The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-10-04

NSSAsN A~oJ ASSoN 6AtSo ~ o.
tates possessed by the several, candidates for
President and Vice President. IL is rs fol-
lows: Taylor, $50, O('O or $50. 1000; Case, 81
100000; Van, Buren,, S2OO,OO0; Fillmore,
$4,000: Butler, 10000; and C. F. Adams,
$500, 900; beades afDrt1ne Of not less than
Sl,50O. 900, of which hi, wife will, in the or.
dinary course of nature, room come I'M posees-
sion. Mr.. Adams inherited, all, Or nearly AL
Of his property, and Mr. Cass acquired his
while, in the service OF tls Government. efi
~ The New York Sun s,ntes that The
Prince deJoinville haa rcccntly invested
100000 tinsNew York State stock. This
is what the Disturbances in Europe must
naturally produce to much larger Sex-,
tent than has yet occurred, unless q re-.
action in favor OF public order and The
safety Of property soon succeeds 10 the,
present condition Of affairs. rfSzi S
The ARMY WoRM.'Ehe Columbia
South Curolinian ays:... ( understand
from Mr.. Samuel Vance, thatihe Army
Worm has appenre,lin great numbers il,
the vicinitaiof Milton, Laurens District,
and are making frarlli rnyngcs alnongs,
the grass. We would advise planters not
to sow their crops Of barley and enrIy rye
until they have entirely disappeared, ns
no crop will grow we'll siier i. has been
eaten down by ihem.'' .,5 81
MURDER IN BUrFALo. As three young
men, by the names Of Partridge, MITCHELL.
and Brush. were returning home from the
theatre on Tuesdey night, aud laughing
about the representation Of a negro in the
play, two negroes, passed, and hearing
some remark Of theirs, turned round and
asked what they said shout negroes.
Some reply was given by Brush, when;
he was struck by the. one who had asked
the question. He then ran from the side.
walk into the s,eet, pursued by the negro.
and after short scuffle cried outs boys
and felt, and died in few minutes after.s
wards. 1t was found ,ha, he Ind been:
stabbed with a dirk knife in five rSsix
different places. There WAS one swnund
about two inches wide, in the abdomen,
between the sternGm and navel, and Two
between the fourth and fifth ribs OF The left
side, all ofwhich penetrated deep into the
cavity of the body, other Of which were
pronounced mortal by the physician. He
received servere s'ab; oversthe left eye,
where tho point Of The knifeSis suprosed
to have been left, as ii was broken OIL
his left arm was cut 10 The bone al,oyeihe
elbow, and one finger was cut Oft. The
murderer has been arrested.--N. y. Mir
roY. 5,s qss
CHLoRoroRm hns, il is;snid. been sue.
}cesstnlly employed in France as a motive
power An experiment that has lately
been tired in one ofthe machine mnnniac.
tories Of Pnris, leaves no longer anv doubt
Of the power Of this liquid as a propelling
agent, and Of tho possibility Of EN- ploy.
ing it, at great saving, too, in the pro.
pulsiou Of steam vessels.
The PNEs.-Awrter in the Raleigh Re-
gister makes some observations on the causes
Of the disease among the Pines. He says
that i is worm that is killing them, and that
burning the forests every yearwill destroy
the Worm, or the matter which produces or
fosters Il. But his idea that ~. i, adergrowth,
or the piecea Of bark and CD iT,s made in bark
ing and cutting the tree fortirpentine, pro-
duces or fosters the worm, must be an error;
else why has this effect never been before pro-
duced during the long number of years that
the trees have been making turpentine.-
Fayetteville, North Carolinidn. las u
An act Of treachery and barbari,yj was
perpetrated upon small party of Amer.
can officers! by an overwhelming force Of
Mexican soldiers, at 'Laguna, on the 9th
nlt., which called for summary retribu.
ton. II appears BY letter to tho Phila.
5delPhia Ledger, that Captain .ro,ten, and
his officers, ofthe United States steamer
Water Witch, accepted an inyitntion;to a
bal, got ap;in honor. Of the remuneration
,of Yucataa to Mexico. Evary thing pass.
ed offpleasantly during the evening, tle
American officers being well supplied
with intoxicating liquors. Captain,i,os.en
retired atten CLOCK. The other officera
remained until nearly twof and on getting
into the streets, were assaulted. chased, and
beaten by ihity Mexican soldiers armed
with swords, Capt. Crary had II sn,all
bowie knift,sWith which he de efendef him.
self and associates, until overpoWersd.
He received fourteen wo' ~ and lost a
finger III the melee. Cap. Nicholson, OF
the us. schooner Saratoga, demanded
satisfaction for this ouirage which is said
70 have been prsmeditaied, Che ordefto
the soldiers being to .',rent every Amer.
can like dog, Two days swers given
the a"'horitics Tor an investigation, at the