The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-01-29

fare, cakes and milk, and prce,cd s,is
bottle ri Royal Ioch.na Gar oYlcn en-.
ioying his facc,ious remark, t,I,at She
w"hld la. e nae better than lila, al haac.'
-North British Mil,
Lord MorPeth on Charletsoh.
Lord Morpeth as he was, when in
America, but now by succession the
Earl Of Carlisle, has delivered a lee.
ture on America before the Mechan.
les Institute and Literary Society of
Leeds, i'll England. In this address
he has given the result ofhis observa.
tons on our country, while here on a
visit, some year ago,
In his remarks on slavery, he is Of
course much p~rejudiced as a stran.
ger to our customs and Institutions.
must be expected to be, but withal by
no mean violent or abusive. So mucl,
OF the lecture as relates to Charles.
ton, except his speculation on slavery.
we suhjoiu as being probably the most
interesting part Of the composition to
our rcadcrs.-Sua.
L spent a fortnight at Charleston.
the capital of her moro energetic sis.
ter, South-C Carolina. This town and
State may be looked upon as the head
quarters Of the slavcholding interest;
and repeatedly, when they have
thought the policy Of the North to-
ca~oroaching, eishsr upon questions
relating 70 what they term their pc,
culiar Institutions, which is their
cuphonious description of slavery. or
when we should feel a juster synra.
thy with them upon questions rclat.
ing to the protection of the Northern
manufactures in opposition to a liber.
al commercial policy, they have not
only held the very highest tone in ia.
vor Of a dissolution Of the Union. but
have proceeded to overt acts of resis.
lance. ! am bound to say that I
spent my time there very pleasantly.
There was much gaiety aud unbound.
ed hospitality. l have made no dis.
gulsc of what my opinions upon slave,
ny were, arc, and ever must be- but
it would be uncandid to deny that tho
planter in the Southern States, has
much more in his mannc. and mode
OF intercourse that resembles the
English country gentleman than any
other class Of his ~countrymcn; he is
more easy, companionable, fond Of
country life, and ont of door pursuits.
. ~--~~~--.. Hs.t.. #..
Bitter Bit
The bitter does sometimes get bitten,
Aboliiionlsm sometimes gets humbup.
ged, hut never so beautifully as in a
case winch came 10 my knowledge to-
day. During tho grca, cxcitemen, u
lew days since, growing out oflhe ex.
ccui'on Of The Fugitive Slave Law, a,
The last, q loafing vagatoni of a ne.
gro, who had been awcis.knowh dock
i"nter about our docks for some ycars
past, took a journey 10 Union village,
IN tins State, OIL some business onncct
cd with The do nothi,,g society, (Which
Samhr IS q most industrious member.
The abolitionisls there asked him If la
was ntugi'ive slave Cunlc TO carry
on n joke, (for the fnllcr is n practical
joker,) replied in the affirmative, where.
upon they treated him very kindly,
raised money for him, gave him good
dinners, somn very excellent clo,hinr,
and with letters from brother this, 10
somebody that, semi him on his way
from town 10 Town. everywhere ~recciv.
Ing The same attention as nj Union. vii.
lagc. Al last, having reached White
hall. .Sambo thought he would ON
back TO New York, and resume his
docli-loaing again, huying made mo.
ney, md comfortnbics enough In tho
Fugitive Slave " business, . 10 make
him iolcrablY independent during tho
winter. He tells tho story Of his ad.
ventures, with great gis,o, and partic.
ularIy the distinguished attentions paid
to him by The ''big folks" He spent
several days at The house Of OK Gov.
ornor SHADE, Of Vermont, Barrow, nd.
viSes his fellow l~oaEcrs, and The free
blacks generally, 10 30 ;n,o sde bust
ness am make en- iorlunc.", The
cream OF the Joke is in this case, is 10
10 found intlte fact, TINT site fellow
was never south of Mascp's and Dix.
ons line in his lifc' He was born ht
Saratoga, in this Stale III 1870, lived
awhile in Pennsylvania, and tlucfiy2in
THIS city, bnt. nevcr lii a slave siate.--
he " Documents gipen hun by snme
Of the abolition gonifysl e fellih with,
are exceedingly ripir-N. Cor. tof
the bsnn&yfSanieas safar