The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-09


y IAgoIgos' ss,ar or d il. Just be4. = b
he sent Sfnr s The eIcgarest artisati of' his S
class in i,ariss and demanded Of
him whether he would engage 10 make
coat of mail 10 be W6fn under tile ordinary
dress, which should be absolutely bullet.
proot; and That, il 80, he might name his
own price for such work. Tile man
engaged to make tho desired object. q II
allowed proper time, and he named iS. 900
lracus asstl,e price of it. The bargain was
concluded, aud III due time tlle work was
produced, and the artizan honored with 4
second audience of the Emperor Now
(said his itnperiaimaje put il on, The
man did SO. ..As 1 am to stake my jifo on
its efficacy you viii, / suppose, Ba,y.e.A a,..ASi no
objection to do The same" And he took q
brace Of pistols and prepared 70 discharge
ono of them al the breast Of the aslonisheth
artist. There ywns no retreating, however,
and half dead witB fears he stood the fire.
and, to the infinite credit Of His swotks 1i.lg
perfect impunity. But the Emperor was
not content wi,hSone Trial. He fred tho
second pistol at The back Of The artist, and
afterwards discharged d fosslihg piecc nc
another part of him, with similar effect.
well, said The Emperor, .ypu .siloye
produced capital work, undoubtedly.
What is to be the prire5ofs il!., Eightcen
thousand francs WAS named as the ogreed
sum. There is al, order for lhcmlss said
the Emperor, sand here is aBoihen for ap !,
equal sum, for the fright have given you.r
"A Pleasant young fellow. about haiEscas
over, passing through the Strand at a8Iate:
hour, was accoated by watchman, who
began with oil the insolence Of Office. to
file string OF interrogatories, III the hope
Of being handsomely paid Tor his trouble
"What is your name, sir!.s Five shiiiings."
"Wherc do yon liye1" @Out Of the Kings
don,;nions." Where have you beeni'
Where you would hnye beenwitfi all v,ur
heart" Where are you going7 'rWhcre
you dare not go for your ears.f The ofiicious
guardian of the night thought httnase answers
sufficient toiwarrant him intake the young
man to The watchouse. The next morning,
on being brought before the magistrate, he /
| told bis worship that as 10 tho first uues.
ton, his name was Thomas Crown;sswifi,
regard 10 The second, he lived in Little Bri-
tain; withregard toathe third, he had been,
taking glass of winc witha Friends; and
THAT sas to;the last, said he, II sigas going
home ,st0 ssny vile" The srnaeistratesrc-
prmanded the watchman in severe terms.
and bid MrsG Crown good morning Lon.
don paper
EARTHQUAgE AT CARTHAe En- A.-By
| Capt. Gibbs, or the brig Richmond. arrived
yesterday, I've are Informed that seper,i
shock of an earthquake was felt at S! Az NJ,
onthe I'd Of February. So severe was, il,
that quite n number of LtliIdings. were
completeiy destroyed, and several persons
wounded. The anason work fell in large,
masses 10 the aonr: ihe. large cnlumnsiin tho.
interior Of the church were broken, and the
key stones Of some N e. e the arches were
lAtiSanta Martha, on the ooth. severe
sirock WINS also felt aiejuring a. number Of
lllouses. i was, supposed that the shock,
was more orc severe i,i the interior, Jo,tr::
| CONNER. & IS 5s ifss
/ sIondon extends fen st,riles ipas. .e,s,sas
sotiler. north nd south Few t,asi 4. stp
II iaoa Of iiIls mod
tpn III ifls 81
Gssnd DnclY of n 'rsenny nv 4, ,,.tls
that Of the Grand Dncl Of Tuscany l,y
300, ,0Q0 that II 4he 81 irssd DachYnf Baden
by more than half n million, and is FIVE times
grea,er than that OF Nassati. II comes
within ,6nn 00Q o t!!;at of the Kinrdnn Of
Bavaria; exceeds by l0t,Csl() half efs sti,at,ef
Belgipm; and shy 100000 half of ts.aBs ass.
| Holland: AMI is equal 10 the Whole
population OF Hanover; is double The wh6!e
Of that's Greece, and exceeds that of
Wes,phaliaby 400, 600 . . s.s.3,
| FRANCE he persecution III Reds -
The Students at the College sc Trance are
in aastatc OF considerable Excitement IN
consequences of the proposition that has
been brought forward TO close the course Of
lectures delivered by the intlepenleft'
Professor Michelet. Hetis destined ltot Tie
same interruption that Guizot, Cousin. and
pillemain Ind to cncaup,er under Charles
X, and Mickiewitcz and Quinet under
Louis Philippe. 1t seems tba; M
government will allow historic truths To lie.
told TO tho rising generation I'M France; bnt
that adulatlon and Hypocrisy are 10 heihe
recommendations to The. chairs of History
and Of Philosophy. 's
ALMOST a pRorREcY.- JOHN C..
Calhoun. in replying tn Daniel Webster.
thus addressed him: If the principles you
contend for arc correct, you will wake up
a spirit Of abolition in the North;you viii
make your people bolicvelthey are respnn4
slb'e for this institution, and lie day that
principle gets into their minds, and that
feeling into their hearts, this Union win be
at an end. And you yourself sill be the
very first TO focl The effects nf the doctrine
you are now maintaining, by being csiracis--
ed ard srorned.'
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