The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-02-14
News ldcannS.

iiouse III Washington by a vote Of l55 10
id. IS
Counterfeit $50 Bis OH tho branch at
Augusta flhe Bank of the Stale of Gcor
gia have been detected
The small pox exists 10 considerable
extent in Nantucket.
In Houston, Texas, there is neither Jail
nor schooi-housc.
A'woman recently died in New York
worth $slOO,n0O and yet she lived in a
garret and received aims in the street.
An exchange paper calls the union of
England and France against Russia the
Bull Frog Coalition.
a fellow. at st. Louis, was nry
fined one hundred dollars for sending oh.
scene aud anonymous letters.
Itis reported that the Russians ave
! captured two English cruisers in the BAL
tic.
The Washington Clone says: "There
| is universal gloom in Washington this af-
tcrnoon, occasioncd by the death of Mr.
Maury. No event has for many days so
seriously affected our community
Ii 10 said that a vessel of war is to be
sent out immediately 10 Bird Island, to
redress the wrongs sustained by our Qua
no d'ggers there at the hands Of the Gov.
ernmcnt of VcncZuIa.
1t is generally supposed that the Prcsi-
dent will veto the French SpoIiaton bill.
The Charleston Standard of the lOti,
says: "Ahnut % minutes past 8, there
was an alarm of fire. winch soon aroused
the town, and was found 10 proceed from
the premises occupied by Mr.. a. NJ. Man
igauIt, and owned SO our reporter was
uformcd-by Miss A<hc, on Soulh-bay,
near King street. The flames were pro-
cccdng from the stable and kitchen of the
premises, and through the strenuous cx-
crtiunS Of our iircmcn, who were soon
upon The spot, it Was prevented from cx
ell was Of brick, but the wood work was
entirely consumed"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fifteen minutes aI-
ter the first alarm of fire, another was dis
covered, which was found to proceed from
kitchen on Tie premises uf Mrs Morgan,
on pritchard- street. The fire. however.
was cxtingui>i,cd by The residents of tic
ncighborll"n'I hclnrn ,!.c !;rci:ici could gel
upon the ground.''
About | O'Clock on the evening" of the
Slh inst, two parties, named Conner and
Thompson met near the corner Of meeting
and Market s'rcelsCharlcston and nn alter
cation occurring, Connor shot his adverse.
ry in the face. Conner wis arrested but
was afterwards discharged. 1t was thought
at first that the wn.!!!! VAS slight, btt ii is
thought now 10 be serious. THOMPSON,
o! his recovery.
The town "f Gainesville, Sumptcr coun.
ty' Ala, (nol Georgia, as leegraphcd), was
nearly destroyed by fire on Tuesday week.
Half the town is in ashes. Among lne
property destroyed are warehouses which
contained $500 bales Of cotton The loss
is estimated at $l00,000.
The Presbyterian says: "a party Of
rich gentlemen have arrived at Jerusalem
with the purpose Of commencing a colony
in Jericho. There are many smilar projects
proposed in different parts of the land.
Al Tyre and Silon an architect has ar
rived from England accompanied with
men and means to commence colony.
There are sixteen million fifty thousand
four hundred and sixty newspapers prin-
j ted in the course Of the year in the city of
Albany. This is ;32l to each inhabilant,
or more than one to each person every
! weekday in the year. The man that
don't take the papers, does not live in
! Albany
Kilkenny Moderator says:-'.In Carlow
. . ili'Sl nave UCCU commit
ted against Scripture readers during the
past week Recently. one Of ;heu, named
Kenny, WAS struck down by n stone
and his lie place in imminent dangc,
The resident magistrate has offered re.
ward for The discovery Of the perpetrator
of the outrage. A Roman Catholic priest
passed by when the assault was being
cClnm,tcd. lie was cIleered by the mob
and made no attempt to stop the outra
gcous proceedings"
France is making every effort for The
further prosecution Of the war. The sub
scriplions to The National Loan III Paris
and in The Departments, have amounted Il
eight hundred and ninety million francs
In the Conno Schools for CIR Is. the
ordinary studies are suspended, and tht
pupils are engaged il, making lint.
The Standard says: The Four Points
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