The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23
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Uc PRICE corn h Edgl -, "Sl'lu
per bushci: Il yet sush is%'lihe m~ ia far
cotton, says &c Agriculture th'SfFir, that
most of tllcfarn,ers hive o"'y planted
CROUCH corn for the" ow, VANS aud a
bnro suilici9cy for that.
The Mayo Of tkccity Of Columbia has
requested ~thccQ%ens Of Columbia TO be
as economical ',i'"IiriH'c in their use of
The water snp2't. to u,easfrom Sidney
Park. The lon rA' which has pre-
vailed for scyeA 'toa, having very
porceptib!y din tneu the How Of water
from The spriu yln; supply the Water
Works. The "a2'y sufficient.
a ,cIcgrap' ( ii L nES5rn-G:nssslaisser~
dated May l7th SIS: The Trial Of james
Sharpe and DR.. GiSharpc, for The murder
of their bother, Ohm Sharpe, Oh the lllh
November last, .ommenccd TO day by try
ing them ieperacly. James Sharpe MAS
found gully q; manslaugh,er, a d is to
DC b%randctin the hand.
The triahcf DR.. G.. Sharpe ONES on
Tomorrow morning.
y later r<patch from Charlotte dated
May ION says: The case Of DR.. C..
Sharpe, tEeNrQihcr Of Jas. Sharpe, for the
murder Of iii brother, John Sharpe, came
Oh to-day, any he was also declared gully
OF manslauskcr. Both have just been
branded WHY the letter NJ. OF the thumb
and palm o. heir left hands, and scnlcn-
ccd lolwleye months Imprisonment.
Col. kinney has been again arrested
and hcld,t to bail in the sum Of $1,000. 1t
is said TIM his expedition Of 300 men was
ready to sIl, well supplied with arms and
ammuntioH|
The s!aiiFr sui, Of Birch against T. II.
Benton wa1Aecidcd in the Henry county
Circuit Cont on Friday last after Il trial
OF four day$iby the rendition Of n verde,
OF $4,000 d'qnagcs Tor The plaintiff: The
case VIII be carried 10 the Supreme Court.
AT a meeting Of the Board OF Directors
OF the Grccntille aud Columbia Railroad
Company ijust held in Columbia, the sur
veys Of the lne OF The proposed branch
road lr"m N~i!nty-SiX or Greenwood to
Akin. and of the projected cxtcnti"n OF
the GrccnviEc and Columbia Railroad
from Grccnvilc to Asliyi!lc North Caro-
Ina, wee orlcrcd 20 be made.
At amcetlrg OF the Trustees of The
South Carolina College held Oh the 4t!,
lust, the following gentlemen were APP
pointed a,"Baard of Visitors" TO attend
the lina! examination O: The Senior Glass
III College, in November next:
+. II. Warllaw, w. T.. DcSaussurc,
James Chestnut, Jr., w. f. Finley, Rev.
Donald Mcqueen, Rev. w. llcmpiliIl,
Prof =. Edwards, Or. WIN. NJ. Wight
man, J. ". Hudson, w. Gilmore Sims.
~ tclcsraphr dispatch from New York
dated 10 May, says; the Grapeshot has
returned bringing Baker, The murderer
o PooIc. The Grlpcshol arrived at Pal
WA II day, hc;ure the arrival OF lie YES.
sci containing Baker.
The Columbia Tunes Of Friday says;
:. pro,ractcd meeting, hold q, lie Marion
street Methodist Church, OF Which the
Rev. Mr.. Mood is the stated Minister
has just been brought to a close. We arc
pleased 10 learn that several have conncc-
ted themselves with tic Society, and tina,
a healthy state OF piety pervalcs The entire
membership.
The Baltimore Republican has seer al
the Suffolk WORKS al extraordinary i'm
provcmcnt il artillery, which is called
'':Shnw q Ames' Patent Revolving Bat
,cry,' an invention II hIr Erasmus n.
Shaw ana Emerson .Amcs, both citizens OF
Baltimore. It consists uI 4 brass cylinder,
revolving horizontally, and containing any
number OF chlnbcrs, with a stationary
barrel. 1t il loaded, prin,cd, fired an,
swahbcA, all wiih one simple movcmcn
Of a break, which wc SAW repeated eighty
times III one minute.
The H:atuchy I'ribum", says:
Bishop Spauii'ng, the Roman Catholic
Rishn- NJ ill., S.r.r IL tho wro,iLi,st