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

instances completely despoiled Of plnte and
furniture. Some. williams in their absence
having committed these robberies With inn.
punity.
Mr.. "A. S. Wilmington of the Char
lesion Courier, was arrested I'M Now
York on Saturday last for libel, ut the in
stance of Rafus w. Griswold. The al
legged libel was contained in letter from
New York touching Mr.. G.'s domestic az:
fairs.
We. learn says the Darlington Flag
that Wise and Johnson, convicted of the
murder Of Shudrach Johnson in this dis:
'rlct, on the 2lst of August, 1853, have
been pardoncd by the Governor on con.
dition Of their leaving the State.
The proprietors of the Chicago news.
papers held meeting last week, and ad.
vanced their advertising rates ~ per
cent Their rates are now ono dollar par
square for tie first insertion.
The plan Of building houses with mix
'ure Of lime, stone, aud gravel, is exciting
considerable attention, under the present
high price Of lumber and brick.
We perceive that tho Hon. R. F. w
Allstor has been nominated in the Pee
Dee Times as gentleman we'll qualified
to fill the gnbcrnatorial chair.
r. Chapman, Of Norwich, England,
Miller, has obtained patent for applying
The ccntrifufall ball governor to the hop.
per which supplies the grain to millstoncs,
III the same manner that it is applied To-
the throttle valve of s!oam 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-
geraniulns, and the most delicate speci
mems of the lily tribe, common glue, dilu-
ted will, sufficient portion of water, forms
a richer manure than gnano 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 20th of November next.
The Charleston Courier says:
1--WE invite tho attention Of The mem
bcrs Of the legislature of this State 10 the
practice, now very common amongst us,
OF parties getting up bills. very similar in
appearance to those emanatin5 from banks,
for The purpose OF advertising thereon ii,cr
goods. We have now one before US, with
b in the corner, which was passed. oil a
negro i'll 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 at once La discontinued,
and tile Legislature should declare i. ~
legal.
The Rev. Edwin II. Winkler has accep.
ted the unanimous call Of The First Bap.
list Church in Charleston % became
its pastor.
Antoincttc Brown, the woman in breech.
es, 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.lo a DR..
James II. Alcrrctt.
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 law unto themselves.
MIsdc'ncanors and crimes Of every sort
were OF frequent occurrence, and yet the
apprehension and delivery OF criminal in
v"ivcd an arduous journey of hundreds
OF miles. mostly through wilderness,
which occupied months. Prominent n
mong the inhabitants was a man named
Lynch. well known for his justice, Judge
mcnt and impartlality, and called through.
out The country, Judge Lynch. In the
course oi time. criminals were brought he. :.
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
for critical knowledge of languages, for
she convcrscs readily in French. Italian,
German. Polish, Swedish. and Hungarian,
and is familiar with twenty modern dial
ccts, besides Greek, Latin. Hebrew, Per.
sian, and Arabic. The extent OF this lin.
euistic requirement is paraIelod only by
Cardinal Mezzofan. Elihu Burritt, and
some half dozen other great names Of
both worlds.
An Irish editor, in speaking of the mise
ries of Ireland, says "IIer cup OF misery
has been for ayes orerRo'cing and is mo-.