The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-11-30
Ereslles .at As,gassta.
u AreusrA, Nov. 26-s.lO p. M


Within the past day or two we have
had srcavygrains, which have extended
into the interior. Along the line of
IA he Georgia Railroad heavy rains have
fallen, and tits apprchendcd that some
Sfinortiohs of that Road have suffered
damage. !.
Thciwater is now running on Bay
81 street, in this city ON line with the
Of the upper wlarvcs. The river
sl,as risen sixteen to seventeen feet and
lis still rising about two inches per
8li0ur. 1t will, however, have to rise
ton feet more before it can reach Broad
street.
OF about four thousand bales of
Cotton that were upon the wharf
awaiting shipment. all have been saved
in q wet state, except about two hun
dred bales, which drittcd of. n steam
ser, however, has been sent after them,
ssiind it is anticipated that nearly all of
Them will be saved ALSO Charleston
vi Standard.
DAMAGES hGAINsr RAILROAD Cow
PAwY. VIM. Farley recovered 81 900
damages in New York, on Satur.
SAY, from the Hudson River Rail
road Company. 1t was an action for
injuries received by the plaintiff, on,
The 4th Of December, 1851, when
! u passenger in the defendants cars,
when ell route from New-I ork to Al
bany, in an express train. 1t appear
cd that tl,e, Peckski|l train ran into
the express train ut Croton, severe
ly injuring the plaintiff on his face and
(. legs. 1t did not appear that any
climbs were broken. =.
To EpITons.-A journcynan prin-
IS ter, named Joseph Stevens, of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, left home in 1914,
and was last heard of in 1917. His
parents are in great distress on his
si,ccou.t, and will be thankful to any
one who will give them any infnrma-
ION of him. Address of M. ID. Ste
rens, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Editors
everywhere please copy.
"a Terrible DuEL IN CALiroRN1A.
by the Santa Clara Register, we
.arc. informed Of the following partcu-
lars of n duel which came oil in Santa
Clara county near GiIroy's rancho,
and which in ferocity and desperation,
we find no parallel for in the State. 1t
occurred, says the Register between n
Mexican and n native California. about
"a game of monte, and Colts navy
.3:rctolrcrs were the weapons used in
F1 combat. Nine shots were fred and
;1fulr ofthe balls took effect in each of
1.-The e5caiiibatants. parties expired
and they were each uSh-
ercd into the presence of their Maker
answer for the murder tn the other.
ttnr the second or third Shot the
californian crawlcd on his hands and
ss knees nearer his antagonist, and fired,
Esln order to make sure of his victm.-
Ihis shot took effect in the abdomen
Sf;of tic Mexican. -n
Nav WonK OF Anr.-Wc nm
derstand that II new work Of art is in
# progress Of conpI'tion, that will indi-
ssEc;tte the signs Of +. times. 1t is a
picture of the "hcad-quartcrs'' of il Ger
55Itnin party in Boston, with life like
portrait Of the distinguished President
Sotsthe Massachusetts Senate, skctchcd
at full length upon Il hcnch, scratching
isshair, and cxclaiminy, as the clcc-
is tion returns come in-s.I ,cishcd Ihad
lett Mdt c-ci,ler clause OFT ot' Muf
atiuine Law. ."-BOsion Chrouiclc.
SrxGlsG AT " onN.-Givc us, O give
us, says the Home Journal, the man
who sings at his work! BE his occupa-
ton whit it may, he is superior to those
who follow the same pursuit in silent
sullcnncss. He will do more in the
aan,c timc-lc will do it bcttcr-hc
&. will pcrscverc longer. One is scarce
ly sensible of fatigue whilst it march.
IS css to music. The very stars arc
y said to make harmony as they re-
in their spheres. Wondro,,s is
the strength of checrfulncss- -altogcth-
s5 or past calculation in its powers Of en-
d,lrance. ,l Efforts to be permanently
I useful must be uniformly joyous.