The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-07-04
TnE Wsarnsa Inns continued yerv dry

.TnE WEarHsa Inns continued very dry
and the aspect Of the crops has yisibly
changed during the week. Corn looks
burns up, the grass turning scar and yel.
low, flowers dropping and witheresk The
roads nre In avery awful condition, nnl
the very few breezss we have aro 10 I'M.
prsgusted with particles Of dust that wc
fully ea. II. Tho thernoneler during
The week has been up 10 90, and some, d
the nights hove very been cool. On
Sunday afternoon we were refreshed will,
copIous showers accompanied with ,hun.
der and lightning which continued during
part Of Monday.
10 The congregation Of the Episco.
pal church, under charge Of Rev. Mr..
Elliott, will hold public worship the first
three Sabba,hs Of each month at Brad.
ford Springs.
EE- Hot weather. il is indeed here, but
In Philadelphia, decidedly the warmess
city in tho Union, the Thermometer has
been 100 in the shade and I25 in the
sun. About three degrees warmer than
we have il here.
6T Jones. under sentence Of dealh for
arson, and Wood for murder, have had
their sentences commuted TO imprison.
ment for life by Gov. Fish Of New York.
o. Th. Rev. Dr.. TYLER, the Cath.
olic Bishop Of Rhode Island, died a,
Providence, r. |. on Tuesday week last.
H Gen. TwiGes passed through
Charleston lus. week on his way to ms.
sumo tho command of,he Western Divis.
ion Of the Army.
Hon. Geoge NJ. Dallas is to deliver,
in Philadelphia, a funeral Ora,ion in hon.
or Of the memory Of the lais Ex-Prcsi-
dent Polk.
Rail Road Dividend. Tho Directors
ofthe South. Carolina Rail Road Compa-
ny have declared dividend of one dollar
and fifty CENTS per share, exclusive OF the
Bank Dividend.
New YoRK LOAN TAKEN.-The New
York 6per Gems loan, advertised for by
the Commissioners Of ,hc Canal Fund,
amounting to nearly one million ofdollars
and nearly three quarters. has oil been
taken at premiums ranging from sll,7O
10 al3,O7 per 500.
SINGULAR CIRcuMsrANcE.-Welc learn
by the tclegraph-of very extraordina.
ry circumstance at ST. Louis. 4 Miss
Taylor was taken sick with cholera, on
Sunday. 1t was supposed that sho had
died. Her brother insisted that she
should not be buried until the next day
On Monday, while the funeral prepara.
tons were in progress she suddenly re-.
vived, and now bids fair to recover.
It's rumored w. +. Lcitch hus been ap.
pointed Surveyor of.he port of Charleston.
1t. Mayne Reid, il is now stated, will
leave for Germany with Herr Hccker,
the distinguished German patriot.
OF The So. Ca, Railroad has reduc-
cd its fare from five to three cents q milo.
Nuts fer alae AboaitiOlaisas.
We learn that DR.. James Davis took
with him to Constantinople, from this city,
four slaves and ono free colored man.
Two Of the slaves and the free colored
man have voluntarily returned here in the
brig John Hunter. arrived on Tuesday
from Liverpool. Those slaves have yisi.
ted various places in Europe under temp.
tations TO leave the service Of their owner,
ifthey had chosen, but whatever induce.
menis were held out by abolitionists. they
preferred servitude in the United States
to freedom in Europe.
We understand that one accident oc.
Cured Of q remarkable character in this
connection.--.Dr. Davis, on leaving Mal4
ia for Marseilles, accidentally left one Of
the male servants, with his wife, at the
former place, but transmitted message
to friend to have them conveyed rs early