The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-01-20

80. sll as asi Il SO
i nation, that ifhcllas no regard Is NJ,
4 lcha!racter, 3 have some for mine. I'm,
shall not siaysin my house.,:l 81
IE.----siad Rucceeded din!wdrkingsu sup lie
4 nli lady 10 the right pitch, aphenthe ldee,
10 com pan with II -, entered the house.
7 'fEt rss observed tlle Judge
with much corliality Of manner, IL am III.
deed4yery 1s glad 3lofsee you looking so we'll.
How have you been this fulli "a low me
20 20 'nsroduc to you my young friend, nj I.
cult. t5 S; z$s 81 3s5 a = s}y
j The old lady drew sherselfupto4 hersfuIl
heights and with . countenanes. oxp ossis,a
the utmost digna,iop. replied
Judge You are The. last ber q,
rpm whom should have expected suc,,
treatment. You might at lenstllayc spared d
me tl'is insult in my, own house, ,st 3i.f
Il insult, Mrs L L------?' said tho Judge,
With the greatest astonishment;h .Whalis
the meaning Of all lliis93 1 am entirely, ,un-
|c!on'ss'cc!ious of having done anything oin~
|jurc your feelings ~. e 5, s,..sSl & !.
You arc. indced!' '.,lrcplied our. hoslcss.,
! 'Doyou not regard it us aninsultto ailady,
10 introduce to her such worthless crea-
lure as itliatf' pointing 10 II -, one of the
most respectable young gentlcmenin our
canntry. You cer,ainly must have, s.,
Respectable indectl! interrupted our
landlady, in scornful and indignant man
: ner. worthless hussy dressed in man. 5
clothes: And you, Judge IT, to be
travelling in1company with such creature.
never would have believed il, had 1 no,
beheld it with mine own eyes
My dear Madnme,' said H, stepping
forward, 'you are smistaken--some pne
must have been imposing upon YOU
'Don't "denr Madame" me--you brazcn
faced trollop,' exclaimed the old lady.
low dare you come into myshousei On,
of my house this moment--you impudcnl
ljadc.'
Surely, Mrs Il ! said the Judg c,
endcavoring 10 stop this 4torrent OF nbusc
there is stroDge mistake about all this
| assure you that you are entirely mistaken
in your surmise. This young gentleman
is well known 10 MI the members or TIC
bar, MIR. F. you are well acquainted
with Mr.. H.. Where is Mr.. F!'
The Judge looked around, but all had
disappeared save The actors in this lndi
crous scene. ,s
! AS soon as we saw That matters were
coming to crisis, we all left the room, ant
, going round The house placed ourselves ir
n position where we could hear all tha
r was going on within. without any danger
Of being discovered.
In the mean time, Mrs. L insistct
that the Judge and IL should leave III,
house.
r Not being able 10 find any one to aie
convincing her ofthc mistake she was Ia
IL H..
and rode on 10 the next house.
AS soon as they had departed we return
ed to the house. and complmen,c,l The ol,
lady on the resolution and spirit she ha,
| manifested on this trying OCCASION.
81 AS she now had successfully rcpelle,
this assault, upon her dignity and the clnr
/. acter, Of her house, by driving ont the inva
dcrs, she soon became resoried 10 her us,,
j, al equan;mily. She repeatedly declared
during the evening, that nothing but he
own eyes would have convinced her, sucl
had been her esteem for The character o
Jude tt. She declared that undel
, The same circumstances she would have
; driven from her house the President OF ,ht
, U. s.
That night + slept in tile bed re
I served for the Judge, and rcgaled himscl
with many little dclicncics sci apart for III,
especial use other honor.
In truth, we who remained were trcatet
, with unusual attention. The Judge, VIII,
+ soon unravelcd the mystery, was Tor shor
time very indgnan.; bu, being very sensi
y tive TO ridiculc, he promised forgiveness
, upon condition !hat wc would moi tell III
: I,story on the circuit.
Ii however, said il was too goo'
;, to keep although lIo was The principal sui
: (crcr. ~
G Our hostess was fora long time ,unar
. pcasable, bu. eventually was rcconcilcd; 4
us through the mediation Of q hapdsom
silk dress. ..
From the N. o. Commercial Times Jan. d. .
a IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. .,.i 1
Arripal Of the steamers Virginia an,
II Edith from Bragos, the former th
: 27th, the latter the Goth ut.--Adpanc.
y of Santa Anna on SaltiHo-- Hurriet
r march of Generals Taylor, Wool, ant
Patterson, to reintorce Genera Worth
: Probability ofga great battle hauias
q been fought at or3ncaf Saltillo, dc. dcc
By the arrival here on Friday evening
I Iast,, of the steamer Virginin, Captail
Smith, from Tumpico via Brazos, which
: latter port she left on the 27tt ult., and or