The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-07-12

The ANT1.SLAvERY CoLLEGE.-The
declares that the members OF the Faculty
Of that Institution are unit in opposition
to slavery. He takes occasion, too, to in.
form the South that Yale cares nothing for
its patronage. 1t is evident, from the tone
employed by this fanatic, that any South.
ern man who sends his son TO Yale Col
legc, will be subjecting him to influences
that must nfallibly render him Southern
man with Northern principles. Yale is
now hot bed of abolitonism, nursery OF
fanaticism. The Professors are all aboli.
ton propugandists, and employ the power
which their positions confer in making
their pupils as borough hly un,i-slavcry as
themselves. In view of this fact, will
Southern men hereafter send their chill.
,dren 10 Yale? In the language Of Profes.
:sor Goodrich, we say to the South, "the
sooner you withdraw your patronage from
Yale, the better. richmond (Fa) Pen.
nV Post.
YALE CoLLEG E.-On the 10Th the annu.
al competition came off for the gold medal
valued at 500, by the members Of the $.
nIor Class Of Yale College. The coz, Ell
tors we're Starr II. Nichols, Yum: Wing.
GCh'naman,) Carroll Cutler, w a fc:d'
James E. Rains, VIM G. Fl 81 and James
e. Rice, Only five sn'ec.tSS were gwen
rhe class to be write; on. The following
card appears in ,.e Palladium OF Friday
evening:
"DE Fop EST GOLD MEDAL.-The judi
gcs, in announcing their decision upon the
De Eorrest prize, have thought proper to
accompany tho decision with an explana
tion. They assign to the compositions of
Cutler, Nichols and Wing. rank not in
ferior TO the compositions of Fenn and
Rains but looking, as the terms of the Dc
Forrest prize require, to writing and speak
ing coljomtly, they came to the conclusion
that the prize lay between the two latter
and, as between these two, they decided
by major vote in favor of William H.
Fem, of Charleston, South Curolinu."
A HUMAN CANDLE. Chinese
Repository tells US a very singular
story of the punishment inflicted on
Chinese criminal. His offence it seems,
was objectionable, and it was detcrmin-
ed to make an example of him. Con
scquently he WAS wound round with
cotton, saturated with talIow, and hav.
ing been dipped till he presented the
appearance of a gigantic candle, was
stuck upon his fathers grave and light
cd. Of course the fellow perishcd in
slow torture. Was ever device heard
Of SO completely diabolical
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OUn NEAREST NEIGHBoR. near.
est fixed star has been discovered
very recently to be Alpha, in the con-
stellation Of tho Centaur. The sun is
ninoty five millions Of miles from the
earth, and this star, which we feel a
certain degree Of friendship for, because
it is our nearest neighbor, is two hun.
dred and sixty thousand times the
distance Of the sun from tho earth.-
Light, which travels one hundred and
ninety two thousand miles second.
would require more than throe years
to reach Is from that star.
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A terrible accident occurred on We'd
nesday morning last at Niagara Falls. A
little girl, five years Of age, who was play.
ipg on the top of tho preciplce known as
The DEVILS Hole, approached too near the
edge and overbaIanced. For an instant
she clung to the bushes, but losing her
hold before assistance could reach her
fell into the gulf, distance of $50 feet,
She still survives, but her recovery is
impossible.
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a fight with bowic-knives occurred on
SaturlaY last af tho ST Nicholas Hntol