The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-16
broken out and was raging fcarfnllya among
the French troops in the Crilnca.


broken out and was raging fcarlully. among
the French troops in tho Cri,nca.
The Lancaster Ledger sayE--"For SOW.
eral successive da. $, there has been a
continuous buzz. in every place in the
district, VIC have heard from. r.. is buzz.
ing is caused fFollr ilnmcnsc lerds'of 10.
Gusts, which have played the mischief
with the leaves. We arc not aware that
they have done any damage to tic grow
ing crop.
The funeral ~ohscquics Of the late FIX.
Governor Johnson, were c%elchruted. at.
UnionviIle on Saturday the 9TH inst. by
a procession OF tho Military, Lodge No.
70 ~ +. Nj. lntrndcnt and WarGcns of
Unionviilc and citizens generally. An
Grafton was delivered on the OCCASION by
Cox II. n. Dawkins, Solicit Tor Of the Nor
lLcrn Circuit.
The last returns Of the. Commissioners
Of migration show a marked falling oil;
IN the numbcr OF aliens landed ut New
York during the present year.. as coinpar-
cd will, tho arrivals in 1854. Between
the lst Of January and the 2Jtlro March,
last year the number of aliens Registered
WAS i3,,lS, this year during the same pc
Rod 23,73G,. a decrease OF 2J,2SJ.
Mr.. James Harley, Of Orangchung c.,
H., lost four excellent COWS on Thursday
Of last week, by a stroke Of ligl.ning.
The Eigciirld Advertiser says that 500
counterfeit bills, Oh the Bank Of Hamburg,
may he detected by observing Oh The gen
ninc bill the ropes AT which The hands are
pulling IN the middle of the vessel, and
which arc attached to " pully above, and
that on the counterfeit bill this pully does
not appear. Bat for this smnll defect, it
ir said the irnitaiion would have been per
feet.
The Lurk "Glara WinsInr' arrived in
New York Oh M~cndaYir>m For, an Prince,
bringing two men from the missing scloo-
ucr John Clark" which sailed from New
York on the 81 of March, 1r Kingston,
jamaica. The "Jolln Clark" was thrown
on her beam ends in Il sqnall on The 9TH.
She rigl,ied after the weather rigging had
been cat avtay,.Gut way iLil ofwu,rr.. Tho
crew were lett without food and water,
but on The next day obtained a krg OF
crackers that were wet witIrsait' water,
alter whiclr!hcy 60, Il bucket Of %iIigar,
some shark liver OIL. and some camphenc;
he latter made .l.cim stupid, and feel as If
they were on fire. Tic filth Lny a!ierthe
! catas!rop!r,.thc captain, mate. steward
and TWO men r'od, aud they, the W re-
naming mcn,.l'al nothing to cat for eight
days previous iu.bcing luk"noff These
that died went crazy previous TO DEATH
They a'so state that they saw two diff r.
cnt vessels, one a fishing schooner, which
came close to them, so hat they could
see the mai, at The helm, one cf which,
came so close that they l.al!omd tot HON;
the NeSSCi nOVc ~, ana came CiDSC up ull-
der their LEI. and after surveying them
put their helm hard up rnl bore away
without offering any assistance all were
living a, that time, and but Tor it being be.
fore DAYLIGHT could have read ~lcr:nrnc, as
her letters then were distinctly visible.
The weather was good. and nothing 10 hin.
Ter them Iru,n saving all on board. The
, n,lncs o! the two saveI are Rojt. Mckay,
tCaplain'a SON. and Charles Lowell.
Ciu.h"sinn Standard.
From the Annual report of the Board Of
Foreign Missions n( the Presbyterian
Church. just published, We learn that the
Receipts from all sources. including Il bal
ancc from lbs, year q Sl,2G7 So. amount
To SlSl.07l II
Expenditures l1:S7OJ 10
Leaving a general balance Of $500 o.
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