The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-11-25
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States Di.trict CDur', held at Iowa City.
Isaac Sloan was convicted Of using Pos
Office Stamps second till,c. and sentenced
10 pay fifteen dollars, and tiire,: cents dn-
images. This il tile first Instance of the
kind undsr file new lnw---Cha Cnnrier.
General David II. Twiggs, the hero ni
| Cerro Gordo. was married recently q,
Pensacola, To Miss Hunt; of that CITY.
WESTERN PoaK TkAbE:-.At Cincin.
naii. louisville and ~. I.,u,s, the Pork
tr;sdc continues dull, asbuycrs continue 10
In Shelby county. Ky, 10000 head have
been iattened, and so far, only 5000 sod.
Rev. Mr.. Taylor, stationed al San Frap-
cisco reports tina, the friends ol the mis-
| sion there nre about 10 buy chip and build
on its deck Bethel Church, 10 cost
| SO or S7,uO0.
Mr. Asa I.ynde. Of IYlllianrstown, in the
| London district %. CaEada IYesi, has sent
| donation of one thouslni. dollars to tic
Missionary Society Of the Methodist Epis-
roi'al Church.
Congress will assemble next Monday,
being tie frs, Monday N December.
1t is said that Mr.. Bates. Of Dundas,
Canada, has d s:ovcrcd mode OF prolu.
eng beautiful light from a peculiar de-
cornpositi6n OF coliIiion air.
Tile seat Of Tic Canadian Governmcn,
has been removed 10 Quebec.
It is said that Captain Parker has been
scnt as special agent TO lIavana;,,o in.
quirc in:o the cnI,duct Of En-. .C1ns,il Owen.
rclcgr: plic COMMUNICATION between
;sal. is iow complete and in successful
operation.
y movement Inns lately been set On foot
by tho settlers 81 Oregon TERRITORY, ssh, ch
| has ior It's object the orglniZ ,ii0n OF n sc-
pcra,e territorial government for :Iiat pur.
ton which esnorlh of the Columbia river
| 4 law has been promulgated at Ham-
burgh Which Snnctiolis marriages between
Jews and Christians.
Many Of the Partisan Workmen employ
person daily to read tie newspapers To-
them 'vii!c at work.
The journal dos Dcba,s hrges iipon the
French Government TO curry The telegraph
Wires now complete between London and
Paris, nj once To Alarsciilcs, so as 10 place
Lon ION in immediate communication with
tho Mediterranean. The cost would be
not more than G2,7U0.
Thus THEY Go.-Ntlliam Fontanc;
revolutionary soid.ct under General Mari:
OF. died on the 10Th Of last month, al tn.
residence 0f Mr.. James Knubcock, in Fluri.
dn. he was lUI years Of age; and retained
sufficient strength for out door labor until
about three days before his death.
D- The Legislature of L1uisiana will
lave United States Senator 10 elect ;ii
the approaclIing session: hmdng tho can
-didatcs WHO are spokGHS 81 gre Duncan +.
Kcnncri Randall Hunt; and J. =. BENJAMIN.
Gr KossUrH ia Protestant, rs we learn
by his late speech at Southampton, Wa
lave seciI II stated liza, lie sius CATHOLIC
Coufie'.
a letter from Tuin; of Oct. 2i, mentions
| report current there in the ministerial
! circles, that the British and French Gov
| crnIner,s have instructed their representa-
| tivcs NJ The court Of Tuscany to declare
| that England and France witne with dis.
| satisfaction tile establishment Of relations
| between the Tuscan Government and that
of Austria, which, If continued, will be de-
siructirc 10 The independence OF Tuscany:
A letter from San Francisco says, the
mines are yic!dn. good returns, and co,,-
fidcn,ly anticipates larger yield of gold
than upon any previous season. The COM
ncnccmcnt OF another year il is believed
will find our Obligations much reduced. and
Large proportion OF the receipts Of the
| min IN al.
| IMPROVEMENT IN SPY GLAssEs.-Thc
London papers, in speaking or works 6f art
IN the great exhibition, mentions newly
invented, very small, powef.u. wais,coa,
pocket glass, the size Of walnut, by
which person can be seen and known one
and half miles distant, and ships are
clearly seen at twelve and fourteen miles.
SINGULAR CASE OF SuRGERy.--One of
the compositnrs employed in he Philadcl.
phia Ledger office had q surgical operation
performed OH his hip on Saturday last,
ordinary SIZE, the possession of which lie
wa -h:iorc entirely unconscious. How or
when it got there lie has not the remotes,
knowledge, and it is BY no means improba-
BILE that he has carried il since his Child.
but had become Of jet black. Charleston
Courier.
North CARoLISn CoTroS CEop.--The
Raleigh Standard, OF Saturday says.
An cnterprisins planter OF this County
| told us. few days since, that he had pick
cd and balcd his cotton crop, and that the
yield Of his farm, the present year, is about
ono haIf. From all that we can learn, we
are Of opinion that this 4 pretty good stand
| ard by which to estimate the crop gener-
| ally of this Stale. In some spots the crop
has been nearly full one. hut in others
the result has been, in all probability, from
hall to ihrec-Iourths only of crop.
a Present WELL DEsERvEp.--A splen.
did service Of silver plate is in course of
preparation at Mobile, 10 be presented to
VIM. Smith, in consideration of his kind
and humane attention to tho American
prisoners taken with Lopez, while they
were in prison at Havana.
A fine coat often covers an intolerable
| fool, but il never conccals one.