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-, zt W 1Lf S- -CAROINA. - - TH1E SUM'rER BANNER, 1a PtLIsuD Wg3IkLv, BY WILLIAM J. FRANCiS. T E R At81S Two Dollars ail Fifty Cents In advance, 'Threo bollirs, at the ot piration of six months, or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, at the end of the year. Advertisements inserted it 75 cents per square, (17lines or. less,) for the Art anti half that sum for aab aubeqieeat. insertion. * The number -of inser. lions. to be marked on all Adverliseiments. or they Will 11,peblished uptil ordered.to be discontinued, and ch-.ded acrdingly. One' Dollar pdi -quare for a single insertion. 4uarterly and Monthly itvertisements %II1 be bhai-gei tie san as a single insertion", and Semi. mInthly the sim'e .s how 6nen. For publishing. Citations ar thte law directs three dollars will be charged, All Obitlary Notices exaceding-sii lines, and tUoiimnuhications teedmnknending Candidates for puhr. lie officesof prifik or trust--or puffing Exhibitions, will be charged as advertisements. *V'Acccunts fo'r Advertising will be presented for .payment quarterly. All letters by mail must-be pout paid to itsure a punctual attention.. -TO VRINTERS, ry e -Founary and Prine ruihing Warehousei THE Subscribers have opened a NEYV 'YPE FOUNDRY In the city of New York, where they ate ready to supply or tiers to any extent, for any kind of JOB or -ANCY TYPE, and every article neces sary for a Printing Ofrice. . The Type, which are cast ih new moulds, from an entirely nev se of matel-ials, with deep counters, are warranted to be unsur passed by any, and will be sold at prices to suit the tinies. Printing Presses furnished, and also Steam Engines of the most approved pat ternb. N. B. A.-Tachinist Is constantly in at tendance to do light work. Editors .of newspapers, who will bkuy three-times as much type as their bills a mount to, may give the above six months nsertion in.their pipers, and send their paers containing itno the subscribers. COCKCROFT &.OVEREND, Oct. 3, 1846, 1 6m 68 A nn St. PROSPECTUS OF 'rnE TIE SU7ITER B.AWER. UNDER'the -above Title, it is proposed to publish a paper in the Town of Sumter ville. The paper will be issued weekly, oti the morning if every Wedisday. It Is believed, that Sumter District af fords as inutiy capabilities for sustaining a weekly newspaper, as a medium of Adver tisdnient, Geineral News aid Iusiness, its any of her slster Districts in the State; and, confiding In this bel'ef, iwe Invite, to our columns, the attention of those, both in this and tie surrounding Districts, who may be desirous of advertising and see fit to do so. It is vell known, that the sup port of a paper in generali deiends not so much on the magnitude of its sutbscription list, as on the advertising pawronage wvhich It may reci-ive. This is the case in cities. In a country Town, however, and District, as this is, we must depend on the patron. nge both of subscrihers and advertisers. We hope, thenj that tar enterprise will not fail from want of encouragement. A strict attention will be paid to the lo cal interests of the Town and District, and we shall endeavor to keep up, if necessary, tihe spirit anti enthusiasm, which now ex its, In regard to the connexion of Sumter with Charleston and Wilmington, (N. C.) by Rail Road. In Politics, TuE BANNER will be strict. ly Demnocratic, and will give a firm d p port to the National Administration, so flir as it conformis to the pinchies upiu which it secured the support of thte Democratic party at the South1 -The assistante of a frinnl, fully trnpe tent to the task, has beeni secred for thme editorial deput-tmenit. It is not deemed tiecessary to smake -an exposition of tihe great variety* of matter that will be con tained in the pages of our paper; stuffice it ay, that no pains wIll be spared to render It an acceptable visiter in evefy family' in! the District. The undersIgned trusts, that the late failure in the attempt to establish a paper in this place, wvill not be permitted to operate tunfavorably tupon his enterprise. The paper will hie printed on a super.I royal shteet. wvith five columns to the page, at Two Dollars and1( Fifty Cents, if paid in pdvance,.Three Dollars, at the expiratiotn of six months, or Three Dollars and Fifty cnts, at thte end of time year. WILLIAM J. FRANCIS, Proprietor and Publisher. N. B.'-For fuirthter particulars, as re gards a Ivertizing, &c. see terms on first page. Commutnications on btusiness, &c., and subscri ptions anid ndvertisements, wvill be received at tIs office. Subscriptions and advertisements are solicited. To the Public. All persons are hereby cautioned against trading for a NOTJE giveni by me to onte Ilotchikis, for Eighty-five Dollars, as the article for whlich said Note was given, has p)rover, to be entirely worthless, andl 1 will not p~ty time Note, unldess compelled by law. JA MES E. WILSON, Dec. 23.1840. 8 a .MISCELLANEOU8 . For the Bannor. a .DESPONDENCY, There is a blank within the soul, a void within the heart, A struggle for a feeling that life cannot inpart; Thiak clouds of sadncss hang above and shirond all hope in gloom, And sot row kills eath budding thought, and makes the mind a tomb. No tempest rules the sinking heart, no passion leaves its lair, But, sullen silence holds it back, in motionless des pair; And madness would ,e welcone, ot death wolid h shed a light, - When doubt and darkness keep the soul in everlast ting night. Vain is each wish that lifts the sight to rest on some buight sputj For all around is desolate, forgetili and fo.got; tears have a feeling In them like morning dews to earth. They shed a moistdie o'er the soul, expelling all its dearth. Dat when the clouds are hanging beneath a burning sky, The flowers and the foliago must wither, fade and dic; Tears are the. outlet oft he heart, when filled with deepest woe, But when'a stream is stagnant its waters cannot flow. The Eagle feels the arrow that brings him from the sky, And takes his last look at thoso scenes that quit his cluivering eye; His lofly spirit yet would rise when power gave it - birth, But vain the struggle with the weight that crushes him to earth. Man hath an Eagle spirit, too, that makes its holdest flight, - Amid those stars that brightly ahed upon his path their light, But smite his spirit in its course and hurl it back again, A sigh will tell, its ruin, where sorrow marked its reign. Willow Grove, Dec. 25, 1840. From the New Orleans Delta. JACK MORAN. Jack Moran wns certainly the most-ori ginal genius that we ever met with. lie served in all the campaigns in the Florida war, and was -present at the battles of Re saca de la Palma and Palo Alto. Jack is nM fictitious imdividutil. lut a real flesh.and. blood animal, and in all human probabili 1y, at the very time that we write- this he is ei ther lounging aboehut the Palo A Ito Ijimuse, at Point Isabel, or else shooting curlews and cranes in the marshes adjacent. Jack's headquarters were the sutler's store of our amiable friend II- and ti, II- Jack was "all in all." lie blacked boots, cur ried down the 1, rses, shot birds, drank whiskey, did all a ''chores" and cnrsing for the whole party. The first acquain tance we had with Jack, uns one fine morning directly after a rain. The back part of the store. (a mere ricketty-racket. ty shanty;) was absolniely alive with frogs. Some one called out. in the very richest Milesian brogue "Ah, Paddy, me boy, how are ye this mornin'? Jimmy, love, did ye slape Wel last night? By the luka dv .yer coat I'm thinkin' that ye wur caught in the rain. Never mind, Jimmy, you and I are one tbnd the same ; both av us disciples ov the bllissidl Pa ther Mlatthewv, and( diowldl wathier is unr maxim furiver an a dlays Georgy, my lark, how's yer moth. et and all --.h, mnnrthe*r murther ! Iv'e. kIlt him ! I've kilt him i I"' Jack burst into the t tore, with his hands before hsis eye4, alpparenitly iti the~ grea test agony of remorse. " What's the matter, Jack 1" -' Oh, I've kilt my darlin'! ie wvas the loveliest ov 'e all-I nursed him since lie was a babe, and nowv I've murdered him !" "Minrdered who, Jack 1" " Poor little Pathrhck, the Utde frog wid the speckled coat and thie white sto~ma ach I I accidentally throd on his toe and broke heis back I" Just at this moment an elongated spec. imeni . humanity, as yellow as saffrmn, antd as weak as that same ceofee, (which wais aso weak that it conhint'g run down anm inclined plane,) entered the store anid inquired ''for some-bird shot-to,-shooit- hem Ii ttle birdees-that-wos a comin' all arouind." At almost every word the poor fellow would have to stop and drawv a long breath in ordher to give him strength sufficient to repeat the succeeding one; but Jack, al though his heart was full of sympathy for the afflicted, could not resist the opporlu-' nity. " 1s it shot ye wvant?" " Yes,-I want--some shiot-to shoot them there little" "Oh, I know wvhat ye want. Is it for them we'e bits ov birds that come hoppin' about ab~out as thick as gtooseberriea in mackerel se-asomi? " Well, I don'l--want-nothin'-else.'' "By the powers, mue boy, ye'vc cnmc to the rigt' Placet, This is the oilly .4toor V (torelthat they sell shot to kill th1m same ' birdees, aind its I am here to attind on ye. c I've' tlrldel atil -thriadl to kilt 'em, but this e is the only kidd ov metal that will pene- I tihrate their ldles." 8 Here Jack.scoopedtip pAbout a poun'd of v buck shot, large enough to kill a bull, let i alone bitds I not largbr than sparrows. I " But," said the Invalid, "I wanted musc s tard seed shot, I-" "Man alive," answered Jack, with seem. t ing asperity, "I till ve these and no oth- a era ase the shot. I rouled thim in mius- t thard,-and otld Major Monroe, long life to him say II used to kill thausands and n thousands ov birds, ivery mornin' before I noon for his b'reakfast." Jack's logic had a great effect on the r "green un," and lie actually sold him four t pounds of buck shot to bc used against A birds tamer than chickens and not bigger a than wrens 1! Jack was a foraging party in himself- t money was of no use to. him-lie hail plen-F iy of whiskey, two old spavined horses, a I gun that went off once in about five times,'f dd as for powder and shot, why he al-* ways managed to get them somehow or 9 other. He would kill a brace or two of I plover, and then sell them for a Aish; then he'd trade the fish ol for whiskey asnd airuniltion, or arything else lint lie might want. So lie went on, a careles-, light hearted- liquor-loving creature, thinkin I of naught that might happen on the mor-.1 row. Once, whilst on a shootinig excursion on the plain outside the fortifications at Point Isabel, Jack happened to be our escort, In fact, ie acted as pointer, and showed where the game lay. Suddenly lie flushledi a covey of partridges-we were about to , fire when lie shouted "hiciuld ons !" "Jack, you're a fool ! what did you do that (or I" "A h, sir," said Jack, wi bt a true sigh, "D'ye see that grave, yonler; not thim narrow dirt piles, .ut the grave there wil the muskets and bng'nets sta din' round ii. That, sir, is poor R1inggold's gravc, and these is his partridgin. They feed about there and se-in to love his diisa; I wouldn't kill ene of 'an if I was starvin !" The lesson was stmple, but touching. There, indeed, was the truly unartial grave of the gallant kiiggold, aind his friends, where "Sadly and sloatly they laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; Yet tihey carved not a line-raised not a stune But lel himl) ALr-X in his glory I" Ot another occasion, to-,, we noticed a spirit in Jack that was above all praise, An offileer of the army was on furlough, (a term used, possibly, to save his feelings, fot in fact we believe it was ani eternal fir lough ;) lie was vet v much addicted to in temperance, which, in all probability, was the cause of iall his in afortune. One morn. ing, after a carouse, he woke up and found that some person had cut the shoulder strips fromn his military coat, Naturallt seaisitive, this insult drove hin almost dis tracted, anid as a dernier resort, lie again heil recourse to tie bottle. Alout noon lie was at perfect maudlin-fa ienlless, poor, a and disgraced almost beyonm redemption, lie had none to succor him, and would not '' ilave turned up his heel to save his life." All around were laughing. sneering, scoIf ingi but poor Jack Maoran, the poor drunk eii soldier still had a heart that welled up ite purest streams of sympathy. He took charge of the disgraced officer, and treated him with the tenderness of a brother. "A, gintlemin,'' sal Jack, " I know that I am Jiot thme likes ov ye-fair I like to get dllaru'tk, anal ho may sowl l'ad be dhrusnk all the while If mae fortune casuha affoord it'-I Ala, poior Captain----~, I knew him iwhainc he was a miana, aand a braver nior a helter soger nivir stoodl in shoe leather. If ye'ad seen hiam as I have, wvid his beautiful wvife along asde iv hsium, lisa bright soosra by1) his side, iad his eye sparklisn' wvid the brighta hope, ye'dl not haugh at himt ntow. The bloodly Insguan SemtiinlesR rtalneda hiis swveet lady--if thsey'ad murthecred her it wotahl ha' been a blessmi'-but no atler, lie's nilvir bit. the same man since 1" As noble a heart as ever brat in man's bsmn dwelt ins the breast of poor Jack Mo ranii" Prom thea tupirit of te Timesg. ADVENTlURE~ OF A BIASiEUL "LOVER." 1hia name wvas I)ANPHULP.-we used toa call himt "' Jackass'' for sht I. Ileaven help m e if lie shsuldIs se~e ihis s sry. li hope lie doni'iti ake' the '' Spirit." A mongit iI his mniy msisfosrtmiass--for hea was rocsk, eyedl, redl-hairedl, asnda knasck -knuesd--he I numbleread that i srs iveieniiit on se sif hashi Cni Iness, lie was fssnsd of Ildies,titli abhaghI when in their presenice ha nesvser opaened a Isis nionthi if lie could hselp it, anal wheat lie di speak lie usedl b'th hannds to help him I talk-in faict lie wvas a young mast of "great a actmniss." Jack, one wvarmu day, fall inii love ; he halid just gradauatedl at College, an ad began to ilhink lie mu lst seek this La dies ssociety ; hae was get ainag tso be a mast,( andsa it losok ed mnt ifail ly toa liate a "' peat-r chiant.'" Mo Jack fell in lsive withs use F swueetest, livelisisi, msost htoydentish girl in the square, but hiow to tell liii loe! thre,- I vae the rub. ohad hes-d a good deal f the., laUigiie of the ey6s," and he scN - ordinigly tried het-, but Khenever lie look. 1, particularly hard at the window where p fis Emily Was in the habit of sitting, t ome person on the other side-pf the street a rould invariably bow to himi thinking o e was endeavoring to catch their: eye. di le has.dspised expressive eyes ever be snee At length Jack obtalued an introduction Ig barough hi sater and with her he call bi everal. times, but she was %-.obliged to eave the city for a season, and sa etchinter- l iepw had only increased his ardor, hefi- *t ally determined upon. 'going it .alone." b, .ong before the hour Iixed upon by cusom al ir an evening visit, he fouid himself ar ayed in .his best. Blue.coat, metal but ins-black cassimere pants, (said Pants i eing a "leetle" tighter tilan the skin,) nd a spotless vest, The Journals of the ny state as an item of information that lie Thermometer ranged from 75 to 80 de. rees. Jack swears it was a hunlred I ts the hour gradually drew near, Jacj n 4und his courage and perspiratiorf oozing ut together, and he almost determined to it i0no of and stay at home. lie concluded, i iowever, he'd take a walk past the house P 1d see how he felt. By the time Ie reach. s C i the house ie firmly concluded not to !41 in but seeing noe) signs of life there, he biught it prob-ible that no one was "at smie," and since he had proceeded so far b e'd phiceed farther, and leave his card. C Vo soroner determined than concluded.- t In a reckless moment he pulled the bell- g he dlarned thing needn't make such a s 'cussed" noise. The' door was opened ms if by magic. and the servant girl polite. a y asked him to walk in. " Miss Emily ii Vas all alone in the parlor, and would be u lelighted to see him !" Oh Lord ! here was a fix ! Go in a t1 dark parlir with a pretty girl all alone! c t was ))tot late to retreat, the girl had clo- ti ed the front door and was pointing the ti voy into the parlor where "Miss Emily f4 vas sitting all alone." Being perfectly -tinvinred that no choice was left him, 9 n4o the dark rooin he walked or rather v idled. All was perfect chaos.to his eyes i or a moment; then from the steepest ,loom came forth an angel voice "bidding tim welcome ani draw near.' To obey lie order was -the work of a moment as t supposed-but he little dreatht of the >bstacle Fate had thrown it his iway. He mew full well the stream of Love. had P nany. ripples, but full. grown snags enter. d ,d not into his calculation. Judge there. ore of his astonishment at being tripped d ip almost at the fair one's.feet, by a 1at tool with plethoric legs which chance or d careless servant had placed exactly on us road to happiness.-Over lie went,"and i is the tailor had not allowed for an extra s ension of muscles, ani sinews, lie not on y "procured" a tumbler. but also a "com- ti iound fracture" of the black-pants ifore. a aid, said fracture extending ailacross P lint point which comes -in close contact f vith a chair. Having picked himself up " s carefully as circumstances would allow, v lie smothierel laugh of Miss Emily "not etting him forward pnyj" he at last sue- a' ceded in reaching a chairi atil drawing 1i is coat tails forward to preveut i disagreb. a, ble expose, sat himdelf down with as la nuch grace as a bear *ould be expeated el n exhibit when requested to dance oit ne- i les. The young lady, who was almost ol ufincated with laughter atihe sad mishap of f time bashful lover, felt truly sorry for at im ani used all her powers of fascination d! ) drive it from his mind, and eventually ol ucceeded so far as to induce him to make - i remark. And on tii tock lhe split, for d ust at that mnoment shesdiscovered site hadh ast hidr handker-chief. "What had be- ha ems of it ? She was sure she had it as ,hen he came inl It must detrtainly be a omecwhere about I Havnit you it tandor a on11 Mr. Danphulef Jack was sure that b souldniit be so I but poor Jack in venturing w :o answer couhld not possibly get along p ithiout raising his lIans, and ot course y ta must drop the coat tail. In his anxiety 1 n recover this missing " viper1" he eventi entuired to intdinie his body so as to get o glance on the floor. As he did so the 51 racture opened, and beholdl there lay as g he lady supposed, her' reperty. It wras a lie work of anl instant to seize time corner, o mid cxcii-" Here it is, sir, you needin't il routble youirself. Raise a little, it is uinder ei ott " at the same time giving it a long p smil. AlIas, the tail was now told-no es. a -.spe-nothing short of a specipl interposi. w 14)n Of Proividence couild save his shirt. bit whast asold lie do? Another, a strong miul.evincissg sin the part of tie young l adya ta r;iraewsirthiy determination to obtain thed list " siy gosods," csoupled with the re.d sInet ts, " Get up sir, youmr're sitting on it," lemsrmuined him, ands in time agony of the 0 ns'ment, gralbbcl wvith both hands a fast "i Ilsa ppearing strip of linens rhich encircled a' is meck, he exclaimed istheart-broken ac. et,"For Govd's sake Mius Emily, leave ly shirt collar !" Tan .SADDLE ON TtrE O'lIER INo~sE.-" )ne i)aniiel ines, of Newv Bedford, Mass., ha ecently re~coveredh 820 of Ehiza Ann mi hiiithi for a breach of promise to marry. Vi Ve think that Eliza got rid of Datiel ti trctty cheap. - s COLORECD 'NM.-fk F alua op.* 4 my. be mad, frm n .strodg de ton e ingrediepts used lndyeftng nIe*iI little aluma,' m orabic. yid dinary~ water er cakes emp e -awn,,g difuse'd. Irough stere m yl4 used for, dolored ink. WIZ.Lows ABinSI. Mto1sTUNkI-3-An ' ance is related wherefruit tees wereist d condition from the:subsoil retainng ofrpchstui&*i re, The. plntink of wil w trees-near tirh ws toi owed by a re ationjo oelath, This reenlt wgs attri S mg,-An iih turir :To cis sORIC DACe IN ItdRsM.--WJhed ur gaddle.has.ucualded the ak of jour 3rae; get som White ashes; clean and es rrdtIhrHl,'sprinkle tifAm oketle dorel utsyour blanket od darefully, and.thbh:yod av saidle your horse and ?Ro ahead' et will be a new skin, over. H before gh's BOTTERED Eaos.-Put A piece o hbte ir in a saucepin, andneltit iddlbg a lt. e milk- Break the eggs-into a baih, andt nr them into the saucepan. Season *itli it and pepper; and continute stlrripg th gs till they are adflidiently crssedda erve *m piebes of toasted bread. FoOD.--Por young chickens notdin Ai titer than Indian dorh dough, until if an eat corn or the refuiseof wheat. They 'ill eat the latter in a few ilays, and small rain corn in less than three *ebks. 'Th ioner they get to eat griin tihe better. A corriespondence of the Ledger vom. unicateithe fullowing recipe for clean. ig kil gloves; sun uiades, silks, &c.i 'ithout injuring or changing the color: Dip a clean white rag in a small quanti r of camphine olIl rub the article to bd leanod until thei soil or grease is removed; >en take a dry iag and ub the article un. I perfecily iry. 'It will then regain its rmer beauty, and look equal to new. BALSAM OF TURPESTINE.-Melt by A entle heat black rosuii; lb.; reimols Abd essel fron the fre and add oil of turpuau ne 1 pini,. Font Va: Dboas.-Wutt heai br wheta ran for a week or tio, kept inicoop ei lace that they can go atiopleasure . A f. !r some time, a rich wash nisde bf ;any Ind of vegetailest-bdAihg::bester thaw araley, thickened. .wh-vtlthe husks of.Ini ifn mInl. It will hot do to keep -both iri of ducks foi breeding on the same ung-hill. PICKLINO CbcfimEizs;--To each huna red of cucumbers pat a pint or sailt, YoiV I boiling water sufficiehr to colertheinj Ithier stand twenty.four hours, the vi. l closely covered; they are*,then to be ken out and wiped dry witbouth eakain le skin, and put in the ja'i in-Wh the re to be kept. Boiling f1negaids ihen ut to them, the jar clnsed'tilight, and In 4 rniight delicious hard pickles are prodii% d as green as when they' were upo'the ines--tho-best vinegar mnust be used. INDIAN PUD'INO.BoI a quart of milk, idstlr in Indian, meal till it is nearly as tick as you can 'stir it wills a spoon, iheli ida ,ea-spoonful of salt, a cupful of inmh, $ss, i tea- oopful of gingei or gri'n nnginon an. told tillk gh to make d ,in batt N il in i thIq gfour honr~d bake ihe adme len [W t timfe. Cae tould ie taken that e itir dids iie . op bolling irhile the pudding Is lQ d' ?d ng made In this wap ,*h (the iilitlaei a qdnrt of -chopped saveet ap esn ked from four to si* house til be 'fened .ciousg -I~ ~~~ Tus ~d' TIiB o iAPPL* PAtNT as long been a subject of qnluiry, says a exchiar~ge paper, as to the best time to )gp3y piaint' to hecla pboards of hopes~ fao: irability. Re pealed experiments ai 'en madie, within t wenty-five years''pastW~ haich hape resulted in the dentiction that mint applied betweeh tNotember an'd larch, will sland more alhin twieebM ng as that which is spread in the 6tliail onthbs of the yekr. The compoment psrt the paint form a hard subs ajef oA 'the ir face of tihe cgapboard, nearl .as'fhard Wi lass, and not easily erasedo ivna ut' ith a sharp knife, andwill notsoon Wrest Il; whereas when paint~ re aliEd.'fif e months of July and Augnsi, ad mot'd 'pecially if in a seveare droughfttaq deli enetrates Into the wood like water ipw sponge, and lestea the lead nearly drg, hich will Boon crumble aff A person *tho hied been lifte:ing to u 'ry dull address, remnarked. that every ing " went oh well," eiped1a ly the au. To MAKE HARD Wa1tR~ S6,T--Add to le bucket of water, wifmed, one ouhoc& rcarbonate of soda, whit' renders it sofr, rarn water. SGet out of the wa'y old 6an Tueker, You're too late to come to supper" This popular~sawt ichangeddin the Course advancing refinemnent, asmas tonead Will the Venerable DaidhiTucker, Esq. 4 ave the'g'odness' to withdraw for' a fea inutes, as in cosnaequence of laiiate tii' al. it will be whally lriosbldfe uhim . ke his evening refreshmnent at the. first ble.