The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-01-15
Correspondence CT the News.

"~ASHiAGTpN, Jan. -, lSlIssNf
IN me Senate to-day, contrary to generafe
eAPcctat'on, me CnInu'lttec To whom lad
been referred the House hill, making I'M
bounty land warrants assipnabIe rcnortadS
IL oacK with n recommendation that il do
not pass. This, however, by 10 u,cansgdc.
cides the fate Of the measure, as Il, may ho
carried.
The resolution Of Nj. BRADBURY, relative
to removals from office. WIS then taken up.
and hr. Ewing occupied some hours chiefly
upon Inc causes which led TO the remoynl
OF Col. Weller and Gen. Lane. He de-,
cared that the causes of the rrmoya, OF
t:oi. Weller, were his being a delaul,er
and hal'i,ualiy incorporate. As for Cen.
Lane, he was removed owing 20 complaints
against him while dischargiug Inc duties of
Commissioncr of Indian Affairs, and in i'm
putting iaischcod and uufairrtess To Gen.
Taylor IN regard to the Indiana Volunteers
| at Bncna Vista.
Alter some brief remarks from Mcssrs. ;,
Cass and Downs, the subject was postponed.
In the House a considerable time was &C.
cupicdb by a-rather Acrimonious debate on n
motion by Mr.. Julian, 50 TO amend the iourn-s
al as TO STOW. that when he presented The
memorial OF the Society of Friends Tor the
repeal OF the Fugitive Save Law Yesterday,
- - iSbSt VI lttbs SuGIyCl 10 a a
Committee with instructions 10 report a bill
for the repeal of the law. Finally the mo-
ton 10 annul was negatircd,by n large ma;
jority.! -f5ta AN II
Dir. Julian thcn made a desperate effort
10 deliver 4 speech On n motion 10 rrccnsid-t
or the vote Just taken, but he was decided
out oil order. inns;nucl'as tl,nrc-can beGgnot
d9batc OIL UGH motions relative TO iheru,es.
During the affair, the Free Sellers kent
pumping up and down like he keys orNa&
piana, but there was = very general GispoE
sition 10 check their h1iling enthusiasm,
The remu ndcr of the day vas hevot!4)4 to
the consideration of the New lIatapslure
contested c'cction case, lie scat Of Mr..
Morrison being contested ty Mir Perkins.
Mr.. Seward sttlfhecps up his visits 10
IN" EehtteS lousc.. and so far as ouiwari APP
pearances are c%nnceHlci ono might sup
pose,iiu, t1. be one Bishi :, FfEIr1re's warm
est friends friends In New York, Srwatd's party
are now termed the .xoplis ilesa4. while
those attached IN the Wing esrt y pr.sper re-
lo;cefathc apPeilntipp oiii 'silver srsrs.,
The tariff men are sill Il, son, ;.l1 rom
certain unmistakeahie indications il is evil
dent that tlictn;Wiii lie no general revis-
ION OF The system NJ the present session
Last evening the first Assembly Ball
came offat Jackson Hal, The Jrcc oi tick
cts being five dollars. There was 4 larce
gathering. and no lack oltlic fair sex. One
could almost Imagine hnmscit transported
INTO a MahUinctAn paradise Ii The ladies'
would always VICAR their ball room sin, les,
what a happy world this would he But
when these fair young maiilcns get mar
ried, and put Off the "~anrel'to !av on the
rod upon sqaal!:ng children, husbands arc
app TO think there acc many changes in .
life. fs
The Secretary OF The Inferior IN stealing
a march upon members ii Congress, hy
putting in a score OF extra clerks without
aulhoril", has MORALLY oiierand these who
were in waiting FOR the appointment of ;lleir
friends. He claims, h6Soyrc, a certain
q scre'ionarv power, which he saws is
lodged in him so To do. Bat thej Joke of tits,
tina, with oil iiiis extra force, rot a single
bounty land warrant uYirr,Ec late law has
yc. been issued. II is openly declared ,ha,
a plan is on foot, at which Mf Stuart; is at
the head, 10 repeal the law. Bin, ,his would
be a dangerous movement Tor tie strongest
politician, for he would be auathenatzcd
from ono nn.l al the country TO tie other,
inaslnmc', as the claimants under il are
men Of all parties. lsy
~~~~~-.-S~>~--~
GES HoUsroN.-1his Texan some DAYS
since passed through orr tnwn on his way
TO Washington. Al The Hole. whore he
stopped, stopped also another Tcxian.a
MIR. Ormond. they happening 10 meet here,
Ormnnd was one of thpsc sAd instances
which we so often sec OF taIcut, ruined BY
the too frequent glass. He was tight
going up 10 Houston, booking him terniy in
The face, remarked, aud yon are Gen.
Houston" Yes. .Ncll sir, | wan, 10 know
what right yom had ,og give away so muetof
the land OF Texas TO the Abolit ~onistss'
We did not hear the Generals afswea,
but ii should have been rhat OF ,lo man
who stole from has !r end To give TO his en-
envy. Men who were informed on the
subject saw the imposition a~pAlyoted agiust
-h'it the mass Of the peofte OF Texas
were gniled by thor Office seeking Repre-
scn'a''ves, and voted awaP their own prop
crty.-C0n,dsR .LJtrn7L
FATAL RENCoNTRE,-Vo learn from a
private despatch, says the Savannah Re.
publican OF the 7iIi inst, that a difficulty
occurred in Macon, Sunday Evening, be.
tween w. H. Hughes and I. knight. Jr.,
which resulted in tho sdeath Of the former.
This dispatch says tliatK nj iii made some
insinun'ions about tho defeat OF Hughes,
who was a candidate at Tic municipal cleo.
ton on Saturday, which produced harsh
words between them; aud Hughes struck
knight.a and seized hin by the throat, when
II. shot b IN. Hughes dieiiH Flew njins
utes, MI. Hughes Is the person who went
10 bos'an m quest d the INEieivcs, and Dir.
Knight IS thc, broshcT OF the one who ac-
companied him.
a SiNGuI.AB .CURE-0p ihc STEAMER
x bunker iliilthat arrived from No,e Orleans