The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-03-17

er OF g. man OF nIlucnCe LII the tribe.
When he had made known his determine
ton to his wife, she endeavored to dissuade
him by reminding him of their long cherish
ed love, and the happiness they enjoyed to.
gether. Finding no arguments available,
and, in fact, that he had already executed
his purpose of a second marriage, she OBJ.
served her opportunity, launched her light
bark canoe, and placing her children in it,
pushed off into the stream above the fall.
Her death.song was heard, clear and shrill,
| by her friends upon the banks of the river.
She recited with mournful voice, the plea
sures she had enjoyed when the undivided
object Of her husbands affection. AS she
fell faster and faster down the current, her
voice became lost in the sound Of the cata-
ract Her boat was borne to the edge of
the cascade, was seen for moment in the
spray and mist that hovercd over the water,
and disappeared TO be seen no more. The
Indians say that often in the morning, a
voice is heard singing mournful requiem,
the burden of which is the Inconsistency of
her husband. And some assert that the
spirit of Amparo Sapa has been seen wan
dering about the place with her children in
her bosom.
THE GEORGIA REGIME MA letter
from Capt. Calhoun of the Georgia Light
Infantry, published in the Columbus Enqui-
rer, mentions that the encampment of the
Georgia Regiment, had, on the Sd of Feb
ruary, been removed to within three miles
of Tampico, to most inconvenient and un-
healthy position. Some idea Of the rava-
ges of disease in this Regiment, may be
formed from the facts stated in this letter,
that the Regiment which iginally consis-
ted of 9l0 rank and file, had, at that date,
been reduced to 626, a decrease of 2s4!
In Capt. Calhoun's company, which origin
ally numbered 90, there have been pro-
motions, % discharges, 10 deaths, and
transfers, leaving all told only 62, of whom
5 were left sick at Monterey. His effective
force is therefore only 81.
CALIFORNIA FARMER.-A gentleman
writing from California, to the editor of the
st. Louis Reveille, says, his stock consists
of about 1000 head of oxen, l7OO horses
and mules, 5000 sheep, and as many hogs
They all pasture themselves without difficult
ty in the rich prairies and bottoms Of the Sa-
cramento, ,and only required to be attended.
This is to be done by Indians, of whom he
employs 400. His anual crop of wheat is
about $4,000 bushels, with bareley, peas,
beans, &c. in proportion.
A favorite of Sultan threw a stone at
a poor Dervise, who had requested aims.
The insulted Santon dared not complain,
but carefully searched for and preserved
the pebble, promising himself he should
find an oppostunity, sooner or later, in his
turn, to throw it at this imperious and pitt
less wretch.
Some time after, he was told that the ia
vorite was disgraced, and by order of the
Sultan, led through the streets on camel,
exposed to the insults the populace On
hearing this, the Dervise ran to fetch his
pebble; but after moments reflection, cast
it into we'll, 81 now PERCEIVE" said he,
that we ought never to seek revenge when
our enemy is powerful, for then it is impru-
dent; nor when he is involved in calamity,
for then it is mean and cruel."
A clergyman in Scotland desired his
hearers never to call one another liars, but
when any one said thing that was not
true, they ought to whistle. One Sunday
he preached a sermon on the parallels Of the
loaves and fishes; and being; at a loss how
to explain it, he said the loaves were not
alike those nowadays, they were as. big as
the hills in Scotland. He had scarcely
pronounced the words, when he heard
loud whistle.
"What's that said he, who calls me
liar 2"
"It T. Willy Med the baker"
"Weel Willy what objections ha' ye to
what I told vel" s.fft ::l,;.i;a} IhY' ~
"None, Master John, only I wanted to-
know what sort of ovens they had to bake
those loaves in 2" -
Here. then, let US repose our trust--heree
let US look for our beacon of safety--and
whether, sunshine or gloom, the storm or
the calm, the beauty and wealth Of spring,
or the nakedness nnd dessolation of winter,
may be our portion-supp and guided
by the Bible, all must be well with us in
ETERNITY. a,,
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