an
unpleasant smell in the city. 1t is
a fatal insensibility which habit
thus establishes once let us acquire
it and the first step is taken to make
a New Orleans or a Memphis of
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-08-09
v'lsE KENTUCKY ELECTION.


There is absolutely nothing to
say of the election in our sister
State, except that the vote WAS very
small, but what there was of it was
overwhelmingly Democratic. OF
course the whole ticket for State Off
GERS was elected, and the State Leg
islature is Democratic, with the ex-
ception of three Republicans in the
Senate and twenty-five in the House.
The small vote is, of course, accoun-
ted for by the absence of excitement
always attendant upon an election
which is all one way ; the day was
also excessively hot.
The only other result will be that
Mr.. Walter Evans, the defeated Re-
publican candidate for Governor,
will now get some office from the
general swill-tub of Federal patron
age is not this, by the by, a
strange result of the practise Of
making office the reward of parti-
san efforts, namely, that the most
certain way of getting a good office
is to be rejected by the people
doesn't sound very republican, does
| it? Nevertheless, Horace Maynard
of Tennessee is one instance, and
Walter Evans of kentucky is going
to be another, of the practise which
| has now become universal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-08-09

No difficulty whatever would be
found in procuring these lnclinations
In GAINESVILLE. But the form of the
sewer may be made In some respects
promotive of velocity, the principle
being that when the flow is scanty
the channel should be narrow (;
when copiOus, the channel wider.
Experience has shown that section
of an egg with the small end down.
wards is the best adapted to these
requirements; in any case the sewer
should be narrow below, wide above.
=. 1t must be apatep=proQf, The
ineurable evil in New Orlans, rem
dering its perfect sanitation almost
hopeless, is that its rich alluvial
soil, which even prior to human
occupation abounded in the products
of vegetable decomposition, has
now for several generations been
saturated and Over-saturated with
ali the filth and refuse of a great
city, no means having existed for
conveying this feted mass of pollu-
ton away from the city. If the
drainage and seweragesystem which
we are describing is not waterproof
it will be no cure for this saturation
of the soil, but rather the contain
ination will be concentrated in
special localities by the seepage
from the sewers, and so make those
points centres of infection. The
best way of preventing this is to lay
the sewer through IFS whole extent
in a bed of hydraulic cement.
3. 10 mast be rentildted. All the
reasons which we last week adj
vanced for the ventilation of private
sewerage apply in a higher degree
to the public portion of the appa-
ratus. We will give one or two
reasons why it should be so. The
sewage gases are not developed
from sewage material until it COM
mences to decompose, and the fur
ther you go from the original source
of the sewage, the more advanced
is the stage of decomposition. More
over, the gas when G~TelOped is
more liable to compression in the
distantportions of the sewerage; for,
remember, at its commencement
the public portion was cut off from
the private by water-valves, traps,
ETC., expressly for the purpose of
preventing the return of the sewer