The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-12-26

large as all the New England States,s
Indiana, South Carolina, New Jersey,
and Delaware. Si
The Mint Director states the amount
of gold coin and bullion in the United
States at SOS, ,S18, 1853, and silver $803
659, ,l7S, besides 6,545 ,554, trade dolfaB.
So there is $402, l59, 900 more gold than
silver, or 1872 per cent, more. y zsss
Bishop Taylor sailed from New York
on the steamer Gala for the Congo via I.
Liverpool, OIL Saturday, Dec. 1. Quite
number of his friends were at theS
pier to bid him farewell. =;
In one hour the Court of Chicago,
the 18th inst, went through thirty
five divorce cases, of which six were
tried---one every ten minutes"
John G. Whittier. the poet, reached
his slst birthday the nth. inst. He Ia
at his winter home ut Oak Knoll
Massachusetts,. He received many
callers, and his mail was augmented
by many congratulatory letters.
Whittier is in fairly good health, but
rarely goes out.
1t is impossible to mentally or social-S
| ly enslave q Bible-reading people.
The principles of the Bible are thes
groundwork of human freedom.-Hor-s
ace Greedy. !,
The Monteaglern and the Southern
Evangelist have been united, and will,
hereafter bear the name The Euange,,
list. Rev. D. G. Kelly, D.. D., has
been engaged as editor. IS
Tracings of the curious hieroglyph.S
les found upon certain slate rocks OF
Nova Scotia have deem obtained by the
Smithsonian Institute at Washingt0n.
The characters are cut to depth OF aj
sixteenth of an inch, and seem to beS
very old. ss..s
TROY, n. Y, December l9.---A shock
of earthquake was felt in Washington
and Warren counties at 5.45 this morn.
ing, and the vibration lasted about
four seconds. Buildings were Violent
ly shaken.
A cablegram was received at Waits
burg, w. t., Dec. 9Th from Canton,
China, announcing the death OF Sophie
Preston, formerly of that place. She
with others was killed in q Chinese,
uprising near Canton. 5
Miss Preston went two years ago as
a missionary to China. She spoke
Chinese fuenly, having been born In
China while her father was missions
ary there. a5s
There are 1904 languages in the
world, and it's inhabitants profess more,
than 1000 religions. ~
Three hundred religious charitable.
institutions in New York disbursing
over $4,000, 900 every year is good ar,
gument for Christianity from its
works. %
In the matter of church edifices, the
principal denominations in the United
State rank as follows Methodists, Al,
900; Baptist, 41,9OO; Presbyterians,
l1S,OOO: Romanists, 1000; Episcopalt-
!, ans. $500; Congregationalists. 4,OOO.
| In the diary Of the late Emperor
Frederick of Germany, occur the fol-
lowing, amongst other similar pas
sages:
"NVlr is, indeed, something fright
full, and those who create 1t with
stroke of the pen, at a green-covered
council-board, little dream what hor-
rors they are conjuring up"
Alaska. Swineford, In
his report, states that the coast line OF
Alaska, IS, S,2l1 miles, is nearly twice
the combined Atlantic and Pactnc
coast lines of the United States. The
market value of the Alaska fisheries
for last year, is estimated at 81, ,OOO,OU.
A thousand salmon, averaging ten
hounds each, have been taken In Sitka
Bay in a simple haul. The seal fish
cries WELD to the Government $317,-
500, annually, or enough to pay per
cent. on the amount paid Russia for the
countay. A single island is said to be
practically mountain of ore, and to
contain mineral wealth enough to pay
off the whole of our national debt. #
A Bill has been introduced into the
legislature of Alabama to prevent the
sale tf tobacco. especially cigaretts, to
boys under eighteen years of age.
Mr.. John B. Hubbard, who was
connected with the arrest and exeou-
ton of Mrs. Surratt and others Inn
plicatied in the assassination of Pres
ident Lincoln, and afterwards the
special detective for Gen. Sickles dur
ing the military government Of the
State, and who was Chief Of the Con-
stabulary forced under Gov. Scott's ad-
ministration, died at his home, seven
miles below Seneca, in this county, on
Monday evening. Mr.. Hubbard was
originally from Connecticut and was
related to ex-Gov. Hubbard Of that
State, and other prominent families,
among them the Cheneys, the great
silk manufactures. He was buried at
Friendship Methodist Church on