The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-05-30
FROM FAR And NEAR.
Dispatches Of Unusual Interest
From Various Quarters.

From Various Quarters.
Government Assistance for Build
ing an Air Ship. H..
Mr.. A De Bausset, of Chicago, who has
invented the plan Of an air ship for carrying
freight and passengers through the atmo-
sphere, has received recognition Of his
scheme from the House Committee on Venti-.
lation and Acoustics, to which his bill was
referred early in the session. Mr.. De Bausset
construct the ship.
The bill as favorably reported provides
that no money shall be put into the scheme
by the government until Mr.. De Bausset has
put 81, 900 into the enterprise and commits
sion appointed by the Secretary Of the Navy
Is satisfied that the progress with the work Is
being made. The government will then ad-
vance $4,000 and another $4,000 will BE-
paid to the inventor after O. success sful test
Of the ship shall have been made. Secretary
Whitney Is authorized to give Mr.. De Baus-
set the use of the Washington Navy Yard
for this purpose
Mr.. De Bausset's invention consists of a
metallic vessel divided into compartments
and otherwise suitably braced and strength
ened against external weight or pressure, and
of requisite size, so that when sufficiently e1-
bulk Of external air greater than it's weight
rise in the air and sustain and carry de-
sired burden; said vessel to be provided with
pumps for exhausting the air; also with
rapidly revolvable blades or propellers for
moving and for steering it; also with means
for transporting. passengers and freight,
the whole to constitute q conveyance for
rapid passage at short or long distances, as
for overland or for transoceanic passage and
for general purposes Of commerce, explora-
tion, observation, etc. "a
M. De Bausset is very confident Of the
practicability Of his scheme, and this con-
fdence appears to be shared by a number OF
Representatives who have investigated the
matter. .E..
Brazilian Emancipation of Slaves.
Advices from Rio Janeiro state that the
Brazilian Chamber Of Deputies has passed q
bill for the immediate abolition Of slavery.
Senor Antonio Prado has arrived from St
Paulo and, as was previously arranged when
he entered the John Alfredo Ministry, isabout
to exchange portfolios with Senior Rodrigo
da Silva so as to treat of the slave question as
Minister of Agriculture. The measure he has
prepared declares slavery extinct at once,
but obliges the freedmen to serve until next
Christmas, receiving wages Another pro-
vision prohibits the exit Of freedmen from
their county for two years, and severe penal
ties are imposed for idleness
Full returns have at last been obtained OF
the slave registration of March 80, 1887. The
total number was 723, ,419, Of the declared
value of 485, ,225, ,212 milreis, or about 240
millions of dollars. lis estimated, however,
that emancipations and deaths have already
reduced the above number to 600 900, whose
value Of 400 millions milreis will represent
the pecuniary sacrifice the Brazilian slave
owners will be called upon to make this
year.
Emancipation by counties Is going on
rapidly in all parts Of the empire. The Town
Council Of Rio has at last induced the Bishop
Of Rio Janeiro to abandon his policy Of neu-
trality, and to promise his influence toward
the pro1imate extinction of slavery within
the boundaries Of Rio.
A Colored Preacher Hanged.
George McDufie, the colored preacher who
murdered William Cheney, also colored, was
hanged at 1890 o'clock, Friday, In Green's
borough, Ga. He said he was fully pre-
pared. The execution was in the jail
Cheney was paying attention to Sarah
Haines, colored widow. McDuffie was
also devoting himself to the woman, and
was jealous of Cheney. He threatened to
kill his rival The murder was committed
on the night Of September IT, The public
road going from Woodville to William
Youngs passed within quarter Of a mile Of
McDuffie's house. Leading from his house
to the road was narrow path, ana Just
where the path joined the road was
a thicket Of small pines and underground.
On that night McDuffie took his gun, and go
ing down to the road, secreted himself in the
bushes About 10 o'clock Cheney and Sarah
returned from church. They were walking
up the road arm in arm. All uncon-
scious OF the assassin lying in ambush, they
turned into the path and started toward the
house.
At that moment McDufie rose from the
bushes with an oath, raised his gun; and
fired, and the load plowed great hole in
Cheney's side With groan he sank to the
ground, while the woman began screaming
as soon as the deed was done McDufie
turned and fed
A Lunatic's Fatal Leap.
Miss Ellen 3. Miner an inmate Of the Co.