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


alslpag 50 hropars had already reached fifty
slousand dollars. No further PARTICULARS are
| Cholera AND FANA ATicisM. rThe Thibo-
deaaxs La elasrya, shat tila cholera
sti!l toiltImnllsd q 70 fagS on The plahtatio of
AT 81 Qoslurn, % who had !ost "a slaves by the
disedses5 As species sof graiigious fanaticisn
prevailed among the negroes, who refused all
llhqnse9,l MD, al.l nppeal heaven alone for
z a$sExTfAohDfSARrgAr gArrEAFr 10 ExToRT NON
tEys- "a hosel nlpde OF raising this wind--novel
fur US this country is concerned although oil
~. aaiIeqpsnt occurrences il gland y dytailcd
~ The New H9lk paper. ;t i.,,, a, s., I;
Il seems that Mr.. .. Astor, who enjoys
Wi.hi, tfe isst INV dass s q vsIsl letters ds man
lfdiig Tho respectable sum af fIFTYs sFoJs.ND
PoiiL Ans thd alternative being ihspeiil oiElifs
aud ptopcttY. lliiSs t2astSi sf
lEyiag reason to believe ,hlt there might be
some i,ropriety In asrertnning how far this mat.
'trr was really TO be carried, ir.3 Astor consul.
ttSdll,e Chief Of Police, under whose direction
ihe fulowily9pan Of acton was pursued
|.a IL seems That The letters signed E. Il. Bass
weud and semi 10 G,,ih N {. Astur aud his wife,
required Tho SUN nf S5U ,UO0 to Le delivered 10
person w ho should calI d. Mr.. Asior's Office FOR
the purpose tho claiiii for the mol,ey being bas-
cd upoii alleged coinection fE business iii 1914,
between the ftr.hsr or ihei writer. aud sthe late
John jacob Astara Tho bnsiness lMas The crcd>
table one Of making spurious coiufor ,hesIndi
n
that npon cahi,al;of t2 sutl. .t,00i "a very fair
profit considering the times or this sum, IT..
tle over half million should have fnllrn 10 the
acting Parner IN tho business, the late Mr.. Res:-
w'ad llad his brothrr, but by soma nocus FOCUS,
both OF these Claimants were made to die just in
the right time to save thu necessity Of making
final adjustment fths BUSINESS, mud tle.h at
law now,cGmes forward with his claims. e
In the,let,er 10 Mrs. -Asior, aAstor was di~
rect.d Il he Compiled will. Tho demand, o,,,sert
ur advertisement to that effect in the Herald
In CONSEQUENCE thereof officer Bower inserted
un advertisement in The Herald that tho S5D,-
uuu could be hud by addressing -. r., D. GL the
lleruld Office. TLis called forth all answer, thu,
the money would be called for at ten o'clock on
the l3'h, tho writer directing that the muney
should be put up In pucksg-s, in bills Of the de.
noninatsoh Of $50laud 8, .,uU, and saying that
Il Was usel IS 10 attempt To- find out tho writer
as every thingliud sc arranged as Srender il len.
possible. Officer Buwyer then made up p.ck-
age, Of worthless bills. took tlicn 10 Mr.. Astur
aud told him to deliver them to any person tha,
that called for them, mud thu officers l,lien sta.
toned themselves In different places 10 keel,
look Uut. 6 sS T. e. y TE = agESFftE'$
al len o'clock, q certain Frankin D. Bngg
uppen, ed NJ Mr. Astdr's dor, rrcived The pa
age aud iet, followed BY the officers 10 The cor
,,er OF Cliff aud Fulion-sls., when The officors
urrestrd him. He told tlle officer lhut hp was
directed to;get the pnt krgo ppd ienve il al tie
Un.ted States tlotei aud !, oult lie called for.
He was directed 10 do 80, but! charged not; ID
open his lnou,hto sp"ak. or maks,a Isig,l, aud
officer Read wentswith him. After delivering
the package they, " waited, hut no QUO ca,ne,
und alter short time they loft. F.7. ,ty.tS
Im,n, dn,cly afterwards lsauc A. Briggs made
his appearuncc in the bar ruun,, and receiv ed
the puckuge aud then left, with tho officers cuae
upon his heels. Ic got iutu u s,uge. rode to the
curner Jf B soa.lwny aud Canulsstfre,s. ~ hers lie
yot oul; und The officers ulso al,glitcd. Hc then
went 10 aa txchange office On the curner Of
Mercer-st, where the officers arrested him, with
the Package in his possession. He told the Off.
cer i,e had received letter from Busswuod; tel
liug him that he must get III. packages Of money
from the ,holcl, am, have it exchanged for other
muury, und as fast he exchanged it he must for.
ward It y rhisd 'phia, upd t',nl he might re-
tnin 81 ,5tu Tor his ,e v crs, and ifhc did not do
il his Lille woul,i be taken. Z E7AS,t
Bragg is brothurriu-luw of BgIs, aud he says
that B ges gave hun, directions 10 do us he had
doue, Yesterday inio inuton swus received by
the Chief OF Police that letter in The same hand
wtlting had been received by Mr.,Wum slnitl,
un old aud infirm tnan. but very rich, residing
ut 81. Georges Manor, Long Island, having lhs
anme dnle those received by Mr.. Asror, de-
n.u,,ding S2,000 OIL u penalty Of having his
house burn, and his life destroyed 1t was ev-
identity written BY Briggs, who is we'll known TO
the authorities. The officers deserve tho thu,,ks
Of the community for the very ing.n"us man.
ner in which they detected these rogues.
DUELLING PRoHIBITED.-Prcsident Tay-
lor and his Cabinet have decided that
every officer OF the Army and Navy, and
every man connected with The civil ser.
vice Of The Government, shall be removed
from Office If lie engage in duel.
The effect to the decision Of the Senate,
in declaring Gen. Shields Ineligible, is to
render his election void-nnd The Cover
nor Of Illinois cannot make temporary
appointment. The Legislature of that
Stale does not meet for two years, unless
specially calledy together. {j|a
!AINsUREcTIoN IN CANADA FOR EsHA A powED.