The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-02-17

great Lakes glea ming heiore us. and W.
Expected with ANXIETY, the termination 81
an luxurious Journey, and The cumnruc,.-
fnrnt ~ = cultivated res,o The sisat u
Anose led Il. trnr1 the track of the div.
] SOU. lie o4ast canning huuir,s followed
md killed Inn. To know the value of
: sand, We mtisl he drpfn ed ul thc Use
j III nature Is almost exhausted, and then
/ The coarsest murscl becomes "A drhcnc,
Which knas might envy. We dr,oucd
pIr game with such gutianous a,idIy.
as those who arl starving my he's opposed
! Ia feel. II y ant I'll sryefal attempts IN
! regain thr course of TIE rjNer "hich h. had
| followed as a guide, that W. hid discover.
I'd how ial w had dr,latrd rom our path.
AhWidmlns ihr design of returning IL The
stream, we followed the direction I <on
from thu sun, thn great compass at IN tie
skies. -Four days we went On, On the
blth, We entered narrow valley. suffoun-
died with lofty hill, which through oppp-
site opening, gave passage Ia thcslr,.on
that slidrd through anarrow d,f,e. We
had eroascd the valley FROM which the
woods had been removed hy fires. vi tdIrd
prrhaps, by The hunter, and approached
the pass Al the extremity. IL VAS NARROW
aFd ohstrncted with steep aud crag!s
roce4. We had ninosl reached ( entrance
when the FLASHES of musl,ptr' broke rom
The black MASSES IN front fell and | recall
nothing that followed, save 40 ndistmc
and Naslr idea thot came 10 me- Ms lay If
4 tempest, and of confused aud mingled
nnisrs and of thunder.
a"ohc, al length, rs from deep sleep.
4 IA Ii. l,,,l. a..
STARS were bright IN heaven. and the wind
stirred tie wlthered ie,t. | nose, but
WAS talpt 4 weak, aud chill Myeompan.
! IONS seemed IS If reclmcd in deep rrpuse
/ But MI was sill ; there WAS no sound nj
the troubled dreamer, no stopping Of The
sentinel, no cleaning OF the watch fire.
Was alone aud | called aloud--no one an
sNrrrd one lay next to mel shook him
his eyes were classy and Fixed and he
was stiff looked closc-it was my bro
ihrr, and his facr was more beautiful than
/ had ever seen il before. Thee vas
! blood on his dress aud on my own, and
| ! wondered how it came there went Ia
| anoihcr-lt WAS another brother aud
! struck him in anger, because he would moi
! wake-i went to "A third that too WAS
brother and then knew how il was
! the consciousness rushed upon me there
they lay covered with blood, and those
brave mrn who had conr from thei, homes
with nr--and that brother who Was loved
81 mHrh he too must be ihrrr--thc thor
drove me almost mad ! sought for some
Instrument of death, that might die too,
bat my wounds BLEED again, and again be-
came lnscnslblp When sense returned. !
was in an English hospital, aud when my
wnaads were cmcd contriycd to escape,
AID cross the sea, fur could NOT return 10
my own country. | have fought in mrny
/ b titles and my heart has brcome hardcned
| IN scenes Of suffering, yet the memory Of
/ that hour has never fadcd, and still the re-
o. Ciion haunis the moments OF reat, that
! fhc lives o. many were sacrificed by err
| mlnai negligence, thai the brother. whom
| his rents loved mosl, theY might drmnnd
of ne: and almost impu.r il to myself ~
SIN that alone should east Of 50 many
brave nd more worthy.
And # your hra,h,r were required Of
you, said the old nan, yon might have
gwen good account TO lis parents, we've
they not gathered 10 their fathers long
since, 'ur there WAS another suIYivur Of
That battle am tie brother Of whom Won
5r'ah,o and ,ilrir hand, ,hrt IN TIE cof,,.d
gasp nj affection rs he spohc a, ", ~
VAS taken from that load Of care which
was and heavy on the stranger.
AAsss~-
Etiraordind,y and siny.st4r pro creation.
1llcrr is now living in the nci hborhood
Of BoiliuEIou, cheshire, a manof The uamn
o. John Jackson; The following particulars