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

NEW MoYE.--O One OF the canai dates
for the Int ndancy Of Columbia states
that, he considers thought 10 be sala-
RE d;oflicc and if he is elected, VIII not
serYe6unless itis;mad such. ii
MrLITIA tFoRcE OF NEw YoRKs.s-- !
The annual re port sofS sf tie IA Adjutant Gen.
eral, ecently made to the Legislature;
contains an abatraet mberS Of tile mil,
itin Of this State, officers and privates.,
Tho whole number of militia enrolled is
8,549, Of which 461 ,343 are linfan.1
h s,tlt 8 iagt. sti
,asfSoTEASiRoAT,FoRl) g )HAGRE Another.
steamboat is being builtin Philadelphia.
\ ~ hlIessts. q yerl y Son, which is in.
tended to ply upon the river Chagres..
She is to be 81 feet long, Et9
feet beam, and is feet hold; and is
to propelled by steam paddle wheel,
similar to the boats that ply on tho riv-
erSchuylkill. s5asl s.5 3 s
The OREGON AT PANAMA The
steamer Oregon reached Panama on,
the 2sth February. The California had
arrived at San Bias. The ship was
we'll crowded and some fault found.
There were great many people at San
Blasand Mazatlan, waiting for an op-
portnnity to- get to California, but the
ship could not accommodate one more.
e lSGIclD E4 AZ man named Titus Bish-
op, 20 years old, hung himself in his
barn Mt Madison, Com ont Wednes-
day last. Year by the place of the fa.
aldeed were his hat, coat and shoes,
laid 3in order, and also o piece of board
on; which he had written, 81 am an
apostatc angel, whom mercy never
reached never can. Us s
The Rivers The Mississippi began
to fall at Concordia, on the Il 9th instant,
and fell 5 inches, when it came to o
stand, The Upper Mississippi, Mis-.
sodti,, Illinois, Ohio, Wabash, Cumber-
land Tennessee, White, and st. Fran.
els are all rising The Mississippi had
swelled two feet at Memphis, and had
en}felt even down to Bachelors Bend.
IMPORTANT DEcrs1oN.--The great
case sof the Dubreuil Villars vs.. M.
Kennedy and others, being for the
block kgofrground on which the U. s.
Branch Mintat New Orleans is situated
was decided on the 18th inst. in favor
ofthe defendants. The suit involved
tho Third and First municipalities,
property worth over fifteen millions of
dollars. r5sls'f-s
TIE TELEGRAPH.--In an appeal
from the decision Of the Commissioners
of Patents, in the case of Balm Us.
Morse in irolation to the Telegraph,
Judge Crouch decided in effect that the
two patents do not conflict with each
other, consequently the Telegraph mo-
nopoly is at an end. We arc in favor
Of sustaining the rights of inventors,
but notsfor shutting out improvements.
MARRIAGES ON SUND AY.--It is said
that the Pennsylvania courts have de-
ciaed that marriage is a civil contract.
and that they have also decided that no
contract made on Sunday is valid. The
Register says that the question now
5as 5asng :.sitafedwhethcr marriages made
in2that State on Sunday are lawful, and
whether indictments for bigamy can be
sustained, where the first marriage had
taken place on Sunday.
The. Louisville Journal says that r.
II. WEED, a shoemaker, formerly living
in Knoxville, was in Nashville on
the 9th December last on business;
and had placed in his care, by the cash
ier ofthe Union Bank, about nine thou
sand dollars in the bills Of that Bank to
be delivered to the cashier of the branch
at Knoxville. Instead Of returning to
Knoxville. as he ought, he pocketed the
money, took the stage and rail road for
Charleston, purchased goods with the
money and shipped for California. A
whole month elapsed before his villainy
was discovered, and it was then in reply
toinquiries from the Bank at Knoxville.
Distribution IN IRELAND. A let
ter published in the New York True
Sun, presents the following frightful pic
ture of distress in Ireland. That in an
era Of civilization, and in the midst of
wealth SO abundant as is possessed in
a country 50 near as England, such So
cial misery should exist, speaks volumes
as to! the character of the rule which
has been established over Ireland. The
British Parliament now in session will
be compelled to grapple with this Irish
Question, or Ireland will be converted
into one. .lazar' house, in which there will
be no discrimination between peasant
and landlord, ,Sorb between the rich and