The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-06-14

,asps WHICH Radz, the master BLACK
smith, converted iaho large bowie
knives, with Which tie prisoners in
the plot were to defend thems elves
They had entered q sewer and ,lnn
underground thirty feet, ahd were on 81 !
the eve Of escape when discovered -
The ringleaders have been consigned
to solitary confinementlfors 80 DAYS.
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Piscicuitssre.
Kendall, Of the New Orleans Plea,
June, writing from Paris, says
"a great deal Of atten:ion IS paid at
present, 10 the artificial reproduction
Of fish; such as. front, salnond, &c
lhls new science is called pisciculture.
and is prosecuted on large scale by
the Government, and especially by
two fishermen, who are yerv success.
ful in the business, MINI. Remy and
Gel.in. Experience has clearly demon.
strated that indefinite quantities of fish
spawn might be hatched'' by arsi.
fetal formulation; but the difficulty ad-
vanced against this culture, was, that
the young fish could not lie brought to
and beyond the state of alev;ns. or
minnows, as the carnivorous species
lived exclusively oa living anirnals.-
NM. Rcmy and Gebh proposed with
success to feed them ON coagulated
blood. At the last meeting of the Ac-
ademy Of Sci. "ce he introduced two
young salmons, from a brook and
tic other from - laboratory-tbe
former fed BY nature, the latter by M.
Coste. The sarants thought Nj. Coste's
ward fattcr, larger and lieclier than
tho other. M. Coste has 1000 sal
mons rapidly growing in an earthen.
ware basin, SIS ecntimctres long, is
centinictres wide, and s centime,res
deep; current is maintained by
small tube connected with pump.
The tube is the size of o strawS!!'
The present area Of the city Of New
Orleans will hardly fall short of forty
square miles, being double the erea Of
the incorporated limits of New-York
city, which embrace the. whole of Man
haitian island, and presenting sur
face greater than that Of the present
crra Of London The present area Of
Ncw-Orleans may without difficulty,
and in the ordinary course Of human
affairs, comfortably contain i popula-
tion Of 100000 inhabitants. The
present population during the busi-
ness season may snfs3y be estimatcd
at not less than 10000.
CnArrASooGA.-The Advertiser SAYS:
"a few days ago, Col B. r. Mont
gomcry sold his homestead place in
and adjoining this city, to ME. Ker
Boyce, of Charleston, for a35, 600 Tba
tract contains 81 l 9 acres of land
had on it Very comfortable and hand
some improvements. Il few years
ago the Colonel bought it ut ten dol
lars IN mere. Whowili not nosy con
fess that Chattanooga is looking up.
WEST PoIsr.-The West Point
Military Academy Board, for the ex-
animation of the students, met on the
1st instant. Tho Board of the Exam
iners has been organized by the choice
Of Henry f. Davies, esq, of New
York, President, and Major A. V.
Bruno, of Georgia, Secretary All but
two Of the members have arrived.
Benjamin Allston and Alfred Z.
I4atimcr, of this State, are among tho
names Of the first or graduating class.
Oae Of the latest fashions for gentle
men, is the "barber pole" pattern for
pantaloons: the stripes ascend spirally
round the leg giving the wearer the
appearance of q double barrelled cork.
screw.
FATAL RAIL Roam AccIDEsr TN
GEoacIA.-.SavunnaA, June 8. Asthe
passenger train Of the Macon and West
ern Rail Road WAS going to Macon on
Tuesday night, the cars were thrown
of the track down an cmbankment in
consequence Of some cows obstructins
their progress. One car was entirely
demolished, the mail guard killed, and
five passengers seriously injuried--
among them the Hon. a. Fl. Stephens.
At the Tom Moore supper in Bos.
ton last week, Ex-Mayor QU1NcY,
while dcscanting upon the Irish char
acter, observed that although he had
never been at Cork, he "had seen so
many drawings of it that evening. ~
felt himself almost an Irishman. ~
SoLp.-The editor ofthe Ellington
Herald, the abolition organ of Yves.
tern New York, Mr.. a. S. Brown, has
been sold badly. He received rather
well written poem, entitled "Spring,
by Ada Forester" which he inserted
with cagerncss. The secret soon leaked
out that the poem was an acrostic, and
read Us follows: "Jackass Brown, yon
should be made 10 kiss nigger
wench."
A correspondent Of the Richmond
Times, speaking of the Rev. DIR. Johns,
an Episcopal clergyman of Batmo 0,
who some time ago gave great offence
to his bishop and others for preaching
in n Methods. church during a season