The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-09-13
Gov. Seymour, the candidate of the


Administration Democrats in New York
Tor Governor, declines the nomination..
ih's declnation is supposed TO be to pave
the way to reconciliation between the
factions by the Hards nominating Judge
brunson, the nominee of the Hards.
On the l2'h ult. the day that the Brit.
'sh Parliament was prorogucd, the House
OF Commons received from the foreign
o'hcc copy of report from Mr.. Craw.
lord, the British Consul at Havana, stating
that the trade in slaves to Cuba has been
more active in 1853 than for eleven years
beforeQSi1 cxpectcd) This report con-
tanned list of eleven or twelve ships
that landed between 5000 and 10000
slaves from the coast of Africa. These
facts show how in effactua all the cyer.
lions OF the British government to suppress
the slave trade have been. For more than
thirty years England has endeavorcd to
suppress the traffic.
The Carolina Times, published in Co.
lumb'a' has been temporarily suspended.
The Rev. Daniel Baker is now preach .
ing at Spartanburg.
The rascals, who lately escaped from
the Columbia Jail, have been arrested for
breaking open store in Y'orkvilc.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Ross, the
editor of the Keowee Courier, is dead.
John p. Van Durcn, from New York.
has been arrested at Richmond, Va, for
disordcrIy conduct.
The Marion Star learns that the sum of
10000 dollars has been subscribed for
the purpose of founding in that place a
female college.
The cost Of importing stock from Great
Britain to this country by steamer, inclu.
ding commission, insurance, keep on board
aud freight, is said to be for horse. S3O5,
for COW $3.50. BY sailing vessel, it
would be from $50 to S75 less. A, these
rates the Ohio Importing Company cleared
ID per cent. on their sales.
George Laws old muske.s, which were
recently returned to New York by the
clipper bark Grapcsl,ot, are said to have
been rc-shipped on board the bark ca,ha-
r'nc Augusta, together with a considerable
Quantity OF powder and supply OF COAL
The screw. steamship Franklin is said to
have been purchased by the same party
concerned in the bark mentioned, and is
making alterations to fit her for vessel
Of war. 1t is intended that the two YES
sells will sail together Oh a secret expcdi-
ton 1t has been given out that they arc
destined for the Mexican rcvolu,ionis,s
under Alvarez, and that venerable chief
tain isihinscii al ti,c hcad OF inc movement.
DO the Cuban iiIbustcrs know ANYTHING
about this matter.
Janaey's Hotel, of Columbia, S. was
sold at Public, outcry OH Monday last for
$4,000, to w. S. Goodwin, ESQ.
Since the ist OF January oUG,4ii per.
sons have arrived in New York from Ire.
land and Germany, viz: 5i,5ls from Irc
land, liG,iO0 from Germany.
The candidates in York district have
all declared themselves in favor of giving
the election Of electors to the pcnplc.
The Charleston Courier, speaking of
the .Artcsian We'll, says" The tubing
has now been let down to a depth of
l,2oo f,.-the total depth Of the borings ex.
cceding that slightly. The borcr now
rest, i'll a hard sandstone rock, which has
already been penetrated, wit h great diff
Guilty, 10 the extent OF twenty three fce,."
AS was to be expected, the State OF
Vermont, true to her ancient faith in ab
boltlonisTn, has chosen nti.Ncbraska
wings for State cfficers, congressman and
members of the Legislature, thus securing
the election of a United States Senator of
the same politics.
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Correspondence OF the Banner.
New ionk CITY, Sept 10.
Mario and Grisi-liuu,pers-CIfu
Hems-Cupe May -ldrentures--u
rciianerus Remarks.
MEssKs. EDlroKs Since the ad.
vent of the Swedish Nightingale,
Jenny Lind, no musical celebrities
have created such furor, in this city
at least, rs Mario and Grisi. From the
time their feet first touched American
soil, down to the present, their course
has been destined to fill the place in
the musical world which the untimclv
death ct Sontag-the pure, and bcauti
fl,I 4 4.