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Extract of am Ordinance

Enacted BY the Toion Council Of Sumterrille:
For the information of all whom it may
concern, the following extract is published,
,to-wit: "SEc. g. That no slave whsse owner
resides without the limits of the town of
Sumterville, shall be permitted to work
therein, unless q written permit be first pro-
cured from the Marshal; for which, the sum
of fifty cents, for common laborers, and the
sum Of one dollar and fifty cents for mechanr
ics, shall be paid: and that no permit shall
he for longer time than three months: and
iftany slave shall neglect to procure per-
NIT, such slave shall be imprisoned by the
Marshal until released by Council; and in
no case sct at liberty, until tho expenses Of
his or hcr arrest and Imprisonment have
been first paid.
Published by order of Council
J. 3. N. HAMMET,
Clark Of Cauncil.
March 18th, le4s. u If
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VOLUME II. !.
THE SUMTER BANNERS:
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WILLIAM J. FRANCIS.:
TER M 81.

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ones.
All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines,
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and you haYn't p living relation ia the world
except Exc. myself and yonr two co1sens who was

and and you havI't living relation il the world
g! except myself and yons two cS1sens who was
\ Kilt in the war. ii sy
q ean't dwell on this n,ournfiil subject, and
Shall sale my lether with black salinWax and
put on it5yer uncle's best coat OF arms, 90 i
: neg .of you not to break the sale when4yorj
open the lether, and not open It till three sor
tour days aither you resaye it by which
.!me .!ni you will be prepared for the sorrowful
Z our our ovid swateheart sinds her love to
you onbeknown to me, NJ
When larry NJ Gee arrives in Arheriks.
ak him for this lether, and If he doisn't know
1t from the rest tell him that's the one that
sPakes about your uncle's death, and sailed in
| remain your afectionate ovid gran.
mother, JupY O'HooI =, ,s''' s ~
- Larry @ O'Hoolgan, late Of the town Of
luilymucclescrag, Parish of Rallyraepet,
near Ballysluchgurhey, in the county Of Xii,
resave this. ss;s,i 5tss ~
Whin ye come 70 this place, stop and dom,
rade any more tillmy mkt 4, :: -
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+The old shoe kept as a receptacle for bro
ken typos.
AN IRISH LETTER.

1'o,cn Of Iaiiemucclescrag, Parish Of Bal
iyrGg!gei, near BaAysiuchgufhcB in the county
Of Kilkenny, Ireland.
Ny dear Nephew haven't sent You a
lcther seine the last time | wrote to you, be-
cause we have moved from our former place
of living, and din't know where n letter
would find you, but now wild pleasure take
up my pin to inform you of the death of your
own livn' uncle Patrick Fitzpatrick, who
died. very suddenly last week alter lingerin'
sickness of sig months. The poor man was
in violent commissions the whole time of his
sickness lnyin' perfectly quiet and spachlcss
all the time talkin' incOherently and cryin'
for water. had no opportunity of inform
ing you OF his death sooner cxcipt wrote to
you before he died, and then you would have
the postage TO pay, SO write now.
am at loss TO tell what his death was oc-
casioned by, but fear it was his last sick
ness, for he was never well tin days tugithcr
durin' his confinement, but bolaye his death
was occasioncd by his attn too much of rab-
bits stuffed wild pays and gravy, or pays and
gravy stuffed with rabbits, can't tell which
hut be that as it may, as soon as he breathed
his last the docther give over oil hopes Of his
recovery needn't tell you his age, for yes
well knew that in march next he would have
been 25 years old lackin' n SIX month and
had he lived till that time, he would thin
have been just six month dead
His property devoves to his mkt kin who
Is dead some time ago, 80 that | expect it
will be divided betwane us, and you are either
KNOWN that his property was very con-
sidtherable, for he had fine estate, which
was sold to pay his debts, and the remand
ther he lost in horse race, but it was the
opinion of all at the time that he would have
won the race, il the horse his run aginst
hadn't Q been the fastest ! Iniver saw man
and the docthors all say so, that observed
directions, or tuck medicine bether AN he
did.
He said he would as lave take bitther as
swate, if it had only the same taste, and
epacakanna as whiskey punch II it would
only pnt him in tho same humor for fighting.
But poor sowl, he'll niver ate or drink more !;
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J0NATHAN'S VlNIT TO A PRINTING
OFFICE.

Did you ever go up to printers
And see all them devils ut work,
cossnotclet it beats all to finders
Mothers fuss when we kill our Fork.
Them fellcrs they stand right up straight,
And pick little pieces Of lead;
Stuck in little chubby holes thicker, III bate,
Than seeds in a big parsnip bed,
Then they keep such ducking and Eo5bing,
I'll be darn'd! like aunt Peggy's old drake
When he's gobblng up corn, or robin
That stands with one leg on stake.
How the plague can they find all the letters,
Is more than my gumption can tell;
They call them are workmcn type settlers,
And all old shoe, they said that was hell :
Then they've got too cast iron press,
1t beats fathers for cider and chesse;
"Tis tarnation hard work should guess,
And it gives coniounded tight squeeze
There's confounded great roller, | swow
They keep pushing, the Lord knows fol
what,
And the paper, 'twould cover our NOW,
Such a'Wapplng great sheet have they
got.
How they fill it all up is the wonder,
Where the darn do they find so much
news
As thick as pea blossoms in summer;
What nation Of ink they do use
BY gall don't see how they paw,
For SO many heaps OF white paper
They tell'd me they used every day,
Good Lord-it you'd ruin Squire Tabor
I'D no notion, yum, twas such tarnal
Hard wr:k TO print papers and books;
I'll go right down and scribe for the Jarncl
And go home and tell all the folks.
+The old shoe kept as receptacle for bro.
zen typos.
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3, ls4s

) him to be bastinadoe score. Of blows
with i. 3 courbash {, were applied 10 his back
3Pnbliel ,tin sight OF i'll. ,5s
Every pilgrim carried away with him
some token from ,ne hallnWed banks.
One filled his handkerchief sand. an,
other his pocket with ebbles; anothef cut
;a e stick. from n poplar; q fourth contented
himself with lmsef ring q spriR in the folds
Of his turban. fer they had paid OBJ
seryance due toS the Shol river, they set
ont for their camp snt Jericho, where they
remained till Initfgnite, ], and thon by a
beautiful moonlight Ssolt for Jerulsal.
en- 5sySt g "a
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.LoWGROUNDs FENCES. i \.

Efss'l .'tssf l1O w WUrtOti1VOT r ETNNEIS.I 3&.sts
Mr.. Editorl take this opportunity2to
mention plan of fencing for lowground,
which think will be found cheaper than
any other, and fully as good, Make a
common, panel fence Of rails, then split
stakes out ofswhite oaksor some lasting
wood, seven or eight feet long, the skesei
common rails. Drive one Oh each side Of
tho fence, at each corner, while The ground
is wet, about two or,two and half feet,
bore and pin through them, over the top
of the fence, and you will have fence
that will stand.the freshest Of the Tombig-.
bee river, and / think those Of any other.
.CoGepile, Ala., January, lS4B.
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So WAS FRANKLlN.-"O' you're a
'prentice! said little boy, the other day,
tauntingly to his companion. The ad-
dressed, turned proudly round, and while
the fire Of injured pride, and the look of
pity, we're strongly blended in his coun-
tenancc, cody answered, $50 as.Frank-
linz
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r HARD WORKERS. RI. &

When we read the lives Of distinguish
ed men in any department, we find them
almost always celebrated for the amount
ofwork they could perform, Demos,he-
nese, julius Cesar, Henry the Fourth OF
France, Lord Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton,
Franklin, Washington, Napoleon-di differ.
ent cs they were in their intellectual nnd
moral qualities-were all renowned as
hard workers. Weread how many day 8
they could support the fatigucs Of murch:
how early they rose; how late they watch
ed; how many hours they spent in the
field, the cabinet, in the court; how many
secretaries they kept employed; in short
how hard they worked.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-06-02
From the Louisville Journal.

The BARNRURNERs.-The Banburners re-
tired from the Baltimore convention before
the nominations were made, while the Old
Hunkers remained and gave in their adhesion
to Cass and Butler. The Barnburners cannot
without making themselves supremely ridicu-
lous-without subjecting themselves to the
contempt of all men-sustain the nomina-
tons.
The movement of the Barnburners will be
watched with much interest, for, if they re-
fuse to be whipped into the traces, the vote OF
the great State of New York cannot under any
possible contingency be given to Cass and But
Ter. They assert that they compose majority
OF the Democracy of New York which is prob
ably true, though it is somewhat doubtful
whether they will generally repr liate the Loco
foco ticket, as they promised TO do in advance
of its selection.
This interestin & section of the Locofoco
party, through the proceedings of the Utica
convention, the manifesto of the members OF
the New York Legislature, and the columns OF
the Albany Atlas, New York Globe, Evening
Post, and other papers, have pledged them
selves 10 oppose the nomination of any man
! who should be hostile to the Wilmot proviso.
The reputation of this proviso BY the Syracuse
convention furnished the ground on which the
/ Barnburners resolved on separate and indep pen
dent action. Mr.. Preston King. the leading
Barnburner speaker in the Baltimore conven
ton, told the assembled Locofocoism of the
land that he and his friends would abide by the
the decision they had made in favor of the Will
mot proviso, and that, whether they had com
pany or struggled alone, they would fight hi,
battle Of freedom from beginning TO end. =
Notwithstanding this declaration, the conven
ton nominated Mr.. Cass, man who sigma
lized himself in the early part of the year 1871
by making speech in favor of applying that
proviso whenever the question of annexin,
foreign territory should come up, and in the
latter part of the same year by a letter il
which he denounced the measure as unconsti
ltutional. Can the BarnbWners. sustain in
lsuch mana man who SO recently committee
treason against their vital principIe--a mar
whom they have denounced as traitor will
the most unsparing reprobation?
1t was stated in the Baltimore convention
by some one of the delegates. who was anx-
ious TO heal upthe bieach between the adverse
delegations from New York, that the vote o
the Empire State would. probably decide the
Presidential election this year as il did in 1914
If this should turn out TO be the case, then the
future movements of the Barnburners will b.
full ofimportance. They cannot support Cas-:
without stultifying themselves, without sacri.
ficing the principles on which they have or
gained their party and without precipiiately
abandoning everypostion they have heretofore
taken and for which they have in numerous
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-06-02

WIG CoNvENTIoN IN TExAs.-The Wing
ult. Gen. Joseph Bates presided. Resolu-
tons were passed approving of National Con-
vention--declsring their readiness to support
the nominee of the National Convenlion-ap-
pointing thirteen delegates thereto, and ap-
pointing committee to prepare an address &c
the Wings Of the State, sc. The following
resolution was also passed:
Resolved, That in the absence OF any OF ouI
delegates from Texas in said convention we
hereby authorize and request the delegation
from the State of louisiana, our nearest neigh
Dor in position and interest, to act as our dele
gates and cast the vote of Texas in accordance
with the sentiments contained in these resolu-
tons.
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CITY TAXES.

TINE following is published ter the information
Il tax payers.
City Charlie Section IS.
For the purpose OF revenue the Common Council
shall have power assess &c, upon all prop
eriy real and PERSONAL within the city. and all mon
ey and capital within the city, which is, or may be
subject to taxation for county purposes whether such
money capital be actively employedor not; and on
all money bearing interest and PAYABLE to any inhab-
liant OF said city.
REVISED Lqtrs of 1913 page 20S.
SEC. all property. real and PERSONAL within this
State, shall be liable TO taxation" subject TO certain
exceptions
Sec. the terms personal estate and personal
property used in this chapter, shall be construed
10 include all household furniture goods, chattles,
mones all ships and vessls, whether at home or
abroad; all monies al interest, owing to the persons
To be taxed, than they pay interest for and all
other debts owing to hen from solvent persons, moro
than they indebted for public stocks, stocks in
Bridges, turnpkes insurance companies, and money
al corporations, whether within or without this
State"
Personal property of widows and orphan children
TO the value of 500 is exempt and is all properff
which is not subject to execution. - - 30
may 80 81 WM. BELL, City Assessor.
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urd .y-she was a hIIe impatient. Farmer
Smith was as irresoIuie as ever
THAT ERE Downing COW is a pretty fair
creature, out
lie stopped to glance at the widows face,
and then walked round her-noi her but the
COW.
THAT ere short horned Durham is not bad
looking, bu, don't know'-another hook al
The widow.
srhe Downing COW knew before the late
W.. mes bought her. Here he sighed at
the alIusion To MI jones' she sighed, and
both looked a, each other. Ii was highly
iasere sting moment.
Old Roam 10 a fsilhful old mich, and so is
Bunde-bul have known better A long
sare succeeded this speech, the pause was
gerirng awkward, and at lass Mrs. Jones
broke out.
Lord! Mr. Smith if Tn the COW you want,
do say so!
The intentions of widower Smith and tho
widow Jones were duly published the next
day. as is the law aud custom of Msssachu-
selis; and as soon as they were but publish.
ed they were married.
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MARRIAGES. An eastern paper gives out
The following notice to ''all. whom !, may
concern:"
"All notices of marriage where no bride
cake IS sent, will be SCI up in small type, and
placed in some ouIlandish c,.rner of the page.
Where handsome piece oi cake is sent, il
will be placed conspicuously in large letters
-bur when glores or other iavors added, a
piece Of illustrative poetry will I've given in
addition When, however, The editor al
lends The ceremony in pr"pia persona and
kisses The bnde. il will have special notice
ale poetry that can be begged, borrowed,
stolen, or coined from The BRAIN editorial.
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LATER FROM MExIco.--We are indebted to
our attentive and obhging friend Mr.. Isaac a.
Crane, for late Louisville and New Orleans pa
pers.
We find in the Evening Mercury of the 26th
ult. notice of the arrival of the steamship New
Orleans, Capt Aud, with dates from Vera Cruz
20 the 22d.
Lieutenant John Canter, U. S. N, came pas
senger, as bearer Of dispatches from the United
States Commissioners at the city of Mexico
Lieut.. Canter left the city of Mexico on the
night of the 18th ult.
Capt. Aud informs the editors of the Mercu-
ry that the Mexican Congress had invited the
United States Commissioners to Queretaro, and
that they were to leave for Queretaro on the
2lst or 22d, and that the treaty would certain
" be ratified by the 25th ult.
On the 18th ult., while the United States
steamers Vixen and Iris were off Tuspan bar,
Captains Pinckney and Harris, commanders OF
the Vixen and Iris, in attempting to cross the
bar in company with Frenchgentleman, name
unknown, and four seamen, were all drowned
The steamers returned TO Vera Cruz under
the command of other officers.
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SENSIBLE Gen. Taylor. the Baion Rouge
advocate says, has DOTTED the military cap.
aud taken TO wearing broad-brimmed. Qua
ker-looking beaver. HIS dress, Out and nut,
is now tina, Of plain country gentleman
Some of the young aspiran,s for military bon
ors, who have recently returned from Mexi-
CO, should take hint from the example Of
this one of their great captains. We are
mol particular abou, their dressing like a
Quaker, bu, they should a, leas, look some
Thing like Christian. One would suppose
from The multitude of musiachios and militia
nv coats about that the United States had
been invaded oy Mexico.
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speeches, resolutions, and published addresses
declared the most solemn regard. Before they
can vote for Cass, they must openly repudiate
all that they have said about their sacred pur-
poses, their dearly cherished principles. their
consciences, and their patriotic duties. They
have gone so far that they cannot return into
the bosom of the Locofoco party without sac
rificing their consistency as politicians and
their characters as men.
Before leaving the city of New York for the
Baltimore convention the Barnburner delegates
held meeting to decide on the conduct they
should pursue. The New York Globe, their
organ, at that time announced, that, IN the
event OF such contingency as has now hap
pened, the Barnburners would in due time
nominate their own candidate for President
and Vice President and make all necessary ef-
forts to secure to them the votes OF the Wilmot
Proviso Democrats in other States. We pre-
sumo this announcement was made by author
ity, and is therefore to be received as the latest
proclamation of the course the Barnburners
mean to adopt.
AT the close of the recent session of the New
York Legislature, the Barnburners issued a
long address to the Locofocos of the United
States, in which they dec Jared they would hold
themselves aloof from the party,i the Balti-
more convention nominated acandldate hostile
TO the Wilmot Proviso. They farther declared
they would not sustain such a nomination,
even if they should be convinced that the
Wings would triumph by their persisting in
their course. They said the party was corrupt
and that its defeat would bring about reform
alton in its practices, which was greatly need
ed. They therefore preferred that the party
should be defeated in the presidential election
this year, rather than that il should succeed In
electing a man known TO be opposed to the
proviso. General Cass is such man, and ii
now remains to be seen whether the Barnbur-
ners have as much facility in devoring and
trampling on their principles as some other
portions of the Locofocos have heretofore ex-
hibited, or whether they have that indepen-
dense Of soul of which they have boosted so
loud and so often. Whatever the leaders OF
the faction may do, we have no doubt that
there is consider able number OF the undistn-
guished members who are men of principle,
who are sincere and honest, who will hold out
to the end and steadily refuse TO obey any
mandate that may be issued requiring them TO
surrender their principles and solemn pledges.
The election of 1874 showed that parties in n.
York were very nearly equal in members
Since that time the Wings have certainly in
creased their strength, and recent elections have
proved them 10 be in the ascendency. Wheth-
er the Barnburners maintain their principles OF
abandon them, we do not think il possible that
Gen. Csss can receive the vote of the Empire
State,
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@While Gen. Gid. Pillar was in Nash
vile, Kirk, the volunteer who was tied by his
order to wagon, for shooting at bird, was
seen lurking about the Sewance House, probs-
bly, looking out for vengeance. II weremem-
Der the stery rightly, Gideon had issueda com.
msnd hat there be no firing on the march
The volunteer shot bird. Pillow had hin
tied to the wagon. His captain cut him loose
saying General Pillow might have one of biz
men put in the wagon. not tied to it. Gideon
thought it prudent to submit to this modifica
ton Of the penalty.
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IMPORTANT FROM HArrr-PRooREss OF THE

IMPORTANT FROM HAYTI-PRoGREss OF THE
CIVIL WAR.-The schooner Isaac franklin airs
rived al Boston on Monday, in thirteen day
from Cape Hayden, bring some further and aul
thentic particulars of the outbreak and civil
war at Port-au-Prlnce, where terrible scenes
have been enacted. 1t seems that portion OF
the inhabitants (ihe mulattoes) demonstrated
with President Soloque, against certain of his
measures, when he arrested eighty of their num-
Der and had them shot in cold blood. This afro
cious act aroused the slumbering discomfort OF
the friends of the murdered ones, who flew to
arms. President Soloque collected his troops
and marched against them. He met them on
| the way, skirnish ensued, and he was driven
back TO Port-au-PrInce.
1t is hard TO trace the course Of these troubles
Ii is stated that Soloque has systematically ex.
cluded the yellows, (who, though the minority
are the most intelligent and substantial por
ton Of the inhabitants,) from ell participation
IN the ofhces OF Government, and has replaced
them BY blacks, who are ignorant aud incapa
bic. 1t was probably upon the remonstranc,
of the yellows, against this prescription, tina
their massacre was decided upon.
| At the latest accounts, all the Influential
men OF the yellows, in and about Port-au
Prince, were either killed or in prison. Wheth
er these troubles will spread TO all parts of tn
Island, and a bloody war of castles ensue, is o
course all conjecture. The news from ihi
lquarter has already been wrapped in mystery
and the present is no exception TO the rule.
Letters received by the owners of the Issa
Franklin, Messrs. b. Clarke & Co., state. tina
the terrible bloodshed at Port.au.Price struc
horror TO all minds. No one could predict no,
it would end, but IL was thought that it Nigh
result in the deposition if not death of Soloque
If the friends of those whom he has SO cruell
murdered should gain the ascendency. terribl
lretribution may be visited upon him and hi
L adherents.
Business had entirely ceased at Portau
Prince.
I The letters from the Island speak .cautious
1 Of the troublesthere. In Cape Haytien an
other ports on the North part of the Island al
was quiet.