The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-11-25
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LANAI tne Iate lCEit1 Gf fh9 3UiiitH
States District Cplr', held ut Iowa Ciy.
isaac Sloan Was convicted, of using l'os
Office Stamps second uiIiG. u,d sentenced
to pay fifteen dollars, and ihre., cents dn-
images. This is the first instance oi tho
kind undsr file new nw.- Thar. Courier.
General David r. Twiggs, The ,erom
| Cerro GorIo, was nnrSird recently al
Pensacola, To Miss Hum; uf that cny.
WESTERN l'oen TRAbs:-At Cincin-
nati' louisville aud ~. 1A,uIs, the Pork
trade continues dull, asbuycrs continue To
In Shelby county. KY, 10000 head have
ice" tat,enet, and SO far, only 5000 sod.
Rev. Mr.. Taylor. stationed at San Fran
| cisco reports that the friends OF the mis-
| sion there arc about 10 buy ship and build
on its deck Bethel Church, to cost
So or $1,000.
Mr.. Asa I.ynde, OF Willian,stown, in the
London district q! CaEada West, has seilt
| donation Of J1e thousand dollars to tic
Missionary Society Of the Methodist Epis-
coial Church.
Congress will assemble mex, Monday,
being the frat Monday N December.
1t is said that Mr. Bates. Of Dun,las,
Canada, has d s.ovcred mude OF protIu.
ciDg beautiful light from peculiar dc.
composition of coIhiJn air.
Tile seat Of Tic Canadian Government
has been removed 10 Quebec!
II is said that Captain Parker has been
scmt as special agent to lIavana; To in.
quirc in:o the cn,iduct Of Ex. .CGnsil owen.
TcIcgr; plic COMMUNICATION between
London and Paris, across tic British, chan
mel. IS now complete and in successful
operation.
! y movement has lately been set On foot
by the settlers oi Oregon TERRITORY; wh clI
has Tor It's object the orglniz.tiO Of Il xe-
! pcra,c territorial government for that ppr.
ton which hes north of the Columbia RIVER.
| 4 law has been promulgated at II,m-
bursh wliic!i sanctions marriages between
Jews and Christians.
Many OF The Partisan Workmen cmploy,
person daily to read Tile newspapers u
them While at work.
The journal dcs Deba,s hrges iipon the
French Govefnment to curry The telegraph
| wires now complete between London and
Paris; ut once To aiarscilcs, SO as TO place
Lon !on in immediate communication with
the Mediterranean. The cost would be
not more than E2,7O0.
Thus THEY Go.-Nl!liam Fontanc,
revolutionary soldier under General Mari:
OF. died on the 10Th Of last mont, at tn.
residence of Mr.. James Klnbcock, in Fluri.
da. He was lOl years OF age; and retained
~ p,Vth a Icr, I,t,
about three DAYS before his death.
u The Legislature OF Ljusia,.a will
lave United States Senator To e,ett al
the approaching session. .tmong tic can.
tiida,cs who are epokaHS u III Duncan +.
Kenne-i Randall Hunt, aud ]. +. Benjamin.
| 9J KossUrn is a Protestant, as we learn
by his late speech at Southampton, We
| liuvu sccii Il stated ,liat lir ssus \ Catholic
tCoufist.
! 4 letter from Tuin; Of Oct. 2i, mentions
a report current there in the ministerial
circles, that the British and French Gov
crnrner,s have instructed their representa-
tivcs at the court Of Tuscany to declare
that England and France witnc with dis.
satisfaction tic establishment Of relations
between tho Tuscan Government aud ,liat
of Austria, which, If continued, will be de-
s,ructive 10 The independence of Tuscany.
A letter IRON San Francisco says, the
mines are yielding good returns, and con-
iidcntly anticipates a larger yield, OF gold
than upon any previous season. The conf
mcnccment OF another year it is believed
will find our obligations much :. uccd. aud
large proportion OF the rcco., Us of the
mines will remain invested with us:
| IMPROVEMENT IN SPY GLIssEs.-The
London papers, in speaking Of works bi art
IN the great c&Iiibtion, mentions newly
invented, very s,Ea!l, powerful waistcoat
pocket glass, the size Of walnut, by
which person can be seen and known one
and half miles distant, and ships are
clearly seen at twelve and fourteen miles.
SINGULAR CASE OF SURGERy.--One OF
the compoStors employed in he Philadcl.
Phia Ledger office had a surgical operation
performed on his hip on Saturday last,
which brought 10 light sowing. needle of
ordinary size, the possession OF which lie
was -h:lorc entirely unconscious. How or
when it got there lie has no, the rcmoiest
knowledge. and it is by no means mproba-
be that he has carried il since his child.
hood II was still smooth aud polished,
but had become Of a jet black. - Charleston
Courier.
| North CARoL,sH CorroN CGoY.-Ths
Raleigh Standard, OF Saturday says:
An enterprsng planter OF this County
| told Us. few days since, that he had pick
ed and ba!ed his cotton crop, and that the
| yield OF his farm, the present year, is about
one nalf From all that we can learn, we
are of opinion that this pretty good stand.
ard by which TO estimate the crop gener-
ally Of this State. In some spots the crop
has been nearly full one. hut in others
tho result has been, in all probability, from
a half 10 threc-lourtl,s only of crop.
a PRESENT WELL DEsERvEp.--A splan.
did service Of silver plate is in course of
preparation at Mobile, 10 be presented 10
WIN. Slnilh, in consideration OF his kind
and humane attention TO the American
prisoners taken with Lopez, while they
were in prison at Havana,
a fine coat often covers an intolerable
fool, but it never Conccals one.