The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23

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which Announces, that on the 10th, yet
another, or the 35th aslcroid, was discover,
cd by DR.. Luther, at Blk, in PRUSSIA, or
but l3 days after the Bath was first seen
at Paris by VI, Chacornac.
A correspondent writing from II uvana
says the Sugar crop Of Cuba, from all
appearances, may be short from 100000
to 100000 boxes OF last years crop. 1t is
said by intelligent planters that It will be
at least one fifth oil.
Tho Winnsboro Register under stands
That the Board of Officers ordered by
General Aiken to try the validity of the
contested election for Brigadicr Gcncrcl
Of the 9TH Brigade, South Carolina Militia,
will meet on the 7lh day OF June next, ut
10 o'clock a. III.
One CT the largest d;s,illcrics in Scot.
land, tue Leilh distIlery, where 100000
gallons of whiskcy used annually to be
made, has just bccn converted into u flour
, mill.
The rcappcaraucc Of tho cholera in ST.
Petersburg, and other parts Of Northern
Europe, letters from shipping merchants
in Liverpool say, will check immigration
to the United States this coming summer
-shjpowncrs refusing to crowd their YES
sells should the disease make its appear.
ancc i'll England,
Mr.. Soulc in one of his letters to the
State department. makes singular disc.os.
urcS. He says that Louis Napoleon, be-
fore his celebrated coup d'e!nt, which
placed him al the head OF an empire, had
coacoctcd with General Narvcz, the
Spanish Minister, the plan of a mission TO
The United States, to sound how far this
country was vulnerable ira military point
OF view. y secret agent was 10 be sent
with Instructions prepared by the Depart
mcnt of Foreign Niiiirs. These ~instruc.
lions duly signed, were presented to Ma.
polcon Bonapar;c, the son Of .Icrnnc, will.
Il tcnderof what amount Of money he might
require TO carry them out. The latter
refused telling Louis Napoleon that lie
vas not the unan for such Il work; that he
was a democrat, and would rather be with
the United States than with hun. The
uiaticr was dropped, and has not hccn
resumed since, ut cast to the knowledge
Of Mr.. Soulc's informant. Mr.. Soulc him
sell appears to have full faith in the state
mcn,.
We learn from the Anderson (;tu.eue,
that upon the formation Of Library SO.
c!cty" in hat place, on the 18th inst. tho
opening address was delivered by lbzan J
Rice Esq. The address is spoken Of as
chaSic, elegant and instructive, and at
the conclusion, the President announced
that the meeting WAS open for further re-
mrrii~. Some Of The fair ones present
sv:'t 4 request 10 Coi. AslImorc to ld-
dress the meeting. Taken by surprise,
the Colonel after endorsing the views ad.
vanccd by Mr.. Rice, and expressing his
sympathy in the UbJocis of the society,
l~ncl;,af ,,,,;rr , .noo,y, I'm, ,c,,nu.l-
oi.oj no co,,n,.ro,, r,;, III, hr ,ho
lnGic. in an ,n,r.,-;,,o and ]r,I,,,, -,
ner. So ended a n~!easal, and cm,c.lain.
inG meeting.
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nc, cd thus n, lie advice Of his counsel
Mr.. Euticr. who denounced the vote OF
cynuIsion ay ,llcral and unius, IIc was
each time removed. However. bv Ike Ser.
"cau, a,-Arns. Win nc;rd under un ordc,
OF .hc House u.s,cd almost u~uanin:ousl7
The prccisc uu,uLcr { cyhibi,ors f.,
the Paris Exhibition is not at present
known, but i, is calculated i, will he bc.
,uccn - ODD ,rI Is ma -r,,hor nor,