The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12
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Two French chemists have discovered
sugar in the sweat Of cholera patients, I
1t is reported that AladIe Rachel is about
to be married to ono OF the attaches of she Z
courts OF Bordeaux.
The daughter Of the Queen of Sweden,
WHO IL about tc marry Lpuis Napoleon, has n
dowry "I G4,00WO sterling
William ilu!nc, The cap,"r of Smith
hrcn, died suddenly on the 27;l, ult, at tho
m:'e Ih;mn'es' near Lcek, aged %.
;, Inc recent accounts from the Cape of Cool
Hope announce the death Dt tho Coveruor of
Nata', his honor Martin West.
more 'iian 'o0 fires, which have consumed
properly estimated TO be worth about f.l50
600, have h'ppened in London since ,Lo hn
ginning oi ih's year.
The East India Club have mrcb,.od g.,
1000 gnneas, The Free Trade Club Uo,,,.;', 'n
81 Jhmes's square, with the library. fnrn;
turc, plate, and lease.
Three thieves were lately canqbt ,a,u
Shciflc';', by the aid of bloodhound. ,vI,,,.
traced Them for several miles, until thev t,oi,
refuge up an apple tree, where they we're.
captured
Mcssrs. lloyle and Sons. OF AIancbester
nave converted one OF their dwellings, n,,,
uctorhtcl rcadng-roolns Tor their workpeople.
al Their prmt works, at Mayfeld.
1 he Board Of Poor-law Guardians al Swim
ton, England, have introduced the pl,onetic
system OF reading Chat is, sound, and total.
~ nc" system OF speiIing) into their schools.
Inc Old Lunc bridge, near 1'ebav, Eng.
'an"' supposed to have been built by the Ro-
mans III the time Of Aurei,is, was washed
~ Hood, las; week, and completely disap-
pcared
LII Il letter TO the London journals, lApr.i
Cilar!c: fiizr"y expresses his indirnatioSss,sa
thc oarharoiS and iyrranica conduct of ~
H. q. Ward, Lord High Commissioned of the
lonlan isles
Intelligence received from the Cape of Good
Hope mentions that al Port Elizabeth thew
nave found new lode at The Maitland mines.
winch is likely 20 equal the Burra Burra.
Tic engineer of the South Eastern Rail.
way has lad IRON seepers in the stead of
wooden ones on portion OF that line, and ex.
prc's mat the greater durability of the iron
VIII rcndcr It achcapcr material than wood.
y popular writer Miss Camilla Toulmin)
states that OF 10000 drapcrs' assistants in
l.,i"n. :hcrc are but 100 married men,
"'S IS Tie result o Il Eyc-law which prevails
among a large class OF metropolitan EMPLOYERS.
Professor k"lIcnati, of Berlin, has pro.
pounded theory that men shed their skins
as ANIMALS 90 Their coats, and that like them
'hcv assume thicker or a thinner COVERING.
"''o'a'i5 70 the climate III which they reside
One o! the officers on board H. VI. S. En-.
terprisc, JUS, returned from The unsuccessful
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin.
says, IN letter to iriend:--"We were with
out The sun for about eighty days, and had the
tcmlerature eighty degrees below freezing,
by Fahrenheit"
Tho Dumtries Standard states, that small
gray plant found in messy situations, and
0"pular'y known as the flower of the moss
has proved cfficacioHs in curing hydrophobia
The Manchester Chamber of Commerce
nave agreed 10 meinoraise the India-house
IN favor o! Mr. Bourne's plan for navigating
me rivers {" India a similar memorial has
been transmitted by the leading mechanics of
ABERDEEN.
The Bahcn government intends to make
us" o. voluntary emigration as a means to get
rid OF the revolutionary elements in the coun-
try. Fer this purpose i, will assist. il is said.
out c the public treasury those who are not
lie 10 dc r"y their cwn expense.
According to n recent statistical accoun,
there arc III the Austrian monarchy, -, in
GLIDING Hungary, l,SSS priests antaF.2G,s,
VIZ: :}3,I23 cures or assistants, and in 7Oi
monaSicrcs l4,:NW monks and clerks, and IN
is converts $500 nuns and novices The
clergy n' hungary is composed OF 10000 in
dividuals.
Not Il single SmIh.--In looking over
The list of The members Of the House of
Representatives we observe there are six
kinHs. four Thompsnns. h,rce Johnsons
- lar
lcrs. and two Browns, but no, single
Smith.
From tho roof Oft Cathedral ut the
Capital Of Nicaragua, no Iessthan ii vol
canoes can be seen, most of which how
ever arc now slnmbering, but all exhibit
ing the traces Of activity in years past.
The Saranac River Plank Road is compile
tod ,"n'' every hodv interes ted in tie pros f
Pernv OF ms P'' of the connry' suill reirre
a. me ann"unccent. Great credit is awar-
dca 10 McSsFs. W1ds an r lie, (the con-
tractors tor !argcharc u Il swork J for the
perseverance and enrry til which they
have carried i iorwar, un,l. The most ad
verse 'rr"nistanccs.-P PA ;burg Republic
an, 2Ih. D
we learn lror the Ollic, RS of the steamer
f"si'"h nat Wen that bot left Louisville
." nGs"ay lioning, it was reported by a
n'a' "h'ch camtin from b. slow, that the An
ore" jackson ant John Hancock, both be-
",''''9 mere, wcr' wrecked in the Mssissip-
y S''N,n@. N.particulars of the time or
io.n'S c""'d oe otam |. We hope there
may be some mists regard to this rumor,.s
| though Nc fear / is iruc.-e Cincinnati Cok
mcrciai, 22d NJ
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