The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-11
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Snail sTsIosgar
Tie Paris coTfesponaests ofst lilo Lucia.
- hsyss ans nst,t llfsg3 afHoilncement
10 mate stlyoRs g he SmsrSa III stto:el lee.
tric ste.egrapiI arc ihnihiialhe,, and the
means ofaD1st3 Itafeo communication he-l
tween man sand aiinp, mt distance
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at thn cXtreniities Of the.
searthsh has beet disgogorRat Sesihc last
anil Smgsl tifsiastic snf human discoveries,
has Mllau fssIn IFS height almost at the
worry; IaoInen at SShiehI 1t daWnnd an the
world andsjt is replaced by one a thous-
and fold more glorious, and WhiclI il 1T
only partially realize the promise IF lis
coiriliieneement, gWiil totally change the
face Ellie @1fldI And thaAmea.is by
which this Wpndesful thing is done are
G~sauSD,ofe @nndetIulithanihe thing itself;
snpilss aye; snatls, galYalict and unagnetic
influence. Do not think that | ain hoax.
,jnp you III lis OH, The authority ofltho Press
that speak, one of The most important
newspaper organs OF Europe, in talent,
character and circulation ; and 1t is not to
be sbeliofeds thatisnch a journal would be
n party 10 an Sfnfpudept landstnpid attempt
20 bambo6zlo tic public. In its number of
Friday, tho 25,h, and Saturday The 26th
sultimo, there arc Two jeuiiei0ns signed
hi; Mf..t ;Jules Allix, No. 92 Rue ltichelieu,
Iouptiy, formally positively asserting that
the secret, d. etfectirg 'n~sinniaacnus COM
MISREPRESENTATION regard TO distance. and
consequently without continuous lines rs
ihtte electric Telegraph, has been brought
tolsligllt; nay, more; tllats OF tile third Of
this present month, n question asked at
tie sad ~ Rue Richetien, received! an
almost immediate reply frnm,thc depths of
& America! and that this was dunc chiefly.
by theinstrdmcntaIity OF snails The in
ventors or idiscopcrcrs OF The alleged mar
vel area NJ. Benoii, OF The Department of
the IIerault, and a Nj. Biat of America
"a tcr manyycars' observation and expert
naturalization, they, it is asserted, have
asccr,aiEed that cettain descriptions Of
snaiisfpossrss peculiar properties or sym
pathies, which!cau thcmto feel, no mat
9 observation-disclosures they may be, the game
scnsltion, or conlmo.ion, when acted on in
IS a9particular waysby gaifanin} and magnetic
influences. Placed in boxes in such n way
STINT, on being touched, they agi;atc par,ic-
nlnr leettcrs tic operator has only To make
snail tAigiSe askick (sic) and snail b in a
M III pDN '"s
tic backSo1ds or America or the deserts
III dirica repeats The kiuk, aud so Oh for
sesaSySSletier of n required word. The
snaiis must of course previously be pu,
ssiaSsyinBatbctic communication, and the
hasessWiiti all their apparatus, which is
rather complicated, must be alike, The
siockwhicli The snail in Lox2 feels is said
TO be caused by an electric or magnetic
fluid carried by The ear,h2@ath cxtraordina-
ny rnpidiiy, and in a manner unknown TO
man; IN other words, it is the magnetic
telegraph without the connecting wiro.-
AL this seems absurd, does it no;l but !
am describing tho thing asst is said to be-"
From tho Columbia Telegraph. Dec. 3. &
College commencement,
s Tho Commencement opened upon us
ycaterday,S as has been tho case time imnc-
4 morrill, almost, dark, g!oon,y'anh lowering,
with anScvidRnt propensity lnsuhn weather
towards g.ln spite however OF this
! state OF fRcts, Whielphns become almost in
Repafablv l@itli the occasion, tho.
exercises vera Interesting, and HE Chapel
sN.as crowded 10 iIs Utmost capacity OF room,
20 siS sif ii tatsAsfc
5lse, 81. S stlcsa of President
aFSg sIssss as9%s+s h4AEgaPFfef'rfatn eioss
sstasssy and f3f.eSs SsgSSsfTftAaSsesirom him OF,
ali ssecasiofs aFe acknowledgement he. a
iews hr:eT but pregnah tallusipns were made
ny Iimsto Inc eventtnl CRISIS, and The low
ering storm whose eoming is ''era!dcd by
Tic! y sas oFtfhc political sky. H"ngt's and
commotion, and disturbance, were at hand,
and a grand drama perhaps was being
brought on the stage, whose ch!et parts
were 10, be borne by the yoang men OF the
present age, and by the young graduates
of the South Carolina College. IN view
of their entrance on THO pab!ic spliHfa q
life atench an epoch, he gave then q br'ci
aJInonitionio be men. at,'! 10 bc Churchman's.
Their post al duty. Of labor, and oi action,
was where the Palmetto wnvca-ond that
sacred emblem, whether carcSse' by tie
gentle whispers OF pcacc, or orna'ld inter
cd by the angry gGdoF battle and storms,
was iotbem All or!iiamme Tor HE,
G'rlc lcsson thus brief. impaired ny one
whose abilities and experience, AMI hlsior-
ic reputation, qualify to speak ''as one hay
ing authority" sank deep IN MAI, hearts,
and II SIC read Alright the emotions and re-
so!ycs; portrayed OF many q face, Ina. les
son will not be soon forgotten.
Tl,e henorary degree of. l. o., was
awar6eafoaltov. JOHN bacli'nan,L ~. l',.oi
Charaassams a richly mcritcd.r!huie. The
degree oiA. NJ. in conrsL, TO P,H Soabr0ok
and W. II. Parker, Eslrs,, and the degree
ofA. B.tojl the following young gentlemen,
(63) being the graduating class OF 800:
IS. Adams, w. s. Aston, a, u. A'naker.
w. II. Aver, J. Il. Bacon, X, w. Barnwcll,
asSic c.. Beck.J. NJ. ETatton, y. NJ. Brcatly,
JIM. Buford, ]. NJ. Carson. 1T. Ganthcn,
d. G. Cot, III, Il. Charles. M. DnHnSc, X,
M. Dnrant,B w. Edwards. G. NJ. Eicfcl-
berger, w. Bicbeiherger, w. c., 5. EI!crhc,
s. Elliot, A. ~ Fielder, w. b. Fraser,
States r. Gis', J.V. Glover, Joseph Clio
yer, T. ]. GooawyD, ". II. J. Goyan, LC.
Haskell, FL s. J. IIayns, ]. r I'LL, S. G
Jamison II. II. Jenkins, u. ii. i.arey, r,
Labbys r. MeIfaliin, J.P. Nellie, Ii.
AIchiastar, q. Mepbocters, B. &. Mnyhin,
: ri. u, Meits, I'LL. Miller, w. G, Mitchell,
J.A. Moblcy, We. Muller ]. ]. MEray,
J.&$A. Player. ETH. Poser, 7. T. Screvcn,
lis fT,icInrtlson, ]. RI. Ron, H. II. Sans,
r.. II. Sfnlorss =. b.. Sloan, Thomson +.
Thomson, Il. Vcnnmg, l.F Walter, w.
Weaver, John r. Wharton, X. Williams,
G. M, Williamson, Il. A Yongpc,-63.