The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-11
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saNs. not cent Is lcH of the 81 .OOO,O ,O0r
u" !'y tn" United States. Where il has
a" 10 Is puzzle, ba, i! i uunc Ger
h'l the Government is Il ready drv-
- l'$ to rr 50 money. The progress
p" he rcv"'"'i"' j. every day more alarm
in4. and ,rr present condition of thinps
r'nnot possibly continue much longer
ltnn'"rS Of every kind are IN circulation. +;
- Sa;d. tia. Sai,Ia Anna, wishes tu with.
draw from The country n IN early dar, AMI
thai Il" r,S Designated Gen. nnonte as
his successor. Ii ~ likewise repnrted,
that The c"7'nch whch has lust left the
capital, IS l.',i"n with 5000, ,lhW hel..nniny
his Excc'lcncv.
Tbr Fair :" tic Southern Central Agri.
cn'nra! Ass"cintion, which was 10 he held
in .hngusia in the latter par; OF October,
has been postpoaed- i'll consequence Of the
epidemic, to the 10Th day of November.
The price of brca,lstuffs is now so much
lower IN England than in America that
several ':argIcS Of flour are said 10 have
heen shipped from Liverpool for New
York. This has mt happened since the
initiation Of 1887, when -four was imported
To New York from the Mediterranean.
We sec it stated IN an article in the
National InteNigencer, that the hemp plan,
possesses narcotic resin, called IN Asia
'hochshish," which has the same effect on
| fish and cattle as coculus indicus. In
streams where hemp is ro,tcd, the fish
| come 10 the surface Of the water in state
OF 'ntoxcation, and t, a.! appearance dead;
and cattle, after drinking the water, stag
ger about and cut strange capcrs These
facts heIng misunderstood, prejudice has
Tor many years existed against wa,cr-rot-
IN, hemp, under the impression tha, the
proc. caused death among the cattle
in the ncighborhood of the streams where
il is carried on.
&c Frankfort, Ky. Commonwealth,
gays III relation to the crops in that State:
awe hear different accounts from diff:
crent places; but our conclusion from inc
whole IS, that Kentucky will have fully
halt an average crop of corn this year. A
gentleman just from Cumberland conn.
ty tells us that the corn crop there IS fully
two thirds of All average; the tobacco crop
!. very fine; wheat excellent, and selling at
20 cents per bushcl."
1t is computed that there will be twcn-
ty-onc thousand miles Of railway in the
United States upon the first day of Janu-
AIRY ncxI. The longest railway upon the
surace of the 2lnbc is The Illinois Ccn,ra,
WHICH Is 7:'l miles in length, and is rapd.
ly approaching completion.
Judge Bronson, the Gubernatorial can.
dinte o; tn" New York lIar.ls. h,s written
4 letter to Mr. Dei.var,, IN which he thus
t'lines his position on the liquor ques.
ton: Il have never doubted the power OF
TIC Legislature 10 iorbu the sale Of in.
iuxlca;,rs liquors as a beverage; and,
r" lar - Il wuu.;' affect me personally, |
81 iluE .l,at the traffic ~ ull ns forms
should be wholly prohibited. But ca,dor
| requires inc 10 say that | am not yet COIL
vince thai Il ,o,a; prohibition would BE-
80 ikci. I" produce gnnl results as an
effort 9. Il more mioIcra,c character. Ex.
trc;uc measures seldom accomplish the
cmd Tor winch they are dcs sgueJ. 1t takes
sac II or'nS about any great rei,rmal ion
| II lhc morals or habits "l people, and
| any attempt - DO Il III a day will be like.
l.. I" fail. Oar Heavenly Father works BY
Low process bo;il IN the moral and the
material world, and we shall act most
| wisely when we az, like him. Most Of
he m'sche! which we now witness may
sc raced 10 places exclusively devoted
|" draIn.drinking. !, Is there that boon
| companions meet, drink and fight, and
then go home madlencd with poisonous
compounds I" intlct fresh evils upon their
already suffering families Men seldom
get drunk IN their own houses. The in
tl"ences with which they arc surrounded
when at home, constitute powerful check
against excess, ana one which is moi felt
in the revcIs OF IA dram.shop n such
places were shut up. and stringent rcgu-
at'nns were made for the government OF
those VIII" sell Intoxicating drinks, and i,
in addition to this, Drunkenness, the drug
gIng OF liquors, and the sale uf them to
drunkards, were all punished As public Of.
fences. much would he accomplished in
the way Of correcting existing evils. BY
| adopting such measures as these, the
friends Of temperance will be able to
carry public sentiment along with them;
but with the extreme remedy of pro