The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-04-18

tile resoliees ofs her sparialitly Ii powerD II q
for his immed diate relief. She, told him
the story Of John Gtsilpin which had
been treasured in 4hermernory from her
childhood, )5to dissipate the gloom of
the passing hour, its effects on tho fan
ICY Of Cowper had the air Of enchant-
ment. Heinformed her the next morn.
ing that conyulsions Of laughter,
brought on by, his recollection Of her
story, had kept him awake during the
greatest part of the night; and that he
had turned itinto;a ballad. 80 arose
the pleasant poem Of John Gilpin.--
Life, Of Cowper. f.
DEATH OF COMMODORE BoLToN.-
letter from Genoa, Of February Goth,
states the dea,hiof Commodore Bolton, Of
the U. S. Navy. ltappcnrs il the Eng
lish Daily News, of March 9Th, in coDncc.
lion with q serious riot; which broke out
among tie Red Republicans. They were
in snurch ofthe extraordinary royal Com.
missary, Domencio Bullu. The rioters
insisted upon searching the Hotel, where
they had been lold by The hotel-keeper
himself, that Commodore Bolton, who hal
arrived here some time ngo in the Ameri.
cnn frigate the Jamestown, lay then ser.
iously i'll. They filled the inte rior OF the
place with such terocious yells for several
successive hours thu, number of females
were thrown into Mysteries and conyul
sions with terror, and the suffering Com.
modorc suddenly expired. The mortal
remains OF the Commodore Bolton were
yesterday conveyed in great pomp to their
last place Of abode, the English burial
ground here. Several battnlions of,hc
regular troops, line, guard, and artillery.
opened the procession. Next came the
pail, carried alternately by the sailors OF
The Jrmcsto,cn and the Snrdinian troops;
and Immediately behind this walked, MS
mourners, pretty large body Of the staff
officers ofthe Sardian army, the Ameri.
cans of the Jamesto,on, and the English of
the Vesuuius, an 81 gun ship which had
come lothis, ,harbor the same day. The
day being clear and dry, this naval staff
made very splendid show. The lower.
ing of3the coffin was announced TO The
whole city BY six successive volleys fired
by the different troops present atthc corc.
mony.
ARMY PRoMoT1oNs. &C. The Nation.
al lntelligcncer contains list of Two or
three hundred promotions and appoint.
ments, principally by brevct,) in the
army for the "gallant and merilorious
conduct" intho different actions in Mcxi-
CO, made principally by Mr.. Polk.
"Brig. Gems. Brooke, Gibson, Jones
and Towson, TO be Major Generals by bre-
vet. Coils. Walbach, Mason and Lawson,
TO be Brig. Generals by brevet, Major e.
w. Iugucs and Major Turnbull, u. S.
Typographical Engineers, are brpvc,,cd
Lieut.. Colonels; and also Major B. L.
Ceall, the 1st Dragons the latter for
his gallant conduct in the bal,le of Santa
Cruz de Rosales. Brevet Muior Daniel
+. Chapman, Captain 3D. lnfantrv,) is
brevet,ed Lieut.. Colonel
EXAMINATION DAY.-The science
of school examination is very prettily
explained by schoolmastcr's anccdote.
"A country school-teacber, preparing
for an exhibition of his school. selected
class of pupils, and wrote down the
questions and answers to questions that
he would put to them on examination
day.
The day came and with it came the
hopefuls, all but one. The pupils took
their places as had been arranged, and
all went glibly on until the question for
the absentee, when tie teacher asked:
ln whonedo you believer
The pupil who sat next TO the ii t, mt
seat without noticing whose question it
was replied:
Napoleon Bonapartc.'
No, no. angrily exclaimed the
teacher. lin whom do you believer
Napoleon Bonaparte.'
Here the teacher began to smell the
rat, and said:
You believe in the Holy Ghost, do
you not?'
MOI said the pupil; amid roars of un.
comfortable laughter, 'the boy that be.
licves in the Holy Ghost, hasn't come
to school today; he's at home sick
abed.'
A SHREwD REpLY..--A young
friend of ours was undergoing an cx.
animation for admission to the bar.
Judge $ had pushed his questions
pretty closely, but the candidate was
never at fault. Finally, the Judge
pounccd upon him as follows: "Suppose
that Boston importer should come to
you with a case like this" land here the
Judge won't on to state one Of the most