The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12
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three vessel arrived there from, srnvrna,
"a niaf,il been III este,l n s. 4 ia.
having his possessioli q larse ot,amt;,s ~
q cntint tesieit sol lsinrs warrants. n 81 =
Il I'Ax8TfUH OF RAfLgoap SrorR ! ---A iii
II l,ns becn sFepnrlel 70 the Yerfnont .egisja. |.
a tnre taxing railroad stock held ly nor. resi-.
q dents. II is said there are five millions ot
,l railroad stock OF TINT Slate owned by foreign
3 stOc khoIders. I'7c,
y SLANoER.--Inth the Superior Court al Stann.
Il ton, va. case Of considerable interest. H,n.
ry Edison, sen, VS.. Thomas Sumate, has been
decided. Alter an able argument on both
SIDES, The jury returned n verdict of S1,Sg5
damages IN favor Of the plaintiff.
4 Tie Legislature Of Vermont, at IFS recen,
session, n,apPropriated $500 toprocufc 4 block
or DOCKS OF marble, or granite, for lie Wash.
/ ipgton monument, how in process oi topstruc-
ton in the city Washington. So f' s i.,5.5
HOSTILE IEDILNs.-We learn on reliable
i authority that several of the California Emi-
i grants by the Sou,h. .Ro lie have been murder.
/ ell ny tile Eutaw and Navo hoe Indians. at
1 me cross,Hg OF the Colorado. 1t in said thai
Indian, warriors to, the number of 1000 have
taken hostile position at that place.
Coz FREEaoNT.-Ou latest account from
San francisco stated that Col. +. would soon
| ,eaYe e Ior San Antonio, to take his place as u.
! .. commissioner to rus 9hesi BOUNDARY lin.
pes" cen Our territory anu New Mexico.
PETER PExcs.-The full return of co,lo.
tlons Tor the aid Plus TX. .throuph,ut Tho
United States ioots up 325.07S24. The Iast
Te'I'iitance was niade!on the Sd inst Tho
Diocese OF Sew-fork contributed SG,227 al
Parser Kennon, Of Virginia, has been dis.
ll'sseu rom tic Naval service for being
deiauitcr to The amount OF several ,bous,nd
dollars, and the claim agains, INN has becn
tnrned over TO the proper lcga! officer of tic
government, for prosecution against lie
hondsmcn. t's
The bark Elijah Swift, from New York
pound 10 New Orleans, was totally Ios, nm
me lsaacs, on the 29:h iIt The second
maze ana twelve passengers drownnd-tIe
REMAINDER OF The crew aud passengers saved.
The Delaware Journal hears tia, Tho pto,o
rot has made its appearance in the cn,,,,r,
around st Georges. 1t has already cons;j,
erabiy injured the potato crop in that peirb. |
borh,od. 's"'
The CHOLERA AT THE Wrsr
dreadful disease, 1t would appear, is MAKING
us appearance again at Cincinnati, as we'll as |
al 81. Louis The Commercial records 6vn
c, eases during the three weeks, cnd;np on
Tuesday last 0'u'"s o'
dHE WHOLESALE SEDucEH EH--Jon,than {;
.h'is mas been convicted at HARRISBURG on n |
secopa indictment. in the ilattar OF the Ihrep |
sisters he scduced, and is To be tried On -
third lie will not be sentenced on apv ono
till all are tired. : oA-
SINGULAR AccIDEHT.-Ol Wednesday last I
a youth nhmed Vance, of A,ia.ns county, I
OHIO, while employed splitting wood, struck
the handle Of he axe against loaded pis,oi.
winch was IN his pocket, causing it to dis. /
h.,rgs--the3 ball passing through his riylt
and lodging in his let thigh.
The court house anil jail OF Iasner county.
: Texas, We're burned down on The. nigh, Of tis
ia nttlno. In the court house, unfortunate. |
iy, were deposited tho whole records OF the
cnun.y,--'hpse referring 10 prata,es. land.
claims, liabilities, anu all suits ciyi, and
criminal. s
MORTALITY OF Free BLAcKs.-a writer
N The Boston Medical Journai asserts thnt
the mortality OF the free people OF color in the
United States is more than one hundred nor
cent, greater than that OF the slaves This is |
an assertion which should, all circumstances
oeIng considered, c.iakcn with a great many
grains OF allowance.
PURCHASE OF a MrsErM.-Barnum, the
curiosity hunter, yesterday bought at Shcriifs |
sale Pea'c's large COLLECTION of rnre AMI =,
r ,'ous lhngS u, the Masonic Hall, formerly I
known as Tie Philadelphia Museum. and IN
ITS day, the most complete collection of Won |
ners ever exhibited in the United States
Inc whole collection was bid off for So. 5ftO. |
II probably cost, originally, nearly SI0O,0ilo.-.
lPhil, Lcger, 27,h.
The Washington (Ark ) Telegraph s,a,es
mat the whole amount of cotton ia he sb ppad |
rom above The raft this year will not reach
ouVu bales Last year over 25,O(O bales |
were shipped. 1.-THE crop had not been de. |
stroyed by The overflow, the amount of COTTON |
raised IN The region above The raft would have |
reached 10000 bales.
PoLsGAMY-A lady from lynn, who has |
recently itvErad from the Mormon ,o,.l,.
ment at the Great Salt Lake, confirms tho
statement that The laws of the community
permit the men to have as many wives az
they can snpport-the young hainy able to
take care of five or six only. nd The older
twenty live or thirty.--Lorc. journal.
appears from the footing up Of the returns
IN New York, that the average vote on Tho
/ entire Democrat ticket is, 2u2. .26G; and that
on the entire Wing ticket 2O2.0s, thus giving
the democratic party small majority on The
popular vote Considering the distracted
state OF The Democratic party during the late
contest this can be considered great triumph,
Il is quite condemnation OF, the present ad-
minstration
n scientific correspondent, Of, the Boston
Courier says tha, the reported discovery in
London OF new mode OF ventilation, based
upon the principle OF the syphon, is manites,ly
AR VIII remain at rest in any lubc--whcth
er The tube DC s;pliopic, or singular. or
s'ra'ght--untilit it is disturbed by means Of un.
equal rarefac,on, or unlike relation of its ori-
iiccs TO somc external action. These aro
truths that may he demonstrated by any
school. boy, witha piece of Ieaden pipe and the
smoke from roll OF paper"
We understand, says tho Pittshnrr Mer.
curry, that the Right Hon. james Grattan.
eldest son of the late Henry Graiian, The