The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-04-18

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for his imme date relief. She told him
Ethe story Of ] John Gilpin (Which had
sbeehtreasured in4hermemory from her,
childhood, to dissipate the gloom Of
the passing hour, its effects on the fan
10y Of Cowper had the sair of enchant-
mont. He informed her the next morn
ing that convulsions of laughter,
brought on by his recollection of her
story, had kept him awake during the
greatest part of the night; and that he
had turned itirlto3a ballad: $50 arose
the pleasant poem Of John Gilpin.
Life Of Cowper. ST Il .s; 5.s,s : . 81 So !
DEATH OF CoMmoDoRE BoIToN.
letter from Genoa, Of Februnry 26,h,.
states the deaihiof Commodore Bolton, Of
iheU. S. Navy. l,appcnrs III the Eng.
lish Daily News, of March 9th, III conncc.
lion with q serious r;ot which broke out
among the Red Republicans. They were
in snarch of the extraordinary royal Com.
missary, Domencio Buila. The rioters
insisted upon searching the Hotel.g where
they had been fold by Tie hoiel.keeper
himself, that Commodore Bolton, who Ind
arrived here some time ngo in the Ameri-t
can frignte the Janiestopr, lay then ser.
iouslyill. They filled the interior Of the
place with such ferocious yells for several
successive hours that number of females
were thrown into Mysteries and conyul.
sions with terror, and the suffering Com.
modorc suddenly expired. The mortal
remains OF the Commodore Bolton were
yesterday conveyed in grent pomp TO their
last place of abode, the English burial
ground here. Several batlnIons Of the
regular troops, line, guard and artillery.
opened the procession. Next came the
pnll, carried alternately by the sailors OF
The Jrmestown and the Sardinian troops;
and Immediately behind this walked, MS
mourners, pretty large body Of the stuff
officers the Sardan army, tho Ameri
cans Of the jamestown, and the English of
the Vesuuius, an e4.gun ship which had
come inlothis harbor the same day. The
day being clear and dry, this naval staff
made very splendid show. The lower
ing Of the coffin was announced 10; The
whole city by six successive volleys fired
by the different troops present al The ccrc.
mony.
ARMY PRoMoTloNs. &c The Nation.
al lntelligencer contains list of two or
three hundred promotions and appoint.
men's, principally by brcvct,) in the
army for the "gallunt and meri,orious
conduct"inthe different actions in Mexi-
CO, made principally by Mr.. Polk.
"Brig. Gems. Brooke, Gibson, Jones
and Towson, TO be Mnjor Generals by brc-
vet. Coils. Wnlbach, Mason aud lawson,
10 be Brig. Generals by brevc,, Major q.
w. l1ugues and Major Turnbull, u. S.
Typographical Engineers, are brcvet,cd
Litut. Colonels; and also Major B. l..
Ceall, Of the 1st Dragons latter for
his gallant conduc, in the battle of Santa
Cruz de Rosales. Brcvel Muior Daniel
/. Chapman, Captain 3D. Infantrv,) is
brevet,cd Lieut.. Colonel
EXAMINATION DAY.--The science
of school examination is very prettily
explained by schoolmastcr's anecdote.
A country school-teacbcr, preparing
for an exhibition of his school. selected
class of pupils, and wrote down the
questions and answers to questions that
he would put to them on examination
day.
The day came and with it came the
hopefuls, all but one. The pupils took
their places as had been arranged, and
all went glibly on until the question for
the absentee, when tie teacher asked:
In whom do you believer?
The pupil who sat next 10 the vacant
seat without noticing whose question it
was replied:
Napoleon Bonapartc.
No, no. angrily exclaimed the
teacher, lin whom do you believer
Napoleon Bonapartc.'
Here the teacher began to smell the
rat, and said:
You believe in the Holy Ghost, do
you not?'
MOI said the pupil; amid roars Of un-
comfortable laughter, 'the boy that be-.
lievcs in the Holy Ghost, hasn't come
to school today; hos at homo sick
abcd.'
A SHREwD REpLY..--A young
TREND OF ours was undergoing an ex-
animation for admission to the bar.
Judge s - had pushed his questions
pretty closely, but the candidate was
never at fault. Finally, the Judge
pounced upon him as follows: "Suppose
that Boston importer should come to
you with case like this" "--.and here the
Judge went on to state one of the most