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

SATURDAY JanuI,ls.y { :s,th. 1853.


you a Happy New Year. May success at
tend Your Banner wboneser and iyboreyer
nnfurled 90 long az it waves over the battle
man,s Of Truth and Justice. Less fguratve-
Iys may yonr Journal growin the worlds ap-
proving eye. and may it's Editor do what no
Editor ever yet has done please everybody
and give universal satisfaction. trip to
Granteyille from which have just returned,
has prevented; the earlier fultilInent of my
promise. 1t matters little however, as could
scarcely have selected period Mt which to
write you so singnlarly barren as the past
week has been, both of news and interest
The city still wears somewhat of holyday
aspect. and the reaction which generally fol.
lows the quiet of the festive week, has barely
commenced. Our merchants anticipate an
unusually large spring trade. since the cause
which operated SO fatally TO check their fall
business kind Providence has happily re-
moved. That temporary suspension will il;
is hoped give an increased impetus 10 the
Spring demand, which with the high price Of
Cotton, and the extension Of Rail Road COM
munication into sections whose trade has hith-
erto been diverted, will make the ensuing
year ono OF the most prosperous our mcrcan-
tile community has ever experienced. The
Rev. Thcobald Mathew arrived here yester-
day, was received by the President of the
Hibernian Society and rendered the use Of
their Hall during his stay among US. He
received visitors tbs moriing. / saw nott-
ing remarkable III his personal appearance
He is rather below the middle stature, thick
set but moi ccrpuienl, prominent nose, hair
and eyes grey, complexion iiorid. He was
plainly and quantity attEcd. His manners
are easy an0 sell possessed, his speech mark
ed with the lrls, accent. What ever 10 the
object OF his visit whether The pursuit., oi pleas
ure, or the recovery Of health, or the promo
ton OF that great cause OF which hc is Sc
jealous and SO distinguished champion, he
should be cordially welcomed until he mani
tests a disposition to interfere, where in,erlc--
ence would prove so hazardous; until then
Carolinians will not taint their fair tauie for
hospitality and courtesy, by any disrcpect 10
the philaDthropist, whose life has been devo-
ted to the improvement and moral elevation
Of his fellow men. There is Mr. Douglass
here from Washing,o, collecting coTtrbu.
tions for the Washington National Monu-
ment. He was formally introduced to our
citizens by Hon. ]. E. Holmes and will re-
in horo 70 l.
The work is a great one, creditable alike to
our country and to American patriotism, and
should be encouraged by all who revere the
memory of the great old chief in whose hon.
or it is to be erected. The steamer Crescent
City having been materially injured in her
machinery has been compelled to put into our
.harbor where she will be detained until the
necessary repairs are completed, was much
gratified by an inspection Of this magnificent
vessel. Her internal arrangements are Of
superior order, her furniture of costly and
beautiful description while her build and en-
tire finish is at once substantial and elegant.
Our favor,te steamer 'Southerncr' WHICH lies
at the same whartappears III contrast az the
child beside tho ini grown man. Our com
mun,tY has been favored thus season with a
variety OF public amnsemenls although few Of
them have been OF superior character. Mss
Kimberly has only recently completed her
Shakspcrian Readings which understand
were hIghiy successful. Mad. l.eut, and
troupe appeared here before the noIydays in
several ,avorite Operas. McA'Iister the
wonderful necromanccr continues 10 'play
his fantastic tricks before high Heaven and
delighted Charleston audience.
The Panoramas oi ihe shores OF the Aled-
terranean and the Hudson River nightly at
tract respectable audiences and Judging from
the newspaper puiIs which daily appear mus,
crafty them exceedingly. The great paint
ing OF Adam and Eve is now opened for pub
lie exhibition. Here may be seen the Temp
tation' which displays the integrity and Wis
dom Of the SOFTER sex, The better half Of crc-
alton, IN striking point of view, and the
Expulsion depicting the awful evils which
results from reliance upon female guidance
and an adoption Of female counsel. The Ia.
con Opera Troupe il is understood have en-
gagged the Theatre, and at some period oi the
season will afford our music loving citizens
rare and delicious treat. The Republican
Blues, Chatham Artillery and Georgia Has
sars, volunteer companies OF Savannah are
ticlC oli ECU USNl- n IaIt
week is anticipated. 4 Ball and Dinner will
be given them among other festivities Of the
occasion. 1t is pleasan, to observe these in
terchanges OF courtesy among our Military
and those OF our sister cities. Apart from the
good feeling it must produce, il necessarily
eXcites emulation which tends To improve.
mcnt. which tends finally To perfection. The
Othello' and .Thos Bennett the vessels
which contained our California Enigrapts
have reached San Francisco at last We
may expect TO hear soon that the wanderers
are loaded with wealth. and covered with
jewels as with garment Their sa!o arriy-
al has brought reMei 10 mary anxious minds
and joy 10 many saalened coln,enances. A
company has recently been formed here for
the purpose oi constructing burial ground
out oi the city limits. |. has been called the
Magnolia cemetery Such spot has long
been required We lose much OF that awe
and respect which Death should execute
when we observe the living almost tread upon
The graves OF the dead, when the noise of bu-