The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-11
"!iir - Information ha., been

~ .tcH co correspondent Of N %. Bee,
sh's. 'o' cent Is lcF of The 81 900 OOr
~" y 'h' United States. Where it has
=" 10 is puzzle, h'r i. i qlrtc Ger
M the Government is arcaIv driv.
'h rs t" r'' 81: money. The progress
f" he rcr"'"'r"r i| every day more alarm
ng. and The present condition of thiuus
r;lnot possibly continue much lonuer
Rmn'"rS Of every kind are in circulation T,
- sad. tia! Sa;.;a Anna, wishes To with.
iraW from III" country n an early dat, and
'''n' II" hlS designated Gen. ni,non,e as
hiS successor II IL likewise reported.
'h"' the c"n'"rt" whch has lust left the
capital, IS ia'i"n with 5000, ,WHy bcL.puiuu
his Ezcccncy.
The Fair "t the Southern Central Agri.
cniinra! .isSmas,on, which was TO he held
in An=nsia in the latter par; OF October,
has been p'stponed- i'll consequence of the
ep'dctn:c, to the 2O,h day of November
The price of brcadstuf..;s is now so much
lower IN England than in America that
several curgncS OF flour are said TO have
been 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 see it stated IN all article in the
National InteNigencer, that the hemp plant
possesses a narcotic resin, called IN Asia
''hochshlsh," which has the same effect on
ii'h and cattle as coculus indicus. l.,
streams where hemp is rot,cd, the fish
come TO the surface Of the water in state
OF 'ntoxIcation, and l., al appearance dead;
and cattle, after drinking the water, stag
ger about and cut strange capcrs. These
facts being misunderstood, prejudice has
Tor many years existed against wa,cr.rot-
IN, hemp, under the impression tha, the
process caused death among the cattle
in the ncighborhood of the streams where
il is carried on.
The Frankfort, Ky. Commonwealth,
gays III relation TO the crops in that State:
1--WE hear different accounts from diff.
erent places; but our conclusion from tho
whole IS, that Kentucky will have fully
haIf an average crop OF corn this year. A
gentleman just from Cumberland coun.
ty tells us that the corn crop there IS fullv
!" thirds OF an average; the tobacco crop
l. very fine; wheat excellent, and .ellin,r n,
20 cents per busl,el."
1t is computed that there will be tweD.
ty-one Thousand miles Of railway in tho
United States upon the fra; ;!ay CT Janu-
AIRY next. The longest railway upon the
surface of the alnbc is The Illinois Central,
winch Is 73l miles in length, and is rapid
~ approaching Completion.
Judge Bronson, the Gubernatorial can.
d'dat" o; tn" New York iIar.ls. h,s written
letter to Mr. DelAvan, IN which he thus
defines his position on The liquor ques.
tiou: IL have never doubled the power OF
tie Legislature to iorb,u the sale of in.
toxIca:irg liquors AZ beverage; and.
=" lar ~ :, wo"! affect mc personally, |
...' hing that the traffic ~ ulI It's forms
should DC wholly prohibited. Bu, ca,,dor
requires INC 10 say that am not vet con
v''''cI thai t";a; prohibition would BE-
80 ticl. I" !rodarc gmsl results as All
ettoIl o: Il more moderate character. Ex.
trcnic measures seldom accomplish the
end Tor winch they are Designed 1t takes
are II bring about any great refr.nal ion
u thc morals or habits "l a people, and
ANY attempt 10 DO il i'll day will be like.
J., /" fail. Oar Heavenly Father works by
slow process both in the moral and the
material word, and we shall act mos,
wisely when we ac, like him. Most OF
lie mischief which we now witness NAV
he traced 10 places exclusively devoted
to dram-drnking. II IS there that boon
companions meet, drink and fight, and
then 90 home mad,lcncd with poisonous
compounds 10 intllct fresh evils upon their
already suffering families. Men seldom
gel drunk in their own houses. The in.
ti"ences with which they arc surrounded
when at home, constitute powerful check
against excess, and one which is moi felt
IN the revcls OF dram.shop IF such
places were shut up. and stringent regu.
iatIons were made for the government OF
those who sell Intoxicating drinks, and il
III addition to this, drunkenness, the drug.
gng OF liquors, and the sale Of them 10
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 wilt be able to
carry public sentiment along with them;
but with the extreme remedy of pro
they may find themselves beating