The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-01-20
RAILRoAps N ALApaNA.-Alab,,n. is


moving actively in the construction Oi
railn,,ds. Those already pro;ecte,l, and
which ar,, r.,rnn,rnded to the consideration
Of the Legislature. mr., five in number, viz:
The Mob lc and Ohiu Roads thirty Three
miles of w i,cli commencing ut the Mobile
terminus, are in operations; The Alabalna
and ranncsscc Il yer chain Of railroads
either already constructed or projected.
connecting III, Gulf Of Mexico with thu
Middle and Northeastern, Atlantic S;at"r;
The third, of iI,e serc. ia the section
| in Ahbana Of Tho Memphis anil Char es:nn
Rrlrnnl; the four H.. a line l5D miles
| length, connecting lIin laltor named with
the Memphis AMI Charleston. Ohio ard Mo-
hile Rp,ds, in Ess'cri, Mississippi: and the
i fifth il th;, Mobile and (iirartl Road.
cnnuccling Mobile Bay with Columbus.
Ga. The Whole extent of these five
principal lines. requiring an expenditure
III Alabama. is a6 miles, and the cStin,a,c,l
cost $I3,O6o.000
The European news by the Canadn
exhibits nh u,,se,i!c state of things
in Francc. although LOUIS Napoleon
continues in the nsccn 'ant and IH power
seems for The ,i,nincnt tn gain strength.
Tie Voice Of The Army. so lar AZ tested, ~
alnos, unanimously for him. Ii the rcpor.
from Vienna Of The reply of tho Prlrnc
Minister oil .Aus,ri, To- Henri V. be true, i,
! would src.n that he is also likely to have
all the dcspntc cabinets of Europe in his
favor. Sill az New York Exchange
observes, IL has trnnbeir v.r.n;i. firms III
home. and to keep down "ppos;lion will he
no holiday cnpl"y:neut Tor him and H..
army.
Til. President h s. recognized +. r.
Fucwatcr rs Cnn III oi the Netherlands for
the STATES al Missouri, Iowa aud ILLINOIS, to
reside ut s.. !.nl;s; G-, rye ii l'inrich
Mcckc. rs Cn:,sII uf Shxunv, ;or The
port oi Illadr!phla; and ]. Van S,cr, wyk.
Consul of the Netherlands, Tor ilr. s t. %!
, w sco'ls II ,o reside n, Milwaukee.
The PWsburg Csc II say: az co.np,nv
III persnnS bc.nngiu! To the Presbyterian
, Church, is ahou, 10 iminh a colony
in Ore: ::on. Rev. J. a. II .nna g.,c. o,t nv
! Pastor, an,l amng the m.n:.ers enrolled
who nov nn:nbor stX,y persons. arc
a physician, ninc farmcr.. ten tea. H. r.
: two ,nnrc,n:i clerks, profess una
g,rsln ,cr. a wsn,! manufactures, "a carp inter
II III ,chin,ai, II sasllicr, &c. y g,oi nnn,
nf ,h'm have yves and h,ldrcn. Til,
Il overhaul r'm,c IL tixe.i OF, n,,l tile purity ::
i In rendezvous -! C.:,cinnaii nn iln: Il |, I.
March. and 1t s.. J,,sc:,!,'s u, III, 10
j, ui April
- The Winnsb,rn' r .iS,cr, rrgr,
To lruin thai the ho,isr III Mr.. llmh
> nvcrscrr on lhc ilI. plantation of Davi
>. Aiken, Esq, known as Mnl,ll.S.x, WA
g DESTROYED by fire on Sunday last. Los
r not extensive.
Gov. Johnson i,ns sent n veto NJ
~ sage In til" Pennsylvania Legislature
-. ;" refusing his sanction to lIn. bill rrp.n
n. ing tn: law p.ohihi,Ing the Use Of III
:. prisons for the detention Of fugtiv
II, slaves. 'IiS is the bill hc pockrtrd Il
c, ter the last session.
The Monroe (La.) Register of III
3Olh ul,., says O,I chia river was lhc
IN navigublc for the largest boats, and ",
c-g rapidly rising.
:" si7Aif f,yi.., ~ asi'ssy slassEi
~ !, ~ @..4H'rIvSrv'n steam ships. nrl mis-
- tiiriy.lwo iron >tra,6crS, eleven a
- which arc of 800 tons bur,hcn earl,
New PRINTING TypE.--A compnn,
=. Is at present III course. of f,rr,alon f.,
IF The purpose Of carryin. into opcrn,jo
3 rnma'kabic patent, which has for i,
r object The m,nnE,ciure Of type hy
process ofsii" sinking, in u rncial of hur
If der material Than the alloy of lrnd nm
II an''m my ni present employed in cas.in
q type IN noulJ This is said to he In
y most Important Improvement which ha
)" taken place in the manufacture OF ,vp
i'r the last three hundred years.
n NEwBEHEY.-.it municipal election o
Monday last for ln,cni.nt and Warden
=, oi the town "t Ncwhcrry. for the ens,.in
year. resulted in the cho:ce of Gen. Jane
!. II. Williams. cnlin,, Jas. (ia,In,, JAS
i, NJ. Crossnn. b. J. Ralnage, and Wil:ia,.
:. l.rn.forl, Wardcns.
" SOMETHING Curious "A skilful me
II rhani', rays The E,igcfed .idrcrtiser, Mr.
J. iloy:.S now at work in our vill,re, cnpar
y e.! III the business %. moving houses I
may seem strange TO some OF our reaers
but 1t is nevertheless, true, That he car
move any builti.ng, chimneys aud ali. with
out so much az cracking the plaslcrine
within, or dis!"de e,ng brick.
HIGH l'EICES FOR SLAVES.-TWenty.
I one slaves, consisting OF old and young
D men, women anil children, and not regard.
c cd AZ above ordinary were sold til. olhc,
day at I.ynchburg, Va, at M average o.
355} y woman with child ten month,
old sod for $3.50, a girl of eleven years fo,
, S6tO. AMI man without trade for $40.
. 2S. IL il also stated that on the public
ro,ds OF Nirginia, negro men hirc9 at pri.
4 ces ranging from Sl2O to $50 per annun
!, In Fayetteville. R.leigl, and this place
negroes also hired at high prices VII,
Chr0n.
: WASHINGTON II EroRTs.-Wc see i, s,:.
: ted in the Washington correspondence OF
Y one OF the New York prints, lhat the En-.
: slish government, has rrpudiated the firing
NJ on the Prorne,hcns, and will at once
{ Withdraw the Mosquito Preteciorate. AL.
SO that our minister To France has bceu
directed 10 recognize the government oi
Louis Napoleon, and that Mr.. 1'hrasher will
: be speedily released