The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-15
R1iirOaUS, Hotels, &r,

'heIr travels, whenever they take rim
from their sanc,ums. We, however, do
E"t pr"lcss to hr very fashionable and
would decline doing sh hut that we arc
inclined ~ say n litllr about Rnitr0uds,
Uotls, ,}~. Well, just a week acn. after
rar'aSl,ig of nice, ho, hrrakfast uf s!,ad,
eggs, SC, at friend Ml1cnE,.L's llu.pitn-
blr tlarllcc Iinusr, VIC took our seal, with
come seventy or eighty others, III the w.
" VI. cars AT peace with ourselves and all
the rest of mankind, AMI showed rfl' fur Co.
lumbia. We had Quite pleasant ride Of
Il. When We reached the Wa,crcc
Swamp VT wcrc wide Awake III sec what
da.nagcs The la,c frcshot had done 10
OUT hna,l. Hu', with The exception Of a
'''''c bursting up Of the platform, at The
junction Of the Camden Branch, we could
scarcely tell that, a few days before, all
was one vast sea OF rush NJ waters in that
now peaceful and quiet swamp. We had
heard great nIany persons complaining
about their detention few DAYS before,
and all seemed 10 agree that new and
higher and stronger trcs,lc ought to be
built across this swamp. We noticed and
made inquiries about this matter and can
state Tor Tic information of all interested,
and to stop the moulhcs of the whining
and complaining, that tho w. g. NJ. Rail
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hand tard this, Of ITSELF ought to be a suf-
ticicnt guarantee that it will he we'll donc)
and are not only going to build good tres
tic, but have actually begun one The
track is already being prcparcd-lhc pile
driver Is there, in the swamp, and they arc
only waiting get Il little good weather to
have rs sailing over there eight or ten feet
high in air. When VIC reached the CO.
lumba and South Carolina Rail Road
there was some little delay in convcvur
the mail and baggage across the rush in
that road, but it was soon over, and all ON
their way again-somc 10 Charleston and
some to Columbia. We we're SURPRISED To
see how little damage the tres,!c o! the
South Carolina Rail Road had sustained.
after hearing some of the exaggerated re-
ports Of the injury to this road, which had
been III circulation day or two before
When we were there, 4 week ago, The in,
Jury was almost repaired, and the day after
the cars ran over as usual. We have
made up our mind to put no faith in reports
hereafter, especially in Rail Road reporis.
We sailed otfand soon reached Columbia
and then .lANNEr's comforiabic gnatlers.-
We la:! heard g.a:! !ea! aL:::: JasSiY's
Hotel, his poltcnc>s. &c, and we had ex
rcr!ences! 4 little kcturc, but the old fellow
is growing better in his profession rs he
grows older, and we must admit that he
has kept his promise and made his Hotel
one OF the rery hest in all the country
Call on him when yun go 10 Columbia if
20" want ;S00d cdtinS, clean and comfnrta
bic hcds, attentive servants and a gentle
man t" dcnl with We spent two or three
very pleasant days with hm-ookcd at
thc improvements going on in Columbia,
and OF course, among these, at The New
State Capitol just being erected, and the
preparations Of Mcssrs. GLAZE e. I,o,r-
WEIGHT to remove the old buildings. Heard
and talked OF all we could Of any interest
the prospect Of PREsToS and ADAMS for the
Scnatc-thc business going on in courl,
&c. Heard tha, six Or seven students had
Just hccn suspended tor making fires in the
campus and giving what we used to know
as ",hc students smile ;" but it was
thought they would all be taken back again,
very soon. And last but not least we cs
tablislcd 4 correspondence in Columbia
got good deal Of business for our papcr,
and got back home safe and sound.