The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-07-08

ooAeuS, "AeAS lue u"tilluSS are usually
erected, they are no more troublesome
than in the village Of Abbeville.
Neighbors are like "angels visits"
but then they will increase every month.
Mills are not erected in that region yet,
but each family has steel mill of its
own, and when sufficient number of
inhabitants shall settle there to warrant
it, steam mills will be erected.
No schools are yet lablished, but
teachers are always to be had where
the children are sufficiently numerous
to make good school.
AS for preaching, what occasion for
fear on that ground, when Christ has
commissioned the clergy, saying, eco
ye into all the world and preach the gos-
pei to every creature 2" One can hard
ly be so secluded on this con tinent, as
not to be hunted up by the clergy.
One is ready to enquire, "what will
we do for bacon and -four" l answer,
buy them as most of you do here. AS
for the flesh of swine it may always be
had there fresh, but the winters ore too
warm to make bacon of it. Wheat has
been raised there in small quantities, as
an experiment. But as they have no
mills for Touring, it would be waste of
time and capital to raise it. Who could
starve, surrounded with an abundance
of the flesh of bear, deer, turkeys, prairie
hens, wild geese, wild ducks, with any
quantity of the fattest kind of cattle.
and in the vegetable line, corn, beans,
peas, potatoes, yams, arrow-root water
MELONS, musk meliens, pumpkins,
squashes, &c. &c. &c while every run.
ming stream, and every pond and lake
is alive with fish, of almost every de-
sirable varlety2
There too, the lover of the Habana and
Principe, may regale himself with swee-
ter fumes of the filthy weed, grown at
his own door, while the juice of the wild
orange, affords beverage, more refresh
ing than the syrup of lemons. The
mother of sweets is there, the sugar
cane, and every family makes its own
sugar, and the molasses so abound, as
to rejoice the hearts of men and little
miggers
One enquiries, have they roads apd
bridges2 They have sufficient num-
Der of roads for present purposes. Any
number more can be added that may be
required, at trifing expense, and when
made remain good, thus relieving the
inhabitants of theonerous task of road
duty. Bridges are not there, but will
be when required as in every new coun-
try.
In conclusion, I would say, to every
one who may wish to move there, first
visit the country, and satisfy yourself,
respecting matter so important, as the
location of your future home.
have endeavored, to give an impair
tial account, Of the region in which 1
travelled, more especially the lake re-
gion. II | were to leave Abbeville, Ia
thing, should cheerfully do, if my pro.
perty could be disposed of at but a
small sacri6ce,) l most certainly should
settle near lake Harris, desiring no bet
ter land; and no better neighbors, than
the families Of Messrs. Harris, Crow,
Robinson, and others in that region.
Should I remove, my sacrifices must
be egreat, as l should be giving up, lu.
crative practice, in the profession Of
medicine, and should leave behind me
many warm friends. But should re.
ceive in return, a respite from slavery.
That slavery, into which every physi.
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