The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-13
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large 1sgeiing HEX in 10 eoF s,fj IL. se an.
ier states that there werc cIie sl,s,l,saissi nar
sons pfeseiit. tbs psaiess fl,at i rive y5u i
summary of the speechss and fcgo lissas. MS
they only went over the old gren1d. The
principal that viii he OF interest L, Yoi, ID tho
fact of so large meeting In The cosistfv
place: and that too, q meeting IN part
which has hitherto been In favor OF lie sres-
ent government. IS X
Mr.. Cobden's speech at Braaf,ra, has been
OF great interest here: rbere cat,los se any
daabt that L will aid very much the asss.aSa-
ton cause, and give il greater sseisfst. IN ~,
Gliding the doubtful and timId All: Iris me
more so. from the favor ,b!c manner Inc.
speech has been received both by The Epy-
ish. Radical and Troy Press. : Z
The rcso!uticnspf tho Different branches of
the League, slow miict, division. A iarys
portion OF The Upper Canada branches have
+gonc dead against tho aieclsoit princisles, ai,E
one branch has passed resolutions in favor os
colonial peersge.
The Courier states fhst four more panere
are edgipg round towards annexation: bur
they are only country papers, md not organs
OF much influence. The fact, Iit5ygerar.
shows that the new doctrines arc eating sitsir
way. fs8f SS# sss s Ra - ~
The French ca.ta.iian parsr called EsEc6o
4e Ceaspagnes, which ,oid YOU had tanned
annexatonis,, has turned hack agaiI. 4:
The Attorney General, Baldwin, has hsd
serious tit Of apoplcxy, and although lie.
has recovered. it may cause his safseaens
from public life.
It's likely Tia. MI. Rose. the an riexa,;on..
Queens Counsel, will stand icf the caii;;l-
~ OF Si,erbrooke, in tie place Of Mr.
Gnll; aud if SO, there is no. iionbis sofis his
election. gI. z ~ ST.;
The ministerial organs fatty deny ialE
the. reports about the recall Of ,iis Gazer-
nor! ii usts,sal ss& -
/ Tn" dismissals are still. going 81.
S,mc magistrates and militia officers
residing in the county have rcsigned Ihaffr
commissions, to debate ihemsclse ses 10 tsa
can>e Of annexation. 1s o.
Toronto. C. W., Fs5ry. -I.asd
ElS,!n las receiyed. q dispatch from gsasi
Grey. urging him TO use every mearls In
as power TO suppress tie r,oyetu, II. in
favor OF Annexation, thanking him for
wha, has already ht.en done .iii this way,
'i"ciarins that so long as any. portion of
III" Canalan people are desirous 81 main.
lang their cunnection with the !; !nshers
Country, they ,oiH be aarg,ortsass by ahci
lotole power, ise blood, and sitc 1reafs,rg
of England.
MEXICAN FUNERAL-The funeral os the
,ate Senior Pena.y Penas Judge of the Sur
preme Court OF Mexico and for a short peri
Oh Chief Magistrate OF i.ie Republic. alter
The ahdication of Santa Anna, was 10 be con-
Quoted with great cost and ceremony. Hid !
ni the Supreme Court, at the capital until
the 9TH inst. The expense of the funeral
would moi he less than $4,000 or q l2YDtt, ! 8,
AErEslAN WELEs.--The celehratcl DR..
Buckland recently delivered lecture ii,
London on the subject Of Ariesian wells. IA
real Ar;esian well is one that Is ColisfapsIgs
ovevfowing. either from its natural eeFasce or
from an artihcia! tube. IL Is stated ;Sthas
tiiefo arc from $50 To 3U0 OF these wells ia
London, but the doctor centepied that nsn-
half of them ought not 10 be called by tsIats
name, as the water did not rise I'd, the surface
in them. On one well, eigkteenn or Hiiieisen
,houscnd tallars had been eSpensa.ssIa, H15H yet
the water did not rise within eighty feet of
the surface. He cnntended that these wei
could not supply lIoadun with water, but $aiss
adequate supply might be obtained from the
Thames by the tapping "a al Henley md ear
rying it into London ia an open aqties
A CURIOUS CASE of somnanbulisna occur-
red On Saturday night IN the stables belong.
ing to the New York Hotel One ci tho
men employed on the premises, who SLEPT in
the stable. got up in his sicep and crawled /
upon the roof Of the building, where ii is /.
| supposed he awoke and fell thro' skyight
to the cellar, distance OF fifty fes. Fofil.
nately his fall was hr, ken by bis alighting on
the back Of horse, and on baiHg takento the !
City Hospital il was ascertained that he had
suffered no serious injury. Hin name il said
,obe John Dempsey. sI ~ .:sSs'
MINNESOTA BRIDGE.-The Minnessta pin-
| neer is urging upon the General Government
The building ola national bridge 10 aaan the
Mississippi at ST. PaTt. 1t IS suggested 10
commence its constructions on, the bluffs near
the mi.iiise of st. Paul, one hundred feet
high, and supported at the centre BY piers
resting upon the midway Island. s.fs5 q
a Coon ToAsr.--At the anniversary celia.
braIiOn ol the University of pennsI wants.
numerous sentiments were drunk, among
| which WIS the following: s53ss g
'WoaAS---A mistress of Arts. who soas9
the bachelor OF his degree, and forces bin to
stnly philosophy by means Of curtain leo
lures
In HUREY.--Thc Pi,tsfeid Eagle states
th't The VIE of Dir. John B--died In
l.cnl,ox, October 2:1th, was buried on the
26tii, and her monument erec,ed Nevelabe,
81 On the same day, and by the same nirl%i
,Stcr who was called 10 administer ceasola.
ton I" The deceased, the said John was again
married. ast5 s;' ~
STOPPING FiRE N SuIrs.--A practical
chenist OF London. in a letter to nnes Of tho
journals referring to the loss Of tie ship Caleb
GTmsh.w. says that fire in the hold of shin
San easily be chokcd Out, by keeping a barrel
gallon bollIe Of su,phuric acid on the deck
! The acM poured on the chalk, win generate
carhnnir acid gas, which will at once 5extiH-
gu sh flame.
LARGE DERr--It is stated in an editnrsss
article IN the Delta, that the city of New
Orleans owes debt amounting in the a1nre,t
naie full ei.rht illio..e iSli.sza