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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-06-21

Dry Goods i'm Charleston.
The subscriber would invite the attention
OF Planters and Families who may visit
Charleston to his stock of
RICH, FANCY, AND STAPLE
DRIl GOODS,
Having made large additions to his room
the past season. he is able to offer greater in
ducements than ever before, to his friends
and customers, and confidently invites atten-
ton to his STOCK as the
Most EctenSiue IN Southern
Country.
1t is intended to embrace every article in
the Dry Goods Line.
Our front sales room will contain COM
plete assortment of
LADIES' RICH DRESS GOODS
Silks, Muslins, Bareges, Cashmercs, Alpac-
cas-, Bombazines, Sha,ols, Aiantles,
NIantillas, Visenes, dc.
GENILEMENS GOODS.
Linens, Linen Fabrics, Hosiery S'c. dc.
In our Domestic Rooms will be found
very full assortment of Domcstics.
Negro Goods, Blankets,
Osalaburgs, &c. &c.
pPartcular attention paid to this depart
ment of our business And Planters will
find our stock and prices we'll worthy their
attention.
Onr facilities for purchasing goods, are
such, that we are able to offer them at such
prices, as defy competition.
+. w. BANCROFT,
253 King st. Charleston, S. G..
N. BIN our Wholesale rooms, we offer
large and we'll selected STOCK to Mcr-
chants for cash or approved paper, at such
prices as are well worthy the attention Of
close buyers, for close markets.
March l, 1913. 19 ly
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-06-21
SOUTH CAROLINA---SUNlTER DIST.

SOUTH CAROLINA---SUMTER DIST.
Elijah Reynolds Declaration in At
VS.; tachme,l in Assun,-
Isaac D. Whitworth. sit.
Whereas the Plaintiff in tile above stated
case having this day filed his Declaration
against the Defendant, who is absent from
and without the limits of the State, las it is
sa'd) and having neither wife nor Attorney
known, upon whom copy of the above De-
claraton, with a rule to plead thereto, NAV be
served: 1t is therefore in pursuance Of the
Acts OF the General Assembly of tho State
IN such cases made and provided, Ordered
that the Defendant do plead thereto on or be-
fore the eighteenth day Of June, a. D., ls4s,
1.hsrwise a e, final and absolute Judgement will
De then given and awarded against him.
Office Com. Pleas, Sumter Dist,
18th June, 1s47.
]. D. JONES, c. C. c.P.
June %. (S69 81 qfIcyd
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
Cool Lerd. Good Devil.

Franz Hem tells us in one Of his frisky little
sentences, describing the betweenity which so
remarkably characterised the great Erasmus,
that Erasmus was like man who should build
a splendid church for the service Of God, with a
nice little chapel beside, in which he might
occasionally worship the Devil. And il is told
of certain heather nations, that they explain
the great honor they pay the latter, by saying,
they DO not know into whose hands they may fall
after death There is a great deal Of human ma
tuTe in thee stones, as there is said 20 be, by
good authority, in man genencally, and, as our
friend, DR. Bailey says, in the National Era in
particular. The four words at the head Of this
paragraph Illustrate every important and com.
mon trait il human character. Hudibras shows
one phase If it in the worthy men who
Compound for sins they are inclined TO,
BY danning those they have no mindto,
and of another respectable individual some
modern genius has hung,
Paul, with his charity his conscience ealms
He steals pig and gives the tail for aims;
The following anecdotes, we think, cast some
light on the same trait. We give it as we got il
from dignIfed divine Of our acquaintance
who adds TO the character of one of the most la
bonous and useful Of western clergymen, IN,
agreeable conoomitant Of being one of the mosi
companionable-may his shadow (which is nc
small onel never be less!
Dunng the late war with Great Britain, a sen
unel was stationed IN small barn on the lines
which had the reputation of being haunted-tht
upper story was "full of emptiness" 10 all ap
pearance, YET every night was heard, by the ter
ried soldier on duty, rolling and rumblng, a:
of dozen barrels over head, and, very natural
ly the soldiers became very 10th to occupy it aftel
dark. A Dragging fellow, offered his services
for the duty, with many protestations of fear
lessness and taunts on his comrades for beins
so easily SHARED. Pretty soon after he heard the
NOISE begin, and whistled stoutly to keep his
courage up-afteT awhile he called out, ''Who':
therel" and as the noise went on and increased
he gathered up all his oozing valor into the tire
mendous andcomprehensiveadu "ln tn,
name Of the Father, the Son, and the Hol,
Ghost, what the ID are you doing up there.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
Aous Of Teuspernuee.

The annual meeting Of the Grand Division
of Kentucky will be held in our city next
week. A full attendance is expected, and IL
any opinion can be formed from previous meet
ings, We have reason to look for an assemblage
Of men whose characters and intellectual abili-
ties would do honor TO any State.
Ii has been a matter of surprise in every city
and town in which the Grand Division has met,
that the Order Of the Sons of Temperance has
awakened 80 universal an interest In its ranks
are found men Of every profession and employ
msnt, rich mon and poor mon, men not known
beyond their little circle of friends and men with
nationwide reputation.
The success Of this association Is truly won
derful- Established six years ago in New Y ork,
il now has its blanehes in almost EVERY State
and territory Of the Union, and enroIs on its
books, We believe, nearly two hundred thousand
members.
What is the secret of its SUGGEST The an
swer to this question is found in one word, the
word, brotherhood. This society has brought
out into bold relief the great principle of fra
ternity. Its leading idea is, that man is bound
10 feel an interest in his fellow man, and that
that interest is not TO cease because his fellow
man is unfortunate and degraded. but rather TO
increase Misfortune and degradation present
strong reasons for earnest, heart felt unwearied
efforts in behalf Of their victims; and these eff
forts are to be made in the spirit Of kindness.
This is the great principle of the association
and it is this which has given it so strong hold
upon the affections Of large portion Of the
community. The unhappy man, who for years
has been in bondage to appetite, who has regard
ed himself and been regarded by others as an
outcast, enters this society and is addressed as
bIother. The word Of kindness is spoken in
kindly tone, the hand Of friendship gives its
warm grasp, hope, long dead in the sepulchre
of his heart, comes TO life and he resolves to be
man.
He is cheerec in his efforts. Encouraging
words are uttered, the eye Of affection follows
him with tender sOieitude, and every induce.
ment, which the human heart can feel, is pre-.
scented.
The good already effected by this Order is
immeasurable, and that its future career may
be crowned with success, must be the earnest
desire Of every friend of humanity.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

tianiiy We confess ourselves so dull as to be
unable 10 find such sanction either IN the CON-
mandnents pronounced by The Savior second TO
but one. 'lovc thy neighbof thyscfi, OF IN ITS
golden synonyme, Edo uBto others as you would
have Others do unto you" We admit, moreover,
our mental obtuscness TO be 80 great, that we
have never been able TO see how deed, which
il done TO man of fair skin, is an act OF intol-
cradle cruelty, and unreasonable wrong, be-
comes, when done TO man of darker hue, hn'
name and christian deed. Perhaps, we should
bewail our moral peryerity and our mental dull
ness, but IN our simplicity we cannot help yearn-
ing for the time to come when Christians, at
least, professed christians, will regard night, not
as matter of circumstance, but OF immutable,
everlasting principle, and when they will see
and acknowledge that right is always and only
night, and wrong always and only wrong.
One other thought is suggested to us by the
article in the Alabama Tribune.
II was the moral worth, the high character, o.
Pierre Chastang, which caused the merchants OF
Mobile to procure his emancipation. Whatever
may have been their abstract notions of slavery,
they felt that il was wrong foI such a man TO be
enslaved. And, by the way, it is somewhat Gu
nous, If slavery is so great blessing as some
| Christians would claim, that whenever a slave
performs some heroic deed or manifests noble
character, the spontaneous and universal feel
ing is, that that man ought 10 be free
| Now IT seems TO US, that if slavery be indeed
so great blessing, an altogether different emo
ton should be experienced that whenever a
man exhibits nobleness of soul and greatness OF
heart, the universal sentiment should be, that
that man deserves everlasting slavery.
But whether slavery be blessing or not, all
hearts respond TO the hearts of the Mobile mer
chants, that il is no condition for an intelligent
and good nan like Pierre Chastang to be placed
in. And from This universal experience, the
friends of Emancipation may draw a lesson
Just in proportion as slaves manfestintelligence
and moral worth, the evil of slavery is acknowl
edged. Let, then, every effort for the education
the religious and intellectual education, of TIT
colored people be made, that they may have al
opportunity of becoming intelligent and viItu
/ Gus, and thus Fastening the advent of the day
when the institution, which dooms them TO igno
rance and degradation, shall pass away, an(
, universal Intelligence go hand in hand with uni
yersal lbery.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

The annual meeting Of Friends ,OrthOtsi
was recently held at Richmend. Indiana Ths
is very interesting occasion for this BODY
our religious people. The number in aiisndah,.
was very large. The Palladium says tie g.
lowing facts were ascertained with cOuscsrai-
accuracy. There were on the premises aeon.
ing the meeting house. 400 travelling vshc.,
of various KINDS. These may be estimate b
contain, upon an average, pesSns, makilg
1000 There were 226 came on HORSEBACK, an
7l6 persons returned from the meeting on ssi
besides about "a in carriages and Omnibl'-s
furnished from the city, making in ali 265oPs.
sons
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
frmll In Kemsucky.

During recent trip of some one hundred
miles into the interior, through some of the
finest parts Of the State, we were much surpris-
ed at the scarcity of good fruit-almost every
orchard we could see from the road was either
dead or dying-in fact we saw but one that could
be called thriving, and that belonged TO a mar
ket-man in the neighborhood of Lexington. 1t
surprised net little to find the mos, splendid
farms, in the highest state of cultivation, and
not single decent specimen of any kind Of
fruit fit even to feed hogs; we suppose of course
there is good fruit here and there--all we can
say is, thatin asojourn of more than two weeks
in some of the finest counties, and on some OF
the most beautiful farms in the State or out of
1t, did not get TO eat, in the midst of the sea-
son for it, even third rate apple. We are in
formed by an old citizen, that one reason, per-
haps the principal one, for the neglect of old
orchards is, that the fruit in them is generally
worthless. In the early settlement of Ken
lucky, land titles were proverbially uncertain
man never could be certain bat that some
other mans tract would prove to be lying Just
atop Of his; but in such cases the loser was al
lowed the appraised value of his improvements,
and in such appraisements, a bearing fruit tree
(even If a crab or a choke-pear, We suppose, J
was valued at five dollars. Consequently the
first thing a settler would do, in such state Of
dubiety, was to follow Dumbiedike's advice to
his son, to be save stickin in tree" withou,
much, IL any, regard to kind or quality. Thi,
is certainly an apology for letting such fruit die
men as Orr, Byron, and Allen offer the mos
luscious varieties, tested by long experience, a
a price within the reach Of all.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

We are happy to state that this sublime com
position is soon to be performed in this city
II has never been performed in the West, except
about eleven years ago, when Madame Caradori
Allen was in Cincinnati. The musical profess
sors in the city deserve grsat credit for the ef-
forts they have made to bring out this Oratorio,
and We hope the citizens OF Louisville will show
their taste by filling the house. We believe
that there is great deal Of correct musical taste
in our city. and we should be much mortified TO
see an empty seat in ST. Paul's Church on the
evening when this Oratorio is performed-es-
peclally an empty one is scarcely ever seen
when men with blackened faces sing "negro
songs" All the proceeds of the performance
are for the benefit Of St. Johns Church.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
The Weekly Nla.senuer.

We have omitted to notice this popular journ-
al since II has entered upon lis second volume,
"with," as we are glad to learn, increasing
evidences Of prosperity" 1t is devoted to the
cause Of temperance, and is the official organ
Of the order in Kentucky. Its object is, not
merely to advocate the cause Of temperance, but
to furnish to families literary selections of pure
and unexcep.ionable matter, and to the general
reader important foreign and domestic news, to
give, in short, judicious epitome of all that is
most interesting and instructive at home and
abroad. Its editorials are able and scholarly,
and commend themselves to the reader, by their
gentlemanly and courteous tone.
1t is beautifully printed in quarto, at two dol
lars per annum, at the Office Of the Publishers
Messrs. Underwood & Young. See Prospectus
in another column
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
Grens Ftre In Peu.aceln.

Our New Orleans papers Inform us that FIRE
occurred in Pensacola on the 25th ult., which
destroyed the principal portion of that town.
1t broke out about hali-past l O'Clock in the
morning, and destroyed thiry-ive or forty
buildings. The private residence of Col VII.
son, U. S. A., was also burned. II was feared
that great deal Of distress would be the conse-
quence of this disaster, as many persons had
lost all Their furniture as well as everything else
Mr.. Inneranty's loss is estimated at $4,000;
and the entire loss is set down at $4,000 to
$4,000.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
Illinois ana Michigan Canal.

The sales Of lands granted to aid the Illinois
and Michigan canal, have been highly success
full The Chicago Journal says that the aggre-
gate amount of the sales will not vary materially
from $3.50, 900, one quarter Of which, with the
interest on the balance in advance, is required
TO be paid down in par funds, which creates
much stringency in the money market there.
OF the amount sold, about one half was for
Chicago city lots. $4,000 at Lockport, ssa,-
600 at Ottawa, $4,000 at Lasalle, 50 900 at
Morris, &c, and the balance for farming lands
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

We learn that the Professorship Of Theology
in this important institution, recently rendered 10
Rev. Dr. Mac Master, President of Miami Uni
versity, has been declined by him. No one can
doubt DR.. Mac Masters eminent qualifications,
his great learning, vigorous intellect, and adml-
rable talent for teaching, in which he excels
any man we ever knew. And we should, we
confess, have been pleased to see preside over
this western school Of the Prophets, a man
whose trumpet would give no uncertain sound on
the great question of the day; who would not
teach his pupils anything about our ''patrarchal
institutions" ''handed down from those good
old SHAREHOLDERS, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
now in the kingdom Of Heaven" who has the
mind TO perceive, and the courage TO proclaim
that American slavery, as a system, meets with
no countenance from the word of God, and who
endorses to the fun, the bold and emphatic decla-
ration of Rev. Dr.. r. ]. Breckenridge, OF Lex.
ington, that the man who cannot see that slave
| ~ is an enormous outrage on all the nights OF
human nature, has simply no moral sense. 1--WE
quote from memory, but think these are very
nearly the exact words Of DIR. BIS declaration.)
Such men, among the leaders of their church,
are few and far between, and removed as they
are from the crazy fanaticism of one extreme,
and the coldblooded indifference of the other
they can and will exert great influence for good
in the contest that is now upon US
The complete and gratifying manner in which
DR.. NJ, has been recently sustained by the trus
tees of Miami University, in hong aud painful
contest which he has waged with part of the
students and faculty, and his former unpleasant
relations with majority of the Synod of lndi
ana, in which the Seminary is located, and b,
which it was established, have doubtless hat
their effect in producing his decision
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
R.iIr.aa. Liable for D.-..c by Fire.

The Supreme Court at Northampton have
given Judgment in favor Of the Springfield Mu-
tual Insurance Company against the Western
Railroad, for the amount Of ss23 50, with sIO7
60 interest-the first named sum being the
amount paid by the Insurance Company for the
burning of house in ls45, which was set on
fire by locomotive Of the Western Railroad.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

Mrs. Frances A. Maffitt, wife Of Rev. John
N. Mafitt, died on Saturday, 3Oth ult., at the
residence Of her steP-father, John Pierce, ESQ.
in Willoughby street. Brooklyn Her disease
was typhus fever. She was about Is years of
age. and possessed of great personal beauty
Her funeral, which was very numerOusly at
tended, took place on Sunday afternoon.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

Rev. DIR. j. o. Choulss, of Rhode Island, de.
iivered the opening address Of the annual fair Of
the American Institute, in New York. He well
remarked; MANY parents show disposition to
raise their children to live without labor; but
they will raise generation which will curse
their ancestry" .L
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
Msr~e. sesaIsn.sn, I'm Tex,,.

The Mormons have lately been negotiating
for the purchase of a large tract Of land on the
Pisrdsnalss, above Fredericksburg, Texas, and
intend to form new settlement there. The
anxiety they manifest to purchase this land, has
excited some suspicious that they have discover
ed some valuable mines upon it,
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

The Spanish government has opened a'or-'-
Pondenee with Mr.. Saunders, the Ams-ca-
Minister at Madrid. in relation to some PlOi a.
to be on foot to deliver over the Island Of Cs's
to the Yankee Nation. Mr. Saahdsrs' s,9.saa.
tons were satisfactory.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

As decided upon by the French National As
sembly on the sth ult., a days labor is limited
to IL hours in the manufactures. A former
law, for ten hours, gave general dissatisfaction.
and was rejected by Gle to g.. Four workmen
took part in the debate.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

The Society Of Friends in England i'''.-
and America, contributed. from the end o. ~
vember. 1916, to the LIST Of May, ls4s' no -
sum than fl93.ss2 Is. lOd. for the ren'
distress in Ireland.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

AT the sale in Philadelphia on hes-ag' "
1913 acres Of Western lands. Illinois 5Dasa
from IS cents to IS IS per acre, and Ws'oa'-
81 O5 to 6 5OPer acre. The average vas PH'
ably about 81. The sale was BY oIlsT q u
trustees Of the late U. 5 Bank.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
an Hail, Della ware.

heart thTobs with the lle-blood Of liberty. God
bless her.
SLAVERY IN DELkwARE.-The Blue Hens
Chicken says: "The petition for the abolition OF
slavery IN this State is receiving the signature OF
almost ali Of our citizens. From appearances II
WILDE one Of the largest petitions ever Offered
10 our legislature"
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

In the recent debate in the French NsiS--
Assembly, NJ. de TOcqueville eulOgissd The . >
ted States, and said tina; ours was the oniJ %
republic in existence.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

The General Conference Of the Nssis''-
Methodist Connection Of America, eomInen''-
in New York on the 18th inst IL mesls even
four years, this being the second.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

REslsSED.-lIon. Horace Mann has -,
the Office he has SO long filled, OF Seefs''' ,.s
Board Of Education Of Massachusetts u.s.
Board have elected ia his place the he'' =.
has Sears, now of the Newton ThsOlosen -.
nary. Dr. Sears is a Baptist, and 'A'A 40.
schslszship, breadth Of views and sne'ss
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

The quantity Of -four received at BOs''a D
the week ending the LIST inst, was 2i,iSi hri''
Of which 1899 barrels was received By N
Western Railroad.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

The total number Of immigrants arn'ei .
New York from list January last, % SEPT ~ B
I43, 23s, more than one half Of whom an i'l'
Irelanl
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
storm On Long Hsiasd seana-The Aeadia's
Mails Left.

The storm on Long Island Sound, on Tuesday
night, was very severe. The Connecticut, with
the steamers mail, arrived at Boston, at ~ 20
P. NJ. The British Mail Steamer Acadia sailed
at 10 NJ, consequently the whole mail was left
behind
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

During the past season there were kilsi a
the city Of New York. two thousand 81 han
bred and seventeen dogs, which were aala =
large, contrary to law.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

A band Of German Musicians, twenty ~
in number, Of which twenty-fOur are ''''
formers, have Just arrived in New Nors
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

U We send, occasionally, number Of the
EXAMINES 10 persons uho are not subscribers, IN
the hope, that By perusai Of it, they may be an
dacsd 10 subscribe
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

Encke's Comet can now be seen with an mr..
binary telescope, and in about three weeks will
probably be visible to the naked eye.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

AT the fair Of the American Institute, in New
York, is a cheese 1900 pounds in weight. made
in Ashtabula county, Ohio.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
Grers Land sale.

All widows Of revolutionary soldiers maiI's-
previous TO 1900, are hereafter TO draw Pehsi0a'
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

EWING AkRKsrED.-It will be seen o' W
lowing copy of teIegsphie despatch reeei'so ~.
terday by NJ. Speed, our indefatigaoie e'H =
shall, that Mr.. Robert Ewing was arrested y
Marshal OF Evansville yesterday on The s'''-
WesisTa:
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
EY,NsHILLE, Oct I'M,

EvaNSvIILE. Oct iiih,
25minutes past 1, p u
SR:-I have arrested Robert Eriag Aha -
in Jail He acknowledged shooting hsiis-
bring him uPl Nonrs' .ru
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14
For aaIHfornan .

The barque Hermione. cleared at Philadelphia
for New Orleans, has on board a company Of
soldiers destined for California.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

Boston ice may be had in great abundance al
Vera Cruz, at Is cents, per ID.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

Under the Bridge, Oct. 10, ls4s.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-14

- W ~ ~ r. M a a