The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-08-15

A snnptuous and crowdedsu came
oifon Monday night at the Warrenlon
Springs, Virginia, in honor Of L. Fisher,
esq. the author Of the celebrated lecture ON
the South. It was given by the members
OF the Legislature, (now in session at that
place. and The visi,ers II, the Springs aud
The citizens of the vicinity. Col. Hop
kins called out Mr.. Fisher with n toast
and lew remarks, who responded in
very Impressive manner. tIc was fol-
lowed, in like manner, by Gen. Foo,e.1he
Senator from Mississippi, by Ex.Govern-
or William Smith, by Mr.. Conway Rob
lnson, Of Richmond, and by other gentle
tlemcn.-- IFashingion Union.
ENORMOUS RATTLE SyAEE.--A rattle
snake was killed at Chester Village, on
Tuesday by Mr.. WIN. l.. Dickinson,
which measures six feet in length, with
out The head. lis girih was eight inches,
and its tail was ornamcned with a beau
tiful string Of Is ra,les. We believe
this is the largest rattle snake ever killed
i'll this region.
Springfield Rep. Thurseld5SSg'
We see it noticed in the New. Yorl, pa
pcrS that gentleman, named Bennett, re-
Gently swan across the Hudson river in an
obliquc direction, the distance he compass
sed amounting TO nearly four miles. The
feat is said to have been performed in one
hour and half.
CURIOUS FACT.--Onc pint of water
N""vertcd into steam fills space Of near
90 pints, and raises the piston Of n
engine with the force Of many thou
s unds. 1t may afterwards be con-
denscd, and re-appear as pint Of water.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN !ERoNAur.-
The body of an unfortunate nronaut
named Green, who made an ascent from
Cardiff, Wales, in Il balloon, was discov-
cred by semc fishermen on Flathousc
Sands, shoal nearly in the centre Of the
Bristol Channel, about twelve miles South
OF Cardiff. An empty balloon had previ.
ously been found, and it is supposed tha.
pronaut dcscendrd into the water and was
drowned. Eng. Paper
AN AFFAIR OF Honor negroes.
Charles Hanson and Levi Smith, dcliber-
atcly fought with knives at PHILADELPHIA,
on Friday. Hanson is lying at the hospi
tai with mortal wound in his lungs, in
ticted with a cheese knife. Smith has
seven wounds but none arc dangerous.
flc was committed to prison. Jealouslv
was the cause Of the aitray.
THE PArENr DECEPTIVE Hens Nrsr-
Ihis Is one OF the most ingenious contrivan-
ces OF the age, and is the invention of n reuu.
lar down east Yankee. The design is to de-
ceive poultry into the speedy and liberal Law
ing OF eggs, and which is accomplished by the
peculiar construction of the machine. Atthe
bottom OF the nest there is kind of trap door
which works on hinge, being supported bv
a spring. The moment an cgg is placed on
thIs, the trap opens, and lets It fall through
mo cushioned apartment prepared for its
reception. The consequence is that the bird
Just as she rs preparing to cacklc, glanccs at
'he nest ana seeing nothing in it. actually
reasons herself INTO the belief that she has
not ad at all, resumes her position on the
nest IN hopes OF making more successful
effort.
on the first trial OF this curious contriyance
before The Commissioner of Patents. tn TEST
IT'S virtues, singular result was affected. A
large imported Russian hon was located on
The nest and left 10 her medltations. On ac
count OF pressing business, the hen was for
gotten untl the next day, when to the utter
astonlshmcnt OF the commissioner, and even
The inventor himself, on examining the nest
they found nothing iii it but pair of claws,
b''I, an a bunch OF feathers; the mystery was
explained, however, upon examining The
chamber beneath in which they found h1B a
bNstcI ot Dc ;u'ifW rFrs-- tn.C-r Ro-sri;s