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

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any corn for sule?" The answc liz, 81
have travelled twenty miles around every
way, and can hear of not a bushcl to bc
had, for love, charity or money. The poor
man offers TO work a day for a peck Of corn
TO feed his wife and children on. lie ~
turned off with an answer, M, own
ia aiIy will have to suffer If sell my
corn Horses and mules arc turned out
TO perish, or live in the woods rs hes, they
can; and husbandmcn that have farms and
no corn will not be able to cultivate more
land than they can tend will, the hoe
Tie writer concludes by arguing The pro-
pricty OF appealing to tn, Governors OF
Tennessee and Georgia for aid.
The Cheraw Gazette says Moses
HARRISON, who wus convicted of the muir
der OF +. A. Rogers at the las, term Of the
Court. and under sentence of death which
was 10 lie executed on The 29;h OF juno,
on Sunday morning an hour or two before
day. made Ills escape from prison. lie
was confined by Il chain 10 the floor OF the
cell. 1t is supposed that with a w,rn t,k.
eli from a water bucket, he surr,}sled in
unlocking tho lock that fastcncdrlh, chain
and that with the sairc wire he Successive.
~ unlocked all the locks, and made hi.
Naypo the lower floor and escaped
through the windows. lie was tracked
where he left the road and went across
the fields Of Mr.. Nathan Fans. and until
he came to ,hc run OF Smith Swamp.
The Rev. james Dannclly, one of tie
Oldest and best known ministers in the
South Carolina Conference. died ON Satur.
day, the 2S,h ul;-, at his residence near
LownJesrlllc.
a despatch from New Haven, dated
April 2Sth, says :-\Vi!!ian Clark, a
young grocer merchant Of this city. a, J
O'Clock this evening, shot through The bead
Richard White, twenty, four Years nl age,
III Whites dwelling Oh Sherman avenue.
White i!sd some time ago married a N ISIS
Bogar,, 10 whom Clark had been very
much attached, and the murder originated,
il - s!:.!, from that circumstance. All!
the parties arc Of good standing and char.
actor. The distress OF Whites wife AMI
her mother haze created the .reatcst syll.
pathy. The murderer has been arrested.
White sill brCal'irs, but lis death IL look.
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Henry Thomas" says the -AhLev.!!c
Banner. "Sun of y. w. Thomas. tor,ucriy
q; Pine"ilie, Az interesting 10y OF eleven
years, was killed last Friday at hAs moth.
cr's residence in this District, under the
mos: mcIant holy circumstances. He had
gone INTO The yard 10 shoot Il bird, b.,
missing it the first fire, sent his little sis
ter for lbs powder and shot, with winch j,
seem he immediately reloaded his gun.
and LAYING it Oh the nrOund, went to LOOK
sir gtuir.-Ni I,ir doing this, 4 little lie.
gro boy. uoi more than seven years old.
'oni .P Tic gun, eXciaimm4. Mas. Hen.
Y, | am gong t. shoot you,' Il, he >a,ne
lime presenting it. Henry instantly rush.
cd towards h;in To take the piece iron,
h:m and when so close int the muxz!r
nearly touched l. person, It ras disclar..
cd, whether accidentally or purpp.c,y,
canno, now be known. The whole load
passed through his body. The poor 30.
threw his arms round his mothers neck,
gave one gasp and died.
The .Ahol.tion;>;s. have in the d~cspcra.
ton and modification Of Their recent lair
urrs IN Kansas, called for the intervention
oi tho United State, Amy /" pu, down
The MisSouriFiS, who. as they say, have
lntcr;crcd with the rights al the elective.
franchise in that they have cmi.ra,cd to
and exercised the rights OF citizenship IN
TIA, Territory.
The Allies and the Russians recent
ly allowed each other an nrlni<tic 10
bury their dead. The officers and soldiers
va III tNHI"sNilsN '''iItltui1lN ilillII ~ "ltIl
each other, smoked cigars and cracked
Jokes, the Russians Jncoscly asking when
the Allies intended To take Scbaslo2ol,
and what time they expected to lcarc.-
As soon as the ]arniis:;c MAS over the par.
ties went TO work again canuonadng each
oIl!cr i~icrcc!y.
The cars ran over the new ,-ustlc work
across The Wnlcrcc Swamp, for Tie first
time, on Thursday last. This work has
been completed WITHIN a year from lis
commencement, and is SAID to be n solid
and thoroughly constructed piece Of work.
a letter from ST. Louis, Missouri, dated
the lllh Of April, says that III th.t .Slalr,
IN Illinois and Kentucky, cattle. 81, ccp and
hogs had been dying during the past lnur
weeks Ivy hundreds, from cheer starya,i"n.