The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-05-03

LIE ASSASSINATION OF TIE DUKE OF
| 'ARMA.-lhc most important news
from Italy which we announced yes.
tcrday, was the assassination of the
duke OF Parma. All the intelligence
winch VIC can gather of the occurrence
is this, that the Duke was attacked in
the street on Sunday evening, March
2''h, at halfpaSt five o'clock. The
assassin having plunged knife into
| his abdomen, w"unding, it is supposed
the stomach, fled and cscaped, ;tnd vet
remains nndctcctcd. The Duke died
on the afternoon Of the next day.
Ferdinand, Charles III, Joseph Ma
ria, Wilma BaIthasar dc Bourbon.
luke OF Parma. PIaccntia. Sc, Infant
OF Spain, was the long name and title
OF the defnnct prince lie was borne
on the 18th January, 1928 and was,
consequently, thirty.ono years of ggo
at his death. He succeeded his father
upon his abdication in fS49, in the
Duchy OF Parma. He vas connected
by marriage with the French Bourbons.
His wife was the daughter of the Duke
dc berry, who was assassinatcd ut the
opera in Paris. and accordingly sister
to the Duke de Chambord. called by
hc French legi,imists, Henry ". of
France. The duke leaves four chill.
lrcn, the second of whom, his son
f"bc!t Charles, &C., who is only six
years old, succeeds him. During his
minority, his mother will be regent.
Baron Ward, who was the prime
minister and tavoritc of the late Duke
iHis 'cc' ordered TO quit the country.
ne is an English advcnturcr and his
lite is full Of strange contrasts and nj.
te'nat'ng fortunes. He was originally
conim"n groom, and was promoted
by the royal Duke from the stables to
tn" cabi"et.-N. y. E"en;ag Post.
lIIE GOLD Fields OF TIE WoRID-
| ""'d ahoHnds, To II greater or less cx.
| 'h'' III almost every country. |, has
n"rn found in smal quantities in Spain,
Portugal, Swcdcr,; the Gcrmanic
states, Turkey, and even in England.
i"r produce ithc Russian gold mines
= from fifteen to twenty millions of
! dollars annually. Besides Australia,
god Is found III China. Malacca, Japan.
| b"rnc", New Guinea, and New Ica-
land 1t has also hccn discovered in
considerable quantities in and about
The Chaudicrc River, in Lower Canada.
lie eastern gold region of the United
states is considered as beginning in
Virginia, extending through North
Carolina, along the northern part of
South Carolina. and thence northwest
'''y mt" A!abama Terminating in Ten
ncs>re. The digginys arc supposed
t" be pretty well worked, although
productive at times. In 1915, 81 900.
700 was dug from the gold mines in
| irS'nla. lhc west coast of America.
both north aud south OF the equator
is perhaps the region having the great
est humber OF gold deposits. The pre-.
ri"i> metal is found in considerable
quantities IN all The South American
States. Gold is procured also from
rarlons parts Of .Nirica, to the amount
probably f:230,OO0 yearly. 1t is cs
lIma'rd that The total stock of fuold and
silver bullion now in circulation is
twenty-five millions of dollars.
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lloMEIN Tnurus FOR WrvEs.-Al.
though your husband may neglect to
1--WE y"n II good dress, do not sccl,
revenge b. giving him good dress.
ing.
-" not hesitate between the choice
"l an expensive mantle and Ir hus
bands affection; the former may be
dear to your back, but the latter should
he dcarer to your bosom.
Should Your husband bring friend
home t" parlake Of the remains of yes.
t'rday's beet, do not be churlish. but
let warm smile season the cold re-.
past
Irctcr country ramhlcs 70 town
lounges; the col"rs Of the rose arc
brighter thar the hucs Of silks. and the
dcwdr"ps "utshinc the jewellers gems.
Never deny your husband the plea.
sure OF smoking; the cigar by the fire
side Is the domestic calumet Of peace.
Bc careful in bcwing "lho cup
which cheers, but not incbriatc:" stronr
tea is better than weak arguments.
| The hand which was pledged ut the
alter is not disgraceiuI in sewing on Il
button; and, reucmbcr-as YOU SOW
SO shall You reap.
| torroN Is Charles Dickens.
III late number of his :" Household
Words, after enn!ncrating the striking
'nctS in relation to Cotton, says:
" Let any social Or physical cunvul.
sion visit the United Slates, and Eng.
land would feel the shock from Lands
End to John O'Groats I'h,. lives of
''rarly two nliinns nf our conntrvmcn
arc dependent upon the cotton crops
"' America their destiny may be
said, without any sort ofhypcrbolc, to
hing upon a thread.
".,honld any dire calamity bcEall
th" land Of cotton, thousand Of our