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AN AMUSING PRAcr1cAL JokE.-A let
ter from an officer OF the fleet, lated 18th
tells the following rather good story "Ons
morning, few days since, we saw large
vessel 8 or ID miles ahead, which wo
fully believed to be Russian man-of- war.
as she made all sail to get away, and
showed no coIors. rs we rapidly came
up with her sb5 took in sail until she was
under c!osereefcd top sails (fgl,tng trim,)
so VIC beat to quarters, and tho pipe sound :
cd loudly, hands, hring the ship into ac-
ton For some three minutes everything
sbustle, casting the guns Loose, clearing the
SAaeks, s &c. Five minutes more and every
swas shotted and primcd. and the men
ssas9l ing with the match lines in their
rs waitin. for the word FIRE. Just as
waSgot within good distance, the black
guard ran up American coiors. and cody
to!:! ns that he would have huis,ed them
sooner, but he wanted 10 zee how smart
we could clear for action. Ii cur tars did
not bless him TO the wrong side Of Hcav-
ell, never believe me -
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New RpUrE 70 THE PACIFIC The
proposed nhiYN route to The Pacific, via
Honduras. is attracting autniioD. The
surveys Of the route for the projected rail-
road are rapidly ppgressinG and prove
that the road can besbAit without encoun-
tcrmr any very serious obstacles. The
Summit Of the plain Of Co,naygua is bu,
sixteen hundred and eighty :fiyn feet above
the ocean, aid the harbors of the Gulf of
Fonscca on the Pacific, ana Of Port CabcI-
10 on the Caribbean cnas.s, arc saitisto be
the very best in Central America. There
are at least ten fatholns depth of water on
the bars to holh of them. The Company
has received from the Congress Of Honlu.
ras the mun;icent grant OF two and hall
millions OF acres OF valuable land to aid
in The construction OF the said road.
CarOEnidn
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Courier,

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Thc follow
inc statistics of The Old School Prcsbyrc.
rian Church have been presented to the
General Assembly now in session:
There arc now in connection with this
branch If tho Presby, cran Church %
Synods, 1873 prcshy,eries, 2,979 churches,
2,l30 ministers. 593 liccnliates and can
dida,cs, and 2l9, 263 commandments
These li3 presbytcries cover the entire
territory of the United States, except a
portion of New Eagianh, Two II these
PrcSbyicr'cs are III the Indian TERRITORY, 3
in Texas, , in California, in Oregon, 2
China, and 3 in Northern India, scattering
over the vast plain Of The upper Gangcs.
1t has under its supervision Board OF
Home Missions with Jlj missionaries la
boring chiefly III The Sauti. and West ; y
Beard OF Foreign Missions, having s,a,ious
among he Indian tribes, in Africa, India,
Siam and China; a Board of Educp,ion,
with lO2 schools, iG Presbyterian hdaLe.
mics and l3 Synodcal Colleges; aud
Board OF Publication distributing bv sale
and coIrortaGc rcligionsS Books and tracts
The assembly has underAs care four Thco-
logcal Scninarics. those of,Princa,on,
AIlcahany City, Prince Edward Virginia,
DAnv,lie Kentucky.
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IMMENSE EMIGRATION FROM EUROPE
The 'crc ,gn Prpcrs received by the EurNpS
inform us that as many as twenty-five emf-
grant vessels took their departure during
the month OF April, irmn i.verpooi, bound
ioT the various ports of the United States.
These twenty-five "eSscls carried away
fifteen thousand ana three hundred and
loriy-onc pcrsNns. or these, ten thousand
eight hundred and twenty-five were Irsh,
two thousand four hn!.!cc:! and e;giiiccu
were English, t" hundred and tifv-tive
were Sco'ch, and eighteen hundred aud
'orty-,hgce were natives OF other European
coenr'es !atiha last .snHbrr s>at lruLc
up almost entirely Of Germans. Uur.ng
three days, counting from Thursday asl,
there arrived at New York from different
European ports twenty thousand seven
hundred and sI%tecn.cmigranss.-- Carroll
man.
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DEFAJCATloH AT THE UNITED STATES
M:ST. II is generally reported that one
O! the chief clerks OF tile United States
Mint. well known as one OF the most expo
rcnccd ln the institution. is q Gcfaulter to
a'gr amount, which Is variously report :
ed q, IRON $4,000 up to SlOo,OOO. The
circumstances have not fully lranspircd,
but it Is understood the friends oi the Off
Ger will make up the losses. The alleged
dcian!,cr has heretofore borne high rep
'9ta;ion, and is rtrct member of the
chNrch lie has been absent from the
NJ int for two weeks Cdr0liniun
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EAR5dIQUhSes IN Central AmERIcA.--
The ppbt boat George Steers arrived at
Mobile ale& days ago from Onoa, Hondu.
ras, bringing Gen. Blrrundia, Minister to
the Unite9. States, and family. The Reg
ister has ufc' following news by this arri.
On the 18th HApril severe ear,hqua:
kcs occurred in thq Stale Of ST. Salvador.
nearly destroying the capital. Many of
the principa; buildings and about six hum
dred families were buried in the earth
For some time previous the earth seemed
+ hollow, rumbling sounds We're heard, and :
the ground appeared to wave under the
| weight Of The buildings" Carolinian.
t"Nor SINGLE Jew REQUIRING TEN
laroRARY RELIEF. Such is the report of
| the. missionaries and colporteurs appointed
by the New York Society for the amel-
| iDrationfof the condition Of the Jews in
that city, and it is very creditable one to
the industry, frugal,ty, and temperance of
the children Of Abraham, so many of whom
| reside there.
PKEsENr.-Thc ladies' of NIarysville,
Ky, recen,ly presented pair OF panlaioons'
TO Miss Lucy Stone, in due form Miss Luz
cy accepted the pants, but says she would !,
have done SO with a much better will IL
they only had man in them.
SIGN1rIcANr.--The New York, Herald
says that the Secretary Of the Navy has
forbidden the departure. OF all vessels of
war unae. sailing orders, and commands
them to be in readiness for immediate SER
vice. Thia' looks very much as 1.-THE Ad-
mnisration apprehendrd a rupture with
Spain, and mean to be prepared far a sud-
den end decisive blow.
HyMENIAL INsTEUcroR.-Som ad-..
vcrtises for agents 10 soil a work entitled
"Hymenial Instructor" A contemporary
adds "the best I1ymenial Instructor We
know of is a young widow. What she
don't know there is no use OF learaing."f
Charleston and Sapanah. Railroad.--
Cnuncil, at their last meeting. subscribed
Railroad, which with the amount subscri-
bed by individuale, sccures the charter for
this important work.--Mercury.
TALKING on NEBRAsKA.--Tle Washing
ton Sentinel Thus FOOLS up the talking that
has been done on this question :"Speeches
for the principle of the bill IN the Senate
II !; m the House 45--total 81. Speeches
against tho bull in the Senate IL; in tho
House 55--total 66. Besides The, speeches
actually delivered, Messrs. Bliss, Cook,
Evcrhurt, Sage, Howe, Stuart, of Ohio,
and other gentlemen, Cat least twelve in
alb obtained pcrmissSon'to publish their
| speeches, not having heen successful in
their efoEts ,o Obtain the Gcor tu cel;pey
t..cm." ~
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IoUR REPORTER
Correspondence Of Banner.
CnAnLEsroN, May 21ih 1854.

@'i-''N It-| io.'l -'i'i III lSo't.
-Ncs3"a Filters 1t is at al times
pleasant to communicate with absent
friends, but it is different matter to
write to esteemed and valued asso.
ciates, Knowing whatever you say will
meet the eyes of thousands. You
must therefore make every possible
allowance for the letters of Your cor.
respond ent from the Queen City. lie
viii do his best to fill up corner in
yonr excellent Journal, in an agreeable
man:icr~-i! il! he fails, pass him by.
Charleston, we regret to state, is no
longer the busy, busting, city, she was
two years ago. The Wilmington and
Manchester RoaG that her citizens, un.
fortunately for them. snccrcd al and
rilicuIcd, is q sore thorn in her side.
The travel from, and to the North no
longer passes through her limits; and
the Iron Horse has superseded the
floating steamers that conveyed pass
eugers and burden along tie Atant ic
Coast to Wilmington n. C. The Char.
leStcnians are calculating on the North
Eastern and tho Rabun Gap Rail
Roads to restore her tradc-but We
fear their expectations will not be full y
grutified.
The Citadel Cadets arrived here on
Saturday last from their cxpdition to
the up.conntry. They appear well
pleased with the trip. Although the
districts they passed through were
generally sickly, yet no death occurred,
excepting the drummer connected with
the land, who died in Grccnyille,
pneumonia on Sunday 2lst inst. Ma
Jor CArEns acted not only rs an officer,
but as father to them. Many have
been granted furloughs to return home
for short time.
The telegraph announced the p as
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FGssTtai Ui .EaIiy.

Ia II not time that our Citizens were ma
King some arrangements for the celebration
OF the approaching fourth OF tu!y. 1t has
been long time since this day has been
publicly conmemora,cd tera, and we can
think Of no more appropriate or convenien,
place for such a celebration, than the capt.
tol Of The District.
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1854, and that the said Charles Grifiiths is
guilty OF murder.


ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON AN AMERIcAN
VEssEL.-A letter from the Falkland Is
lands to the New York Heruld, dated the
18th Of of.March, gives the particulars of an
outrae sed to have been committed on
one ds vessels, the Hudson,
by ordaI syernor, under frivu-
Ious charge Drought against the captain Of
killing some wild hogs OH one Of the s-
lands. A warrant was not only issued for
the arrest Of Captain Cliff, but British
vessel. the EEpreSS, was sent TO New Is
land TO capture the ship and crew, and
bring them INTO Stanley harbor. This
outrageous proceeding was fully carried
/ out, and on Captain Cliffs appearance
| before tho magistrate of the latter place,
he was fined in the enormous sum of ESQ
upon the charge OF killing twenty two hogs
| IN August last although these animals
had actually been placed there by himself
and others, whali1aainashe neighborhood,
for the purpose sding. On the
American Comm4 bIonicvideo, re-
ceiving Information io occurrence, he
Immediately despatched The ship of war,
Gernantown, to inquire into the facts, and
all The papers in the case will be immcdi.
atcly forwarded to our Government, III or
der that it may demand IT r'paration for the
result to our flag, and compensation for
breaking up the ships voyage. The whole
proceeding seems to have been dictated
by jealousy, rs our whalers have monop.
oily of the fishery OF those islands.
Courier.
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T3nc'GOsf on Esac War.

The Chancellor Of the Excnclucr has
asked for S2S,On0,U0O as an crira appro
priaton for the war expenditure of Great
Britain. 1t is stated that the cost OF trans
porting each Cavalry soldier from England
10 the seat Of war on the Danube will he
5000 or more than three times the rate OF
a first class cabin from Liverpool to New
York
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Vote OH ap.e-NcDrnska

From the published lists of votes on tiHa
bill, we perceive, that there were ll3 ayes
TO 100 noes. OF the South Carolina dele
cation Messrs. BoYcE, BEooKs and ORR
voted in the affirmative F.; Mr.. AIKEN paired
off with an opponent OF the bill, though it
10 stated that he was in favor of il, Mr..
MCQUEEN was absent on account Of illness
in his family, and Mr.. kElTr did not vote.
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Tine ainRc OF Steamers 20
Wilmington.

We see it announced in the Charleston
papers That arrangements have been per-
fected for running a line of steam
,ers from that Fort to Wilmington, N. C..
The arrangement to have gone into erect
on the 23lh inst, and The boats to leave
Charleston on every Sunday, Wednesday
and Friday.
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a Gard.

To the members Of the Central Committee
appointed by The late temperance Con.
Uention throughout the State.
Alta recent meeting Of the Central
Committee, held III Columbia OF. the 90 h
instant, i, was made the duty of the Sec.
rotary to publish card, addressed to all
the members scattered through the State,
requesting them to hold, in their respect,
i've districts, counties and parishes, meet
lnge, on the 4h July next, and to secure
speakers to discuss the subject of prohibit
irs by law the traffic in ardent spirits.
b. Nj. PALMER,
Secretary Of Central Committee.
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Thae HRalcpepaAcHat Press.

Ann.2ng the'many changes III the edilori-
nj rSIBse of the State we notice the whl.
dras@l oi Is. l.. PosEY, Esq, from the M-
dependent Press. paper he has edited with
spirit and marked success. Other engage
menis more suited TO his tastes is the rea
son offered by Mr.. PosEY for his withdraw
al. The name. OF his successor is not
yet anpHunccd.
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EflHst Prize Tale.

We announce with much pleasure. TINT
10 our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr.. JrHy
w. ERWIN, has been awarded the frs,
prize, of seventy.iivc dollars, offered by
the proprietors of the Co!unJia Banner.
for tho best original taic.' The story will
be published in the columns Of the Col,ym,-
blN Banner and also in The Carolinion.
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Eo. The BANNER.
COLUMBIA, May 9th, 1851.

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printed on tho wall with. ,o,,.rs oe ,r,or
vitae. " Suffer y,,,l. chi,dren 10 co,,o uo,o
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Sem tHgsccG.

TIE Court OF Appeals at its las. se-sion
IN Columbia refused to grant 4 new trial to
THOMAS NJ. kINMAN, who was found guilty
OF stealing slave at the spring term OF
the Llurc,s Court AMI sentenced :i.m 10
be hung at Laurcns &. H., on the 2S,h OF
July neXt
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Correspondent of The Banner.
New YoRt May 26, 1854.


DEAR BANNER :Whlo the Nebras-
ka Bill was unler discussion, the
American flag warcd q high from the
Tribune build ngs NV, that the bill
HAS passed, it 40 longe floats! T! Gree :
apswo expect, will shoily secede from
the Union, wearicJ an disgustcd with
the "wickcdncss Of be Republic as
shown BY the passage Of the Nebraska
measure. Many conlale with linn, in
sorrow for the demolition of the Free
Soil party.
The trial Of Mrs. Jnc Robinson for
murder is now going,n i'll the Ciacuit
and has alreay created much
spgcnt. The Oprt Room is dai-
'tyS ngcd ny mcn nd eOoAen draw
hi'hehy a mor|ft curiosity. The
general impression seems to be that
she will be convicel. The evidence
on both sides is of ,D.:indclcate a ma +.
turc for lis to give III abstrac. of it.
Strollirg UP Broadway, on a pleas
ant morning this feck, VIC were nc"cr
more foicibly reminded Of the remark
of Douglass JeD!d, "in great cities
life and death go ,;nd in hand," Be.
fore us walked a bridal party joyful
and happy. Tho followed closely
after, Il funeral llQeassion conveying
to his last home lhonor and re-
nown. At the cs!ss Sthc two par.
ties met! The e,ntrast was toe s,rils
ing to pass uunottcd. But Broad Iway
may be vieeed miniature world
AS n daguerre1tpc Of human life in
all it phases aud yi,isi,udcs. II ches
and poverty-ploty and want--happi
ness and misery.-litc and death here
meet and pass alng in company!
The Board q Aldermen at their
last meeting reused to giant retail
licenses to tw, hundred applicant,
mostly Gorcigneh. Ofcrurse, a great
quarrel cusucj. Westervclt, 20 Iii,
shame let it be sid, is strongly oppos
ed to that action of the Board and
has recommended tht applicants to
trYgslc law |. the rummics do
y, ~: :,ol sharp, they viii lave the
IN, Liquor Law to contend against
next year.
The Rev. Joseph Faryher, an Eng
!ish clergyman Of note. arrived here
from liverpool last week. ! ic is !,
take charge of'hc Primitive Method
ist"@earch in Brooklyn. -
4 |, is rumorcd that n special 'n:tssen
ger WAS sent by the Govarnmenp t,
tho Russian E'IEet in the BaliiYSn the
steamer N"r.H.S Star that gleit here, oN
Saturday. i1s object q his mission
is net exactly kn VII. In connection
with this, we learn from the IIcral,
that the Secretary Of the Navy is On
gaged in overlooking and preparing
for iini;led;atc use, al! he Government,
vessels in New York Harbor, p,cpara
tory to a ';LrnSA : with Spain
John Mitcheil,s Journal the "Ci,izen'
is rapidly falling Oft. he fact is, oul
people are getting tired Of foreigners
who, however worthy and clc"er they
may b". have no business cndcavorine
tn teach Americans their duty to thei
nati"c land and IKE principles on which
their government is based.
Where is I<ossu,I aud what is Il,
doing! is now the topic OF converse
ton. Time will show.
IoUR REPORTER.
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~- -s-,&.Ss.c

TIE Recent MURDER AT SAVANNAH
We copy from the Savannah Nems the
following ia relation to murder OF which
we have spoken before:
Coro'mr'S Inquest on James 1Gole, before
C"roner Eitcn, ami a Jury-Fcrdicf
GuIy Of 1iurtler returned
\ Co.oncr's inquest was held yesterday
afternoon III the Hospital! of Mcssrs. Wild
man 81 Gar;lhI. 10y coroner + len, on the
hudy of james Too!r, who died from the
effects o! pistol shot, at hall-past twelve
O'Clock Oh Tuesday norr;ing. Tie follow
nlg IL a biet o"tlne OF the testimony:
We "ma the other testimony and insert
only The following. winch gives succlnct
account oi the transaction:
Mr.. James VI. Butter, sworn--IIe saw
lwo men meet each other at Liberty
square. They appeared TO DC quarrclIlng
about something. One was large man,
aud TIC other was a small man. The large
man struck the sIEnli man and slew hun
around. The deceased struck the other
III the mouth. they cilnchcd each other,
and the small man threw thu olher down,
and held han OH the ground. BY the re-
quest ol the large man, the small man let
The large man get up. The large man
drew pistol and snapped II a The other
Thc dccehsed ran towards the stables, Dc
!ng pursued by the other, who snapped his
pistol second lime .. lhc deceased. The
large man snapped third time al the de-
ceased, and w,tucss believes, The tl.ird
shot took effect, as he saw the deccas,
throw his arm around and hold his back.
Deceased ran down President street, and
the other man down Slate-strcet, which
witness bel ewes lie did, to head off the
deceased. Witness pursued the man and
When he came up with him, found that he
had been arrested by MIR. Cooper and Mr..
Fuwcett.
The jury returned verdict that the
deceased came to his death by a wound in
flicled on the back, about an inch and a
half from the spine, about the fifth RIB, with
a pistol ball or II buck shot, inflicted by
one Charles Gititli5, on tho 10th May,
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~ office,

We have been requested, by those
in'anthority, to announce that there
will be meeting of the 'Vigilant Socie,
ty in the Court House on Sale day
,iext, at l2 o'clock. A full and pune
tual attendance Of tho members is 50
licited as business Of Importance will
he brought before the meeting.
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Yankee g;r,frrp,rjsr

Two i,izcns OF New York, who rejoice
IN tho title OF ." brcvet major" are raising
two regiments of volunteers with the in
'ent OF offering their services to Govern
ment' in case Of war ,Mi'h Spain, which
IL regarco as inevitable doubtless they
are prompted 10 this step by the pures,
patriotism.
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y EAG Nebraska AR6EH.

This Bill (without the Clayton pro.
riso) passed the Sen ate between one
and two O'Clock thursday night last
by vote Of "a to Is.
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'e'Eac Gro as.

The crops, as far as We have been
able to learn, are generally much bet
ter than could have been expected 4
month or two ago. The frost and cold
weather durin} asst month injured
the" not a l'fTa 0they have come
out wonderfully lattrrly and we shall
not be surprised to learn that the
average yield is better than last years
We know "fscvcral farmers who have
mnch better prospects now than they
had at thi, time OF the year for years
past. The rain on Monday last will
add, too, a g'ca. deal to the chances ola
go"icr"p. Vegetation generally looks
much improved since.
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CO'lTGN MAR "a H:'a'.

CHARLESTON, MAY, 27.
COTTON.-Thc market this dav
presented its usual dulIness, and the
transactions were limited to 200 bales
Mt extremes, ranging from 6 to Sc.
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E3tylditV Court,

The Court Of Equity will commence its
annual session for Sumter District in this
place on Monday rext. His Honor ChanI
cellor Benz. F. DUNCAN is expected to
preside.