The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-08-20

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miral Ammen was present at the Paris con-
ference with the full appreciation Of the gov
eminent, and his views are those Of the gov
eminent. 1t is now believed that the publ
cation of his report abroad will have the effect
of postponing the execution Of the scheme Of
NJ. de Lesseps, and possibly of ending it Alto
gether. It will now become known at once
abroad, not only that the engineering Difficult
tics Of the Panama route are practicable insur-
m%ountable, but that the United States is dis
satisfied with the means which have been
taken to secure concessions. The probabilities
seem to be that the pending discussion will
result in O new survey, in which the engineers
OF several nations will be asked to take part"
Clusters battlefield on the Little Big Horn
river, Montana, is to be incorporated into a
national cemetery. Orders from the War De-
partment, Just issued, direct that a survey OF
the site be made ut once, and that the COM
handing general, Department of Dakota, an
nounce the miles and bounds in orders.
Foreign News.
Parole has been vanquished at the Goodwood
races by Isonomy, a horse that he defeated
some time ago at Newmarket.
Fourteen persons have been arrested by the
Spanish authorities at Gibraltar for sending a
letter to the United States Consul, demanding
So, ZOO. on pain OF the death Of himself and
family in the event oil refusal.
The Count de Chambord, who claims the
French throne as the heir of Charles K, has
issued a manifesto in which he appeals for the
support Of all honest men, and intimates that
he did right in 1873 when he declined to be-
come king under circumstances which would
have rendered him only q nominal ruler.
A fire at Hamilton, Ontario, destroyed Nc
Innes' block and q number of prominent bust
ness houses, causing a total loss Of over one
million dollars. One little boy was fatally and
another badly injured.
A condition OF anarchy exists in Hayti, por-
tons of the island being in possession OF the
insurgents and President Canal having re-
signed and gone to St. Thomas.
Lord Chelmsford, who commanded the Brit
ish troops in South Africa at the outbreak OF
the Zulu war, has resigned.
It is stated that the city Of Serinagur, the
capital of Cashmere, ordinarily containing
three hundred thousand inhabitants, has only
thirty thousand since the famine.
A powder magazine at durango, Spain, has
exploded, killing fourteen persons.
Colonel Valdez, at Chupedaros de Ia Nueva,
Mexico, reports that he has pursued three
bands of Nescalero and Lipan Indians which
have been raiding that country from Texas.
They carried off two hundred and fifty horses,
killed fifteen persons in Mexico, and crossed
back into Texas.
A recent cable dispatch from Glasgow, Scot
land, says "the enthusiasm tor Rev. DR.. Tai
mage continues undated. During the past
three weeks he has lectured nightly to thous-
ands, and on Sundays he has preached to tens
OF thousands in St. Andrews Hall. To-day
he preached to six thousand worshipers in
this city"
Seven persons, comprising the family of
Joseph Monette, O French Canadian farmer re-
siding at St. Martins, Canada, were poisoned by
eating heartily OF bread that had accidentally
absorbed some Paris green intended for potato
bugs. Joseph Monette and two sons soon died
in great agony, and the other members OF the
family were not expected to live.
Seven persons, comprising the family OF
Joseph Monette, O French Canadian farmer re-
siding at st. Martins, Canada, were poisoned by
eating heartily of bread that had accidentally
absorbed some Paris green intended for potato
bugs. Joseph Monette and two sons soon died
in great agony, and the other members OF the
family are not expected to live.
The Prince OF Bulgaria has proclaimed a
state of siege against Mohammedan insurgents
at Varna, Rasgrad and Elena.
DISPATCHES from the seat Of war in South
Africa say that King Cetywayo, when leaving
the battlefield OF Ulundl, told his chiefs to look
to Their own safety and seek terms of peace as
best they could. His army is broken up, the
nation is dispersed, and the king is q fugitive.
Zululand will probably be divided into three
or four principalities, each under the rule OF
an independent noble. Cetywayo's brother
Ohnnl will receive his own territory underthis
arrangement. General Wolseley, in an address
to a number OF Zulu chiefs, said that Cetywayo
was a fugitive and could never more be king.
The chiefs said they wished to have no more
black kings, and would prefer John Dunn, u
renegade white, as their ruler.
The severest storm known there for many
years ragged in various parts Of England, and
especially in the Wiley of the Thames, q few
nights ago. The storm was attended BY q tail
OF hailstones, some Of which were five inches
in circumference. The damage to glass in
places Immediately around London amount to
thousands of pounds sterling. In q great part
OF Bediordshire the hay crop has been COM
pletely swept away, and many cattle have
been drowned. Newmarket and the ~neighbor-
hood were flooded. The rainfall at Bucking-
hamshire is estimated ut seventy tons per acre.
Damages by floods and lightning are also re-
ported from Cambridge, Norfolk, Guiltord,
Leicester, Bath and Monmouth.
In a railroad accident between Nancy and
Vezelise, France, five persons were killed, and
eleven seriously and forty slightly injured.
The iron steamship Louis David, from Ant
werp bound to Naples, has been wrecked dur
ing a fog of the Island of Ushant, France.
Twenty-seven persons were drowned.
The Infanta Marie del Pillar, second sister OF
the King of Spain, is dead in her nineteenth
year. She was the third child OF the ex-Queen
Isabella and was unmarried.
Late advices from Hayti say " the govern
lnent is at present administered by MIR. De-
lorme, q native writer OF European reputation.
But tor his patience and forbearance many
bloody conflicts would have taken place since
the president left. Business is entirely sus-
pended, and has been for the past week. The
streets are thronged with soldiers, and an out
break is momentarily expected"
The United States Consul ut Tangier reports
that the Sultan Of Morocco has subdued the
insurrection OF the Berber tribes. Thirty-tour
heads OF rebels were exposed on the walls Of
the city to inspire terror among other rebels.
At the funeral in Hamburg OF q Socialist
member OF the German Parliament named Geib
twenty thousand persons followed the bier.
Water has burst into the Ludwig-Gluck
mine at the Znbrze collieries in PRUSSIA. Two
corpses have been recovered and eleven more
are supposed to be in the pit.
French official reports state that the grain in
the south OF, France has been harvested in ex-
cellent condition, and that in the north and
west q good average crop may be expected.
A fire ut Chateneis, near Strasburg, has de-
stroyed half the town uld rendered two thous-
and peasants homeless.
Keith tombstone, q noted African explorer,
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