The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-01-09
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The Bafiss 81 the sstala stsye DECLARED The
following aeil,i annual divjdenas. s
Es Bank og Charleston, "A per cent,
& Pisnters and Meehanics. 3 ..s Is
Union, s: !: $s ~: = \. 7..;5,. & 3
State, 3 liz
3 Railroad,
comiaerrial, lcolumbia
Camden: s. s4 q
The Commercial Bank also paid 10 its
Stockholders SO per share out Of surplus
profits.
Manufacturing siidsad -- The Granite. /
vile Manufacturing Company have declared
Of s2oper share for the iastsis lnorths. rs
The legislature Of Kentucky convened oo /,
the 31st ult. The House after four ballots. I
elected the same SreaI er3as1 1aet1year.s T'l,sS
Senate organized by yre-electing the old OH.
GERS. 81 81, III
CHEIsTMAs RARirigs, lie aIaeon (Gca3
Telegraph says, that the hotels ia that civ
are feeding their guests IN s..iine fresh sh.,d
and delicious green peas.n n
" -s-. F. ~. .y a. a. i
The FIIsT BILL PAssFp EY TIE Ist cox.M
GREss.--Aiter session OF four Weeks, opS&
single bill has passed botli Houses Of CoIs!
gress This WIS the bill granting the frank.#
ing privilege to Mrs Polk.
Count UHJAzy, Miss AGsLLo, and fourteen
ohcr Hungarians now in New-York, or,
Monday last, declared their intention 10 be.
come citizens OF the United States.
An Irish Regiment has been organized in
New York, and will parade, Tor the first time,
on the 18Th Instant
Chief Justice Jones. who is ovedgSp yearssl
old, retired on Monday from the Supreme
Court Of New York. & s.N
Vienna letters Of the 10Th ult, state that
kossuti,s last address is not deemed authcn-
TIC.
Several indies sailed for California from
Boston, in the ships Plymouth and Osceola,
last week. .sz s
You look like deGth on a pale horse said
Jim TO topper, who was grooming pale and
emaciated. tl IN la - y 9s
4 don't know anything about that said
the topper but I'm dsath on pale brandy, Afr.
Horn. >sSss & - ~
Two children of SamncI Neeley were
burnt to dea;l. with their house, at Richmond
near Pl'ladelphia, ON Monday.
a deficiency Of 8 to lD,gi0 hhda. is ex.
pecied in the sugar crop of British Guiana.
FIGURES NEVER EER Gregory King,
statistical writer OF The 18th century, who is
referred to by Adam Smith as excellent au-
thorty, calculated and demonstrated appa.
rently that the population q. England in 1900
could rot exceed 7,:350.UD0. England has
already doubled that number.
The Legislature Of Georgia, have charter
cd Gas Companies for Savannah and Angus.
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Among the contributions 10 the Wasl,uSS5s
ton Monument. there is n specimen of tl5I
Rcd Pipe Stone, from Minnesota, an ohieSsa5
o. great regard with the Indians OF the North
West, aud fine specimen of Amethyst pre.
sented by Ex-Governor Gilmer., OF Georgia.
II. ]. McClintock, indicted a, Mobile, for
the murder of Gen. Holland, has been con.
vcied OF MansangE;er in the second degree,
punishable by a fine Of $1,000, and SIX
months Imprisonment.
The whole amount OF damages by fire, in !
Boston, during the year ending September:
last, was S3Nt525, upon which there was
Insurance to The amount Of ss2l6,992. h
The express locomotive on tho Honsaton-I
&c and New Haven Railroad started with,he'
Presidents Message from New iork. at lOs
O'clock, p. Nj. ON Monday. aI,1 1sarrrived s.ins
Albany, al 3 O'Clock, on Tuesday morning.,
accomplishing a Distance Of 1872 2 miles mi
lonr hours and forty minutes. This is ala
most foT'y-tive miles per honr, and has rarelys
II ever been excelied IN this country. So
FLORIDA Lear f'oBAcco.-Th trade in
this article has, we are told. increased very
inu.'h oil late, and is q,ile important enough
10 be noticed in The cnstonafy market reports I
Of our CITY, Prices. we are told, take very
vide range. IRON SIX 10 fifteen, and even as5
high rs twenty and twenty-five cents per
pound, for the very finest qualities received
here,-Nsic Orleans Ucita.