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a n noTt m~hah~ l tog o au-, A ; . v. Qur erow~n~dest~ d the charac. to dft. 1orndike, who was noted fo-pid6i adherence to which ev r .in"st, End he attribup ksu n change not onlyto Cap t thingto'n's'tercessions, but alsoin part to therprospect. there now was of the triuniliof the colonial cause, n in which case the confiscated estates of' tdhe elder Mr. Scott would be restored. He kept this to himself, however, and expressed his thanks for Mr. Thorn like's hospitality. 'But I shall owe you even more,' he added, 'for the happiness with which your, promise has filled me, and I cheer fully accept youir terms. Meantime, let me rise; and pay my respects to the lady mi person-I am sure I am well enough.' Our hero, however, was compelled to keep his bed for two entire days, in con sequence of the fever, a period which appeared to hi an age. We shall not attempt to describe his meeting with Ellen. Let us pass over the first few minutes of the interview. 'I have but one thing to regret,' he said at lst, in a low whisper, for Mr. end Mrs. Thorndiko were at the other end of the apartment, 'and that is the loss of your miniature. I had it around ny neck when I went into battle, and have not seen it since. Ellen smiled archly, and drew it from her bosom. 'How did it reach your possession?' he said in surprise. And taking it in his:hand, ho added, 'what means this dent, so like the mark of a ball?, Tears gushed to Ellen's eyes, as she said 'Captain Washington who gave it to me, said that it lay over your heart, and that but for it, Tartleton's pistol shoe would have killed you. Oh! Al bert, I sometimes thought, after I gave it to you, that I had done wrong, know yng that my parents would not approve of the act; but when I heard that it had saved your life, I saw in it the hand of Pr'oidence 'Yes! for it not only preserved me from death, but wa the means of inter aesting Washington in our favor, and thus bringing about this hanpy re-union,' said Albert, after a paus re. We have no more to tell. On re covering from his wound, our hero re ointed his corps, with which he continu ed until the expulsion of the British from the Carolinas. After that happy event he was mar ried to Ellen, and with her spent a long life of felicity. Their descendants ill preserve the battered miniature asn heir-loom. -si[nFrom he Washingon Union.] The Cilolera-Higao y i naportant, if Traae. Wo publish the ftlowing article at the request of a medical friend. as poresing the greatest interest. The writer, Dr. W B. Herrik, is the editor of the N. WV. Medical and Surgical Journal, and worthy of the confidence o f thme profe~ssion. We may mention, as elucidating the article, that ozone is farnmed in the n'ir by decompositionofits aer, thl rough distur bances of its elect rical equilibrium. Its nature and composition are uncertain. It haS heretofore been detected in the atmos phere durm ing the~ prevalence of epidemics varying in'quantity with the violence of the disonse. * ~ An ozonometer can be maden by satur ating a piece- of paper in a sohition of starch and inudimn of potassium. The smal Ilest qu untity of ozone in tie air will 4 be renie red manmifis.by the ascoloration, produced by thme free iodine: (From thec Chicago Daily Jour nai.] TfHE ClOLERA. We give the following a placee with great pleasure, merely adding that the - excitement caused by the discovery' has been heightened by t'he success it has met with in cases whmero almost every citizen has wvitnessed or experienced its effects in the premonitory sy mptoms of cholera. We may add, that therminence of Drs. Herrick and Bilancy in1 their profession, wrho use it in their practice, and testify to the effects of this remedy. should at once command for this specific its general adoption in cases of cholera, andl its thor ough testing by the profession in all local. EdliN of the Journal: Dear sir: In compliaince 'with the re * ~ quest of my friend, Dr. 3. HI. Bird, I - have made the following brief synopsis of a letter from him, sent to me for pub lication in the North Western Medical - and Surgical Journal, which, together with the few additional remarks wvhieh I have made, you wvill please publish, in order that the members of the medical profession, and our citizens generally, may have the means of testing, and the Cenefits to be derived from what is sup posed to be a newvly discovered remedv p~roholera. Tibe facts stated in the letter referred - to above, arc briefly as follows: A6tit six months since, Dr. Bird and mrIfWere led into a conversation upon t7ps falmosphorie influences in P tdiFw ~temics, from roading an ar utnn chemist in one of our periodicals, n which it wa contended that mnfieni depended upon then tpes th e 04 ysis a i 'i n to0 te0a6 untoothnibsubstance inpheMmo,. Taking this statement:lmI cobiexion with the fact that cholera' I generally preceded by infuenzas; as shown by its history, we were led to the iconsesion that both diseases might be depended. up. on the same influence, modified iniiegree according to the greater. or less quantity of this delorterious agent present it the at mophere at the time. The next step in the investigation was to determine what agent would counter act the influencel.and destroy the delete rious properties of ozone. The accurate chemical knowledge of Dr. Bird enabled him to suggest at-once the well.known substance sulphur as pos sessing the property of acting upon it in such a manner as to neutrblize its influ ence. In searching for facts to support this conclusion, was found that cholera had never prevailed in the vicinty of sulphur springs, orin situations where this sub. stance abounds; hence the conclusion, that sulphur might be, and probably was, the antidote for cholera. In one of our recent medical journals, an article appeared, describing the meth. od of detecting ozone in the atmosphere, thus supplying the means of determining whether or not it was present at the very time when cholera was beginning to make its appearance among us. Dr. Bird's experiments, as well as those made subsequently by himselfand by Drs. Bird, Blaney, and myself from day to day, since that time, shows that oxone is pre. sent in our atmosphere, and that the a. mount is in proportion to the severity of the disease from time to time. A hout a week, since, Dr. Bird deter. mined to try the effects of sulphur upon himself and othera, troubled, as nearly all have been more or less of late, with un easy sensations, slight pains, &c., in the digestive organs. The result was entire. ly satisfactory; so niuch so, that Dr. Bird came immediately to my office and re. quested, me as a friend to test its efficacy in my practice, but to say nothing to oth ers witha regard to the ingredients used tin. til facts should justify its public announce. ment as a discovery. The beneficial etfects resulting from its use in my practice was such a.s to con. vince me at one of its utility in the class of cases described above. During the last fcw days Drs. Bird, Blaney, and myself have continued to use this apparently simply remedy, to the ex. clusion of nearly all others, in all cases with choleric symptoms. The result has been wonderful. All the premonitory symptoms, such as pain, a sense of full. ness, unnatural movements, slight diar. rhon, &c., have uniformly yielded at once to a single dose of three to four grains of sulphur. In cases where either cramps, diarrhea or vomiting have been present, and in fact where all these symptoms have exis. ted in conjunction, the use of sulphur, above named doso every three or four hours, eas had the efTect to ameliorate the patient's condition at once; and when used in a fewv hours, to dissipate entirely choler ic symptoms. So far as its efficacy has been tested in the teorst stages of collapse, most satis fac tory results have been obtained. In two or three cases of the kind the effect of the remedy has been to bring backc ptulse to the wrist, restore wvarmth to the surface, and stop the profuse diarrhoa and vomi. ting. In truth, the results obtained, so far, have been such as to convince all of us, who have administered it, and its elli-cts; t hat if'any remedy deser'res the appellation, this a specific for cholera. It having been determined to make this public statement, it is expected in return that no hasty conclusions will be made ei. ther for or agast what appears to he a Propositioni to accomplish mutch by very simple means. Althongh the results, so far as obtained, in a short time and by a few individuals, seem to jutify our conclusions, it is hoped hat phmysicias will continue to depend on wvhat they consider the most efficient prae. tice, in bad eases of cholera, until they have tested the matter themselves, and formed their own conclusions; and also, that whatever may be the confidence of individuals in this or any other remedy, they will not depend upon their own judg. meat in any case, even of slight symp. toms, wvhenever it is possible to consult their physician. .It is suggested by Dr. Bird, that a com bination of powvdered charcoal, one part to four of sulphur, has seemed to make the remedy more efficient. WV. B. HiER RICK, Ed. N. WV. Medl. and Sur. Journa'l. CHAS. L. WILSON, Ed Chicago Journal. HEAVY FL.EECES.-At his sheep shear. ing a few clays ago, Col. Ware, of Clarke, took from Otto of his Cotswolds the enor mous quantity of eighteen - and three. fourths pouuds of wool. Sonme of the sta ple, we are told, measured sixteen incites in lengtht. [ Winchester Virg. AcQUITTAL OF CRAFTs.--John W. Crafis, who has been on trial for some time, before thte United States District Court at Boston, charged with attempting to defraud [ansuranace Companies, by con. smp rmng wth others, to destroy ship Frank. bhn, was acquitted on Tuesday morning. 'I'hte jury were out nine hours. SINGULAn FAc-r.--There were fewer deaths in N. York, in the wveek ending June 2d, by 50, than in the weoek ending May 12th, wvhen there wvas not a case of cholo'a in tha cty. 'TE bANNIfM: W UE8DAY, JUNE 1849 N, al) 3u1itg TRAVELLING AGENT.. TC1Rev. FREDERICK jp 1fus travellinj Agent for this p"petiand 'i tiiistioi'zedtore ceve subscription. and r6ceiptfpr-the sane. AGENTS FOR TIE BANNER. Messrs. Wur,&C. Sunterville, 8. 'C. T. W. PEGUEs, Esq., Camden, S. C. Mr All communications intended for the BANNER must be directed Post Paid to the present EDITOR. -Notice, A gentleman intending to visit the North during the latter part of July and the begin ning of August, would be. happy to attend to any business either legal or com mercial, and to execute Commissions on fa vorable terms. For particulars enquire of the Editor at his office. Cotton. Charleston.-Prices from 5 84 to 7 1-2 cents per pound. REv. J. DuPas.-Death whose mighty hand spares not, has bereft us of this truly good man. On Monday morning, (18th inst.) at 10 o'lock, he breathed his last, after years of suffering the effects of his disease. To our readers and ourselves his is a heavy loss. His pen, ever active, furnished, through our columns instruction and amusement; his last papers, being in continuation of some remarks on'Novel Reading. To the Church and his flock to whom he was ever a careful shep herd, his loss is irreparable. - A crowd of friends, each regretting his loss, followed his remains to that "bourne from which no trav eller returns," and many there are, who, al though not within the pale of his church, who deeply deplore his loss. Rev. N. GRAHAM delivered a brief but very impressive and sol emn address over his remains, which brought tears to the eyes of his auditory. It will %e long ere we meet his like again, for in truth a good and worthy brother has been taken froni us. - "Blessed are they who die in the Lord." Col. Benton's Letter. There are some politicians who cannot pursue a consistent course through life, and who, like the cow which gave the good buck et of milk, must find an occasion to kick it over, and, in the decay of mental and physi cal faculties, realize the worst predictions of their political enemies. Mr. Van Buren took the initiative in realising this fact by springing on his Buffalo platform, and Col. Denton has followed suit in his letter to the people of Missouri, advocating the detestable wilmot proviso, both becoming panders to the tricks of their political opponents, both used 'like the cat to take the chesnuts out of the fire, and both finally discarded by all parties. The Legislature of Missouri directs Col. Beiton, her Senator, to vote against the wilmot provi so, and he, who thought life has advocated and carried out the doctrine to obey instiu-no tions or resign, nowv appeals to the people of his state against the instructions of its represen tatives, and endeavors to divide the people of Missouri on a question pregnant with danger to their rights, institutions and freedom,-to become the allies of old federalists, fanatics and abolitionists in their cursade against the rights and character of the South. One of the objects of Col. Benton is to attack Mr. CALHOUs in his uniform consistent and direct course connected with state rights', and the obvious and clear construction of the Consti tution, as to the power of Congress to inter fore and control those rights by sectional leg islation, lHe will fail in this as ho has failed in every thing lhe has attempted to achieve through life. With the abilities, copious and laborious industry, indefatigable energy and indomitable perservance of Col. Benton through a long political life, it is a remarkable fact that he never possessed the entire confi dence of the party ho acted with; he never was popular with the Democracy of any sec tion of the Union excepting in his owvn state, andl, now finding himself behind the ago and in the decay of influence in Missouri, he is making a tremendous efobrt to make Missouri believe in the very dloctrines which he has assailed for the last thirty years. General JACKsON used to say that Col. Beaten never recovered from the eflects of tho bursting of Stockton's "big.gun" on board the Princeton steamer, near wvhich gugheo was standing at the time of the accidents ifrid, looking at his contradictory and most singular adoption of old federal principles in his letter, we are disposed to arrive at the same conclusion.-... He claims the wilmot proviso as a Democrat. ic measure, the Whigs liugh in their sleeves at giving that political character to a meas ure which they eonly have adopted to assail the rights of the Sou'th. Col. Bonton and theoNorthern states declare that Congress has a right to exclude slavery by Jaw in the ter ritories belonging to the Union. Insisting upon the possession of a right does not estab lish it,--even claiming that right by prece dence, does not make any thing in favor of its justice, the right must be positive, legal, constitutional and admitted; how can that be so wvith the wvilmot proviso, when the South unanimously deny the power of Con. gross to prohibit slavery, by law in the terri toriesl Hero, thou, is unquestionably a doubt ful powver; wvhy should it be used in legisla tioni Congress is required to pass laws es tablishing govenents in t:.,ito....:- Wha. theth ofIa terrinty.'Ifhe ep Es~~ftha o v: 0 l1 Zw of nine l lo theao ofla ryiW fo t oi c6lin of thiiritr. -, t Ole 6f i t~t6 pO llossessjtt rhy in-ied frm th p -of d tor teii beioeleng toh p Union and no one state can b pitdpby law from possessing all its ights.ip the r ritories.: Col. Benitork 'L inake'Pothit by his motion; his at tcks-eibr,Calyouj'will be passed by as igle, empty'a1 preposterous. At the North- it is hinted that the real object is a movement for the next Presiden.cy-but we have no faith in it, Col. Benton nevet. had even a look for President, he has not even' a squint at the present time,- thelhg4 nev repay such services with any coa-they'en.' dorse them but never honor the drawer. We believe that Col. Benton, finding that hiiiday has gone by in Missouri and that the people of that state willnot follow him into'the ranks of the abolitionists, will resign his seat in the Senate and .make California hiR future resi dence and will attempt to ,be. returned to the Senate from that State after lending his services to organize a government which shall exclude slavery. ForMrTH OF JnY.-What is to be done at the forthcoming anniversary of oui -Inde pendence in Sumterville I We have heard of no movements-who's to deliver the Ora tion? There never was, perhaps, in the an nals of time, a more eventful period. Whit a picture do we present. - All Europe groan-. ing under the devastating influences of civil war. America engaged in 'all th purstits which betoken health, happiness and'prosperi ty. The time is drawing near, so let us have a meeting in the Court House next Saturday to appoint the Orator, Reader, Committees, etc. WHAT DOES COTTON COST TO GROW1 We would solicit a perusal of an article 'on the outside on the above subject :by Mr. So LON RoBINsoN, well kr.own as a writer on agriculture. It originally -appeared in the National Intelligencer, and is, perhaps, the only accurate statement extant. Ii is well worth preservation.; Mr Our friend HoYT has returned from the North and displays a splendid assortment of articles in his line. To any one in wani, of an excellent time-keeper, we can give no bet ter advice than to purchase one from HOYT. We can safely say we never saw such a splendid assortment of Cutlery than he has now. Glve him a' call, 3- Z. D. COTTRELL, Esqr., has sold the' Spartan to Dr. P. M. Wallace, who will take charge of the paper in a few weeks. We are not acquainted with Mr. Cottrell's 'move ments, but regret loosing so worthy a mem ber of the fraternity. ABOtLrIONIST ARRESTED.-.The Spar. tan of the 14th inst. states that a man named J. M.. Barrett wvas arrested on the Saturday previous at Spartansburgh, up on wvhosem person suflicent evidence was found to convict him 6f being one of these vilest of men. We received the paper too late to publish the whole account, but weo trust to do so in our next, ,THE CHOLERA-Is in Norfolk, Rich mond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newv York Brooklyn, Boston an:d is reaching the North Eastern States. On- the 15th inut, at Newv York there were 8 oases and 16 deaths, the city otherwise wvas remarkably healthy, and none but those who had been intemperate either in eating or drinking have died of this complaint. The Southern Literary Messenger for June contains the commencement of a new tale by a Southern gentleman entitled "The1, Cheva lier Merlin," which opens exceedingly well, and will prove a very entertaining feature of the work. It also contains several pa. pers of interest, and serves further to sus tain the high character of the work. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. A Division, bearing the name of "Marion Division, No.-, of the Sons of Temperance." was instituted at Marion C. H.' on Friday evening, June 1st. The following ofiqers were elected: S FGxnso, W P Rev T R War~sH, WV A J RL N TENHET, R S O P WHEELER, A R S W W DURANT, T A J REQUIE, C. W W GREGo, A C R H REEVEs, I S T A SanTu, 0 S. IMPORTAN4T FAcT.----In New Orleans there are upwards of twelve hundred'Sons of Temperance. Of these, it is said, only three have been attacked by cholera. SMALL. Pox.--This disease still prevails in the vicinity of Greensboroughi, N. C., anid has extended itself further into the country, several cases having appeared at Mobnt' Airy, in Snrr Conty. on, IOU o~m D U-1t, ;- e I kg~ r Ophexo~ninationof _4' L~,aha ging tho ij r.:gijHbtot path of- 010 00(t~1i jtcuadI ~h4 cyof tzhj f raujdi took pinc at O leans onaj-t1je,4hns Th )jacv Was' trial CoiiL SUCCElsOR To, LO;RD IN fi. Th Kin gsioh0Journal mnntona .ruor3) CUA-R -3~i Z.-.6k: M ELGIN iifthe Goiorn mont oq anadz-,and be sccto nJtikab odlA The A~nn'JA f0 t tig a 'nqW'gold "tplaee' ri ha1f,~ iiear Ikl' 1assivr wihan~s already ti(dd ouull bfiopes of -ah thi6 p6articar M or Wich 'd %6 1i. 1 when .theopei~ profisprd C6.SO~TO Tl~ 6 joC clv il I Ifpovec in,. c e umnnr increasedad a-~ ofpiopcrfyr ,jotius liat been learslp,4 at rI iI'.1~p Suspicion.ocuin i d~; by wh1iinch- lte owili W is copig b9atJfr~ltop ik4.tip .ou4)0#e.l*ihcea~6udg. t bort )4hingla mev~ '&iul4ly theamiy~.: SOCutzir* AcCIDHN . orX~ gtu niuie yeora~ole, in ithe RAlfion a4 Wool 6n :Fuctory, had his righ:-am irt tire]y -from -iia body,_by bcingjdra,%vn: -into:" ,the machinoryby a rop heasmki ously throin~fg. over abZ.whOOQ Weit t r raw keflsp a roer op en& a >r p f bdiepceho er ~rat ur op. ae tre cheit culty Ithi b d tia akea roper spirit'i. ar Us.ja ussAn so)de, ua iep a b uce aIar. yor heaN ir hat or 1asee rrfia~a *pon'teeople, ther n the wvorld; but wle teavo ar~imy, heywl'l have power.-A nortl t he Hppngarians have defed. Itusians ind captured :0,00 i n a or loubts of the tr'uth oftha:report,and yet, whien the great ManiA 'LEREsA, vas totter nk on her throne and Aistiaboitio be di vided among the Gdefip frs,.i& wa hluxoAr which espousgdher ifeu and broughtnearly all the poieri' $o urde at ber feet. Russia has' tad'an a rkey, instead of an enemy, and the Ottoann the Russians and Austrians wiii be too trong, we apprehend for ungary. Wha will France say to the oaanifesto ofr ussis?.. Nothing. France is not what she was nder the old Republic, or under the E ,n -.she iae lessons to all Europe, she mu t uore eive them. Franca, is poor, is only half a re public, and her armies require icorganization and some years of practise;,her. government is unsettled, her people divided and she-istoo rar from the theatre of oporations. Englanid ian Frost, but can afibrd to do no iaore. Russia' and Austriif, ith a million ofsoldierg willgive the law to Europe. Every arrial rom across the "big herring-pond" increases the interest of the news its conveys. NwORLEANs.-The Dci~a of the !2th, states that the watei-s if r eapidly ubsiding, the river, also is falling rapid. ly although the edesso isstillrpen'- - The wvater had fallc fe enches irin84 lhouvrs. 'ity PRESIDENT PIC -T Neashville Banner, 'of the 8th insant, b ys: 'We regret to hear that Ex-President POr is dangerously ill, and that but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery; his dis ease is ofa bi lious character, and has been threatening him, for a wiceeporh"o past.' The daughter of the' late Qdrnoore Er ro-T died" oF'cholera .on thi l io last. SIunday, and wvas buried atWelir . THE CREVASSE.-.The Neo Orleans Delta publishes a.mnp of tihe city, show ing the course of the water, and it really appears to be more blaarniig thari hode at a distance would imaginb. The follow4 A the umma-y 'of damages:- - hai d squares inundated, 10 Tenements do, 1600 Pcrsons d welling i sith'e same, 8000 This is a great'and -mcalculable calam ty, and unlesstho evil is remedied, we are at a loss to say what may .not be thes re 0JI Major General DavrD E. T waiOs, has peon appointed to the command of the Wes tr Military Division,in place of Gen. GAse loceased. DFeATR .oF CA-r. EWAnn. Dxas.---The Brownsville Flg states that Cpt. Ed'd.:Doas, Ith U. S..Artillery, statlernediat:Camp Ring. old, was drowvned from ori boardthosieam er Yazoo, near Rio GrandeoCity, n Delt. Capt. D as served on both hinee Edirhg he Mexican war, and was .taken. priaorier shortly before the battlesof theatia and' 1th if May, and .carried into Matamowraas. The death of Mrs. Arm MatAu Prnnt was (says the Baltimore Patrio of Saturday, Ith inst., announced yesterday This vener. able lady was sister of the fate veteran Comn.. rnodore Rodgers, and relict of the Hon Wil liam Pinkney, ond of the moat distinguished taiesitan of our country- - DEATH Or' Miss EDGEWoRT.Theiliter ary world and a best of juvenile readers will learn with sorrow, that the celebrkted Maria Edgeworth, the popular: novelist, is dead. . She died after a fewv hours' illness, Monday, May 2I,'at.Edgeworthtown,.in 'the County of' Longford, Ireland. Jhe wvas. i er 83d year. .... TRIAL FOR MURDER. Chade$, a slave lie property of the esitato of Johathan Lucas af., Charleston. anti JImmy, slave of Joseph lenkins, were tried ad convidatod of the pnur ber of Thoe. MNorrisci, a -white .man, and' watchman at thes West Point Mills.' They were sentenced to be hung on the. la Fr. Iry in July next. The U. S. Store Ship Tidrngo anve it New-Yorkfrom. California ' id Mncay ho 11th inst..having halia naillioin of Gold mn board, which has again revived: be geld rnania in al he ocrthern cities. bRIDGE WAsH Eb AWAV.-We are inform.' id, says, the Laurensa lle Herd pf Juno a bhat thie bricdge over tong Caona og lIss' Mll in 'Abbeville D.iatricti was swept away he a freat oan..t uay.