The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-10-31
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county, Alabama, placed on The very
brink of5tlie Preeipice, downthe5eentral
portion Of Which, the Falls Of Little (oit
,SStoe jteG) River, flow, in a sc,ics of
beautiful cascades, thelargest and least,
in thee descending scale: plunginag, in o
graceful leap, OF about sixty feet, into o.
elrcular pool below. The external cil-
trance to this cave is SO narrow ard so;
l.mneli onthe edge Of the prccilicc, that
q single soldier could dcfendit against 4,
myriad of assaiiants, if without fire.
arms, by hurling them, one 4bysone, sin
totthe awning gulf. Onfthe summit of
ttismountain, ncas Tic watci. fall. Do.
Soto !s said to have built, With the is5l-s
]acent rock, q fortress Of two Walls, in
crescent form, covering an area Of two
or three acres. Tile remains Or iioul-
#dations Of both walls arc yet distinctly
visible, along their entire extent. lie
isfnrthcr reported 10 have discovered
and temporarily worked silver mine,
on OF near the Lay Of ihc mountain,
Shorty after lis glorious discovery of
the Father OF Rivers; he died on or near
It's banks, and his remaila, enclosed in
Q leoden coffin: were committed TO its
bosom.
Another MORMON lYroSpE -trf.sss "
CRIcRETs.-ln a letter in tile 81 I.ot,-a
is Republican, written by q leading
Mormon from Great Salt Lake City.
July 16, 1919, after giving al, account
Of tic great building Of hoNses, making
and irrigating Of farms, thcgood crops,
&C., the following occnrs:
The oIickcts, have not troubled us
any this year. Hundreds and tllo,s.
andsoi guIIs made their appearance
early in the spring, and mase war on
them and they-swept theln clean, so that
that there is scarce a cricket to be found
in the valley.
We look apon this act rs one Of tic
manifestations Of tie favor Of the At
mighty. for the Aiountaineers say that
they never found gulls here until the
Mornons came. 1t wes truly cheering
10 see the .aocks OF these saviors, extcl.
ding cral-miles in length, coming
.tromtac lake early iii the morning, and
eating cIickcts all day, then al sundown
form in q mass, and wing tlleir.way to
the lake, for a nights rest.
One curiosity aboutthemiis that thew
don't eat tic criekets merely TO live.
bat after feeding themselves they would
vomit them up md go 10 eating again,
and tln;s continue eating and vomiting
throughout the ontirc day. This is
plainly q miracle in behalf Of this peo-
Pie, rs the sending Of The qnails in the
camp Of the Israelites; and What makes
it more manifest is the fact That. al
though there were plenty of crickess in
the surrounding valley where there arc
no crops. the gulls came by them to
70 the firms, and stayed there till they
had cleared them OF, although, men
vcic at work around them at the time.
There has been no damage done by
eIickets tllis season.
OIL SpRlNG ~ CBIcASAW N.lrfoN.
"A letter from SIXTY Hay 5 Town
speaks Of a remarkable discovery in the
lndian country at the falls in beau
tiinl stream near Fort Wasllita--alid
says: ''l'he oil exutlcs from the, rock
or cliff ovcrhanSine these falls in drops
OF the size ofa goosc,quill, haying the
taste, smell, aud consistency Of British
oil. The oil and tic water With which
il initslcs has, By drinking and rubbing
extremely, eflectcd some df the most
astonishing cures Of cllronic rheuma-
tism and mccnlial affections that have
ever been known. Persons have been
carried there doubled up with disease
or cmaciatod to.slseletnns. coming away
ina very short time icricctly cared,i'
4 S,ssAHr Ltp Alta Temperance
celebration at New Market, Tenn, a
little Ind appeared III The procession,
.6enliile a flag, on which was inscribed,
s.z3fs isSg}tt sede,t Baas7Y'a .s5obcy.'
THAI is q any every thing is in ar-
pie pic ofder when our earthly progen.
l5or.is.in perfect State Of porpendlcu-
larity."
Would to heaven tint the sentiment
would sick deep INTO the gigsafds OF
all fathers, and t!osc tliat are not faith
ers.- FaY. CaroI;aion.
Pray Doctor, what is q horoscope;
whcn The nocturnal hour has so far pro-
crastistatad, bY q stiparabteiGalt appli-
cation of The ob0gafieo,is. accidulous
pcpperiiie, niustafSlific c90ronents, of
a crusace, piscatory salad, and yene-
.ois and alcoholic accidents, tlat an an
due expansion OF The stomach intcgl-