The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-12-15
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after the appearance Of tho disease in town;
and since my return [ have not been able
to spend any time in the city, so that eau
say nothing from personal observation OF
lignant character.
"'Thc season is unlavorablc 1t is mid
summer, and fruit most abundant and tho
not always wholesome, is the principal food
OF the mass ofthe people. And more than
all, the Musselmcn arc now in the mitl.t o.
the Ramazan, the month when thoy nc;,hcr
cat, drink, smoke or snuff from daylight in
the morning until the dusk Of the evening".
these long days, and when the cannon is
liberty to eat, they go beyond tho bounds Of
state of things, fear the ravagcs Of ths
dread disease will be terrible.
"Wc first heard of the scourge this year
ed gradually in tins direction, carrying Oil
is said to have swept over Georgia with aw-
full violence.
"Locusts have been swarming in t}c
not yet gone. They first, like the cholera,
Oroomia. Their devastatlons in some
places have been truly awful Whole
fields of wheat, barley, cotton, grass, &c,
have been swept clean by them. It Is Z
cause of thanksgiving that in this province
the wheat, which is the staff Of Lie, had 81
far ripeneJ that the did not fancy it, As they
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wind blows they sometimes fill the air li!io
thousand swarms of bees and It may 81
most be said they darkcn the sun in The lca-
vens They arc not confined to tho fields,
but come Into the city, swarm i'll orr yards,
and come up into our houses"
DISTANCE OF SrARs.-Sir John Hcrsccl,
in an essay on the power of the Telescope
to penetrate into Space" a quality distinct
from the magnfying power, informs US that
there arc stars so infinitely remote as 10 uc
situated at the distance oftwelyc millions Of
millions Of millions of miles from our earth;
SO that the light, which travels with the ve-
locity of twelve millions of miles in Il mini
ute, would lrequire two millions of years
for it's transit from those distant orbs to our
own, while the astronomer, who should re-
cord the aspect Of mutations Of such Il star
would be relating, not its history at the pre-
sent day. but that which took place two mil
lions Of years gone by !-AIcchaAic'.s flag.
Postmasters should, in every instance,
bear in mind the following extract from the
instruction 10 postmasters, page 90, section
ll8:
"In every instance in which papers that
come to your office are not taken out by the
persons to whom the are sent, you will give
Immediate notice of it to the publiscr, that
they are lying dead in the office.
In all cases where postmasters render
themselves liable for the subscription money
fora paper by neglect to notify the publish
er that it remains dead i'll the postoflice, the
Postmaster General reserves the right to adj
monish the postmaster for his neglect, and
require him to pay for the paper, or remove
him out of Office"
AFFECTING INc1DENTs.-The following
affecting extracts are from a letter written
by Capt. Merrill, of Batavia, to his brother
Capt. M. was in all the battles:
I cannot forbear noticing two touching
incidents that fell under my observation.-
among the brave and good who have this
fallen was my friend Burwell, of the 9Th
Infantry. He fell oarly in the action, from
a wonnd in the leg. On the slight repuIsc
of our troops he was inhumanIy murdered
by the enemy's lanccrs. His faithful dog,
a beautiful pointer, had accompanied him
there; he also was wounded. During the
action he became separated from his mas
ter. After it had subsded, the noble form
of Burwell, manly as in life, wac discover
face and wounds, was his poor dog, WHO re.
gardless of the hour of danger, and there,
upon the same field to die. This affection
ate scene touched the hearts many.
Again, after the fury of the battle was
over, saw a camp woman, of tho infantry
who came upon the field to look for hpr hus-
band. Almost frantic with despair, She ran
from one to another to inquire after him, but
getting no information she Immediately
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