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

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s IliE SogTit ssRcfJNA igGus.--iYe are
glad 10 percefYe iiiat tic publication Of this
handsome and vel ilscuDdaeiei sheet is 10 he
removed To GhsroW 3bepeppIe3of Wades-
sboroughaiid Arson count lose yalua-
bic 10 lie rebiGygl of this jonriial, and
The {Press OF MsrflI Carolina orc ot It's best
.specmel,ss we wish the en,crpriEiDg pro-
Iprielar AL; success. and cordially extend 10
nm =. tlle land Welcome into the fraternity OF
t'le = falfne to.-~- S93 Cfr0f fitiiatl
DITTO say We 81 s. s
=, )isTa Essisc MoaraLITY Y.--Tbe Chicago
Jon'nah y. q ille I'd pst says that The line boat
t,op. Ddris let that port last week with
about 100 Swiss plnierants. 81 When i passed
joliet on the MONDAY following; tIere we're
ten dead bodies on board, and a:serpl l8ill of
snip 80 lever. Eve have already besg sburiea.
This dreadldi mortality,it will 90 o,ssr.ed.
was y not IRON cho!era, but "a still uore hateful
disease, the ship fever.
VIRGINIA LEcIsLArurE.- -pba & 1;;aner,i
Assembly, which have been III In session Il ti,e
Warrenton Springs for two months, closed
Their iahors on Friday last, after having COM
peted thc revision OF the code of ths State.
they have made some inlpnrtanpama,rdnlen
IN the laws, and directed 10000 copies TO be
published for distribufop.
The ST. Louis Republican Of the 9Th inst.
public Cemeteries in that place from, tho 2:3I
April to the 9th August, from which we learn
that the late ep!cemic at that place carried of,
5,9o9 OF its inhabitants, out OF a population of
less than 60,9U0 souls. S,
There are 3,535, ,da0 letters il the Bible.
592,4O9 words in the Old Testament, and
lSl, 1852 in the New.
LIGHT HoUsE-The Union states that
| there are in the United States two hundred
and slxty-sevcn light houses; and thirty-two
floating lights along the Atlantic coast.
The to,a! number OF omnibuges plying for
hire in London, is 1900, who bay duty, iIclu.
ding mIe1gr, averaging 80 per month each.
| or .t32o,0oO per annum. The number OF
conductors and drivers is ahou. 1000, who
pay annually ei,75O for their license.
FATHER MATHEWS SEAL-The private
seal OF the Rev. Iheo5ald Mathew represents
a fountain bursting from rock, with the fol-
lowing motto:
Drink from the bubbling foun ain, drink it
Twas gnod FOR Sampson and It's eood FOR
thee"
To DESTROY Commemorative and
mix up some arsenic with boiled p,tato .s and
sprinkle it about The hearth before going 10
bed. B. sure AMI sweep any OF the crumbs
! that nigh. be let early in thu morn;ng ani
burn them up, t,r fear of accidents. The
cochroach is very ioad Of potatoes, ana the
arsenic kills them, aud it is oi such preserp-
| ing nature that no s,cnrh arises from the
dead ones Great care should be taken TO
avoid accidents.
An EN- nen and witty pralate was once
askc,l !! he did not think Tint such one fol-
lowed his conscience. ayes, (said his Grace)
think he does follow itas a man does a horse
in gig-he dries Il Grst,
A Pedestrian Feai worth ment oning was
performed hy professionalism: eiGGn ofths
cty wlo we understand let town olift>ot as
o'clock on Friday mrrhing, and arrived at
the Delaware Water Glp, a distance OF up
ward OF seventy miles, the same evening. On
Monday, alter Two days r2s,, he started Tor
home again on foo, stopped At Roekway souie
hours to AVOID 4 storm, aa.i reached home at
IL O'Clock the same csen.ng-t .Nelrark Dali
! " Adr,
| a Cana! around the falls of the Ohio, on
tho Indiana s.de, is to be constructed, nj Jeff.
crsoArile, terminating one milo and seven
cighths below. Estimated cost S;iSS,000
foar THOUSAND people; nut of popu,atiu.a1
OF sixty thousand d el al Limerick, in oneS
month, OF The cholera
All iaso!vcnis in the English Post Office
| departments are TO be forthwith dismissed.
a CrEloTs FAcr-It is sta,eI HAT oil the
| the hundred and forty Young ladies' who fam
ted last year, more thnu one half .e' into the
arms OF gentlemen. Only one had The nisior-
tune 10 tall on The floor.
During one OF the recent cnrnrenents he ~
tween The Austrians and IIungarians. near
CormoTn battle painter, named i.allcman,
Was Killed by acanrot shot while lie was TAX
ing sketch OF the fight
BgoKsR This torn wls originally applied
TO those whose business it was to break pack
ages and sell by the piece OF less qun,,!tv; it
afterwards came to designate an agent en-
ployed by both buyer and seller, ard is ,hus
defined by the learned 'Trollope: "He is one
who stcppolh in between Iwo men making a
bargain, and plumber bo,h."-LN for The
Lay
There is TO be another grand combat OF
wild beasts at lHadrid in a few weeks The
King, the Queen and the Court are to be
spectators. The bull will have 10 contend,
not salnst linlf tanned tiger, but against a
superb hon OF the most savage species, lately
brought from Africa by NJ Edouard, The fa.
nous beast tanner. NJ. Charles, the owner Of
the defeated on the last occasion, is 10 supply
reinforcement OF a lion, magnificent tiger
and panther.
1MRosIrIoSs os TuE JEws-Tbe Aus.risn
l.loyds states that the Austrian Commanlant
OF Buda and Pcsth has ordered the Jewish
communityoi the two citiest 10 supply. at lis
own cost, within six months. the following
articles to the Imperial army; $4,000 cloaks,
10000 pairs of trousers, $4,000 pair OF shoes,
6o,0O0 shirts, $4,000 pairs of drawers, $4,000
cravats, 10000 yards OF gray cloth, 1900
quintals OF leather for shoes, and 1000 horses
completely equipped. These articles are to
nc delivered at @'ervals OF IS days. and any
delay is 10 be punished with fine Of 500
tior!ns 1t Is stated that when the Russians
and Ans'rians entered Pesth 5000 Of the IN
habtants LETT the civ