The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-03-28


and America hut BY three q Gonsuls, as
in stlhIo aleisntsd Is of the Republic s
s TMH HOME Il MEN Accord.
sng to thes Baltinor P Patriots this hews
sDepaS Stments isl 10 haYe a SSe6re tor inds
d Chief Clerk the former at d salary
of s $6000, and the litter at a salary of,
$4,000, and all its officers are TO. be take
en- from the other Departments, along
with the bureaus which are to be trans.
,ferred from them to the Department Of
the Interior. The new department
takes from the State Depas stment The
superintendent and control OF the Pa
tent OGeefrom Che Treasury De
partment the control Of the Land
Office, the Coast Survey, and We be.
lieye the Light House bureau; and
from tho Executive the control of the
Penitentiary and the commissioners Of
Public Buildings. That is, the heads
of these several bureaus are to report
to the Secretary Of the Interior, instead
ofreporting, as heretofore, to the above
named heads of Depar tments respect
lively, and to the Executive. IS
RULE OF CoURr.--It has been or
dered by the u Supreme Court,
that no counsel shall be permitted ito
speak in the argument Of any case
more than two hours, without the spe-
cial leave Of the Court, granted before
the argument begins. Counsel will mot
bo heard unless printed abstract of
the case be first filed, together with the
points intended to be made, and the
authorities intended to be cited in sup
port of them arranged under the res.
pective points; and no other book or
case can be referred to in the .argu-
ment. If one Of the parties omits to
Tile such q statement, he cannot be
heard, and the case will be hoard e1
parte upon the argument Of the party
by whom the statement is filed. This
rule to take effect on the first day of
December, 1849. ,si j
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FROM YucATAN.---The Ship Gene
see, Capt. Watts, arrived yesterday
from Sisal, having sailed on the 5th
inst. She brought over. a large num-
ber Of passengers among whom were
many officers and 159 priyates of the
American volunteers lately serving in
Yucatan. They have come home, their
term Of service having expired. We
can learn from them little Of news
They represent that the Indians are
now in greater force than they have
been since the war commenced, but we
hear of no successes gainedby them
Not paper have we received, and
such private letters as we have seen
furnish no public intclligence.-N O..
Picayune. .
The Court for this District adjourn
ed on Saturday last, after two weeks
session, having disposed of little more
than half of the business on the Docket.
On Tuesday the 18th inst, Samuel
Butler was tried for the murder of a
slave, the property Of Mr.. Chesley
Wells of this District, and convicted
Of "killing in sudden heat and pas.
sion." The prosecution was conducted
by M. L. Bonham, Solicitor, and Mr..
Yancey; the defence, by Messrs. Car
roll and Bauskctt. @
We cannot refrain from expressing
our pleasure at the remarks of his Hon.
or, Judge Evans, in passing sentence
upon the prisoner. His views touching
the relations Of master and slave, must
meet ready response in every sensi-
bic and rightly disposed mind in the
community. He regards slavery us
sort of patriarchal institution, which
makes the master pater .familias, the
head of the family-who is legally and
morally bound to enforce proper subor-
dination among his slaves, but at the
same time to govern them with patience
and torbearance; to restrain the irrita-
bic feelings of his nature in correcting
them; and to afford them; and to afford
them a atfriendly and tathcrly protec-
tion. For the good of the community,
we trust, his Honor, the presiding
Judge, will favor us with report Of
his remarks for publication. -.Edgefezd
Advertiser. aS
INFLUENCE OF A SM1LE.-It is rela-
tea in tho life of a celebrated mathe-
tician, William Hutton, that respccta-
b!e looking countrywoman called upon