The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-03
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Among Tie "niSr's oi tins nuc Oi wonders, nuL
'h" least ~ ,h" strange, s,a,ihng and oilcn rru-
i'>lur rninminrng ui tho antique and tho now
aud "f tho nsso"la,ions of romance aud fable
with those of steam and unvunism--,hc iuyn.
SION "r the old world by the enterprise of the
new. and the transfer io the new "f the peculiar
customs ui the old. The Yankee stcu,ns his wuy
through the .Egcan. thcrl"pnn,is, tin. lircsront
and tho l.cvan. along the shores and amidst the
islands. whrr" lysscs was l,r,:,iilcd hy CALYPSO
and IEmcns firtcd with Dido, wlcro Nir,as
fought anal fell. where 81. Paul suffered ship
wreck. lie whistles and .'yursses'' ninon,. the
tatacuinhs nr the ruins uf Carthage, whittrs the
cc'inis Of Lebanon nnd swaps horses with Bc,lou.
in siciks. The whistle Of the locomotive is heard
among the sands Of Sucz, and th.. plashinr of
l'h'i'iic-whccls startlos the crocodilcs of the
Nile.
Anal now VIC of the New World, not satisfied
with the iron horse and railway cliarint, are ne.
ually about {" people the plans of Texas and
the mountains of New Mexico Will, IL su,plv of
canrls and droiic'la,irs from the wlls of Aruhi;,
lcrca! Perhaps. unless We tan obtain Il !iu!e
"Siatr Aid I" SpceI our rnllroads. we NAV find
it cNp"icnt I" intr".lurc them irto Alabu,a.-
Fancy cnr:ivaIi--such nS that which carried
sl'iccry and balm AMI myrtll" into Egypt in the
days of 'h" misunderstanding Commerce.
street, with cotton bales from the up-counrry,
Villa; Il sight that would be for Young Mobile.
The "calil"l"; or the comet would hardly com.
pare with H.
Nor Is the Idea ut nll ianriiul or iruprnbul,c
They are now nctmnl!y !rcc.limy ca,l,r!s il, Tex
as: and more unlikely events have come to pass
within Il few yeas.
IL may h. remembered by Some of our readers.
that iii" more than tvs" years ayo, Mnior
Wayne, ol the Amy, aud Lieut. Porter Of lh.
Navy, were ordered to Asia, for the purposc of
obtaining 1t supply Of ca'm"s for the Government
"s The United States After much difficulty and
delay, they Succeeded, and in May, SiG thirty
tire" "t them were la.rl,,l III In,linuo,; Trxns
Il Terry wuttS r.,
additional supply, am'l i'll February last, fuitv-
one more arrived ut the Place These ami
mails nr: now Iuartcrcd near san Antonio.
where II Is proposed To keep them for thrc. or
i"nr Years, IN order that they may become thor
"n:'iiv accInatcd and trained Tor service and
ais" that supply of Young cancls may be oh.
tam"i l" i'crlctuatc the stock. The Immediate
object Is to make Use Of them for military pur.
pos IL is SAID that an ordinary piece Of field
artillery can b., easily transported fifty miles
Il day by good camel Their utility in carry
'hG PROVISIONS, ammunition and even trnn,s over
the barren plains and rugged mountains Of tn.
southwest may hc readily understood.
MAJOR W ayn", i'll on" "f his dispatches, speaks
Of the n"i"duliIy Of tn" people of Texas ~ to
Tia: actual power "f ;lh" camel, and thus relates
how they were ustvnisir.l hv an nrtn,I .x,u,,;
mrn;:
Needing hay Mt the camel ward I directed
one "t The men To take camel 10 the quarter
i'ias,'i forage house, anil bring up four bales
l'"~ir"us al seeing what elect il would uro.luc.
upon the public mind. mingled with the crowd
That gathered ar' un'l the cu,ncl ;,s i, came into
Town. When made Ia kn.rl down to Receive lis
Load, two i,tlcs, weighing in all Glib pounds,
w.r: packed on, heard doubts EXPRESSED around
III" a. [" the animals ability I" rise under them
when tw" more bales were put on making the
S''eS weight of the load l.j6 nuIl,ls, incrc!ulity
;.S l" his ability t" 'sr. mnclI less to carry it.
l""h'l vent III positive aSscr,;nn and. ns had
ihcn become recognized, | observed that was
rrgar'!rd 10y s"inc compassionate individuals as
! a''nn, I" make splendid failure; to convey 10
Eo" The S'iTl'ii-" and sudden change of ointment
when I'll" camel, 1T Tia" signal, ruS, and walked
oil with his four bnrs "f L,y, would ir i,!p,,Ss
hlr. could have put Ln two more bales,
about eighteen hundred r""nl> but four were
sufficient "r my pnrrp>cS, AMI he animal h;,,l
II" particular effort objectionable after so long A,
sea v"Eng") I" make under them.
Sli"nl'i this project prove successful, il is
scarcely Visionary To cxprrt. in The course of II
i'w yeats. I" see III" r,'nc playing IN important
part, not only i" military LIE, hut in the trans.
p"rtati"n of ::''"s aud produce over the wi,:,.
prair!cN an'i :"aatIly wa!"rc,l Of The >o,h
western STATES aud i"rr;".ic,-to say nothing of
any farther ,,rla!i:ii.s