The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-04-04

'onhd III Alabama some fourteen ycnrs ago
by German named Koch, exhibited in
New York, and afterwards sold to a DIR.
Mcdowell ut st. Louis, was lately taken
ior debt, and in process of removal fell
10 pieces and many OF the bones were
broken, when the wonderful monster was
found to be Of genuine plaster of Paris for.
nation and OF entirely German origin, be.
ing connected with The primeval epoch,
only by the raw material.
The Charleston Mercury Of the 2gh
inst. says; Eight hundred and thirty
bales ol cotton were pressed and shipped
yesterday by the Union Cotton Press, be.
tween o'clock, Il. III. and 7 D. IN. allow
ing time for meals. One hand trucked
The whole of il from the press 10 the
drays, distance of 50 feet, makipy the
distance travelled during the day nearly
sixteen miles, on eight OF which were
carried $4,000 pounds OF cotton. One
hand also cut all The ropes necessary to
tic the bales.
The magnetic telegraph between Bonn
oay' Madrns, and Calcutta was opened on
the hrst OF February. Tho whole en-.
tcrprIsc embraces distance of over ,wo
thousand miles, and has been conplc,ed
IN little more than year.
The body Of Emma Moore, whose mys.
terous disappearance few months s,nce
caused so much excitement, was found in
mill race under the ice few Jays sinrc.
ny person who was getting water from
a hole in the ice. The body was identified
oy Tie earrings and bonnet.
The new prohibitivc liqnor bill of Maine
provides lor Imprisonment for the first Of.
fence, for the third not less than three
nor more than six months, and for The
fourth and every subsequent conviction,
sl,Ou0 fine and one year in the State
prison. The bill received the signature
Of the Governor on Saturday last.
The Mexican papers have recently
been publishing census OF that coun.
try. From it we gather that there arc in
iiat country s. cities, i35 towns or
large villages, 4,9O0 villages, 1l9 mis-
slons, &c; l7O l,aciendas, and 6,O32
farms, &c. Population 7,S53,335.
The Pennsylvania Institution for the
Blind has now l25 inmates, which is an
Increase of 2H since last year, and the
arges. number since its foundations Th,y
are saTi"us!y employed. and 30 Of ,neH,
now support themselves.
by the arrival OF Inc Isabel, from Tia.
vaia. we learn that Roluano Pinto had
been executed under the military SEN
,"nce pronounced against I:im.-Fellx
and Estranpse were 10 be tried shortly by
the same tribunal.
The NEGRO AND THE RAM.-In the
CaIao Peru) News of Feb 10Th, we
read as follows:
HEADS WIN.-The approaching carnl-
val season promises to be rich, rare and
interesting in It's character. BY reference
TO our advertising columns it will be
seen that buhiny match is in cnnlclnpa.
ton Lctwccn The steward of the Wild pr-
con and a ram celebrated for lis strength
and courage, Ii is almost unnecessary tn
add that the challenging party is a cuIureh
man. S"mc idea OF the strength Of
his skull may br formed from the fact ol
hs having day or two since butled in
The head oI a porter cask upon which
II hammer would make No impression.
a NovEk PLEDGE In Sullivan cou.-
iy, lml OH" Of the candidates tor county
clerk WIS pledged TO give one.lmlf the
proceeds OF the office to the widow of the
late clerk, and tho other promised in the
evcrt ol his election TO marry the ,oidoto.
4 preacher once took for his text these
words, 1.-The world, the flesh and tho
devil" and after some other introductory
observations he said: 81 shall touch upon
tiiC h'7oi', Pd'o i'sitiJ oSCl VIZ "oTiu dllu
hasten AS last as ! can to the devil"
Snooks says the best sew ing machine IN
The world is one about seventeen years old,
with ii short sleeve dress, and pretty lit.
tie feet with gailer huots on.
THE ORIGINAL MoEMoNs WERE NOT
PuLyGAMlsrs- Bill Smith n brother ol
Joe, the prophet, writes to the Springfield
j. urnal that the system of polygany got
up by Young, and other evils which
grow out OF it, are a libel and slander
upon TIE character Of the prophet, whose
bones now lie mou dering in martyrs
grave; and were Joseph Smith to come
forth from his Iow!y bed, and view the
condition OF things in the Salt Lake coun.
try, he would spurn from his prcscnce
Brig am Young, and dennunce his loalh.
some and daInnahIG doclrlnrs.'