The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-15
Il Crown by Mcssrs Thomas and John
THIS DAY PUBLISHED.

LILO IN L ODLlOl1LD,
(.Sold at tie New Printing Office, near
the 1o,on House, Price Eight
Pence, Il. N.Y.
a VERY SEAsoNABLE AND EARNEST
Address to the Citizens of London,
soon after the dreadful fire which con.
sumcd the greatest Part of that famous
Metropolis in the year 1866. By
that revcrcd and faithful Minister Mr..
James Janeway.
To which is added, DR.. Smollett's
Account Of said contlagration, and the
imputed Causes thereof Taken from
his history of England.
LIKEWISE, An account Of the Boston
Fire in tho
Year I'LL.
Together aoiM a Relation of
TIE GREAT FIRE OF BOSTON,
Which broke out March Goth, lTGO.
And an elegant original Essay on those
Sober Facts which no Body should he
found ignorant of, and with which eve
ry Body must needs be Affected
concerning that great Fire.
.S3" The aforementioned Address
is u truly remarkable Performance,
and wrote in that plain honest old
Stle which the most unlcarncd Reader
car easily understand.
Extract ofa letter from Paris,
January 2l, l7GO.
Councils are frequently called, and
tic subjects under consideration are of
TIC almost Importance. lHe ministyv
'o'H not gre car to any proposals Of
peace, mniesS they Je adeantageous and
honorable; the cup is FLIED, and ,ge
mast drink il. Tile Kings Golfers are
ful his armies arc numerous and in
good order. France aoiN hare on foot,
nert campaign, at least three huudred
thousand combatants, by land and sea,
and they only long fir an opportunity
to restore to our arms that iusfre and
cclut aOAich haze been furnished Lv some
aaoerse turns ofJortune Or enemies
all put together, are not abie to faa or
maintain so many kroops Mey arc
drained Of men and provisions, through
the devastation occAs;onca Gy the greut
mum6cr Of troops aoiM UAicA Mcy hare
been snrcesstcc!v over run since tie be-
ginning OF this .t4tal aOar."
We hear that great number of
troops are ordered to be in readiness
on the shortest notice, which it is
thought are designed for the cost of
France; and we hear compliment has
been made to some of the gentlemen
of the militia, fthey have any inclina-
ton for going.
BosToS.-Wc hear that Saturday
scv'nght the dwellin. House Of Mr..
John Bachelor OF Reading, was burnt
down, and great part Of what was in
it destroyed. Wednesday the Rev.
MIR. Joseph Jackson, was ordained at
Brooklinc, to the pastoral Office Of the
Church in that Town: The Rev. Mr..
Storer, of Watertown, began the So.
lemnity with prayer; the Rev. Mr..
Cooper Of Coston, preach'd sermon
we'll adapted to the Occasion, from
, Tim. 7. The Rev. Mr.. Appleton
ofCambridge, gave the charge; the
Rev. Mr.. Checley, sen. Of Boston,
gave the Right Hand Of Fellowship !:
and the Rev. Mr.. Pemherton, of Bos.
ton, made the concluding Prayer
The whole was performed with great
decency and propriety.
For some time past we have been
concerned about several missing Yes
sells, viz. Capts. Bradford and Sherrard
from London, and Capt. Sloper from
| Bristol; who s,iI'd the middle of No.
vember last bound to this part But
last Tuesday Night, Capt. Brown, who
was Passenger Oh board Capt. Brad
ford, came to town from Newberry,
where he arrived in IS days from Eu.
statia, and informs, that from the lst
Of December to the LIST Of last Janua.
Try, Capt. Bradford was beating upon
the Coast cndeavoring to get in, and
had once got within 8 leagues of Cape
Cod but the violent North est
winds successfully coming on, and the
Weather extreme cold, they were
Obliged to stand away for the West
Indies and sometime in February last
intending for Antigua, he was attack
ed by French Privateer Sloop of u
Carriage guns, number Of Swiyels and
about 100 Men with which he stood
an engagement two Hours, and would
have bca, hor of, had not calm come
on, when the Priyateer got out her
oars, and kept undor the Ships Quar-
tcrs, so that she could not bring her
guns to bear upon them and the enc
r,y keeping al inccssant Fire upon
them, tore tho ship very much and
the men being much iatisued, and
some of their joints frost. bitten, they
were obliged TO surrender, having stood
a brave Resistance as long as they
were aple ; The enemy, as some Of
tlen gave out, had IL Men kill'd and
some wounded.-None Of Capt. Brad
Erd's men were killed, and only
Passenger, (Capt. Philips of this town.
slightly wounded. The enemy car.
ricd Capt. Bradford into Marlinico,
from whence he was released, with