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TIE UMTEI BANNER EI)rTOnS 3. S. RICII A RDSUN, J W. F. B. IIAYNSWOIITIr. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1855. Agcnts tor the Bannv'r. The following persons have been ap pointed Agents and are authorized to re. ceive, and receipt for, all s1umS due the .Sunter Banner. Any person wi-hing to 'ecome a subscriber to the Ianner, liv handing them their name and address will have the paper forwarded promtu)Ily. They will also see to forwardinlg all ad vertising husiness connected with the paper. W. W. WrATr.rR JR.,..Clunbia 8. C. S. W. WITAKER...Wilmington, N. C. i WILLIAM IIYDE......... .......". .." W. F. B. IIArNswonTh, St'rville, S. C. R. (. JA)GAN, " 44 W. S. LA WTON &. Co. Charleston, S. C. J. Russm.t. BAKEn, .4 No other person is authorized to receipt for the Danner. 19f- Persons wishinur to see its upoln business connected with tie Paper or La w can find us at any hour (lnring the (.-day at our office, just back of So:.omass' New ttore. IIT All letters addressed to the Banner imust be pre-paid to insure atten tinn. Sale Da:uy. Monday last, s.le day, saw quite a num ber of our country friends in town. 'I'le amount of property sold was small and 1 the prices reached were not h'glh. The Weathier. The country has suffered much for the want of rain. Up to Monday last, the.. complaint was general with our plinters that they could not get their seed up ; but rain came at last, und .on Monday and mbonay night we were blessed with most refreshing and invigorating Ohowers. Vegetation looks revived and we hope the chances for good crops may not be eitirely gone. Coloatel's Election. We have been credibly informed that the protest filed against declaring Major A. ii. Cossons, Colonel of the 41th Regiment South Carolina Mlitia, was ar. gued before a board ofmflicers on Saturday last, in Columb:a, and the grounils of the protest sustained by themi. The election has been sent back to the people. 'The day of the clection has not yet been ap. pointed. "'Omilkrotam." In another co umin will be found a se. vere and austic rebuike of the conduct of those who, on May.day night, so far for. gui ihemnseives and the respect due to the .omniiuiiy, and eupecially to the young ladies, as to commit the indeceicies coin . plained of by "Omtuikron," While ie as public Jour:;alsts, can biut Condemn the conduct of ioe, be they old or young, who committed theve acts of tresp~ass upon the property anid feelinigs of some of onr citizens, we shmoubd have re. gretted to have betentopelled to admoin. ister to them the rebuke their condnet de servos-for we must think that it was ri. aher a thoughtless, thtan a wvilful an.I de'ib. erate act, and we catn but hope that it will be an isolated instance of the kind mith annals of our pleasant and hi cialble ihttio town. The article of "Oimikroni," which relieves us as to 'the negeessitv of further comment upon this a0lftr. is couched in such language as to be* serere and at the samne time not at all per onal. The abus. es hie compjlains oif are no fictions, atnd the improvements stuggested are, to us, uabso. lute necessities. The May Party. Last Tuesday evening saw a fairer and larger assembly of young beaux~ anid helles, met togethter to do homage to the season, than we recollect to have ever before seen in Sumterville. The rooms se!ected for the celebration were larfge, commodious and pleasant, and the decorations do honor to tho taste of the young ladies, tunder wvhose sole moanagetment thme entertain mlent wvas conducted. T1he addresses of the Queen, IHerald, Flower giris,.ilsof 110. ntor,Spring, Summer, Atutumnn.Winter, and an army of other little charming fairies, have been, at our request, furnishaed us for p~ublication, bt',their len ti h.precltudes the, possibility of publishing them this week ; suffice it to say*, that they were well chosen nnd in keepinmg with a seasin, when : "Bright is the sun and muildl the breeze, AndI bloom and verdure deck the trees." Of the~ mnaterial part of the cntertaiumnent ..-the supper--wve enn say nothing, fairy feet patting around the table, with dan eing eyes.and slirdng innocen', gleofil faces took up all our attentiona, even to the ex elusion of those large bowls of S'trawber ries and ereamn, for which we are wont to confess a decided weakness. Child-hiko happiness and gayety were the orders pro. -unulgated and written on the faces of the young and old. Whenx they do meet again ocasuch. another eve,.muay we be thero to see. Give us your ig Messrs Editors, we *Typos had the pleasure oif being present at the one givon on Thutrsday evening by the scholari of mss aloRGAN's School, and its .'... performed their part as * ac tori, and tho whole afibir was without a |I. The young I-adies' smiles .were as1 piercing as the t, and every otno seeed wrannpe in etto -at e.n.m.. News Items, We took iccastion, a few days ago, says lte Charleston Standard, toinotice the ex travagant high prices of our meat inarket., and though thero has not been much of a reductio inl the prices since, yet we pre sent them this moriin.g in more detail. Yesterday Beef sold from 15 to 18c. per lb; Veal, 20 to 25c. per lb; Lamb, 14 to 25c. per lb; Pork, 15c. per pound; Chick. ens, (very simll size,) 62c. per pair; larger ones, one dollar to une twenty-five; Green Peas, *37c. per peck; Strawberries, 37c. per saucer of ahout two lozen; Cabbages, from 9 it 12 aid 25c. each; Sweet Pota toes, $2 per peek. The New York Herald, speaking of the scarcity of provisimns at the North, says: "If there be not a tevolition in these thinsr witi-in tle next ten years, the only alter ative for a sutlicietey of bread it ite North will be to fall back ip lithe Southern system of African slave labor. Strike out the products and suiplies of Southern slavery of time last year, and we of the Nortih would now ie sufibring the evils of an I rilmh famie." The WIhnintgton Ilerzull kiayis that the falliolr off in the turipetimne crop, on% ing to the late extensive contilgratio.ns, will be 50,009 iarrels. A Protc-t ;as ieen erit reJ, Pays tile Camden Jourr ah, against Lietnanetit,( CI oniel Blaing heing coniioned as Brigadier General of the bi 'Brigade, South Carolinma .\,ilitia. &gied by nint coisIitiiiiioed:c officcr. of the '22d Rmgi. lbent. The grounidhs of protvit are: First.-Ihleghlty m votinig in the '0'h Regimtt; the polI were openied and the election held without legral iiatice havingr beci given, as regiired by the Militia Laws of South Carolina, A. 1). 1M1, Act 2.:56, Section 13. Secoud.-V.jtes teidered for COoloel Wdiian J. Taylor, for the ofliee if Iriga dier General, were rejet ted, as we cO ceive, withoeit sulIciient grounds. The inaiter will be referred by Major General A iken to a board of ofiTeers, wIo will hear time protest anil deterinwe wheti er or not a new clection iihall be ordered. From the Talcaliuana correspoiletIt of the Tmies and Transeriplt, says a ('a i.r nia paper, "we learn (if th part icu!ar of th an: al ihi! prit." It appears that the America wns board. ed as soon a she eitemed the harbor liv .\lr CI arle-s Minturn, a promintent :aid mi flueitinal eitihen of San Fr:ciscio, antd Mci-r-s. who liopd to have r' chd a country vhe:.rc his isdeedz vere in- i lnow n, 'as :m pal. d at . a i iimjne.cted anl appilr;ion. liewrw, oee,.lei-zf;s took Mlr. lliim urnm aI;., a , ed a him, for the sake ofi bi., wife, wh Is : heart iti iil brea I, t t I re al tin fitai We cret, as all ,n. bor.id rv.,etL til: IN% w. -. ..m!:: : . a . l. .iiaiinimr tioi we anre mnt ad i-ed; outi te te: wkis al re.nly known it s!orc-a newlstmler from Sanl t-'rimeifc baitng prf, vioudyl reachevdi that . out . . 'y pla -... A'.ne io. reumariable p:rt the .-t ry i ta Nleiggi td ialen:i akway but betw..-n S&5,UUO to 86.('00. Th t Lrp im e bietween'in: bh andi t'hir!atte his be en mopened.i -A great and~ tinprecede~inted drough prevadis in Mts8.s pip:; in the nteighi:,ar. hioid of \V'*i. d n1ile, salys the Re;iibhea n: "'The heaveiis smemi iniade iof bras'., awnl *!arlth fast he'etniing a parched adm burning caldron. Corn is sitlering very mutich while imch of thei coitton i, 'it vet up, there not beinig moiiture enoutghm in thte grotund tom cm um.~m it to gernnate--oinse. qluent ly thle '-prospects'' ait thi~s timoe are' gloojim) eniotighi. T(he Illoilv Sprimas DImoii~t .pea ks ini very' h.ih andm c ria.l te'rmis of the lion. \V. S. Barry ini iai(cneein withI thle Gsov niomntted for thie 'ili.ce I y ihie D enimerac. cy of Madisiin. Whi!.st the "rest of mt:mikindi" are pay itng frot,.'10 to 50 cents a potinml fin hiuneir, we see that thie artiem, is selhai at Coa. eord, North Carmilim, at I laid 1 2-. At tihe same pilace h:iconm is 8 1.*2e hiamst 0; corn 75 to 801; miat.s 40(. IlTe agricultiiral biranchi of tihe Patet (11lice ha. taiken mneasuiren fto procuore nseeis of thle hitun y1a-hun-mtya, of thle hir tribe, growin.g in Autitratbae, where it flouitrishies itn a region of noit tmutchI greater a.rea thanit irity imile' squa~tre. it bmears a icine tnear sy two feet in chmlimmeter, fillled witim .seedi thme size of ani oiive, and mof i flamvor m ore rohI an md delieate thman' that or tihe rine app'e. It is sit muitch estememed by time n-itivs as thatt they at times travel hutndreds of miilesi to piartake of it. Vasmt nutmbeers of hocutsfs hatve iniade their tippearantoe in time ueighborhmuod ofi Grillin, and s nmie fea.rs are entertincd, thait ai secontd edli tion o~f oneo mlhe plagmues, thait visitou Egypt ini o.ler ties, tmamy prevail. Winter's Iroin Works and Mill, near Monitgoimery, Alabaim, have been u--stroy' ed by fire, loss one httundre'd itsanmd dliars. We learn from thme Romte (Gm.) South. erner that thiere is great de~stit Utioll amfog the poor of tha t counmty. Manmy rim.ilies to the mo~st indiigenit cmicumstanices. are hivinig ott time goenous but mmemre charmitimes of neighbors ahnost na nieedy aus thmemmselves. Thme partial failures of grain eropis for a year or t wo, tihe 'necse ol time pricesi of provisios, andh thme htoppage oif matny gritt millsm, tire tnotedi amomng time cautses. rThe D'alton (Ga.) timecs aio draws a .1;.tc,-;in pieur of er untim inn, :.,o.i. Georgia: "More than one-hialf of the peo. pie are without cori and money. The cry is "corn, corn, corn-do you k now of any corn for sale?" The answer is, "I hav.- travell-d twenty miles around every way, and can hear of not a bushel to ie had, for love, charity or money. The poor ain oflers to work a day for a peck of corn to feed his wife and children on. lie is turned oft' with an answer, * M% own fauzily will have to suffier if I siell my corn." Ilorses and imules are turned out to perish, or live in the woods as best they cnn; and hisba odnien that have farms and no corn will not be able to cultivate inore land ihan ihey can tend with the hoe. The writer coucludes by arguing the pro priety of appcaling to Ih . Governors 0f T'ennessee and Georgia for aid. The Cheraw Gazette says :-Moses flarrelson, who was convicted of tile mur der of E. A. Rogers at the l.tst term of thei Court., and under seitence of death which was to Le execuied on the 20tha of Juie, on Sunday morning an hour or two before clay. made his escape from prison. fle was confined by a chain to the flIo o! cell. It is silppiosed that with a t k.i en froum a water bucket, le snr7 .l in ui'ocking the lick that fateiiedl'th - haini and that with th salve wirk- lie sne&r'sive. lyii lckJef a!l the lockli, atid nade his oay : the lower floor and escaped throtigh the windows. Ue was tracked where he left the ritad and weat accross the ields of Mr. Nathan I, -ans, and untd ie camne to the run of Sith 0 Swaip. The Rev. -James Dinntelly, onte of the oldeI amid best known iniiisteirs in lite South C irolina Conference. died on S-itur. day, the 2th itit., at his rcsideice near Liwndesville.. A desiath from New II.uvon, da;,ted April 28th,, sayi :--\Vilann Clark, a young grcer rterchant of this ety. at 7 o'i lock this evei.g, shot throngh tle h'ead lticha rd \VItte, tw ntv,fiir years aige, mi \hite'. dwelliiig lm Shermian avenue. White ad :o:e tune ago iarried a .A iss Bowgart, to wfhom Clark had beeni voe ry much iattached, and tle utitrder originated, it is said, fro that Cirentmlanttce. A 1: 1 the par ties are of good st.idintg and char. acter. The di-tress of \iVte 's wife at.I her mothr hae creted thi; .rcatet syi. i pithy. The murderer h-is beei arres:. Wt le !! breiatlie,, bitt !i. death 5 lo. ' liery Thoa :i" say%.s the Abe.. Bannoer. "Stn of T. W. Thomas. tormieriy o; 'iie.lle, a: nt ereting 1 4y of C!even yCirs, w.as kiled la.t Frndav at lis mitioth. er'zi wsi:nce int this u)ntr.ct, under th. moest ineulain( holy circum.-tances. 11'. had gone mti the yard to shoot a lird, but iassig it the firit firo, sent lIs li:tlems ter fr h.s powder a:id shot, with wich it teem , he im t.etl re Iiatld his gun ailll h.iog it 4o1i lit , ro - iid, we t to ltoo mttad.:r t ire to :t ike hure tie he! in m - I- e- IViiiii, tioing iis, a itili: iii. gr. boy. tint uore thia Seveti ytears ol. 110i):;u t he l un"il, V.yC,7llm jn-r. 4.\ja .. je 1:n mllng L-b ,111h1oo liou, at .he ,a e innet piriesenttir it. li-ary ma-t;untty ru'h. ed to at-rdS nlt to take th piece tritmi h1:11 :111.1 wh nl so ClO.-e lth ,t lthe rangizz't toatly tolwthed 1 , pterstn, it was dislr. edl, wheather : ciidenitally tir putri,.h cannoiit nowv br- knowny. Thle whoiile load gaive one gasp andh died. tion anid tmotrtificat iln of tiit:ir recenit .ii' tires in K;misa-, call for the inttretionil iof the. Uiite~d States A-miy to Putt dlimnt Ib:n' ~al .,iori-mt, lwho, :a. they say, bivea tratmihise in th it the~y hiave clii ratecd tot andt exerid th le right s of citaansip in that Terr~tory. Theii Al lies antd t1i- Rutssianis recenit IV :dlowuted eachi ot her ain nirti.-t ie. tto butry ttheir dleadi. Thle ilecrsa antd uobbers of I le respecte conishaalatanit iniiIl with etch oilier, s:noke~d eigr u a iiii rerarked jioke.., lie Rus ittns j:octitly a-,kig when an~d what timet~ theyi i:<peted~ to leavi. As.oin ats the ariiti: ie ws t wrr the pair. tie's wenit to wirk :Jtn caitte:ie.hnga oah oilher fiercely. Thle cats rani over thle new test he woirk i acroins a le Wa'iteree Qwamitp, for thet firt ~ been compleitted wv.thmn a year fro:iia ciiiic eneement, atid is saidl to be a .soidt andi! thotroughiv cons tructed piece of wiork. A letter froam St. Lon;s, Alissoiuri, d.ited the [l4th of April, saiys thaa it mtht it .Stat, m liuisandKitiicky,ca ehepan houage hiad beent dy. tg durmiii the past foiur an thle i-.etmes produceed bty ic aniiy fotodi, aitd the severe andl protracted roid of thei paist witer. The G;rantd . iiry of Chiesteriebl l)is~rict hta preisentteid as ai g'rievancie, th' ec acuo of the last !rigishnu tre in pledtging~ thei faithI atti credit ot the State to thte ex\t ent of two mai lions of doll Ii a in the, Bu te Ridge Rail roaid pro je'ct. Th'le schtatmte seems to have beeni regtladed by lie G rand Jury as "wd antd impairactaiice."' an.ii the~ dtli whicha the Stiae his thusi asstimed to be tite wich will hauve toi bie putd bty i-ge. a. rat ions yet itnblort." T1he suggestion iias thereftore ade that thte 2eotnst itutiion hie so:amenidedl tas to pirevenit te J,'gisfla ure in thle fiatntre tromt conatrictintg ainy debats, excepit thosae I hat are to lie p did by inone. diate atnldirec:t taxition tapota 'hle peopie. As more or less postmaasters seem to imnagiane that letters ott whichh the putt age lasa been but partly paid in adlvanice are to be treated us though it had been left whol. ly' unpaid. we rgnibiush the fol!owin us.w -em .. itandiiig regulatioin of the l)epartment: "Letters part paid Phould ie despatched, barged viilh the additional postago due it Ihe prepaid rate. according to distance, estnblishied by said act, (of March 3, 1855,) !xcept where ilhe omissioi to pay the cor. rect aiouit is kiiown it) have beena inten. ionl, when they should be treated as etters % holly inpaid." The steamer Star (of the West has ar rived bringing California dates of April The Know Nothings had elected their wiile ticket inl Sacrainetu. Coin was scarce and trade dull. The inint had coined inl the year upwards oaf S750,000. Flour commaii(nig 14.50. The steamer Atlaitic bas arrived with Liverpool dates ot April 2:d. The Vienna Conference has been brok. !1n of, tussia hamVIg rejected the propo. iltions ott the Allins. Iord John Rua ell nd I)rontyn d'fIllunys liad left Vienina. There are :ronig indicatinis that Aus. ria will not act ag.r:ntst Ulissia. Sebwastopol had ieen boliarded with itO gunls ironli tle !1:h1 lot e 15-'h of A pril, withiout result. 'f'hl( Alies would proba. )iy atteriupit t sti the plaice, though na 1 te.,ault. was haridly considered pr:i:ticable. The Listest ;uCacunts tlate i hat the Ab. .d fire iial doiae ineimic d:a1;ge, which, iowever, Was promptly repaired by tie usis. Thie French codina1 had been s-prung, flingi considerable danage. The Hr.tish lan of CIG,000,000 had >een laken by the 11it ischilid's inl tile hav ot a-: :u:t termt:nable in 30 an-as. The Britisi Govorai.e:nt litines the 'XpCns'Zt; for tha year at S6E 0000,(t, mdn the re'.enue at 5,)(,)(. f'arlhiiiaent al i inerva.ied the( taxes on iearlles, Fp'its, Tet aid Caf"ee. A t ax on Stlurir was propo c t. N~aolen and Elanie .ad been in itg!nid fIor a week. It w 'as stated that the lingf1lih Govern ntitt Inl a t ceatd that Napoleoin Shouiuhd ake commid :-ii tbe CruianLi armyav, lugla ibis Waf doubtful. Thli euck Con:iiii:i tee waz progress. T.0 tIaIor (if the Cnvent of St. Agnes, t Iline. had fllen, iojurii; the l'ope itIly antd several C irdinals set erelv. L -in lav iai ben cafptured aikiwg drawin:'sn of Abe French irem-nceaC. ihe c.oni-'1.w Il i it i-h i ad acted as a e-:ry iowe tle l titie o| Abi , -I Ill' Ii,"tt Of the' 2!.I I 1uhime11-, accord. Vtat il) l ii e igot r;tuniiie, a respect;lh e oit, ~ ~ WI Letlail vts a .tk. i dl lby thi.' _ cre-s l i e u rO, tho saw% maii linth hlik I -e. Thm hutshbawi, as hit pr..mg trinm his b-d. was fired uponi b lie iltriiler w llo niis.-d lit's aii. Ti ib-ial tiieiaaliiel iji ta- wn f l t, fired, .ad the itruader tell den. IItht i t Iinni5 ihe:''pen- fkld toC It ,. t a ner hbr, tiold n'at i ccrred, ;ani. t~nainy whi .eVerd pe tr.-ns, retire1, &t ; tiernal niniher were hrritied d rt'e li in ii in a teal htiny w lilt -tau taibbe t eir n it :-i! It ..ppeirs ie !(at de* eerug'l t-ott his utn a rai a b Oan aii lll Itt it; a wti lauagt , firtgra h t I sw. jTihe iose haid tartevh dy.- beent aabbed, teiry i vayster auUSlI ofi twot~ goltd Orr, ;tii: ":eige.l G lhr.el,")i:.. gut ito iroiab:a ait Gre, nacak, Scimtian-l. H1e haii eeni set ' jail fiai h.x:y days, If. r.a.il--ma' lali caL i[cei angeis.-ined 0 riscue( hai:n. fiut did not sieceed. HeJ~ .Aiet:s it - siaid, tat z:-ijlr "inairtyrdn" Ait ~' -a ieet n o Chi: ''li ' appointe.d lite alteteri a 1a11ei'iie & '.aemn 'ordli:ttn cada to ta heaii. eh iior u bot~ i a fitha shohi~i of all iothers be ptrauda oif tfia-i aansit tin a noiilt hi, tniatins io fia heaitha ti* inturiter, Itie .~Ani:v-rsaria. aol th; bIrii lay otf ouri N\ a ttin ilI aidipe:aalentce. "T:t w ae thet repoie-i senttives, of ainr i. donnaed tih-. h~litabin'ni f war far a naan, anda tiaught thet Sabbelirsi if lair'ape hait I th c : tens af Ameracica weare their .ope(ria r.b.)<hietin tia tthe 4:ht of Jn ly next eir place,' fair sii h ceerat a~ by is a dlitmetr, Hil .t ary piracessaitn amal airaiiti, ( t nitin it wavis trnleraed thf:at a paubbe iiitiir will he giveni ait Saimtervifle Acad aiy Gravei, at th .thmll Jum!y neixt. ( :i miotsin, it wit ardearaed th-it all theii .'ttfortm C(ranies~ij- in thie O)-trtct het in .tedo I hrough 1.ae~r Cottanmiders lto untite vaht ats ini ei b-br~iang it.e evenit nt iiimila y i-:yile andh tc).tumei. O.i n! itt, it waas aordered', t hit arms, andta sidea :artts fte if.penled wit hi. On iaatiton, it was arad real, that the fa-. lies hie pari iti ily i misted, toi f avair uts vahlt their fpresentce un thli;eccasiain. Thie mbhil e geneally iae ivned to at tend Oin moai tin, it was atrdereda thai~t Getnera I )diaersa of 5:hu Re.:ntnenat ofi Cava fry fte tav taed tat a:en i mi t ftill unaiformt and juam ni ptrtce sitin. O n mto an. it wavas oraderedl thfit Coti's. htaI1, antd Fijeld Otlicers(t o fhfh ;andt 4tha tegimi ets, antd thet cotantam-s ioned~ ollicera >t beat co~irm-,ies itn e-clh regtanenit'he ntivtead to attend in full umiformn and joim it processitti. Otn motion, it was ordered, thiat i;n Gov. Richardson and Manning) the 1itln. Scitors and Representatives of Sumter District and te adjoining Districts be invited to attend4 and join in procesion, where a prominent place will be allotted them-l On motion, Genl. P. I. Nelmm was appointed President, and Col. Blanding Vice President of the day. On motion, Rev. D. McQueen was ap. pointed Chaplain. B. W. ELdwards Esq. Orator, and John S. Richardson Jr, Read er. On motinn, Capt. J. B. N. Ilannmet was appointed Marshal, Capt. R. C. Webb assistant Marshal, Licnt's John W Dar. gilm and R. M, Durant alternates. All who juin in proce.-sion are requeEted to appear in white pants and gloves. Coumit iitee Committee Cavalry. Riflemen. W. C. Reams, R. M. Durant, 0. 1'. MeRoy, P. Myers, A. M. l'ewbery, C. II. Jonle, Jus. M. Wilder, T. E. Wilite, 0. 11. White, S. E. W. Clarkson, \V. P. McCoy, ILco nrl Chiamiller, Licut. J. %V. Dargan. Ser!'t. ; F. lradfoird Ciairman. W' J. N. Hamnel, Sei-'ry For the Banner. lumatiervilleti! rike .iyP - - Wlliat we Wauat, &c. MIlssns. Em-rsJs :--'crmit ile through the inedium of your valuable paper to say a few words in relation in our flouriting and enterprh-ing hittle town. There are sever:4l thinm conuerted with the wellbe il of Stintertille aid its iihabitant s which I think docerve a ". we place " inl fur thougitihts, anid, which I i1itnk, tmhtr!ft weli ctmploy thc tine, taleits. antd pF!us2, of itmy of our '- mnore k:owintg " eitizs tl m one v.-ofuld he awire of at tirt glance, iltd m ithe first place. I will state a few fact wicb in muy litnble op Uimn v.,!l be obvy ons to Ilic t sufperticial observer of matters and tlh cigs in " these wonderful Sumterville may m-ell be dcaominated a pretiv, healh i, an I tiriving t owi, aud wih a te:w aiteratitoins, addit.ons anld su b. Ii actifne, whibit in:.ht be s.uggesteCl, (anl tot uonly suggeste but carriedI oat) ctilI become otnle tfit I ie first iininm twsri-i inl thef: Site. int a, I have before siated, there fre svr..I ti ngs coniected with the wvelfare and hApliiss ot tle plice h:1t nie loigter." Ymn: are well aware Mssrs. Ed.tor. th:'t, wha:cv.er h is I teldiey it mar the hppine.s, destry :.e peiace., or ifjure tie Iroeperty i inh. viluals, will, it lotitty tista nces, producte .Ie si iaiff e ILect upon c fmmmtifs. Pei - lt no therclore to . spmt k a htle " con. -ertng Z c.ert Ic:n clazs ur chisses existtg it our otalst, wv.hose prrrfroiances of late ioive given risc to the presenit artic~e -itether thet be "Amer.cxttite " tir ' Ire me thi:1- I w.ll sty. t h it, wh'ev.r they Ire they rh:.-ervc ffh cunititeiance or ,ct.ttrig % alt ijttelbg'sit; :ra11 , .nd -ni ~enel cln~iullty. The linjtiry l.int tl tothe pr..periytytni a 'ffh i ft siie it onr cmst r epeciable cit:zenls on tie -itt lith il first fit May is bctt an exter. ii iVh-nee~f oi thte deep~ fdepjraivity andI it ffim thff breatst offfttf', whoft tor oughtli v. lui av tot the cffnt ratrv w'ifd btae thre mdf.fctitit!er ithe dIr'i-e f a decet ucit (it clo ts, to ptlace thiems.:l Ves in front if the refi-le I a:al g'ntle f::tv' cire. is ol fur town, or* whot wou:!.l tf they~ couldl set hemnstcite ny, as i th.- Ch r teri -hIis of thec li, if) Ie.ffeh "a g: zarg, go p.g worbt1i rfof toi lie s the trans~actionf~s of the ntighit above~c flided to, were the only~ e'xhif:tios oft a 1:m t cft re!specI:t au-l goetlemcai.l. rega rd Ifr thes fceint act l propeffr? t offir felohtw iiuzents. we mlight pas~s it byV motr eaist y, mit we aire scirry to s: y lth it it is not~ the. rst , ss'cont.i (r thir l'Erte of the landti b~ it l hac aken sl 'ice w.tiin the~ last ccew '-ar. 'lThere sL'inst tofi It b sucht a vekh-sm:ess :ua I w-'t reto th Ile Iifistprini. >ies ot go -d breed tng, abouti t hese " udeeds >i slarkneo..," ilhat wse to ir tre im ip:ccis >ft sne rfitytcc:..) woul-mI wdi'migly under. .Ii he, Icr theaet i'i pit'4ct ot ilhe r Jair I.ie-, an~y'cit n.> mf ate ir htow co~itrary ftIii the f~ line rth s tcf the~ htim:n heart, I.ow fob'.iene, lofw ai hiesat ti:fg it tma~y beC. ''Tere is bt once. wayv hy W:tce I iC iff ccecitnut for 'hh' ex .st ce oif so gr ia ceas ohslin, as ut i i wlichI I Itive jutst spok. mt.-'IThere is tfit or Town~t a (cetrtain 'Frim," wichl cuems to inie., have for somef' ttcne, beent it:ts:i'jin.. bucsinecss cct iteiasifif theo nottnber otfit. p-irtnecrs int mtt.mefs.s,) an. lies~t I ShoublIf weary yosur tmtt-nee ct bIy keo.pincg you mt sutspenise as 0 thet nametts oft thle gentt lem-m ithotc comn. >'se the~ satl "Fi rut," (if icdeed ty tbe etle .iien.) I will try to a le best cf my s nhlty to give yoiu the ttames of a fewv of heo leotiig chiaracte'rs,--their p1 cc of e.Itlefce-ccupattion, ane! hi ur mc timier >f spendic:tg i imte. &c. &ct. Now as regarils hte "cogniten"' oft tis celeb lratedi estaib. asiteti, I have bitt .itiI til oubt, but wvt c us is s iiim'iar tio yio r eatrs, ats y.our ty tf 's mie.ssage~ cor "ma~re r opy."' But, for tear it maiy bnze sh pp d yiouir anemtory un cder yoctr "pjr-'ov" ofc buisintes,. I sih ill a,. ltempt tip tye you the ii tnu in black aml: whlite, just ais I rcovedllthem fromt a frietti )f ineio ( thther d:.y ; fo~r so fair as I amt in iteriedl. I it ic a fu riter kniowledlge af tis Comtpany, th i wih it I cutn see i r hteatr. Th'le namctes, thtent(I .am told,) of tts p~ricip~iaI mtembeis are: Messers. "'Walk. S)treet, Da-Nothintg & Ci." Now wht is to) me, very smiguilar wcth regatrd, io this lhinaguuihed comupact, is, thatghtey do tot hang out their signt and ge. to wyork like meno ; but each partner turns h~omEQlf i to a "sign," and may be seen at all ioirs of tle day, and frequently at all hours of the night too, either *-tunding, sitting, or lying (as the case may.) about the corn era of the Streets Grogeries, Tavern. doors, and all other public places, where, like rafts of drifting trash, they may find a place to lodge against, it nattering little with them whether the unfrtunate occl pants are plersed or displeasV4d so their business thrives. In fact I have seen these wornthies so completely monopolizing the entrance of some of the Mercantile 1louses of the town as to render it lanost out of ti e question for "ladies" to enter, unless they feel disposed to press their way through a inotly crowd of cursing, swearing, dram-drinking, cigar-sanoking iidividuals who possess "brass" enough (not in their pockets) but on their faces, to call themnselves "GENTLEMREN !" A dis. grace to the name ! These disciples of the "Peacock" family of "foolosophers" appear by their actions to conceive at to he condescensi'n in the superlative degree, even to "nod the head" to an honest, in. dustrious ine.h mic who in-ty chance to be tall enough to coin within the rangre of their visual organs ; bit strange to say they do not appear to think it out -of ke1p. in-r with their dignity, under cover of darkness, to run don n, catch, and lug in. to the third story of a geontleman's house, a dil)ty, lousy calf or a stiiting goat, that they may thereby manifest to thaos'e by whoia thev are surrounded, their kind re gard for the fairer sex and the property of our fellow-citizens. Another iii stance lf their patr.otic zem l for t/v-ir gloriou (?) cause, and we are done with thein.--Tbey inay be seen on Sabtatlhs in the house of God where one would naturally expe.ut to see saine deg-ree of res ect avid reverance for the sacre1,tness of the place and the sa;.cti'y of Religion, witi- their feet (all bntimeared with muud, miire, and what not) braced against the back-i of the pews tronting thnem-a qinid of tobacco in their mmniths, and one of t e.r "charininz'" coApiinions at their elbows, tLkorough. ly prep-ired for not hearing a single word the uwnaister aay speik : and deter. inned, as it would seen Iron their mices sant whispelin tg, spittiang and laugh inog, to let i oine eh-e cija'y the services. Now I Iel just lied in making the aF. sertion, ti at Stuiterville, to e ty the least, hasn III uie for .mny sn ch a nittIf-tcivilized gag of pea- e nod 8 blilt. breakers as tlec.,e prove t:.eus;.*lve- Io he, and -niess they ch.ange their ways tie soisner they emnit in the rtcrariting sormize the better it w il be -o the ipe.e! aal b ippinss o: i place, One word ai re .aad I will close for iis t ae. Our town needs IimlrUveincnt iml other respects , in one, the gkcest ue. cessitV dent nds that soinething be dome. A :ew e'emng since the Ciinz.i a "four vdlaue were tharwn mit , til e ol ,.--. iuient by:' lie ahiraincg cry of tire ! tire! Jre!' ! T'he wr.ter and a 'arge 'nuniber of the taownsnein lo., histened to the plice, wvhe v we toi hill d welhag huis - ( olie of our esteeied fellow--aize:s wrappel itn the devouring ele.eAcit. Al. gazed upn thie scene teore thn. S.iys .r. 11 , ' If ve onlV had a few bnacket ., hksor ;axws we nii.'ht save tmie of lhese. buinigs " ('or there were two houses jmed~~4 together hty :i panssago way) " Yes, e.:-)y enouligh '' says M1r. C. " But weI haie m..at gaot them, ino, niot even ran ae," I c'uannoat see t'ar the hife o inc wh'lat it is that ke'eps thle p'op~c of Sunt:eredh-II ironai seemag die naecesusy of doing sne-o thing lay w ty of prep-rat on for t hose ier. ribhle comaargenieIts.,N Nw I d-, mIiproes to) pwsin4 the gift of prophecay but Iismust say, itrotn the fierce of circtumstanoz.s, that if sumae~h.etg is nt done shoert'y fo'r ihe welh~ure 01 oui.r tow~ *. in this respect, thait it nt me ot be mnany' y.ears o rmno .this baefore te sonul-slrring wvords of fiare ! fire!! lire ! ! ! wdlei c'ompose thle ichorus 0l the d ega' that wdll be hecarJ echmng tharoug~h lie er..elinbg thames and falling houses o; eour now beautiful, buot thaen desitinted vii. Iage ()3IIKRON. C'orresmponidence oif the Suamter Blanner. Cot.nmia, Mauy 7, I1855. The Crops- That State. Hlouse Alyain -Aly Dary---College KSchiitwn Mjileiry - .'celaneous. MJ E.-Sas. Eiui'roas :lai coimnotn w ith tin c'raops of the adjoiirg IDistricts, tho se ut' Richlnd haave sulli'red great. hy lirom) a lo ng-contititnued d rought AlIt ha sgh siuuiier dayl s have iiot % et. )oe et tihe earth has beei ntrched untd vegetau.ion withaer'ed. lowever, on hnisi Thlur.day eveing, we wvere lfa end with ai line shiowerc which Ilast ed seveal' houri cis, ref.he '~kd thle parchied enar !h, ad revive'd the growving grain. \i in irave nia idea aof thle pleasure wVithI n hieh tile deniizens of' that, city whl iso stiet t s are enivelopeiid in I he dulst gie.:1, ed the geniialh rain. WVe hope that aot her shower will again visit us belise ii a..y dai s. M~ay-tlhe nim bn of flowers and flir' tattionais, is coine at hist, atnd its pitnal dauy wats appropriatehy celebratted by' "imerrie htds ad lassies fiai r." We heave to others i he htontor of re' caiinig the var'ious parties which were givena; and the mninter in which they were iespe~ctively enijoayed. TIhrough the kiitsgness oif' a laidy Ir ienid, yourit c'orre'sponde~nt rceivjr it invitatiaon tio the Maay day ectbration given by t ha' scharbhrs of! the C01 thn i F'eniaic Academutiy. We spent a very ple'asnit evening, aind wvomld like to mleet wvith so unetuy pretty gii Is oltener than (4nee) a yeatl'. 'Thle Lelip,4u of the Mooni wats dis. tinactly visanle f'rom thbe beginninig to the end. We regret we cannitot ex panthe cause, andtiniovemnt'ltis uorsaid Epso ast well as sotrpe of'.ot tFgh ot'd ao their sweethcairte u e day night,-when they stuted that, the oditilial rotation osf the oblate sihe roitd produced- a convexity of insalcu. lable cohesiveness in the Ihavely bo dies." The Conmnissioners of lse new State Capitol are at. present exposed to a scorehing fire from the batteries of "Esqiapudenah" a correspondent of the "Caroliniaan," who well represents the public opinion of our City. Their ticatient of Mr. G. E. Walker--their eilbrt to injure that gentlemnen in the estimation of tihe pualie-their total unfitness for discliargiing theduties de. volving on them have justly rendered their late official acts obioxious to the conmmunity. Mr. WNalker will, in a short time make a full exposition of the whole matter, and then where will these amateur architects-semi engineers with their German friend be? Ve propose to give, at anothet time, an account of their proceedings since January, and then your readers will unite with us in the lpe that the next Legislature may turn out of of. fice the entire Board. For the present we leave them to the teider mnercies of "Estinupudenah," who will without doubt ride them over a rough road. The May Exhibition of the South Carolina College will take place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday even' ings next. Twenty-seven young gel. tlemien have received appointments ad each one will we trust, come tip to his expeetations. The exercises wall be held inl the College Chapel nl hieb is Iearly completel. It Inay be ilteres-ilg to nially , fyour readers to know that, the coriner stone of the old Chapel--recently destroyed by lire-was found a day or two ago while excavating earth fir the founda tion oif tie building soon to ri-se on the samne site on which tile old Chapel had stood fur so ilaly years. 'I lie Hoard of Trustees ITIeet On to muorrow evening. Oiie recimrnenda. tion will be made to them by the Faculty, at the request of the students, viz: a change ill the hour fir each re. ei latiol, sto us to h .ve the three da-ly recitat ions in the inorning. The hot weatnier and imlportanace of el ieo attelntiotn to studies nt this time render wLine such imove iiecesary. Exami ituttion cominenices oil Juno 20th and will probably contimue until Ju.V 1st.. The C. F. A's Caltain lampton irweveded oill a targetfi iig excursion, tnil FriLity. YLhis btiga rather an liuual siglt, 1aanv taf our citizens wei'e jIasenzt to witn:ess tile mudar paudIIi. The target, w.as oiF wood ,.X leet squat-e, iad mo red in the COIgaree l iver so that aill danger from. hal Is might be obviated. Fifteen having betn0a fired, the carriages on which the canliiiO Nve ppted broke froii the recoil uf the gull wheln. tired--in conlsequence of wineh tihe firing was suiieiided, much to, the regrat of the aCimny and the citi' zen presiiet The C F. A's are the -:.;eI!!vry Comp~any la tils secLion ol het State and are celli tanly worthlay of piai:-e f Or tlcir zeal, ietgyy, ad Per,. everanice. Nor must -ie s'iit to aIlen titan, while i.coarsing o M:!itarv al[ai;s, the paarade af tile R1iflemien oi Satiurday moriaing aid that of the Colhege Cadets in lite eviiing of the sul aC day. The formier perfsrmned. Lighit lut faa try mnaovelinents, sach as s..aius-hiig in advanice sor retreat, with de ;accuracy anda precisin oft vet eranis. Thec Cadeats nmireb-l exces.-diingly wvell andl the onaly regret is that they do not intl .ter inuore iiiein nl Parade. Truly Yours, Froms the P'ee Dee Times. Shiockiaig .Ais a a Williauass Lowvwon, P'Eu DEEt, Apiril 30th, 185j.-LEditor of the Pee Dece Times : hitenlse excitellienit ha.s prevailed in thme S. ckee ineighbaorhioad, WVilliams bairg District f'r .eeveral days past,. :arising fi roni the reciat discsovery of a. iist uitre cious3 miuader which wats COm-t :nittred in that vicinity sasmie two inoniithis since. Thec unfoartuniate vict im of this bhasidy outrage', was a pedlar nolled Shafer-a fan cigner, anld sup-. j'osed to be a Geranl. Notaiing. havinag been heard o1 this man since late in February, the ruiaaor becamne enlrrenlt a few day s ago, that he had b'eenl al inuruered, when it large number of eitizens iniunediately collected m'nd caanunena'iced I v igi lanlt search for the body of the nun dered snan, und aho fir t he .g .odls oaf w hich hie wais sup lpased tia have beei: robbed. Tiraces of the goonds were Isound in the deep recesses of Sockee Swaimp during the first atnd seconid days' search, anld from lhir locality, anld somie incidental ciricum stances, susp icion was fixeJ upoatn a coloi ed mian named Robert Poawell, and a white man named Rlich atrd Maish, a soni of WVilliam Marsh, and hsavinsg ascertatined the wheorpa but of' Powell, a pas ty was dispatch ed to arrest him, and succeeded ini daoing so Thuirsday night, at, the nouse ofa Mr. Phillips, in the Carver's Bay mitighbhorhood, Geo rgetown Distries. On .Friday mnorsinlg Powell was broaighit ini, and oan being interrogated,. conafessed his pairticipationi in the uir der, aind conducted us to the grave of pooar Shaler. It seems that Shaler lodged Satur day n ight, 24t h Fe brunary, at the house sof Nancy I Iat (away, abot.t f< ur miles fom Pee Dee river, oin the Brittoni's ferry road, and left there -Sunday moarnsing in company with Powell and, Mar-h, and befosre proceeding a milo wvaa shot dead and pbundered, -and his boidy removed a shosrt distance fk-mi. th.- road and buried near the' edge of a bay. I laying learned that Marsh. hati esea >ed aeroes the river int~o lhi ittoni's N eck. a party wais sent over~ in pusut ..nd muisnther psty senit to. wiayhay s amet landings onai thle rivter ; by this latter party lie was ret and airrested. I Mar!.h also confe~ssed hia jnartir'qhalian in thec relr'.. ncal a.-,n