The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-04-02

| a5S ASEWSJHLEshSS, hARCU 26.---Sialor
Bartlett, anienbsr 81 The hIcxiear Hound
AIRY Commission, has arrived from Texas.
| He left the Commission, nj Ell Passo mn
well, and rcpefi,s l,lat5 tlia difficulty viii,
the Mexican Commissioners Ind been ~.
ranged. Major Bartlett reports tie occur.
renee Of horrible Scenes ut Iaro Bio. \
frontier town--n band Of despcradocs had
infested the towD, committing many mur-
dcrs The members of lc Commission
raised 'orce OF Americans, who captured
eight or ten OF the murdercrs, tried, and
immediately hung Them ALL One Of Tho
| persons murdered by the r,tTiars was Mr.
Clarke, son of tho Hon. J. w. Clarke. u,
s. Senator from Rhode Island.
! New ORLEANS, MARCH 27.-Crevasscs
have broken ont at Baton ROUGE.
PIaqucmine and iberyilIe, and arc d0inD
considerable damage. The progress Tic
crcvasse opposite this city has no, been
stopped. The river is high ,ilun it swaH
at this time last year, and the lcyce III
considered in great danger.
GIANT CoTToN STALK,--The Alabama
Journal (Montgolnery) says: "lvc wcrc
shown, few days since, by Mr.. Coke, ono
OF the delegates from this quarter 10 The
Worlds Fair in London, a section of an
immense cotton stalk, which hc will take
win hun as specimen OF the plant as it
grows in the rich prairie bottoms of
Alabama. The plant was t,ceniy teei IN
height and bore nnc MDusand doYy. II was
grown on the plantation Of Mr.. y. A. Wray,
OF this county. Mr.. Coke and brother viii
leave at an early period for Europe
ARRESTS IN CUBA ii is reported by,I,c
tI,n!. IL
persons have been arrested. some oi them,
citiz:ns OF the United States, ON the
suspicion OF being implicated in the
renewed reasonable designs of Iopez.
\ correspondent Of The New York Herald
reports that five or six of these prisoners
were sent by late steamer to Spain, and
that the rcst, including Baubaria, the Chief.
are confined in tho. Moro. Reports are
current. confirmed by these arrests, that
the project is revived az an invasion of the.
island Of Cuba under Lopez a,a...
Asrr-RExr OurRAGE--In ST. Laurence
county, N. Y on Friday, a narnber or pcr-
sons, disguised and with supply Of tar
and feathers, prevented The officers from
selling property levied on Tor military .incs.
The sale was stopped. and the o.iiccrs
bGa,Cn.
The Valley Wig cautions The pub.ic
against re c'eiving ten dollar notes on The
Charleston Is. Co. Bank, five dollnr notes
ON the Planters Bank Of South Carolina.
hve dollar no'es on the Northwestern Banl,
m virginia, and three dollar notes on the
Bank OF North Carolina, wi,!ou, r;ridly
scrnt'niz'ng them. During the week ,,,.
editor says lie has seen not less than half a
dozen rank counterlcts OF The dcnoiniua-
tons above described "fe
Virginia, THE Suurn, AND TIE CosI-
pEoMIsE,-A series o, resolutions were
submitted 10 the House of D,lcrntrs III
Delegates Of Virginia onsrhurs,lav, symps-
th'sng with South Carolina, hu. arreoinp
to The requirements Oft. compromise, ard
p!edging support TO The Urinn; also de-
nonncing the latc conduct nf Vermont. The.
resolutions were oifsre;i by hIr. sseo.,, Of
rahquler' anu after an animated debate.
have beenrefcrrcd To a special sceals,;t:seag
thirteen. 6, 49,
i ss:zssss
asvs since nslon bridge, Oyer Tie z
Niagara, from sision 10 Queeiis,siii, Mas
tested in the presence OF n large fif,t,ibe., Of
p rsons. Thirteen wagons, laden with
sand and stone, passed from each side.
meeting III The centre; and at The same time
one hundred persons on lnrsctack and on
on loot passed over. The result was
satisfactory TO The parties concerned
o. An old lady OF Jersey had an uf,ss.-
coun'a5'e aversion to rye, and never couhi
eat it in any form. till Of late they cn,, she
sa'd-'to making it into wl;skey, and find
can, now and then, worry down little
Exchange
rms reminds Us of tho speech Of q
member in a Western Lesisia,uro-.Mr.
SPenker, my county beats all creation, last
year we made $4,000 barrels of whiskey,
besides wasting ,housand OF bushels for
brea,l!'
TIE Day Dock AT pExsAcoLA.-The
i!oatlng dry dock on the balance plan. il,
progress OF fconstructon by Gilbert 6: Sceor.
at the Pensacola Navy Yard, was LAUNCHED
on The 10Th inst, without Tie slightest ac-
c!dent. This work is capable of rcccvingn
steamship o! 6.iu0 tons, or double The ton
mage OF the Cos!ins's Ships. Its Dimensions
are, length a50 feet, width l05.
1t is stated BY the New Orleans papcrs
that the immense drift which has been for
years acculnuliting at the mouth of Bayou
iIaquemlno has suddenly given way and
iioated down, increasing very much the
.,'"S VI ''S Nu'iSH'S dbu sweeping INTO the,
Bayou large portion Of the drut Of tho
river.
1t is said that application will be made to
the Governor of Maryland for requisiton
on the Governor of Massachusetts, for the
surrender of Chaplin, the aboItionist, on
criminal charge.
VI FAMINE AMONG THE iSplASs.-Tho
Minnesota Chronicle OF the lO;h ult. states
that sad accounts have been received there
from the upper Indian country. Tie Indi-
ans above Crow Wing were suffering ey-
tremcly, and many had literally starved 10
death. 1t is estimated, adds the Chronicle.
that within short time past, from five 10
seven hundred of them have died in conse-
qucnce ofprvations,
sD" A CLOCK FOR Sixty CEgrs.-Mr.
Chauncey Jerome, OF New Haven, Con-
nectcut, has actually made ,imcpiecc,
which he viii warrant TO keep good reckon
lng and which he sells for sixty cents at
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