The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-01
Anecdotes OF Gssat Nasis.
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sst. Tlianias Fuller, the fIisi6fiaH, WHa
die 1901 Whs remarkable, HtHbhg oihaE
tfiBgs for his uncommon RoWeraer mems
oryi Aspreofs Of ,his, II ssst6iad, Tint
he could repent five hundred uncdnnesifd
words afler twice hearing them, and re-.
cite the whole of tho signs,ihE tlIaS tfiHgfss
pol ,horoughlare of London hfior eHee
passing through It, and bnok ngaiiii
2. Ono Of the most distinguished Wti..
tors and prcdcliefs Of ihu 17ili century,
was Dr.. fsahc Barrow. Any t5he; Wh0.
ever reud his sermons, r1nst lave beent
struck with their intellectual fertility.
Having occasion TO preach charity ser.
mon before tho lord mayor and aldermen
of I.ondoni he spoke for: three, liours md
q half; and when asked. coming down
from. the pulpit, whether Ito was not tired,
he replied, 'Yes, indeed, I began 10 bo
weary with standing SO; longl y
8. An anecdoie Ii related Of Locke
which shows tho casy terms on which Iio.
stood with several nobIemen Of his day,
and wiichis quito characteristic Of the,
great philosopher. On an occnsion when
several oftIiem wero met a, Lord Ash
ley's house, the party, soon after assemb.
ling sat down 10 cards, no that scnrccly
any conversation took place. q AGer,look.
ing on for some time, the philosopher took,
out his note book, and began 10 write in il,
with much appearance Of gravity, and de-.
liberation. One oftho party observing
this, inquired what lie WINS, writing. my
lord, he replied, II am cndeayoring to profit
as fnr as am able in your company; for
| have waited with impa,ience for, the
honor of being in an assembly Of the
greatest geniuses ofthc age, and having af
length obtained this good fortune, Thought
that could not do, o,bcttcr than write down
your conversation; and indeed have set
down the substance Of what has been eaid
for this hour or two very briefspeci.
mon Of what he had written was sufficient
TO make the objects Of his irony abandon
the card-tablc, and engage in rational
discourse. tR
A. A friend calling on Robt HALL, ask
ed for some brandy and water. s.Call
things by their right names. and you shall
have them,"' he replied. 81 want some
brandy and water" said his friend. ".That
is the current name, but not the proper
one," responded Hall; "call it liquid fire
and distilled dannation, and YOU shall
have gallon, if you IiIho. =
Pine Lcuel.
VI Mr. Bancroft's new volume, the fourth
ofllls "History of the United States" will be.
published in September, and the fifth, which
is nearly allwrtten, will follow in the COM
ing spring. The sheets of the fourth have
been read by friend Of the editor of tho
Home Journal who thinks the Quebec cam
paign, and the character of Pitt, which !itieon-
tains, will he received as the most splendid
specimens Of historical writing yet furnished
by this country. y. !isa5tIe .!;t
ARKANSAS ELEcrroN.-The Vicksburg
Sentinel says that RoANE, Dem. is elected
Governor by small majority. But little in
tercst was felt, and only 1000 or 5000 votes
polled. i 49,. .
MORE Court letter from
on board U. s. ship Albany, at st. Jago de
Cuba. March 2lst, from Hayti, bound to PEN
sacola, says: s.
"Ou- passed midshpmen, four in number,
are all under the matches for refusing to carry
lights down in the rooms of the lieutenants
when calling the reliefs. They will, in all
probability, be tried by court martial on our
arrival at Pensacola, Officers and crew all
WE'LL" ~
% In the Ohio House on the oath ultimo,
the resolution relative to slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, was passed, yeas %, nays
20 One member objected to the bombastic
character Of the resolution, aud two others
objectedto the wording also.
U The substitution OF the English word
"station" for the French word "depot," in
in such common use for the stopping places
of railways, is recommended in the newspa.
pers, as more expressive and better English,
Some of them express the hope that in two
years there will not be a single "depot" in
the United States.
T Boswell once asked Johnson If there
was no possible circumstances under which
suicide would be justitiable. ."No,"was tho
reply. SWELL" says Boswell, suppose n
man had been guilty of somo fraud that he
was equally certain would be found outp'
"Why' shen," says Johnson, "in that case
lot him go to some country where ho Is no,
known, and not to tho devil, where ho Is
known" iars n;