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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-08


Value OF EXprs. Value of Imp',s.
Boston, $l6,556,I9D S:E3,jOI,7S9
n. York, S7.iSi,.lj6 I:,2.32H.3UG
Philadelphia, 5,SlS,57l l4,7S5,Dl7.
Baltimore, G,i67,86 6.7l9,9S6.
Charleston, ll,G7U,O2l 2,l75,6lI.
n. Orleans. i9,U5S,SS:5 l2,U57,72i
As importing cities, the above would
rank thus; Philadelphia, Boston, New
York, Baltimore, New Orlcan', Cllar icstou
The first imports nearly three times the
value OF It's exports the sccund, twice the
value OF experts the third, Il little more
than one aud a half times the value of en-
ports; The fourth nearly balances the
fifth, imports one fourth Of The value OF its
exports ; and the sixth, or rather huas,nu
city of Charleston, imports only one fifth
oi the value Of its exports. From the above,
1t is obvious, beyond dispute, that New Or
leans and Charleston depend, for at least
three lnurlhs Of their merchandise, OH the
Nurh 'rn cities.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-08
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Banner.

MEssRs EDIroHs sem. you n COM
paratlvc view Of the commerce Of the prin-
cIpal Ports of the United States during the
year 1852. The tables are compiled from
the report oi the Secretary Of the Treas
ury, for 1852, on the commerce and navi-
ga,ion Of the United States.
These tables may, perhaps, he as inter
esting TO many of your READERS, as they
were tomysclf.
The ports that have thus brought un-
der comparison, are Boston, New York
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston and
New Orleans.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18


An ExAnPLE.-America is not so pow.
srful yet as Spain wos three centuries a.
go. Spain rose moreover. as America has
done, through tho reign Of free institu.
tions. She fell by entering on q course
Of policy, similar TO that which is now
proposed for America. So long as
Spain honofed lsbor and made war
only in just cause, so long she pros
pered; but when she lsnt her sword to
wanton cong quest, and took 10 living on
the spoils ofcaptive nations. she began
Immediately to decline, 1t is a preg.
nant warning. A great law lies at the
heart Of Spain's decline. That law is
that il either nations. or indiviuals neg
lect productive industry. and seek in
stead 10 shine BY unlawful gains, they
inevitably sc, 10 ruin, ..,s,, ,sy7-
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
E0iciency Of Cold Water.

On Wednesday, 18th inst, the house
Of VIM. H. Moody, Of standish, Me-,
was struck by lightning, which demol:
uished the chimney, burst large hole in
the ceiling Of the sitting room, smashed
the stove and broke the door. It struck
a daughter Of Mr.. Moody's. six years old
on the back Of the neck, the side and leg
to the foot, leaving discoloreI mark
half an inch wide, the whole distance
Cold water was at once copiously appli
ed TO the apparently dead girl. who. ir
less than twenty minutes from the tint
she was struck, revived. and is expecte,
to recover. --'
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
An; lnmense RFidgs5

!. A.colrespondsptssf ,acse Chicago apssssi|
thus describes tho grsstsbridge hts Peru,.
Illinois. On she, Illinois Central R.il.l1
road,,, VA iea. III ssisigae.y,s ,s.'lL = 1
"The great bridge Of the lllinois Gen.
tral Railroad Il, 900 -fset, of-two.shirds Of,
! milo IN 4ength, Ii rapidly approaching
complction; the ears, h0~sver,S = will not
turnover ie'befoio October. sThis. your
readers sre swa4s., isTthe grsstcst work
Of the kind ia the west. and is one Of the
severity five ssuss bridges now undsl
contract by tho sntsspiistns frm .!
Stone & Broomsr, Of Chicago, y reach
es from bluff to bluff. is rs feet in height
contains upward Of i 100000 feet ol
timber. all worked up in Chicago. and
how much iron and stone.I know not
\ The mason work is not sxcelled, and i
Of the joliet hydraulic..rock. The top j
10 be &C vered with tin anI be made wa
ter tight; the train Of cars are TO run o.
the top Of oil; beneath them the frame
pass the rods GOT wagons. and under
meath all passes the river and canal. A
ornamental railing isto be placed eae
side Of the track. -
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
Tastes Differ.

I In lecture on what he had seen a.
broad Wendell Phillips observes, . -, r,
"In Italy you will see farmer brea.
king up his land withtwo cows and the
root Of a tree for plow. while he is
dressed in skins with the hair on. In
Rome, Vienna, and Dresden. if,you hire
a man 10 saw your wood, he does not
bring a horse. He never had one, nor
his father before HIM. But lie places
one end Of the saw on the ground, and
the other against his breast, and taking
the wood in his hand, rubs against the
saw. And he will be all day doing
two hours work. Itis a solemn fact
that in Florence, city filled with tri.
umphs ofart there is not single auger,
and il a carpenter would bore hole
he does itwith a red hot poker! This
results not from want Of industry, but
Of sa gacity Of thought. The people are
by no means idle.r They toll carly
and late, men women and children with
an industry that shames labor saving
yankee. Thus he makes labor that the
poor man may live. In Rome char,
coal is principally used for fuel, and
you will see string Of twenty mules
bringing little sacks Of it upon their
backs, when one mule would draw it
all in 0! cart. But the charcoal ven.
der never had cart and so he keeps
his twenty mules and feeds them. There
lis no want Of industry, but there is no
|tcompoti,ion.t A Yankee always looks
|lhaggard and nervous, as though he were
cashing dollar. With US money is
everything. and when we go abroad we
are surprised to find that the dollar has
ceased to be:allnighty.y If Yankee re-
fuses TO do ROB for fifty cents, he will
ptobably do it for a dollar, and will
certainly do il for FIVE. But one Of the
Ia azzaroni Of Naples, who has earned
two cents and eaten them, will work NO
more that day ifyou offer him ever SO
large sum. He has earned enough
for the day and wants no more SO
there is no eagernsssfor making money,
no motive for il sndAevery body moves
alowly, s srsas : u, !
I Tie editor Of the PUughksspie 1yle:
fsrapAtsays. thst2helhas been presented
By q Lady of that cisy. with azslsstesse q
rosescR ons steIn,ttke centre being 4
beautiful white damask, slrfoGndsd B)
Ave crims9nttaoss roses. The'aoralcts
| alton prsseifts ssome' singular freaks
| which it Ncpld puzzle botanists !.
4 solve, & esssssg ,sr5sgssg a
49, et5LgE ssa q
The psrent. who would trains up J,
4 child IN .hosvayh should 70, m0st q
I'D tho wsy ts wSpld train III tHiId sssss' ssss'
q 1855 ss-.-A.--..
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

Novel TELEaRAPH.-A man nemed
Walker, residing at Bellows Falls, W.T.,
having been fined. number Of times for
selling liquors. has gone across the riv.
or into New Hampshire, and put up a
building on the bank Of tbs river, and
there he keeps his stock of"fre. water
His residence being in Vermont. il also
near the bank OF the. river, and he has
run strong wire from one building to
the other across the river. A person
enters his house on the Vermont side
deposits his order and jug, which arr
placed in basket and pull ed across the
stream, the Jug is filled and takes its
way back into Vermont TO its original
proprietor, tins svading the Vernon
liquor law and its penalties @srfee1}
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
How TO Exclude Flies.

! Flies are beginningAo be- troublesome.
According 70 Spence the en,omologis,,
they may efec,ually bs excluded from q
room, in which the windows are left
wide open for free circulation Of air,
by suspending q net made of light color.
ed thread TO the outside of the window,
and although every mesh is large enough,
not only to admit one fly. bu, several
flies with expanded wings to pass sthro'
at the same moments YET from someIin.
exphcable dead ofsven.uring across the
mesh work, these insects are, efectually
excluded. 1t is necessary to state ,hsl
in order for this plan 10 succeed, It is es
sen,ialsthat the light enter the room oil
one side only, for il there be an opposit,
or side window, the flies pass through
tho net without scruple. .s,,.,,. b., -,
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
TIME.

3 The following extract from Thomas
DeRuincy's essay on. conversation, msy
serve to impress upon soma young mani
the value Of his time; how little ofitbe.
esn afford to devote % pleasure, SO col.
lod, and that even though he survive toll
a good old age--a lot that psto but
few Of us--he hath no hours to space;
: A day has perish ed from our brief cal.
en.ler ofdays: and. .tha. we could endure,
but this day is no more than tho reitera.'
ton Of many other days, counted BY
thousands, that have perishsd to the
same extent, and by the same unhappy
means, viz, the evil usages Of the world
m ade eirectual and ratified by our own
lachcte. Bitter is the upbfaiding which
we seem TO hear from secret monitor:
my friends you make very free with
your days; pray how many do you OK.
pect toahave," What is your rental.
as regards the total harvest ofdays which
this life is likely to yield! Let Us con.
slider. Three score years and ten pro-
duce total sum OF 25 $3.50 days; TO say
nothing Of some l7or ! 8 more that will
be payable to you as bonus on &C.
count Of leap years, Now out Of this
total, one third must be deducted at Q
blow for single item; viz, sleep. 7..t
/ Next, on account Of illness, OF rscrca
ton, and the serious occupation spread
over the surface Of life, it will be littl &
enough 10 deduct another third. Re
collect also that twenty years will have
gone from the earliest end OF your life
viz, above seven thousand days. befor,
you can lave attained any skill Of sys
TEN. or any definite purpose in the dis
tribution ofyour time. Las ,ly, for .ha
single item, which among the Roman
armies was indicated by the technica
phrase corpus curare, attendance OF
/. the animal necessities viz: eating, drink
e ing. washing bathing AMI exercising
a deduct the smalles; allowance consis
tent with proprioty, and upon summon
;. ing up all these appropriations, 20
!. will not find so much as four thousan
: days left for direct intellectual cultur
Four thousand. or forty hundreds, wi
If be hu ndred forties; that is by the la
Hebrew method Indicating six week
by phrase Of forty days, you will hav
4 hundred bills or draughts Of fa.h'
Time, value 9 weeks each, as the whol
period available for Intellectual eultur
A solid block Of eleven and a half col
!. tiguous years is all that long life wi
If furnish for the development Of what
most august in mans nature. AT
(, that, the night cometh, in which no ms
ID can work; brain and arm will be alil
- unserviceable; or il the life should
unusually extended, the vital pewe
:; will be dropping as regards all motto
- in advance. --a
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

AT a late hour on Friday night last,
cotton merchant Of New York was de-.
tected in the act Of setting fire to his
store on South street, near Fletcher
street. He was seized by tbe officer,
and be attempted to bribe him with the
offer Of his gold watch to release him.
The policeman refused, and the prison,
or was locked up to wait further action
in the matter. 1t was reported Satur.
day afternoon that the prisoner had
committed suicide in the Toombs.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
, An Englishma n travelling through tn

An Enslishma y travelling through lh'
county Of Kilkenny, came to a ford . nd
hired a boat TO take him across. The
water being rather more agitatsd than I
wss agreeabfeto 10 him, he asked the boat
man If any one was ever lost on the
passage. Never replied Terrence, nev;
er-my brother was drowne.f here last
week, but We fond him again the mex,
day.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

The lady who knit her brows," has
commenced pair Of socks. Her sister.
was choked with indignation. Her
brother wen, away in disgust,and return.
ed in a steamer. A cousin went into
the rope line Inc other day--was hung.
Her husband has just started on an en-.
.erprise-gone to Australia, to escape
|lhe sheriff.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

Look UNDER rnF BEp.-A few nights
since lady in Charleston, S. c., visit.
ing her chi!dren's room, before reileing
for the night dropped small piece Of
money which rolled under the beds
One sof the children STOPPING to pick IL
up, discovered man underneath. An
alarm was at once given. but the fellow
managed to escape before assistance ar.
rived,
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

The great bridge Of the Illinois Cen.
Iral Railroad is wonder of human
mechanism. is two.,hirds Of mile
long, is IS feetshish, and contains ups
wards OF 100000 feet oft,imber. Tho
top is to be coversd with tin, and be
made watertight, thetrains offcats run.
ming on top of all. e5a a
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

An inveierate dram drinker being told
that the cholera with which he was al.
Etacked was incurable; and that he
would speedily be removed 70 world of
Fpuie spirits, replieIS S.Well, that's cons
fort. at all events. for il's very dificults
10. get any in this world" n.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

. CHOLERA, lETAMous.-The Caro-
Times makes grave charge against the
captain OF the steamer Michigan, St.
Louis and New Orleans packet. .e s
"On her trip from New Orleans to
this place, the cholera broke ou. on
dock, and numbers Of the deck passen.
gers were buried. Whe she landed
here she had on boald, we arc informed
some fifteen or twenty cases; and one,
an lrishman, pretty far gone. This man
was commanded to leave the boat. and
was actually thrust ashore. without rea
son or right. He got back on the 5oat
begged them to let him remain there
he was dying-was in o strange place-
could get no accommodations, and q
dreadful storm was coming up;''but hi
entreaties were Of no avail. Twice die
he get on board that boat, and twice
was he perem.orily commanded to leav'
her. He crawled up on the bank, coul'
get no place Of shelter or aid. aud die
like q. dog in the Streets" ,-... -,
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

fromahe effects -of strong, Inauguration
William Kat was c conducisd tosl prist
on. amid tho cla,nors Of thsspopulacs,
there to awaitjuagmsut for his .misdesd'
Edela,ths-unhsppy daughtcf Of an
unhappy father erstiFed TO- 4 convent for
life, Immediately ,on''Iearnins all ,,he' !. ,st
had passed. ssi q siss gspssss.fss = 7
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

'NII[MBERqs.

"A Hsrs is"A fotortwthice in it' SAS ,Irs s
old chap residing near here. who might
be clssssd among s'be gsnps' 'sscslsvssss
who wssteo ,Iszy 10 work, but picked 20
up a.liiying BY pettifosing s1d other b !. y !.
means more OF lsss neqdiyoesl. ssess y d (
caugh.by . neishborwilh 4 rait sef kisstg
back, which he had just spps0prinled Y.
from said neighbor's fencs for fseswoodss;s q =
"Hsllo! you old scoundrel!--whst srsas q ! I
you stealing my fence forl" was the sal y. ,,Ds
ttation ho received from the owner. The q
told fellow turned round. rested ,ooe -snd' q
lof the rail on the ground, and rfpiied,-
without the least embarrassnent: ss"t (,
ain't such an almighty sight older than I.
you are, you meddIing old fool!' Then
deliberatoly shouIdering the rail bs car- !
ried il home. la1eit F4t sf.s H.Se.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

The Boston Atlas, in an article up.
on the vast extent Of leather manufac,o,l
ries Of Massachusetts, says: $40 give
an idea Of the magnitude Of this bfanch
Of trade, it will be sufficient to state
that Massachusetts makes every year.
very nearly two pairs Of shoes for every
man, woman and child in the United
States" That is, $4,000 900 pair ~
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
A terrible tragedy occurred at Mil

A, terrible, tragedy occurred at Mill.
Vile, Mass on Saturday night. Alex,
ander Hewitt in fit Of Jealousy, shot
his own wife and q man named Owen.
Brown, TO whose house she had fed for
protection, and then committed suicide
by taking Slrychine. Brown died in.
stantly. Mrs. H. fingers. but cannot
live,
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

Prosperity as ofisn the same effect
on christian that a calm sea has on a
Dutch mariner, who frequently, Ii il,
said, under such circumstances, tics Air
the rudrler, gets slofjously drunk and |
goes 10 sleep, Ee's essls ~ .'ss ass
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

FATAL MIsTAKE.---A company Of
Gcnnan omigrants were poisoned, two.
Of whom died, on the trip up the Geo.
Collier last week. They went on shore
on the Mississippi, while the hands were
wooding, and gathered large quantities
of,he leaves and flowers from the, mag
nolia trees, which they took on board,
boiled and ate, which they had mistaken
for cabbages, surprising that in this fer,
tile country cabbage grew wild and
from sixty to seventy lee. high, as does
the magnolia on the coast.-Cin. Eng.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
PosTAcE.-The Philadelphia Ledger's
cores pondent gives the following: 's'

correspondent gives the following: = ~
DR.. Olds' post Office bill will doubt.
less pass the House either tomorrow o,
on saturday.---Its leading object is to
make the post Office department support
itself, and for this purpose the bill pro.
vides. lst. That the franking Of letters
by heads Of departments, bureaus, and
other officers be charged to the treasury.
2l. That the franking Of letters and
documents by members Of tie House and
Senate shall bs charged to the contin.
gent funds Of those respective Houses;
and finally that all letters shall be pre-
paid. This discrimination in, favor ol
prepaid newspapers is also discontin'
.ued,-With these changes, which have
the full assent Of the Post Master Gen
.eral, it is believed the income Of the De.
partment will be an economical admin.
stration Of its affairs, and be able to
meet Its expenditures.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

= INcIDErr OF SLAvERv.-A slave at
Richmond. Va. formerly belonging to a
man in. .HanayarSin that State, but re-
Gently sold, toa fellow inoM Mississippi at
u very high prise being dissatisfied with
The change Of ownership, and possioly
,dislikins- -ihs idsa u being transported
% Mississippi spplied q lighted match
iotone Of the purifiers connected with
tho Gas Works. .dwhere he-was smployesl
probably fos,bs purpose Of blowing il
up. dTbeg slave wea kiilsa sasnd the
building slemaged, to the extent ef abou.
$1,000. Whelsless. probably ta.5oo.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
y TuE STATE FAiR.-The Newark

The STATE FAiR.-The Newark
Times says: he sea rs
Extensive and general preparations
are making by our citizens for the en4,i,
tcrtainmsnt Of visitors, ami as many as
il is possible for them 10 accommodate,
will be, rs comfortably as circumstan.e
ces will admit Of. The split Of our
peplc is fairly aroused upon this subject
and with one accord tbey seem deter
mined 10 make this Fair go of WITH
more eelat than any ever yet held -ip
Ohio, and the weather proving iayora.
bic. i, will unquestionably take pfece.
dence Of all State Fairs held in 1854.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18
TAR AND FEATnERs.-A scoundrel liv

TAR AND FEAThERs.-A scoundrel liv.
ing near Lebanon, ILL.,, and who claims
TO be methodist preacher, married
some time since, a respectable widow
lady, with daughter about Ia or Is
years ofage, whom he soon afterwards
seduced. The citizens determined to
lynch him, but on going TO his house
they found it firmly ,barricaded. Hs at
length agreed to submit il they wou Id
promise to inflict no other puni shmen t
than a coat , Of tar and feathers This
was finally agreed to and upon gaining
admission they found the fellow stripped
and ready; but what was the astonish
msnt Of the impatient mob to find the
tar. would not stick, The fellow had
creased himself, in anticipatio Of the
punishment. Some geniussin the. crowd
happily suggested sand ashes, which wa,
adopted and found 10 succeed admira
bly,, a 81; ;t,siy,, nnse
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-18

" I've, yeupg ladies <wh9 now move ~
the upper circles, sh9ush one assumes 2
higher range than the other has yet ss:;
.pirsd to. met, ,.noL Long siaos, a. : hall.
The mo aToay u ,hs'tx txoanisjeS tcok no
psif,s 10 conc csal from tie otherhsf ides
| other Superiority and lhe other had mo
idea Of submitting 10 bs sndbbcd by one
whose origin she well knew was no bet.
ter than her own. - ''h ~ "'SV.'' ;
q Very cody, though with that concen.
trated bitterness that a woman Of the
world knows 50 we'll howto sugar ove'
I. with smiles Of winning sweetness. tht
indignant lady walked up to the haugh
| Ity one. 7'' '"" ' '.' y ''
"Good evening, Miss Mason" ssit
J. Miss Taylor very prst.ily. Miss Masor
courtesied very formally. 'H ,'i'e p
i "Ihave been thinking, my dear Mis-
Mason. that we ought to oxchang
names" said Miss Taylor, so smiling
: ly. " ,g5gryN M 70 a2. sAf ,
I. "Why so, pray!'' .od s.aia .l,aA,
|, "Why, my name is Taylor, and m
] father was a mason; while your nam
(. is Mason, and your father was taylor
s Miss Mason said nothing, bu. too
. the first opportunity to tread on Mi
Taylor's toe; and she gave two pafti'
J. directly afterwards on purpose notion
d vite her.-N Y Aurora. "'''
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-02
mo. 5l5.]
NOflre nf Withdrawal

Notice q Withdrawal.
IN Of the order President
bearing both ultmo,
the of the nearly all the
named townships State of MISSOURI
the Mississippi Rrer
Withdrawn from valid claims
until further orders, 10 wit:
In the district OF lands subject sale ST. Lows.
North of the base line and the m principal
Townships 80 and 80, of range l.
North Of tie base line and Of the i'm principal meridian
Townships SO, 20, 10, and Al, Q. ranges and2.
Townships 49, 49, 40, Al, and ~, of range g.
Townships 49, 49, 40, H. 49, 40, A. and 49, of
Townships 80, 3D. a. and 49, of range Z.
Township 49, of raDge
In the district Of land subject sale a JACKSON
North OF the base aud principal
Township. 80 81 30, 80, "a, 35 30, md 3D. of range
Townships 49, 49, 80 81 49, 49, 3D. 49, 80 and 81 range
Townships ~ "a, of range
Townships s6, %, %. 80 30, 81, ~ 49, "a, a5 &c. 81
a. ,
Townships 25, &C. 90, 3d. 81, 49, and a.
ranges and 6.
Townships a. d. 49, 80 49, and 49, of range T.
Townships a. 49, 3D. 81 49, and 49, of g. and TO-
Townships %, %, "a ~, 26 81 and 2s of H. 49, 49,
and ID.
Townships 81, 3D. 30 a. a5 &C. 81, and o. ofrange
Townships %, "a, 2j, 20, 81, and -, range IS
Townships ~, 20, "a, 25, pc, ~. 49, range IL
Townships %, 25, &c, and 81, of range 49,
North of The base line and pc Of the INN principal meridian.
Townships 36 and 81, of range /.
The above list includes townships withdrawn
railroads,
all been e within
Given under hand, General Office
Washington, this eighth day Of June, DoIliUi 1854.
By order of the President: ''
JOHN WILSON,
June 9--lawi3w Commissioner.