Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-08

healthy was its atmosphere her pred'e>
tisp was grounded on very sge, ana very iear'
ned theories of "miasmafu." medicai pro-
lessor from the east, and Physician OF 81. Lou
is, both Of whom had visird the place, were
among the few who saw thee nothing TO gem
crate disease, beyond what found elsewhere:
Experience has now fully demonstrated 10 ah
whom regre, and envy do pt render inse"sip'e
to proof, that no par, Of IF State is less SUB
ject TO fatal disorders, an the enormous al
vance OF seven hundred, anda thousand per CEN
tum on the original cost, hive been ottereo 'or
some lands under the blutf.
Such is the nature Of the oil, that rams, now
ever copous are quickly abprbed -consequent.
ly, the roads are always fee from mud, ana
the prairles from putrescen waters Nothlng
can be more pure and linpid than the cold
springs tina, gush from The bluffs. The rank
vegetation is never suffered % undergo decom
position, and load the air With disease. The
grass has scarcely ceased ,t vegetate, before Ii
is consumed by The devourhg fame presenting
most grand and sublime spectacle. Miles OF
prairie are seen on fire al oice, and particularly
when viewed from he heights, forcibly call 10
mind the conHagra,ion of al things.
On the highes, OF the bluffs are The graves OF
race who once peopied Ills interesting spo',
but whose very name has, ages since gone 10
oblivio Once the hrmap forms that quietly
repose in these rough ston. collins, were AMI
mated--their hearts heat high with Joy and
hope. How lir,le did hey DEAN as they dan
ced by moon light on isie smooth grass, or lis
tened to tales of war and love, under the shade
OF The oak tina: spread their giant arms over
their rebbly springs, thsi the smoke ,of their
Wigwams would cease 10 cuil around the crag-
gy biufIs-'he white man occupied their lovely
relreai-his he rds low on the prairie where
they were wont TO chase the buffaioe and the
deer--aud their deeds Of reDown forgotten for
ever,
At the foot of the same bluff, is the grave
yard of the 2resen, Inhabitants, where many
tears have fallen. What a striking contrast
this stupendous wall ofrock, co-eval with the
world, and scofhng al their flight OF years, pre-
sents to the remains of man that mouder a.
| round it,
There is lonely, solitary grandeur, in the
view from the bluff, that induces contempia-
lion, and during few months residence in thai
settlement, frequently remarked the deep IN
| luence which the surrounding scenery had ov-
er the tone OF their feelings. Isolated BY ma
ture from the rest Of the world, they rarely look
for society 5ey"nd the walls that hound tbem
and found there more of,hat touching inter
est in each Others happiness, enjoinrd by the
Deca'ogae, than have seen elsewhere.
Near The middle OF the settlement, built D!
the Joint labors Of The inhabitants, stand ,hei
plain, but commodious school house, where ev
cry child, old enough, is taught. Last summe
I frequently attended the Sunday school, thel
recently established. 1t was an interesting
sigh IN u a. b'Agtt sunday morning, pouring ii
, from among the hills, and from the prairie
dressed in their best attire, "clean as silver,
their face, beaming with JOY al the return Q
tina, happy day Their parents fien accom-
panied them, and the lender affection and The
honest pride Of the mother shone IN many eye
on Witnessing the good conduct, and listening
! to the we'll recited lessons OF heir Children
All these scholars were the offspring OF parent:
who supported them by labor; who early rain
ed them to toll, and who knew well he value
Of economy. When presented with The book:
they had armed by study, ii was interesting Ia
witness the pleasure, and ,hankfulness. express
sed il every look. They could hardly 'eaIize
| that they were so rIch:-.that the books were
their "very nwn," as they expressed it, and they
returned home with eager Steps 10 show theiI
no less delighted parents their treasures Could
some OF our countrymen who have so literally
aided our Sunday school and Biole socieirs
have listened, as have, to the teacher, while
telling the scholars what benevolent men hat
done for them, and seen tears OF gratitude glis'
lening in the eyes of sixty scholars Of a remote
and secluded settlement, they would have fell
paid for some share of their toll.
Among tue mos, beautiful situations under
the bluff, arr those Of Capt. Spencer, and Mr.
Rogers. The former selected his while i, was
yet in the hands Of the government. Infant
vineyards, and large orchards Of every variety
OF fru, congenial to the climate, are now seen
| on those two farms, which few years since
were in stale of nature. On Capt Spencer's
the White Mulberry has recently been planted
with the view of rearing S!lkworms
have seen no other place 'ha, united SO ma
ny desirable qualities as Bluffdale.
"And ssd if there's peace to be found in the
world,
"The heart that is humble might hope for it here d
The few months passed there, were some
Of the happiest Of my life, and shall always
remember, with the liveliest pleasure, the bod
crags have climbed the lovely scenery oil
their seouesered vale, and the kind hospitality