At another lime they were terrified by
l an nrmy of these sand pillars, whose
march wascon-tantlv southland though
they were little nearer th in two mile*,
a considerable quantity of sand fell a
rcund them, (In the'ilst November,
about eight in the tuorning, he had *
view of the desert to the westward a»
before, and saw the sands had already
began to rise in immense twisted pil
lars. w hich darkened the heavens and
moved over the desert with more mag
nificence titan ever. The sun, shittill
- the pillar*, which were thick
er. nnd contained more «and, app* rrPt ‘
Iv, than any of the preceding one-,
seemed to give those neare«t them * n
appearance as if spotted with star*
gold. A little above twelve the w,n ' l
at the north ceased, and a consider 1
quantity of tino sand rained upon them
for an hour afterwards. ’’
A Ckekbmmow in Oldes Time.-
In the orders of the day issued by Gen.
Washington, in May, 1778, comma" ‘
| ding a general parade, salute, and ft*
\de jjie . on occasion of Trance hav:"-
, espoused the cati-e of the America 11
Revolution, it is directed that each so
Idler receive agiliot rum,and cacti
’fleer and soldier wear a nosugay in "•*
hat..
