The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-04-14
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HUMANITY OF LOUIS PHrLLIRE.-L"rd
Georye Bentick mentioned IN the HUuse oi
Commons, on the 22.i of February, fact
highly 10 thercredt nt the present King Of
France and his Minislers-thai, while 25,.
900 persons had been ailnwed.to perish Of
starvation in Ireland. notwithstanding the
warnings, received by Lord John Russell as
10 defective harvest in Europe, Mons.
Guizot and his colleagues had bnught in
time. NOT less than two millions &c quarters
[eighteen millions Of bnshels] of grain,
aud i! WIS SD managed thai mt man, wa.
man or child had died in France of s,arva.
tion. Several journals, quoted in the Ma
ton, estimate The deu,hs in Ireian, from
absolute want a, $4,000, and it is stated
that such is, the report Of the cons,abulary
Office inDnblin.
Andrew Stevenson. late minister to Eng
land, it is understood, is ahou, lu fix him
self for life on farm in Automatic cuun.
ty, Virginia. not far from the resting place
Of the illus,rious Jefferson.
CnuRcn CHANoEs.-This is mu,ablc
world, and h"usrs Of worship parlake Of
the spirit of Tie age.
Three churches, one Episcopal, one Uni
versalst, and "ne ether, Presbyterian, ha va
been sold to the Dutch. A Me.hodis,
church has become Catholic, and a Pres
byterinn Methodist; u Christian church
has b"comr Presbyterian. worse than all, q
Lutheran church is converted into n wool
en- factory, Il Methodist church intn TEN
PIE of mesmerism, and the great Taber-
nacie Of Millersm is--tell it not Gnlh-n
manulactory Of soda water aud spruce beer;
all that we have 10 balance their rnlling
of, is an Episcopal church manufactured
out ot large tavern rcmovrd from the
ninth ward 10 TeXas.-Cincinnati ADJ.
The Jews are apparently gaining thai
ascendnncy in France hch D'Israeli in
his novel Of Coningsby, two or three years
ago, ascriheh Ia them ;.s possessing in Eu.
rope in general. The first fnancicr in
France is James RolhsclnId. The frs,
lawyer in France is Cremeux. The frs,
turtle G"ckey club) is Achilic Field Ia
music. the first inslrumentulist, is Hawlcy
all Jews. In the chamber Of Deputies
four more Jews have been returned thar
in the last Parliament. In sEngand. al
though all their disabilities have not beer
removed. yet Jews are now, filling man,
stations and places Of importance which !.
few years back they could have ha,
no rational expectation Of ever aspiring TO
PRnFANITY.-A man Of sense will ney
or swear. The least par,lnnable Of all vices
to which the folly "r c"pdity ofman is all
dicted, is lha, Of swearing. Could lie VIII,
so free inhnlges in profanity and indecrn
lang'lage--in fine could the profane swear
er behold himself in glass. ms all other
behold him-he would shrink from his nw,
image as from thing nf contamination,
In other vices, more or less excuse NAV b
found-thp qualification Of some passion
or indulgence of snme nppelile. may b
pleaded as pallialion: but in this vice ar
no mitigating circumstances to he found
40 plausible pretext for such folly.
EDUCATION nR TIE JAIL.-In The mill
tary government Of Prussia education j
furnished hyihe State, graiultnusIy. for all
Parents who neglec, to send their chldre,
10 school are fined. and ifpoor and unab,.
to pay fine, imprisoned. The Stale de
clares itself,he natural guardian Of III,
youth Of Prussia. and compels all under il
control to take advantage OF its education
al institutions. We might go Ifway, a n,
furnish the free school. >England's mo
narchs have law ining every person VIII,
neglccts 10 attend the law estabIishe,
Church, but has not enforced it much sine,
1888.
The new Pope has issued directions /.
have the Ponline marshes drained, with
view to the cultivation Of rice.