The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-01
News BIZ the lslails.

$4,000, haB Just been turned out from
tho foundry Of Mf. Uriah Wells, Of Pc.
tersburg, Va. for the Petersburg aud
Roanoke Railroad.
lisNRy CsAY.-.On Mr.. Clay's arrival
nt vlekaburY, laat month, a round Of ar.
tlllery was fired IN honor Of his arrival.
Tne WESTERN FRoNTlsa.-Tho O,t.
tt,es, Owahns and po.tawatamies are said
tosbe very poor, and to hnve suffered
much during tho past winter. Complaints
\ Nro made oftheir depreda,ions upon The
Mormon population, driving off their cat.
Ito md other animals.
A SrsAM CARRiAaE.-The Newark
Daily Advertiser says that an ingenious
meohanio h that county is at work upon
steam carriage to run on common high.
ways, which is so near completion that
ho expects to DO able to make a public de.
monstra,ion Of tho practicubility of his
invention during tho summer.
Il n severe example was nude by tho
court convened in Washington, Of Joseph
4 Doekhard, q Jerman, who was tried and
conviced oi corrupt pergury, in sweuring
before Justice J. B. Van Tyne that he
was Augustus Goetx, private in com.
pnny NJ. Sd regiment Of United States
Ar,il cry and with intent 10 defraud the
said Goetz Of his land warrant. Judge
Crawford, after suitable admoni,ion,
sentenced the prisoner 10 four years con.
finement in the Pcnitentiary.
Death Of Field Marshal Sir G.. M.
gens.-On Sunday night Field Marshal
Sir George Nugent, Bart, X. c. B.,
expired at his residence, Wcstthorpe
] House, Lite Marlow, at the advanced
ago Of ninely-two. He was the oldes.
general officer in the army. Sir George
ei,,ered the service on the 9th Of July,
l773, which is the date Of his cnsign's
commission. He served throughout the
first American war, having gone out
when lieutenant, and was employed in
the expedition up Hutlson's river, for tho
relief Of Gen. Burgovne's army; was
present at the capture Of Forts Montgom-
ory. and Clinton, by assault, and perform
edvarious other services. Flo returned
in 1908 lieutenant colonel. l.-London
Daily Ne,cs.
a neU Comet was seen by the naked
eye on Tuesday evening at the Cam
bridge United States Observatory. Its
position then was, at forty-eight minutes
and fifiy.two seconds past eight o'clock,
a. r. 14h. 20m. 40. go Sec, dec. North,
Sd deg. 25m. % sec. 1t was seen on the
I1th, 18th and 14ih instants, through The
telescope. 1t is represented as having a
strong, star-like, central condensation, an
extension coma and no tail.
e In relation 10 the brevct appointments,
The National Intelligencer of this morn.
ing says:
Our brethren Of tho press, here and
there have been quite severe upon the vo.
luminous list of breyet appointments lately
confirmed by the Senate, and officially
announced. 1t seems TO be supposed that
these brevets, or at least some Of them,
were conferred by Gen. Taylor since
his accession TO the Presidency. Not so.
Tie nominations were all made by his
predecessor in office.
Lablache in England. Lablache, the
celebrated Basso has just terminated,
says an English paper, musical tour
truly wonderful. From the 29th Of Jan.
uary to the 23d Of February, he sang
every night except Sunday, in different
town, either in England or Sco,land.--
On the l9tb, he sang twice, at Derby and
as Nottingham. He was accompanied
by TbaIberg, his son.in.law, and Mile
Vera.
E5A A D0erennc.-Nnpoleon, President
Of France, who has never been in the ar
my, always appears in the uniform Of the
National Guard. Gen. Taylor, the Ame.
rican President, who has always been in
the army, never appears in military
uniform. Napoleon, it is said, has one
hundred soldiers, besides one hundred SER
wants, in his house. The American
Pfesiden. hns about him no soldiery or
guards. Republlcanism In France Is In
the bud. In America It Is full biown.-
Richmond Republican.
a "A HgRoINE.--Mr. Johns was knocked
overheard OF Cincinnati, md saved by his
daughto,, aged 10 years, who plunged in
alter him.
Kentucky has sent, this year, 10 the
single market Of Cincinnati, over 100, 900
hogs, which realised to the owners,
100000.
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