The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-04-13

WiscoNsIS LEaIsLNruRE.-I'hc bill
oboIishing the death penalty was killed
iir the House on tho 22d ult., by vote
of.35 to27. A bill exempting Church
property from taxation was refused ell
giOsslnent by SO to IL. The House
by Ito l3, voted to submit to the
people the propricty of submitting
biennial for annual sessions Of the Lc.
gislature.
CAUSES OF RAIN, Snow, HAL, FOG.
.17leain is caused by a cloud moving
into u stratum Of cold air, by which its
particles arc condensed, and run into
drops too heavy to float in the atmos-
phcrc, Snow is produced by the cloud
becoming frozen before its PARTICLES
have collapsed into water. Hail is
caused by the freezing of the drops at.
ter they begin to full as rain. Dew is
the falling Of the vapors of the day
when they part with the motion in the
cool of tho evening. A Fog is cloud
floating on the surface of the earth, and
Cloud is fog hoating in the atmos-
phcre.
:,UNcLEs SANS FuNDs.-Thc net
4 amount. subject to draft in the U. S.
Treasury, on the 22d ult., was $l2, ,773,-
397.9l, of which S75, ,377.9S was in the
hands Of the U. S. Assistant Treasurer
in Charleston-C Curol;nian.
A NUMEROUS FAMILY.-The Shah
Of Persia has invited number of
Austrian officers ofall arms to Tehcran,
to aid in rc-organizing tho Persian ar
my. A letter from one of these ofli-
GERS, received at Vienna, furnishes some
personal details respecting the Shah
lie Is twenty-five years ofage, and one
OF the handsomest men i'll the empire
His great-grand-f;.thcr, who had three
hundred wives. had crowd of children,
who have had descendants in their turn,
until at length it is computed that the
imperial family comprises at least ten
thousand persons.
TRADITroS OF OUR FAruERs:''-
New York Tribune says: ave of the
North, who arc faithful to the tradi-
tions and sentiments Of our fathers.
Propose no action respecting slavery,
desire none whatever from any Wing
National Convention"
III you were faithful to the traditions
MSy0ur fathers, you would not only 20
iii for slavery, but tor the slave trade.
lis entirely owing to the cupidity and
enterprise of your venerable ancestors
that slavery exists in the Southern
States.-Ic;chmoHd RcpuLiicun.
sAa ED1roR MAnR,ED.-On Tuesday,
evening last, Mr.. j ohm Bacon and Miss
Pawncc Butler daughter ot the late
CuI.P. M. Butler,) were married At
this place, in Trinity Church, by the
FewaArtlmr Wigtall, Of CIarcndOn.-
l3IyefetR idccrtiscr.
:, SLr. and Mrs. Otto Goldschmidt, we
see it announced So hsrcc for
I,irope in. the steamer " c, ss2
May next. and previous TO their dc
Iarturc will give three concerts in
New-York.
M. .AvRAlNzAR has been appointed
Minister from Mexico to the United
States and confirmed by the Senate
lie is said to be II strong conservative:
The President of the Unified States
i!as oif'c'aiiy recognised Ambrose Lain
fear as Vice Consul of Sweden aid
Norway at the port Of Ncw-Orlcalis.
.a:.
GooD.-A western New: Idrk farm:
cr:wrtcs rs follows to distinguished
scientific agriculturist, to whom he felt
under obligations for introducing a
variety OF swine:
respected Sir:-l went yesterday
to the Fair at NJ; found SEVERAL pigs
OF your species; there w;!s ii great var-
tty OF beasts, and | was very much
astonlshcd at not seeing you tllcrc!'
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st.tod q o;'.h. i.' '';,1,,| ~ "'ie' - a"''c'''
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