The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-04-04
TO TMHa READER.

TO TME READER.
The assumption Of an Editorial charge
at any time is one of considerable deli
cacy, and it is peculiarly so in the pres.
cnt case, being, in aygreat: measure, q
comparative stranger, although falnil-
iar with the passing events connected
with the interest Of the South. Edu.
Gated at the North in a school of toler-
ance and observation it has been my lot
to bc classed as a "Northern man with
Southern principles and the brief era
ofmy editorial life heretofore has been
identified with the South, its institutions
its rights and interests. The underta-
king is also rendered moro delicate at
the present absorbing and vitaly inter-
esting period Of the history Of tho I'm
ion. A time when the South has to vim.
dicate and uphold its institutions against
Northern fanaticism, rendered peculiar
y necessary at this crisis, by new
administration, entering into the dis
charge of its duties, wavcring between
a sense ofright and wrong, and which
tho enemies of Union and of South
ern institutions are daily rendering
more pliablc to suit their machinations.
The South needs advocates to rouse the
administration to sense of its duties,
to award it justice and to prevent the
turtherancc of the disorganizing influ-
cnce of the North--to be such an ad-
vocate we shall strive to render the
Banner.
The Banner will still be the advocate
of the District, identified in all its in
tercsts and movements. That great
aud important entcrprize-tkc vii
mington & Manchester Rail Road shall
always demand our warmest support
The furtherance Of educational and So
cial interests, new enterprises, by which
tho capital and talent Of the district may
be commanded, the simpliGcation of
agricultural measures and the suprem-
acy of law and order will find &C.
tive support i'll our columns, and in
using our best cndcavors to cater for
the public taste, VIC shall strive, actua-
ted by sense ofright, to avoid giving
offence by word or action.
NJ. M. Moan, Jun.
OUR WORD VERIFIED-The South CGro7i-
man announces the receipt OF IL copy of the
Amt-Slarery Standard published in New
York. 1t is but commencement of the
avalanche intended to be transmitted by mail
ut the behest of NIessrs Fillmore g. Cola
mer, p. NJ. G) and vcrlics our remarks on
the Cabinet made few weeks since.
CoNvIcrED.-Cnpt Stephen Jefferson, who
shot seaman at the wheel, under the i'm
preston that his crew had mutinicd, was con-
Vlctcd OF manslauehtcr on Saturday last at
Charleston, and Judge GILclIRIsT pronounced
sentence as folows-imprsonmn for ono
year and fine of 50. Hon. b. f. HUNT
managed the defence
ANNIvERsARY.---Thu last was the
second anniversary of the surrender of Vera
Cruz to the American forces under General
SCOTT. That glorious event, in which some
OF our citizens participated, took place on the
29th OF March, 1917.
COTTON DESTRoYED-Two tow-boats AT.
tached to the steamer Chatham, laden with
cotton, were burnt on the 9Th ult. near Silver
Bluff, Geo. Twelve hundred bales were con-
sumed. The loss is estimated at S25. 600
covered by insurance.
The Charleston Hotel, after having been
newly furnished from garrct to cellar, was to
be opened positively on Monday last, under
tho guidance Of Mr. ID. MIXER, late of Geor.
gia. ~"
For CALTfoRNL,-The ship Thos. Bennett,
went TO sea on Wednesday last from Charles
ton; carrying out s;xty-two passengers. i