The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-11-01
News of the Week.

'io'a'Ces Co'hpieLeiy uespolIcu ot plate and
furniture. Some Williams in their absencc
having committed these robberies With inn.
punity. y"
MIA. S. Wilmington of the Char
lesion Courier, was arrested in New
York OH Saturday last for libel, ut the in.
stance of Rufus w. Griswold. Z The al-
legged libel was contained in a letter from
New York touching Mr.. G.'s domestic af:
fairs.
We. learn says the Darlington Flag
that Wise and Johnson, convicted of the
murder Of Shudrach johnson in this dis:
'rIct, on the 2lst of August, 1853, have
been pardoned by the Governor OH con.
dition Of their leaving the State.
The proprietors Of the Chicago news
papers held meeting last week, and adj.
vanced their advertising rates 70 per
cent. Their rates are now ono dollar par
square for TIE first insertion.
The plan Of building houses with mix
ture OF lime, stone, and gravel, is exciting
considerable attention, under the present
high price Of lumber and brick.
We perceive that tho Hon. r. +. w
Allstor has been nominated in the Pee
Dee Times ms gentleman woll qualified
to fill the gnbernatorial chair.
r. Chapman, Of Norwich, England,
Miller, has obtained patent for applying
the ccntrifufal bail governor to the hop.
per which supplies the grain to mills,ones,
in the same manner that it is applied 10
the throttle valve Of steam engine, so
that the valve is made to regulate the feed
of the grain.
1t has been discovered that for the gen.
crality Of flowers, and more especially TO-
geraniums, and the most delicate spoc
mems Of the lily tribe, common glue, diIu-
ted with sufficient portion of water, forms
richer manure than guano or any other
yet discovered.
Col Orr has accepted an invitation to
deliver an address in Charleston on the
occasion of the great Southern Central
Agricultural Fair, to come off in that CITY
on ooh of November next.
The Charleston Courier says:
1--WE invite the attention Of The mem
bcrs Of the Leg of this State to the
practice, now very common amongst us.
OF parties getting up bills. very similar in
appearance to those emanatinJ from banks,
Tor The purpose of advertising thereon ti,cr
goods. We have now ouo before us, with
n 3 in the corner, which was passed. oil a
negro in the market day or two aimee by
some white person, and for which 81 worth
OF eggs and ST in money were given. The
practice should q. :#ao /: discontinued,
and the Legislature should declare it H.
legal.
The Rev. Edwin II. Winkler has accep.
ted the unanilnous call of the First Bap.
list Church in Charleston to became
its pastor.
Antolncttc Brown, the woman in brecch.
cs, that used TO BE- the big gun of the
strong minded female conventions at the
Broadway tabernacle was m,rried on
Thursday last, at Carmal, N. Y: 10 Dr..
James II. NIcrrelt.
Lynch Law originated in what is now
known as the Piedmont county of Vir-
gina, which was at the time, the western
frontier. Practically, the inhabitants of
The Piedmont country had no law and
were forced to be a law unto themselves.
M'sdc'ncanors and crimes Of every sort
were OF frequent occurrence, and yet the
apprehension and delivery Of criminal in
vovcd an arduous Journey OF bundr drcds
OF miles. mostly through wilderness,
which occupied months. Prominent a.
mong the inhabitants was a man named
Lynch. well known for his Justice, Judge.
'ncnt and impartialty, and called through
o':t The country, Judge Lynch. In the
NNoioC VI t'ihcs tiluiIidls were U(OuOnt De-
fore him, and he awarded such punish.
mcnt as he thought was just and proper
The American lady, Mrs Putnam. a
Baptist, has perhaps no equal in the world
fof critical knowledge Of languages, for
she converses readily in French. Italian,
German. Polish, Swedish, and Hungarian,
ard is familiar with twenty modern dial
ects, besides Greek, Latin. Hebrew, Per
sian, and Arabic. The extent OF this lin.
eustic requirement is ParalIelod only by
Cardinal Mezzofan. Eil,u Burritt, and
some hall dozen other great names of
both worlds.
An Irish editor, in speaking of the mise
res OF Ireland, says !: "IIer cup of misery
has been for ayes overjloping and is no..