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

cane. AT which end, my Lord!,'
said the prisoner.
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PROPER NAMES INrRRpRErED.-A
aron, a mountain, Heb. Abel, vanity,
Heb. Abraham, the father of many,
Heb. Adam, red earth, Heb. Alex
ander, help Of man, Germ. Alfred,
all peace, Sax. Ambrose, immortal,
Germ. Andrew, courageous, Germ.
Arthur, o strong man, Brit. Basil,
kindly, Germ. Bennett, blessed, Lat.
Caesar, adorned with hair, Lat. Ca.
leb, dog, Heb. Cecil, dim, Lat
Charles, noble spirit Germ. Christie.
pher, hearing Christ, Germ. Constan.
tine, resolute, Lat. Cyril, little Cy.
rus. Daniel, God is Judge, Heb
David, beloved, Heb. Edmund, hap
py,,peace, Sax. Edwin happy, cour-
ageous, Sax. Eugene, nobiy deccnd-
cd, Germ. Eustace, standing firm,
Germ. Francis, free, Germ. Fred
eriek, rich, peace, Germ. Geoffey,
jovial, Germ. Gilbert, bright as gold,
Sax. Gregory, watchful, Germ
Gay, the milestone herb, Fr. Henry,
rich lord, Ger. Hugh, high, lofty,
Dutch. Humphrey, domestic peace.
Jacob, supplanter, Heb. John, the
grace Of God, Heb. Jonathan, the
gift of the Lord, Heb. Joseph, addi-
tion, Heb. Isaac, laughter, Heb
Lawrence, crowned with laurel. Lew
is, the defender of the people. Luke,
wood grove, Lat. Mark, a hammer,
Lat. Matthew, gift, Heb. Owen,
well descended, Brit. Patrick, a no.
bleman, Lat. Paul, little, small Lat.
Phillip, lover of horses. Richard,
powerful, Sax. Robert, famous in
council. Stephen, q garland, Germ.
Thomas, q twin, Heb. Walter, a
woodmaster. William, defending ma
ny.
ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES BY
LORD RossE's TELEscopE.-At a
meeting of the Royal Irish Academy,
in Dublin, on the Both of January,
DR.. Robinson announced some astro-
nomical facts in astronomy, which the gi-
gantic telescope of Lord Rosse has re-
Gently brought to light. These relate
to remarkable planetarys nebula,
Hcrschels figure As. This looks like
on oval disc, reminding one of the plan
ct Jupiter, but it appears now to be a
combination of two distinct bodies. In
both these the centre consists of clus-
ter of tolerably large stars; in the first,
surrounded, by vast globe of much
smaller ones; in the other, by fat disc
Of very small stars, which when seen
edgeways, had the appearance Of a raS
This nebula, recently observed throug gh
Lord Roses telescope, has the cen.
trail cluster, the narrow ray and the
surrounding globe. A remarkable
proof Of the defining power of this vast
instrument exists in the fact that DR..
Robinson saw with it the companion of
the we'll known Gamma Andromd:e,
or two blue stars, which he had never
before seen. 1t was discovered by the
celebrated Struvc, with the great Pull
kova refractor, and is very severe
test. The ring of Saturn, by the help
Of Rosse's telescope, shows iregulari-
ties, which are most probably noun
tains, on it's eastern side. 1t is re-
markable that this character of Sa-
turns ring was anticipated by La
Place, though no telescope existing in
his day was sufficiently powerful to
make the discovery.
History OF THE FAMOUS EXPRESS
ION" General Taylor Never ,Suren-
ders." ."--On the 18th of November,
Ney, last of the invading army, left,
Smolensk at the head of 7 or 5000
men. . They had not pro-
ceeded much moro beyond this fatal
spot when they approached the banks
Of the Losmina, where all had been pre-
pared at leisure by the Russians for
their reception. Miloradowitch lay
there ut the head of great force; and
thick mist, which covered the ground,
.ccasioned Ney's column to advance
under the Russian batteries before be.
ing aware Of the danger. A Russian
officer appeared and invited Ney to
caritulate. GA marshal of France
never surronders," answered that in,
trepid general.-,Scotts Napoleon.
a man that cutlives his reputation
soon becomes miserable.