The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-12-09
METROPOLIS.
NEW YORK, December !. 1880.

NEW YORK, December !, 1850.
Mr.. Editor: The Vcrd,c,s Of the Coro.
ncrs Inquest sitting upon the cause Of the
shocking accident at the Public School il,
Greenw'ch Avenue, you will recoIlcct that
rs children were killed on the occasior,)
has produced no little cxcitcmen, IN this
lu,r,cr. These lmqucs,s arc mere farccs,
at best. l'a railroad. carelcssly managed,
kil, like our Harlem Rail Road, lis man a
d'y' these Jnrics invariably give IN the
s;cfeoiypcd opinion, "nnbody to blamc;"
II boiler explore, and The engineer escaped
s"ing 10 Heaven as summarily as he sends
Il low others, forthwith he is eyoncr,tcJ by
The same sapicn. body from all legal re-
sPons'i'iy, aud 80, III this casc,-,l,e chill
drcn were murdered, and the aclual cul.
pt'is are gentI y chiIcd for their mistakes,
but not soul boldly rebukcd, or placed in,
The way nj punishment for thus putting
the lives OF hundreds OF little oncs in
Jeopardy. The parents OF The deceased
are po'r generally speaking. Hal they
oech aliiuen, would,hc jury have SO triilcd
with their fcc!.nga.
We had another conviction for murder
here ON Friday, making The nint!. this year.
isrs'r rssss's-was rnc Of sone insc .es st.-A
German poisoned his wife, because she
had come over after him from Germany
and desired lo share his fortune here, m
stead OF another young woman, who, il
seems, had supplantei her in his affections
He appeared TO consent. and was very
loving Tor a time, but constantly made ;hc
mistake OF putting arsnnic instead OF
Jumps OF sugar IN her tea, and so she died.
For dis grave mistake he will be hunn.
Another exciting subject Of animated
discussion here is The fate Of Mr.. THRASH.
En, the American editor Of the Faro In.
duArini in lIavanna, who has been sen
fenced To eight years imprisonment on a
charge of having been connected with the
late INVASION .! Cuba. The popular feeling
in his favor and against the Spanish Gc-
vernncni is mdcsc,ibab!c. II is pretty Ger
tam, however, that our Government will
interfere 20 save Mr.. THEAsnER
We had tremendous fire on Friday
night TIA, burned down number of s,ore,
81. Where is that Fire Annihia,or
When wiH it be ready TO save us from
these fearful c"nil,grations.
a Hotel as large "a boil, the Irving and
As1or Houses united, has Just been com.
piesed on N.bo's lot, and III front Of his
theatre. l'sto be called the . Mctropoli.
tan And who you think has taken an
interest III II Why, BARxuM. BAR
NUN the lucky. BAExUM tho indela,igua-
bic, BARNUM, for whom evefythnp tha,
he touches, be it valuable, or ho i worth
less turns vartablc gold. The Messrs
LELAND honors the Clinton here, ON the
icvces, but Barnum stands behind them as
The financial plslar, and has already put
down 10000 dollars towards the furniture.
anu arsIsns to put considerably more.
Mos' wonderful man is that BARNUM afor,:.
said Twelve years ago he he was wan.
do'"is The fields and sleeping under hay
stack for the want Of tho scircuiatine me-
dirm" wilh which to pay for bed The
Ton THUMB >pcculaiion Melted him 200, 600 |
dollars, JENNy LIND made him half mil
lion more, now he has Museum here that |
ncits profit oi $4,000 dollars per annum
lie has the st. James theatre in London |
lie hns the Chinese family now travelling
IN Europe. He has vast Museum in phila. |
de'phla. Tic has vast travelling Menagc.
rIc oi lions and tigers and elephants that he |
sent shins To tho East Indies TO catch, and |
has two more ships from Ceylou, bound |
honeward, laden with many additional rare
curmsitics. lie is President of one Bank |
and controls two others He is chief own. |
or o'a popular Insurance Company. HIS
is The ac,vc head and manager of tho Fire
Ann'haor Company. Ho is. a Tempe
r,ncc Lecturer, a Recllabitc, a member Of
the Temple OF the Sons Of Tcmperance,,
an Odd Fellow, and Heaven only knows
win'. else. What he docs no, know, is not
worth knowing, and what he can't do, cant
be done, nmcmhbr that!
One of our Doctors was caught napping
the other day. He was arrested fos de.
bauohing The person of n ynuns woman who
had gone 10 hm for professional aid. There
is ,hach public feeling agains, him. He is
a fashionable, hu, a heartless wretch, and
his only excuse is that other physicians