The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-27

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TEXAS ENIeRASTs.- Red Rsef
papers teen WITH accounts of Tho RAPID
en,igrntiin into Trxas. For weeks pasis
, t!ic r,rl,ls l,aye been rrpwded with en- .
grapIs. The Cad u G z.tic says ,llat tIiey
are passing through Shreveport ly tlit,i re- 4
ands--rotIrIpg a tide oi rlpigrati,n ii,iG
nf them posses. large nuinhrrs Of slaves
and other evidence. al wcaIih.
Nnfchrs Courier, 30ti nN.
TIL" cxpensos uf +Knssrih api his sujtsstsss
Browns Hotel. in Washington, !. innumed.
il is SAID, to $500 day, wi,icl, Cungrrss
will have to int. 1t is sad that the Ma.- ].
yar'a visit io The Uniied States uiay cost
,I,is country a million OF dollars.
An English court has decided ,,ha, a
landlord canno' fnrrc a tci,an. tDrcalaiH iif
house, to, mucI, infested hy bed bmgs.-
IIow many he'd bugs The law nll,ss ina
house is yet undecided. ~ ~ tar s.
John f.. Kirkpatrick, native or Charles j
TIM, is now filling lie chair ol Greek Lilsr-,
atnrc, in tho University ei Eii,.bursb, re"
Gently n,niIr yAcant hy The dcaiIis nf PrDi. II
Dunbar. .fes fess. y
LOCK- JAw.-We have snniicc,l in. tic
papers lately, mtires nf several deaths hy
iiis disease, one OF iheun III tins neiglibt,S-
hood. VIZ. have pmblislrl several iiIne*ysss {
certain preventive and remedy, ia applira-
tim Of ba-i's gall tp the wound. VIII iiit
our editorial brethren circulate The iniDrni:.%
ton and thereby save many valuable iiyefis
, Besides lrs aiiilspn-,usic properties, the &
gall draws IRON the wound any particlcs pS
! w.,o'', giass, iran, or other substance. ii,as
may cause irritation, when other applics-
tn,is have Iaicd 10 IL, .,,.--l.aHcasferf fE;r.
press. ~ Il; ,9
The steamer Martha Washington fw %, !.
burr I !" the walcr's eisc ~ nnl,.s .einw
Memphis on The ltl inst. 4 man With !.
his vile and ,~o children, in Iii. laiiits'
c:bin, and ono deck passcugcr were BURR
I'd To death The ln,;t is "A total !o.s. II
EMtGEASTs BoUSD YnR CAi.FoRHIA.-
The i.c "i e,ngratos: Is still onward ana
increasing frnm the Southern States 10
California. .ibnnt GOO e.I,yranin fro,n
Gcnrgia will leave in the Isabel to.rnIrow,
! intending 10 take The land route. 1t is in
| this way We may h'pc 10 elualiz,. tie a,}- Q
vanla.cr at ii'.t large territorial 4r9,fsirisih
that Was won iy Southern 81. well Morrill,
EN- ral"nr and pa'r"'is'n. We trust ne
shaIl yet src the hardy, enicrpIisiny sons
these regn,iis thai promise bn:l rcnumrra-.
ti"n To their iahour, and share of trr,ito-.
| rial rower.-C Chr. Rerx, 2lsi inst.
FEnM THE RIO GRASpE.-1'lie Schooner
Star. AT New Orleans, brings ,laies from
Brownrvile to The 3isl ult. The Rim
Br.v" states that OH Christmas eve anrne
eight or ten persons, at Rin Grantle civ,
crossed oyer To- the "ppos;'e side and af-s
tackled thu Mexican guarls ssraiioned ar :
tlr,t point, i'll number fifteen Or twenty
mcn Three Of the Mexican soldiers were
killed, and the rest were wounded or =.
perssd 'Th4 reason assigned for t!iiS high
handel "u'r:i.e. was that ilieSc guards i.,-
a:,!,cd all persons who had ,cca.inn 5tD
cross the river, and that they hid grossly
insu'c,l SOME ladies' that day. under pre-
text of scarcliing them. Tie perso,is !;
co'"r''Sins the attacking lmr,ys are 7In,t 8
aen escnle,Lin-i -ihaas
of Mcxic" l.y which the Executive ii au-
tln'r'Zed To commence negotiations with the
British Government, tor the purpose sf
opening the Isthmus nf rchnuntel,ec, en
certain bases. E
Ar6nAS REMrpIEs.-Any5o ono suffering
from fever avoids the air. aud shuts himself
wnier ni tho village he knnws the sinaIiyn,x
Ia .rcvail. The remedy inr fever il fttf,
skin of a ran, jur, Stayed applied about the
neck of tho Invalid, while the flesh ii
distributed in the name OF C;,M; tho
lat yielded from the large tail of The rain
eaten III large quantities, or abnut seer (tir, !,
two pounds weighi) Of shee, is used as
severe purgatire dnse, which either
Kills or cures ile patient Memoirs }rtf
Peer fbrucheem Khau. f = ss''sf
NOBLE REPLY Of 4 CIRcass1As Cn1EF.
---"Surrender!' was the sumInons 6 At
General Rosen to fiamsad Bey. ..surreuder:
resistance is in vain: the hosts which
bring against you are numberiess as the
sands un ,I,e sea ,hore!" .But my hosta,';
was The answer. ..1rc like tho waves of the
sea, which wash away the sand!'' &
PRETTY GooD-A New. York cor.
respondent OF the l3t,ston Transcript, tells
good story, while giving an account Of ,i,,.
"knssuth Reception" in that city. Snys
: he, "A gen'lclnanIy old man. who s,,,s.l
near me, while The crowd were rcntling the
welkin with their shouts for Kusputh atsi
Hungary, exclaimed, "liurrah for yastr
own country, you id fools! IIurrah foe
| J our own goSernIncn', whose blessing YOU
enjoy every day Of your lives!"F ~
lLviSG ABROAD sOrfIcraLY.s'---1she
State Department. in pursuance OF n 7rsse.2
oluti"n oi Congress has addressed circular
letters 10 Amcrican Ministers and CnnssIls. I.
inquring the expense OF lisitg Dir. &
Lawrence answers by showing what Ii
costa an American Minister To live
respectfully. cnIirg with q conclusion that
the presen, salary is not quite hall adequate.
'Mr. l.. pays $4,000 a year for tlidnsa I
rent, and over = 1000 for carriages, 9laorsea.
coachnen, &c. This leaves but Ss:st.8O )
for all other expenses.
lg TnE WHOLE OR NoNE.--The editor ;of
the New York Mirror is rather dowI, OH I,is
country contemporaries. lie says: 'iSeyera.
of our Western Exchanges aentI Us 6ssiy
haJ sheets. As the only benefit NE desisc
IRON large portion OF our Exchanges, ia
hy selling them Tor wrapping paper. tbnss
half sheet business is a shave Of so hssf
al n