The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-12-09
NEW YORK, Dcccmber !. 1850.

NEW YORK, December I, 1850.
Mr.. Editor: The Verdicts of tie Coro
ncrs ln1ucs, sitting upon tho cause Of the
shocking accident at tie Public School il,
Greenwich Avenue, (you will rccollcc, ,ha,
As children were killed on tho occasion,)
has produced 40 little excitement III this
Iu,r,cr. These Inqucsts are mere farccs,
at best. liza railroad. care!essly managed,
kilI, Ike our Harlem Rail Road, it's man
day, these Jur'es invariably give IN the
sicreotypcd opinion, "nobody to blamc;;"
II boiler explore, and the engineer escaped
sn'ng 10 Heaven as summarily as he scnds
tow others, forthwith he is exoncra,cd hy
The same sapicnt body from all legal re-
sPorsihilhy, and so, in this casc,-,he chill.
drcn were murdered, aud the nc,ual cul-
pr'is are gently clidcd for their mistakes,
but not soul boldly rcbnkcd, or placed in
'he way "i punishment for thus putting
The lives OF hundreds OF little ones i'm
Jeopardy. The parents OF the deceased
are poor generally speaking. Had they
bee" alliucn, wcald,hc jury have SO .riilei
with their icclngs.
we had another conviction for murder
here ON Friday, making the ninth this year.
i's'ssaA'S1-""s -une Of some inec-css-h
German poisoned his vile, because She
had come over alter him from Germany
and desired 10 share his fortune here, IN
stead OF anotocr young woman, who, it
seems, had supp!anted her in his affections
He appeared 10 consent, and was very
loving for a lime, but constantly made ;hc
mistake ol putting arsnnic instead OF
Jumps o! sugar IN her tea, and SO she died.
For his grave mistake he will be hung
Another exciting subject Of animated
discussion here IS the fate of Mr.. THRAsn
Err, the American editor OF the Faro In.
dnHrini in ilavaDna, who has been sen.
fenced to eight years imprisonment on a
charge "I having been connected with the
late INVASION al Cubs. The popular feeling
IN his favor and against the Spanish Gle.
vcrnncn' IS 'ndcsc' ibab!c. Ii is pretty Ger.
tain, however. HAT our Government will
interfere 70 save Mr. TuEAsuER.
We had tremendous fire on Friday
night TIA, burned down numh n Of stores,
81. Where is thai Fire Annihi!a,or
When w'H il be ready to save us from
these fearful conn,grations.
a Hotel as large IA both the Irving and
Astor Houses united, has Just been com.
plctcd on N,blo's lot, and IN front OF his
theatre. !, IS 70 be called the " MctropoIi.
tan And who you think has taken an
interest in II, Why, DARSUM! DAR.
NUN the lucky. BAExuM the indcin,igua.
bic, BARSUM, for whom everything tha,
he touches, be il valuable, or bo il worth.
less, 'urns vnri,ablo gold The M.ssrs
LELAND lonors the Clinton here, ON Tho
Ievees, but Barnun stands behind them rs
The financial pilar, and has already pul
down $4,000 dollars towards the furniture.
ana assigns 10 put considerably more.
Mos wonderful man is tha, BARsum aforo.
said Twelve years ago he he was wan.
dorIng the fields and sleeping under hay-
stack for the want Of the "c.cula,inr me-
d'"m' wiIh which to pay for bed The
IoM THUMB speculation Melted him 200. 900
dollars, JENNY LIND made him half a mil.
hon more, now he has II Museum hero ,ha,
nctts profit "i 10000 dollars per annum.
lie has the ST. James theatre in London
lie has the Chinese family now travelling
IN Europe. He has a vast Museum in Phila.
oe'ph'a' lie has vast travelling Menagc-
re OF lions and tigers aud elephants that he
sen. shos To The Eas, Intlies to catch, a,
has two more ships from Ceylou, bound
honcward, laden with many additional rarc
cnr'"si'lcs. lie IS President of ono Bank
and controls two others He is chief own.
or "'a popular Insurance Company. Ils
Is The active head aud manager OF the Fire
Ann.h'Iator Company. He Isl Fempe-
rance Lecturer,a Rechabi,c, a member Of
thc Temple OF the Sons of temperance,
an Odd Fellow, and Heaven only knows |
Wl'a, else. What he does not know, is not |
worth knowing, and what lie can't do, cant |
be done, rrmcniber that!
One of our Doctors WAS caught napping
the other day. He WAS arrested for dc.
bauchlng Tie pcrsoh ofn young woman who
lad gone 10 him for professional aid. There
Is much public feeling against him. lie is
a fashionable, hut heartlesa wretch, and |
his only cxcuss is that other physicians