Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-07-15
n Wurren, Saturday Morning, July rs, 1926.

During The stiffness Of midnight We were
visited by troops Of wolves, whose
|'howlings, and he responsive challenges
of'our watch dogs, produced an eifee,
|singularly wild and sublime. dssa
In this lonely situation we seemed to
live for ourselves alone all our duties
aud feelings were concentrated in each
other. We sometims heard rumour OF
the world, Over the hills and far al
way J" but II seemed like the story OF
some distant country with which we
were never to have any intercourse and
the inhabitants Of which we should new
er see. Here my father employed
himself in, overlooking the work OF a
few labourers, who had been tempted
to accompany US, n study, and in the
education of his children In a lew
years our little settlement furnished US
with oil the necessar,esooi life and my
father, a. he saw the wilderness begin
to blossom like the rose, and completed
the smiling prospect Of rich meadows,
waving fields Of grain. and cattle repcs-
ing under the shade OF those pr;meval
elms which he had left standing on the
borders Of the stream, seemed for a
while to forget his birth place., and to
be almost happy.
For my part, Fgrew up like All indian
active, Wild and impe.uous, During
the intervals Of study, fpassed my time
|io rambling with gun, building caslles,
or fishing along the river, which was
SO clear and pure. that the sualiest oh
jccts were visible at the bottom. DC :
casionally wonld extend my rarnblcs
down the stream 10 It's Junction with the
Ohio THAT beautiful river, though yet
unsung, more enchanting than any ever
yet celebraIed in song. My fancy
which had run wild in the so,.tudes Of
the woods, frequently pushed on to iu-
ture tines, aud used No anticipate the
period when this delightful region, al.
aeady adorned with cveiylhi g enchant
Ing in na'ture, should be e.nbeilished l,y
all taat is elegant in art, OF valuable IN
Iscience and when its gracefully mean--
dering stream should become ciassick,
like those which the Scottish piough-
man has made immortai, But ilsandei.
and indeed shrink from the task have
uadertuken and would willingly defer
as long as possible, the relation OF that
sad catastrophe which laid the tabrick
OF my haPRiness IN everlasting ruin.
We we're iamly of love now We
loved each other, those only VINO have
lived as we iived, Can imagine. 'inthe
crowded resorts of mankind, the aflec-
tions are friltered away in the pursuits
of numerous and dI,tracting objects
which, divert the attention from dwell
ling long on one idea, Hundreds OF
people lay claim TO detached portions
vi our hearts, each sharing u liltle, while
the Multiplicity OF ever varying scenes
that pass before our eyes prevent re-
ceiviug those impressions that are in
delible. Butin retirement, it is diff
terent; the scarcity of objects Of ia
terest gives a force and energy to the
esGmal6n we bear them the heart
iastens there with strength and per-
manency inconceivable by those who
pursue the shifting varieties of the bu-
sy world and where these deep root
ed attachments are torn away, nothing
but regret and despair will ever thrive
again. v'H
at the age Of eighteen, | was sent
TO one of the universities, to complete
such branches Of my education as our
remote situation prevented me from
attending to with advantage. my part.
ing from home was the iirst sorrow
ever felt (; and those who can recoilect
the first wound in their hearts may
form some idea Of my feelings. MY
family, too, felt il bitterly. The loss
or The absence of~one person from a lit
tie family Of love, is serious affair
to those whose enjoyments centre at
home. ... .',t oH
How buIeted this untried scene |;
how was laughed at for my simplici.
ty, ridiculed for my bashfulness, and
what boyish tricks were played upon
my inexperience, it is unnecessary to
detail altogether they sickened me oi
my situation, and prevented my forming
any connexions that might have drawn
me moment from the contemplation
OF that home to which all my affections
pointed. perceived that the deep
rooted habits ofmy early life had to-
tally united me ior the world and,
therefore, looked only for happiness
where Ihad ever found IL, in the DO.
SOM Of my family. Every hour OF ab.
sence, consequently, increased my
impotence of this situation, and tny
anxiety to return; anJ ~ ,e very da,
~~ .crm Of absence had expired