The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-02-09

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terrific passage Of battle, hesstilf lived IdiiS
enough to see our flag floating M, tse5
heights Of Chapultepec and died. as soid ;erp.
love to die, amid the rapture ofs sfbs stTiIfa.
with his own banner ...sas ing above him. s,'H
wild shouts of triumph ringing round him.
The sodded turf that sshroudsa Hin nsyeYS,
pressed nobler form. hien the ii diiira II 4
our unparallele successes assse,S "a ollGwei &
by the blighting tale of our losses, His ,YenoWn
was among the richest Of our legacies, his y
death among thehcaviest scf tour disastara5
Though the battle was Tough d stranger !
land--lIghied up. by a strang sun Earoii Ina
vibrated with the pulsations of thp str;ff,I Ike
land-locked bay, shut out from the tempest' ~
rage, but which feels, in the undulations of
its shattered waters, the commotions 81. the.s
Storm beaten waves that roll 30 fiercelyS with
out she rocked uponith pillows of tie. fight.s
and hung upon the varying events OF the DIV
Never can she forget her Palmetto REGIMENT.
for in the language of one of her knoiblest
orators, "they have made her not the Silauph.E
ter of the Scipios, but the mother .of fhaS
Gracchi" and never can she lett die fheg9
names OF these chieftains, whose sstalwart
hands bore her banner tsS battle and 10 victory.
'iwonld be sacrilege that snames.like these !.
should Peflsh' but humanity lis rescued from L
~" ,t ,i''o'ot tuhC ior etey tcQnnOt die. In
the eloquent and beautiful language os the
author Of "My Dreams s;
.Who dares to say they dieda s:s! E 4s3ais
The great who sunk to rest, u s.
What thougl, bis might stern death haiti
Who dare to say that these have, died!', v
When history adiudges her grirats and
prreats, lustrous will be- their resu rrect;on.
upon tho chronicles of time, and bright in the
enrichment will be Cantey's name. True. in
every exigency of intercourse, hewas man
to be loycd, and asolder without repproacIi:,-.
80 Splth Csrolinian.
Counterfeit Billy esteriay, we were.
shewn spurious Twenty Dollar Note of the 3
Bank Of Georgetown, detected .by lie Teller
of the South Western Rail Road Bank, whicin
being wcll executed, it shut properyto bring
TO public notice, ia order topreyent their cir
cuiat'on. The three most distinguishing marks
observable in these bills, and whictFwill
enable the receiver to detect them, are the /;
ioiiowing:-fn' tho counterfeit, the Xxx
on the face OF the bill is in an engraved circu,
lar ground, while the engraved Ground in the
genuine is somewhat oblong. The name Of d..
L. KAY, is written in a larger sharil iii the
counterfeit than nthe genuine The paper
OF the counterfeit bill is much il, ,Ierior to ti,gt
OF the genuine, ard Of q darker color. There
are some other tests by which the discovery
might be made by a close observer, such aa
the Ax's being smaller insize than in the
genulne,iand the impression more indistinct,
hut the general appearance Of the bill IS such
as Is likely sadcceive most persons
7 Char. Colr.s
Counierf Isl W, learn that there has
been considerable enflux OF tho counterfeit
twenty Dollar Notes on the Georgetown
which have been presented at the CITY Banks.
One package, received from the country,
contained upwards of Two Hundred Dollars
of the spurious bills. Our country friends
must be on their guards---I bed. II s.
The Washington Union, states that thera
is no doubt the President would be happy to
recall the South Carolina Regiment IS from
Mexico; as well as some others from other
States, if the ten regiment bill Iishonid pass
put under existing, rcnmstan it would be-
impolltc to do So as such All act would induce
other regiments to solicit the same favor, and
greatly reduce tho army The editor remarks
that not single officer or man OF the Palmet,
los s mas expressed to the government a desire.
for recall.-Ibid. sss,iss
TIE FAT G. AN OBrRupER-A WrrrE OF
THE RIGHT Carl I'VE learn that, Ion Sat-
urday night last, negro man belonging to
the Rev, MIR. Owen of this county called at
the house of Mr.. John.A Mullins, a short
distance from his nlaster's, and knocking at
the door in very hoisterous manner abrnpt.
,iy demanded immediate entrance. Mr.. Mul- :
Inns was absent at the time, and there was
no one about the house to protect the wife
ana little children, who were much alarmed
for their safety but the worthy wife retained
her rself-possession, and declared ernpl,atically
that entrance would be given to no one at
that late hour of the neght. The negro still 3
persisted, threatening to force his entrance
into the house If the door was not Immediate,
~ opened whereupon Mrs. Mullins got her
husbands shoi-gnn, which was already char.
gcd, and discharged its contents in the body I
OF the obtrnder, whose corpse was found, oi,
the following morning, about half mile from
the house.-Mujreesbo Iszsgraph.
The nespaper is a law book for the intlolents.
a sermon for the thoughtless. a library for the
the poor; it may stimulate the most Indifferent;
II may instruct the most profound.
lNFLUENZAAND CONSUMPTION. 81
1t is ndocd melancholy truth, that thou
SANDS iali victims TO consumption every year,