The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-03-29
WAsHINaToN INrRLLIaENCE.

COllltTIHeu tIe I1Ou. IluBH y. hHueTSOI,
Of Maine, as Commissioner Of Customs,
Richard Richard p ioIiTdi Hammond, rs Collector,
and Philip A. Roach, as Appraiser at
San Francisco; Nathaniel Hawthorne,
as Consul at Liverpool Judge Mason,
of Iowa, as Commissionerof Patents,
and Donald Mann, as Assistant Secre-
tary of Jtate. The Senate will proba-
bly, adjourn on Monday, and the for
eign appointments will be postponed
until June. 'i,t,.f sls
The testimony adduced against DR..
Gardiner is apparently overwhelming.
Baltimore, March "a, 6 PM.
The u. S. Senate has confirmed Will
liam Henry Vesey, of Pennsylvania,
as Consul to Havre; Henry B. Dewey,
Of Pennsylvania, as Consul to Para,
Brazil; Paul Arnau as Collector at St.
Augustine, Fla; Hamilton Stuart, as
Collector at Galveston, Texas, and
Green w. Caldwell as Superintendent
Of the Mint at Charlotte, N. c.
Th appointment of Mr.. Ramsay as
contractor to carry the mail between
Vera Cruz and.'&acapulco, has been
confirmed by the Postmaster General.
The President has notified the Sen
ate that he will not need their attend
snce after Wednesday.
Senator. Rusk, of Texas, ia now re-
coving from dangerous illness.
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WASHINGTON. March 2l.-The Cen
sus Office in Eighth street and its vi
cinity has been the scene of great ex-
element today. In the first place,
upward of one hundred clerks were
removed, leaving but seven OF eight in
the office, and it was proposed to dis
pense with the Eighth street and Sew
cnth street Offices altogether; one office
and q few picked clerks being deemed
sufficient to wind up the business.
In the next place, Mr.. Kennedy, late
superintendent of the Census Bureau,
sued out a writ of replevin on Mr..
DcBow, bis successor, by virtue Of
which he entered the Office with o
Deputy Marshal, and removed two or
three cart loads of manuscripts and
documents claimed as private proper
ty, but embracing large quantity Of
manuscripts prepared by clerks in the
Office, the records of tho Census Board,
numerous publications received from
public societies, &c. The documents
removed were appraised Mt $3.50, and
Kennedy has given bond in $4,000 for
their safety.
Mr.. DeBow consulted the District
Attorney, and there is no doubt that
the most prompt measures will be
taken for the recovery of such as are
Of public character. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Kennedy had accumulated q
large mass of manuscripts preparatory
to an extended work on the resources
of the country, which he designed to
publish on his own account, rs Con-
gress has declined to puhlis' the cen
sus returns on the extensive ale pro-
posed.
BEWARE OF KlDNApPERs.-Wc
have reason TO believe that there
are now, and for some time past have
been, in the city several evil disposed
individuals, whose object it is to kid
nap as many of the negro population as
possible. As yet. however, their cf.
forts have met, we are gratified
to learn, with but little success-the
only case which VIC have heard of is
that of negro boy of about l3 years
Of age, who disappeared sometime
in September last, and no traces of
his whereabouts have since been dis
covered. But, although this is the
only instance Of their success, that has
come to our knowledge, yet We
learn that many attempts have been
made and failed. On Saturday last, we
understand, mulatto boy, aged about
II, was stopped by well dressed
white man, in Calhoun-strcet near St.
Phillip-strect, who offered to take him,
if he would go on board his vessel, 'to
country where he would be free" Ito
starve) sand be well treated" with
drudgcry and contempt). The boy.
however, knew better than to quit a
home with which he was we'll salts
flied, for parts unknown; whcreupon the
white man attempted to drag him by
the collar, but tho boy threatening to
call for assistancc-rclcascd him.
On Tuesday evening a white wo.
man stopped, in Kingstrcct, negro
girl about 8 years of age, and ell.
dcavored, by promises, to induce her
to accompany her into the country
Young as she was, however, the girl
was not TO be tempted, and the wo
man cndcavored to drag her towards
her wagon; but the girl made good
use of her lungs, and brought. by
her screams, q gentleman to her as
sistance, who compelled the woman
by threats of taking her to the guarG
house, to release the girl. We regret
the gentleman did not, as it was, take
the woman to the guard house, ano
have her punished according to law
The Police, however, we learn are on
the look out, and some of the partie:
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