The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-03
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF DELHI,

mcc S"'c "'! " hcr" any thing, of modern for.
litlcat'on; her" there is II simple I,nstiou with
property cut cInhrnzurrs. II is ru.l,wed AMI
forms the main guard. The city i,casures about
Two mics hcr"sS, and is some seven or c,rht
miles III circumference. On the rnst si,le the
walls are washed l,y the Jnmna The. wallace, "a
III II c"ili'nndng position, and, though the walls
are not calculated I" resist heavy artillery We,
th" place could scarcely be taken without II
breach being made in tI,rin--I,nt is, if In. ,,,r
r'S"n showed any skill in lis defence. The cap
! turr oi such place is u simple matter of time
and It's fall may DO calculated 10 um hour; bu,
every ,ln". of course depends upon the p an of
| defence adopted lay the g:rrsun IL il possibl.
that they may risk battle outside ti,,. walls
IN w''ct, ease, after their defeat, they might Le
| followed INTO the palace, and so Delhi might be
taken ny Il rush. but ms force is so very small
| and sicli mighty consequences hans, mn, fla
| success oi our attack. the very rrrai.st risl,
/ would be incurred by having our men ,xnnscJ
i" i"'ish"lry fire from houses. for II natives fire
uoi'' ron, Il l"oPi"c IS more than i match for IL
European IN The open.
| To scale the walls would he cus, Iut -, al,
!cc' would be gained by pouring our handful Of
troops mi" sea uf lnnlsrs with streets barrico
ird heavy loss would unuurslinnablv follow
lhi7 ii'"'c "i attack would hc absurd, and would
certainly end in tliscouiurc There arr. ,wo
modes "i attack, however, whicl, could not ,x,II
l'ii, ana fancy that or the other must bn
"i"P'c". lie irsi Is I" attack the palace at
once nom the nvcr side, for the water uut Tn.
'"' VI ,'' h'"h'h Is so very low, and is little
/ more than Il stream which Is tortaLc that #
! w"Ii,l Great" no "lstucc worth m,.uti,uiu,. -
III: batteries could he erect cd on the sand and
I me ciiiil' being ac!">s the river would be safe
| i'y sh"liins the pal3c" and break ing i,s n.w wall
MI assault could be made, and the fire. of our
guns would continue till our troops fairly r,, i,
+ INC ShcllIns would have DESTROYED ali cover
and probably l'av: driven out the defendants. &,
That There Is little doubt but that the assault
/ w"'i" be successful Having got possession Of
III" palace, iii" city falls ut oucc. There is, how.
: ever. chancc Of ihc river rising suddenly whom
i The batteries would hc DESTROYED SO that this
attack entirely depends upon the river and the
probability OF Ms rise. The next and safest mode
"i attack, and the that in all Likelihood will
DC The one adopted. is to attack near the Cash.
mere gale. he advantage is this, that our left
would be protected by the rivcr-u great cousid
! cra'i'i' IN il small camp. Our guns would soon
! render th" main guard untcnaLI. and To make.
! Iracicah!c breach III the wall between lin,
! aslin'"rc gate and the river would l". Il very
SIMPLE "l.ral"n Our advance would then bo
made III the opcn aud with little risk of loss from
| The lire ot Imnkciry from houses, for owinr 10
The explosion in the magazine it is probable that
from the church to the palace MI! has been level.
! led Our "hj"ct then would he in breach the
pa'cc i'll its north wall, mortars all the time do
ing their work.
1n storm ili" palace would closo tho 2roccrd-
! ings. AS the garrison has few artillervmcn
II does not seem likely that their defence il to
rest III their guns They will trust no nuskct
ry five from houses i'll ;,ll probability they have
undermined all the gates aud their plan will he
To inilict upon us rs much loss q. they can wh,l.
gradually failing hack, when they will hope to
escape with their Treasure, dispensing in every
! direction immediately they leave the walls 1t
! * scracciy TO he expected that anything like Il
vigorous or q systematic defence will he shown,
hhi l"r this Very rcasoil--ii would De most I'M
wise I" risk valuable lives and run tn" chance Of
sccrsS 10y the stcrilic. Of lUvO men when the
same results rtn hr nb:ncd by :; n,",.rratc J.lav
with l,'>> "f perhaps not loo Thus You see
that while 1t is p"s>bc that the place may be
taken hy comp tic main, it would lie better to
q" 1t ie*''rcy AM! s'rc Y, and therefore think
tn" public should have no apprehension OF a
! tniur. II they do n"i hear "i ITS being captured
| at first sight. Ey proceeding Deliberately ON our
part s'lrc"-s under t;"l's blessing is sure We
only hope that when tn" city is in "ur possession
"n.' If Ir> acts will be to lcvr! the walls both
"f iii: city an! the palace.
U"f'"rS cf N" -N"W Pi" 7rak,.-Tho r:,rls
polio: having received information that Of late n
great number "f eats had been killed in The Fau
h"nrG ~. Martin, ST. Dennis, nml Po:sonnic,c
nnr! III the adjacent streets, resolved To CAPTURE
The 'l"Slr"y-rs "f the animals. Sun,r of them on
duty IN the Rue ~. Martin the night of Sunday
l'crccivc'ia lnnn throw large pieces OF meat about,
an'l when. as generally hnpp,nrd, some cat has
tened To take Il m"rscl another m,n, who WAS
cat, and soon was able to thrust j, dead into Il
| sack. Th: police succeeded in :lrrcstiiIg the man
with the sack. but the others got oil. From the
prisoners confession it appears that the slauyh-
tered eats sold to kccncrs Of low eating
houses at the barriers, who passed them of ID
raLits.
Birds Nests tor D;nncr-rhe bird that sup
plies this whimsical luxury for the Chinese table
Is Il small swallow, the hirando cscuicnta, which
builds its nest on the steep precpices and rocks
that overhang the sea. Ii is found almost only
in the Islands of Malaysia. But the price paid
I" crafty this curious Chinese taste is very high
To procure the drlicacy the risk to life alone is
trcmcnd"us-fT"m the lofty, deep and dangerous
caverns irc1ucntcJ by the swallows-and when
brought To the Chine: market, the value is enor-
mous-tlc fines, kind often sold ut $500 for only
nhundrcd weight. or about twice the weight in
silver! For this reason it can appear only on the
tables of The wealthy and is not common dish
with other classcs.-L;tc IN China.
.SiHgnl,r CirrWnsfuucc-The Paterson (N. j.
Guardian, in alludng to the deaths of Mr.. aud
| Mrs. john Moore, Of Ac1uackanonk township
| in that Strtc, says:
49," Mrs. Moore, died on Sabbath morning. of lys
entery, aged ~. The neghbors congrc gated ut
the house TO the funeral yesterday, and were just
| carrying the corpse out Of the door when Mr..
Moore died of the same disease. Mr. Moore was
they died. Mrs Moore wash second wife,
Both were very quiet, yet very MUCH respected,
To-day the funeral Of the husband takes place,
and both will be inclosed within one grave and III
ono box. ~
Sadly Brhimd The I1mes.-A North l:arolinnz
paper says: There great many people
who live in ignorance for the want Of u wspapeE
Last winter while travelling between ghis- pace
| aud Raleigh, met n man who con versed mtei-'
ligenty about farming. but w,ohad not hoard Of
the deah of John G. Calhoun. or Gen. jackson 3
lie expressed great regret at their departure, ,and
could not imagine what' .i,c country would. 30
without them. lie was told that Gen. Pierce
had kep,things pretty straight, when he actually
asked "Who is Pierccl" Somebody should send
that man paper gratis. Wonder if he Inns iieatd
of such n thing as Know Nothingism yet ~. =
Ney Balc at Charlottesville fret bale Of newS4
| Cotton winch reached Charleston this season w6gI
recniuel nrlav 0l LII from