The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-11-22

iuii e'Shtecn tho uSand three hundred and
sixty one feet high. This is the highest
peak on the American continent, and one
OF thchighcst in the world. From this peak
mountain tops five hundred t.iiIes distant
are distinctly seen. The mountain is
volcanic, smoke being seen to issue from
the summit.
The hlcagher Guards, of Charleston,
haveinvi.ed Thos. Francis Mcaghcr, Esq.
:" &c liver lecture in that city-,hc pro-
cecds to be devoted to the Calhoun Monu.
mcnt. Mcagher has ACCEPTED the invita-
ton.
by the Caro!inian, Of Tuesday last, we
see that The President Of the South Car
ol'na Rall Road, has teIcgraphed to tha,
pace stating fiat the difficulties between
that Company and tho Post Office Depart
mcnt have been definitely arranged, and
that the Mails will hereafter be regularly
transported on that road.
project was recently moocd in Pen.
sacoa, Fla, to change the boundary of
that State, and annex Pensacola 10 Ala
bana.
The Synod, Of South Carolina, assem-.
bled in Charleston On Wednesday last.
The Annual Conference of the Mc,bo-
dist Episcopal Church.cf this State, me,
IN Columbia OH Wednesday, 'rhe ap-
polntncnt OF Ministers has not yet trans
pircd.
Tnc Hon d. l.. Yulcc iy spoken of, as
U. 5. Senator from Florida.
The Galveston papers seem TO think
that the Pacific Railroad schemc of SIcs.
srs Walker d. Co., will prove a failure.
Fhc survey of II railroad route from
h'hgsvillc 10 Hamburg, intended for a
continuation OF the Wilmington and Man
chester road, has been commenced un,lcr
The supcrIntcndancc OF Mr.. 4. II. Dranc,
sk'iful engineer. There ia no doubt.
but that tbs road will be bull, and ,ha,
soon
An extensive swindic, accompa MED
with FoFgcri"s to the a,noun, Of $1,000
1oHilas been successfully accomplished
in San Francisco. The pcrpc,ra,or, a
man by the name Of Mcigss purchased
ship, in which lie placed his family and i'll
gotten wealth, and lied for pa r!s unknown
1t is stated that bar Of iron, Of almos,
any size. it,iy hc instantly severed while
hot by the simple application of piece
o' common roll hrlmslone Holes NAV
be instantly performed through bars or
p!alcs of heated iron, hy The application @!
pointed pieces OF birthstone. There is al
so method of saving or cutting hardened
steel, by means Of circular piece OF com
mon thin iron plate or sheet iron, adjusted
to a lathe. or otherwise put in,oa vol ent
olary molio" this will readily cut of "A
pile, cu,,ihE steel, or .on,pered steel
spring, wthou, drawing or reducing the
temper.
From card published in the Yorkyille
". " SOC that tho contract exis-
.'y@n y .ssrs. Miller " Melton on
- nr,, 0r the purchase OF the Rem
c..y from Nc> s. Walker g. Moore --e+r
the other, has been rescinded. The for
mer gentlemen still express ,her deter
t>t. L, ~
a new papcr,e ,e be called the Enquirer,
to be first class paper and larger than
any other in the State, save one.
The Legislature of South Carolina
meets on Monday next.
We have nothing new from the sea-,
OF War in the East.
Hogs are selling throughout east Ten
nesscc a:i far as we can learn at ( cents
gross.
The King Of The Sandwich Islands has
got new cloak, and no European tcspo,
has got Il better or more costly one. 1t
has cost abnal Il million of dollars. There
is good dcl OF "iuss and feathers" abou,
II, ior considerable pcr;on O! It is made
OF raic feathers. procured from birds diff
cult TO catch, and which have each OF
them only two feathers Of the kind. The
cost OF procuring the feathers is nearly
half 4 dollar each, and it takes vas,
qnsnlily to make such Il cloak. II the