The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-29

the beach with their guns and cover tn
landing, 1t resistance should he made. A
given signal Il pulled away merrily fo
the shore, This was the most anxious ant
exciting moment of the entire scigc. Ever,
slip in the bay WAS crowded with specta
tors TO witness this difficult and hazardous
operation; every soldier WAS ambitious tc
be the first to touch land, and in their i'm
patience. they jumped out of the boats in
water waist deep, and will, shout rush
cd to the shore. "Thc Star Spangled ban.
ncr' was erected on the beach, and three
thousand veterans gathered around it,
And then from the land and from the sea
went up shout Of triumph, such rs the
valleys OF Mexico had never echoed before.
In few minutes the first range of sand
hills was reached. 1t was now late in the
evening. The sun WIS setting behind the
Tar oil Mountains gliding their snow cap
ped SUBMITS with its gorgeous light. 1t
had witnessed great feat of arms. Three
thousand of the bclcagurng army wcre Le.
fore the walls Of the doomed CITY. And
the evening and the morning were the first
day"
On the next morning 1attcrson's division
OF volunteers was landed. This WIS the
division 20 which the lalmettocs belonged
! We were landed in the same order rs ON
! the previous day. In the evening we adj
vanccl about two miles from the beach
and rested that night near the Malibran
hacicnla, and an old monastery. Tie Pal
mcttocs were marched up narrow path
surrounds! 10y Il dense cl,aparral. Here
we were halted, and told that here we
were to spend the night We had no
tents and few hlankc.S. The dcws were
like Il shower Of rain, and very unhcaIlI(nI
W'thon: any protection from the dew or
the noNious II git air, we were to lie down
! on the bare ground, with only blan-
kct and the sky for IL covering, and Il car
,""cli-box (a> hard AS IL brick'a,) for u pill
| low. We were forbidden to kinllc a fire
Cor fear Of discovering our position to the
McXicans, from whom an attack WAS cx-
rcctcd during the night. For myself l
had no more expectation Of an attack that
! night than if had been ut home. knew
the history aud character Of the Mcxcans
too well to Lclicve such a thing. And sur
rounded as we were 10y chaparral more
lmprnc'rablc 'lIan an army Of million
men, | knew it WIS impossible to attack
us. We stacked arms and laid down Nv
them. made 4 sleeping partner Of an
enormous CSC pound man on the follow.
ing terms. | had blanket and he had
| an India rubber cloak. We slept on my
blanket and covered with his cloak, which
protected us from the dew. never slept
more soundly until about midnight; when
| felt IN enormous pair Of hands jerking
me up, and a stentorian pair of lungs
laundering into my ears that the Mexicans
were after u.s. Fall into line" shouted
the officers. "Psllaw :" said 7, "its a
false alarm--a Mexican rabbit could not
get through this chaparral; and I have
never read an instance in the military his
tory of Mexico, of an attack at night since
about the year 1914. They have n supcrs,,
ton against night attacks" 1t was f;,slc
alarm. The sentinel had seen something
approaching him, had hailed it, and re-
ceiving no reply fired at the object, which
was Il COW !! The alarm soon subsidcd, and
we again la down to sleep. Nothing oc-
Cured again to disturb my sumLcr, or
even the nerves Of my fat and cxcitaLlc
bcd-fclIow. "And the evening and the
morning were the second day"
Tic Wind Il Mu&ciun-Thc wind is a
musician At birth. We extend n sikcn
thread in the crcvicc of window, and the
wind finds it, and sighs over it, and goes up
and down the scale upon it, and poor
Pagaliini must 60 somewhere else for his
honor, for 10! the wind is performing with
a single string!
1t tries almost every thing upon earth to
sec il there is music in it; it persuadcs a
tone out Of the great bell in the tower
when the sexton is ut home and asleep; it
makes mournful harp Of the giant pines
and it does not disdain to try what sort o
whistle can be made of the humLlest
chimney in the world. How it will play
upon great tree till every leaf thrills with
the note in it, and the wind up the river
that runs at it's base for sort of murlnur
ing accompaniment.
And what a melody it sings when j
gives concert with full choir of Ill,
waves Of the sea, and performs an anthem
between the two worlds, that goes up, per
: l'aps, to the stars, that love music the mos
and sang it first.
Then how fondIy it haunts old houses
moaning under the caves, signing in tn