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III:: ( IIII.I) OF bonuow. .V t'l ' (Iiiiil {.n sorrow \\;cep. I’.\ .LT". I':u-.d care cpprest, !u :ivy convuls’d ami deep-, Perturb'd her virtuous l)rcust. And ran, I cried, that Power be jut,t, M iio yields thy heart to wo ! Tiieii Vii tuc w’aorc’sthy hope and trust, In heaven, or t;u-ta below ! Enrapt, fin voice I heard, lu silver tones excluini— Oh lioly form, oJi Ijkssed word, l{elipioii was her name. “ Vain, foolish, doubt-assuming’ man, M'ith reason so confin’d, Fresum’st thou (Jud’s decrccs to scan, To judije (»:unisclent mind. “ Know tii.'it to ■ irtue woos arc given, To wean our hopes from t artli; I’o raise the treiiiblini^ soul to heaven, There to receive new birth. “ Go—sin no more, but humbly trust, Aliliction’s trial proves His care, whose laws arj ever just, M ho chaslcnelh whorti lie loves. VA^jra’Y. All ph'aGure consists in Varietif. iUOM THE SK\V-KN(iI,A.MI UALAXV. OFR I.ANtJUAGE. In liis oruiion hi.'l'ure tlie IMii Beta Kap pa. I’roi'essor E\rrctl quotes the remark of Madam de Stael, that, “it is impossi- Me fully to comprehend the liieraLure of a I'oicici^n tonijue.” It is dotiblless true, ■as Mr. E. proceeds to remark, lhat “there is influence of exalted j^enius coextensive >vitli earth,” and that “ somethini; of its power will be felt in spite of the obsta- r.U's of different langiiag;cs, remote re gions, and other-tijnes,” yet it is no less true, (and it is a truth ’’vhich every one must feel and acknou ledp;e,) that the true empire and lawful sway of genius, “aie at home and over the hearts of kindred inen.” \Vc cannot resist the desire to communicate a portion of the satisfaction ■we felt in peruiiinfj Mr. Everett’s Oration, to our distant readers, by ofloring them Jhe followius:!; rxii-i>xt “A charm, whirh nothins; can hor^ row, nothin*; can coimtori't.it, nolhii!^' !isprn«f willi, r-(.’sith's in the sjmjjlc ^oiiii'l of our mothcj- tonj^uo. Not aiia- lv7.('il, nor rc.i.-«onc(l upon, it unites the iirlicst assoe.iatioiis of life witf) tlic mo- turol con('( j)lloiis of the uiuUTstandiii”;. 'I’lu' lieart is \villinj;-to ojoen all the ave- jiut’s to the lani;uat;c, in which its iii- faijtili* oajH'ices were soothed ; and 'by Ihc ciiriou'i eriiracy of the j)iMnripal as- .so( iation, it is this echo from the feeble rlawn oi‘ lifr, wliich p^ives to elocjuence njuch ot ifs inanlv' power, and to poetry jnueh of it> divliie rhar-m. Thi.s feeling of tli' inii''ie of oiir native hmi’rua^e is the lirsL iriteHeciunl ea[)arily tlnit. is ile- vi'h ped ill rhildrcn, and when by age or uiiblorViiiic, 1 !u’ ear is all un'.trnn.!r, siill, it lovesMie lo\\ land tonp’ue.’ Wlml a n -.hlc prospect, is oju-ned ii» this connevi'Mi tor the circulation of t!i.)'.u!;ht and seiilimeiit in our country I In'stciHi (•!' lh:. multiplicity of dialect, l)V whiih inciilal comniunicalion and sympathy are ciii nil’ in the old worhl, :t ciMitimi.iily cxpaMtlod j’calm is opened and Hpi‘;iii:ic to .\meri(MJt inteilcdj in till' coniniiiiiiiy of oiir !a!i:j;ii;I”(', tlirou'i;ii- ('Pt tli(! \s ii!c ^jircad setticnif nls of this « niiiiiic it. ciicru'v of t!ic press will iu'ic, li r ll'c lli'l tiuic, lj(; 1,Moii^ht to ))c,r, \’. itii all ils iniichty |;owcr, on the ininil';iiu[ ill'iH> ul nu n, in (•\'-iianL';iii;;- Ii!l !l'i”‘ iii'C, ai.d ciri’iiiat ()pinioi;>, tMii'in i liv llii‘ dncrMiv of Iaiii!;irai;’(’. «)vri- ;ui ( i:i,)irc ni.)i'(' rxicnsive than the V. liijr I'i I llirnjic. sun'uc. 'flii- n-;'."f‘s.sary co!i.>oqucnecs of such a caiisc overpower IIk? iniai:;inn- lion. What woul-l he t!ie eU’ect on the iiiteileclual stale of Kurope, at the )»ros- ent day, w-ue all ijer nations and tribc.s amalp:an'iatefl into one vast empire, spenklnrtlu‘ same longue, united in one political .syslem, an.l that a free one, and opeiiinc; the broad iinobstiuctrd path way for t.li'“ iiiterciiaiigc of t!iou2;iit aiul feelinp;, from- to ArchaMjjel. If eficcls.are to bear a constant proportion to their causes ; if iheeneriry of thoucjlit is to be commensurate witii the :ras-,es which pronijtt it, and the masses it must penetrate ; if eloquence is to i^rov.’ in fervor witJi the weight of the interests it is to plead, anl the i>;randeur of tin; assemblies it adfh-esMes ; if ’lTorts rise with the glory tiiat, is to crown them; in a W(ird, if the laculties of t!ie human luiiul, as ^ve firmly believe, are c.!p:d)le of tension and achievement altogether indelinite ; Nil actum reputans, dum quid .supcrcsact a- fi^'enduni, then it is not loo much to say, tliat a new era will open (Jii the iiiitlleclua! world, in thefuIlilmeut of our ci*unicy's auspices. Jly t!ie soven igii eifnMcy of the partition of po^VL‘rs bet ween tlu' na tional ami st:de governmenls, in virtue of which the national government is rt'- lieye:! from all the odium of internal administration, and the stale govern ments are spared the conflicts of ibieign politic^:, all bound.s seem renioved irom the ].ossIhle (extension of our eoiniiry, but the gcographi''al limits of the. conti nent. Instead of growing cumbrtus, as it increases in size, there never Avas a moment since the lirst settlement in Vir;diiia, wiien the jjelilical system of Amei ica nuived with so (inn and bold a step as at the present day. If there is any faith in our country’s auspices, this great contiricnt, in no remote futurity, will be filled up with a homogeneous population ; with the mightiest kiudre»l peo|)le known in history ; our language; will acquire an extension, which no oth er ever possessed ; and the empire of the mini!, with nothing to resist its sway, will att.iin an exi)an.«ion, of which as yet we can but part ly conceive. 'J’he vision is too magnificent to be fully borne ;—a mass of two or three hundn'd millions, not chained to the oar liketlu* sanu' munbi'r in China, by a brutalizing flespotisfui, but held in their si"\ erai or bits of nation and state, by the grand representative attraction ; bringing to bear on every point the concentrated energy of siicii a host ; calling intoconi- petbii so many minds ; uniting into one grc” national feeling the hearts of so many iVeemen ; all to be gui(ied, j)er- suaded, mo^ed, and swayeil,.. l»y Uie master s]/irits of the time !”' I.ITFJtAKV. A work is la.tfiy published to the north under the very taking title of “Tales of an American Landlord, containing- Sketches of I.it'e, soiitli of the Potomac. “ Sit milii f.is audita loqui.”—\’in;ii.. What 1 ha\e in.ard, permit me to n late. ■2 vols. 12 mo.’' “ Talcs of an American Lundhn'd'^ —in imitation of the Wizard of Scot- laiul!—and what comes more “home to our busiiu'-s a^d j)o-;om.‘'.,it gives u«i ‘‘sl^etches of life, fioitth of tho Polo- woC'—perhaps principally in \*irginia. \\'e confess we lee! some curiosity to see sketches of oursehi-s, from tlie ptMicii of one who asi'iros to imitate th(> “great unknown.”—May he have the same skill, the same tact, the same success :— ])ej‘lia|)s the halt' of tliciu . wiHild coui- pli'tcly f;atisly his ambition. Sketches south as well a« north i»f ih(' Poloiiiric, may be esp'ccfed in th“ course ul’ tiie ne\t ^ear from aiiothei' (luarl'-r. ;\ tali' authoresi has lately been aimui'.;' H>, and is now on a vi^it to Monliceli;). S!ie arri\ ed in N(ori; soon ;ifter (let). 1/1 Favetle ; ;ki;1 lias nearJv lakeii croc of mlad cooily io courior.i Imn, wltho'at the appearance either cl terror or a«-grcssion, t!he animal will, in almost eveiy instance, after a little si)aco, re tire. The over-mastering etfect of the human eye uj'on the lion, has been fre^ nuently mentioned, though much doubt ed, by travellers; but, Irom my onn inquiries among lion lumters, I am pei- fectly satisfied of the iact; ami an anec dote, related to me o few days ago, by Major ]M‘Intosh, proves that this fiysci- nating eHcct is not restricted to the lion: —An otiicer in India, well known to m) informant, having chanced to ramble in to a jungle, suddenly encoimtered a UoyarTiger. The rencontre appeared equally unexpected on bo.th sules, and jioth ])arties made a dead halt, eoriicstly gazing on cach other, ^he gentleman had ro Hre-arms, ami was aware that i sword would be no elfective defence in a Ptrug:;le for life with such an antago nist. But he had heard, that even the Ikngal tiger might be soinetinuis check ed, by looking him firmly in the face. He did so. In a few minutes, the tiger, which ap])eared prej.'areil to make his final spring, gr(;w disturbqtl, slunk aside, and attenq)lel to creep round ujjon him behind. 'I'he oHicer turned coti.stantly uj)ou the tiger, which still contimied to shi ink from his glance ; but darling in to the thicket, and again issuing forth in a different (juartcr, it i)er.sevcred, for a- boiit half an hour, in this attempt to cafrh him by surprise’; till, at last, it fairly yicdded the cont,e.st, and lelt the ^eiilleman to piirsue his/;/cv/.y?/?’c walk. 'I'he direction he now took, as may be easily believed, was straigiit to the tents, at a double qjiick tin^.e.’’ Alter relatiiiii: several terrific stories of encounters w itii lions, the writer con- i'ludes his article with one not quite so feart'ul, related by Jiiicas \'au Viiun, to Vee lh)of, hi.s neighbor,- at the Bava- riaii's river ': “Lucas was riding acrgiifs the open plains, about daybreak, and observing a linn at a'distance, he endeavoretl to avoid him by making a circuit. Lucas soon perceived that he was not disj/osed to let him pass witluuit further parlance, and that he was rapidly approaching to tlie encounter, and being without his rot‘]\ (rifle) and otherwise little inclineil princii)ies. Sh.e it Is, to vv-hom weloow' for the tour of La I'ayettj through A- merica. She it is, who is able to bring fogether the scattered materials of his hrilliant reception, and bind them in one wreath to grace the veteran’?} brow'. Intcrspcr.sed as it may he with sketches of our country and our manners, may we iM>t expect a literary present, whlcli may be worthy of him, worthy oi her, woi thy of us ? {JUchntond Compiler. INDIAN I.ONliKVITY. It has heeii generaFly supposed that the North Amiu'ican Indians, do not oft en attain an atlvanced age, ow ing to the hardships and exposure to which their mode of life subjects them. The Flor ida pa]iers, however, contain an account of a ('leek Indian, recently di.scovere.il near Tallahasse in that territory, who nuist be somewhere between 120 and 1 to years old. The old man was met uith by Capt. Ihirch, while engaged in surveying the grouiul for a national road from Pensacola to St. Augustine. Ac cord iua' to his own account, the ohl nuui was in the prime of life at the time of t!ie dest'-uction of the Spanish settle ments in Florida, by the (.’reek and (’heri)i:ce Intlians, which happened a- bout a centiuy :go. ile recollects jiar- tli’ularly all the circumslances of that war, and seemed to take great plcasin-e in iviating tiu.Mii to C'aj)t. H. He recid- lects our revolutionary war, but was then too old to take any part in it. He says that he had lef't oil' hunting al)Oiit the time when the wan ior, now tlie ohl- (>st in the nation excejit himseir, r.-a.-; )iist heginniiig to hunt. An old Semin-' ole Chief', about 7n yr'ars old, he says, was a boy when he left oil’going to war. Capt. !i. describes him as ha\ ing the appearance of extreme old age ; alt ho’ he still r;tains his nu'mory and other nuuital faculties. He walks tolerably well \vith the assi-^tance of a staff, hut is undiu- the necessity of relying upon his (laughter to coiuluct him iVom ])lace to place, in conseciuence of the failure of liis eye-sight. Another gentleman who has recently visited him, gives the fol lowing account of his appearance: “The mammae or muscles of the breast hung down so much from relaxa tion, as to give him at first view rathc-r i to any closi*r acquaintance, he turned off the apjiearance of an old woman than a | at right angles—laid the shambock free man. I!e has evidently, been fonned ly to his horse’s flank, and galloped for with all the usual symmetry of his rac(“, life. The horse was fagcjeti, and f)orea but his knees turned ill a good di.'al thro’1 heavy man on his back ; the lion was the weakness of age. His pulse on ex-i fresh and furious with hunger, and came ainination, beat but fifty-three strokes in | down upon him like a thiiniierholt ! In a minute. On being askeil his age, he ■ a few seconds, he overtook Ijicas, and replied that he did not exactly know i spripginj; up behind him, brought horse what it was, but ihat all the old nu-n j and man in an instant to the ground, who had been his contemporaries, had I liUckily, the boor was unhurt, and the been dead a very long tinu* ago.” lion was too eager in worrying the iiorse His account of the ancient Spanisli to pay any immediate attention to the settlements, of which tln're are such nu- rid-T. merous traces in Florida, and about f\-|iicli history gives us so little informa tion, is said to be very minute and very intere-'ting.—N. V. hbsen't't'. AFIMf’AN I,IONS. The first number of tin* “South Af rican Journal,” j)uhlished at the (’aj>e t)f flood Hope, contains some very in teresting details respecting th(.‘ I^ioiis of that country. The writer s.iys, that, beyond the limits of the colony, thej' are aceoiint('d peculiarly fierce and dan- geru.!'^, aiitl h(' thinks M;-. liarrow's ri'- pi’esentatiori, that they are ct>\vardly and treache:-f)us, is ;i coiichislon drawn from limited exjierience oi‘ inaccurate informal ion. “'I’he prodigious slrengfh of l!;i> mi.I- ^ ni.d ^hepb'-erves' does not ap’pe;ir to have j i)i eii overniird. |t is certain that he jeaii drai;- !lie l;e';\ ii t, ox with e;is('. ;i (•ensidi Table way :—aiid a hoi heifer, j nr ha! tel''-!-s|, (m- les.-ei- prey, lie linds tlie sami' l(,ur thn>u;'ii tlie country wltlr|(iillieiihy in thr(.wiu.v uvi'r lii^ shoul him. She lu'.s !ieeii an ilitiniat(‘at Ji.'ld'r, and ( arr\ iiiu,‘off to a 1 A:id \\v s eiiii; 11 ill; .it y of lailgll; u;e, all Oran:;;' '•-dike him, is (le\oted to. tlie 1 jllipoi';, el as il s. I s blit a pari C’f the luse td' Liiiei ■1} — -and lil.e, him, lo\^es manii.d d i, l ot he rhi.od. , wii! 'h Ulii ;.'s and ihe (MUi.l r\ , \\ iv 1 e her altar is erected. •i 11 11' 11|; 1 lie twill L'; ni.Jhoiis n| • \ iner- Some lime siiicc' she pidilished letters ii‘a. !i 1 i- !ni ei'i !•, tl. ;e werk ol ii iileriial on .V merie;i 1 is ri lady of (h.'vnitet1 talent, rdien !' i •In W lu( il he .'.I'ios ill di\'ei silv of w liich she ha. diqdavr'd in a vai!' t\ d iai!;rM ::: is C..1' ril'd 0 :i and cmisunMna- conipii si 1 ioli^. She has jiuhlished r, tale ii'd h",’ div (■r-it \ of g .'•\ei-!U!.e!it, , ii.sti- i.f a witary oi’ /•■•no, ii:t rodm ed to f]pi- tulio II ai ii>n. d di ’ent and n al ioiial cnrus ; whose pliilosopiiy is iie.r('niou,d\ ;» ■( j idh Ill c;'(, ini^ the pi' incifial de\'el'i pod in ii s pag{'s. It lias hu-ii mncli • iv; : ( i:a 11:II e‘. , .'OM ! mountaiii", ill tiiat adniir: ■d, and a no\v edit ion is about to . ;'iar,er oi' l! '■ \> ’Ol II yon ;ire i;i( •t, not he ]Mit to pres;.. Sh(' has wooed al-o the } (iMiV hy lie \\ to, i'lil b\ new ■ leriiis f.ivoiir ol’ the ti-;'gie mii-^e ; ;ind th'' dra- (| u'o', .- i'lf !:ent.' new ; '1" : at !ol of :mi- r.ia 01 1'n'sclii a yet uidlni-iier! I'y her' re-l ". , pi-' -> and M-e’h ■r, ■illif'siii|. oliieefs pe'icil. , l.asel)! ained the warmest praises j Ol 11.o !!I •,ai I,..-.' and U'i ■a;eda!!o!i. Whdc oi iie|i ij iioin C o'is!a:,1, ;md of 'I'alma.— * I’I til" ( ,! ir "I- iia !ld. ih roi'i.ii'iiil t! 'ie \ a a li Is Ulinecessji rv t l ail’oei ;ii!\- ui\ . terv t ■4i-.l1 ^ ,ii( ■llide. i i: Ih i:i liie Ii,"!In Ilf diu' a'- t.'i 1 die ii nee e.f 1 he l:i(i\ : fur all our j:. iei'>i: ;e. n it d 1; it.) s.iiiir h'.i! '.;ii:';;-e. 11';>d.'-; ■ dl II I'll” iii/.e at oiic.' the n.'Ui'i.^ i.'l! t'.e -,l \ llllf 1 1 1 I,e s.iine I' ,;!ion;d j if .Mi ;:t. e: n: , 1!,, '■ ■e reM.ihiii e 1 ill i- ■ A S' i',:dl :■"(■ tie:;] pt'od' 1 e* ion from her 1:11,0 1«. .1 a ) 1.1;: ;o; 1 •' ,ii a v'.or 1,1- !i-n (' ••Tlri.iu Ills ( *i ;i I',’ .diis('") was ‘ lien pi ■v : •I'. ; eel w ili d :l’''i-e t eeni- 1 - I.''! 7-i , If M e 11 1 . !•.• ;IIirl to ;in ;ie- j : .1 1 V ( »t 1 ! II. ;I w . ]! ' iie.'i' -I, I; 10 ■>•■, q 1!; ■ M i inee w i! Il L ' i’a\-( tie—w iiieii was , :Ti; 1 a'‘I in il i . ! I'I 1 1 ;ia s, s'leli . s i> ee ,liv c oe'irne'd by the A-i^r^;- of | V . ' ' V lo 1 oil i'le e e. l. tal •.;iU a;;J 1 I'lj co’’r ..ialily r: * Miiy liiid convenient, vv if nessed an iiefaiin> litiii conveying a horse ii( m the spot n liere |>(* iiy oisiaiH'i' lie have myscdf a very \oiint; about a niih' had hilled it. ami a more extraordinary ct^e has been lue'itioned tf) nu! (jii (Mie.d antlioritv. where a lion, Inn ing c iri ied olf a la iler ( f two yen’s old, \v;is foilowf'd on llif* tr.'fk fitr five houis, aheail ;;0 Ih;','-|iNli iniK'::, f'y a [tarty on ho;-,el),ick ; and, lliioiighnul the whole dislam'e, tlie ('ar cane ol the heifer \s as onI\ oiiee oj- | w ie(> di.'Mivercd to have toiicli'ed the -round, i he i‘e c!i(i.inn Chief, old 1’e\ show. 'jii'tw in ( ap(' lo\vn,) com ( !>!!:”• w iiii me a f( w days ac;n, said that tiie lion very sfldnni i'flaei.s man. it’ inijirovok- \viil fVe(p:ei,lly appi-narh a.'-e.;, and s';r\cy iiiei mo somellnie.i leilijit.', to ''•> t Ixdiind him, if he f i.uld not «l; his loid., Irtl yet was de^in iii:r Mp(ni him unawar's. j .1 ' ed ; lint h williio a li'W- ''teadi’y ; ;ind aiw; ot-^riT"j^- jiei-'.u;; ill '1'"| ciiei),nsf:iiie,.v;, Jiilcinpls eill-11 r to I'gin Ily, I,,, in-ers |iic 'nr st iniini- li'-Ill pvi-li . but if !;^ ii; j ..iiiliri iiiL'. “ Hardly knowins; himself how he escaped, he contriv(Ml to scramble out of tlu;fray, and maile a clean pair of heels of it till he reached the next house. Lncas, who gave me the details of this adventure, himself', juadc' no observa tions on it, as being any ways I'cmarka- hle, except ill the circumstancc^ of the li(;ii*s audacity in puisuinu-a “(.'hristian man,” without provocation, in oj)cn day ! Hut what chij-ny vexed him, in th('aflair, was the los-j ol {he sa(/(/('c f He returneil next day, w ith a party of friends, to take \ ('n'j,-e;iiu'e on his I’eline foe; blit both the lion and the sathlle had disapoearod, ard notiiing could be. t\)nndbiil the horse's clean-picked bonOs. Lucas saiil he conid have excused I'he ,sc/n-/))i for killing;: the horse, as he allow ed hinis(df to gi'f away, hut tiie feloni ous absiraction of the sadiih', for v. hlcli (as Lucas gravely ob-'er\'ed) he could have ly) |)d.sil,-;r use, raivd hi- spleen might iiy, and 'alled down a shower oi eiiises, wjieiK'Ver h(' tuld tlie .-tory (d' his hair-!jreatllh I'scai):'.” iuo'.[ Tio. vissdi in INnw.i.nir.vri.ii. Th. I’ll!'. Wl'.W I.if IirNTF'Ft. appears in the char.ejters of th(' inliahitants who ri side i'nnr di:nel\-on the front ier.c(j-tahi donhli'ul I' at;n\--',tl.al rend(‘;- it dillicidi to d' tenni: *' to \> hii ii of th(‘ boumlai-y ti;ey b.iofi;.-. I lu'is it is \\ iih ( i!i-I)ord( I ,'is ni' j i>Ni)!i: i, \vho ha\c t iken up lliclj- r .icicnr.'' ii, Ihe nei'.dihorhood i !’ ili,. liui;:;., K.iids. i'lid in many iiiMa.iet s hnvi* adoj.Ird l!ie habits, manners, and co^lume of ihe na tives. Miehael f^dutel.w, II, or, a , he bps h('en more iamiliariy dv'iKVtiiiu.led, .'///v may he ; n m d , a>;.n,i le thcM- \ >.iuiit..'ei l,ai hai im.s. Ai!ii«i,..'; iin- early si uK i-s (,!' Ke;'|,i.( k\ , known a \-. hil'-!;e,.d. ,! hardy ur ' hia, W l.otM Ooin.d v-rl.iu.n'i! j. ;n tt». and iu) di-d.iiin.d cum.u iion \mIh ;d; maid'.ind. the sdticn'.cnfn progrr:-' ...; venicnce of hunting, h,'ha> .; j,,. himself pushed beyond the h ,,, that tract of country to w li[i-li :i, title has been e?vtiiigui'-hcd. . J\/i/i'e Shnr/c claims a piM-tai.-le i ship, or a floating title to :• n si'.ir - he locates for the time heinc;, v,... l)c may chance to lay iiiu.sijlf.i , . j the night. His sub>i>teiue he,/ from nature's grand store-hoi.., means of on old rusty rifle, il,;;* his constant companion sinc’o i, campaign under Cen. George !;. ( lie possesses in an emin 'iit tir- knowledge of allthe niiiiMli:;'(n ping, ami he appropriates" his ,i,); the proper season for this branch i, p business, in explorina: tlie sm. llv, ’ that put in to the iNlissonri .Vur. - . settlements. He is fre((ucin:y (ii„. ered “at the peep of dawn,”' ed and'barefooted, |/ursi’unj; the (lerings of these water courses, be under a load of traps, to leuru wj, • or not his bait has attracfed the f u; victim; or for the purpose (jf .''jn;. s his traps more advantageously. Such is the accuracy of his sk;il_. '3Ji/ec Shuck can make up a heaver, wjiere an Indian, \v!thp!; nule knowledge of naiaral l.ivt,, \yould esteem the prespoct hojiclu. A gentleman, who^w^as.i^ pursiiin.; elk, about the middh' of ?no\, . discovered this moflern Ci'i»,j(. ; •, , ing, laden with his eller-t-, ir.-t m r. good fortune, at this time, about a pack-horse load, ile to encaiiij) with him foi- il,f i Alike muttered a kind of gnip.ii;;; . •sent, and led the way, fii--! thr , extensive liazel thicket, tlieacv .i iiig into a ravine, he procee.U.l liv vious route, through'a compact■, sw'amp ash, and at length arr;\ 1 cheerful fire, that had |irevic;:. lv | lighted up by our hero ; but !'o! iv i thd j)lacc would have been as ,;, :r| purgatory is representc'd to "I owdi' tliemselve.s, however prc'-'iii'j I necessities, could scarcely havi ii, ■ their way into this dismal hiiiu:;.; But ]\Jikc and his plu7nh'i\ as Iil ' ' l^roperly teTlii^*(17f^1h“t!iis instmifr. ; it was the legltinuite ])roperiyn | Indians,) w-as safe. JMikc S!v.d'i | dow'n his burden, and turned to h,' lower w’ith a malicious smile, ornr: hysleric grin, and desii-ed him s(‘ated. 'J'he hospita!it\ of h ' ' *' if a bear-skin spread on the i;iiii: serves the name, was teiideiei k t very litte ceremony, anti consis,' bi-avcrtail and an elk m.arrow-l' n (, of which were ])repared on t;n i by mine host, in his own [H'o;ir! jie Mike, as I have before ivn;;;' claims no family connexion-;: ever had any, he has out lived t' he is, therefore, making no iiiw! lor Icgacy-hunters. Hut he i" .il'.' w’hen he deigns to make iiso m tongue, grumbling about his ;nr.. ments, for an easy independent til and speaks of it as if it was very i." taut, although he has attained - four-score. When the tranpii.'C - is over, he lietakes himself to !;i' as he is jdeased to term a niiiii;!-!. canoe, and proceeds to r.iaik't usual indifrerence towards ihr 1 .. On one occasion, as his car'^M j'' afloat on the anj;ry curp'ul of:' souri, and Mike had exleiicri! '- ther-worn limbs upon the ^Ii(ur pose, his howfast (a grajie vi . ■, ]■ and his t'rail baripie jait to m v,.: a pilot. On makiii'i; tiii' d • «' the morning he was chairrine(h ' discouraged, by tlie ( vent. Ih': lim.e, hut iiisi.nitly sf t otl in j "' ■his fortuiu', j'jkI Ikiving I o '^i d the ri\e:’, en tlietiiir l da\ i i- "'' his cral'i seii-nuioi-ed under t’l'’ I rail of drift >\;;od, \' !ls;o'ii h •- taiiied the -•mall«'.,! ini;i!-y*‘iit ! • !j;mg, or car-j;:-). .Mi.'lu"i w,- rejoiced, that, b‘y iiisoii-: ti.-'i or : • he w.is induced to (■!’■;• a !i ly : of' thank.-';i\.ing ; hu! \', i'e';i'r direct('d t » (iix/. J././y/, i rt' e !> i'a'. e imi ii('c n iiiloniK'd. • • hael --:i-i!.ii;is t ) e. c.u-ale !ii' | ’ 'i!.i %\ i; h a hea ver 1 c’ nri >’ !i .ir has h' t';! sun'ei ed I n.': It'd L’’i'i,'/Iy Iin'e. ai. I j etu very mr.cli r.'ser.!hies fhe j v.’ig oi a S!ri)ilii,g pi::\('T. ii.'.' j 111;', \\ o;’n, h\' t ilUl’ d '' ' I'eai'ly e;-!,lv wi:-;'-'-, i;.' ' ^ ' hility ( 2‘ a i,.ir!n id )cL (he .,- (>\ nlcuces 1 ) iI,.. ( I.!it:'. ". I ■ .... ■ I. le---' ' lo Ik Cfi.iii*; 1 \ naopv. '• 1 'i ■l.'i 1 n..: he j el I • 'i > . Dje''!- 1 oetler than j.i .dt -ed e; m k: . : ' CiUUelids l!iat '.1 adei;':: e;;ii. I.} !■ ' b ar a eein;;.;i ivoii \. i'lii ;.i Hi.'.' 11 e as mill ed f. ‘l tlie liidiaii war 'vhi ii t!i(‘ celfliral ‘-Cralt d to ilMlgiM I't ... d t .iIoi.(, in Ir COVir:-(' eld ; i'lui Ih-Mu mi- co’m'try, il... \\;,s one . !s' i'ej'j,— \ ' I I ii- i j w ould I icc.e ‘uits ; ,.l I ' , j that ;l lii,;- , I 'j;iviii;; 1) thi- h.h I tion, will ei.'ii: '• I ; ' the "liii if . ' > iji ' . r , \ i ; ; I : 1 'ii!ii'"a
The Journal (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 7, 1824, edition 1
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