Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-04
ALEXANDRIA, ID. CO.
TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 4. 1882.

Those who have read CoopER's delineations OF
Indian character and manners, and his pictures
of their domestic and public life and condition. as
given in his novels, may remember that they arc
apparently often highly colored. Indeed 'a'
been objected to him BY the critics. that he
makes his savages, both in person, Speech ano
appearance, Greeks or Romans, and thus mars
the beauty of the plot as we'll as destroys the e.
feet intended to be produced in the grouping or
individual acting of the dramatis persona. We
referred to this not long since, and attempted to
show that some injustice had been done to MIR.
Cooper. That he is not altogether inaccurate in
his account of the personal appearance OF the abo
rhymes of our country, is evident. from the de-
scrlptions given of them by travellers. We have
read recent letter from gentleman now in the
{. Gar west," published in the papers, who in one
place says:
! 81 have, for long time, been of opinion that
the wilderness of our country afforded models
equal to those from which the Grecian sculptors
transferred to the marble such inmitaDIe grace
and beauty; and am now confirmed in this OPT.
MON, since | have immersed myself in the midst
Of thousands and thousands of these knights OF the
forest. whose while lives are lives OF chivalry,
and whose daily feats, with their naked limbs,
might vie with those of the Greciap youths in the
beautiful rivalry Of the olympian games"
He goes on to add, that no mans Imagination,
with all the aids of description that can be given
HIM. can ever picture to himself the picturesque
beauty of scenes that may be daily witnessed in
that romantic country: ofhundreds of these grace.
full Youths, without care to wrinkle, or tear
to disturb the full expression Of pleasure and en-
jnyment that beams upon their faces-thelr long,
black hair mingns with their horses tails, Hoat-
ing in the winJ-hying over the carpeted pral-
rie, and dealing death with their spears and ar
rows to band of infuriaed buffalo; or the sDlen-
did procession of war party, arrayed in all their
gorgeous colors and trappings, moving with most
exquisite grace and manly beauty, added to that
bold defiance which man carries on his front who
is amenabe to no laws excep the laws Of honor.
Interested partizans find much IN the recent
| Western Elections to spout and tume about. Ii
cannot, however, be denied, even by the stouest
~
binet and all. that, whereas the whole vote Of the
West in 1923 was given TO Gen. Jackson, the
whole of the same vote is now. IN 1882, A,cer-
tain. Every State is warmly contested: In eve
~ State thousands Of converts have been made
and from every State in the West, finally, we
have the most encouragin signs that they will
90 for Clay and the Union. 1t 49, TO be sure,
not as necessary for people who have never re-
ceived or expect any government "reward,' to
make quite as much NOISE about this, as 1t is tor
those who live upon treasury pap, in the shape oil
Offices and Post OFF e advertisements, to deny
it, and shout, to 6" the top Of their lungs" that
Gen. jackson is :" born TO commando" and that
he " administers the government well for his
lSUBJECTS."
We have received, from the venerable author
a pamphlet containing sober Address on the
Dissolution of the Union, addressed to all those
who have any interest in the welfare, the powe
the glory or the happiness of the United States.
We have read it with great pleasure. The coun
try owes much to Matthew Carey for his excr
ttions in the cause Of Union.
We have on our table a variety Of publications
relative to the Cholera; but, as we are already
sick and tired of the subject, we cannot be ex
pected either to read or extract from them.
Lansdon Cheves, Esq, of South Carolina,
has avowed himself as opposed to qualification.
Mr.. Barnwel, Member Of Congress from the
Colleton district, has admitted that the Address
which he signed with others Of the South Caro-
lima delegation, directed to the People Of the
State, was in many respects erroneous. The
Charleston City Gazette says" The signs
of the tines that so recently bodcd storms and
sorrows and miserable shipwreck Of our noblest
hopes, now indicate the most cheering and hap.
by auguries for the future. Witness the manly
and vigorous efforts of Blair the honest diselaim.
er Of NuckoIls: the sound and consistent and
independent vindication of our Drayton the