The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-11-04
For the Snmter Baaner.
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For the sssun,ter Baaner. s,s E5
ErlIsstfG u OF ass.slsccf.
BisHopxtl,Lr, OF %, 1871.
,ssr. E'siitor: YYoii will plcase publisbe Is
in your per Tho following Preambie and,
Iscsolutinns which was unanimously
adopted By tie Salem Board Of S,;o,npliis.
sioners for n Roads.at .leir regular meet
ling held at JAaEs siaWay's on Teestlay,
lie 2 lst OF October, Ia.s,i.
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yyHEREAs. Il has pleased the Almighty
Ruler Of the universe 10 take from
amongst ua n worthy and faithsu: member
jof this loar,l, Colai.i S1'EPHEN i..i-
COsTF Therefore, Sa6. &
| Rssq,rs5, That in tho death of Goscnei
STEPnEN t.arosTs, the District Of Sumter
las been deprived Ui \ vnlual,.e ctiaA,,
/ aud ttiis Rolr1 Of n Wort hy membpr, wlIDse
loss will be deeply feit by tho community.
land whose private virtues wlliel, were as
conspicnanss as bis public services, on:
I5.lcared linn 10 laree circle of friends.
whnso sorrow for his loss evigcs their
a,imirationo OF his higl, public aid private
character. ssf sS 8 tlj 80 ~
] Resnirei, That NC sympail, sc with! Tho
Ilwi,low and family Of the deceased in the
deep aillicton Wiz. providence hus jD.
tiiclcd upon iilen
i Itesolred, That as n nllrk offrcspec,,
the members OF this Hoard will wear the
usual badge oi mourning for tliiny days.
ResOired, Tint those resolutions Witl,
4 ihe date of death OF onr worthy inember
1 Colonel STErtgN iact,srr., he recorded on
Iille minutes vi The Heard.
/ Resoired, That u cppy Of these rcsoitl-
lions be sent to the widow and fal,ily OF
the deceased.
! Z Rssotre,i, That these resolutions ho pub.
lislisd il, The D. ,ricl papers. &
l4t - $1,000. ~ B ST
Sin JoHs FEASKIIS5--siis'i,c---- ,: ,inl n
Morning Chronicle publishes the iGiluw.
ling interesting stntcnlent, s,uci,ing ins its
accuracy. and snying that tho Admiralty
has ordered an inquiry:
GLnucEsTgs, Fs,pAY.. .s
An extraordinary ary5circiitnstance has just
Happened hore, which ] hasten to sniiiu,u-
nicatc. tits almost incnctlilie, bur inr tii..
! fact that tho authority is ufHluiibted, and
/ the Admiralty have been induced To order
an official inquiry, which. is now being
praceeded with.
These arc tie facts: last Sunday al
I2ternooa. Mrs. RUSSELL. q lady living at
Woa,ton, near tIlis city, sGbservesI some.
thins fali iH tho garden, wildcat diaaer,-.-
! Qn serrllns N,,t rho aartinnes. ha tsa,rts il
to he q staalt ha!lontI IN Tho car tGi Which
was q card. bearing the taltd&i9s itiscs;p,
ijtian: 81,
Essaes, A Ia NJ, lsnng.
dog. n, Ia,, y
September 8. u s1l, rs
4 Blocked in, BY &c q
The matter was nj first looked nps.s 5as q
i hoax, bpt subsequent events led 10 a com.
munir alton being made Mitit tlie ;Aslmiraliy,
i{wllo sent for the baltHrn and card, aud in..
modiately on thor roeeip: sent down Capt.
Beechy. II. NJ, to Gloucester, with an.
Eother officer, to make inquiries, I 'iitese
inquiries are slow being presented; Cap
tain Reech having setiitwice a. foot.
c I;tS n,i ,s, u J! na,sies Feslsg sets:
baIioaIii a eSaotly i similar Kind Ia those
sent out will tho EaEBGs, WHOM ssno saii.
Lou tHffoin Enalani. ~, y
FRoM lMKxit1. Datcs frnu, tie City OF
Mexico TO the 9Th inst hull hccn received
at New. Orleans. The gnseri,ll.e... I. <. .ap-
/ resented as in n state OF great confusion,
and many Intellectual attempts bad been
made 10 form a new Cabinet. The rcsour-
ccs Of the Government are represented as
( near.y oShaustnd. Accounts nf tho rero.
luton in Northern atcslco had nat yet
I reached the caDitai ~ 's..4
! ->~->---.,.l.. . - o., ..S>-- s. IS,
/ FEnERAL kspREssSTATioN.- Tho pop
ulation nf California proves 10 amount in
| tho new census to no more than la5. 600.
The Washington correspondent OF the
! N. York Courier s,ntcs that WHOM this fact
Is officially ascertained, 1t will give South
Carolina representative in adlltnn tn the
number ihps fur assigned her ii tn, b,st ta-
bes; TOR sho has tho largest ppreprrsentcd
fraction under iit,se tables. lIaridclega-
I,ion will therefore no six instehl Of five.
Under lie present appnstionn.ent. she has
4 seven. !
/ Mons SrAslsil OpTEAGR.---'The Natipp-
al.Iniclligenccr publishes a letter from d,
| American in Spaili, siating that serioHs
| proposition was publicly made 10 mob tho
American Minister in his residence at
Madrid. and was apparenty near being
carried intn effect; and This aiicr cancl,a's
butchery of the American captiyos in fla.
vana was knawn. The riots at New Or
leans were the preieSt.
S~~..sOs-'s---s--~
Tn Pork l'GosrEcrs.-R Reports from
tho principal pork growing sections lend
TO the belief ,hat,iie number OF hogs to he
slaughtered The present season will he
many less than years heretofore, and that
his scarcity viii induce mnrl, higher pri-
cns. The corn crop is represented tn be
very large Tor tho number G hogs TO he
fed. andwe may therefore conclude thar
tho quality of the article will not bo inferi-
Dor to that Of any ether years.
A,b Rockford (iH.) Forum. =
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IN .BRlae Syiihcrs.
T'kssenilelnan will soon haye establish
Z nj fnr himself inpSt CDvta hlo rcntitafipr