The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-04-25
News by the Mails. /

fATRicIDE.-Mr. John Kneploy, n yc.y
ry respectable nndmuclIe esteemed citizen,
OF Harrisburg I'a. was killed by his own
son, david, OH The, lib inst. Ii was done
w''llmaliee a6d ID determination knliI
ins parent.
The Legislature ofNcw York has ms.
Sed an acl allowing the agencies of old
european houses to use their co.partncr.
ss.i'p hamns, eveniifthe real partners have
been dead.
PRosREss.-It is no: little remarkable,
MS Indicating the progress Of our country
IN population, that the Senate at present
consists OF the same number as the House
OF Representatives in ,het first Congress-.
The trustees Of tho Baltimore Public
Schools lately tried the experiment Of
nboiishing fogging in those institutions,
but found It would not answer with tho
baltimore boys; SO the use ofthe rod hus
been resumed. ,,s M
Their were upwardsof fifty steam boats
al St. Louis on, the 2sth ult., most Of
which, were either errcceiving or dscharg.
ingssheir freight. 49,
The ST. Louis Republican, Of tho Sd
'ns'nnt, says that no less than three hun.
St!red California emignn,s hnd arrived in
Tint city within the previous three days.
The RIvERs.--The Cairo Delta Of the
81 9th Instant, says that both the Ohio and
Mississippi were falling fast at that point,
Hon. Henry Clay was engaged the
most Of last week in arguing n grent will
case al Winchester, Ky, but failed 10
break it,,
The Taft Print works Mt Providence,
X. i, were destroyed by fire on the night
of the 9Th inst. Damage, $4,000, which
was fully insured.
1.-The North river boats are sill carry
ing passengers between 5Ncw-York and
Albany for SO aud 25 cents.
N. P. Willis, speaking of those who
prideithemselves on their ancestry, says
thn, they are like the reflections Of stars
in thewater they never would have been
there but for The bright originals in hcav-
en- ,,...'' r
IS AS nm example Of the patronage Of the
generalgovernment, it may he stated that
there are five hundred and twenty six
t:inploversin the New York custom house.
with annual sn cries amounting in tic ng-
gregate to s537.372.
SpIRIToUs.-At recent trial in Enr.
land. arising unon an annuity bond, il np-
peared TINT the alligator, n clergyman, was
an hnliinal dr,mknrd, that he could not
find the psalms or lessons and read the
service for Easter on Good Friday!
Erie Rail Road.--Thc passenger lc.
ccipis onihis rond, for tho irst five davs
in April. have been $3.50 per dav, or
seventy.five ncr cent more Than the March
receipts, The freight receipts arc equal
ly productive
YasD DELTcAcY IN THE ExTREME.-A voung
gentleman lately bahing in the Missouri
sriver, ON observing some mc,lndcs approach.
ing, drowned himself from motives cfcx
IRENE delicacy. Foolish young mnn.
Diridend. Georgia Rnil Road
md Banking Company has declared a
- .sssemi,nnnunl dividend Of 1.2 per CT,
payable ON the 17thinst.
CATHoLIcs IN INDA.-It was stated ut
recent public meeting in London. that
Rome numbered in India. 2OPapal bisli-
ops, 1900 priests, and 100000 converts.
Il VIM. Fl. Harrison, grandson of OK.
President Harrison, and we'll known in
Cincinnati AS highly, promising yonnc
man, who, accompanied Col. Webb's Cal.
ifornia party on their wey 10 the gold re.
gion, died Of The cholera on lie Rio
Grande.
The recent annual report of the Bible
Society Of Virginia says That most of the
counties in the State have been visited
during they year, and about 80, 900 copies
nfthe Scriptures have been distributed.
The receipts for the Bible year, ending
April Ist 1s49, amour, to more Than sli.
900. This is perhaps the largest sum
raised in any previous year Of the Socic
ty's history. sa' tt
The Burlington (Towa) Hawkeyc. says:
Agentleman from Kcokuk county, brings
the melancholy intelligence that during
the cold weather of last month, party OF
$ persons were returning home from q
ball, which they attended in thnt county.
and it is supposed that they lost their way,
ashley we're all found frozen TO death on
the prairie.
DEvELopMENTs.-AC Coroncr's inouest
was held on Friday last over the dead
loiy Of fa.negro, discovered in tho lower
edge Of this district, near the Lexington
line. The jury, in identifying the body
found j 70 be that ofApp or Appling, tho
slave Of Martin Posey, charged with the
murder Of Mrs. Posey, who, as our read
ers recolIect, was found dead month or