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THE lIR !;
sUMgERYIlsI. i, s q. ;,sssFs
i1)e0nesoa priIS 4 {, 1shs
FRANCIS III, ADAnls. EDITOR.
AGENTS FOR THE BANNER 1
Messrs. WHiTE, s. Co Snmteryille, 8. e
r. W.;PEsUEs, ESQ., Camden, 8. C., Z,
T.ONMANY.Y,jo.)In,[ERs;s. I. !.

The communication, signed Many Vo-
tcTs, !" and published IN the last Banner,
was received through the post office.
Contrary to our general rule, It was pub
lished, though It contained no Irresponsible
names attached. We have frequently
said and here takeS occasion 10 repeat,
that we are unwillingto publish any COM
m'nIcations Of Importance, where the
name Of no person is attached to whom
reference can be had. 1t Is doubtful
whether the candidates will reply TO such
communications and queries, unless they
are aware from whom, they come. Ap.
plication has been made eito us by candid
atcs for the names of"Many Voters" and
we are unable TO furnish them. We shall
expect to be informed who they are, both
on this and ull similar occasions. Such
communications are considered confi,Icn-
tial, and the names will be shcwn to those
only, who have right and interest in
seeing them. As there are different coun-
ties in this district, candidates, without
such reference and knowledge, may re-
ply 10 those who, moi being their proposed!
constituents, have no right to reply.
We hope then to be furnished with the
names of all persons making such queries
that we may have them for reference.
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ARRIVAL OF STEi NER IIIBER-
MA.
Four days HaacE from Eu-
H'OgsC.

From the orh York Herald, lOM INST
The steamship llcrna, Capt. Shannon,
arrived last night AT ] | O'Clock. She sailed
from Liverpool on the 2:'l ult. and her news
is, therefore, !our days later than that reccv-
ed by the Washington.
The news is important; al! over Europe re-
publlcanlsm is springing up i'll wild luxur-
ance.
Annexed is tho intelligence in a few words:
In .Hilal,, riots Of Il scrOns character had
broken out, and at the departure of the cour-
icr the people ana the troops were fighting in
the streets. The cause Of the riots was the
idea possessed by the people that the Einpcr-
yr was not sincere i'll granting a constitution.
.Iucii roting had taken place At Munich
The p"'ice Office had been demolished, and
the windows oi the palace assa!lcd with
stones, The sol,iiery had been forcib!v seat
tered by the mob; but il was thought that tho
abdIcation OF the King was by no means like
ly. There arc r,l!nors to the effect that he
had already abdicatc,l
In Hanover the censorship Of the press has
been voluntarily abolished by the King The
attempt 'cincu,c' was complete failure
The failure OF W. d'Eich.haI is tho princi-
pal intelligence from Paris. The French Re-
public was progressing. In the provinces Of
France, the commissions Of the government
had hccn using TO the full the almost un!iuli-
ted powers granted them by the circular of
nj. lcdrn Itol!in, The proceedings at Dlois,
as detailed in an article from the Consttll-
tional, which viii be found elsewhere, have
justified all the fears entertained from the
publication of W. Rollins circular
The Minister Of the Interior has tlirec-
ted Il government commissioner 10 confer
with the English consul relative to the
claims Of the English workmcn expelled
from Roucn. Ii is said that the govern
mcnt contcmPlatcs the purchase Of The
rail ways, paying the shareholders in five
per cent stock.
III Berlin, all had become quiet, as
also at Vienna.
The revolution in Ireland had been
postponed by the arrest of The revolutions
ary leaders in Dublin.
Tie financial crisis was intense.
Cotton down little.
There had been an Improvement in
Corn.
AusrRA.-Thc dates from Vienna are
to the 18th ult. The following oilicinI
announcement has been made:
His imperial W.jrsty has been gcncr-
ouSly pleased, by IA royal resolution Of
the l7ih, to command the constitution OF
responsible council Of ministers, Tor The
aelberation and execution Of The princi-
pies laid down in the imperial patent Of
the 10Th Of March. The council of n,in.
listers will consist Of the Minister of For
e,gn affairs, and Of The household, The
minister OF the Interior, The Minister Of
Justice, the Minister Of France, and the
Miniscrof War. One Of the Ministers
VIII 90 appointed president ofthis council
OF Ministers, md will take the lead there.
in.--Vienna, March la.
Various >addreeeoa have been presented to
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For thc Sumter Banner.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT NO. III.
o B J &c ITO y s .


IT, then, we take the ScriWuyrs for orr
guide, and not the rcasonings. Gf reasonings
they can be called, o! men, who, by their
ianatical movements would destroy the very
framework OF society; we shall safely con-
cludc, TINT it is the imperative duty of civil
government to inict "ihe death peanaty" on
the willul murderer. For, we have shown, by
an appeal to the highest conceivable authori-
ty, the revealed will of God, TINT such is the
penalty required by the supreme I.AwGIvER
to be inflicted on the murderer And if so.
what right have governments, more than indi-
yiduals, to set aside AN ORDINANCE of God, or
to substitute mil!er penalty for the one
positively required by him!
But, against this position, several ohjcc-
tions are urged by the opponents of capital
punlshncnti some o! which, we proceed to
consider.
|. We arc told, that the enactment con-
tanned in Gen. 8: 6, is "0 lingering remnon. ot
a barbarous age" and "nicnled for a rude
and Joss organized state Of society," But.
this argument if it prove any thing. will
prove too much. AT the same time, (sec v.
81, permission was given to man to use ami
NAL food. If, therefore, the former precept
is obsolete, so, is the l.uer-aud according
to this reasoning, the opponents OF .'tEc death
penalty" have no right to sacrifice animals
for their own gratfication;-a position, we
presume, to which they would be slow to as
sent.
2. 1t is also objected, that, 'tle death pen
atty" is abused. But, surely, the abuse of
law can never be urged as a valid objection
to its Use altogether. To adduce a strong
illustrat;on-what is more abused than the
law of benevolence by which the Author of
all good dspenscs iavors to the children of
men Yet, will it he said, that, it is wrong
for him TO make his light to slime on the evil
and on the good; and to send rain on the lust
and on the unjust! We presume not
But, wherein is the law abused! WHY,
some are put to death for actions which they
never committed. No one can regret this
more than the advocates for capital punish.
ment; but, we are unable to soc how this can
affect the goodness OF the law. It is clear,
that the law contelnplates no such unhappy
result an mi,occt man suffers ",he death
penalty this is not the fault Of the law; but
is to be attributed to circumstances, over
which, the law has no control, and against
which, it cannot provide, The conviction of
a criminal depends on the testimony of wit.
nesses. If such testimony be either mista-
ken or false, ms is sometimes the case, we see
not in what way tho civil authority can be
held responsible. What if some have been
put TO death for crimes which they never
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slli I'D aiSs 5s SiIs.
slosS s,.' ssSsl on
mean ie altsife
Ehas assd il refnar Bio teg sse tol
supply the increasing demand ibtoug bout
The worle, the supply being stimuli sin5
proportion TO the decrease Of production3
in the Britisl, Colonies. Thus have We
pfospercd by tile error Of the English
government.
The late decree softhe French Proyis.5
.ional governments, abolislling slavery
throughout all the French colonies, Is,
frangbt with consequences of the greatest;
Importance not onlyto France and her CO.
lonies but also to- the United States. Such
an enactment rs that which she has lately
made, in previous revolution cost her
The ilourishing colony of Hay.i and the
massacre of many Of her subjects. The
decree has gone forth TO do evil to her co.
lonies and for the benefit Of our country.
France has not prolited by experience nor
by the example of Great Britain. Tho
direct result will be tho gradual diminu.
ton of the sugar culture and produce in
the French IFest tndics and the transfer,
ring to the rich shores Of Louisiana and
Texas millions Of dollars, the result more
ofthe error Of another nation than of any
special enterprise on our part. !, cannot
be doubted that like causes will produce
like effects and that, in few wears, the
condition Of the French West ln,iics will
be fur more depIorable than that OF ia.
maica, from the circumstance that the
negroes in the former have no prcpara-
ton ofany kind for such an unexpected
curse as freedom has always proved it,
self to them. 1t is true that in 1915 a
law was passed for tie gradual cmancipp.
ton OF the slaves, which haa yearly re-
duccd t|c number by some 1900; yet lhis
slight reduction is Of lntic clliet when
compared with the whole mass ofthc
slaves, amounting to some 100000; so
that this decree will operate suddenly on
The great body OF the popnlntion. ignorant
and unfit for freedom. The provisional
government seem 10 have lost sight ofthe
consideration that intelligence and know
ledge are necessary 10 the enjoyment and
preservation Of freedom, and tia, the
blncks in her West Indian colonies arc un-
fiji for sncl, n slate. Shaull this decree take
effect, which can hnr,lly be doubted, in a
short time new sugar plantations in the
southwest will multiply will, astonishing
rapidi,y, and tho greater par, Of The pre-
sen! supply Of the French colonies, A.
mounting 10 some one hundred and sixiv
millions otPounds Of sugar and molasscs
will diminish and be- obtai,,rd from our
sugar-raising states. This amount nnw
goes to France and equals the whole crop
Of Louisiana. According TO present ap-
pcarancos: after The lapse OF twenty years,
France will be principally d pendent ON
foreign sources for this supply, and VIC
shall reap the fruits Of her folly us we al
ready have those of,hc folly Of England
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MELANcHoLy DISASTER or THE RaiIsss
Roam ..F = fi5ssrt tssSif

H. &. ! ~
Through the poli,eness of friend. Who
came up OH the Cars from Charleston lasf
night about III o'clock, we arc placed in pos-
SESSION oi the particulars OF one of the most
distressing disasters which Ing ever occur.
rcd on The South Caro!ina Rail Road. 81. .
The new and splendid Engine iuHsa
VISTA, to which was attached the Freipht
Train, which was',ipwar;i bound. when thir-
ty-tye miles from Charleston, at half-past {;
o'cfk yesterday morning, exploded, killing
instantly the Engineer, George ARrIpR,arla
TWO F:rcincn, VIZ: iigvnY CIMMER and CE-
GIL CONRAD The accident cannot he .c.
counted Tor, as unfortunately, every one pres.
cnt was instant v killed 81
The Engine was 4 new one, and corlsifl-
cred one ol the best on the road; and Mr.. An.
TlPE the Engineer, known to have been ono
OF the most careful and skilfnl Engineers ON
the road:-rnd enjoyed to tho fullest extent
The confidence OF the Company .sS
The explosion must have been ttremend-
ons--as The bo;lies of the unlortunat. men
were terribly mang!cd and torn to pieces.
The head Of one o. them was blown entirely
oil, and could not be found. The Enrirs
was literally blown to atoms--parts of Il hive
been found half mile off the place where II
occurred. so q ~
The Teleg-aphic Wires between this
place and Charleston; and Charleston and
Augusta, were broken by the explosion
which accounts for the interruption ii, the
communication between this place and
Charleston, yesteriay.--Col. Tel l0.hs
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$ p RING.

Come, gentle Spring ETHEREAL AIildness &,
come, & Z
And from the bosom Of yon dropping cloud
While music wakes around, yelled in 4
shower . ~ l 80
OF shadowng roees. on our plains iesssslansla
Thompson. rs
af at this season Of The year, when nature
assumes her brightest livery, every object de-
lights the eye, and bespeaks the goodness of
our beneicent Creator. The beautiful and
lovely tnts which decorate the vegetable
Kingdom, are not necessary to the production
OF the fruit of each plant or tree. They nav
have worn any other aspect, and been as
beneficial TO man as they now are. But our
pleasure and happiness were consulted, when
the great Architect of all things invested ma
ture with that wonderful variety, which is SO
inviting, pleasing, and cheerful. The sun
IS now warming every thing into life. The
winters gloo'ir'ss gone, and garden and grove.
orchard and hedge, are heautitied hy5s.the
fowcF's fascinating tinga. Tho balmv, deW:,
OF morn--'he sofi and gentle breeEa-the
music which thrills from every copse, cnIisen
our feelings, and tend TO excite the most
pleasing emotions of love and gratitude in,
the contemplating mind. For, who can direct
an attentive gazo to surrounding obiects,fand.
not discover innirnerable traces of divine
wisdom; not admire the beneyo!ence exhibit.
Ell IN these varies. productions of his hanit
But, there is one reflection which sucl, Il
contemplation involves. These;scenes, lovely.
and ATTRACTIVE, and cheerful as ,ihey$no are.
must soon iade-!ikc the eariys dew,g thea
soon pass away! Eli emblem ofgnnrs e,s,n
mortality Like tic flower oil, the field Sre
hre soon CIT down. and happy for us, if..
when natures beautiful landscapes fade ,ipia.
ohr view, we may gaze upon, aiui enjoy for
GyeT' G, the undyng scenery Of the heavenly
Pine I.crel {3S"sS, ~ 4 .sss.5ii -
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CAPT. SUMTER.

II is with pleasure we inform the dis.
trict ofthc return Of the gallant Capt.
Sumter to the land Of his birth and the
home of his fathers. Hc appeared at tho
Court House on Thursday, the 18th inst,
and was welcomed BIZ his numerous
friends and admirers with hcurt- felt plea
sure. 1t is meet that he, who, in far
distant land, has led the Sumter Vo!un-
tccrs through the iron storm Of battle and
all the pcris of "grim visagcd war;
should receive the plaudils aud honors Of
nwiling people, who, with feelings Of no
common interest, have watched his pro-
grcss from childhood 20 manhood, and ho-
norcd linn rs the worthy scion Of rcvo-
lu,onary hero and Of an i!us,rions name.
1t will be gratifying to all to hear that
the health Of Capt. Sumter is good, and
llla, his appearance has been much i'm
proved by the campaign. His righ, arm
still rests in il Slug aud reminds us or,hc
city Of Mexico. He expresses tho belief
that he vii! eventually be able to use his
arm. Such VIC hope may be the case.
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TIE FRENCH WEST INDIES.

IIIT FKIINJlI " IIS TN NJIES.
qucntiy prosper from the errors Of others.
The same remark applies forcihly to ma
lions. In 1923, the pr 'duclion Of sugar
in Louisiana was trininS. Since then the
uL.'iion of slavery in the British West
Indies has had the effect of lcssening the
production in those islands and Of stimula.
ting it in those places where slave labor
was made use Of, and principally in Lou
isiana. In that year the British West In
dies supplied more than three. fiiihs Of all
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PRrvATE BRADLEY.

EsE
Mr. Levi BRADLEY, member of Kershaw
Company OF Volunteers, arrived hera sIast
week from Mexico. Mr.. BRADLEY was 60
verciy wounded Mt the battle Of ChurubI,sco.
and was remarkable for his ndonl:table brave.
ry; after he was brought to his knees no con-
tmued to load and fire, and could not Ia ner..
suaded to leave the field. He has sustained
nohly the reputation of his State and native
District--Cam. .Jourp. -
oHr Congress and FrdRce-yYe learn
from the Union that the resolutions ,,;,ani.
mously passed by the Senate on THURSDAY.
declaring sympathy with France ia the f.s. &
taoiIsfment OF republic, were sent off. ;yes-
tcrday morning, by express, from The State
Department to Ncw-York 10 90 ont in fI,e
new steamer United States, which ]esVes
New York to-day. We cannot doubt that
the same patriotic and liberal sentiments will
be promptly expressed by the House of Rep
resentatIvcs, so as to be Transmitted ia tho
national assembly of France by the next
steamer. = Esssf
A COMMITTEE To FRANCE. ---T he New.
buryport Herald suggests thaitlie French
Congratulntory Resolutions, when passed.
be sent to France in charge of d committee
consisting of Nfcssrs. Van Buren, Clay
Calhoun, Benton, and Websters Sucfsa
committee, the Herald says, would mn!
doub, be well received. and They would
quite likely BIO invited to sit as honorary
members ofthe French National Conseri.
ton, to which they could give !n,ic hinfsr.
nntion, and could answer any questions
in regard 10 the workings of our our institu.
lions, which might be asked. 5- r.,
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The French paper OF this city con.
iirmcd yesterday an extraordinary story
Of ii scene that took place II, the last sit
ting of the Provisional Cabinet. The
majority demanded the withdrawal or
dismissal of Lcuru Ro!lin, but that gen.
tlcman refused to Withdraw or To allow
himself TO be dismissed, and threatened an
appeal 10 the people. He was about op-
cniug awindow 10 make this appeal, when
Monsieur Pagncrrc, sciZing pistol, lhrca-
tened 10 blow his brains ont if he persisted,
Nhc English papers say that Garnicr
Pages made this lhrca!.) a scene Of
some violence followed, and I.cdrn Rol-
lin allowed himself To be 50 far carried
away by passion us TO raise his hand
against Mons. dc I.amartinc who calmly
said 10 hin--" Monsieur, u 0imc mcMr
moHrir dnns me cmcuic ore sur Tccha-
fnml.' ("Sir, would rather die in an
cnacHic than upon the sca.luld. Garn-
cr Pages then threatened to lay before the
people Il lrdiic Ga very fine rajM too) OF
100000 francs, which he had drawn
from the treasury, and TO force him to an
immediate Justification fits employment
This revelation caused Mons. Lcdru
Rollip to be more reserved.
n. Y. lIcrcury.
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TIE MANCHESTER RAIL ROAD.


proposed rail road.
WuMlNGToN AND MANCHESTER RAIL.
E0AD.-.\t Il very large meeting al the
Court louise last night Of the citizens Of
Wilmington, it was almost unanlDouSiv
agreed 10 instruct the Commissioners Of
the town 10 subscribe One Hundred Thou.
sand Dollars, in tho name Of The town, in
The Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
Company. to be raised by an increase Of
taxation: provided The same shall be sane
toned by the taxpayers on personal APP
I'!ic"tion 10 them by Committee appoin-
ted for the purpose VIZ Chronicle.
The Wilmington Chronicle Of the 18th
mentions that the report Of the committee
was TO the effect "that the scheme was
sanctioned by the inhabitants collectively
IN the proportion Of at least twenty to one,
aud also in tie regard oipropcny by much
the larger proportion" The same paper
remarks "'rhis looks like building tho
rail road certainly"
An impression has gone abroad in this
district, that the rond canno, be built with.
in the estimates Of the engineers, but that
it will cost double MS much. If such u
statement is believed by majorily Of the
people, it will be destructive of the pre-
sent prospects Of the road. 1t is then Of
great importance to have some accurate
Information on this matter, that the people
may not be deceived. We shall, there
fore, be glad Of any Information from the
engineers or others, which may elucidatc
the matter and present it in its true light
before the people.
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NJ A Festival for the benefit OF the poor VIII BIO
held by the ladies of the Union Benevolent Society at the
Oieon corner of Pennsylvana and a street, com
nelcng on Monday evening January 10Th, and continuing
eveyevenng during the week. a bSSm sd 70, .p and
aood band OF music provided give zest to the
As tn, object one Of gener. tsman being
il is confidently hoped that the ladies wih Dc IA
their efforts 4or their relisi Donations Ia ,ba vssS
&c oan be cent the any gay o"'i"s w. "~~'
where they will be gra eNe"
Adm ittance, l2i cent
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On Tuesdsy u by Ri Rev JANIS Hrnvty Orgy
o. D. Bishop JOHN SEAY NJ D. Of Alabans
SALIVA PATTEN, daughter of the Rev T. wH,Ar d
tor Of Church. Nashville.
OgT the evening Of the 7th Instant large gold
Ii pencil CASE, with pen attached, having engraved
the side the head b. Segui jr" The finder will be
literally rewarded on leaving the same At Wiards Hotel
Jan b--2~ - Plaza N. N tHtiv .
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n ICH Fan salhs C.s1luslss, heSsssAAneA'
Sept Tiff wAhAH1~ SNASA -
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paymser Charles ii. Smith, reappolnteu november
a. who his former commission EXPIRED
THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
Steplm D. Dobbins, late captain, reapponted, to rank
from F$ruary l6, 1877, his former date ~
Amendments under the fifth section OF the Act supple
mental pan act entitled An act poydng or inc prosecn
epublitof Mexico, and Tor other purposes approved
June Ii, SIG
QuARrERMAsTERs DEPARTMENT.
Geoger Howard, of Texas, assistant commssary to
be quartmaster with the rank OF MAJOR, 'unS N Ao"
RobertAlien Of Illinois, be quarermaster, with the
rank offajor, September g. 1877, vice Mccullough, re-
Thoun Ives, of Mississippi to be assistant quarter
MASTER the rank of captain, July y 1917, vice frce
Thomt NJ Gleason, of Alabama, to be assistant quar-
ternasts with the of captain, July H. lS vice H.
G.orrg Hsbb. of Tennessee to be assistant quarter
master Nth the rank apain, September 3, lS reap
Zebue c. Bishop of Missouri, be assistant quarter
master, the rank Of captain. September iSi7 reap
pointed
Harry oumin OF Alabama, to be assistant guarermas-
ter wiihle OF captain, September 1917, reapPomt
| cd.
John Young of Indiana to be assistant 9usrtsrmasteT
with tttrank OF captain September y iou, vice ven,
dischar by tho temporary reduction OF tho volunteer
John Clendenin, Of Arkansas, Qate assistant commits
sary) tee with the rank OF cap
tain Seember TO- las1, vice Walker appointed captain
LymaMower of Illinois, be assistant quarsenn sser,
with thnk of captain, September ~, lS7 vice Naper,
samuG Mcclellan OF Tennessee, to be assistant quar-
ermasq with the rank OF captain October ", ioH, wee
Vandex discharged by the temporary reduction Of the
John Arthur. of Ohio be as.i.tani guarermasssr.
with thank of captain, November H. is' wee 'I0sf1
decnc I"
CoMxrssARY's DEPARTMENT.
SAINT Mlig,n, of Tennessee, to be couAmssaSy, with
the rarf major July II, ls47, vice CamPbe, resigned