The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-11-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

. DIyINfTt OF FPRINTINa.-God was the
first Printer: He gave from his hand amid
sthesblac kfiess Of Sinai, thelmind Of G od-
Tie dccalogue of all moral lag, the claim
Of .manup6 n man, and God uponsall.
Rrinlng The art that shall Hand down
To- posterity, innumerablermill yet. un-
born Of God, the thoughts Of living men;
], ofsmen aaho. lived. centuries since. They
/. defy lime, and the printed manuscript. OF
these men shallsliye, too full Of soul To be
nut iu the esaifS grave withtbeir perishable
bodies. SIfsWas =. .gfight thought in. that
author who.. in his dying moments, was
just able sask if The proof Of his last
work; wns correct, all corrected! Yes;all.
Then shall4have complete edition, in
glory BevsJ. N. Moffit.
sssf ssf LoYE RHYAEs.--Itis is singular how much
enatorys poetry9is written before marriage,
and how little AFTER il. One may, have but
little or Hthe vision and the faculty divine" !"
!. but on ling in love he finds tha. he lis
not without the e,s'accomplishment ofsserse."
This lets usiinto tl:s secret VII ,lherea are
so many unsuccessful wooers. Sir said
lady to q gentleman who had addressed
to her copy ofverses, aud who afterwards
solicited the honor ofz her hand d-"Sir, /
admire your person and esteem your char
: acter; your manners are pleasing, and
+ your disposition ngagihg--but--Your poe
tru is erecrable. could never love d
writer Of such.verses.' .la: 3s,2 sst2 l:
CAPT. Thornton. on his arrival at Rich
mond, said that iAmpudia was the first
mamie saw: after the battle Of the 9th Of
Z May. Ampudias pointed out to Captain
Thornton his saddle. perforated with two
bullet holes,, butthey were in The rear Of
The saddle, and It was'very plain that they
were fred when Ampudia was with his
back, and not his face to the foe. Hereaf-
Ter il may be said, when man is shot in
5tbe buck, that he was "AMPUDIA-ted."
TAX THE RRANDY-WHY3- r 'BI andy!
exclaimed devotee at the bncchanalian
,ashrine theother day, brandy should come
lin free-aDd i vote for no man that goes
against it, Brandy free!' quickly res
sponded Yates .why should we admit that {
sjree, which makes men slapes' There
WAS moro in that remark than we have
heard in many temperance lecture. /.
Gun Ious LE6AcY.-Mr. Tustin, late
aChaplain to Congress, hashada call TO Tie
5Presbyierian Church in Hagerstown, Md.
flIr.SHngh Kennedy, who died some years
ago, left small annuity TO that church on
condition ,hatlhey should sing nothing but
.55the Psalms Of D yitl.---when they depart
from this they lose sthe legacy, which a.
nouns to. $500 er5anaum.
ssSs AND.s .FoRTH. very witty ssman
i wall ked uI, 10 an soy ssa stant. which bore
upon 1t, q s q sig 5sfers, 8 and laid
/ down a nine pence so ying he would take
that hof.'and--so.f forth" Up.
ssionslhis:ille keeper of the stand.very quietly
4 poe ckstedt the cash and counted out 10 the
o!sorsl twelve empty shells, observing that
the oystera!had been eaten. and that these
were their .and. so: forths.'',, es
allsE mn, will you, Pete said Sam
sSJ ohnsing 10 Pete Gumbn, wl,-wh-wh0 does
satlespoes q peaks oh, Wfenshim beau.erfully
n sesT--sas s5 III
Der walks In beauty like ating OBJ night"
him means q nigger gal, In be
Dufe, Shnl,' 'ssssaid Petc;@sif him mennt d
white gal ! Of course he'd say like ling OF
leH nlerstands do metamorrhorsis
lear, gaiil Sam. n
ss bag sis 10 N army, 50 is rich
esst Virtue cann6t be SPACED nor lei