The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-01-09


. The Banks Of the State fbaya declared tho
following semi aDHuals sdisiaapls: 81
Bank Of Charleston. per cent. q
Planters and eci,anica, 3
Union, 4 M 4 50 q 5i-2
State. . $ 1-2
Railroad.
Commercial, lcoIa,nbis)
Camden S s;E- -
The Commercial Bank also paid TO it's
stockhoidersS2 per share ont Of surplus
ptofits @
Man1taetitriing Diriaend, The Granite
Vllie Manufacturing Company have declared
OF s2o per share for the lastssis months.
S,451, gf5e SS 9s sf2 g 55E
The legislature ofIleatueky convened on
'he "lst Nit The House after four ballots,
elected the same Speal ersas lastyear. The
Senate organized By re.eieeting the old Off.
| GERS.
3 CHR1sIAAs rs II IrIsss ~ HE Araeon &c (,coa
Telegraph says, that the hotels In flat cty
are feeding their guests On .sfiue lresh sh,d
and delicious green peas. 2 81
THE FIEsT BILL PAssFD ET ssrHr Ais, Cows
| GREss.--.Aitcr a session Of four weeks. onS4 -
single bill has passed both Houses Of Con-
gress. This was the bill granting the frank-N
Ing privilege TO Mrs Polk. =
Count UHJAzy, Miss JAGELLo, and fourteen
other Hungarians now in Nes-York, on
Monday last, declared their intention to be-
come citizens Of the United States.
. I i, 1 - = l.
An Irish Regiment has been organized in
New York, and will .parade, for the first time.
on The iS,h instant. aaFe
Chief Justice Jones, who is orevSsO years.
old, retired on Monday from the Supreme
Court of New Yurk.
Vienna letters Of the 10Th nit, state that
kossutlls last address is not deemed authcn-
tic.
Several lndies sailed Tor California from
Boston, in the ships plymouth and Osceola,
last week.
you lock Ike deatA on a gnle horse said
jim to topper, who was groicimg pale and
emaciated. $500 : ~
1 don't know anything about that said
the topper but I'm dsatl. on f,ase brandy, aIr.
Horn rs, 81.
Two children Of Samuel Neeley were
burnt TO death, with their house, at Richmond,
near Philadelphia, on Monday.
4 deficiency OF 8 to 10000 hhds. is aex-
pecied in The sugar crop of British Guiana.
FIGURES NEVER ERR--Gregory King,
statistical writer of the 18th century, who is
referred to by Adam Smiths as excellent au-
thority, calculated and demonstrated appa.
rentiy that the population OF England in 1900.
could not exceed 7,:,50.GOO England has
already doubled that number.
The Legislature of Georgia, have charter.
ed Gas Companies for Savannah and Angus.
ia. E5
Among the contributions to the Waslirafa$3s
ton Slon1nent there ist specimen of ,lIza|
Red Pipe Sirnc, from Minnesota, an obiesSS99
o. great regard with the Indians of the North
West, and a fine sprciuIr,I nj Amethyst pre-.
sented by Ex-Governor G;lmer. of Georgia.
H. j. McClintock. ind,sted al. Mobile, for
the murder OF Gen. Holland, has been con.
vc,ed OF Manslaughter in the second degree,
punishable 10y a fine Of $1,000, aud six
months imprisonmert.
The whole amount OF damages by fire, in
Boston, during the year ending September
last, was ',525, upon which there was
Insurance To The amount of SS2l6,9y2.
The express locomotive on tho Housa,on-s
ic and New Haven Railroad started with The
Presidents Message from Newf Inrk, at IOS
O'clock, p. NJ. on Monday, slsFsarrrvea inS
Albany, al 3 o'c'ock, on Tuesday morning.
accomplishing distance of 1872 2 miles i,rs
iour hours and forty minutes. This is ALL
most lor'y-tire miles per hour, and has rarelys
If ever been excelcd III this country.
FLORIDA LEAF 1'oRAcco.-The trade in
this article has, We are told, increased very
mu:h O! late, aud qnie important enough
To be noticed N The customary market reports
Of orr CITY. Prices. we are tc.d, take very
wtde range, from SIX to fifteen, and even asd
high rs twenty aud twenty-five cents per
pound, Tor the very finest qualities received
hcre.--Ae1 Orleans Uelia. ,is