The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-05-21

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race took place on the Cincinnati erd Of
the Little Miami ralroad, just Mt the rising
oi the sun on Monday innrning last A
very beautiful and accomplished young la.
dy, OF our acquaintance, was To loave that
morning on tho cars inr Clcavelanl, en-
route for the Worlds Fair, in company
with ourSworthy fclDw-ctizen Mr. Il,
and his family, and had promised to join
them at tho depot in time; when she reach
cd the station house, accompanied by her
father inhis carriage, to their CONSERVATION
anu almost utter despair, M9y diSc0rercd The
cars had gone. The father was for giving
up and returning quietly homc-nol so. the
young dauscl-shc possessed more spirit
and resolution. Shc had no idea Of aban-
donlng the long anticipated voyage to En-.
rope, and instanl ly cried out to thc faithful
driver :: Robert, drive on, drive for your
lllc-ovcrtakc the cars-wc must ovcr,akc
them And, turning to her father, she
said: 'lohn (tho name Of the horse, and
very favorite onc) has blood, and can beat
the iron horse / know Robert lost no
time in obeying his fair young mistress,
and off they sped like lightning And The
good horse John appeared to realize what
was desired, and the very difficult task be-
fore him, and seemed to say, as did the gal
liant Col. Miller, OH other occasions, j
Will try 1t was not all hour from the
commencement OF the race. before the r "
dilute and never ,launtcd young lady was in
the car with her friends, who of course had
given up all hope Of seeing her.
The EGrM's Diernal Rcrolulion-Fo
tunity OF witnessing the testing Of the new
method ff ,rovi,, ~ tt,, I;,,ru,l ~
the earth. The experiment can be tried at
a tritlng outlay, and is certainly one of in
l&sr0st. a gentleman in this city has sus-
f$eli an ordinary clock weight by means
., 3 small wire reaching from tho gnrrct
ceiling to the entrance Of he passage on
the firsg floor. 1t is thirty feet III length,
and makes about twenty-one vibrations per
minute. With view that it might move
with as little friction as possible, and turn
freely ina horizontal direction, n steel r.um
with all idcntatcd inner surface was provi-
dcd, on which plays hardened steel point.
To this tho wire of tho pendulum, was tas-
@ncd Directly under the weight, and Oh
tho floor, is placed circle, drawn on paper,
divided into degrees, minutes and seconds.
The pendulum WAS started in straight
linz, apparently, but, in the course of Two
hnurs, there WAS a very pcrccptlhlc dc
parllve from it, for the reason that the
earthNwa turning round Washington
Republic, May l4M
A DARING FEAr.-The ST. Louis pa
pcrs, in giving the account Of tho large fire
which took place there carly on The morn
ing ol the I'd inst, relates an incident in
connection with it, which cvinccs a re-
1narkablc degree OF presence of mind and
courage in the hero. At the time The fire
'lroke out, young man was sleeping in
the Third story of a building occupied tiy 4.
L. Wctzel g. Co. He rwokc, and finding
all cgres by the stairs cut of, sprung TO
tic roof in the hope OF escaping through he
sky-light OF tic adjoining building, whic!
was ono story higher. BY determined ci-
fort he reached the next roof: but when
itefc, found 10 his great dsippJ a,mcn,,
that tho sky-!ighI VAS laStcnal down. lie
passed on ic The hext roof. AID loWni ali
means nt escape Simiary cut of. Finally,
si.e re..E.Si'ed tho corner building, hut no ad-
l:svaL.sn OF cscapeyet prrsentc:! ;;sali He
Ssi,aw fasor.csi 5 n.sIcsprrf.e eXpcd.cnt.-
sauto.,s'y Letting himself down, hc clung
fTssS,ia his hands 10 The caves OF the building.
sand @hiIc III this position, actually kitks,i
.Eppen. n window ~ the story below the roof,
ing. Tic yonng mans desperate situation
may is;ly be imagined and il is wonder
. how hclnanagcd To get in at the window,
ssszt% cnattcr it was open, for The uppcr pnrl
9! his body must necessarily have projected
3 sine dstance out Of the pcrpcnicular line
!, oi The wall Truly u miraculous escape.
4. q. y. q. Picuy"ne.
! HsENcoURActSG TO EEs.-O'Reilv,
the great Telegraph contractor, like many
others who have acquired fame and uotorir-
", began life as printer. The late Ma
jor Noah, referring to him in his speech, n,
the dinner given to Colonel Richard llcc,
by tho proprictors Of the New York San,
says:
IL well remember the little sandy haired
irish boy, coming at night 10 the office, ar-
ter he had got through with tho arduous Ia.
bors OF the day, and asking the loan OF some
scientific book. The request was never
kJenied, tos the boy was known to be honest.
80 he fruits of that fidelity and that honesty,
#lnay now be witnessed in those lines o
telegraph connecting all portions of our
country, and in the exalted position To
which the poor and struggling Irish boy has
worthiy attained
:, Progrcss Of Turkish Fasiioas.-Two
ladies' dressed in rurkisl, panlaloons have
attracted considerable notice in Broadwav
New York. for the last few davs where
they parade for several hours. They arc
intellectual looking, and their skirts hang
as low as the necs. But The good work an
pears to have fallen into bad hands in ono
quarter. At the incendiarv abolition cen.
vention at Syracuse, New York, the follow
ing took place:
"Mrs. BurIeigh and the Misses Bur.
leig hs, the wife and daughters OF The poe,
Burle'gh, entered the meeting. They we're
dressed in tho new costume that is now he.
ing adopted by the ladies'. Tic upper
garment was close fitting, and reached 10
the knees. Underneath was a loose trow-
sers, reaching to the ankle. The feet were
enclosed in buskns, and gypsy straw hats
crowned ALL
Pretty Coop EATING by the + low
ing bill OF fare at the Dunkirli Celebration
Yesterday, it is very evident tha, The Pres.
idcnt and his Cabinet are in no danger Of
starving. The faro is to!crably substantial
as well as being rather plentiful. The frs,
1rit,E n nnIrcJ in Tho hill ,,.o s,,nr,..