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

D1v1N1rf OF PRINT1NG.-God was the
first Printer: He gave from his hand amid
the, blac keess Of Sinai, the mind Of God
lie dccalogue Of all moral law, the claim
Of man upon man, and God upon all.
> Printing The art that shall hand down
to. posterity, innumerable millions yet un-
born Of God, the thoughts Of living men;
Of men who lived centuries since. They
defy time, and the printed manuscript of
these men shall live, too full Of soul to be
put iu the sa if6grave with their pcrishable
bodies. IT was 6gfight thought in That
author who, in his dying moments, was
Just able TO ask if the proof Of his last
work was correct, all corrected! Yes, ull.
Then shall have complete edition in
glory.-[Rev.J. N. Moilis.
Love RuYMEs.--It is singular how much
amatory poetry is written before marriage,
and how little after it. One may have but
little Of 'rhc vision and tho faculty divine"
but on falling in love he fEds tha. he is
not without the ''acc mplshmcnt of verse;"
This lets lis into the secret why there are
so many unsuccessful wooers. Sir said
lady 10 n gentleman who had addressed
to her copy Of verses, and who afterwards
solicited the honor Of her hand--stSir, l
admire your person aud esteem your char
acler; your manners are pleasing, and
your disposition neutrality-suspicious. poe
frv is crecrab1e. could never love a
writer of such verses
Cant. Thornton. on his arrival at Rich
mond, said that Ampudia was the first
man he saw after the battle Of the 9th Of
Thornton his saddle, perforated with two
h<,lo tho,y in 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. Hcrea(-
Ter il may be said, when man is shot in
the back, that he was "AMpUDIA-tcd."
TAX THE BRANDY-WnY?- 'Blandyr|
exclaimed q dcvo,ec at the bacchanalan
shrine the other day, brandy should come
in frcc-and vote for no man that goes
agains, it, Brandy free' quickly res
ponded Yates, why should we admit that
* free, which makes men siaUcS' There
y was more in that remark than we have
heard in many temperance lecture.
Curious LEcAcY.-Mr. Tustin. late
Chaplain to Congress, has had call 10 ll,e
Presbyterian Church in Hagerslown, Md.
Mr.. Hugh Kennedy, who died some years
ago, lef. small annuity TO that church on
condition that they should sing nothing but
the Psalms Of Daviti--when they depart
from this they lose the Legacy, Which a
mounts to $500 per annum.
sa '' ''AND-so-FoRT very witty man
walked up to an oyster stand. which bore
upon it, as sign, "ODsters, Sc.," and laid
down nine pence, saying he would take
that moneys worth of''and-so.f forth." Up.
\ on This The keeper Of the stand very quietly
pockeied the cash and counted out to The
Joker twelve empty shells, observing that
the oysters had been eaten, and that these
J, were their "and so. .forths.''
TELLS me-. will YOU, Pete said Sam
Johnsing to Pete Gumbo, wh-wh-who does
dc poet speaks oh, when him Lcauterfully
ses--
!, Her walks in beauty like aling OBJ night"
'Why, him means niger gal, 10 be
sure, SAM said Pete; 'if him meant n
white gal, Of course he'd say like ting ob
day.
'DenI understands dc metamorphorsis
OBJ de5idear, said Sam.
Asihe baggage is to an nrmy, 50 is rich,
es TO virlue--it cannot be spared nor !ei'
behind, but hindereth the march.