The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-09
News Items.

sent them this morning in more detail
Yesterday Beef sold from Is to l9c. PR
ID; Veal, 20 10 25c. per ID; Lamb, IL 20
Csc. per ID; Pork, l5c. per pound; Chick.
ems. (very small size,) &c. per pair; larger
ones, one dollar to one Twenty-Five; Green
Peas, BIC. per peck; Strawberries, SIC.
per saucer OF about two dozen; Cabbages,
from to IL and 25c. each; Swcc, Po,a-
toes, So per peck.
The New York Herald, speaking Of the
scarcity of provisions at The North, says:
"lf there be not a revolution in these things
within the next ten years, the only alter
alive for Il suiliciency of bread in the North
will be- to fall back upon the Southern
system of African slave labor. Strike out
the products and supplies Of Southern
slavery Of the last year. aud sc of the
North would o he suffering the evils of
All Irish famine"
The Wilmington Herald says tia, the
falling off in the turpcntinc crop, ow ing
10 the late extensive conilagraiions, Will
be 50,0O9 barrels.
y Protest has been entered, says the
Camden Jour- al, agains, Lieutenant, Col
oncl Handing hcing commissioner AZ
Br!gad;cr General of the Cd, Brigade
South Carolina Militia, signed by nine
commissioned officers Of the 22d Ecsi-
lncnt.
The grounds Of protest are:
Frst-lllcgality IN voting in the Goth
Regiment; The polls were opened and the
election held without legal nnlice havin!
been given, al required b. the Militia
Laws of Sonlh Carolina, a. ID. lS4I, Ac,
1856, Section u.
Sccuud.-Sotcs rendered for Colonel
William J. Taylor, for tic office of Brl.a-
der General, were rcjnctcd, as wc con
ceivc, without sufficient grounds.
The matter will be referred hy Major
General Aiker, to a hoard OF officers, who
will hear the protest and determine whc,h-
er or not 4 new election hall be- ordered.
From the T'alcaluana correspondent Of
the Tunes and Transcript, says a Callior-
MIA paper, tive learn of the particulars Of
!he ]a.::::! :Mai5g5 al that port"
II appears that the America was board
&C as soon ~ she entered The ilarbnr bv
Mr. Charles Minturn, a pr"mincn, ani in
f~uen!tal citizen "f San Francisco, and
Mciggs. who hoped to have reached a
country where his misdccds were I'M
known, VAS appalled, a, 81 unexpected IN
appaTi;'OI. Recovering, however, Mcirrs
took MIR. MinIurn ASIDE, and brrL;cd d;
him, for the sake Of hi, wiie, whose heart
II would break, mt To reveal the f.lal Sc
ignorant :! <. What MI. stiniurn did
we arr mt advised; vnt the tao; WAS al
ready knowH on s!sorG-a newspaper from
San francisco having previously reached
That out o.. .l,e-wAy place. 'ii,c mos,
remarkable part "a tic story is, lia,
Mciggs had taken away but between
$4,000 to $4,000.
Til" 'elcgrapi,ic Inc hc,wccn C'oiu:nhia
and C!lr!o;tc has been u,cnct.
!: A great and unprecedented drought
prevails in MIss'Ss PIP; in the nejgkaor-
hood OF Wo"dv!llc, says Tic Republican:
."Thc heavens seem made Of brass. aud
Garth fast becoming a parchcd and burning
caldron. Corn is suffering very much
while much of the cotton i, not ye, uu.
there not being moisture enough in In.
ground to cause 1t to Ecrminatc-conSe.
qucntly the ~''prospccts" Il, this time are
gloom! enough.
The Holy Springs Democrat speaks in
very high ard cordial terms a. tie Hon.
w. s. Barry in connection with the Gov
crnorship. Col. WIN Melville has been
nominated ior The office - the Dc.nocra.
cy %! Madison.
Whilst The "rcst of mankind arc pay.
ing fro'u 30 To SO cents ii pound for butter.
we see that the article is sc!i;nLa at Con-
cord. North Carolina, at Hale p.
At the same place bacon is s l.2c:
hams 9: corn rs to so: oats 10.
The agricultural brancl, Of the Patent
Office has taken measures to procure seeds
OF the Bun ya-hnn-ya, of the fir tribe,
growing in Australia, where it llu.lri>hcs
in a region Of not much greater area than
thirty miles square. |, bears 4 rome near
~ two feet in diameter, filled with seed
the size Of an olive, and of flavor more rich
and delicate than ,lra, Of The ninc apple
1t is SO much esteemed by The natives as
tina. they at times travel hundreds Of miles
TO parlake of it.
Vast numbers Of l0custs have made
their appearance in the ncishborhnol of