The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-08-29

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DEATHs.-During tho past week two en-
incnt citizens of Charleston have been gath.
cred to the fold Mr.. ANDREW MAFFEr, an
old and respected Merchant died on Thurs
day last while in the Bath-house of lis son
at Sullivan's Island from exhaustion produce
ed by the cramp, and Mr. John l.. lczant
departed this life at Glenn Springs, in this
State, on Tuesday evening last, in the 7Oth
year of his age.
CURIOUS WILL"--Among the legacics which
the corporation of Trinity Episcopal Church,
New York, has long had in charge, Is one
made many years ago by John l.cahc. lie
leaves f 1000, with the following instruc-
tons:--
81 give and beqreath unto the Rector and
Inhabitants of the city of New-York, in SgSt,-
munion Of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
in the State OF New York, aud their SUCCESS
sors, one thousand pounds lawful money Of
said State, 20 be by them put out at lawful in
tercst, and the annual incouie thereof 10 be
laid out in sixpcnny wheaton loavcs Of bread,
and distributed on every Sabbath day, in soma
part Of said church, after divine service, in
the morning, to such poor as to them shall
uppear most deserving"
a recent case Of suicide i'll lancaster, Co.
Tennessee, affords a striking instance OF the
ruling passion strong in death" The de-
ceased was OF very economical habits and
having decided to remove himself from this
worlp by means Of gunpowdcr, to save the
expense ot pistol he cast one of lead, wrap
ped The barrel with wire. bore tube hole,
ana discharged it with friction.
UNITED STATES MtSr.--Tho coinage at
The U. s. Mint, in Philadelphia, during tho
month of July, was as follows:
Gold coinage. sl.oss6so
Silver. 2a0OO
Total Sl,l25,690
The receipts Of tn, Nnw-York Custom
iiouse are said to be uausu,lly large at the
present time, rcaching in the ncigh5orhooI
OF one million a week. "Wednesday week
last was tn. heaviest day ever known in the
custom-housc annals; the deposits in the
cashiers Office reaching t,so hundred and
forty:fsc thousand dollars, an amour, which
exceeds, by twenty thoislnl dola,s, The re-
ceipts oi any previous day.
o." \ mans best friend are often found
among those who were to;al strangers to him,
hnh his worst enemies among his own kin
dred.
TIE LlPPARD STrLE.-Mrs. Swishelm.
an od'toess OF one of the Pittshurg, Pa, Jour
nails thus describes:
We know no name for your style; ana
have not learned that any critic invented apv
other than the "Lippard Style" winch must
mean style that rcqurs The writer 10 be bern
with 81. Nirtus's dance, to be nocuatel for
the de!irlnm tremenis, take the nightmare in
the natural way, get badly frightened at a col
iectlono OF snakes, and write under the com
bincd influence o! these manifold causes in
splratton.
THE HArcKEr Nor BURIED--The ST.
Louis Ne'o Era positively con,rad!c,s the
report published some time since, stating ,ha,
Gen. SHIELDS and Judge BREEsE were upon
friendly terms.
Fah,ca, a female slave belong
ing TO the Estate OF Miss Sophia Geurard,
was found dead on Thursday morning in the
piazza OF the house occupied by II. o.
LowNDEs, esq, in Legare street Charleston,
The Coroner's The Jury, after a long and
patient investigation, found that Fa,ima had
come TO her death by blows from an axe, in
llIcted by Ioney her husband, and he was
accordingly committed for trial.
ARRIVAL OF TIE OrIiELLo AT Rio JAN
EIRo.-A Rio Janciro date or July 4th, men
tons the arrival at that port, OF the shin OH
clio OF Charleston bound for San Francisco.
via the Straits OF Magellan, said to have nut
in Tor repairs. The Othelo, sailed on ihe
3lst OF January.
IERRlroRY OF THE UNITED SrArEs.-
The territory not YET formed into State. will
make iorty-six and half States as LARGE as
pennsylvania, OF these, thiry-fve viii be
north OF 81 deg. BON. Eleven and half
south OF 36 deg. 30m The United States
WI then consist oi seventy-six sovereign
states Should Oregon. California and New
MrxIco fly off, and the Rocky Mountains be
me DIVISION between The United States of,he
racine, the Atlantic Union will contain tir,y.
seven sovereign States, the Pacific Union
nineteen gigantic sovereign States.
INDIANA ELEcTIoN.--The Senate stands
as 'o'iowS: Democrats %, Wings u; House
OF Representatives, as far as heard from. Dem.
ocrats DO Wings 36; the Democratic m,i,ri.
ty on joint ballot will be from 20 to d The
Congressional delegation will probably stand
: Wings, Free Soil, and Z Democrats. In
the last Congress il e,ood 4 WHO'S and &;