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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-11

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'saAN.:NEARiYs BLEp To bEsnh:By; 4 NAM.
PInElsBAr--:--':.On Wednesday,, rps.ru.
.ing,lastsse ~ ys.the. Panama .keho,.. Of:
the, la.h.slss, ''ths ,'hatksenar, of. the
Pavilion Hotel Tah4ga~=pst ,apnear.
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neysthe ;Pr.prietAr,sf the 'l'~tssi;; pro
,ceededlto .itisfEqtAEN ITO call hin,, mhe,,
ITO thisli astolislIncllt AND AnrE.,r, H..
found him insensible ard harhed in
bloof;; af,erike usual G4;atnf9tiy,s were
applied, the AaGkncpcr stated, that sn
.thchEesiiaas, evening, after rctiripg. he
5rs'aembered experiencing the, most
delightful sensations, .as ;. Of tanning.
Mhichisoon, put him into o .dceI,' sleep,
iRndshc had no consciousness of tho
attack made upon him until the morn.
,ings The only. wounds" by: the. bat, wore
two small spots on each ,qf. thu
great toes. p Courier.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-01-11

NsoruEn EDIreR stHekG!--Mr. a.
j. BtttIe, 6rl,fidr G;litori~.t' tile !C,.ddo
Gazetteei,' 'was'inaFf-itd nl The 10th INST,
ITO Miss Mafy,J. J.-Pcr>.,is. We gath.
ter the above facts frsnm. long. sind
monrliful notiee Of this affair in tho
Southwestern, the cdi.er ut' which pa.
per saystthat poor Battle 1a.esessrd
lnany fine .s'aei;.l qualities which dad
'crideared hin, .oa hnst,sfbiir,idS. Thus
Ethey g'i$ 9iie hy .'nc they d#sp int"
sthe sen uf fEMutiafoiry and atc AA.es.ka
efno notr:4HsiN. 20: >Pieuyunc: 'r.o
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18
From the American Rail Road Times.
CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS AND MlSSISSlP
pI AtRs LINE Raj WAY

Ia our paper, March 3lst, there was some in
accuracy concerning the matters pertaining tc
the above road The confnsi,n was owing tc
the account being mixed up with another road
of nearly similar name We now append q
proper statement of the matters reierr,d to
The Shareholders h, Id meeting at ST. Charles
Illinois, on the l4'h ofMarch, and the following
gentlemen were elected t. serve as Directors
for the ensuing year
Elisha c. Iitchfeld, of Detroit; c. Butler,
New York; e. 5. Hubbard, Chicago; Ira
Minard, St. Charles; J 5. Waterman, Syca-
NOR; III A. Mix, Oregon; Daniel Burrows,
Galena; Edwin e. Lchfir.d, New York
john Striker, Rome, Y; A. G.. Throop,
Chicago Stevens s Jones, ST. Charles; s.
NJ Hit, Mt. Morris +. S,ahl, Gaena.
Ira MlNARD, ESQ.,, was afterwards elected
President OF the Board.
Upon summing the amount of stock taken,
there was found to be supus Of S65 900, over
The capital stock of 81 900 About $20O,-
90 has been taken in Chicago, and $l65,00
in GaleEa. Four parties of engineers are al
ready out, and the surveys, pr"fles, es imatrs,
&c will BE- ready on the lst of May, and the
lettings Will be ready for issue on the 1t of
June The Directors also met the Directors of
the Mississippi and Rock River Junction Rail-
road at Dixon, and arrangements were made, by
which the latter road will be Immediately ex-
tended to the "Air. Line forming junction
a few miles west Of Sycamore This will give
the Chicago almost an ar line connection with
Fulton, eighteen miles below Savannuh,)
where the river will be brdged From Fulton
and Sabina, opposite Savannah, air lines will!
soon be put under way to Council Bluffs, under
the General Railroad Law of Iowa This ex-
tension through Iowa, will pass through the
following named counties: Jackson, Jones,
Linn, Benton, Iowa, Powesheik, Jaspar, Polk,
Dallas, Madison, Adair, Cass and Pottawatta
mie-the very heart Of the State of Iowa, and
settled, and in absolute need Of this great outlet
to an eastern market. This road it is thought,
will prove one Of the first links uf the Great
Pacific Railroad.
subscriber, wiring from Chicago, April
oth, says: sAt the meeting on the 18th Of
March, the Chief Engineer was appointed and
to take the field immediately, aud re-
port progress at meeting of the Board to be
held here on the 9Th inst, when he reported the
survey Of the whole line from ST. Charles west
to Galena running an air line to Savannah. He
finds no obstacles in the way, and reports
grade of 35 feet, running north and
south OF an air line 1000 to 1000 feet The
Board instructed him yesterday to run two more
lines, one north and the other south Of the one
already run, and report protiles and estimates
of all, the 18th June, as to offer the whole
line for letting on the lst July BY the line he
has already run, the distance from Chicago to
Savannah is 1913 miles, which will probably be-
increased mile or two in order TO get a more
favorable grade. We expect to have this road
running within two years from July next.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

Touching the offices of New York Collect.
orship and its profits, the Providence Journal
says: We suppose that, one way and another, a
man may get $50, 600 year Out of,he Office, and
keep clear of the State Prison Prior to the
enactment of the Sub Treasury Law, there was
no limit to the amount which man might "get
out Of the office, and keep clear of the State
Prison, as was seen in the case of Swartwout !;
but at the present time, we doubt whether it
would be safe for the Collector to pocket $500
The law of Congress passed IN 1871 restrict
ing his emoluments to $4,000 per annum, was in
tended to include everything, bnt the Treasury
Department, under the advice Of the Attorney
General, gave a different construction to the
statute. and the Collector has some times recIev-
ed upwards of $50, 900 in single year. The
sum fixed upon by Congress is not sufficient
compensation for the duties and responsibility
of the office. Ten thousand year would be
enough, and Congress ought to restric. the pay
to that sum.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

HE Pension LAws.-The special CORES.
pondent of the New York Herald writes from
Washington. that the new Secretar, Of the In
terror, McCLrLASD, has decided that upon
The death Of a soldiers widow, the pension re-
verts to his children and there stops The fol-
lowing are the facts Of recent decision made
as here alluded to:
The law in question provides that in case o.!
The death OF the widow Of soldier, then the
pension shall revert to the deceased soldiers
children There the law stops; but Secretary
Thomas Ewing decided that, although The act
of Congress gcs n further than TO the chill.
drrn, the common law steps in and carries the
pension to any other heirs. This decision has
governed the matter since. Gov. MCClelland
the present Secretary Of the interior, has, how
ever decided that this construction Of the law
is wrong. lfthe pension law had passed pre-
vious to the enlistment and service of the
soldier, then it would have formed a part Of his
emolunent for service, and as such would come
under the provision Of the common law, like
any other properly, to the extent even of being
liable for his debts But it was a law passed
after the service had expired, and formed no
part the contract for service The pension
is simply gra,uity given by Congress after
the government had fulfilled all its agreement
and duty towards the soldiers. and as such as
can only be used to the extent the terms Of the
act authorize, and no further Tiis cuts offa
large number of claimants, but the decision ;s
mani!estly in accordance with law.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18
Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.
WASHINGTON INTELLIGENCE.
Washington, A ApriI 2S.

The administration have adopted, in confor-
nifty with the principles Of the inaugural ad
dress, new line of policy towards foreign ma
tons, in regard to the affairs Of I" the American
Continent They have determined to enforce
the Monroe doctrine with vengeance, extend
ing il far beyond what has been held to be the
doctrine of MIR. Monroe, by his modern OF CO.
temporary interpreters.
Il may be believed, but it is not, of course
certain that the policy of the present admins
tration will discountenance any treaty with any
power, American or European, that may recog-
nize the right of any European government to
interfere with, either in a friendly or hostile
manner, the concerns of Central America, OF
any other States ofthe American Continent.
Henceforth, therefore, there are to be no more
mediations inCentral American affairs, to which
Great Britain shall be,with our consent, party
There to be no more partnerships between
and Great Britain in the use, or in the pro-
lection, of any inter oceanic communication.
The Clayton n-Bulwer treaty is to be got rid OF
as soon as convenient, or, in fact, possible
The joint meditation proposed by Great Britain
for tie purpose OF reconciling the difficulties
pending between the Central American States
is rejected. The Envoy Of the United States
to Central America is to be charged with the
duty of dissuading those States from any foreign
alliances, and of encouraging them to look to
the United States alone for council, aid and
protection In fine, an American continental
policy is now distinctly to be declared and en-
forced.
While MIR. Borand shall exhibit these views
in Central America, Mr.. Buchanan will enforce
them at St. James's. This will be the bodies:
and most important step ever taken by the gov
ernlnent in regard to its general international
policy.
While all alliances with foreign powers as to
this continent, are to be Stunned, entanglements
with them will be necessarily avoided.
Notreaty will be made that will recognize any
cooperation with Great Britain, or any European
power, in any inter oceanic transit. But the
Clayton Bulwer treaty does provide that the U
S. and Great Britain shall equally enjoy the
privileges Of the Tehauntepec, Nicaragua, OF
any other inter oceanic transit which either OF
the two parties shall cause to be opened. This
treary must be annulled, in order to secure for
the United States the exclusive cont-ol of any
OF these communic ltions. But all joint protee-
torates of such communications are hereafter
to be discountenanced by the United S.atrs.-
The United States are to act Independently OF
all other nations in all matters relative to this
Continent Such is believed to be the policy
adopted by General Pierce and his administra-
tion
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18
THE ACCIDENT.

The Dispatch in our yesterdays issue, an
nouncing the accident on the New York and
New Haven railroad was most lanentable
affair. So inexcusabIy needless and negligent
are the officers on railroads and steamboats, be-
coming of late, that it almost amounts t' mat
ter Of life and death, to take passage Oh them
There is something radically wrong Either
the officers are not such as they should be, or
she public forget the Importance OF safety, IN Its
easaness for speed.
No doubt much of the responsibility rests with
the people themselves. Thsy seem absorbed in
the same idea Of speed, reSfrdless of conse-
quences. A reform in this respect is demanded d
by every consideration Of humanity.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

The PosT OFFICE CoNTkAcTs.-The Wash
ineton correspondent of tho Republic of that
city, has the following in regard to the Northern
contracts for carrying the mails
1t strikes me that the result of the recent bid
ding for mail contracts in the New England and
New York divisions, has somewhat alarmed the
Post Office Department as to their prospects OF
saving the public money in the mex, four years
They were forced to close with the lowest bids,
of course, though those lowest offers actually
averaged quite seventy-tive per cent, above the
prices a, which the same routes were let toul
years ago. A rise of some twenty per cent was
anticipated to grow out Of the altered condition
of general basiness-prices, &c.,-in that quar-
ter of the Union; though they were by no means
prepared for the state OF things developed when
the proposals came to be opened. There was
hardly any such thing as competition anywhere
in this letting, whereas, four years ago, there
was hardly route of secondary Importance
which was not contested with spirit of bitter
ness as well as zeal.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18
OF THE STEAMER
WAVES LIVES LOST.


The Ocean Wave took FIRE from her furnace
On heE downward trip at thr "Ducks,' abput 40
in'.es above Kingston, On Saturday morning,
about z o'clock. When tie irr was first dis
covered, she was about nile and a half from
the shore, which she was Immediately headed
for, bat so intense thst The machinery gave out,
and she diit.d to sca The upper cabin was
consumed in about fifteen minutes, and in about
two hours The hull went down Those saved
were taken off by the schooner Georgiana.
The Ocean Wave had on board IA cabin and
deck passengers, besides fur children and
The crew. who swell.d the nuniber to about SO,
"f whom @ were saved. Among the crew
saved were Capt Wright and both mates; Thos
Oliver, the purser both whcelmen, the second
Engineer, Mr.. Blackman, and number of deck
hands Among the passcngc:s saved were
Mr. Francis kiah and WIFE, both Of whom were
burned but IL dangcro,,sl,; Mr.. French of
Cornwall, and the wife of Mr. Moore, of the
Gore Bank, Hamilton. These three were ali
the females saved small vessel on her way
d"wnw ard, sent boat To the assistance of the
al ta,cd steamer, but the men being frightened,
pulled away again.
The schooner Georgiana then hove in sight,
lowered boat which manned with her
mate and two sailors, and succeeded in picking
up Is persons. In two minutes after their res.
cue, the wreck went down She had dfifted
eight miles from the shore before she sunk
The captain, first mate, and one passenger,
reached the shore near the disaster, and
the vessel brought thu rest to Kingston A
mong those los, are MIR. Turnbuli, first engi.
neer, Julius Sanders, bar keeper, the cook,
Mrs Donald, nurse and three children of the
cashier of h"Gore Bank, Hamilton: three ladies,
names unknown; Mr. Lyman B. Fiske, of the
firm Of lis Humphrey, 4 Co Of Ogdensburgh:
whole number lost at least 25. The progress of
the flames was so rnpid that il was impossible
to launch any Of the boa's which were on
board.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

CANDIDATES SoK CoNuREs' - Alexander
Rives, Esq, of AblemarIe, has been nominated
by the Wings OF the 9th District of Virginia as
their candidate for Congress. Hon. Fauus
Powell, the Democratic candidate, will salt him
beautifully and gracefully.
Col. Clayton G.. Coleman has been nominal
ed by the Wings Of the Richmond District as
their candidate for Congress
Hon. II. A Edmondson was nominated BY
Convention Of the Democrats Of the 18th Dis
trict, few days ago as candnate for re cleo
ton to Congress.--Ncw Market Democrat
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

sIMPoRTANr RAILROAD ITEM.--i letter has
just been received by gentleman insthfs-C City
from the President of the Southern Wisconsin
and Mississippi Railroad company, statinsstha,
the people of Janesvile would vote the 800,
900 subscription by large majority and thStthe
entire line Of road would be put under contracl
in thirty days.
We hope that this intelligence may be relied
on and We have no reason to doubt it.
Certainly no intelligence could bemore graf!
tying to our ctizens,o attering to oar prospects
as place.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

SPars.-Late arrivals at New York bring in
teligence Of the dissolution of the Spanish Cor
tes. This step was taken, it is said, to prevent
certain exposures being made before that BODY,
whereby the completely of the Queen Mother
in the Cuban slave trade would be clearly estab
lshed. new ministry had been also formed,
consisting of the following persons Minister
of War. Cen Lersundi, who is also President
of the Cabinet; Foreign Afiinirs, Nj. Aydon /;
Justice, (Provisionaly,) NJ. Calllntes Home
Affirs, M. Egana Finance, M. Bermudez de
Castro; Marine, M. Antonio Doval A rumor
had gained some currency on the Paris Bourse
that a conspiracy had been discovered at Madrid
to depose the Queen and proclaim the lnfanta
in her stead, with the Duke de Montpensier as
Regent The story was afterwards fatty con-
tradicted, and it seems to have been entirely
without foundation Chicag0 Press.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18
GENERAL JACKSON'S REMINlSCEN
CES OF THE BATTLE OF NEW
ORLEANS

"Philo Jackson writes to the Savanna Jour-
nal an interesting account Of visit 10 General
Jackson at the Hermitage in 1889, from which
we extract the following:
81 longed to hear him speak of his great bat.
tie, and one of the creates, battles too Of modern
history, the Growing exploit Of his military life,
the battle of the .S,h otJan. beforeN. Orleans He
had just returned from his last visit to tina, city,
lamented the decease of most OF his old compa-
lriols since that battle. All the officers except
Col. Tiebault, he o served, were dead. He
then graphically described the field, the for.
htcattoms, as he laughingly called them,
aud the victory, in a manner shall never for
get. 'Mr. Eaton, (sad Gen. Jackson) has
greatly erred in his description Of the American
works He says had strong breastw ork Of
cotton bags There c"s nota bag of cotton on
the field, Sir! had some store boxes and
sand bags, or bags filled with sand, and these
were extended along Ihr lines but they were
80 low, that at the close of the action when the
British surviving General, in command, came
riding up an elegant horse to surrender his
sword, when ne got near me, heard him cx.
Claim, with mortified surprise, 'Barr.cades! by
-, could leap them with my horsen ]
laughed heartily at Ills asonshmen', for SO he
could, and besides, on one ,riap the woi ks were
not completed; had nothing there but corn
field tencc, if the British had only known, to
turn it. But by keeping my men constantly
throwing over sacines and ladders on the works,
the British were effectuaIIy deceived. But
Continued Gen J never had so grand and
awful an idea of the Re surrectlon as on that day
After the smoke OF the battle had cleared off
somewhat, (our men were in hot pursuit of the
flying enemy,) then saw, in the distance,
more than five hundred Britons emerging from
heapes Of their dead comrades, all orcr tic
ptain !--rising up, and more distinctly oisibis,
as The .fetd became clearer, coming foruard and
surrenderng as prisoners ofwar to our soldiers.
They had fallen at our first fire on them, with
out having received scrat n, and lay PROSTATE,
as if dead, till the close of the action. Gen
Jackson regarded this action, justly as the most
glorious achievement Of his life. The victory
was as glourous to his country to the hero of
New Oreans-yet the strategy of the General
i'll this masterly battle has never been appreciat
ed in any history Of it have read"
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

LiGnr HousE EAPPoINrMENrs-Turtl Island
Lghlhouse-Okey Mccormick appointed; Cor
don s. Wilson removed
Western Sister Lighthouse N. Win
ne appointed Anson Hotchki,s removed
Port Clinton Lighthouse George Momeny
appointed; BENZ F. Orcutt removed
Sandusky (Marblehead) Lighthouse-James
b. Reyes appointed; Lodwick Brown remov-
ed
Huron River Beacon-Charles R. Bcn,ly sp-
pointed; Rhedi r. Webber removed
Mermillion Beacon-Theodore G. King ap-
pointed; James Anderson removed
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

| The Pos, office Department has assigned th,
Mississippi to Glover and Mather, on term:
| highly advantageous to the government
which is a feature in the history Of steam
boating on Western waters. 1t is well estab
lished fact, that less accidents occur on low
than ON high pressure boats and it is no doub
the object of the department, to discourage en-
tirely the use of high pressure boats on The Mis-
| sssippi.
The following, upon this subject, is from a
w Washington correspondent Of the New York
Tribune.
1t has been the custom of the Post Office
Department TO pay SIS for the delivery of each
way mail on the Mississippi, which covered all
the expenses, apprehend, of supplying the
river offices along that great route without in
cluding what is known the great through
mail. As in addition to carrying the great
through mail express, the contractors, (Glover
and Mather) Of the great low pressure boat mail
are also to carry daily way mail, stopping at
/ 10 points on the route each way; if they were
paid for that service alone at the rate such SER
vices now cost the Department, they would re-
ceive ere the end Of the four years, $63,200
more than under their contract they are to get
for both mails. So you will perceive that Post,
master General Hubbard has made lucky bar
gain for the Government.
Those bidding tor this contract seemed to
make wild calculations. Thus, Western
Steamboatng Firm, Benedict & Arnold, pro-
posed to carry the Express Mail alone for $780,,
600 per annum. lftheir bid had been accept
ed, and the Way Mail had been let at a cores
ponding rate, the cost ofthe service to the Treas
ury would have been 81 ,373,S 800 per annum, or
an aggregate in the four years of $5 ,492 500, or
more than is to be paid the present contractors
The bid Of John E Caldwell, Esq of New Or
leans, was lowest next 10 the accepted bid, be-
ing at the rate of $49O, 900 per annum, or an ag-
gregate in the four years OF 100000 higher in
that time than the accepted bid.
l have reason to believe that Glover and
Mather are most anxious 10 induce the Depart-
ment to allow them to dispense with low press
ure boats. Their labor to this end " i'll however
be in vain; great public purpose is involved
in the experiment with owpressure boats, the
common use Of which on the Mississippi above
New Orleans, if i: can be achieved, will doubt :
less save in four years thousand lives and re-
duce the expense Of insurance there immeasur-
ably
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

SENSIBLE ADvIcE.-sWeller was wise man,
even beyond his more educated neighbors.
Witness his charge to Samivel, when the boy
ventures into 'melancholy mood
"Samivel, Samivel, beware of the vimmen
got reads no newspapers. Your father married
avuman that read none, and you re the sad con
sequepce!. You're as hignorant as horse.
Hignorantpeople say its throwing away money
to take papers, and foolin away time to read
them -
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

RANDOLPH IN THE senate Randolph was
terrible in his readiness in retort. As Whrple
has observed in his lectures, s'No hyperbole ui
contempt or scorn could overtop it with some.
thing more scornful and contemptious. OPP
position only maddened him in'o more brilliant
bitterness.
''lsn't it shame, Mr.. President" said he,
one day, in the Senate, ".hat the noble bull
dogs of the administration should be wasting
their precious time in worrying the rats of the
oppositlon'" Immediately the Senate was in
an uproar, and he was clamorously called to
order. The presiding officer, however, sustain
ed him and, pointing his long, skiny finger at
his opponents, Randolph screamed out, "Rats,
did | say? Nice, mice ~
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

LEAD IN Rock Is.AND.-The Rock island
Republican says, that valuable lead mine
was lately. struck on land belonging to MIR.
Lemue Andrews, in that county, by Mr.. Key
nolds, railroad contractor, A thousand pounds
was taken out the first day.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONAL conven'
ton for revising and amending the constitution
of Massachusetts, assembled on Monday last
A permanent organization had not taken place
at our latest dates. The Democrats had noml'
mated Hon. N. r. Banks, for President, Of the
convention, and the Wings had nominated Hon
G. N. Briggs.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-18

vThe Herald ofDubuqua is by no means
pleased with the way that President Pierce d.
vIdes the spoils in Iowa. We advise his Ex
celIency to be careful Low he incurs the dis
pleasure of this frothy concern. It appears to
b. in the last stage Of hydrophotis, and con-
,eal.uty s7n.2sha. dan:.erous-Jaek Press.