The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-11-07

sirous ofascending Mount Washington
Mr.. Crawford, his host, earnestly be-.
sought him not TO make the attempt, the
roads being covered with snow OF IN
stercepted in many places by runlets Of
water which rendered travelling unsafe.
Mr.. Strickland, imagining that Mr..
Crawford wanted to prevent bis putting
up alta rival house, turned q deaf ear
to all attempts at discussion. An Eng
lish traveller and q guide started with
him, and they went together as far rs
Mount Pleasant. Here his eompan.s
ions declared their intention Of turning
back to the Notch house. Strickland
obstinately persisted in taking the route
known as Fabyan's path, back to tho.
stage road. In,vain did they remon-
strate and plead with him. Neither
warning nor solicitation could induce
him to abandon his plan; and he accor-
dinghy parted from his companions.
On Friday, Mr.. Crawford called at
Fabyan's and learned that Strickland
had not arrived there. A search was
Immediately instituted; but it was not
until Sunday that they found his body.
His clothes had been previously discov.
cred in q hole in the Ammcnoosuck
river, where it was not more than two
feet wide. His body, much bruised
and lacerated, was discovered about a
mic from this spot. 1t is supposed that
he fell into the water, and fnding that
he should freeze, in his desperation
threw off his clothes. Another conjec-
ture is, that he discarded them, willie
suffering under mental alteration. Mr..
Strickland was the heir to immense es.
tates in England. He was a graduate
of the University Of Cambridge. and
about thirty.tive years ofagc. He had
commended himself, while here, to ma,
ny literary friends, BY whom his sad fate
IS much depiorcd. IKash. Republic.
More Bloody IYork na Africa ~
some time ago We gave an account of
an apparently causeless and aimIess
expedition against certain native towns
in Africa, carried into effect bv a con.
siderable English Governor Of some pet
ty station on the coast. Tn looking
over a London paper, not of very re
cent date, we fellupon the annexed par.
agraph, from which it appears that q
toray OF the same nature has been exc.
cuted by certain Frenchmen; but to
what good end, or on what pretext, We
are uot advised --Ntw York Adverti.
ser.
Western Atrfca.-Letters from St.
Louis, (Scnegal,) of the 25th July,
give the details of a srnguinary engage
mcnt which had taken place between
the French troops and the inhabitants
of the village of Francycz, (Fontc To-
ra,) some distance up the river. The
people from the ncighboring villages
had joined them to resist the invasion OF
the French, and, encouraged BY vic
ry which their countrymcn had gained
over the French, some forty years since,
the negroes awaited the approach of
THEN assailants with great fr,nness, not
firing a single shot until the expedition
was within 80 yards Of them. The
blacks were protected behind barri-
cadcs, and nothing but the muzz!es of
their muskcts were visible.
At length the firing began, and, for
twenty minutes, the most determined
resistance was made; at length, the can
non having partly demolished tho bar
ricadcs, q charge was ordered and they
were soon carried at the point Of the
bayonet, when general rout took
place, tho blacks throwing away their
arms, and jumping into the river to
swim to the opposite bank. Several
discharges of grape were made at them,
and a number of them were killed, af.
ter which the village and all tho fields
OF maize were set fire to and destroy
cd. The loss Of the blacks is consider
cd to have been very great, although
only fifty ofthcir bodies were found
the rest having been thrown Into the
river. The loss of the expedition
amounted to four killed aud about thir-
ty wounded, seventeen of whom were
Europeans. The Governor himself
was wounded, but not seriously, just as
he was mounting his horse.
MUsQUITro COUNTRY. "A writer in
tho Dublin University magazine thus
dcacribcs the climate and productions Of
Musquito, and the description is equal.
" applicable to Nicaragua.
Tho salubrious and mild climate Of
Mosquito, placcsit far abov. many 9th.
crsettlements on the coast. A cool and
regular breeze tenpers the torrid heat;
and, unlike most Of the West India Is
lands, you are not baked for one hour,
and then chilled and choaked BY damp
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