The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-13
Is. +. IlAl.LETr, Chairman
X, XII ii. :; srAsra., h,1s"'t' Secretaries.

r. H. SrAsroa. Secretaries.
E1CELLENr.-I'llc Petersburg Intel.
ligencer, in Il vein Oi huImor and satire, the
spirl, OF which III M original ms it is rare,
rnakcs the following remarks on the
Forthcoming anticipated address oi kossu,h
to the American Congress:
kuSsrTH's SrIEtH TO CONGRESS
-kossulli's speech to Congress will be
one OF the funniest Incidents oi tho
age. The speech. no doubt, will be very
able one. but il WILL he truly luLicious 10
ace Congress of American Statesmen
listening whh pa,ienCe and docilty To tn.
lecture which will be- given 10 thcin Oh the
true poi' y and interest Of the American
Government, by a citizen of Hungary.
Many Of the members doubtless, will be sn
stirred up by the clolYoncc Of the great
Magyar. as I" conclude that Mass44sttsITio Mas4stsIT io,,
and his illus,riouS colri ra,rots were pro.
foundly ignoIant ....afilie true interests OF the
.AnefiCan people, mad. that it has heen
rfcserved, for The neutrality-suspicious. Hungary
10 cniiginori us on them.
Oi course, Congress, vii! ALLOW kossutl,
mileage TO and from Hungary"
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The METHODIST Book CoScERy.-Thc
building, says the Journal of Commerce,
j, situated In Mulhcrry street, between
Spring and Broornr, and is OF large extent.
Its business, however, has latterly de-
manded an enlargement, and another build
ing five stories high, and 70 by 100 feet, is
nearly cunpletcdc aud will be ready for
occupancy IN about a nnntl. 1t fronts on
Mott streets running through Id connect
with the main building un Mulberry strect.
1t will cost. when completed and fitted up,
about SlS.UOD.
The number Of persons at present cm.
played is about 2UU, or lsS exclusive OF
clerks, lahorcrs, &c. There are in tho
printing office ~ l,ahdsand 8 power press
cs. In the b,idcry, there are lS persons.
of whom IA are men, apd II are glrls.--
The motive power liz furnished by Is
horse power engine. S,eam is also furn-
Ishcd Tor hcatin. the bujdIng--no fire be.
ing used, cxcep, small one III single
apartment.
In the course Of year. about $4,000
worth of pnpcr ~ COM ulned, 50 tons vi pa
BINDERS materials. The expenses in the
were $49,l72.
are mostly stcrcotypcd. They are not far
from 1870 IN number, including, probably
900 Sabbath School Books. Three news
papers are published i'll The establishment,
whose aggregate circulation il liO,0l0.
viz: The Sunday School Advocate So
600, Missionary Advocate 10000 Christian
Advocate and Journal 10000. The moral
influence of such dcluge OF printed mat
ter as goes ont from that single building
! must be immense.
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A YoUSG MEMBER OF CoSGREss.-Ifon
Galusha 4. Grow, member of tn. House OF
Representatives., from Pennsylvania. is the
youngest member OF that body, being only
twenty six years Of age. 1t is SAID he
came to Amherst College eleven years
ago from the backwoods of Pennsylvania.
TO commence his education. Previous to
which event he had beea engaged in raft
deer huntn. in the Ales,anies. He soon
took high rank in hi, class. became a
good speaker. subsequently studied law,
and last year was electedto Congress with
out serious opposition.
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\ Curious Question IN regard to tho
rotation of the Earth, has been investigated
by Capt. Boxer, of Woolwich. The
roblen is the amount ofthc effect Of the
Earth's rotation, upon pro]ectllc,
in causing it, during its flight to defect
from the object to which it is directed. or
more correctly speaking, the object to alter
its position with regard to the path Of the
shot. He finds by calcnlntion, based upon
data taken from actual practice, that
in latitude So deg. ball projected due
south $500 yards, whose time of flight was
~ eeconds, would fail l09ld yards to the
west or to the right Of its direc ton.
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SOMETHING roR TEXAs-An important
suit has recently been decided in Texas
Which involved the question Of the ex-
emption of Inc islands, Salt Lakes, &c.
from location. The SUPREME Court OF that
State have decided ;hat his description of
the public domain is exems23 from location,
and in consequence all thS@8lnnds and salt
lakes uot appropriated b2IG 8 l54f are the
special prnperiy nf tho State, with the ex-
cop,ion Of such as may havd been alienaled
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