The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-11-07

sirous ofascending Mount Washington.
Mr.. Crawford, his host, earnestly be-
sought him not TO make the attempt, the
roads being covered with snow or in
tercepted in many places by runlets of
water which rendered travelling unsafe.
Mr.. Strickland, imagining that Mr..
Crawford wanted to prevent his putting
up at q rival house, turneda deaf eur
to all attempts at discussion. An Eng
lish traveller and guide started with
him, and they went together as far as
Mount Pleasant. Here his compan.
ions declared their intention of turning
back to tho Notch house. Strickland
obstinatcly persisted in taking the route
known rs Fabyan's path, back to the
stage road. In vain did they remon-
strate and plead with him. Neither
warning nor solicitation could induce
him to abandon his plan; and he accor-
dinghy parted from his companions.
On Friday, Mr.. Crawford called at
Fahyan's and learned that Strickland
! had not arrived there. A search was
Immediately instituted; but it was not
until Sunday that they found his body.
His clothes had been previously discov.
cred in hole in the Ammonoosuck
river, where it was not more than two
feet wide. His body, much bruised
and laceratcd, was discovered about a
m'ie from this spot. 1t is supposed that
ne tell into the water, and finding that
he should freeze, in his desperation
threw off his clothes. Another conjcc-
ture is, that he discarded them, while
suffering under mental alteration. Mr..
Strickland was the heir to immense cs.
tates in England. He was graduate
OF the University Of Cambridge, and
about thirtytiyc years Of age. He had
commended himself, while here, to ma.
/ ny literary friends, bv whom hissad fate
is much dcplored.- IYash. Republic.
!iore Bloody Work IN Africa.
Some time ago we gave an account OF
an apparently causeless and aimIess
expedition against certain native towns
in Africa, carried into effect bva con.
siderable English Governor of some pet
ty station on the coast. In looking
over a London paper, not of a very re-
cent date, we ellupon the annexed par
agraph, from which it appears that q
4 toray of the same nature has been exc
cuted by certain Frenchmen; but to
what good end, or on what pretext, we
are not odv;co5 A., VI
ser.
JPesterm Africa.-Lettcrs from St.
Louis, (Scnegal,) of the 25th July,
give the details ola scnguinary engage
mcnt which had taken place between
the French troops and the inhabitants
of the village Of Francyez, (Fontr To-
ra, } some distance up the river. The
| people from the ncig cighboring villages
had joined them to resist the invasion of
the French, and, encouraged By a vic
ry which their countrymcn had gained
over the French, some forty years since,
the negroes awaited the approach of
THEN assallants with great fir,nncss, not
firing single shot until the expedition
was within so yards of them. The
blacks were protected behind barri-
cadcs, and nothing but the muzz!cs Of
their muskots were visible.
AT length the firing began, and, for
twenty minutes, the most determined
resistance was made; at length, the can.
non having partly demolished the bar
ricadcs, Il charge was ordered ard they
were soon carried at the point of the
bayonet, when general rout took
! place, tho blacks throwing away their
arms, and jumping into the river to
swim to the opposite bank. Several
discharges of grape were made az them,
and number of them were killed, af.
ter which the village and all the fields
OF maize were set fire to and destroy
cd. The loss of the blacks is consider
ed to havy been very great, although
only Fifty Of their bodies were found
the rest having beon thrown into the
river. The loss Of the expedition
amounted to four Killed and about t'ir.
ty wounded, seventeen Of whom were
Europeans. The Governor himself
was wounded, but not seriously, just as
he was mounting his horse.
MUsoUITTo COUNTRY. "A writer III
tho Dublin University Magazine thus
Describes the climate and productions Of
Musqr'to, and the description is equal
| " applicable to Nicaragua.
Tho salubrious and mild climate Of
Musquito, places il far above many 9th.
crsettlements on the coast. A cool and
regular breeze tempcrs the torrid heat;
and, unlike most Of the West India Is
lands, you are not baked for one honr,
aud then chilled and cnoaked by a damp