The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-23
News by the Mails.

Ihe Louisiana Democratic Sfnte CDr,a "
ycniios, Mt Baton Rouge has nominated
as candidates Gen. ]. Walker far Cav.
ernor; Hon. : B. PlaucIe, fors Lietiial,.
ant Governor; and q. edoux, liz, for.
4. Auditor. y -. ''s
! The New York city Orphan Society
spent % ,3si7 4s last yea, leaving sla00
unpaid.
A bout two hundred thousand dollars
worth OF California gold has been receiiy-
/ ed In England.
Tho Cholera has destroyed 1900 Is I.
sons at Glasgow Scotland since last No.
vember. 81.
/ WY is q clergymsn's horse liksl 4
King - Becausc he is guided by q minis
ter,
LADY BLEssrSGros edits nc LndsYss
Ne'cs. paper, and Count p orsay desigus
for il.
MANY English ahips are atlsettiscd ipr
California; price Of: passage irom Ipi,den,
af The first mate oftlie steam ship Cres.
cent City was unfortunately killed while
firing q assalale of cannon illo day she len
Chagres. |as5 81
An ounce weight of Flanders thread
has frequently n been sold il I.onlocln FOR
t4, and its value when manufactured,
has been Increased TO eco, more Than
ten ten times The price of standard gold
The greatest activity pfeYaila along the
entire unfinished line of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal. A few days since, tlls
force employed exceeded twelve hnpdred
men, and was increasing us fast ns Il
could be rendered eifieient. y:
4 Telegrephic despntcl, dated Cincin,
nat May II states that Judge Rrongh,
Presiding Judge Of the Hamilton County
Court OF Common Pleas. iate Editor of
the Enquirer, was seized by thc Cholera.
that morning. and expired that afternoon
at 5 o'clock.
4 The river has risen s ieet since yesfer.
day. ss,
The Board Of lHealth reports es new
cases Of Cholera within tho last % hours.
and six deaths. The number Of cases for
the week ending Wednesday We're. ll4.
end deaths 80. aye
- upge sAs w .Fssy etlsI of Missouri, and
Mr. Henderhatt of Iowa, have been t,p-
pointed TO run the boundary line between
Missouri and Iowa, in accordance with
the decree of the Supreme Court Of the
United lJn Stntes, at lis session last winter.
+ A horrid murder was committed lin
Cincinnati zinc on The 9th inst, under. The fol.
lowing circumstances: A police officer,
Ssnter, in pursuit of a notorious burglar
named fsanc Jones, shot an innocent man
named WHY'S, wounding him severely
but not dangerously. The mistake he.ti
ing discovered the pursuit was renewed.
and on coming up s 10 The house where
{ Jones yas secreted, another osficer ,,sin,
ed Brashear caught him but was Instant
" shot through Tho heart. Tho murder,
er escaled.
Antoptn Moine, a distinguished ,paintep
and scnlpior,srecently committed s,,icids,
IN Paris, being driven TO- desperation ty
his poverty, md his inability TO obtain
orders in bis profession, in cor,seanenra
OF tile new state OF shings ii, Paris, since .e,e
the Revolution. Fills case was ,il,iisd IL
IN recent debate In the National Aesasi,.
bly,, on the subject of announcement az
the Fine Arts, by Victor Hugo.
GgRRlTr Sa1rn, Of Peter egsboro, N. II
who ini,efits large tracts in various paris
ofthat State, hasissned d circular statinr
that he wishes 10 give away isacia oFianti
to one thcnsand virtuo,is and Iandless t5cor
persons, who will he selected from I tsscss
county IN the State except .ff lisssi, itt
The ratio Of its population, making GOO
Spersonsin in all !. 81 s'.s lsss