The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-08-02

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fiE siisitS IN an caEsaEli
here a re li on b niilea III
staging on this fontesand l. Eis grfiaI.
Inall lesseiiiig The road is & in
very fine condition. md the run
lsning8time good lining gto,at. Ieyald.
Is CHEERING lSTELL1GENcE. gen.
j,tleman writing to his friend in Charles.
ton states that in travelling recently
from SNadesbor6,' N. c., to Che.
raw, the crops of Com itlrolgh6utth
entire route presented, n fIuxuriant
appearance, and the yield PROMISED to
be most abundant. 81
FLoUn-The Camden Journal, OF
the goth instant, says: We were in
formed on Saturday last, that there
was not barrel Of -four for sale in
Camden. A load from North Car.
olina was sold on Thursday at sew
en- dollars per barrel. Our coun,
try friends who have on hand would
do well to bring it to market now, as
they will find quick sales and
So'oa l'''SSS'
We learn from n correspondent of
the Newbcrry Sentinel, that ncgros arc
selling in Montgomery County, Ken
tucky, brislily at the following rates:
men from 1000 to $1,000; boys IL or
l3 years old from 500 to 5000, aud
my informant saw n young woman,
and child three months old, sell for
$1,000. Ohio being a near. neighbor
seems to make no difference with pros
porous Kentucky about the price of
slaves.
The number of fintermcnts in New
Orleans for the week, ending July 23,
from Yellow Fever was 429.
John S. Cripps, esq, ofSoulh Caro-
lina, who has been appointed Secrcta.
ry of Legation to Mexico, left San
francisco By the steamer Oregon on
the 18th inst, on his way t" the city
Of Mexico.
REWARD OF FlDELIrv.--A faithful
body servant of the late Vice President
King, it is said, is now living in Wash
ington. He was set fee by Mr.. King,
who also gave him $4,000 in money,
and his gold watch, for the faithful
manner in which lie served him.
CAMBRIDGE US1vEns1rY.-Thc Mas.
sacllusctts Convention has made a
most important decision III reference to
Cambridge University, placing it upon
grounds which may enable future Leg
islaturcs to deprive it of its purely de-
nomilational and give it popular
character. The resolve on the subject
now awaits its final passage.
WEST PolSr MILITARY AcApEMY.-
The Board Of Visitors to West Point
Military Academy have ma !e their
report to the Secretary Of War. The
Board express their qualification be-
cause o the proficiency cf the cadets in
their studies, aud also their. unanimous
opinion in favor of the Institution, as
the best method Of ditTnsiag military
science and attaining skill III the art of
war. They recommend tho erection
FFof a new.building for u Riding School;
the enlargement of the CADETS Hospi-
tai; new building foroflicer's quarters,
andIolicr purposes. They alsorecom.
mend an increase in the number of
cl;lets to two. from each Stelc, to be
rccommnpded by The United States
Senators. An extension of the period
ofinstrnction to five years is recon-
l.mcndcd, anffalso anincreasc Of cadets
pay from 90 to $50 per month.
CoSsrITUTIoS OF TIE UNITED STATES.
Like one Of those wondrous rock
ing stones reared by the Druids, which
the finger of a child might vibrate to
its centre, yet the might of an ar
my could not move from its place, our
Constitution is so nicely poised and
halaEccd, that it seems to SWAY with
every breath Of opinion, yet so firm,
~ rooted in the heart and affections OF
the people, that the widest storms OF
treason AMI ianaticiSm break over il
in vnim.- R. c. WnMrop.
CuolcG IMronrED SrocK. Brit.
ish ship Crown, arrived i'll New York
on Tuesday, brought a large number
Of Durham cattle, sheep and other live
stock, valued at $4,000, which have
been imported for II, Athison Alexan-
der, Of Kentucky, and q company OF
farmers in Fayctte, Bourbon and
Woodinrd, kentucky associated to-
gcther for the purpose of improving
their live stock. This collection, en-
bracing fifty Durhams, thirty two
shccp, a celebrated Cleveland bay
fhorse, and Il Neapolitan SOW, with a
fine litter otpigs, were yesterday cx-
hibited in the stables Of Robert Buch-
anm, West Philadelphia They will
be despatched for Maysvillc, Ken.
tucly, via the Pennsylvania Railroad
to Pittsburg.
BURNING OF A STEAMER --PntSburg
July l4M.
The steamer Manchester, while ly,
ing at the Marine Hospital, mile be
low Pittsburg, was burned to the wa.
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