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THR SUTER BINNERI IEntrotts: R.S. RICIIA)RDSON, Ja, W F. B. IIAYNSWOIl. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9,1855. Agents for' the Banner. The following persuns have been ap. pointed Agents and are authorized to re. ceive, and receipt for, all sums due the Sumter Banner. Any person wi.hing to 'jecome a subscriber to the Balner, by handing tholm their name and address wilj have the paper forwarded proaptly. 'hey wilH also see to forwarding all ad vertising husiness connected with the paper. W. W. WAT.XKR JR.,.. Columbia S. C. S. W. WITAKER,. . Wilnington, N. C. WILLIAM HIYDE................." W. F. I IIAYNSWOnTit, St'rville, S. C. R. C. AoGAR, $ 4 W. S. LAWTON & Co. Charleston, S. C. . RussEL BAKERt, 4 . No other person is authorized to receipt for the Banner. Mr Persons wishinr to see us upon business connected with the Paper or Law can find us at any hour during the day at our office, just back of Soi.omuoxs' New titore. P- All letters addressed to the fBadner must be pre-paid to insure atten tion. Sale Day. Monday last, sale day, saw quite a num ber of our country friends in town. The amount of property sold was sinall and the prices reached were not hh. Tihe Weatlier. The country has suffered much for ti-e want of rain. Up to Monday last, the complaint was general with our planters that they could not get their seed up; but . rain came at last, and on Monday and tionany nigmt we were blessed with most refreshing and invigorating hower. Vegetation looks revived and we hope the chances for good crops may not be entirely gone. CooAiel's Election. We have been credibly informed that the protest filed against declaring Major T. If. CoNNoRs, Colonel of the 41th Regiment South Caroiina Militia, was or. gued before a board of tflicers on Saturday last, in Colimb:, and tihe ground of time protest sustained by thein. The election has been sent back to the rion!e. Thrn day of the election has not yet been np. pointed. -'Oumkroia." In -another column will be found a so. vere -and canstic -ebike ofr the conduct of those who, on May.day night, so far for. got themselves aind the respect due to t he - -community, and especially to the youn. ladies, as to commit the intlecencies com. -plained of by "Omikrotn," While we as public Journales, can but condemn the conduct of thiose, be they old or young, who committed these acts of trespass upon the property and feelings of some of our citizens, we should have re. gretted to have been compelled to adimin. ister to them the rebuke their conduct de . ervos-for we must think thatt it was ru. ther a thoughftless, than a wilful and de'ib. crate act, and we canm but hope that it will be an isolated instance of the kind in the annals of our pleasant and sociable little town. T1hme article of "Oinikron," which relieves us as to'the nepossity of further comment upon this affiltr. is couched ini such language as to secere and! at the maime time not at all per anasl. T'hae abus . es ha complains of are no fictions', and the improvements suggested are, to us, ubso. hute necessities. Tine May Party. Last Tuesday evening saw a fairer and larger assembly of young beaux and holles, miet together to do homage to the season, than we recollect to have ever before seen in Sumterville. Thme rooms se!ected forl the celebration were large, comnmodioun and pleasant, and the decorations do honor to the taste of the young ladies, under whose sole: managenment the entertain rnent wvas conducted. The addiresses of the Queen, lierald, Flower giris, Maidsof Ilo. nor,Spring, Summer, Autumn.Winter, amnd an'army of other little cha~rming fairies, have been, at our reqtuest, furnished us for publication, butthmeir len r th .preecludes the; possibility of publishing themi this week ; suffice it to say, that they were well chosen and in keeping with a season, when : "Bright is the sun and mild the breeze, And blown and verdure deck the trees." Qf thme mnaterial part of the entertainment .-thie suapper--we can say nothing, fairy feet patting nmyound the table, wviih danicing eyes; and shining itnnocen', gleeful faces took up all our attentioti, even to the ox. elusion of those large bowls of Strawber ries and eream, for which we are wont to confess a dje.cided weakness. Child-like happIness and gayety were the orders pro. 'mnulgated and written on the faces of thme young and old. Whmem they do tmeet agaitn casuch. another eve,.mma-y we be there to Give us your if Messrs Editors, we *Typos had the pleasure of being present at thme one giveni on Thursday evening by the scholar's of Mf's 510tGN's school, and its ., ,. performed their part as * ac tors, nd 'the whole afifuir was without a p. Trhe young Ladies' smiles Z were as piercinig as the't, and every ono seemed wranned In etht -ar. on.omo. News Items, We took occasion, a few days ago, says the Charleston Standard, toinotice the ex travagant high prices of our meat market, and though there has not been iuch of a reduction in tihe prices since, yet we pre sent them this morning in more detail. Yesterday Beef sold fromi 15 to. 18c. per lb; Veal, 20 to 25c. per lb; Lamb, 1 to 25c. per lb; Pork, 15c. per pound; Chick. ens, (very small size,) 02c. per pair; larger ones, one dollar to one twenty-five; Green Peas, 37c. per peck; St rawberries, 37c. per sancer of about two dozen; Caibagea, from 9 to 12 and 25c. each; Sweet Pota toes, $2 per peek. The Neu' York Herald, speaking of the scarcity of provisions at tihe North, says: "If there be not a revolutioi in these things wit'in thie next ten years, the only alter ative for a sufficiency of bread in the North will be to fall back upon lhe Southern system of Africai slave labor. Strike out the produicts and supplies of Southern tilavery of lite last year. and we of the North would now be sufTering the evils of an Irish famine." The Wilmington Ieral sayse that the fallinr off in the turpeitine crop, o% ing to the late extensive coulagrat ions, will be 50,009 barrels. A Plrotest is been entered, says the Camden Jouri al, against Lieutenatii, C01 onel Bland inig being conumissioned as Brigadier General of tihe beh 'Brigade, South Carolina Militia. &gned by nine co1muMissioned ollcer.C of the 22d Regi. ment. The grounds of proteat are First.-Illeg;lity it voting in the 20t0h Regiment; lite polhi were opened and tihe election held without legal nAtice hmaving.r been given, as required by the Militia Laws of Sonth Carolina, A. 1). 1841, Act 2$5(;, Section 13. Secod.-Viutes tendered for Colonel Wdliam J. Taylor, for the oflice of Brsga. dier Gieneral, were rejet ted, as we coi ceive, wi-liout sutiient grounds. 'Ie itatter will be referred liv MAjor General A ikeni to a board of otficers, who will hear tlie protest and determine wheth or or not a new election shall be ordered. Fromt the Taleahuana corresponident of the Tmies and Transcript, says .a (a hifor nia paper, "we learn of the particu bairs of the art ival of Miig at that port." It appears that the Aiierica wns board ed as soon as she eiterud the harbor by Mr CI:ares Mint urn, a promiient and in floential citizeni of San Fraincisco, and 5leiggs. who holp:!d to have rc lched.. a country wheire his miiisdeeds were tin lnun% n, was9 appal led al ha inexpiCed an appar ion. Recovering, however, Nieig!rs took Mr. Nintur asid, nod begged f hitm, for tile sake of his wife, wh,' h1 iart it woild bre,t, iit, to reveal time fittai .se cret, as all oil board ex--cpt time two were ignoraut of It. What :ir. iiturn di we are not advised; ftut the tac: w.ms aI re.ily knowi iti bliore-a newspaier from San Framiei-zcoj iaving- previonisly reached that out of- tle-wav il.ie. h'l( e lost remarkable p :rt of 7 the .-tory is, that Aleiggs h:d taken away but butwe.en $5,ouo to 66010.. TPh- t elegrap;hic l iie between L'o'u nmb ia anid Charlotte hits been u,:ened. -A great anzd unipricedenied driiugh t 'prevalils in .\h iss'ss pp:; in the neighr-ii hionid of Woi.idvdlle, salys lie Recpuibbeaii: "'Thie heavens seem~ mnade' of brass, anil ezarthi fast beoinig a parihied andii burning caldron. Ciirn is sulltbrinig very much whle rmuuli of thle cotton is nolt yet upi, thiej'e nt being muostuirc eniough in the ground toi caus~e it toi gerimiate-conlse. qjuenitly the "'prospects'' at this time are gloojn) enoughi. TIhe Iholv Spring~s Dem~iocrat speak5 ini very hig~.h at:dl ci r~hial tierzns ofi the lIon. \V S. Bairry in iconneer iion withI te Gov crmiorshiip. Col. Wmi .ile.Wii i ha s beeii nomimnated for lie office I y thme Demioc ra cy of Madison. Whii-st the i"rest of manikind"~ are pav ing frori 3(0 to 50 cents a pound for buit i er, we see that the article is selhnz at Ciii cord, Northm Carolimia, at 11312 I 2.'. At the~ s~am pO lace baicomi is 8 1 -2eat hams 9; cormn 75 to-8(J; oats 4.. Th'le-angrieuhu111ralI branchl of time Patenlt (11lice has taken measures to priocure seeds of the Blun ya-bimn-ya, of the fir I ribe, growinrg in Autst ralIia, wvhere it Iflouir ishes in a region of nut mnch greater am ea liani thiirmy imiles square. It bears a come near. iy twvo feet in diammeter, filleid with seed the size oif an olive, ainil of flavor imore rcIi and delicate thani that of the pine app'e. It is so miitch esteemied by time mnatives as that they at times travel hiumndreds of miles to partake of it. Vast numbders of locusts have made their appearamice in thmg neighiborhuood oif G;rifiin, and s )mei fears are entertaiined, that ma second eiition of one the plaugies, that visitent Egyp't in older timies, mlay prevail. Winter's Iron Works and Mills, near Montgomery, Alabamai, have been d.-striiy' ed by fire, loss omme hundred thiousamid dollars. We learn fro-n the Romec (Ga.) South ernjer that there is great destltutioi aimiong the poor of that comuty. Many faimilies in the most indigent circutimslances. are living on the gomnerotis but mleat~rre chairities of nieighmtiors alnost ats needy ais thmemselves. Tme partial- failuies of grain crofrs for a yea r or t wo, the 'ncrease ol the prices of provisions, amid the stoppage ot mainly grist mills, are tnted among time causes. The Dalton (Ga.) times also draws a ,1steng nietuarn of the fainen in north Georgia: "More than one-half of the peo pie are without corn and money. The cry is "corn, corn, corn-do you k now of any corn for sale?" The answer ita, "I hava travelled twenty miles around every way, and can hear of not a bushel to be had, for love, charity or money. 'hae poor man offers to work a day for a peck of corn to feed hi wife and children on. lie am turned oll' with an atiswer, "al) own family will have to suaff'er if I sell my corn." llorses and muler are turned out to perish, or live in the woods as best they can; and hushandmen that have farms and no corn will not be able to cultivate nore land than they can tend with the hre. ''he writer coueludes by arguing te pro prieby of appealing to thnr Governors of Tennessee and Georgia for aid. The Cheraw' Ga:ele says :-Moses Hlarrelson, who wus convicted of the mur der of E. A. Rogers at the list term of tie Court, and under Bstence of death which was to Le executed on the *29th of June, on Sunday morning an hour or two before day. nade his escape from prison, ile was confined by a chain to the floor of "m cell. It is snpPosed that with a i. ik. en from a water bucket, he sua9.td in ui'ocking lthe lock that f.atenedth - rhaiii and thatt with ille saie wirohe sui eeive. ly untlockedf all the locks, anld mado his %% ayJ:> the lower floor uid escaped throiglh the windows. .Ue was tracked where he left tie road aid weat accross the fields of Mr. Nathlan B'.ans, and until he came to the run of Smsitl Swamp. 'T'lhe 1(ev. Jaimes Dannelly, one of the oldezt and best known mmisters in the South Cirolitina Conference. (lied ott Satur. day, the 28:i tilt., at his residence ncar Lowandesville.. A despateh from New II.ven, dated April :2thm says :-William Clark, a young grocer nerchant of this ety. at 7 o',: lock this eveni.g, shot through the head Richard White, tw eat y,fionr yearstaf age, mit White's dwelling oil Sheranat avenuue. White "lad oie t ime ago moarried a .\l iss Bogairt, to whcmi Clark had been very much attached, and the murder originated, it is said, from tht cire masnive. Al: the par ties are of gsood standing and char. acter. 'le distress of White's wife ani.1 her mother havie created the .rcate.t sym. pathy. Thte murderer ins lie trres:d. Wbite sitI breathes, but his death is look. ed fur :t any moment. '-Ienry TIhtams " i ea the Abbetale Banner. "Sofi of 1'. W. Thomas. ormerly oi 1inev'e, an iiterestting I oy of elevei ye~ars, v.is kaled lar't Friday ;at ls mno ath. er's weide.ace ill this unr.ct, under tie mos mulam lainle circmtitances. I1e hltad gone nto tihe yard to shoot a hird, but missinig it the irst fire, sent his little.Nis ter for h.s powder and shot, with which a seemi , lie im:lediatel v reloaded hiis gun 'otd 1ay ig it til lie i ro:aund, wenat to) look indcr tle tre' tot make bure lie hld im r;Soei i gamt e.-Wne doisng this, a Ittl nie. iro iy. not iaore than aenve years 1ld. too: Up tile guln, exclaimmiti: . '.\ia. let. y, I am giiamg t .ht uVii,' at .he amie a- iresetolag it. I Iiery tly rush. ed towards hi to take the piece fra hi:1an anld when so clore lth it the muz112z!e nea'irly toirbed 4's person, it was disclharg. ed, whether .cc identi:ally or putirpose4v, cannat noittaw be kcnitwns. Thie w hole l'utai p)asse thllbriongh hais body. Thea po: r bin. threw lii tants roundaa Isis mthar's niek, gave onie gasp tanid died. Tfhe Ablaitionai s, hav~e in thle despicrr' tion ad inort iicatIioni of theatir recenit fai taraes ini Kanisas, ctalIled for thte intervenstiota of te iumted St:ates A-mty tio put downti t hei aiss.ouril iii, wholii, as thesy say, htave initerred with 5 le raghita of the eletive francahis(e in thait they have ei arated to andii exied th! ale rights of cit;lesip int that TIerrnaory. Thle Allies anid thei Rttuin r'cena t ly alloawed each ot her tan atrmnistic to bauary their dea'ad. Th~e ofilae'rsa tad sohiliers of thle re'spectlive cimtanth~tt s mingtled with echil other, soked c'i gia andia cracked jokes, the Is itans jaaco.aely askiing whIena the AIhes intendedL( to ltake Sastaooh anad what timei they e~xpecteda to leave. As .ttioan as tie tarilstic wis over thae par. ties went to work :talau catsnionaaihng it:aehI oilier fiercely. Tlhe cats rana over the new tenustle wourk :across the Wiateree Qwamsp, for the tirat isle, oait Thuiirsdaty ansl. 'PThis work hais been c'opleted witham a year froms its commtttentcemsent, atnd is saidi to lbe a solid an th loronighiv contstructed piece of waark. A letter fromi St. Loutis, .lissotnri, ab~iad the 14tha of April, stays thtat am tha at .Stat,, an Iiliatis anda Kettaeky'., cai ale, sh, eep andai hogs hsad baeen alying durs ritheI t past fouir weeks t'y hundtarcals, fromt acheer starvalto, and lhe di- eases priodulced bay setatmy toodi, atnd use severe and protracted cotd of the past winter. TIhie G;rand Jury of Chiester'eld l)istrict hasn presenttedl as a graevansce, the titos of the last L~egislat urn in plediginag the fiith anal credit of the State to tie extet of two nmiiioms of dollars in tihe hiue Riadge Railroad proaject. Theia schemae seemts to have been regardedh by the Graind Jury as "ii anid impajractcablie."' anti the dlebt whichb the Stite has thuts assuased to hbe one wvhicha will have~ to lie pt tad bsy '-gent. a~rations yet untaorn.'' The suggstion is theoreftore maitde tihat thle Contsit ituiitinthe 80 amenetdedl as to plrevenit the L~ -gishti un itt thle fuitutre fromt const.ctinig anay debt, except thaose that are to lie p idl lay initne. diate aind dtirect taxationl ttpont a le paeape. As snore car less postmitasters seem to imaginec that letters (ot wich the poeltage has been but partly paid in audvatnce are to be treated ats though It lad beetn left whlol. ly unnaid- we* renublish the foliowin', standing regulation of the Department: "Letters part paid Phould be despatelied, charged with the additional postage due at the prepaid rate. according to distance, estaislished by said act, (of March 3, 1855,) except where the omission to pay the cor. rect amount is known to have been hiten. tional, wheni they should be treated na letters % holly unpaid." The steamer Star of the West has ar rived bringing California dates of April 9th. The Know Nothings had elected their whole ticket in Sacramento. Coin was scarce and trade dull. The mint had coined in the year upwards of $750,00). Flour commaidiig 814.50. The steamer Atlantic bas arrived with Liverpool dates of April 23d. The Vienna Conference is been brok. en of, Russia havimg rejected the propo. sitions of the Allies. Lord John Rua ell and Drouyn d'lltiys had left Vienfna. There are strong indications that Aus. tria will not act aranst. Russia. Selbastoptol had tbeen bomharded with 5'0 guns from the 9tzh tothe Ih of Aprit, without result. The Allies would proba. lly attelapt to storm the place, thoaugth an ane-atnit was hardly considered practicable. The lastest accounta state a hat the Alh. ed fire had done some damage, which, however, was promptly repaired by the Ruls-ians. The Preneb mines had been sprung, doitng considerable damage. The 11r.tish loan of ?16,000,000 had been taken by tle Rt hscli ld's in I lie shape of an imouitv terminable in 30 The British Government estinaites the expenses for th year at C-6.0^00(),, ill the re-. en ne at X56,00J,(l)). Parliament Ii] iincreased the taxes on invlicm, Spirits, Tea anad C.&O. A stamp Iax on Sugar was propose,t. Napoieiin and Etagen ie had been in Eng!and faor a week. It wa1s stated that the English Govern iilent had <onlseited that Napoleon shulId take command -f the Crimean army, though Ihis wa dotibi ful. The Roebuck Committee was progress. TI~e floor of 11h1" Convent (:,' St. Agne11S, at lne, had li en. intjuringm thi Poie hght ly and several Ctrdmals set erely. A l(us-i.n lady I ad been captured akwg drawi: of .the Frenach trenichea. She c Iinteed int she tad acted as at 9yI, nc the it 11le of Abn-. Oan he 1aiPtt if the 2.31 nhimo, accord. og it the Cine Cgo Trlmne, a respect:able citizen o: JeNt, Wisiaconso, was awak. em d by Ilh.- a creau &f bair, wife, whlo saw a man in tihe lioe. Th husbad, as lie spir.i romI 10s b d, was fired upon ill tle intrider who adis.sed los aim. Tlle tin-banad then si-ehed up tam; owin olntwk i, iad tle intruler fell dead. Boill tle acti p:11as tIeup:' on1aiai fled to the hll u tt a ne..ho!iir, tiold whi1,at hada iicc rred, a d. ila conipany vith .veral Persons, retrnJi %% he ihe aIin; r aid mother were horrihied to recogn e it, the nmiilged body of tie deaal robbei t, eir wii z-i! It ..ppears he pail de cended tiaa iis oi ta r.oom- by imeans, ol a riope laddler an ad enteredci the room n. hetie he. wa- stiot, through the wian. d aw. 'The .ousec laid pareioiusly been roibbead, very myasteriously, oh twio goldl Orr, thei "iage G; ahrel,")'is gaot ito atronbe ait Gureenock, Scoithlund. Ilie has - ee a'ent to jail far srx:yv ayv. Ii .s to) re.ciauau.imht didl not suicceed. lie expects, it a siaii, to asual1~r "moa riyrdom" Extract Friom~ Minuuten. A't a meetLing af C(nitaaatee appisnted pay the Sininter it.:tlemaien & ( 'laremoant 'l'roop~ hetld: ts d-ay, Serge aint J. P. Ilradi. fordu ns as calleda to 1hle chair wsInhoalaineid lihe object af ithe meinC' g iiz.: "ThIaat as goodl cit azels, aand a hpop!e isn o suhl ofi al others be' prioud of1 tha-ir posit an aainngt the. n5atiaons of1 the iai th,. it bae.'nmMt ti ta relbate in an apaprapri ata inantaer, thle Anniiiversa ry, af lie b:rth dlay of (our N at ial Inidepe.:alence. "Thlat we Ih repre~aasentiati vOs, of our S.res, aind Gr.aiaire.a (whoaa rearedl in ivi al liae, doaned th a iahmaaent, of wvar fiar a aiaaonai, an ta u ;tght thea Saihhe:irs aof Eu rope that the c tizenls of Ameiarica wefre their superiu r-.) deema tht the 4:h of aJu1aly next isi a pmaper t me. and. Siimaterv. lie the pros pe~r llacea, fair snieh I cteLbratio bya a a don ater, milt ary prce siad oration,"C On motauiioni it was ordler..d that a putblie alan ier i bI e given at Si atervileI Acaid may (Grove. ait the -4th Iiuly niext. OnI mot ian, i'i wainairdeid th it all the ti'tormi ('anuties ini the ibastract he in vited sroinh t aie:r Cuniaadner to unite with Is s int Ca lebrat aug 1it.e evenit inl niia Oni maot ian, it wvas ardered, that arms, a nil ide armns lie dhaspenased wahI. On moatian, at was oral real. that thla- a d ie lie part ieontar ly amtv ited, las favotr u.s ithi thei r paresenctte altn ihe oc'casiaon. Th'le ptnhle geniera'I y asre inivated to at tond Oat tooijon, it wvais orndered that Genecral Nelson anid stal1. (Col. andii stall', Majoar anal 0;icrs isf 5th Re.inent ot CAavalry be itiv.teal ton aitlead in ftll titiforin anid joan m price Sian. (in mtotion, it was ordered Ihait Colrs. StaITh, andia Ficha Ollic-ers of 2t4hh aitd 4th itegaiamnts, tand the comnaiaiionedk ollcers of heat conplanies ian eacti regtanorit-be invited to attend its full- uniform andl join itn proccssioni. On motien, it was ordered, that Ex. Gov. Richardson and Manning, the Hon. Senators and Representatives of Sumter District and the adjoining Districts be invited to attendi and join in procession, where a prominent place will be allotted them On motion, Gent. P. II. Nelont was appointed President, and Col. Blaniding Vice lresident of the day. On motion, Rev. D. McQueen was up. pointed Chaplain. B. W. Ldwards Esq. Orator, and John S. Richardson Jr, Read er. On motion, Capt. J. B. N. lammet was appointed Marshal, Capt. R. C. Webb assistant Marshal, Lieut's John W Dar. gasm and R. At, Durant alternates. All who join in procession are requested to appear in white pants and gloves. Committee Committee Cnvalry. Riflemen. W. C. Reams, R. M. Durant, 0. P. ML Roy, F. Myers, A. Al. Newbery, C. II. Jniies, Jos. M. Wilder, T. E. Waite, 0. 11. White, S. E. W. (larkson, W. P. McCoy, Leo- ard Chandler, Lieut. J. W. Dargan. Serg.'t. ; ,F. Bradford Chairmnan. %V- J. N. Iimonet,.Nec'ry For the Banner. Suaaterville-ien . y Pa'ty W Uat e Wasat, &C. -MzssRs. EDITRanS :--'ermit ine through the mnediumi of your valuable paper to say a few words in relation to our flouristhiir and enterpriising ittle town. There are several tling. connected with the wellbe. n of Sunterville and its inhabiants which I think deseive a "- we place " in our thougits, anid. which I think, inigh weli emiploy the time, taleits. and peos, of man-y of our I- more knowingr " eitiZentS thoan one would be aware of at Gr.t ghace, ad in the first place. I will stte a few fact % which in my liible op uion will be obvions to I lie most superficial oabserver ot matters and thaigs in " these wonderful Suinterville may v-ell be denominated a pretty, healthy, an I thriving town, and with a few alteration, additois and sub. tractiown, whichli might be suggested, and1 not only suggeste' but carried out) ciuld become tne III the first ini:n toiwns, in the State. ut as I have before stated, there are sever l thing.n ;nnected wai.h the welfare and happieiass o Iite place that need "o oiing niter." You are well aware .Messrs. Editors. thit, whatev.er hias a teuileiicf to mar the happmiess, destray tl;e peace, or iijure the pa opery of imb viduals, wiIl, inl unlmy ista nces, produce the s aiiie effect upin cominunitie. Per imit ine thereaore to " speak a little " con. cernimg a certain chaS or classes existing in our niadst, whose perIrmaIn ices of late h-ive given rise to th present article. Whether they be "Amer.caiae " or ' Ire 1iits " I a *m ;t ja'a i 11t:1d ia sy;i , bil one thin.g I wd11 sy, th.at, iwe ver they ire hewy de.serve it tha coattenance or painage i un intelliieeat4 morn , uind enl'ghten.-Ied comumlty. Thle injury doine to the iroperty andl fetflings uof soine of oar snost ro-:Ieceible citizens ol ihei nighit of alt first of M ay is bt an exterra. aI evidce o the deep depravit a t an . manly, :inn uunpi-incipled dispi,itmion exist. m ai n the hwras r of somi'. whlo for ought we iiiw to lie ciauntrary '.onit hilave' the andawitv un er t he diisgiuise of a decenat sit ofi clolths, to phlice themselves in front oft lie roli ae I sa:il genatle iaaa'y cir I;-s of our towna, or~ whta o mul.I if they could set themsselres ny, a h i Chmrti - lds of the. dIay to tei.acht 'a gaizsg, gapiig worii~ I' the trsanosact ions of the aight abhove :alindedaa tio, were th lonmly exhii:iiiions of a w asit of respiect a nI gent leman i.. regard tor the feebu :o4 ai property aat air fellow citrtzans. we miigh paiss it tby muore e~ia lye lhnt we are sorry to say th at it is not the first, secon. air thirid trll'me of the kind Iihat hias ta ken: plaice wvtbini the last few years. Thiere. seems4 too to be such a recklles.mnesi an I want ut the Iir.st princ. piles of go ,d breedi ng, .abiim these " dleeds oft ilarknae..,"' that wve toir theo ch imp:inis ot mauch ras.-.iity woiuld wilsigly under t.ahke, for thac itE) mpish~idni"t ot ate.r par. poses, anlydhing ni in atore ho.. coatrary i I the liter ieeligs oif the humana heart, how aib.cene, low and biesittinsg it may tbe. Th ere is hut one way by wvhici I c in acouiaat !or a'hie existe .cc of so er iwoless a claan, as that of whiwh I have jutst spadk. en.-Thaere is in our Toawn a certasin "Firma," which seams to toe, have hor soime t une, tieen Iranrsact ing btusinaess on rather "am tarpre ale,"' (I ameai,biy way~ of mearueasinag thle ninniber of it< partners in businae.) an.l tet I .lhonah weary yiiur patience by keepinig yon ini suspense as lo the niamaes oft the genatlemneni who caam. pose alie said "FI~iriiu," (If indeed t hey be gentlhemein.) I wall try tai te best of any ability to give you the lnames of a few of the leadiang caaracters,--their p1 ce of rideinc~e-iwccupationi, ana~l their ma aonor if spenahngui timae, &c. &c. Now as regards the "caaganiaean" of this celebrateid estab. lishmiaena, I have bait 'it he atoubt, but whit it is as taiimliar to yo .r ears, as your ty. lpi's miesisage. tr "are ct opy." limt, for tear it mnay have slipp d younr memaory under your "pr-ss" oif bauainess, I shall at temipt to ave you athe niamies in bltack andi white, just as I recoveid thaema from a frienui of inae than oathaer day ; fair sao fair as I aam c. neaernaed. I h are nii tauraher knowalgle of dais Comp~any, tha.am wht at I cian see o r hear. T'he niiaes, thaen(I am told,) (if u~s pirinacipal taemnbeas are: lessrs. "Wanlk. Street, Da-Nothinig & (" Now whnit is to tme, very smagaular with regard, to thias dastinaguishaed coampact, is,'thftghey do not hang wit thtear sign and ge to wyork ike amen; bu' each pairtner tur~tnugmscf in-. to a "Sign," and may be seen at all hours of the day, and frequently. at all hours of the night too, either itanding,- mitting, or lying (as tie case nay,) about the corn ers or the Streets Grogeries, Twvern doors, and all other public places, where, like rafts of drifting trash, they mniy find a place to lodge againsi, it inattering little with them whether the unfortunate occu pants aro pleased or displeastad so their business thrives. In fact I have seen these worthies so completely monopolizing the entrance of some of the Mercantile Houses of the town as to reider it almost out of t, e question for "Jadies" to enter, unless they feel disposed to press their way through a inotly crowd of cursing, swearing, dram.drinking, cigar-amoking individuals who possess "brass" enough (not in their pockets) but on their faces, to call themselves "GENTLEMEN !" -A dis. grace to the name ! These disciples of the "Peacock" fiamily of "foolosophers" appear by their actions to conceive it to be condescensien in the superlative degree, even to "nod the head" to an honest, in. dusirious inec-hi mnic who iny chance to be fall enough to come wit hin the range of their Visual organs ; but strange to say they do .iot appear to think it out -of ke-p. inir with their dignity, under cover of darkness, to run doin, catch, and lug in. to t he third story of a gentlemanis house, a dirty, lousy calf or a stiu4ing goal, that they may thereby inanifest to those by whom thev are surrounded, their kixd re gard for the fairer sex and tie property of uour fellow-citizens. Another instance of their patr.otic zeal for their glorious (7) cause, and we are done with thein.--They 1mi1iy be seen on Sabbaths in the house of God where one would naturally expl.ct to see some deg-ree of resiect aid reverance for the sacredness of the pbace and the sartcti'y of Religion, with their feet (all besmieared with mud, mire, and what hot) braced against the back- of the pews frontitng them--a quid of tobacco in their montth, and one o'f Vte.r "charninr" consp1anons at their elbows, tamrough ly prep.tred for not hearing a single word the' wsimister may speak : and deter. raied, as it would secn from their ices sant wliispering, spitting aid laughing, to tnt no oi else enjoy the services. Now I leljusified in making-the as sertion. th it Sm rtervlle, to s iy the le.IN, has ni use tfor .ioy it ch a h-ilf-civilizel gaig of pee e aid S bbith- breikers 'as these prove t:.eiselve, i o bie, and minless they chiange their ways tie sooner they ciiut in tice rruitllg serrvice the better it will be fo lit peac .1 h.ippiness of tht! place, One word m're and I will close for this taue. Our town needs unpuvemaeit mn other respects , in one, the h'ghest ue cessity deit mis that something be done. A tew e.-cnings since tile citizenis 'i our ment by the a Iarmang cry of fire ! lire ! fre I! ! The wr.Ler anid a 'arge -uiber of the townsimen wo'1n hatstened to) the place, whler we 44und hie dvelling hns - of one of our esteemed tellow-caizens w rapped ii the devmuriig vle.iscit. Als g.azed upon the scene biore theim. Says M r. LB , " It' we only had a few backet, hioiks sr axcs we mi.-ht save "tee of these buildings "(sor there wevre two~ houses juaited tog'etier by a passage way) " Ye's, e.:sy eiiough " says alr. C. - Boit we hare not' got them, no, not even anax. I e':umot see tear the life i- tne wvhat it is that keep. the peoplpe of Sutervalin froin seemng the necessay of doing sonme. thing by way of prep-trat~iin for thiese ter. rube emsergencie's Now I dci noet proiess to ix1ssess the gift of prophiery but Iiimust say', Iroms the force of circuai-tances that if soiie:ha.rg is not doene i-hoirt'y for t ihe wiinzre ot our4 tow.a inl this respect, that it all not be nmany years o rmio..this before the sont-stirring words of lire ! fire ! ! lire !!! wdh l ompose thtoelhoruis ol the d rge thai wdll be heard echoing through the crackliig tlantes ami flailing houses ot outr tiow beautiful, hut then desolatled vil lage. O3IIKRON. Correspondence of thme Sumter Banner. CIIUMIUxA, May 7, 1855. The C rops- That State. Jhouse Again - Alay J)ay ---College JE.ekibihw n Miat~ tary -XAscellaneous. ?ii ?'Ssa. E~tOies: Int comomotn with the~ cirops of' the adjoiirg Districts, hose sal' Richlnid have snili-red great. hy Irom a lontg-cotmued drought AlthI ugh sinamtmer da3 s have not, y et. c'imie, 3 et the earbth has beeni parched niod vegeta' ion withered, I lowe'ver, uti laist Thluisdiy eveing, we were favuored with a litie showiei wvhiceh last' e'd several homurs, ref'lre.-hed the p~archied art :h, antd rev iv~ed the groiing grain. Yo u .ave no idea of the ple'asure wvithi which thle dentizents-of' that city whinse stirettis are enivelopend in t hc dust gle..-t ed the genial rain. Weo hope. that. aniother shower will again v'isit us befoie n a..y diays. May-i lie maomnh of flowvers and flir'. t:Ltionii, is coine at heast, and its pritmal day wa';s appopriately cehlrated by " meririe laids atid laissies fimi." Weit leave tee others ihe hionoir of re' c'sadinig the various patrties which weie givenii; and the maier in which they were respaeti vely enij' ed. 'Thiiough the kltgiess of a lady Irienid, youtr corresponident receivgi ian inivitation toii the May day cuJahrat ion givetn b) the schhbetrs of the Coumibia Fecmiale Academy. We spotnt a v'ery p)leasant evening, and would hike -to mleet with so mianty pretty giits oltenecr than 'nce a year. 'The Evlips~e oaf the Mbon was dis tintily visaole from the bogining to the etnd. We regret we -cannot eox plahn the cause, andI~tovemen a of'said so as well as sotp-,lao Wo ah rnu~ MJan t heir 'ow' rare T .. day night,-when they stated hat the "ditnal rotation of' the oblate sphe. roid produced- a unlkvexity of inlealcu. lable cohesiveness iii the heavenly bo. dies." The Commissioners of le new State Capitol are at present eiposed to % scorching fire from the batteries of "Esquaipudenah" a correspondent of the "Chrolinian," who well represents the public opinion of our City. Their treatment of Mr. G. E. Walker-:-their eibrt to injure that gentlemen in the estimation of the pualic-their total ni fitness for discharging the duties de. vol ving on them have justly rendered their late oflicial acts obioxious to the community. Mr. Walker' will, in a short time make a full exposition of the whole matter, and then where will these anateur architects-seai. engineers with their Gernman friend be ? We propose to.give, at another time, an account of their proceedings since January, atnd then your readers will unite with us in the hope that the next Legislature may turn out of of fice the entire Board. For the present we leave them to the tender mercies of "Esqunpudenah," who will without doubt ride thein over a rough road. The Alay Exhibition of tile South Carolina College will take place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday even ings next. Twenty-seven young gen. tiemnen have received appointments amid each one will we trust, come tp to his expectations. The exercises will be held in the College Chapel which is nearly completel. It may be ititereshing to naniy . f your readers to know that, the corner stone of the old Chapel-recently destroyed by fire-was found a day or two ago while excavatinig earth for the founda tion of the building soon to rise on Slie same site -n which the old Chapel had stood fior so iammy years. 'I lie Board of Trustees meet on to morrow evenig. One recommenda. Gin will be maude to them by the Faculty, at the request of the students, viz : a change in tile hour ftir each re. citation, so as to h .ve the three daily recitations in the inorning. The hot weatner and importance of cl ase attentiol to studies at this time render some such move necessary. Exami ilation commit itelnces on JUIiG 20th and wall jrobably continue until Ju.y Ist.. The C. F. A's Captain Hampton jwcceded on : targe-iii ing excursion. on Friday. This beinag rather an nllul sight, iiaiiy of our citizens. were pa esenit to witness the mudar opcrandi. The target, w.as of iood mix eet, square, and mo-pred in the Congaurce river so that all danger from balls migit, be obviated. Fifteen ha ing been fired, thei carriages on which the cmia'no were supported broke iroan the recoil of. the gull when. fired--in cois .equ:ience of whtch the iir-ing was su'ipeniaded, much to the regret of the Ctmpany and the citi' zens preeit. The C F. A's are thie ..tl .iliry3 Compiaany in tiis-sectionl ofhe~ Stat~e and eare erainily woVrthy Uf pfni..e fi)r their zeal, enie:gy, mid per, beveranaice. Nor must we aehnMit. to macition, while discioun,iiag ott Military allais, the parade %f the Rtifleiuen o'n Saturday oraiaing and that of' the College Cadets inl the eveinig of the same diy. The f' rer perfirnmed. laight In laItry tanovem elnt, s.ach is s.o raaashamg ina adv'ance or retreat, with t he accuracy aind precisiona af veteans. The Cadets nmureba e~eceedinagly well and the onaly regret is that they do ntu ma:it -ter' ainur ien (in parade. .Truly Youis, Coilc.rnDENSxs. From the Pee Dee Times. Sihockitag .31 sarder la 1VWillisasss baurgha Disiriet. Iso~owoOD, h'EE baEE, April 30th, 185c.-AEdito~r of the Pee Dee Times : liatemnse excitemeanit haus prevailed in the Siockee aieighboarhooid, WVilliamos burag Distr'ict fir several days past,. arisiag fiom die recenat discovery. of a. maost atri'ious mnurder which was com nitted in that vicinmity siome two mtihls since. The unafortuate victim of this bloody outrage, was a pedlar namied Shaler-a 'fine igner, anid saap: posed to be a Germaan. Noting hiavinag been heuard ol this man sine late in Februaary, the rumtor became currenit a few da)s agol, that he had beeai ni ra.ered, whlen ai large numb er af citizenls immaaediately collected and coiimameed a vigilanit search for the body of the muradered man, and ho, fur the g ,ods of' which lie was sup piosed to heave heew: robbed. TIraces of the gmoods were founad in the deep r'ecesses oft Sockee Swamp durinag-the first anid seconad days' search, and f'romr their locality, and soime incidenitat ciracumrstancejs, suspicion was fixed upon a colored aman' named Robert. l'owell, atnd a white aman named Rlich ard Marsh, a soaa of William Miarsh, and having ascertained. thne wherpa. bouts of Powell; a. party was dispatch ed to arrest him, sand succeeded in daiing so 'Thirday night, at the house of' a Mr. Phillips, in the Carver's Bay nieighboirhood, Georgetown -Distriea.. Ona Friday maoraning Powell was brought ini, and on beinig interrogated,. conifessed his participationa in~ the nitr der, aend condueLgd us to the grave of po.or Shaler. ' It seeams that Shaler lodged.Satur day niught,2~4th Fesbrtaary, at the houser rof Naancy f lattaway, about four tmiles fioma 'ee Dee river, oii the B~ritton's, ferry roach, and left there tSuinday morning itn comapany with Powell and, Marah, and. before prpceedin~g a -mla. wva shot. dead and phutndergd, and his lady removed ua short distatnue iJotn. th.'rioad anmd buried near the--odge of a bay. liaving learned that Marsh. hatd e'scaed aeroses the riv'er into Ba itton's N eck, ae pai was sent over. in pusut .'d i atJlbe pas ty sent to - wa3 lay seine landhag4 on the river; by this latter panmy heo was mect and~ arrestad. Marh aso confe~ssed his part ic' iathta in the rauir !cr3 and '.ys