The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12
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Three vessels arrived there from Smyrna
a man has been arrested in S.. Louis for
having III his possession "a large quantity of
counterfeit soldiers warrants
TAXATION OF RAILROAD Srocks-A bill
has been reported 10 the Vermont lepts,a
tiIrc taxing railroad stock held l.y non-rcsj
dents 1t is sad there are five millions o,
railroad stock Of that State owned Ly fureiun
stoc ockhol!crs.
i SLANDER.--In the Superior Court ar S,aun.
ton, Va. Il case of considerable interest, II M
ry Edison, sen, vs.. Thomas Surnatc, has been
decided. After an able argument ON both
sues 'he jury returned verdict Of S1S95
damages III favor Of the plaintiff
he Legislature OF Vermont, at its rcccn,
session, appropriated $500 10 procure block
or DOCKS o marble, Or granite, Tor The WASH
'ig'on monument, now III process o! cUnstruc
tion III the city of Washington. '''..
HOSTILE INpllNs-We learn on reliable
authority that several of tho California Eu;
grants by the Soutli. Ro nc have been murder
ell by the Eutaw and Navn hoe Indians. at
the Crossing OF the Colorado 1t is said .ha,
iha.an warriors to the number OF 1000 have
taken hostile position at that place.
Cor. FEEEMoNr.-O la,cs, accoun, from
San Francisco stated Tint Cot. H. would soon
rhEe Tor Sa: Antonio, 10 take his place as u.
,. COMMISSIONER to run the boundary lin.
net" cen our territory and New Mexico
PETER PENcE.-Thc full return of colIcc-
tons Tor the AID of Plus TX. ,Lro.-l,o,,t IN.
United States 'outs up 525,97S 2i The last
remittance was made on the 81 inst Tho
Diocese OF New York contributed :Sii,:,27 III
Purser kcnnon, Of Virginia, has been dis.
missed from tho Naval service for Leiuo =,
2 = ,y.. II
! dollars, ana the clam, against hun has been
! turned over to the proper legal officer o: the
government, for prCSccut.uu araius, his
! honlsmcn.
ING bark E'Dall Swf, from N.w York,
/ noHhd to New Or!caus. w;,s ,o,ai, os, on
me lsHa"s, on The 20 Il nit, The second
/ ''i"'c ana WE'VE Passengers cruWncd-tIic
REMAINDER Of 'lic ere" and passengers saved.
The Delaware Journal hears that tho potato
ROY has made its appearance in the country
/ around ~. Georges. |: has alrcadv cun.;j
craoiy injured the pota:o crop in ,ll.t nc.-h.
borinoh.
he CHOLERA AT TIE Esr-'rh;s
dreadful disease, |; would appear, is making
lis appearance again al Cucinna,,. as vcll ne
at 81 Louis. Th, Co'nmcrc!al records five
ras"S durIn. the three weeks, cn,iur on
! Tuesday last
lHE w loLEshLE SEDrcEr Jonathan G.
NitS mas been convicted ai IIarrisbur,r on a
second indictment, in the matter OF the three
sisters ne Scducca,gni is To be tried on \
thiri. IIH VIII not be sentenced Oh any ono
TIL all are tr cd.
SINGULAR ACcIDENT.-Ol "Wednesday last
youth named Vance, of Adams county,
o"'n wllic employed splitting wood, struck
INC handle Of he axe against loadc,: pistol,
- IA .I,,
charge--thc ball passing through his rirlt
and lodging III his lei III III
The court house aud al o: .Tasrer county,
Texas, were hurnci down on The nigh; of the /
22d ultimo. In tic court house. ,,:,f,r,una,n-
l., were deposit ted the whole records ~ ,ho |
c""r'y.-ihnsc referring 10 pro,a,cs, land. !
ca'nS, liabilities, and al! suits civil and
cr,u!.'Ial.
MORTALITY OF FEEE ElacKs-h writer
~ :he Boston Medical Journal asserts tha, |
the mortality oi the ire" people o; color in the |
O;i.'cd STATES lS more ,han orc hundred nor
cent. greater than that Of The slaves Tbs is |
an assertion which should, all circumstances
being considered, hc taken w:,l .-re., many
grains Oi allowance.
PURCHASE OF MrsE'-M.-Barnm,n, the
curiosity hunter, yesterday bought at Shori.rs
S'ic Pea 'c's large collection of rare and en-.
r'"nS things 4. the Masonic Hal. formerly
kn"W'i AZ ii'c Philadelphia Museum, and in
lis day, the most complete collection of won |
d"rs ever exhibited in the United States
The whole collection was bid off for S"} 500 |,
II tpTohHbly cos, oric cina!iy, nearly 800 600
Li'hI!. L"gcr, H7;!l.
The Washington (Ark } Telegraph states |
That the Whp.c amount of cotton 10 he sh mod !
from above the raj, this year will not reach
h'N'o bales. Last year over 25,OOO bales !
wer" shipped. lfthe GRO? had not Lcen de-
Sir"ycd hy the overflow, the amount o; cotton !
raised ~ The region above The raft would have
reached 10000 bales
PoIIGAMY.-A lady from Lynn, who has
rcccIitiy- ,tvscoa.- from the Mormon so..l7c.i
mcnt at the Great Salt Lake, confirms the
statement that The laws OF the colnnuouv
ncr'nt III" men 10 have as many wives as
they can snp2nrt-thc young being able 10
take care of five or s'x only, and The older
twenty-five or thrty.-Lo:ccY .J"urn0L
il appears from the footing up of the returns
III New York, that the average vote on the
entire Democrat ticket is, 2D2.266: and tha,
, on the entire Wing ticket 2O1.OS. thus giving
The Democratic party small majority on the
popular vote. Considering the distracted
state OF the Democratic party during the la,e
contest this can b" considered great triumph.
l. is quite condemnation o: the prcscn, adj
mIniSlration.
y scientific correspondent Of. the Boston
Courier says that the reported discovery in
London OF Il new mode of ventilation, based
upon lhc prIn"ip!c oi the syphou, Is lnanll,s; Is
"A'r VIII remain at rc>t in any ,ulc--whc,h-
cr ih" tube he s:phonc, or singular, or
SRA gh;-until II IS disturbed! by means OF nm.
nI"ai rarciacl:on, or unlike relation o! lis or;.
iicc5 10 S"iao external action These are
truths that may he demonstrated bv any
school! boy, with piece of lcaacn Pipe and Inc
smoke from ro! OF paper
We understand, says the pltshurg Mcr.
rnry' that The Right Hon. James Gra,tan
c'"eS' son OF the late Henry Grattan. the
great Irish orator and pa,rio.. Lr, sold on, !, :