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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-10

CUUATION WANTED-BY A fEsPECTA5IE FRO
- tcstaDt young men In Soy pee as'c bu i,ess il
good fchola- and is wel scqaaud ath the city, and Is
willing II make hDs generally useful In whatever si
uation he ma, be empi,sd U~d-rstsuds the ere o.
horses perfectly Please cali nDs employed, ct l57 Fast
Twenty first street. Has the bsst of CITY re s-sacs.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-10

PR0rE~TANr COOK wIsnEs TO OBTAIN A
~ situation IL prisae family or hotel; understands
all mare Of cooking, particularly eac.l ns 10 soaps,
iersn he obtained. be heard o. uutu on
gagged Ut 200 Fourteenth street, between Fist avenue
and avenue A, second ,o5, front
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-10

TWO Young WOMEN WANT 81 UATI0S5 IN A
respectable family -Gue MS ctos washer ana irJner
the other waiter end chnmbofmaid; 10 Tor
two days Please cal a. IA Fourth street, between
Frat and 81 cond avcrGs In tao lave bsen twelve
months in their last place
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-10

property in the hssrt cf Williamsburg valu,
at more n IN dtune the mount = year and half
run, iesuyed for SO COO occupied by the Call
or scores ir D., "a ct Marks place. Nor but priI
c'pa's need apply.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-10

EQUATIONS WaNJED-BY TWO REspEc ABLE
~ young women; Que to Cook, wash aid iron or to
DO genera, bousesor in . pirate tanily the
other u chant oru,aia end sater or TO 40 general
Homework Can be seen tor two da.s ~ l49 Ss,en.h
AVENUE in the third story back Good city refer
eucea.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-10

nEUG CLERK WsNTED--A PERSON WE'LL &C.
- qnsjn.ei wi h the retail drug business Good
tierces must DO given apply 81 tho store SO Wash
! Ezttn ST. Get, Jersey City.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

days since, on Bowman Creek. two
miles from Benton Station, on the
Coviugton and Lexington Railroad, Il
number of men were engaged in dig
g'ng Il well. After making Il blast in
the bottom of the well (about thirty
feet dccp)a man descended, and i'm
mediately fell, apparently liEle~S. a
second man went down to his assist
ance, and also fell. ~ third descended,
and he, too, was struck with the nox
ious gas. To all appearance the three
men were dead. 1t happened that a
man was going by with ca>lt of wa.
ter on a sled, and recolIccting that he
had heard it said that stream of wa.
ter poured iuto a well would dispcl the
n"xlous gas, he drove up and poured
the water from the caSli into the we'll
The effect was Instantaneous. The men
were Immediately revived and taken
out with every prospect OF complete
recovery. The fact is important, aud
ought to be gen rally known Cu.
cinnui Gazette.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

a FAMILY OF SIx.--Thc Dayton
(Ohlo) Gazette, on the authority OF
an eye witness, u Lady Of characler,"
of that city, "who saw nnG counted the
children and had the mothers word
that they were all hers at single
birth '-~gives an account O! six babies
that lately passed in charge of their
mother, ~ German woman. through
that place, TO visit their paternal parent
in that vicinity, who had been taken
sick ut place where he had been EN-
ploycd ut work.
She had with her in wagon snug.
ly propIed up in IL vino BASKET the
six children. They were not mnch
bigger than apple dumplings, bul
seemed to be wide awake and kicking,
They were six months old, all boys,
and all rs near OF size rs possible,
except the rnnt Of the party, which j.,
described rs being the smallest mortal
OF its age ever seem"
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

let,c aud the brush. One Of Georgi;.'s
fair daughters has proved to the world
that there is n latent power even in the
needle and thread, and that this power
was only to be developed to be al
mired. Mcssrs. John Williams &
Son, of New York, have had ON cxI.i.
bition for several days past, an cx.
quisitc piece of needle work. executed
by lady of Macon, and which is to be
exhibited next month ut the Georgia
State Fair. The subject skctcled is
that of the Surrender of Mary.
Queen Of Scots, to ,h. Confederate
Lords ut Carbcrry Ill.," in the year
1867, and is treated in such u liii. like
manner as to bring all the ciroumstan.
ccs of the occasion vividly before the
minds eye. The colors Of the entire
piece are OF the most gorgeous aud
beautiful description, and the various
figures have Il life AID individuality
rarely if ever before seen in any simi
lar piece of work. The features of the
lace have an expression wonderfully
true to nature, and the whole work re
fleets great credit on the fair artist, who,
we are Informed, employed five
months constant labor in its cxecn.
tlon.-J,urncl Of Commerce.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
New IORK I,1BERALIry

NEw YoRK LlBEKALlrY.--ihe suf
iercrs at Savannah have already le.
ceived over twelve thousand dollars
fiom this city to relieve their dis
tress. In aid of the New o. leans sui.
esers we contributed something like
sixty thousand dollars. Misery all ov
or the country receives aid from New
York; and, we may proudly say i.
never meets with rebuff. Ireland,
Madeira, Africa, our own country, can
all testify to the liberalty with which
we dispense our dollars. Much sar
casm is lcvelled at New York by
country folks, who arc pleased to de,
nominate us nest of plundcrers, and
to exercise their wit upon Wall street
and its peccadilocs; foreigners too are
fond of talking about our devotion to
tho almighty dollar, and painting New
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
Origin and Progress Of
Printing.

The city Of Mcntz, in Germany, is
entitled to the honor of being the birth
place OF Printing. Strasburg aud one
or two other cities have laid earnest
claims to this high honor, but it is gen
orally conceded by historians, that it
belongs to Mentz.
Guttcmburg invented, and first used
seperatc letters or movable types, in
l442. AS early as 1923 he had print.
cl with lines cut on wood, but this
was only small mechanical advance
on what had been done tor many ears.
Photographic printing, or the taking
of impressions from wooden tables,
on which letters or figures were en-.
gravcd, had previously hern practiccd
in Germany. This w;l> an eastern in.
ycntion. 1t came from China and
Japan, where it is still nu,c. Among
the japanese, from time imnemoriaI,
the art Of taking impressions in wax
has been exercised, and these curious
and isolated people claim the merit of
having originated Nyloyraphic print
ing.
Topographic printing, or the taking
of impressions from immovable wood
cn or metal types, began properly in
lI90. The Oldest work typographi
caIly executed was a Latin Bible
which was published in 1885.
A man named John Faust, or Faus
tus, became associated with Guttem
burg and did much to improve the ar
the latter had invented. The Bible
then cxtant were in manuscript, an'
the writing Of them gave profitabl
employment to many Monks. Ii
l4G2, Faust went to Paris to sell tn
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
The MIRACLE OF THE WIo.-l

TIE MIRACLE OF THE WIu.-In
some instances the Chinese looked up
ON us ns gods, in some rs devils. in all
u very extraordinary race. AS an in
stance of this, will here relate most
absurd story which was told me by an
officer of Nankin, and which will 90
far 70 show The fear with which We
were looked upon by this superstitious
race, After my friend had visited the
Porccl'in Tower, being somewhat fl.
tigued, he stepped into barbcr's shop,
and, by way Of employing his time,
desired the barber to shave his head.
] his gentleman wore Il wig, but which,
for the sake of coolncss, he had placed
in his pocket; this operation ot shaving,
so common in China, WAS speedily and
quietly executed, the barber seeming
to be delighted with shaving one of
the ilIustrious strangers. Previously
to his leaving the chop, and while the
mans attention was called in some
other direction, my friend replaced his
wig on his head, little thinking of the
result Of this simple process; no
sooner, however, had the barber turned
round, and observed him, whom he
had lately cleared OF every vcs,ige of
hair, suddenly covered with more
uxuriant growth, then taking one
steady gaze at him, to make sure he
wa not deceived, he let fall the razor
cleared his counter at bound, and
running madIy through the orowd
which WAS speedily collected, cried
, out that ho WAS visited by the devil
No articles could induce him to return
until even Fanqut had loft the noigh
horhool: SO palpable miracle n
this, being, in his opinion, quite beyond
the power of all the gods or demons
in the Bhuddist calcnder.-C Cunyng
ham.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
Important to I8OoiS-sel-
lCrs.

Bookss;no. weighing over four
pounds may he sent in the mail, pre-.
pad, at one cent an ounce any dis
tance in the United States under three
thousand miles, and mt two cents an
ounce over three thousand miles, pro.
r'ded they arc PIT up without cover
or wrapper, Or N Il cover or wrapper
open ut the ends or sides, so that their
character may he determined Nilhhut
removing the wrapper if not prepaid,
the postage under three thousand miles
is one cent and mlt, and over three
thousand miles in Tie United States
three cents an ounce.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
The HEaBpV.

0, yes, take the baby along by all
means. Babies love dearly to ride il,
the cars and toddlc about in steam.
boats.-Why, the baby is the life Of
the party.-\Ve have known whole
room full Of people entertained by
one, hour after hour.-Slccping or
waking, the pretty little creature that
can lisp little English or French,
one can hardly tell which, is the uni.
versal delight, and many party has
been stupid just for the want Of one.
In old times, when they used to
journey in stages, lady who had a
sweet little child with her could scarce
v call it her own the whole way, the
gentlemen were SO fond Of carrying,
keeping it. Why, the bachelors loved
to play with and dandIe her on their
knees, thong h at first they might be a
little bashful and awkward in taking
hold OF the strange and maccustomed
thing But the smiles and winning
ways OF the baby were always irresis
tlble, and sure to overcome at last the
most obstinate bachelor. People love
babies as they do flowers. Gentlemen
especially, who arc fond of flowers,
like babies, the sweetest Of them all,
to carry in their hands, just as they
would put carnation in their but.
ton holes.
How babies and butterflies do
swarm in summer, to bc sure! 1t is
then they are on the wing. Pray,
don't try to keep them from flying
about and alightins here and there
when something strikes their fancy,
opening and shottng their hands and
wings awhile, then fitting away again.
ie, that Lave babies! don't 90 any.
where without them. The light of
your eyes will be quenched, and your
tongue will miss its inspiration. What
IA ilte'ally everlasting topic is the
baby! She does this. she did that.
Baby laughed in her sleep. Her mo,hc,
does believe it Was because she saw
something which one 80 lately from
the skies could only behold Baby
can say this word, and hides away
sometimes from he mamma. though
all but her nose :nd eyes are in
! plain sight.
le, who have no baby! get the law.
tul ownership Of one, as soon as pos.
sih!e, !on den: l;:.ow what Il foiin-
tain of pure felicity it is. She is the
light aud JOY Of the whole hou:c. The
sweet little creature is the brightest
Jewel in your cabinet, and ornamental
TO your drawing-room; the choicest
garland in your garden; the most in.
cShaus,ible of entertaining company
There is no solitude where baby
is.-Care and trouble disappear ut tho
approach Of the happy, laughing little
chcruh. She is chluroiorm to your
anxctics and exhiarating gas to your
p casurcs. We adopt the style OF ad.
vice OF moncy-loving father to his
son, with Il change of word or twc
-"lrocure baby, iriend-honest. q
course. but at any rate be sure nnc
get one" a graceful vine she vii
DC to you in youth, whcl, will sup
part you i'll the intirnlitics Of age
.NeWark -Iluertiscr.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
THE SUMTER BANNE R
IS PUBLISHED
Every "Wednesday Morning
Lewis g. Richardson.
r. r. sS w -.

TWO DOLLARS in advance, Two Dollars
and Fifty Gents at the expiration Of six months
or Three Dollars at the end Of the year,
No paper discontinued until all arr.arngrs
ere rAiD, unless at the option Of the Proprietor
ESy Advertisements inserted 1t SEVENTY
FIVE Gents per square, (l2 lines or css,l for
the first, and half that sun for each subsequent
insertion, (Oilicial advertisements tho same
each tims).
Iy' The number Of insertions 10 be marked
on all Advertisements "r they will he published
An,l ordered to be discontinued, and charged
accordingly.
ONE DOLLAR per square for a single
insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise
nen,s will he charged the same :, single in
'ccrtion. and semi monthly the same as new ones
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

y CALIEoRSIA WHEAT FIELD--As
Il specimen of what can be done on.
the sol OF California. the editor Ofthe
Sacramento Union mentions thnt he
had seen IL field Of :, heat oi 600 acres
growing in loIo county, part OF which
he thou lat would harvest srvcnty.Gro
bushels to the acre, and that ten acres
had been measured off and rrapcd.
The owner thrcshcd and weighed it.
The weight was Mirty ttouSo4A -..2l
Idur prun}s, which, at sixty pounds to
the bushels, gives sixty Sic AL hco
Miris bushels of wheat to the acre,
and other parts would furnish a great.
or irll.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
yDO@GU|o
Robert a. NNElVtc.

LATE EDITOR or THE GEORGIA MEGAzETTE
The louisville Juurn,i luuS ,,r:aks .;
.hc following urau'li"i ms: One might
almost wish - d;" Il Ii. kncw tn SO beau
iiial tribute us tn : wuuId be written To
lis memory"
On the bosom Of a river,
Where the sun unlnoSed hS quiv"r,
Or the starlight slrcamcd forever,
Sailed Il vessel igh, and free
Morning dew drops hung, like mama,
On the bright folds OF her banner,
Willie the zephyr rose to fan her,
Softly TO the radiant sea.
at her prov, pilot bcaming
In the ilu-Ii OF ynuih> stood dreaming,
And he MAS III glorious seeming.
Like an angel from above.
Through hrs lair the brccz,:S Sporlcd.
And as on the wave he tl.mlcd,
OF lha, pilot, anlcl-thruatcd,
War"lcA lays OF hupo and love.
ThroI Igh those locks so brightly flowing
Bul$ OF lrurcl bloom we're blowing,
Aud has t,,rIs Anun were throwing
Musn. rom Tyre OF gold.
EMMY ''''" u VI. s.'c'n' ~, "'c''
And Il rainbow arch ahurd,
On his canvass s;.owy o'd.
,, >,o.o,;
N,A ",'', ''c'''r' VIZ ., "'- "a, o''''''
lray.nu that ,ln wiId co,nInull"Ii.
NiuiSj the clements might rise.
NV" ~: <e:" ," ,n'
N,,;ln,,,o ,,.,,,r II ,,,,, ,,r,li,
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

MUTILArIoS OF THE BlELE. The
following singular account of; i. prac
tice now current in England Of mutt.
lating the Biolc is copied from Liv.
erPooi paper. The statement was
made BY IL clcrgyman-of that CITY ,
as we Judgo-to his congregation, ",
the Sd ofSeptember last:
"lhero seems good reason for be-
lclvlng that imperfect Bibles are quite
common. In some whole chalters
appear to be missing in others par
ticular texts arc not be to found;' so tha.
a complete copy of the Scriptures is
very rare. 1t may be well to mention
Il tcw of tho det!clencies most 'rcuucn,-
Iy occurring:
Il. In great many Bibles the NJ.
chapter Of lst Corinthians, fir IN the
.3d verse to the end, is altogether want.
ing, besides two Or three passages in
the Gospels. In this church there
must be more than a hundrad l3ihirs
out ofwhich those leaves have been lost.
". Another passage often missing
is the VI. chapter OF ST. Matthew, from
the 9th verse TO the end. Indeed.
the whole Of the Sermon on the Noun,
is frequently torn, and the alegory OF
the two houses at the end of il is al.
most rubbed out.
50. All the texts which speak OF
spcrfecting' or finishing u work, rs
Psalms cxxxvII, 8, or Philippians /
i, are not be found in any copies. ll
others such verses as Luke 1l. 10, ar,
partly or wholly lost.
"A. Still more remarkable is tho
fact that the deficiencies in the Bible:
are different at different times. a,
present the parts which it is becoming
fashion TO ter out are the .46tl
verse Of Matthew, XIV the II. of Co
lossians, from the 10Th to goth verse
the former part of ID Timothy III. Is
The III. of st. Johns Gospel, and tn,
first chapter of his first EpistIu are al
ways perfect"
Those who desire to scrutinizc lh,
motives which may have led to tn,
practices in question will learn some
thing by referring to the texts cnumer
ated owe. The investigation vii
be found somewhat curious.-BostoY
Courier.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

The NEEDLE AND THE CANVASS
The achievements Of tho needle are on
the increase. Berlin wool, cheneli, and
worsted are beginning to assume po-
sition in their relations to art, not far
below that SO long occupied by the pa.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

\ Lose .iusEScE.-rhc Salem
(Mass. Evening journal states that
man formerly belonging to that city,
returned home on Tucslay, after al
absence OF t"r,y-two years. He left
wife, and a child one year old, behind,
and W .cn he returned he found hi;
daughter the mother oftwelvc children
some ofwh"m are married. IIistwila
lived a widow. as she Supposed, over
twenty years, and married again so,ne
twes,y years since, and now resides
In Sssem.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
NO. 5Eo .

l"rkcrs as mere money getting ma
chimes. The charities Of our city ought
to cover IL multitude of sin<.--New
York HcrulR
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

An exchange paper has published
the following wonderful discovery
which is SUPPOSED to be full c"n;irna.
ton Of the theories vi certain modern
gcologians:
NoSDEHruL GE0LoGlcAL Discovery.
a fossil frog has been discovered in
the Wabash bottom, scve, al feet below
the surface, with ha.'a doscn strata of
mud above i'm, to the formation Of
which, according to well established
geological principles, a period of6 .00O
years each, may be attributed. When
this astounding Adanite fossil
was brought to light, ali the 1--we old
fr"gs gathered around it, and exclaim-
ed: Pcntatcuch! Pentateurh. Og
Humbny! En"ch. Abimelech Ba.
lex ! Amalek ~ and the young frogs,
starred at the discovery, cried GLID.
DON, GLIDDON! NOT, MOTT!
AGGASEE, AGGASEE!n 1t is
thought that this trog is several years
older than the skeleton Of man found
near New Orleans some time ago"
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
HOW 10 KNOW the age OF
Horses,

The colt IS born with twelve grin:
ders. When four front teeth have
made their appearance, the colt is
twelve days old and when the next
tour come forth, it is four weeks old.
" hen the corner teeth appear the COZ
Is eight mouths, and when the latter
nave attalncd to the height Of ,hc
front teeth, is "nc year old. The ,w,,.
year colt has t'.u kernel (,hc n;Idlo
Of the to"th's crown ground on: nr u,
the front teeth it The third yea the
middle front teeth are bcin. Shifted
and when three years old. these a,c
but substituted by horse teeth Th..
next four teeth are shifted in the fourth
year, anu corner teeth in The fifth
At The sixth year The kernel is worn
out OF the lower middle front teeth.
and the bride teeth have now attained
tc their full grown At seven wears
u hook has been iur:ncd on The .rncr
tecth Of The upper jaw the krrllcT Of
,hc teeth next ut the middle front is
worn oil. At eight year, arc the
Kernel IS worn out OF aiI The lower
front teeth and begin, TO decrease in
the middle upper fronts In The ninth
year. the kernel has wholly disappear.
ed from the upper middle iruu, teeth,
The hook ON the corner l. eth has in
creased i'll size and the bride teeth
lose their points. In tie tenth year,
the kcrnc! is worn ont OF the teeth
next to the middle fronts of the urpcr
jaw; and iii the eleventh year the kcr-
mel has entirely vanished from the
corner teeth of the Same iAw. ~
twelve yeas old the crown Of nj! the
front teeth in the lower jaw has become
triangular, and the bride i,rt'l nrc
much worn down. As the IL rsc ad
vance' in age, thr guns shrink away
from the teeth, which consequently re
celvc n long aid narrow appearance,
and their kennels bccoiU4 ;nr,am rpho-
scd into darkis!, point g,c,. hairs in
crease i'll the forehead, over The eyes,
and the chin assumes The form of an
"nS!c.--lmcrtca, -lgricmiMriSt
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18

TIMELY REsUsoITArIoN.-A few
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