The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-04-18
The Chevalicr WikofTis out in the Her

his corp IL etat, proposed to send Il secret
envoy 10 the Cnitcd States, in order to see
what chance there might be of stirring up
revolution among us.
About sixiy.tive thousand bales Of cot
ton valued at over three millions of dollars
have been destroyed by fire in this coun.
irv during the last three months.
The St. Louis Herald raises the name
of Sam Houston rs a candidate for the
Presidency, subject to the decision OF the
democratic voters at the polls.
Tho Pl al lcr's Bank Of Fairfield has dc.
clarcd a dividend o! eight per cent, for the
last six months.
The business Of shipping European pau.
pcrs for New York,sccms quite lively this
Spring, in the principal scaboard cities OF
France and Germany. The latest con.
Signncnt Of bcggary consists Of three hun
drrd and tu cnly Swiss. There are mere
to follow, it seems. Mayor Wood, it is
said will not permit this ragged regimen,
to land.
Several attempts have been made in
Charleston to set fire TO the Cotton at the
South Carolina Railroad Depot
The great four mile race against time
over the New Orleans course VAS won hy
Lexington. The time Of the heats were,
lS,. LII ID. 81, 81. l.5l l-2, oh
Arrow and Joe Blackburn ran with him.
Last week was the Jewish passover. 1t
was observed aunng tic lsrLcitcS, in
con,ucruoration oi the departure of the
children OF Israel from Egyptian bondage
and slavery.
Serious riots occurred in Cincinnati; last
week and there was much fighting and
hlood>hcd between the Americans and
Germans.
From notice in The Columbia "Iimes"
we learn llla, all application FOR Executive
clcmcncy must be accompanied with Il
report of the case from the presiding
judnc; otherwise they will not br corsd-
cred.
The New York Express Of Tuesday
says: ''l.rsi night Captain Turnhull, OF
lhr Eighth Ward police, arrested, on
warrant issued by Mayor W"nd, Pat,
learn, one Of The most celebrated gam
:crS III the city, ANA keeping a gambling
palace at 5S7 Br 'adway, whrrc he has
| held lo:ih years past; sometimes, accord
inr to rulnor, making as high as sl3,OOO
ur $!O.UOO nl.ht. Pal is an Iri>lman,
% years ol age, and is said to he very
wealthy.
y descent was also made b: Captain
TuTnbnl upon the gambling housr, 537
Broadway, kept by 10 eph S. Hall, a
u'Icrncrr y, ,h" keeps magnificent
place, and whosnas made Il fortune equally
as large, perhaps, as Pat Ilcarn. Hail
WAS also arrested by order of Mayor
W.'nA, "lo has issued an cd,c, To otter
os &C captains 10 apprchcmd all such
offenders as arc to be found IN their res
pccl!vc districts.
y late Northern paper says: "During
the time OF The South Carolina. nulliica-
! lIon. 80 great, it is sad, WAS the excite
mrul in Congress- that almost every north
ON Cnnwr">>lnln, with the exception of
Mr. Webster, wore arms. lie himself
wa- 2ast!y amused. when one day, at "A
dinner party in i.is house n ;Inzcn mem
hers OF Congress, incIui;ng in,lhc nu,nh"'
Mr.. Edward Everett, whom he had invited
;i$ gurS,S. came To !lin in great ,rrp Ia-
ton, a',.l approached him with Il brace o
pistols, asking him for drawer for their
! safe keeping during the entertainment
Oar present naval !orcc.consiStS Of ten
ships nt llIe line, thirteen iri9a'cs. twenty
scoops, four hrir$, one Srhn0ncr. ten screw
>icar cTS, ten >'d"-wIicrI steamers, seven
store ships and two receiving ships
The Charleston Cpuricr says land war
rlil'S arc III nOnu demand III New \ Ork,
ard worth :;l6n in $SlGJ-parts in propr.
ton. When The new ones are issued un-
der llic act OF tn" laIc Congress il is proI,a-
bic Tic price :, i decline somewhat Il. ere
Will, h"wcvcr, be no supply from this
source for some time.
In exhibition Of the l"ct tie nccc<SarirS
oi life everywhere hold cxnroi'an, rates,
We copy from The .ai'rna Inlclligrnccr
the following gcnrl". estimate ii The Cosi
of living in Washington -" The bcs,
flour is r"tallcd Il, eleven dollars and s,v
cniy.I live cents barrel; good butter is
forty cents a poun eggs eighteen GEMS
joZrn; hams twelve To fifteen cents Il
pound {; good IRISH potatoes seventy. five
cents a peck; dried apples fifty cents !;
dried peaches seventy. five cents"
Cation in New York, on the lllh, was
sl'il, with an upward lcndcuc.. Alidlling