Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-10-22
Distorual Skete9es,
From the Marion American.
THE PALMETToEs IN MEXICO.
Ry ONE OF THE TWO HUNDRED.

BY ONE OF THE TWO HUNDRED.
NEW sERlEs-No. VII.
"And then there was little Isle,
Which in my very face did smile,
The only one in view;
small green Isle-it seemed no more,
Not wider than stones throw o'er;
But in it there were fruits and trees
And DER it blew the soft sea-breeze
And by it there were waters flowing
And on it were young flowers growing
OF gentle breath and hue"
T was con anaore sailor, and every day
I climbed the tall masts up the little rope
ladders, and under the shadows of the sails
I epioyed the cool breeze, while below on
deck there was scorching heat. On the 9Th
day of February, and the 9th day of our
VOYAGE, saw far out to the South little
Islet. 1t was Lobos, the redezvous of the
army which was to beleagre Vera Cruz
Lobos is sweet little spot, two miles in cir
cumference, and formed entirely of coral
It's soil is fertile, and was overgrown with
tropical plants, and trees and vines shooting
in rank luxuriauce. Here were lemons, and
figs, banyau and palm trees. Many OF the
banyans were completely thatched over with
evergreen vines and formed cool and shaded
arbors, through which the sunlight fell IN
soft and subdued rays, under which the cool
sea-breeze found its way, tanning our heated
brows with its refreshing coolness, and re-
viving and strengthening us with its health
fuluess and purity. As in the distance saw
this green little Islet rise from the waves,
and as nearer view exposed its fruits and
clambering vines and shaded bowers
~ thought if there's peace to be found in the
world
The heart that is humble might hope for it here" "
But to be coptented with such a home, a
man must be as fond of solitude as Alexand-
er Selkirk, for the Iset has seldom ever been
visited by the footprints of man. l have
heard traditionally, or perhaps con- jectualy,
that it was the point of rendezvous for "the
British" in 1914, before their attack on New
Orleans. A little fact may tend to confirm
this belief. On the Island there was a
grave, and on tree over the grave was a
cut representing the British flag, and the
figures 1914. A feet could not possibly
keep together in voyage, so that "a point of
rendezvous near the place of attack would
be an indispensable precaution. And as
there is no other Island nearer, which would
have been distant enough from New Orleans
for security, it is probable that Lobos was
the point of rendezvous for the attack on
New Orleans.
On the evening of the 9Th day of Febru-
ary ls47, and on the Sth day of our voyage,
the ship Oregon cast anchor on the South
side of the Island of Lobos. Six ships
with volunteers were already there. The
Ellerslie, with Major GLADDEN. and 300 Pal
mettoes, had arrived two days before us. A
part of the Louisiana regiments, and the lst
Pennsylvania regiment under Col. Wynkoop
were also there.
On the day of our arrival at Lobos the
Abbeville company Ito which belonged
lost its first victim to the seventies of the
campaign. John Hall, quiet, modest
Young man, died on the 5th of February at
sea. He was buried on the Island on the
next morning. Il detachment of pioneers
with pick-axes was also landed on that morn
ing to clear up camping ground for US
This was work Of great difficulty The