The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-06-20
News the Mails.


The steamship Isahel, arrived on Mon
DAY week from IIayaila af,er q passage of tor-
fty-one bonrs to Savatin4h. Sic brought no
mays Of fsinpo.ta Ian se SIS
sssg Iiie3 Sugar Refnery Of Harris and
SOcheriianser at N. Y. Wns CONSUMED on the
night Of The 18th inst The loss is estimated
at $4,000, OF Which, half was insured.
Ninety a htousant lsa,nd 3 W ITyaarruats have
been issued TO soldiers who served in tho
9Mexicai, war, giving away to them MS d
bounty a 9, ,60t 900 ncres. Estimating
the. value Of lllis lnnd mt 81 20 j; an acre,
we have an aggregate sss +. of 8 1920, 900.
u The exports of icc from Boston last
rnontl, were a, 500 Ions --making 35,850
tons since January Il ], and being an in
crease of ,23d tons on last 5yenr.s !,
Number ofcnigrants arrived at Boston
week before last ! ,2s5.
SD The stocks iof Massachusetts stand
.lligherin I4ondontllnn those Of New.Y York.
'fheresare $500 applicants for places
in the New York custom House.
The New. ORLEANS FORGERY CasE.---
i he examination Of M.le. gGALLoT, alias
Miss ELISE CLEMENT, charged with for
ging heilame of Mr.. a. MlcHAuD 10, q
note of $4,000, The particulars Of which
were published al ilic time Of, ihe discoy--
cry of the fraud took placa nj New. Or
leans on The 4th. inst. Tie lady was
committed for trial before tho First Dis
trict Court. SKI
sUccEssoR TO LORD ELGIN. The
Kingston Journal mentions d rumor that
Sir CHARLES Grey is to succeed Lord
ELGlN in the Government of Canada. and
be succeeded in jamaica by Lord IIAR!S
Rls, now4of Trinidad. \; .sss
The Arkansas IntcilIgencer ofthe 1sth
n't:5tells pn extraordinary tale concern
ing new gold placer in that State,
near the Arkansns river, which was first
discovered some twenty years ago. and
the extreme richness Of which has but
now boen disclosed. Mining parties have, a,
already fitted out, full Of hopes Of success
the particulars Of which We viii notice
when the proper proof is presented.
CoSsoLAToRY.-I'lle The ST. s;.fLf.cui Louis papers
estimates the loss;to their city by the late
fire Mt million of.do!lars only, and claim
TINT this loss willsbe gain, because the
city will he improved in such a manner
as to more than ovcrcame this loss byEthe6
increasedsyalue ofpropcriy, houses, &c. 81
HoRRIBLE CHARGE.--R Rotnell tLeathers3
has been arrested ut Warren, N. II. on
suspicion of causing the sdealh oil hiss wife,,
hY burning the house in which she ,wns
sleeping. She was blind and insane.
The Russ PAyKMsNT,iin in New York,
is 10 be adopte,liin all the principal Thor
oughfares. 1t has been, found, TO be the
most economical as wei! as The best meth
cd ofstrcet paving now Ii use. They
have several sqtiaresi in Philudelphia paw
ed IN nearly the samo Style
SHOCKING ACCIDENT -.-A boy3eisht Sor
nine yenrs old, in the Richmond (Va.)s
Woolcn Factory, had his right arm first
crushed 10 tho shoulder and lhcn torn. en-
t!rely from his body, by. being drawn into
the machinery mo by a rope he was n,iscliev-
ously throwing ovcrn band wheel.
The foreman Of The machine shop of
the Harlem Company has also made
great Improvement in Oil Boxes, By
which the cars have been run 8, 800 miles
during % days, with consumption Of
only hill a pint Of oil 10 encl, box.
EAST TENNESSEE AND GgnRe1A Raf5s
RoaD,--I'he Dalton Eagle, Of the 9th in
slant says: ave are al length authoris-
cd to announce the gratifying fact, that
this Road will conneciwitll,he State, Road
at this place, and that the ceremony of
breaking ground within the. CITY limits.
will bc;celebrated b. the inhabiian,s and
city authorities, in a manner nlanifesling
The !ll interest felt by The people of Dalton
IN this important measure - s3t
A MILL AT WORK ON sITs soN5N noox
----The partial alarm Of fro ycs,e r{ia,y,rE
morning originated near tho CITY Mills.
By some means during the previous night,
in8thc absence ofthc workn,er,, the mill
machinery was setiir motion and plnyad
out iheiide on its own hook. The 6ra
was occasioned by friction, and was dis.
covered in season 10 prevent any damage
ottmuch consequences. SSalem Register,
4ih inst. AZ 3 K. ,s - 2s7f
APPEARANcE OF 1.ocusTs. Tho Pitts.
burg Post says that The fourteen years To-
Gusts have made their appearance III tho
noighhorhood in great swarms. Tbav
can be gathered off tho ground, in The BAR.
dens, bytlio handful. sss Z.
DEAD.--Wo learn TIM. Stroud md
Taylor, mentioned in our Inst, the former
as being stabbed and tho latter shot, have
boti, since died of their wounds. Wc
learnthat Taylor was shot in Richmond
county, N. G., and not IN Marlboro, ns
before stated Cherd,c Gasette, 12th its3.