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

day night,-when they stated that the
"dlurnnl rotation of the obIa,c spilc.
r"id produced % c%onvcxity Of incalcu-
liable cohesiveness in the heavenly b..
dies"
The Commissioners oflle new State
Capitol are at present exposed to d
scorchIng fire from the batteries Of
"Esqnapndcnali" . correspondent Of
the "Carolinian," who well represents
the public opinion Of our City. Their
treatment OF Mr.. G. L. Walkcr-their
effort to injnrc that gentlemen in the
estimation Of the public-their total
mfitness for ~disclInrgiug tho duties de-
volving on them have justly rendered
their late official acts obnoxious to
the community. Mr.. Walker will,
in a short time make q full exposition
of the whole matter, and then whers
will these amateur arc hitccts-sc. nj.
engineers with their German friend
be? We propose to give, ut another
time, an account Of their proceedings
since January, aud then your readers
will unite with us in The hope that tho
next Legislature may turn out Of Of
flee the entire Board. For the present
we leave them to the tender mercics
of "Esquapudenah," who will without
doubt ride them over q rough road.
The May Exhibition of the South
Carolina College viii take place OH
Thursday, Friday, and SATURDAY even.
ings next. Twenty.scven young gen.
tlcnen have received appointments
and each one will NC trust, comc lip
10 his expectations. The exercises
will be held in the College Chapel
which is nearly completed. 1t may
be intercs ing to many fyour readers
TO know that the corner Stone OF the
old Chapel--recently destroyed by
firc-was found a day or two ago
while eXcavating earth for the tounda'
ton OF the building soon to rise ON
the same site en Which the old Chapel
had stood for So many years.
i he Board of Trustees meet on to-
morrow evening. One recommends.
ton will be made to them by the
Faculty, 1T the request oi the students,
viz II change i'll the hour for each re.
Si'bl'oh3 ~ AS W h.SC liC ltlICc ullIT
recitations in the morning. The hot
weather and Importance OF CT use
attention to studies at this time render
some such move necessary. Exam
nation commences III juno 20lh and
Will probably continue until July lst-
The Z. l.. AS Captain Hampton
proceeded on Il targct'tiiing excursions
on Friday. This being rather an
unusual sight, iiiaiiy uf our citizens.
were present To witness the mOdus
~opcramdi. The target WAS OF wood
s.x lcct square, and mo"rcd in the
ConSarre river So that all danger from
balls might be obviated. Fifteen
having been fired, the carriages on
which .he annon were supported
broke from the rccoil Of the gun when
tired-in consequence Of which the
firing vas suspended, much 10 the
regret Of the Company and the citi.
zens present. The Z L. AS are tho
"i,;y Artillery Company in this section
uillc State aud arc certainly worthy Of
praise for their zeal, ci,c'gy, and per-
severance. Nor must we omit To
mention, while diSc"ursing on Military
%ailliIs, the parade of the liiilelucn OH
Saturday morning and that Of the
College Cadets in the evening Of the
am day. The t.rlner performed.
Light Infantry movements, sach rs
s~lrmlshlIy in advance or retreat, with
The accuracy aud precision of veterans
The Cadets march exceedingly we'll
aad the only regret is that they do not
inu ter more men on parade.
Truly Yours,
(~nrMn1rSS1a