The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-02-19
Progress Of Fseesoil.

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The New Orleans Bee, which NO init
mated, a good while ago, to bc q rather
prosy paper, has IN one or two article.
lately undertaken 10 be face,ious. We arc
glad to see il. But the Bee has conceived
the curious idea thai we are behind tho
nmcs:ihatl in denouncing tho compromise,
as we continue incidentally 10 do, we arc
opposing a scheme which has not only re-
ceIved Tho sanction Of Congress, but the
peopleiand that the eyes Of tho country arc
now turned to olher things.
We think tho Bee %eyinces a deficiency of
recent intelligence not TO be accounted Tor
by the fact that it is located at the end of
t~heielcgfaph, The, Bee, it seems, has not
heard that the States Of Massachusetts,
NewtYork and Ohio, have thus far failed to
elect Senators 10 Congress, from the unset
tied condition Of their Legislatures on this
very settlement. Nor does this proceed
fro.n the opposition of a few OF poncnts of
It in these States, for in fact the co,npru,ni-
sers arc so few that they are only able to
actso the policy Of frustration-a policy
which tho compromisers denounced The
Southern altras fcc resorling to last session.
II massachusetts the election Of a
flaming Freesoil enemy Of the Compromise
has thus far only required the vote of two
compromisers.
In New York a single Wing Of the State
Senate, has defeated tho election of IIarnll-
ton Fish, an adherent of Mr.. Seward. In
Ohio, a few State Sonn,ors, of both parties,
defeated the election Of a Frecsoiler there.
These comproiniscrs who insist so much on
submission 10 the will Of a majority, are all
opposing the choice Of decided majoritics Of
their Legislatures on joint ballot, if tina,
could he taken.
Then there is Vermont. she has nulliiied
the Compromises; Pennsylvania In refused
to repeal her State law IN opposition 10 it.
The candidate Of the Democracy for Gov
crnor. in New Hampshire, Mr.. Atwood, has
written two letters against the compromise
and only one in favor Oft. Wisconsin has
elected an opponent of the compromise to
tho Senate. Connecticut is notorinusly
opposed to it. These States, all Northern,
have now more members in the House than
all the South. Then there arc South Caro-
lima and Mississippi. both well known to be
opposed tn it. And we believe not n single
Southern Legislature has yet declared
even it's acquiescence or rcscindcd its res
olutiDns of last year.
If this is what the Bee calls the general
appreciation OF the people for that measure,
the Bee must have contracted a notion Of
language and conduct cIninently original,
and such as to lead us to the suspicion that
The editor Of that print is engaged in a series
Of excrnciati G jokes at the expense of the
poor compromisers. whilst pretending to
accuse us Of falling asleep "just a year ago.
which was some five months before The
Southern Press begun.-[S nu,hern Press.
MOBILE, FED. 10.
GEN. QUITMAN IN CouRT.--In the
United States Circuit Court, at Ncw-Or-
leans; on Friday morning, at ii ~o'clo.5i,
while Mr.. Benjamin was proceeding with
the argument in the case agains, John
Henderson. Gen. John A. Quit,nnn, late
Governor OF the State Of Mississippi, appear
ed in court, accompanied by Mr.. Fielding
Davis, the us. Marshal, for the Southern
District of mississippi. and the Hon. A. Il.
McMurran, a distinguished lawyer from
Matches and q former partner Of Gen.
iQuitnan.
The u. 8. Marshal, Fielding Davis,
having returned the writ Of arrest to tho
Court, Gen. Quilman arose and stated that,
waving the reading Of tho Indictment, he
desired to enter the plea Of no, guilty. and
should demand speedy trial, az no had re-
signed his Office as Governor, for the pur.
pose OF ohcying the Of the Court.
He desired to DO bailed, and was prepared
to enter into a rccugniZance to appear from
day to day until his trial.
The court ordered tho clerk, Mr.. J. w.
Gurley, TO ,akc the recognizance of Gen.
Quitman, in the sum of $1,000. Tie
GeneIal then entered into bond, with Mr..
Henry w. Hill as surety.
The Court stated to Gen. Quitman that
it should give him as speedy a trial as was III
its power.
Mr. Benjamin then resumed his argument.
-lRegister.
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The FIRST AND LAST FATAL DUEL ny
ILLINoIANs,-In the year 1890 a duel was
fought in Bcllcville, s.. Clair county, be-
tween Alphonso Stewart and William
Bennett. The seconds had made it up to
be a sham duel; Stewart, one Of the parties
was supposed 10 be in the secret; bu,
Bennett, his adversary, believed it to he
a reality. 1t is supposed that Bennett
somewhat suspected a trick, and after re-
ceiving his gun from his second. rolled a
ball into it. At the word fire, Stcwnr, fell
MORALLY wounde d; Bennett was indicted,
tried, and convicted for murder. A great
effort was made to procure him n PARDON:
but Gov. Bond would yield to no cn,rcatics,
and Bennett, suffered the extreme penalty
of the law by hanging, in the presence OF a
great multitude Of people.
This was the first and tho last duel
which has ever been fought in the state by
any Of its citizens. The hanging Of
Bennett made duelling discredltable and
unpopular; and laid the foundation vi III.
adherence of tho practice which has been
felt and expressed by The people Of Illinois
The present Judge Lockwood was then
Attorney General Of the state, and prose
cuted in this case; to his talents and sue
cess as n prosecutor, the people are i'll
debted for this 'eaFly precedent and exam
pie. which did more than is generally sup
posed TO prevent the practice of duelling
from being introduced into his slate.-
Chicago Com. ADD.
THE CoTToN EXPERIMENT IN JAMAICA.
-''The first Report on the Progress OF
Cultivation from Dist Oct. to 3lst Dec.
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