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

anu women. at I1fltes sssrsilf FROM
sS25 to Sl,2OD;sand we learn i;tt Ilts.s ss i
has also soldmen, without ans III.
as high rs $1,000. IL rsslll gs see iiis
that there is To betnos $40 Il, { il,s, 4
This species of prbperty s IS ;ss Isas &
per cent higher now, (in5 duh sseast Il.
the year.) than it WAS lass j anu lssssI
when every body seemed to be! III ilils
market making preparatioits lSs
present !ye;ir-what;lIegr egrocs lsil bfi,ifr
next January, it is sEimpossib asif NOR.
tai man to say. AnilltifMats
tance of ours had occasioil on .ssatiIrd;lS
last of buying q house il, and 5tht:
price was only the slnalIs Issiinla aof IS GOO S.
Wilmington Journdi, ! 2 #
= 81.
STEAM FIRE ESGls Z. he &
Bedford Mercury publishes tllef;,ll loN-
ing description of1a new team FIRE
ginc which has boon introduce III Gil
cinnati sSsss ss2s's
.lt is large size, we CHS about ii ysi:
tons, steam box six feet four ise
contains two engines oftWo. feet sstToI{
aud six inches diameter of8 csIiId
throws Il seven cights inchss hsstream three
hundred tectl 3!4 inch Is trealsl
itet,2 ? inch stream s2o440 fcet.i dead
stream, that is, before il brel KS
will throw eight streams of ii iifcll
at once. 1t is used to- play d iifreoli Il
on the fire. s S.
Some objcctious sshas@ been Taiscd @i
| by the citizens ollsaceount of fiits ;Bei
locomotive, but now. four i fo
attached to enab!e the &, chi
guide it, not to draw il, folat here is no,
difficulty in drawing it by steslln, hut I,
as our streets are very much obstrilct.
cd by vehicles and p;lsscfs, there, ,Wonld
be some {dandcrs in letting her suii
When on level street e the I'll aces j; Is
slack. lfnceessarYTa fnfce of rs 3Ilofss, II,
power can be applied to i he 81 $dftsiiasit9s
wheels. Cost about 81 70, 600. lis IS
being the first attempt tsss Sli,ls cost
more than one can nuW3bps bulls sf,f;s:ss
Us the expcnce of pnlteiils would be-
saved. A similar engine would BE
built now for about sc, ,00o.
"on Sunday itraiscd the sc ran 81
four squares and3liad water s,1s / the fiiis.s
Unjust seven minltcsSfr from &
ing ot1thc fire. saw it II 8 RING
when il shrew8a two inch S
hundred after passing liiFoisah Il fsau d NJ
onp h!in1fed feet Of hose
only iiScln.e,ll irt;tia ie
us. sf53 sis
Mis-. EEvERr ASDf MS. ssSTow
| Our readers viii doubtless rem enli,cr
that Queen Victoria administered Il
severe but wcIl.deserycd bloW5to slSf rs. b
Harriet Beecher Stove and 4 hat pei
J snn'snoble British admirers, f IS &
| ng tolreccive the famous ilcssfophilists
at court. Mrs. Stove Was ei eillieeii,ail e
Frustrated, and VIC hear no ! mo re ct {
her in Great Britain. Not d; nol5 5les
lord or lady dare mention her ifame.
The little Queen foronce5 exercise Her
authority with undeni.ible good sense
and good effect. VI S.s Isl
She has nccgiven another proof Of
her determination to cStinGuishi COM e;
plctcly the Stowe .fqror1 her Country,
and To malntain more eflcctIaliy fi.all
by a speech from thethfonethe AMIGA
bic relations between Great Britiaisa and
the United States. II swithpleas,llre
that we copy the following I,assagss
from the Mobile Register. ssssa 8s.s2
Abiding to Mrs. EeNert,5 Indy re- E
sident of Mobile, so generally Known
in South for her rare aud Varied Einteissl
lectual accomplishments, the j gistsr
says: @
This lady, rs it is known, beiing
on visit To Lady Stuart tY,ortie9
The daughter of the D,ikeof. .Ruthiaad,
and to other friends ii, England, Ill rfy-
ed too late to be presented at the &! os-
| ing Drawing Room reception for. ttse
season, and it was thcreiofe.no exs5eti ~
ed that she would be presented to tho
Queen. But it appears that Queen
Victoria, waving the usual strict iule less1
of etiquette, observed TeNen tow ards
pccresscs, instfuctcdstbe Lord Cha M
berlain to specially invite Mrs. .e4
Vert to appear at court on the senilie
OF the lst. inst sSI
The compliment thus paid 10 syE Il s
LeNert, and through her. d her seollnffy
is of the highest aud most ssIatilY Yibg
significance. The fair rcci lslt MI ii
easily prove 10 the titled and liai iialst
arstocracy of Britain tliat illarlsili,
Southern Indies can match ia cstt
and variety of!attainmeats aud yaccs1t
plishmcnts, and e!eganccssf sltiild and
manner, the proudest boflsand learned Il
of any land.-1N, Q. Pieas,sl,ss.
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AwFuL.--ll le sat before d low fahl@,
and his pale fingers cliteliel M;t iii C
rutsve energy the handle ot kfsiie.5
His brows were knit, and his lips ffiigis
ly compressed, while the Milt aud IN -s 5
settled expression of hiss ycs sSSliicsl
to indicate the desperate purpose 3tll;{6
was hasfilig through bis eScttee s5taitgS
Suddenly liesiields,he slitterhig
TO the light, he teltsits .kecp dIec aud
tapetiag r6tii!,2st thegI Wit liItss Ell
ietgy NJ islised s,s lhigI