The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-06-21

curiosity IS excited visit the spots dai-
l!y to witne 8 the singular phenomena.
The liquid gives no unpleasant, odor,
while burning.
REcIFE FOR CHRoNro DIARRngA or
DfsEsTERr.-We have been furnish.
ed (says an exchange) with the
following recipe, by gentleman
who vouches for its efficacy in sew.
eral instances in which he has known
it tried: :.
One quart of hickory ashes, one pint
OF SCOT, and one or of pulverized
rhubarb--on which pour a gallon of
boiling water, and let it stand 70
hours-strain of, bottle up, and keep it
well corked. One wine glassful to be
given after each meal to grown per-
soh-to children in proportion.
a JOLLY BARoNEss.-In one of his
recent letters from Paris to the N.
. Picayune Mr.. Kendall relates the
following curious incident:
''ln my account of the grand ball Civ
en- by the Legislative body to the
emperor and empress, written last
week. ! omitted ono interesting
event which then and there transpired.
Late in the night, and in the midst of
the dancing, q beautiful and dashing
woman was quietly arrested and
walked off TO the lookup, causing not
aIittle excitement, as may well be
supposed. is was given out ut the
time that thes lady was suffering un-
der Q mental alienation, but the
true history of the affair has since leak
ed out, and is not without interest. Ii
seems that, the woman in question.
Young and exceedingly pretty, has
been figuring extensively the past sea-
:s0n;a as q baroness, and that She s. WAS
accompanied to tile ball by q zen
tleman of high distinction, and
one we'll known in S fashionable
circles. Ior3tseyeral hours she was
remarked ora1her grace and beau.
~, dancing several quadrilles i in
faultless style, but after, supper she
entered into the spiritofa Redowa with
rather more abandon than is recogniz..
ed as scemly or befitting in haute so.
cietie. Another quadrille came, when
her style was even more hightalutin
lit would have been admired at
the ,iardin Mobile. Grande Chanmiere,
or or Chauteau Rouge, but there was
a little too much Of the cancam about
it for the latitude Of tho Tuileries. Ter
conversation, too, became little
boisterous, and many of her expires
sions, however they would have
sounded in the Quarter Breda or
Notre Dame de Lorettc, seemed
rather out of place in the severe and
classic meridian of the Faubourg St.
Germain. The ladies immediate.
ly near her We're shocked, the gen.
tlcmen stared at her in astonishment
and finally the baroness became so
hilarious in her speech and so ex.
travagant in her action, that it was
deemed prudent to rid the ballroom OF
her presence. TO smooth the mat.
ter over, it was given ont that she
was suffering under mental alienation.
and that she was subject to such
hts, but the real truth was that she
had been imbibing altogether too
freely of champagne at the splen-
did supper, and that the wine brought
her ont in her true character. Her
case was duly investigated by the
lynX-eyed and indefatigable police;
when it was asccrtaincd that she was
the wife of q farrier living near Paris,
and that in order TO enable her
to carry out her assumed title OF
q baroness, she has been for some
time past leading most disreputa-
bic lifc." fi..