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NCgrO Trinl-

he trial of the other negroes i'm.
plicaed in the murder OF Mr.. CnA1o
has just come of: The trial occupied
three days, Monday, Tuesday, and
"Wednesday last. Nine of the negroes
belonged to Mr.. GEO. MoC. W1ruER.
SPOON, and two were the property of
Dr' IHonHwE'.L. The trial took place
ut Landlord before Magistrate Connoll.
-Four of Mr.. WIrnERspooN's negroes
were found guilty. and sentenced to be
hung on tn first F.iday in June next.
We understand Mr. W1ruERsroos will
appeal for new trial.
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Praise where praisels Due.

a writer in the Intcligcncer of the 2ls,
INST, flourishing paper published at Pc
tcrsburg, Va, makes some very compli.
mcntary and fair remarks about Snrntcr.
vile and the "Harllco House" We
have frequently spoken OF the styIe in
which things are conducted at the "iIarl.
lee House" by its attentive and gentle f.
manly host WILLIAM S. MITCHELL, of
whose well furnished and richly laden ia j..
bic We have had frequent evidences afford
cd U.s. and we are glad to see that the pub
lie are beginning to appreciate his efforts
to please: Thus speaks the Mlelligencer:
"lnour recent visit to Charleston we had
10 pass through the village of Sum,erviIle,
IN sumter District, both going and return.
ing. IT is one of the stopping places on
the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad.
about 40 miles from Wilmington, and
about Tho same distance from CIlarlrston.
nc passengers, according to tho present
ma'l arrangement, take breakfast there
gong Sou'h and dinner corning NORTH
Wewere 80 much pleased with our enter.
ta'nmcnt 1T, and with the general appear
ancc Of this village that we determined to
give it hricf notice upon our return. 1t
Is remarkably neat and quite a pretty To-.
caii'y, containing abont 1900 inhabitants,
ana evidently progressing. The avenues
al green trees (Inos,ly the ,catcr oak, as It
is called there, but known as the ,riUou
oak in this rc$ion,) with which it is adorn-
cd, ere beautiful. There are three or four
Churches, several stores. a very handsome
Court House, and All excellent Hotel
: The llnrllcc House." kept by Mr.. vii.
liam :. Mitchell, whose table and atten-
tons are such as TO entitlc him to the most
favorable consideration of all who stop with
him. We particularly commend him and
hIs establishment to the travelling public.
The country around Sunitcfvllc has an
improving aspect, and we understood from
Icpics io our inquiries is fertile and pro.
dnclivc. The Wilmington and Manches-
ter Railroad is rapidly enhancing its value,
ana It Will IN the course OF few years be
one of the finest and most thriving re.
gions in South Car olina.
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or lands, and the owners do not wish
70 sell them--and as to the wealthy
planter, il is not likely that an acces.
sion of them could be had upon any
terms, even if they would te nd to re-
movai of existing evils. The only
way that occurs to the writer, is to offer
Inducements to mechanics Of every
description, ard let them form n class
.. themselves, with:privileges literally
granted to them. We nave the means
OF tempting them, for the wealth of the
oouth can pay them well, and the
wants OF the South will furnish them
WIN employment. There is a wa, to
oring them on, and that too with n
very small sacrifice on the part Of tbs
Plantcrs-and if in truth there ex;sts =
necessity for it, the sacrifice will be.
made-if that can be called sacr;
1ce which brings the means of perfect
security for all that we have.
These remarks are made upon tho.
assumption that an increase of tho
white population is necessary. Those
who think so, may acknowledge the
proPriety of what has been said; to
those who think otherwise, we would
submit for consideration, whether n.
nation having enemies can safely trust
to their moral sense for justice,
would they not act more wisely. to
keep themselves, at all times, in stu.
alton to demand and enforce it,-and
is there any better way of preserving
Southern institutions than by swelling
the rauks Of those who would be in.
terested in maintaining them?
IL seems to the writer that this whole
subject is well worthy of profound
consideration at our hands, and that it
would be well, not only for Mr.. A..
but others who are competent to the
task, to give the State the benefit of,
their reflections upon it. D.
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NlCAcalxie'S Vaudeville
T'rOlVnp

We stepped into the Town Hall, on
Monday evening, during the performance
of this Troupe. There was not a very
large crowd assembled, but those who
were present seemed O be enjoying them
selves very much. Miss KATE McGRE-
COR performed well in her favori,e dances,
and very manifestly to the great delight of
all present. This Troupe exhibits some
thing new for Sumlcrvilc, and very differ
ent from any thing attempted here before.
TO those who like such amusements, we
doubt not, MIR. MCKENZIE will afford am
pie interest.
They Will perform in the Town Hall to-
night. Tickets to be had at the Hotels
und at the door.
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Correspondence of tlle Banner.
PHILADELPHIA,
April 10, 1854.
A Plea for the g KNOW
NOtllimgS.7,

mEsShs EDITORS: Ia a former arti'
Gle on tms nnJcct' we showed in a
very or'e' ana cursory manner the
purpose lor "hlch inc "hn"w Moth
'''ss h"o oeen formed ana the PrIncl.
P''S " ""'c" It's founders and sup
po,'efS were ac'ua1ed IN projecting
anu '"S ''''''s Such al organization.
~ IS our purpose IN TINS colnmunica-
',o' sho" the. progress made by
.''' VI o'e"'''%"''oa curing inc year end
'''s l'ec' olSt' 1890
l'e''opS 10 Ala' year The ord9r stood
rs 'oi'' "s
NO. NleuoeFs' 1000.
newspapers Z
NJ" |" 'reasury' $ao'ooo.
i'ac,s p"oi'Sneo, ID.
III 1000 +" considerable advance
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The European War.

By tho arrival Of the steamship
Hermann from Europe, all doubt in
regard to the war is at rest, by tho
publication Of the declaration Of hos.
tilitics by France and England against
Russia.
This is no startling fact, but one,
that has been anticipated and only
postponed from the dread, with which
the enlightened world now regards
fields Of blood and carnage. What
may be the result of such war no
human foresight can devine, and what
part the United States may have
eventually to bear therein is wrapt in
the impcnctrable mists Of the future,
still there is no reason on our part to
dread the worst, that might happen;
our involvement, which is extremely
improbable France and England
know too well the prosperous condi-
ton Of this country, to hesitate in
yielding us our rights as neutrals, and
from Russia there is nothing to be ap.
pretended. From the seat of war
there is no further news, but collision
between the Russian and allied fleets is
looked for. Prussia and Austria have
not declared thci.' position and will
probably remain undecided, until
forced, by the contending parties into
the fight. The rise of the republican
party in Europe is evidently apprc.
hended by those, who have cause to
dread such q movement and hence
perhaps the present lukewarmness Of
Austria and dread Of sending abroad
troops which she may require for her
own protection.
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polls quietly and vote for their candi-
date. IN this way men are elevated to
Office without any Of the outsiders !"
knowing or dreaming that they would
be voted for, much less elected.
1t is true that many have opposed
the Know Nothings" on account of
their being secret societies )" but it
is only by practising secrecy that they
can be secure from fraud or imposi.
ton.
We neglected to mention in the
proper place, that there was large and
tiourlshing society Of this order in
washington City. 1t was only organ
iz'd in January of this year, and now
numbers over 400 members.
We are aware, Mcssrs. Editors, that
the views we may have set forth in rs-
gard to this subject may not be ac-
ceptable to many-pcrhaps to large
majority of the Southern people. But
let the opponents of that noble order
be present i'll Few York City en-
=" Election day stand by the ballot
box and SEQ hordcs Of Foreigners led
up III bodies, drunk md bribcd-see
many of them committing perjury
knowing that For fifty cents their sins
can be forgiven by man. Lot them,
we repeat, sec decent, naturalised Pro
sestant citizens, and intelligent, honest
natives bullicd and driven back by
hired bnllics, and he will no longer
oppose any society Of mon who would
tain remove such dangerous disease
from the body polite.
VERITus.
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ESCAPE OF PRIsoNERs-A DAR1No
LEAP.-Two fellows, named Henry
Hoffman and Henry Thornton, con.
victed at Troy of all attempt to mur.
der an officer, made their escape on
Wednesday last, while on their way
to the Auburn State Prison. They
jumPe1 from railway train when it
was within ten miles of their destinn.
ton, and going at the rate Of thirty
miles an hour. The officer left Troy
with them on that day. They were
properly shackled and haudcufed, and
no fears were entertained that, thus
fettered, they would even attempt to
escape.
Soon after leaving Syracuse, one Of
them feisned sickness, declaring to the
officer that he was about vomiting, and
wishing to get on the platform. The
officer not mistrusting him, nor even
imagining that it was mere prctcnce
to get beyond his reach, took them on
the platform, they being chained to.
gether, where they stood, he on one
side Of the car md the brakeman on
tho opposite side of the adjoining car.
They remained bet short time,
when the sick man said he felt better,
and soon after, as the train was going
at the rate OF thirty miles an hour,
they both sprang from the cars and
rolled over several times on the ground.
The brakeman, on seeing it, sprang
tor the bell.hope, but from some un-
known cause, either from it being de.
tnched from the bell, or fastened on
the roof Of a car, it would not give the
word OF command TO the engineer 80
stop, and it was not until officer Phil.
lips had ran through the train and
reached the locomotive that the cars
were brought to stand-still. This
was not effected until the train had
rap half a mile beyond the jumping off
spot. Officer Phillips and others i'm.
mediately retraced their steps, and in
short time were on the spot where
the prisoners landed, but they were
non est. After q fruitless search of
several hours, and not being able to
gain any traces OF them, he returned
TO Albany.-N. y. San.
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New and Wonderful
MAGMgME.
WILLIAM STODDARO. PATENTEE


sNaHE Subscriber ha,iag purchased
4 the Right for the Stale OF South Car
olina in the only Machine now invented.
for RlFIING; and SHAVING SHIN.
Giles, BARREL. HEADING, &C.. is
prepared to sell the Righ, Of the Districts.
or single Machines, at. prices sufficiently
low to make it an inducement for pur--
schasers.
The Machine being simple in,;ts con-.
siruction, and is mol liable 10 get; on. OF
order, is capable of splitting and Shaving.
Two Thousand Shingles per hour,-bet-
ter than made by hand. 1t ia portable.
and can be worked by hand, horse or
steam power. Ten to fifteen days work O f
Machine vii! make enough Shingles 10.
pay the prioe asked for einu le one.
Large inducements are offered to per-
sons wishing to purchase the right of sey..
eral Districts. One of the Machines can
DC seen in operation in the City of Au.
gusta,,at VIM. II. Goodrch's Planning Mill,
and one also may be seen in short time.
at Mr.: J: Wits Machine Shop, at Edge
field G., II.
THOS. G. LAMAR.
Hamburg, April 26, 1854 26 IT,
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Ex-Prcsidclnt FILLMORE.

We see from the Charleston Courier
that this gentleman, with his friend Mr..
KENNEDY, has been enjoying the hosptali-
tice Of the city Of Savannah aid is daily
expected to visit Charleston, where he
will doubtless be received in a style COM
mensurate with the high reputation for
hospitality and libcrality which the "Queen
city Of the South " has so long enjoyed and
SO well deserved. We doubt not that
Charleston will do abundant Justice in
honoring tho man who 80 faithfully per
formed his duties wher occupying the
highest and most responsible position to
Which an American can aspire.
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THE SUMTER BlyNER.
SNMNE&NAAAR, So 6,
J. S. RICHARDSON. JR.
JOHN r. LOGAN, i1piio"S.
WEDNESDAY APRu,0G 1874
WEDNESDAY, APRlL!2G, 1854.

PcrsOns wishing to see us upon
business connected with the Paper or Law,
can find us at any hour during the day,
except from four to five in the afternoon,
at our Office, just back Of So,oMoSs' Now
Store. All business connected with the
paper must be transacted with WILLIAM
LEWIS, John S. RICHARDSON, jr, or Il. G.
LOGAN. Mr.. r. G.. LoGAN, the Foreman
Of Banner Office, is our only authorised
Agent to receive money and give receipts
for the same, and may always bc found at
the Banner Office. All letters addressed
to the Banner must be prepaid to insure
attention.
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Dreadful ShinDSypeck

Our exchanges contain the account OF n
dreadful shipwrcck, which occurred on
Absccon Beach, during the storm on the
10th inst. The unfortunate ship was the
Powhatan, bound for New York from
Havrc and ladened with some 400 emf.
grants nll of whom were lost.
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Showing an excess of the Slave pop
ulatlon of llO, O,42l-and an increase,
per cent. from 1910 to 1850 ofl77I
per cent, and of only S 81 per cent.
OF the Whites. In Virginia, the in
crease per cent of the Whites for the
same Time was 21-?7-SIaves 5.2l::
the whole White poulation s94, 800
Slaves 492, 52s; excess Of whites, A22,
212. In North Carolina, the excess
OF population is 264,4s0. In Georgia.
the excess of White population is 1885,.
$50. In Alabama, the excess Of White
population is s3.670. In Mississippi
and Louisiana, the excess is, on tho
side Of the Slaves.
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COTTON lark H:T,
CHARLESTON, ArR1L 24.

There was a good demand to day
and transactions generally at former
prices, except the strictly midding
and good middIings for which prices
ruled more in favor Of holders than at
our last weekly notice.
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IS estimated at from 100000 to 500
0o0; mostly covered by insurance.
From moro accurate estimate ofIos
es by the fire in Hayne-street, than
could be made before, it appears thcv
will not exceed $3.50, ,O0O-buildinps
about 100000, and merchandise
$l50,OOO.
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sY~ Corn is selling ut sixty cents
per bushcl in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
HE supply on hand is said to be large.
Bacon is selling at five cents per
pound, the hog, around, in middle Ten
nesseb.
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Office.

The Vigi'ant Society of SumtcrviIlc, will
take notice that I}anl No. 6, will turn out from
Monday The LIST Of May for The usual term.
l.. p. LORlNG, Prcs't.
J. II. DINGLE, Scc'ty
May lat 1854.
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eB In the court Of sessions at
Laurcns, last week, KlsMAN, tried for
Negro Stealing, was found guilty and
sentenced to be hung.
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Disastrous Fire.

At between one and two o'clock this
morning fire was discovered in the
third story Of the extensive Drug and
Chemical establishment of Messrs. P.
M. Cohen g. Co., situated in Haync
and extending through to marketstreet.
Notwithstanding the energetic efforts
of our indcfatigable Fire Companies,
who were quickly on the spot, the
flames soon wrapped tho adjacent
storos in blaze, and at S o'clock
hour we were compelled to send our
paper to press-the establishment of
Mossrs. p. NJ. Cohen & Co., z. G..
Waldron & Co., F. D. Tanning g. Co.,
Gilllilands, 81 Howell & Co., and Hav
iland, Harrall g. Co., had been destroy.
ed.
The establishment Of Messrs. T..
NJ. Horsey & Co., on the East, and
Messrs. Courtenny, Tenant & Co., on
the West OF tho buildings destroyed,
were on fire as we indited tho above.
- Charleston Courier.
In the addition to the above We oon,
dense from the Courier, Of the 10th,
the following items:
The establishment Of T. M. Horsev
& Co., Courtney, Tennant & Co., Hy.
att, McBurney & Co.. were destroyed,
and much damage was done to sever.
al ether large establishment contigu.
Gus.
The Charleston Hotel had q, narrow
escape.
The amount Of property consumed
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n new Z. y. has been established
in SPartsnburg Distrio. to.bc called.
Mount Zion Post Office, Will am j:
Wingo appointed Post Master.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22
81 .VeaU Hotel.

A gentleman from ParkyiHe was here
the other day, to make arrangements for
building new Hotel in Leayenwoth. The
Leavenwoth House, though large and
comrnodious building, will not be able to
accommodate the vast crowd that will be
here next spring and summer. Indeed two
or three Hotels will not be sufficient to do
the business. IF the Leavenworth Assoeia-
ton would get up a joint stock Hotel, it
would besides being good investment, do
as much as any thing else at present, to-
wards building up the town.
: STEAM Saw AND GRIsT MILL.--Messrs.
Panton end Yohe, have purchased mill
all in complete order, for saving and grind
ing with single and lathe machine at
taehed, and. will have it up next week at
the upperlanding. This mill will cut five
thousand feet in ten hours, our citizens
who are so anxious to build can now. be
supplied with lumber at very low rates,
and also shingles and lathes.si
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22

will cease to hare voice In the councils OF
the Nation" and yet claims to be a friend
of the South. We voald ask the. Editors
of that paper to Ioek a. New York, where
it il said by the Nasl.yiIle Union, and we
believe correctly, thsk ssthe only papers in
New York. which defend the South, SO far
as we now recolIect, are the Herald, edited
by Scotchman, and the Citizen, edited By
John Mitchell, an Ifishman, who has not
yet been long enough IN the country to be
entitled to naturalization. >,
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22
LEAvENWORTH,
Friday, DECEMBER %. 1854.
Le0UeassUO1.th C5ty-Ets Pro
ereSS and Wants.

/ The prosperity of our city has exceeded
the expectations of its. warmest friends.
Although, containing an area of 800 acres,
which defines large number of lots half
mile from the river, improvements are
scattering, and buildings are being. erected
throughout the whole plat. The Steam
Mill of Murphy & Scruggs at the lower
landing fails to supply the demand for lum-
ber and all are rejoiced to learn that anoth-
er mill is about to be erected to furnish lum-
Der, laths and shingles at the upper landing.
We did anticipate that the close of navi-
CATION would check the sale oflots, and bus
mess operations generally; but as yet though
the last boat at our wharf passed down
nearly three weeks ago. business of all
kinds is on the increase, and the Land Office
of PITCHER & ALExANDER is daily crowd
ed with strangers, anxious to invest their
capital, and establish their business in this
place.
The truth is, it is useless to talk of any
other point in this Territory even approx
mating competition with this City. It is
not in human reason to suppose, that any
inland town, even though it be situated on
the Kansas River, can compete in CONNER
cial importance and in every other business
advantage, with this point. The Kansas
never can be navigated with light stern
wheelers more tEan three months In the
year, and it is not contended by any ra-
tional man, that there is another site In the
Territory on the Missouri from the mouth
of the Kansas, to the north base line, which
has a 1.-THE ofthe advantages for a CONNER
cial town that this place possesses. 1t has
not only the best landing onthe River, the
most lovely site, and the richest country for
miles back of it, but it derives all the advan-
tages of the nearest proximity to Ft. Leav-
enworth, and is the grand focus through
which the great Emigration to all the coun-
tries west of the Rocky Mountains must
pass.
What we want now most, is mechanics,
We have several kinds, but not enough OF
them. We have not got Sadler, Shoe
maker, Tailor, Cabinet Maker, Halter, nor
Milliner in the place, and every one OF
these trades would do the very best of bus
mess here. We are really afflicted for the
want of Shoemaker and Cabinet Maker;
and if the eastern states will send us me-
chanics, aUho are not dbolitionists, we may
safely promise them fortunes out of their
business.
We have also the very best material for
the manufacter of brick; and in a place
where lumber cannot be had more readily,
and at less prices than it commands here,
the brick business would secure to any man
a fortune. We trust that the lumber mer-
chants of Phtsburg and St. Louis, will see
the advantages of shipping lumber, ready
made doors, sash SC to this point on the
opening of navigation in the spring.
IF our exchanges throughout the country,
will do us the favor to. copy this article in
their columns, we may expect to see all de,
partments of business supplied here in the
spring. aisaoa as-4sa5 sg,5sa = .-el E.ef
---.sff- = z,ssef'.,r ---
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22

Mr.. r. A. HUssEY, who is now travell-
ing in Platte county, Mo-, is authorized TO
receive and. receipt for subscriptions to the
Kansas Herald
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22

B@ Messrs. Keller & Kyle, of the Leav-
enworth House, are now engaged in bull
ding basement to their Hotel in this place,
which will, when completed, make a front
of three stories on Main Street,
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22

CHANCE FOR A BARGAIN.-M. France
& Co., offer their stock of Groceries in this
place for sale, with the privilege of renting
the house. They intend changing their
business, and will sell a bargain. See adj
vertisement. @is ha
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22

s@ A large kiln of good limestone is
now being burned, in town. The rock is
obtained from the bluff fronting on the river.
Any quantity can be obtained IN the bluffs.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22

sgTMr. VIM. CRUME, is the travelling
Agent for the Kansas Herald IN Upper or
North Western Missouri. We hope our
friends in that section will lend him help
ing hand in extending our circulation.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-12-22

How was Adam got out of Paradise2'
asked a Sunday school teacer recently Of {
pupil. "Why. he was sfaaked eus, s