The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

came up, and in the midst Of it's fury a light
ming stroke descended upon her, burning
the hair from the crown ofthe head to the
back Of the neck, melting her hair pins,
and proc ccding down her body-leaying
its mark as it wcrt-untiIl it passed
through the floor. Strange 10 say the Ia
dy lived, and is rapidly recovering.
The house in which, Charles Carroll of
Carrolton, the last survivor of those who
signed the immortal Declaration of Indc-
pendcncc. lived and'diet,. on the corner OF
Lombard and Front streets, Baltimore, is
cmbclishcd in front with tho words, Turn
HaHe and Bier Brewery," and open at. all
times, the Sabbath not excepted, for. the
sale of intoxicating drinks.
In return for tho splendid tiara, valued
at about 100000 reals, recently present
ed TO the Pope by tho Queen of Spain, his
Holiness has sent her Majesty the body Of
st. Felix the Martyr.
Notices have been given in the British.
Parl lament Of a motion tor a decimal coin
ag", and TO unite in n congress to establish
a uniform decimal system throughout the
wor:d-a most important end desirable OBJ
jcct, worthy OF and due TO the spirit and
intelligence Of the age.
On SATURDAY, the l2th inst, an election
was held at Louisville (ky.), for Magis-
tratcs and constables, resulting in the sue
cess of the Know-Nothings without scri.
Gus opposition. The election. however
was characterized by some disgraccful
scenes. A man named YIN. Gray fired
twice at another person, but missed his
aim. A mob then pursued Gray, who re-.
ccircd two balls in his body, and it is said
several passed through his hat. y German
seeing some of his friends attacked with
brick. bats fire.! n revolver twice and woun.
dcd two persons. lie was pursued to his
coffee house, severely beaten, and every
The Louisville Journal, from which we
gather these particulars, does not charge
any particular party with being in tue
wrong, but very correctly calls upon the
authorities 10 punish them no matter to
what party they may be attached.
The Lebanon Wing has an account Of
a riot at Hanover, between the students at
Dar,hmouih College and tie cadets Of the
Norw!Ach Military School. It seems that
some difficulty had occurred, wherein the
cadets felt themselves insml.cI, aid cross
cd the river in skiffs 10 see. redress. The
college students met them promptly, aud
quite Il battle cnaucd, in which the CADETS
were vanTuishcd by the superior numbers
OF the students. Finding themselves wors.
ted: the cadets Dire" their knives and pis-
tolls: and were about 10 wage deliberate
war, when the officers Of the college inter
tered. Meanwhile the college boys set the
boat udrilt, and thus cut off a retreat to the
cadets; n were obliged III travel 4 long
distance to regain the western shosc of
the river. The matter is 10 be inYcStinat-
cd.
The price Of meat has risen ID per cent
in Paris thin the last two months. 1t is
now entirely beyond the means Of the
poor.
Tie cholera continues it's ravagcs
among the cmigrants OH the Upper Miss;s-
sirpi. The boats are generally crowded
beyond their capacity. Unusual fatality
seem: to attend til, disease.
Hall, the negro barber, who was ares.
ted in New Orleans for robbing a man o
slIW, by admin.stc ring chloroform tc
him while shaving him at Dunkirk, has
been tried, convicted, and sentenced Il
fifteen years iInpr lsonment.
A. cores, ondcnt writes to US that hi
has been through Georgia, Tennessee am
North Alabama recently and the wheat
crop were very fine.