The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-10-21

Swartwout at Mler. One hundred and
thirty Dragon recruits, under Lieut..
hane, encamped in the Plaza Mier.
Gen. Patterson had, previous to the
two regiments being ordered to Monte
rey, about 1000 men encamped three
miles from Camargo.
Char EUe. Neacs.
IHE NEwsPAPER.-It is n great mis-
take in female education TO keep the
young ladies time and attention devoted
to fashionable and polite literature of the
day. Ii you would qualify her for con-
versatlon, you must give her something
TO talk about-give her an acquaintance
with this actual woridand its transpiring
events Urge her to read the newspa-
pers, and be familiar with the present
character and movement Of our race.
History is of some importance, but the
past world is dead, and we have moth
ing to do with it. Our thoughts and
our concern should be for the world, to
know what it is, and to improve its con-
dltlon. Let her have an intelligent
opinion, and be able to sustain intelli-
gent conversation concerning the men,
tai, moral: political and religious move
menls of our times. Let the gilded an
nuals and poems on the centre table be
Kept covered with the weekly and daily
journals. Or, ifthey are left in the book
store, and the table is we'll supplied with
newspapers, her mental and moral cha
racter and her common sense will not
suffer on account of their absence. Let
the whole famil ly-men, women and
children-read the newspapers. And
if any body has fact or thought worth
communicating, let him not try to make
a big sleepy book, but speak to the
world through the newspapers. This
IS the way to make an intelligent, re-
publican, and virtuous population.
LoweU Courier.
A RELIC OF THE "PIRATE OF THE
GULr.-We are informed by friend of
ours, who has just returned from plea
sure excursion to Coillou, and adjacent
Islands on our sea coast, that one of his
men whilst engaged in hunting on the
above named island, perceived at dis
tance something protruding above the
ground, and after approaching and re-
moving the sand, it proved to be quar-
ter cask which from being imbedded in
the earth, was rather difficult to move.
The finders Imagination was at once
raised to the highest pltch-he fancied
that it was filled with gold. and had been
buried there BY Lafitte, and his pira.ical
crew; he was so overjoyed ,hat he ex-
claimed, it is better to be born lucky
than a million aire, and the very grains
of sand seemed to be changed into par,i-
cles Of gold. He rushed to the camp,
and Informed his companions of his good
fortune, who in company with him re-
turned to the spot. and after examining
the cask, found it to contain a prime ar
ticle of "Old Madeira" and although
disappointed in their real hopes, yet by
the refined influence of the wine on their
lmaginations, they very soon come to the
conclusion, that they were as rich as
Crasus
We speak knowingly of the qualities
OF the wine having had taste Of the
" crstter," and from its oleaginous nature
have no doubt, but it was put there some
thirty years ago by the pirate af,te
1t was found in the middle of the island
where it could not have been thrown by
the sea-Ga/resion Ncacs.
SHoRTNEss OF THE CoTToN CKop.-
In the Madison Journal OF the 2Otll ult.,
u paper published at Richmond, in his
State, We fad paragraph, somrwia.
more definite IL relation 10 tho cotton
crop than such articles generally are.
The Journal say 60 The crop of cotton
in this parish being all open and Il con
siderable portion picked, we can form
some estimate of the comparative amount
which will be sent to market. In this