The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-01-30

you have already published, the names
Of Col. NANCY GREGG, of RichIand,
and Capt. FnANcIs SUMTER, of Sum
ter District as suitable persons to rep
resent this Congressional District in
the proposed Southern Convention to
be held at Nashville. Those gentle
men with Col. JAMES CnEsNUT and
MINOR CLINTON, Esq, al:ernatcs
would be avery strong representation
of the Congressional District. Ihavc
no objection to the other very worthy
gentlemen named by you, except that
in carrying out the precedent Sc! by the
members of the Legislative Caucus, it
being thought desirable not to select as
delegates any of the members of the
Legislature, so that the great Southern
Convention may come direct from the
people, and be as much as possible dis
connected from the politict of the day.
SOUTHERN RIGuTs.--.Me Fairfield
| Herald.
TIE PRESENT YEAR.-A German
newspaper has recently published a
prophecy by q Benedictinc monk, who
died in1S47, the purport of which is
that the present year, 1850, will be one
ofunusual prosperity. The different
sccts. of christianity will in that year
accord. The sultan will be poisoned
and his empire will become christian.
! Russia will suffer much from a war
like nation Of the cast. A German
prince will found an eastern empire
Grain, fruit, lentils, and other vcse-
table will be so plentiful that the barns
vii! be unabe to contain them. The
disease of the sweet potato will every
where cease, and old men will not re.
member such year of fruitfuness.
The wine Of this year will surpass that
Of tho year Of the comet. Foreign
Paper.
! The Great Cop Casc.- The case of
James A. Maynard VS.. Cummings Ii
tchficld, is another cxcmpli6cation of
the results of appealing to the law. In
this case the plaintiff alleged that the
defendant, to whom he entrusted COW
worth 500 or more, had, by negligence
improper food, or some other cause, all
owed her to die OF course, iii such q
case oil the COW knowledge of the
Commonwealth was in rcquisition, and
| the matter was so mystificd that two or
three jlri s were totally unable to
. agree upon verdict. At last a jury
had been found who, after considering
and sleeping on the matter for tmcnty
sir hours, agreed to give the plaintiff
one dollar damages. each party paying
his own costs, which it is said, will
amount to $1,000 or more Boston
Ndveller.
CEDAR BRUSH FENcE.--This is quite
a common fence in Virginia, and is oc-
casionally seen in New Jersey and Del
aware. If we'll built, it is q good and
durable fence. 1t is most usually
made in this way. first, throw up a
ridge Of earth about foot above the
level, and in this drive stakes on a ,iuc
two to three iccs apart, three and q half
to four feet high, and then waffle in
the cedar limbs, beating them down
with mall as compactly as possible. -
This fence will last good rs long as the
stakes endure. Some leave the stakes
about a foot above the fence at first, and
drive them down rs they decay, adding
more brush at the same time, and thus
the fence will last fifteen or twenty
years, with less repairs than common
rail fence.
4 MILLEDGEvILLE FAcToRY.-Thc
Alillcdgcvillc Manufacturing Company
have declared dividend of 10 pr cent
on its operations for the previous six
months, payable 1st proximo. This
factory began its operations on com
raritively small scale, gradually incrcas-
ing its spindlcs and looms. until now it
has in use machinery nearly equal to
the full capacity Of its power, and the
extent Of its buildings. = lUiNcdgcriNc
Recorder.
a CHEROKEE LAW, passed at their
late council, makes it the duty vf the
slcsi!ls of the several districts, each, to
snmmona a guard of four men to assist
IN searching for whiskey, and, if found,
to srll. ii upon the ground. All the
murders committed III the nation are
caused by the use Of whskcy.
Progress IL the EGst Working
models Of railways, locomotive engines,
and electric tclcgrarhs have been order.
cd from England for the use Of the
Mahratta sovereign, whose curiosity has
been aroused by what he had heard of
those wonders. oa d