The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-03-26
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day night last, an accident Of a painft,iIvsl
distYessing character occnred Al lie easas'. II
sJence Of Mr.. James Boyd, IN this District t
AT late Hour Of the night, one or Iiia tegrS
houses took Gre, and was 30 fnr {consu,nol
before The inmatea were aroused that Il .vas 81
win great difficulty any Of them made thei,
escape. Ono child, being left in its bed.
"os consumed with the house; another WAS.
seized by It's mother, but in endeayorino
to make her wsy :,ii:,, she fellfn tile midst
OF The flames. She was dragged out, lint
her child was lost. Another small bov
succeeded in eifecting his way out. hut he
wan SO badly burned that he lived ;bnt 6av..
or two afterwards. The fire is ,puppcscd
to have originated from accident. 80 .'
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAtr, Ran 90.
The Memphis Eagle states that at The lass
accounts from New Orleans, Gov. Jones
had obtained subscriptions To the a,nontt,
Of 100000 in that city, to this great enter
prize.
Several of our own citizens, thas
paper informs us, had given assurances to
Gov. Jones, that Charleston is ready To-
subscribe literally.
The opinion appears TO be- gaining ground
in all quarters, even with those who prefer
New.Orleans as the great exporting city:
that Charleston 10 rapidly becoming the
great importing metropolis of tho South.
The completion ofthc Road to Memphis
VIII divert largo portion Of the trade now
going on between Western merchants and
the Northern cities, to Charleston. X n
CoSsoLATIoN.-'Ion," Of the Baltimore
Sun, gives the owner Of Shadrach Will.
iams some comfort at least. He grnyely
assures the claimant that tho prompt rescue.
1.-THE negro saves him from vast amount
al expenses which he would have had to.
incur in recovering him. He instances
the cnse Of Henry Long, whose reclamation
our readers will remember, cost more than,
the negro afterwards sold for.
This is paying rather dear for justices;
and Is a fine commentary upon the beauties
OF the fugitive slnvc law, and the pledges
which Foole and his followers made about
the way the Nortll would enforce it.-lNis.
sissiPpian.
AN INTERMITTENT PUxIsnaIEST.-As sin.
gnlar instance OF the mode in WHICH judicial
penalties are carried into effGc; at Berlin is
announced in the Journals. The editor of
democratic Journal was recently con-
demned to four months imprisonment; but
pleading i'll health it was decrecd that he
should bc examined by the medical super
inicndcnt ofprisons, Rr. Casper, who made
his report. whereupon il was decided that
the condemned person should submit, to a
system Of alienation of prison and freedom
= that is, he is to go into and rernain in goal
four days, and then come out eight days,
| and SO on until the whole period Of four
months Imprisonment shall be made good.
2 rorrc,oonJont - ~ - n. ~
gl'n writes from Key West, Fla, tina. Mr-
Mallory has not yet accepted the Office OF
United States Senator, IN which he was
recently chosen over Mr.. YuIee, and that
in consequence Of his disapproyal of the
manner Of his election-to 'Wif. ky Wbips
in connection with portion of the Demo
cratic party-it is doubtful whether he will
| take his seat.
A New KIND OF FENcE.-alr. JOINER.
Remington, Of Montgomery, Alabama, tthe-
| Inventor OF the Remington aerial nsidge)
has patented n new and useful invent ION.
4 asr .Ins ,;.: kinr
dnr5pie as granite, and ali very reasonable
! cost 81 construction cons Tue. chef ingr iaEk,
" sona, ana It csin be easily mani iactnrctt
by plantation hands. The cement panels
are conveyed to The spot where the fe,isas
IS 70 lie located, and ,ae two legs Of ead
| nIe let INTO The ground Hke common paSS3sS
The cost TO The planter is estimated
cents per panel OF ten feet by five-is iEs ss
inches thick--far cheaper than the ssises
fence. 1t does not, or at least should nos
detract from the merit Of this invention
that II halls from Alabama, this time, rather
than from Name or Pennsylvania, or that
the modest little town O of,AlontComery ven
| trtf bo
turing cities Of The East for The honor of
originating some of the useful discoveries
Of the age. 60 5&&
| NEW WSTEAM-cARRIAGE EoR THE STREETS.
LIN the AreRir Republican, of st. Etienne
Is given an account ofihe appearance IL,
the streets Of that town of new, steam
carriage for ordinary ronds, nvet ted by M.
Verpilleux, Of Riye-dc- Ger, who represcrr.
ted the Loire in Tho Constituent Assembly.
Tha carriage in question went through nil
the streets Of the town with the greatest
facility, under the most perfect eontroni OF
the man sitting in front, turning il TO lta
right or left, or sending it backward or for.
ward as he pleased. Two cabrioIefs, filed
with SOME of the friends of the inventor.
were attached to the carriage; us wns, az
forwards, heavy car, Of Goals. which IL
carried In M la Croix-de- IHprne 10 tho
lime klns Of Mr. jackson. The carriage
weighs two tons, ard is of,four.horse pow.
or. II runs nn three wheels, and its spced
is ten English miles an hour. Its con-
sumption Of coke is exceedingly SMALL
| new vehicle on the same princpie, but
oftwelve horse power, is now in course OF
construction; il will be able, it is said, 10
move four coal.wagons with n weight Of
10000 kilogrammes. I, is intended shor:-
ly to employ this mode Of locomotion fos
carrying the Goals OF Bessage TO the Rh6re
and those Of Firminy to The Lyons railway.
The bingham, Mass. JournL says:--.
awe have seen thu gian,--a yeritahle gians.
and no mistake. Angus McKaskill is bur
10 years old. SO il is said-is now nearly
eight feet high, and is still grow nc. ieis
well propnr,ioned. intelligent looking, and,
by tho time he a,tains maturity wifi he a
tall one indeed. His shoes are sixlcnn IN,
ehcs long, and his cap as big round as a
bingham bucket; everything else abonl
him is in the snmo proportion. The zen.
,ieinen under whose charge he ia exhibItch
state, what, il fact, is very Remarkable