The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-20

4 tfTteULTy Al At,se here NJ as
~ unfortunate occurrence at AsaD,liroy tho
coal depot OF the Pacific steamers. ,l;irino lila
passage Of the Oregon from SIN Il saneisc,,.
She arrived thereon the l2tt of January.
ana me next day collation. was given on
board, which wasaiteiitiosi BY the ladies' yot
the 'ewn' ~, thc aicalde and the military govern.
or. we quote from the New York Herald:
"Upon their return difficulty occ ,,rred ~,
the shore, between Captain Pearson aud one
OF his passengers, which caused N great ex.
citcment, and Threatened 10 produce serious
consequences. The passenger, who had
been q whaling captain, used 5abus.ye Ian.
guage towards Captain Pearson, and at $las,
struck him. A scuffiei ensued. asid in the
melee the Mexican guard ofs,weiye soldiers
armed with their muskets and bayonets, were
ordered 10 dispense the mob collected by the
row In doing this, Captain Pearson received
severe blow from q bayonct over the lef,
eye.
"Mr. VIM. l.. Hobson, OF the firm of Cross
ttobson d. Co, San. Francisco, received n
thrust from bayonet, which grazed his side
and pierced his jacket. Sevcrnl gentlemen
were Knocked down by the soidicrs, and were
cruelty beaten on sthcihead with a nusket,
until the blood covered his cheek and coat
4 me Americans were nnarmed. having LETT
Their weapons on board. Had not this been
the case general massacre must have ensn.
ed. AS it was, propositions were made to re-.
turn for pistols and attempt the conquest Of
the town. The guard however, was at longtl,
withdrawn. t.. -f
| I'm tbs affair no blame can be attached to
CaPta'n Pearson who merely defended him
| sell. The Justification of tho Mexican can.
tam ~ command of tlib guard, for HER IN
terierence, was, that il was done fur the pur.
pose o rcscuing the captain of the Steamer
from violence. The guard, unfortunately.
mIstook him in the fracas for tile assalant."
thF DAUGHTER OF LORD NsLsoS.-We
see II stated in some of our exchanges: that
thE british Pariiamcnt has atilast determined
70 ocstow small pension upon this lady,
| VINO is tie wife Of an obscure clergyman,
Grey. Pb;lo Jones,) is the mother OF nine
ch''dren' IS OF funeNccptionab!e character, and
very poor. Her mother was the celebrated
Ladg H,mil,op, whose aIuremen,s caused
iSelson TO leave his wife, and whose inf1u
ence induced him 10 commit the prea, c,im.
which is the darkest stain upon his character.
we aiiudc to the murder Of Caracciol
Nelson's brother enioycI the title and es-
tate won ny his valor. the later amounting,
we believe, to one hundred thousand mounds.
liis st'ters, also received heavy pensions
from Parliament, after his death in the battle
OF Tra,zlgar. Mason himself was buried in
10 Papl's--a costly monument erected 10
PEI etufte his mcmory--and he continues.
10 thus d%i. to he regarded by she English
Naton w'tsfS9 species oi admiration amount
ing almost Y, iaolatry. Yet his natural
daughtcr--rnesely because she was such
has been suffered 10 anguish in obscure pow
criy, AMI TO bcahtlie Consequences of those
SINS. IN spite oi which her father was the idol
OF the Nation. This appears to us very
strange freak, Of juslSr il Justice it be. :.
We cannot but rcga S,hc conduct Of Nelson
w,tI, regard TO his vii, gpl II 5 whole li,;un
with Indy Hamilton, asS fstostah,c. Bu, wa
submit, that al the hgh!ys 1,rl Ea,lsi dill
not think the less OF him +sAit. i, Is rather
hard that the whole waioht ather indiana.
ton shonldhaye fallen on hFAl.slp!ess and
unotfending offspring.
The NAPoLEoN MosTH Tire mi,f,tb of
snecember embraces ,nanYsnfs the V,os, ;i,,n.s
poTtant ofthe anniyersaries ,ccriieei,f, !. <,,h
the history Of the Emperor Nap,leon s. Il lis
IS, ssis. and b therefore called sythe ISsnrb
tac ssls s,
Der. 1907. ,Jeron.e n;..,a aparie was made king
Of Westphalia; Dec, 2, ls0s. Nspoleoa was
crowned; Dec. 9, lStIs, tho !,stiIe of Aus.er.
litz occurred; Dsc- 4. is0s, Napoleon en-.
tered Madrtd; Dec. III, 1873. LOUIS Napo,.
con elected President Of France; Dec. i3,
l'39, Napoleon was named first Corsui;
Dec. l5, lSi0, the remains Of Napoleon ar
rived in France; D,c. 10, lspD, Naplcon
was divorced from Josephine; Dec. II, 1917,
Maria LoDS9, widow OF Napoleon, died; Dec
TX lSlO b,n,lao,, o.
Moscow; Dec. 20, 1906, Napoleon fouSh,
the Russians at Garnovo. N o. picayune.
ACCORDING TO Senator Benton, Texas has
a.gulf irnnlic. Of nearly thousand miles, a
circumference of about five thousand miles,
and a surfare ot three hundred and ti,ty thou
| sand square miles. She is large enough to
| make seven States ofihe first class and vet
| she is now demanding To be made larger
Mr.. Ben,on's bill proposes to reduce her al
once with her consent, into a state OF about
l50.0D0 squire miles; and eventually, INTO
two states OF about $4,000 square miles each.
~. Y. Sun.
Ma. CLINcMAS, in late speech, said n
hundred thousand dollars worth OF slaves run
away from the State OF Delaware every wear.
One OF the United States Senators from Del
aware says half OF The sum mentinncd wonld
be sufficient TO purchase all The slaves in the
S;atc.-lb.
The whole quantity Of cotton goods made
in the Union Is estimated nt 62O,O0O, 600
yards, OF which about SO.O00. 900 yards are
| exported, leaving 5i0,00O,0D0 for home con
sumption, equal to abou, 81 yards for every
| nhabitani, great aud small.-ib.
ANTI-ABoLITIoN SocIETY-It ia said that
an association has heen formed i'm New
York, called the Pro-Unonist and An,-Ab.
clifton Society, whose object is the exposure
OF the ends and aims of fanaticisn,, and the
right oi The South and only the South, Tn
| manage It's internal affairs and government;
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