Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-02-06

| outstanding some Of them are "half horse and
haV alligator, and tipped of with a swapping
turtle" Tho chapter commences with tho fol-
loving very correct picture Of the Kentucky
country.
Prom this quarter the first glimpse of Ken
lucky is not very attractive, but as you ad-
vance towards The centre, it becomes a gar
den, and lacks nothing but the olive, the or
ange, and vine, (greai wants however, to be
the best portion of the earth. The soil IS so
rich that II is of the depth Of two feet, and the
freshness and vigor Of the vegetation is une-
| qualled. The forests have little underbrush,
but tall Wild grass well supplies its place, and
the weeds by the road side, grow to .hc height
of ten feet. The cou,try Is of a limestone for
nation, producing springs which gush from the
rocks; and | have seen in the vicinity, several
deep and clear fountains, such as l have new
er seen before.
The villages deserve little praise. They are
not spread over a considerable space as in
| New-England, with shade and enclosure TO ov-
cry house; but arc composed Of one long, dull,
block of brick houses, on either side; copying
from choice, what is the effect Of necessity IL
4 city.
Lexington is in a plain, which is almos 4
valley, and would be called a neat town in any
part of the world. The traveller soon discov-
ers that If he is in a country that was lately u
| wilderness, he is not in the vicinity Of savages
! There is an activity Of motion and indepen-
| Jence, yet courtesy Of demeanor among the
| people Of Lexington, that makes a favorable
Impression upon Il visitor. They are more so.
GA, among themselves than the inhabitants
If any town Of even half its ina gnitude' in Now
England; and Il is q pleasure for a Stranger TO
witness the free and easy terms upon which
several hundred people from all parts of the
tate, live and move, and dine together at
Kean's hotel The hotel is one of the best
upon the surface, and the charge for board,
(Including whiskey at discretion, as they fur
nish bread at Paris) is htlf a dollar daily; l
made a delay Of two weeks, and left the hotel
with the reluctance OF Major Dalgctty, when
the rations were acceptable to himself and Gus
| t,vus
{ In The vernandalc at Kcan's, l sometimes
saw a gentleman smoking his Havana, which
he had a queer way of turning Ovor with his
lips. He was oe graceful demeanor accessible
to all, and when animated in conversation, OF
a countenanco that had great expression.
afterwards met the same person at a camp
meeting, and tired him III Il hand at all tours;
but he turned up Jack TOO often for my pur-
poses; whence YOU may know that IT was the
good aud wise man Of Tho west, Mr."
The person alluded to by our tourist, is one
who has occasionally been elevated to Office
by the citizens Of the west, and is always pop
ular. He may be found at all times at Kean's
now Posthelwaite's Hotel; where he de-
| lights himself, in being civil to all, who wish
tss'sorirty.
Having taken leave of the strange gentle
man, the Tin Pedl,r proceeds to give a sketch
Of Doctor Caldwell.
"The next man that attracted my attention
had more learning and perhaps as much wis
dom: but it is an old saying, that the greatest
| scholars are no tho wisest men. This was
Doctor Caldwell. the champion of Phrenology,
IN the west, as | learn from a good review in
the Courier. lie walked, as l remember, with
a cane, and was as strait as his own bamboo;
and has moreover, a Uranium so capacious,
that he can h We no common share Of INTEL
lect, if the thinking principle is to be mcc<cd
by the BRAN; that is, unless the skull DC SO
| thick, as TO a.tord but the usual space for wha!
it contains. Bat with all this, Doctor Cald-
wei! is 40 common man.
His description Of the Doctor is very co rect,
| though We think that he is in error, in suppos-
| ing hin to be a very great man. That Doctor
Caldwell is a learned man, no man will dispute;
but at the same tame, he IS one CT the most
| consummate podin,s and cyclists that ever OK
istcd. Oflaie years, nc has run mad with
phrenology and false Philosophy. At ono time
his whole mind was absorbed by literature,
and he cndcayorcd 10 become tho most famous
! historian Of the age. Bat he failed, and soon
a. J.,o,.l b,,,soIf To tbn cc,npca of mo1i-
cine. HIS literary productions are not very
numerous; tho principal ones, are his life of
MAJOR GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE,
and a new edition ofCullen with coplous Eotes,
:" damned'' the day it was presented 10 the
world and lis Cullen shared a similar fate.
The rcyie wers and critics, blew bo;h up "sky
high, sky high" They charged him, with
coming strange and new words, and convicted
him of borrowing some fifty or sixty page from
another author. The Doctor, however, sur
yived the defeat, and Immediately became q
phrcnologist lie is professor of .Moferio
.Nedica; and the practice of icdic!ne In Tran
sylvania University.
The Tin Pedlar, also saw Judge Clarke, now
a member Of Congress, from the disiric, form
orly represented by Mr.. Clay. He speaks OF
him correctly, in the following language: I
"On a morning in september, | put on my
mocassins, and sirollcd to Winchester. a dis
,ancc of twenty or ,hirt! mics, where there Is
a rood mn, under the administration OF Paul
Dudley. Here, accident brought Inc 10 a con-
fab with another magnaic of The west, Judge
Clarke, then OF the Superior Court. All tina,
| can tell YOU Of him IA, that he Is tall, and
when ] saw him, vas blest with an excellent