Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-01-10

oil D1ni. Boone Is a romance oi hstn
A Nnrod by instinct and physical
character, his home was III The range
of woods; his bea0 IDEAL the chase,
! aud forests full OF butfdioes, bears aud
! deer More expert al their own arts,
| han The Indians tbs mse'ves, TO figh,
hem. and foil them, gives scope TO the
| eXultIng consciousness OF the exercise
OF his o"n appropriate and pecuiiai
powers. He fights them III numerous
woods and ambushes. - His compau
IONS fall about hlm He is one of those
peculiar PERSONS whom destiny seems
nave charmed against balls. When
y daring. or stratagem. or good tor
une he comes OFF safe troE desperate
| conflict, ii atlords him a delightful
thcme 10 recount to his listening com
paHlons around the cabin fire, or as
teasing on the smoking buffalo rump,
Oh . wtDier evening, his fine descrip
;IoG3 aud hls barr breadth escapes
At length be IS taken. But the saw
ages have too mugh reverence for
~ ~ q =, &AAl Al1NhsLliN Va u aAIRAl a.
Boone to Kill him. lie assumes such
- air OF entire Satisfaction along with
them, end they are so naturally delight
ed with such a mighty l,uner, and
such Tree end fni unate spirit. thai
;ney are charmed, and deceived into
& confidence that he is really at home
with them anil would not escape # he
c0uId-n is probable, too, that his
scsmlng satisfaction IS moi altogether
attecsed. T'he Indian way of life is
the way of his heart. II is almost one
thing to him, so stat he wanders in the
woods with expert hunters, whether
he taxes his diversion with the whites,
or the Indians They are lulled into
such confidence ,as &c allow him almost
his own range lie seizts bis oppor
'unity, and in escaping, uudergoes
such Incredible hardships, aud priva
tons, and dangers, as nothing would
render credible, bet tie most Indubna
bic evidence. that they have been &C
iuaiIy SO endured
Boone ihoug ut little OF titles and courts
vi record. Fences, hul,, and b ,unds,
end partition lines OF Meum and 1aug
The paitry let's and hndrdnces OF civil
n lsIon, weTsieFms OF unhappy onIen
in MS ear. He finds himself circum
vented by those who had tho't with
more speci Of these thlngs; and in
his age, he fed from landlords and
lawsuits IN Mrn,ucky TO The Banks of
| Missouri. Here, on a river, with a
course of something more than thou
sand leagues, all through wilderness,
an amplesand . pleasant range was
opened to bis nna gination. We saw
HIM on those banks With tim grey
hair, high forehead, keen eye, a
cheerful expression, singularIy bold
| confirmation OF counienance and breast,
I and a sharp and commanding voice,
with creed for the future, embracing
not any thing beyond his rival hunters,
! he appeared to US the same Daniel
Boone, if we may use the expression,
jerl1ed and dried to high preservation,
IN the woods, that he bad figured, as
the wanGerer and the slayer OF bears
and Indians He could no longer
we'll desc the wild turkey on the
trees, but his eye still kindled at The
hunters tale, and he remarked, that
the population on.,hat part of the Mis-
sourI was becoming too dense, and
the farmers too near each other, tor
comfortable range, and that he never
wished 20 reside in place VheIe he
could not fall trees in his own yard TO
keep up his winter fire. Dim as was
his eye with age, it would not have
been difficult, we apprehend, TO have
obtained him as volunteer on a han.
ing expedition over the Rocky Noun
Ialns. No man ever exempllfird more
strongly the ruling passion strong in
dcath-FiinrS u est Req
SILK RibbonS-A Mr.. Douglass, a
| Scolchman, 1t is stated has very recent
| ly established himself in Windham,
Conn for the purpose of weaving silk
ubb0ns-phe manufacture of silk from
he worms, is carried on to cohside
raEle extent 10 Wludham, and the adj
MINING ,.ctaut,ar a,5 ~ not,ol.ee