The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-20
RAILROADS ~ ALABAuA.-AIabn,n, is

moving actively in the construction 0l
railroads. TlDac already projecte,l, and
which are comm 'nded 10 the consideration
of The Legislature. ar, fivo in number, viz:
The Mob lc and Ohio Roais thirty three
miles of " lrcli commencing at the Mobile
terminus, are in Operations; the Alabains
and Tnnnrsscc Il yer chain Of railroads
either already constructed or projected,
connecting thu Gulf Of Mexico WITH TIM
Middle and Northeastern Atlantic State;
The third, of ilIc series in the section
in A,bana nf Tho Memphis AMI Char es."'
Rrilrrnl; the four b, a limo l5t) miles
length, connecting The laiter named with
the Memphis AMI Charleston, Ohio ard Mo-
bile Rp;,d-, IN E,s'cri, Misai-sippi: and The
, fifth il tn, Mobile and (irartI Road.
Ga. The whole extent Of these five
principal |incs. requiring nm expenditure
| ~ Alabama. is sc miles, and the cstimatc,l
cost SSl3,OG2 ,0UU.
The European news by the Canadn
| exhibits nn ui,seii!c state of things
in Franc~. although Lpuis NaE:Dlcon
| continues in the ascendant and his power
seems fnr The innIncnt tn gain strength
| The voice Of The Army, so lar "a tested, IL
almost unanimously for him. II the report
from Vienna nf the reply of tho Prime
Minister oi Austria To Henri V. be true, it
would src.u that hc is also likely to have
all the dcspntic cabinets nf Eircr- in his
favor Sill as 4 New York ExcI,angc
observes, h. has trollJ.ei v.roa, forms nj
home. and to keep dawn "pp,s;iinn will hc
no holiday employment for lin and h..
army.
The President recognized +. r.
Fncwaicr rs Ton nj oi the Netherlands for
the States or M,ssoIri, Iowa and ILLINOIS, tn
reside ut ST. Louis; G-, rye li,inrich
Mcckc. rs Coisil OF SAxuny, inr the
port al Philadelphia; and J. Van Steer wyk.
Consul Of the Netherlands, ror the S l.. uI
W.s,:.i's II To reside at Milwaukee.
PREsnYrEEiAx Cu!.oxY IN OaEGox =
The Pinshary G..c &c say: "a conp,nv
al persons bc."aglug To the Presbyterian
, Church. is ahnn. tu iouin a colony
in Oregon. Rev. ]. A. II .ni,a goes niit as
Pastor, anl am my the m:in:.crs enrolled
who now nnmbar sixty pcrs,ns. arc
- physician, nlne farmers. ten tea. h"rs
twn mrrcrn.i e clerks, n profess una
g,r'le 'cr. u wnn! manufactures, "A carp inter
II III >Chin At, IL saslilcr, &c. \ gOd tnln,
m ilrm have yves anl sh,lircn. Tn
) ovrrlnn,l r'I,c is tixed o,, and ite ptrty
j. tn rendezvous -! Cincinnati un tn: ID !, i,
March. ana i, s.. J,.c?h's oh til. 10
ui April.
= The Winnsb,ro' r giSicr, rrgr,
10 learn thai The ho,,s'. ni Mr.. ll,mhr
= nycrscrr nn The The plantation Of Davi
;. Aiken. Esq, known as MnlllrS.x, wa
. destroyed by fire on Sunday last. Lo:
r. not extensive.
Gov. Johnson has sent n veto NJ
!" sage Ia tn" Pennsylvania Lr.i iSlutur
-. rriuSn. his SANCTION to The bill rep.n
n. ing ,l: law prohihi,ln. The use of II
!, prisons for the detention Of figiti>
u, slaves. This is the bill he pnckr,cd u
e, ter the last session.
" The Monroe (Ln.) Register OF II
30lI ul,., says o., chi,u river was the
m navigablc f'r the lusgcs' bouls, and wi
II rapidly siaing.
!" ,@saG .Gt. aGa 81. 9sss bsgss 8
Nv ~ a'Ssn'rlv seven steam ships. nh,i mis-
:, ,hir'y.lwo iron s,ra,orrs, clcycn {
- which arc of 800 tons burlhcn eucI
New PRISTISG TypE.--A compan,
>, Is at prrs"n, III course of formation f.
If The purpose o. CARRYING Into npcrn,jo
= remarkable patent, Which has for i,
: Object The ntnnf,ciure Of type hy
process OF 'lI" sinking, in rnclal of ha
If der material than the alloy of lend nm
n ani'm my nj present employed IN cns!in
q type III moulJ This j., said 10 be Ih
u most Inpornn, Improvement which HI,
!" taken place in the Manufacture OF ,vp
t,r The last three hundred ycars
II NEwBEHRr.-.it municipal election o
Monday last Inr ln,cnl,nt and Warden
:, oi the town ri Newhcrry. for the en,,.in
year. resulted in the chU.ce of Gen. J,ue
:. II. Williams. In,enlnn,, Jas. (iuun,. ia.
, NJ. Crossnn. b. J. Ralnagc, and WiI:ia,
;. I.rn.forl, Wardcns.
" SoMEruING CURIOUS A skilful me
n rhani'', says The Ei.cGeH Advertiser, Mr.
}. lioy'. Is now at work in our viIlrre, cnnau
y e.! IN the business OF moving houses
may seem strange 10 some Of our readers
but 1t IL nevertheless, tr,ie, that he ca,
' move any building, chimneys aud ali. with
out so much aS cracking the plasterin,
within, or dis!"ds ssing brick.
u HIGH PRICES FOR SLAvEs-Twcnty
| one slaves, consisting of old and youn,
D mon, women AMI children, and not rerar,i
C cd as above ordinary were sold ih. oiho
day al I.ynchburg, Va, at M avcraye q
S3o3 wnnnn with child ten month,
old sod Tor 1880 girl of eleven years fo
;, S0tlO AMI man without a trade for $40
, 3S. Ii is also stated that on the Dubli,
ronds OF Nirgnin, negro men hired ut pr
4 ces ranging from $l2O to $50 per annu,n
+, In Fayetteville, R,lcigh and this place
negroes also hired at high prices VII
Chr0n.
: WASHINGTON REpoRrs. see j, r,:
ted in the Washington correspondence o
one Of the New York prints, That the En-.
. sllsh government has rrpalcd the firing
I uloa the ProneihcnS, and will at once
t Withdraw the Mosquito Pretectorate. AL
so tha, our minister To France has beer
directed TO recognize the government al
Louis Napoleon, and that Mr.. Ihrasher will
; be speedily released