The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-08-29

/ borough and Alisun cGuntySwii lose n val,,o.
bic friend in iIa renewal OF this joirial, and
! the Ercss OF North Carolina orc OF ITS best
| specimens. We w.s!ltle cnIcrpr.siny pro-
rr'"ior all success, and cordially extend 10
l!nI the land OF welcome into the fraternity of
the Paimctio.--So Coroiinian.
D.,to say We.
DISTRESSING MogrAL1rY.--'rbe Chilean,
Jnurnai, If Tie 2d INST, says that ;h, line bo,t
Cor. O'tis let that port last week Win
about 100 Swiss cnigrans. Wber, it passed
Joliet Oil the Monday following, there ,vnro
ten dead bodies on board, and s:,yernl III nf
ship fever Five have already been buried
This dreadful mortality it VII be observed.
was not from cholera, but u still more hateful
disease, the ship fever.
VIRGINIA LHcisLATuEE--Tb Gannr,1
| Assembly, winch have been in session at tho
iParrcaton Springs Tor two montlia, closed
their iahors OH Friday last, after having COM
! plctcd The revision OF the cole of the State.
Ihcy have made some important amendments
in the laws, and directed 10000 copies to be
| published Tor Distribution.
| The 81. Louis Republican Of the Sth inst.
| contains table Of inlcrmen,s in the d d,ffarent
| public Cemeteries III that place. from the 23I
| April to the 9th August, from which we learn
that the late cp.celnic at that place carried off
| o,0c9 OF It's inhabitants, out OF Il population of
less than 10000 souls
There are 3,JJ5i30 letters il the Bible.
592,409 words in the Old Testament, and
! ISL ,252 in the New.
LIGHT lloUsE-The Union states that
there are in the Unite! States two hundred
and 4Xty-scscn light houses; and thir,y-two
floating lights along the Atlantic coast.
The total number Of omnibuacs plying fer
| hire IN London, Is 5000, who bay duty. lnclu-
/ ding mc1r", averaging 80 per month each.
/ or .t323,0Uo per annum. The number OF
! conductors and drivers is ahou, 1903, who
/ pay annually Ei,75o Tor their license
Fivnrn MAruEw's SEAL-The private
! seal OF tha Rev rhco5lld NJ Mlthew represents
, Il fountain bursting from {, rock, with the fol-
! lowing motto:
| Drink from the bmblin, founa;n drink il
/ Twas good for Simpson aud It's good for
thee"
! 10 DESTROY COCUHoACNE.-Takc and
t mix up some arsenic with boiied p,tato - and
/ sprinkle II about tx: hearth before gonr 10
bed. B. sure an! sweep any OF the crumbs
that nigh. be lit e. .rly in the morning ani
barn them up. tr fear Of accidents. The
| cocaroAch iS vcty load Of potatoes, ana tho
/ arsenic kills ;henI, aud it is oi siclia preserv-
'nl nature ;hlt mo s'cAch arseS from the
|
avoid accidents.
! An 2'n naH' and witty prcla,c was once
ask"i Il he 'l'd not think ihrt such a one io!-
lowed hs conscience. "Yrs, (sail ls Grace)
! think he does follow il as a mln does horse
IN gg-hc dries Il FIRST"
! a PEDESTRIAN Feat worth mcnt .oring was
! performed by y Professionalism lcn:an olths
! city whC, we understand lot town on foot at
4 oclo2k on Friday morning, ana arrived at
The Delaware Water Gip, dstancc of up-
| ward OF seventy miles, the SANE evening. On
M"nday, alter iwo days rest, he started Tor
home again on foo, stopped II Rockway some
,','"rs 10 a'"'" S"F''' M reathn'i none at
,''eN '''c same c'e'''hs X -'erH" D"t-
/ y Ha''
y Cana! AROUND the falls o: the Ohio, on
me Indiana SD, Is to he constructed, al jeff
cfsoAV"!e' 'eTnNaiin! one nile and seven
cSl'lhS hc!"w Estimated cos, SjSS,OJ0.
| Fnar thousand people: out of po,n,a,io,s,
OF sixty thousand d cl a, Limerick, in one :
, month, OF The cholera.
All ;,snlvcn,. !, III, r,,.I;.,, D., r,;,
departments are to be forthwith dsmsscu
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! ,bc hYn,rpj mi tor.,, yo,,,'o ,IIo,,,," r,'',
tcI lasr ycar ,nnrc ,j,,,, nrn h,If ~ ;r,n 49,,
arms oi ,,nntinmcn Oni,.nrn l,,j.i, ,,;,.t,.
/ ,uuc To n \ on ii,a finnr
/
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.''' 't",,i" ans ana Ilnnshr'ahE. near
,.it,,, "a 80 p"'n't'' h','''o i'a1cilah,
= G ."'' WINE nc "-s YAK
w.
hHok"h = ms tcf'h "'s originally hpP!ied
10 ''oSe whose ouS'"eS" IL was 10 break pack
"Scs "'" sen oy .n' piece OK less qua lt'ty; 1t
"i''' % VA 10 c",'t , !" ocS'Sni'c an agent cf-