The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-09-20
Cholera had made its appearance on sew

| Cholera had madc its appearance on sew
eral Rice Plantations on the Carolina sid,
OF the Savannah River.
Thirty pure short horned cattle, tn,
property Of the Clark County lmpor,inu
Company, were sold at auction at Spring
held, Ohio, oa the 9Th inst: A bull, two
years old, brought $1,000; one l5 months
Old, $4,000, and another, 81 900, besides
others at prices ranging from S625, dowr
TO $500. Cows sold at $l,425; $1,000
81 900 down t. $;oO:j each
The Democrats of Maine have los, the
Governor, the Legislature, and every mem.
! ber of Congress, by overwhelming ina.
joritics.
! Col A. G. Darlington was on Friday
last elected Brigalier General 10Th Rcri.
ncnt 8 G. Militia.
We observe in the New Orleans Delta
that the venerable DR.. Cartwright advo-
Gates the revival OF the African Slave,
trade, as check upon the growing AFRO.
gancc and violence Of the Abolitonis,s of
! the North.
Senator Douglas, the great champion of
the Nebraska bill, having been denied a
hearing in Chicago by the ruftianly pro-
. cccdings Of tho abol,tionie,s, had, at the
last adviccs, gone over into Indiana, and
had been courteously listened to in plb.
lie speech at Indianapolis.
The City Council of Charleston have
appointed Friday, 22d instant, rs a day OF
fasting and prayer.
Mrs. Elizabeth Benton, wife of Col.
/ Benton, who died at Washington on Sun.
day evening, was GO years Of age. For
several years she has hccn pros,ra,cd, hav-
ing been deprived Of u,ieraacc and Of all
her energies, hu: she bore her suffcrinrs, il
ls sin,ed, with unexanplcd fortltudc and
christian resignation.
The repor, that Yellow Fever is prcva-
lent in Wilmington, N. C., is untrue.
Our Minister in London, Mr.. Buchan-
m, vii! not return home till next
year. This was understood at The time he
accepted his mission, and is, consequent.
ly, no Indication Of unTricndly feelings be-
tween hIm and the administration. Mr.
Buchanan, it is understood, will be nut
forward for the presidency by his friends,
though he avows in his letters he has no
personal aspirations of that sort. Gcncr-
al Cass avows the same thing.
We regret to learn from the Spartan.
burg E.rprcss, th,t on the 9th inst. the
buildings occupied by the Swedish Iron
Manufacturing Company. a, Cherokee:
Ford, were totally destroyed by fire.
The wages Of labor in San Francisco
sound almost fabulous on the Atlantic side
OF Uncle Sans dominlons. Wages per
day as follows: House Carpenters, $:5 So:
jo'ners, $G IS: stone masons, 81; BRICK
layers, SO; plastercrs, 81, backsmiths
Sc: tuners. $S3 So; brass founders, So.
whcciwrlgh,s, 50; cairu%c makers, Sc;
and printers Sju per week;
One thousand Of the people OF the city of
ST John New Brunswick, have died Of
cholera in short period of time Seven
hundred and fifty orphan children left dcs.
tltutc, and withou, friends or kindred, have
been taken charge of by the Roman Cath.
olic Bishop, aided by some benevolent c:ti
zcns.
An order OF Know Nothings has been
established in lAurcnsvillc, S. C..
}. W"tiord Tucker, and J. V. Trimm icr
Esqs.. who are candidates fer the Icris-
la,ure from SpArtanburg District, have
responded in favor Of giving the election of
PRESIDENTIAL Electors TO the people. Mr..
Randolph Turner, another candidate, on
poses the change: he is also opposed to
Legislation upon Liquor just as much a.
TO legislation upon corn, cotton. wheat, or
rice.
The Spanish Blomled Bull Don Gioyan.
nj, is advertised 10 take The field in lrol-
''ls malch against all the horses in tbs
country Tor wager Of ono thousand dol
lars. lie is said to have trotted in harness
IN 2: 40. and to make even better ,ir,e
than that under the saddle.
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Correspondence of the Banner
Govt 'o:ather-Ifealth Of Co!umbia-C City
+. Aems-iotiieal Intelligence Spy Glass
again.
COLUMBIA S. c. Sept. 18th 1854.
.HeSSrS Editors All complaints of warm
weather have been husllcd and no more,
Tor season at least, will the cry "oh !.
h"w not be reiterated. Summers cion
is nearly ended and cool cast winds, har-
bIngcrs OF tie Ice Kings approach, blow
roughly upon us. The leaves OF The for
est n" longer glitter in the morning sun
SHINE, but It's raYS at pypiin0 fall ,,nop