The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-02-17

IRELAND.-In 10 fJTmer pelinsl pf her
history has this part Cubs United King
dom exhibited such d misefebl bls anil alarm.
ing as pect as q, Il heS present Time. Stofya.
ton of the most dire description stalks
tilroughou the length and breadth Of ils
provinces; !; disease and deathiare hurI ying
their victims from Off the stage of tme, and
millions ofSah trsve5 hut inisguided people
knew not how anil where to brdyeStbe aWt
ful misery which haunts their MONDAY
walks and mitlniyht visions. So gfcnt aud
unparalleled is The amount Snf destitutiun
now prevailing lthaLthc effarts Of Cavern.
ment To- fabri.lge and mitigate The; snllerings
Of the distressed prove unequal loithe en-;
ergency. and private bcneyolence starts
bnck at Tie horrifyin9 picture of4misery
which daily demands relief In fact, in
many instances The Irish cabins are little
better tllnn charnel houses, where the dead,
uncarctl ror, unburie,l, lie fostering by the
side Of tl,e dying. Liperpool Times, jan
vary q. 49,. l54l5
AN ATTEMPT TIL MURDER We regret
10 have 10 stn,e a melancholy incident that
oocure,l,at. lie Pnwtlcr Magazine. A Mrs.,
Straltog; theimife of fthe Fife. hlajnr of the
Palmetto Regiment. had been left by her
husbantl.at-tbe Powder Magazine on Char-
lesion Neck. Her, bruthcr u young man
about twenty-five years ofagc, named Sd.
mund Tirrell, who has becn,ip, some years
attache.iA 40 lie Magazine. had a triAing dis
pule on Saturday afternoon, Glib inst, with
Ills sister, whilclie was inn state of intoxi.
cAtinn. He threatened 10 shoot her, aud 20,
Ing inro the house took up a muske el loaded
with 20 aid buck shot, and coming out in
the yard fired III his sister who was stand
ing in The piuzza of the 2,l story. Several
of the sholwere arrested by The railing Of
the piazza. hut six Of them rcncl,el the
body Of Mrs. Stratton, TirrcI afterwards
deposited his gun ir the house, and a,tcmp
ted tn make his escape INTO the marsh,
where he was caught. and committed on
Saturday evening To the Jail. under The
warrant Of Magistrate Bone,heau. Mrs.
Slyatton is supposed, this morning, 10 be
in imminent dangc,.-Epc. Ncus
A NEW l'uouoliT ABOUT Explosive
CORROSIVE see by the Democratic Pa
Clique af Paris. tia, the European govern
ments are in no small lrepi.lalion about the
discovery nf tho new explosive cnitnn. II
puts terrible pnwcr in the hands Of ,he Icn.
pie, which nh he manufactured very easily,
unh concealed In spite nf ?nlice researches.
The Frrnch government wished 10 suppress
il, but it found that il would have 10 suppress
SO many n,atcrials-all kinds nf acids, cot.
ton, hemp, paper, &c, that il would be
impnssihle. Revolution M doubt will be
greatly facilitated by this invention, and il,
comes atniim" wnrn reform iieas agilate
the mnssesytnore deeply ever before. rhr
fact is. that the kings aud rulers orl,e wnrli
will have to undertake The work nG clcva.
ting peacefully The oppressed and misern-
Die masses, ar take consequences Far more
serious than have hcrc,nfnre fallen upou
them for The neglect "f their duty.
The New PLANEr.-The Ncw-Yo,k
Mirror says:-lt appears by late discoveries
Tint this planet is continually approaching
the earth. WHEN first discovered, il was
with difficulty seen through The mast pow
erful lclecuI.cS; but is now nearly visible To
the naked eye. ], is Gail To travel at the
rate of million and haIfof miles in lwcn-
tI.four ,,nurs, and rs it is believed by some
1,artnke of the nature "f a comet, some
philosophers apprehend serious results
from lis approach. The most learned
anXinusiy rndeavoring to solve the mys-
.erious rrtblcn,.
.Arriual Of Captain S. H. Yohcr.--
Captain Walker, whose gnllanry on the
Rio GrauI|e is in The muu,I's Of all the pcn-
pie, arrive, in Baltimore on Saturday eve
ming from Washington, bringing with him
some tlirty recruits for his company OF
mounted riflemen. Ills quarters arc al
present nj the Mansion House, corner Of
Fayet.e and ST. Pnul's streets. we nm.
herstand he propnsrs tn remain in the city
about Werk, when he, with his co,nradrs,
will take his departure fnr the theatre Of
war via the western route.
Illinois. increase Of population in
tllin"is during the last FIVE years. Inns been
ls3.22i. The population "f lbal State is
now 662,I50. Since i, has escaped from
its heavy financial difficulties. we NAV an
ticipnlc sill greater increase; aud in 1850,
the population of Illinois will be nearly
one million. The contemplated rail road
from ST. Louis through, The central counties
Of that State will give il new acccssions Of
wealli, and numbers.
A Cincinnati paper states that o firm in
.hat city made $50 900 in one day, by The
advance in flour occasioncd by the news
by the Hbernia.
The moon will pass the month Of Feb.
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