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I Monts.C V"All letters by mail must be paid to in sum punctual attendance. Extract or an Ordinance Enaced by thi Town Council of Sumterrille: r For the information of all whom it may dioneern, the following extract is published, C to-wit: "SEc. 8. That no slave whsse owner r resides without the limits of the town of ii Sumterville, shall be permitted to work therein, unless a written permit be first pro cired from the Marshal; for which, the sum of fifty cents, for common laborers, and the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for mechan- t ids, shall be paid: and that no permit shall 6 be for a longer time than three tuonths: and E if any slave shall neglect tg procure a per- i mit, such slave shall be imprisoned by the I Marshal until released by Council; and in no case set at liberty, .until the expenses of his or her arrest and imprisontment have been first paid. Published by order of Council, J. B. N. HAMMET, C Clerk of Council. March 13th, 1848. 21 tf J oisclaurons. , CAUTION TO PLANTERS. c D. C. Newcomb, of Franklin Parish, L, 4 writing to the N. 0. Delta, says: A circum c stance occurred at my plantation a few days e ago, which may be of some imporzance to the r cotton planter. I had a large quantity of cot ton seed to accumulate at my gin, which I had removed by hailing it on nay corn ground. I When we got in about the centre of the pue i we found it to be on fire, and had burnt the t seed into a perfect coal, some two yards square. Had it not been so much smothered s by the quantity of seed on the top, I have no i doubt but it would haye broke out and con- C aumed ny gin. We often hear of gin-houses being burnt,duringthe cotton picking season, which is always attributed to some incendi ary.. There is no doubt now in my mind that most of the gins that are burnt from unknown C canseb, proceed from spontaneous combustion t as above stated. MARRIED AND SINGLE. 3 Mr. Crossby had arrived at that time of life at which sensible -men, while their habits assume a strictness, begin to in dulge in a laxity of dress, and wear am. pie waistcoats and easy boots. His fen. tures and person betokened the man that knows what to eat, drink, and to avoid; who lives generously and at the same time takes care of himself, and who has been engaged in the cultivation of Epi. curian philosophy for some 18 or20 ears. In his hale, ruddy countenancer you could read soundness and stamina, while the 'crow's feet' at the angles of his eyes, intimated to you that he was no chicken. Mr. Crossby spossessed a comnpetence and a commission in her Majesty' 5corps of Gentlemen Pensioners; he lived in chambers and died.at a club or coffee house. Thus far in thme way of life had Mr. Crosby marched on without i mpedi mont; that is to say unmarried. But the period had now arrived at which it cc. C curred tohlim that if ho meant to marry r at: all, he had bettor do It. He did it. Five years afterwards he was seen in Cork street, Burlington Gardens, survey. ing wistfully the exterior of the Blue Pots, in predicament though not in appearance, resembling the Pern at the Gate of Para. t dise. It seemed as though he had been c buried in wedlock, and now like some i unquiet ghost had returned to visit the scenes of his former life. He had evi dently exrhanged a life of single blessed siess for the reverse; and he thus related the story of his griefs, to an old acquain tance ~who accosted him.' "Take my advice, sir; never marry. -Youj will ask how I came to do so? For the best reason, sir, that a man can have for committing any act foolish in itself. There was beauty, sir;.there was temper, there -was accomplishments, and some rnoney. I was not rash, sir; J looked be. fore'1 leapt-but, sir, I never should have taken the leap. I did not marry in haste, y although I am repenting at leisure. It consulted with my friends who agreed 1I that I was doing a good thing. I disoblig. ( .ed none of my relatives, sir, except my nephew, who was my heir- presumtive. Iwas not foolishly in love, either. The ti case wathisi I was tired of living alone.-e I1 befleved that my laundreas cheated me. ti 1 t*as convinced they stole my sugar, I tj lost several shirts, and the rest usually came from the wash without buttons. :My. fire was frequently suffe~red to go out; a and wheri I returned home wet in the feet,| I. had to air my own stockings. Now itl v itrkelme that by marriage I ivoiuldiviic hese inconveninces. I had heuird ritic >f domestio management, and was .indu. ted to suppose that it would provide good linners at a triffingesppese. ' Lexpected, dao'that I should find~ny bo'is bettev Prushed, and the state of my wardrobe, in general better attended to than in- that of :elebacy. I anticipated a byter ordered reakfast table than what I had been no. :ustomed to.' In short, sir, I looked for in increase of comforts, and if I had not, ir, I never should have changed my con. lition. "Now, sir, my groceries are not only imbezzled, but that by a monthly nurse, n addition to the servants, of whom I am inder the necessity of keeping two; and ny expenditure in that article has in. treased ten.fold. - It is quite a fiction, sir, hat matrimony is advantageous to, shiru -mine are as buttonless as ever. The ire in my study is neglected. for that in he nursery, and my slippers are .iivaria. >ly put out of the way. My warobei Is eft to regulate itself, 1he - servantenbeing Iccupied in dusting carpets and scrubbing ioors; and once a week the house is turn. d upside down, my. papers displaced, and ny walking-stick and umbrella mislaid, mnder- the pretence of putting them to ights. I dine, sir, one day on a leg of nutton, and for half the week afterwards n the same dish in various forms. I can iow appreciate the virtue of promptItude a waiters. I know now what it is to get chop cooked on ten minutes' notice nd let me tell you, sir, those are no such hings as chops in wedloek. It is worse han useless to row up my servants. In. tead of exciting their alacrity, it only licits excuses from Mrs. Crosby. Then vith respect to my breakfast. My news. aper is indispensable to the comfort ol hat meal. I can never read it in 'quiet; nterrupted every moment, as I am, by ome frivolous question or remark. "The annoyance- arising from my chil. ren, sir, are most intolerable. They are ontinially crying, and a box on the ear nly makes them yell the louder-and ny wire joins in the concert. The best of children are only less noisy and mis. .hievous titan the ordinary run. But all i them are subject to teething, whooping ough and measels, which render their xistence a burden to all around them, ex. ept to their mothers and nurses, who I eally believe, like the trouble which they hus occasion. But their wretched con. laints are not only troublesome but ex. ozmive. I am nevor without a doctor in he house. Whilst I was a single man, ir, I never knew what -idial attend. ace was. But women and children are Iways ailing. Not only are my butch *r's, baker's, grocer's, and other bills aug nenting. but their number is increase y a doctor's bill-with nothing to show or it. And when I wias married I found ut not for the first time, what rates and axes are. "Between ourselves,sir, I don't mind elling you. I got about two hundred a -ear with Mrs. Crosby. But my addi. ional expenditure so far exceeds that um, that I am obliged to deny mysell nany enjoyments. I have given up my laily pint of wine, and I no longer smoke. rhtus, sir, has matrimony not only de. reased my comforts, but has deprived ne of those that I already possessed. In. tead of being able to take my stroll, to cc the sights and learn the news of the lay, I now find myself, resolving myself, S I go, into a committee of ways and neanis. Sir. this worry-this ceaseless vcar and tear of the brain-deprives a valk of its legimate and constitutional 'haracter. Sir, depend upon it, that it is nisfake to marry for comforts. I find nyself obliged to resign myself and eon. ult thtose of others. A single man, sir, nly one to take care of; a married one as to take care of his wife and family, made wvhat every body considered a ,rudent match. Sir, there are no such sings as prudenm matches. I am as mis. rable, sir, as I could have been if I had tarried for love. So do you remain single, Fyou have a regard for Number One, for ri matrimony you will find that'you have care for Number Two." .PRACTICA ILLUsTRATIoN.-A lawyer, ye. limed in a case of assault and battery, was rows examinig a witness jn relation to the >rce of a blow struck. 'What kind of a blow was given ?' 'A blow of the common kind.' 'Describe the blow.' 'I am not good at description.'. 'Show me what kind of a blow it was.' 'I cannot.' 'You must.' 'I wont't.' Trho lawyer appealed to the Court. The Court told the witness that if the ounsel insistedupon his showing what kind f a blow it was, he must do so. 'Do you insist upon it I' asked the wit. ess. 'I do.' 'Well, then since you compel me to show ou, it was this kind of a blow t' at the same me suiting the action to the word, and nocking over the astonished disciple' of oke upon Littleton. 'There is no harm,' says the R~v. Mr. iontgomery, 'in smoking tobacco, except rat it leads to drinking rinking to intoxi. ation-intoxication to bile--bile to indiges ion.-ndigestion to consumption-consump. ion to death-that is all.' In the words of an affbctionate wife to the gonmzing partner of her bosom, we beg It: '.Don't stop to talk my dear, but go on with our dying. * THi NGE~liANGj' " "Yes" says a heroh! woman, "hang ins too god-for ifA AbQu t n a n4 It ma t t'genaiCout in thesiSte of a most honid murder was perpetrated byltwo -negroes, upon the, body of .their inistress. Of course public exCitement soon rose to the "54 40" of Oregen thermometer, and the Allens and Aannego,mwere not wanting in the neighbourhbd to "gi"e noieg," of the alarming stories of many years stpnding, raked up for present use; how home made dirk knives had'been found in boxes under ground, short swords con. cealed in hollow logs, pluts diabolical and designs nefarious, entertained by certain "ni gers" upn "Mr. Sitoh.a-ones quar. ter. which borne upon the wings of the wind by the "Breezes," and other would be popular gabites, would go the rounds, and like Pats oyster,' ithe more they were chawed the larger they got," until the whole country was worked up into a stafe of fearful excitement, on the subject of 'nigger risins;' and no doubt this bold out. rage and daring murder, was the harbing. er of a brewing insurrection, and these two silly fools who perpetrated this deed, had been made 'cat& pares' of, by the more cautious, and of course more guilty negroes, and they ought to meet with the severest penalty of the law, and their ex. ecution held 'in terrorum' over their secret leaders. Many a sleepless night was spent in the immediate vicinity of the deed, by the ignorant and more fearful whites, who never did, nor ncvcr would have a 'nigger about 'em. The nasty stinkin' things, they aint fit to be about a man's house no how; they'd just as leaf kill a body as to look at 'em.' And no doubt they often wished in their own hearts, that President Polk would give them notice, that thejotnt occupation of this country was terminated. 'But in course they'll hang them ar niggers what killed Mrs. Loft won't they?' enquires one. 'It may give some o' the rest on 'em afright for awhile, '0 yes,' says another 'they've been tuefi up by the constable and karried afore 'Squire Strong, and I've hearn as how he's ag. wine to'Get Gineral Goodman to help him set on 'em.' ' - Sure enough the negroes were duly 'set on' by a quorum of justices, and 'in course' found guilty of murder according to law, and sentenced to be hung on the 2d Friday in --. Great indeed was the excitement mani fested by all classes, more particularly the non-slaveholders, between the trial and day ofexecution, to see these negroes hung, and the expected 'nigger hangidg' was much talked about as a circus would have been, in the days of Pineville memo. ry. Nothingi could be said nor done, but what the 'nigger hanging,' in some shape or another, was brought upon the tapis, and every body was going, and even seemed to anticipate much pleasure in the sight. 'How ar you to day Bob?' 'I'm well, how is it yourself, I.give you thanks?' . '0, sorter so. so. You gwine to the nigger hangin' Bob?' '0 ye., I would'nt miss it for a quarter.' 'Nor I nuther, I'd Oruther see it than to see the circus!' Even the old women seemed delighted at the idea of having an opportunity, to see these poor devils suffer. 'Yes I intend to go,' says one, 'I know I can look at 'em hang as onconsarned as I could at an old sheep killn' dog, or a Isuck aig sonof a hound.' The speaker grwgmore angry, the more she talked about it, until she seemed mad enough to kill every dog on the plantation, for fear thymgt turn out to sucking her eggs. 'Yssys another, 'hangins too good for 'em, they ought to be burnt alive till they was dead, and then cut up by the very doctors theirselves, and made ob jects (subjects) on.' In due time the eventful Friday arrived and ere the sun was three hours high, the calm and quiet atmosphere of a summer morning in the silent forest, where the deed was committed, and in which the gallows was erected, began to be agitated Iby the hum of human voices; and- the neighing of horses, braying of donkies, lowing of oxen, and the rattling of the Iwheels and chains o~f the various vehicles Imade the welkin ring. Spectators of all sizes and colours 'from snowy white to sooty,' began to collect upon the spot thick and fast from every direction; some in carriages, some in wagons and carts, but by far the greater portion on natures colts. Soon Riley Hinton the constable pnd chief executioner made his appearance with the culpriis, guarded by two compa. nies of militia, -armed and equipped as the law directs, and commanded by. their re spective Captains; the whole division un der the command of Riley himself, who* was armed 'cap.a pie' with a horsemans broad sword, two pistols and a dirk, al though the negroes like Lazarus when he was brought forth, were bound 'hand and foot,' and hauled to the place of execution on a cart, and every man, woman and child in ten miles of the place anxious for their execution. Every thing being made ready for the last act of the drama as quick as possible, the cart was slowly driven under the gal lows; and the knots of the ropes, which prt were porly, ,d d lOO.end thrown ovp the b . Many were the anxions eyde anid ning r turned idir~d t9 spot fredrrpassib le decton, fiom abofe n rot excepted; b notwithstddngithelountable d tQ9 the pYecaution to forr a'isrge ' r Vd the gallowh, and pled'hisguard upon i l to ive all 6agopportunity to. to prevevent any attempt at. a rescue; yet so. great was the crowd thafIf was im possible for one half to see much lesto hear what was going on, and to aid this defect in the nature tif things, the negro spectators, not constdering theniselves In cluded among the number to be benefit. ted by the formation of the ring, made the trees round about the gallows, seem as a kind'ofatute of FCophails to them, by clitnbing upin then, some ten, some fif. teenand even twenty .feet hl' h, that they too might see, 84 robably heAf the last words of thei f g fellow .servants; it having previou 11 n announced that the culprits would h lIVan opportunity of confeseing their guit and saying what. ever ele it might bahoove them to say, on such a solemn occasion. After they had made an end of speak ing, in which they confessed their guilt, and concluded with 1 warning exhorta. tion to their fellow servants, and a prayer for their own souls &c., the constable de scended from the cart, dand a profound and deathlike silence niow pervaded the whole assembly. Not a sound -was heard save the commingling din. of the distant horses and mules, stamping at the flies, and the rattling of their harness. The sound of the death tap of the peg, which suspended the victims in the air, broke for a moment 'the fearful silence, qdgil was still again. Even the air itself, sdemed unwilling to disturb the solemn stillness of the scene, which continued for about two minutes, during which time the death strupgles of the negroes were the only motions in view. Suddenly an old man in the crowd, overcome by the heat, together with the solemnity and stillness of the scene, fain ted, as he sat in his wagon, 'and fell back. wards, which frightened the horses, and unable to run they commenced kicking. This attracted the attention of those in the immediate vicinity, who under the' im pulse of the moment rushed to, the old mans assistance; and. it so happened that just at this moment, a sudden gust of wind shook the leaves above the heads of the dying negroes, which with the rattling of the chains on the kicking horses, coming simultaneousiy upon the ears of the larger portion of the crowd who could not see the cause of the disturbance, created at first a panic among the negroes, and a moving among the w'hites, which as quick as thought pervaded the whole congrega. tion, from centre to circumference, and cries of 'mad dog,''insurrection,' 'niggers a risin,' when in fact they were falling like ripe fruit in a storm, from' the trees in every direction, served of course, to increase the panic, and extend it among the fearful and unthinking whites; and the fact that the negroes literally fell, pet mel out of the trees, where it was presum-. ed they could see what was the matter from their elevatod positions tended- to strengthen the belief hiat something un. common and alarming had taken place. And such a scene of confusion as hereup. on ensued, can be much better imagined than described. The negroes and whites seemed sud denly charged with positive electricity, and in strict obedience to the laws of na ture, in such oases, mutually separated from each oth6r as fast as their feet could carry them. The -creams of woman, crying of children, and running of men, women and children, terrified the horses, donkies and oxen, and they commenced kicking and running in every direction, and as the circunt~ference of the crowd in creased by the repulsive movements of the whites and blacks, the confusion be. came more dangerous; for the horses were now dashing about in various directions, and men, women and children, black and white were rushing to and fro against each other, to keep out of the way of the ani mals. 'The guard! the guard!' exclaimed some affrighted voice. 'Where's the guard?' But alas, neither constable, magistrate nor guard, could be seen in their proper places. Nor has it to this day been satis factorily ascertained what did become of the constable and his equippage, whether he threwv down his sword and betook him self to inglorious flight, or looked calmly and undismayed upon the scene of confu sion, until an opportunity offered for him to collect his scattered guards and guns, the last of which wvere lying in abundant profusion, about where the former ought to have been, is still enveloped in the mist of uncertainty. It is, however currently reported that he did run, but whether it was merely for the purpose of heading his flying guard, or becagse, being a pop ular man he preferred to act upon the ppular motto, 'When in Rome do as m~neadoes,' and made quite an active use of his legs, rumor saith not; but it rather darkly insinuated, that the broad sword which served as so important an append. age to his person on that event ful day, has never been nor heard ofasinco. Be this as it may, Riley can lay the flattening unction to his soul, that ho was not alone in his flight on that occasion; for it is amatter of wvell established his tory, that one of tid guiard arrived -at his house, about three miles distant, in less put..l e qsttrece un '~ Bu~ botw:thsso th which prevsile4 jjde W honor be it.said, we r alarmed' Two edica d w longed td d datm to wait 1hiteswre W ea they might got thep a m 'em,' were frank enough to admit, though they hadaeen many dead negos -but they never heard deac negreiak such a 'quai, n&se before, s fon something might happen, Dot ill frg toued however, but being' aistious yoetm men, they throw' down..their guns ain concealed themselvda behind a tree. whore the dying negroes could not see them. A nother medical student, who hadone all the way from the 'wilkfe' 15 'hiles, not to see the negroes hung, but that he' might 'pro bono eUtenti' and his owA in, formation in cutting up the, bodies 6f the culprits In his flight from the scene, was seized round the wraist by a lady, who begged him to take care of her, but in the honest aimplicity of his nature, he ex. - claimed, 'By d--d madam; -very man for himself, and womdm'too. - It is also said of a youthdAiinutive size, who had gone fromin idjol ing Dis. trict some 80 miles, that he hak enscon. ced himself behind a tree, whereaw-oman of herculean strength seized him by the - arm and told him that was her ti"6, and givng him a sling threw him some ten feet into a treep, where he concluded he was pretty well corfcealed, and lay there until the confusion was over, and wheni - he got up was the nearest man to the no. groes, and maklg a virtue of necessity he declared he was not at all frightened and had no idea of running at all. Even ne of the magistrates, who..was regarded as a big man in the neihbor. hood, said, that in taking a hasty view of the whole acenetbefore him, it o'cured t6 him that it might be important that some one should, hereafter give a correct dis cription of all that transpired, and to ena ble hin to do so, notwithstanding his age and corporosity, he climbed up a -tree with considerable agility. The local consequences of this extra:. ordinary "niggr hangin" were -rather beneficial than other-wAse;- for'the; year previous to it the owner of the land made such a bad cotton crop, that he spoke if removing to the west ; but in gathering up the scattered fragments of clothing, hats, shoes, etc.,.lost amid the confusion, he picked up a considerable quantity 'of cotton in small bales, supposed to have been been lost in the bustle and took the name of " lost bustle.," which in so great a measure supplied the deficiency of his cotton crop, that he concluded to.r-ma1, and I am informed Is doing well. Strange to say ! out of some 5 or 6 thou. sand souls, who wore present on that mem orable occasion, not more than 15 or 20 have ever been seen who were at the "nigger hangin..' "Well Bob, were yo - at the "nigger hangin." "Oh no they say every body got scared and run'of; and I know I would'nt have got scared." "Were you there?" -"o.t Lauren, Herafd. TnE BaoKEN Barnoi..-An Irish noble. man, on a journey was informed that his w ayover a ruined bridge, which he wudbobliged to pass at night. He or dered his postillion to call him when they reached the dangerous place, then wrapping himself up in his cloak went to sleep. . Wen they reached the bridge the postihion called but as his master did not awake, be drove on, and passed safely over. Some time after, the travelle, awaked, and called out. 'How is this, John, have you passed the broken bridge?' 'Yes, yor honor.' 'Why did you not wake me, as I ojdered you todol' 'I did not like to disturb your honor." 'Upbn my honor, if we had -all fallen Into - the water and ben drowned, I would have - put a bullet through your head.' 'By all the martyrs, if you~ had I would have left your service the next minute if I hadl starved.' GEN. LEE .aND DR. CUTTINO.-Ifn B Cutting was a aurgeon in the Army of the Revolution, and coming to Philadelphia, lodged in a house where Qen. Lee was then boarding. The Doctor was a personablei man, and not indifibrent to dres.' The Gen eral suddenly enterin thmd sltting-roomu found thme Doctor before teglass, carfully adjusting his cravat.. 'Cutting,' says Lee, 'you must be the hap. piest man in creation.' The former turned round with a smile of self-complacency-'And ' why, General)' said he.' 'Why,' replied Lee, 'because you are in love with yourself, and .hava i~a rival ent earth.' A black man in $ 1 h e was taken by hitzatfo Mtylh goods, kning them to beO stolqu. e was tried, foun iltyr and sentence peh sed up~on hkzi. 6h Judge pronounce-. "Take and. .lgthat black rassL "The prisoner begdto be' heard, ~~h was granted.Ss he,- -"If white'mia they toale goods, you will order white raipal a flogi" "Yes, to bessure,", sakd -u ude DIare is my mnasahe bug tole - -d he know I was tolen whe he hold urn fast." enh-g ue