The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-02-28
eryils, South fsB1pary 28

E. hole on the side .off every bill twIiers The
cnpse wood Sw. thick Eble wild cats
were eqiaglI heard bY night wailing
round tha gss of the rangers of Whit.
tlebafy aat NeadWood. I'he yellow.
hssasse' my ein sns VI d. s,il! pursued in Gran,
bolTne e'!faf thtl his FIJI. replted only
inferior Ia tliat ofthe sabIe. Fen eagles,
measuring more than nine feet between
The extresni,ies of; The 3inga poreyed on on
fish along tic coast fct; Norfolk 30 all
the downs, from the British Channel 4 to
Yorkshire, huge b,istnrtls strayed ii,
troops of :fifly or sixty, FnDti were ofleti
hunted with greyhounds. The marshes
of Cambridgeshire and Lincnlnshire
were covered during some months of eve.
~ gyenr by immense clouds Of cranes.
SPINE ofihese races the progress of; cult.
yhtion has ex.irPated. O G. others Tho
numbers are SO much diminished that
MEN crowd " gaze, as at o Bengal tiger
ot u Polar bear.'' '2f;s I
STORY OF SIR MATTHEW HALE.
A lentle1inn Of considerable estate, 3 re-
} siding il the seastern part of England had
two sonS The Oldest being of i rambling
disposition S&ent abroad. After several years
his father died, when the younger aon de-.
stroycd hisswill. and seized upon the estate.
lie gave out that his eldest brother was dead,
aud bribed sotnc faIse ;yitne - III tsat tbs
truth Of it i'm the course 81 time the seltjar
Sbrpiher rc,S,ned and In m h,.
.etance. IiEs .onnss. br5thes rsnfIsed m him him
Win srorn| tnl1 MI. ba ,sa. ~ ,,,n.,
sertns tbas iii hrn.b t. u.as .lsad iono. ~, ~,
and lie conld bring w;,nssses % =, 'nrnsa @ :
He went around tie parish n,nk;nsf co,n 3, ;,,+s
au,, NJ I.s, came 70 y I,yrvar ,,,hs, ,,,hnr = :
had hon ri Tho no,r r,ans, ,,n,,.n9,, =, ,a.
dertook Lia rn,,se and nn,sraa IN y o.no,n. n
apainsf ,he vo,, ,;o,ar hro,har S;,,,;ah
pGaeii 10 he triei a. The ne - aanarai ,.a;Yas
e. rsdI,s E,r,i =, Esao..S -
The LAWYER havin~ memo en ,a ,e,l IN the ca,,s, of
the poor man SET his wits 10 work to co,,rter. =
net. a. Iaas he h,t mon ,he bannv tbn,,eb,
IorI h;aI Insi;cas tIaIs M "A ccard ~, Sa
aiiew NJ, to Iandon. and iaid one,, tba s,.sef =
ali its rjrc,,ma, ,,,c as Tho ImJar, hassd tta
case pa,entI H. and nrnrnisad all ia ~ ss,,nco =
In hsSpower! Wuh ;hia nhiect bc' .con,riue5
n,a1,ets n, such n manner nv -, hnvc fin.she5
al ha Ius:ness AZ ihe Kinn,s Benrb.. before
the assizes beuan a. (,hel msfoyal Whan
his ssc scarriare. had conyeved h:m down verv
near The seat or lie ass Yes. Ia dismissed ,h's
NOR, ma and al, ;pa eo ana sn,,,yi,, Ant ;ra
house. He founii one occ i,nied RI aTo;licr Af.
Tor snes f,nversa fion; snI -, u inn, i;,,eaif
uereSt sr rscs bIe. Ia nfurnssa IL IA n,;Iler
sinss shsSr6 hsaSrth hitn ana as siha ;,;,lSra
sYlaI, h I'd, "a "a
obieot, Accord ira II lie iut|ee pnt 81, q eus,,I
Plea ap, of the miller e bcat, and armed with
a stick, away b 'marc he'd to CHI he!fnsford, pro-
cured lodging 40 hir liking; aud waited for
the aasizes which were to begin The next day,
When The ;r.al c4me on, he wtikea like an
ignorant country iel.cw backwards and forw.
ards, a!tng he County hall, ami soo,, found out
The poor fell~w who was plaihtifE AS soon
IS he came into the hall The drew upto
HIM.
"My honest fr.end," said he; show is your
tiff "Aly cluse is in a very pracarious situ-
alton, and 1t / loose it / am ri ned for life.''
'Wel, honest frend," replied the miller -
will you take my advice! will let you into
secret, which perhaps you do not know;
every Engiishman has the right and privilege
to except against any juryman through the
whole Twelve; now do you insist upon your
privilege without giving areason why, and
aud will do yon all the service in my pow
er." Accordingly when The clerk of the
court had called over the iurymen, tho plain.
tiff excepted to ono of them by name The
Judge on the bench was highly offended
with This liberty. '"'What do you mean," said
he. by excepting against this gentleman!"
II mean, my lord. to assert my privilege as
an Engl!shnan, without giving my reason
why" Well sir."said the Judge, who had
been deeply btibed," "as you claim tho privilege
who would you wish to have in the pluce Of
that man excepted against!'
safer short time taken into consdera-
tion, he sa'd-my lord, I wish TO have an