Southern planter., 1832-12-08

mountains -
II may now be proper % mention On occur, fa,,na
which hefel him The year previous. 0'of ~ ~.
IN passing through Delaware. lie s,o,, 49,
cure glass Of wairr, al a cottage ,vbe,o' I" 49,,
elderly women, with whom he inlnl.eI "'e ....r,
deal Of chat; in course Of which they ues,; "a .i N
terms Recommendation, young eirl Mn, ~,
seduced by stage driver, under promise sf W m,
age, IN an evil hour. VA. lon
They represented her as very industrio,. ..f,e,
with the exception Of her having been o. ..e,
the man she loved strictly viriuous. IN '@ ,,II1
the conversation, The poor girl came in ,a,, .moc
child IN her arins; her counienance ndic,,au s.r
Distress seoi w ~.
AS young Nose was going in the direction =. 4. OLD
the seducer was, he volunteered to cary INV IA e5
him, and use his best efforts to induce Inn - 4.rod
turn and marry her. But not one Of ,bsa' el,,s
write; he sat down and wrote letter r., a ga Z. 4,
in the she wished with view IN '..9 '
the nan, II he should learn of hs beino wL. IN, be
could not conveniently 90. $500
lie now sat out, amidst the tears Of tbe MAJ. IN, e
girl, and the arless, but expressive wishei as m \
matrons for his success i.me
Two days aller towards night. he Gp,na IL .nd
he sought in New Jersey, preparing 10 ds.. y IA. nd
stage: he accosed him and delivered tbo y. y II mo
The man read It over with great attention a.. lredd
videnty Affected by its contents, asked the - s NJ
nunUOi u puesuohs' WHO answered them wtt. sas j
tory,-praised the beauty Of the Girl vLo III pon.
any handsome and described her grief on M rrd i4
count, in manner sufficiently touching 49, Lddd
with the appeals he made to parental f.el;ns y c,nld
duce him to go back and marry the Girl 'gmnT
10 resume: our young traveller upon ree.. n, DqF
that the distance from Philadelphia TO pn11Ilo cd
via Baltimore, was only about forty miles r- ,oplc
than by the most direct route concluded n tboIeiu
through Delaware, and learn whelherthe ma, rk IIe
acquitted hmselfofhis promise. lie occori,a lies,
stopt at the same house, about half way be,v liyio
Philadelphia and Wilmington, and was erati6O5 sIspp
learn, OF one ofhe matrons that the seiuea l1kdsgd
returned and married the girl, whom she semi n Here
and who soon came TO give those thanksio ,bs M -,s
which honest simplicity only can bestow ana bh ST
TnAd conscious Of having acted from disn,es1 laa
motives, alone can truly feel. But enough of AL Ia la
Our traveller passed on to Baltimore. and h,s ,ion
over the mountains TO Pitsburg, on foot. moi n fsss
out many adventures lie reached The conau., b. ur
OF the Allegheny and MonOngahela in April IN il d
was sufficiently fortunate TO be immedatey En-. aisle
ed by one Of three merchants going 10 an N pres
lIshment up the Missouri, called Boons l3 .gl, ID
where he Nas TO act as clerk in their store lost 4
Soon the keel boat, laden with divers arties NJ man
merchandise, descended the Ohio, and ascendsl he NJ
". GeneVlcye, about so miles below St. Louis FORE
the Mississippi when our boy began TO think hihd
testing great anxiety TO return homewards Be aI
reluctantly permitted, after being supplied aatd
money. duti
lie now cros at the ferry below, where M q nme
offered good compensation by the owna oul
could not write, lfhe would attend 10 it: bu rReval
clined and proceeded to Kaskaska, wher eua. hrea
the river Oku and thence proceeded about aw. Nance
iheroad to Shawnee town, when he came,o o,aul rue
and after revolving every probability in bis vi hi th'
concluded il would be best for him to descsd q e
mississippi hib4
ho now turned his course towards that rye, In nd
walked along the left bank ofthe Oco or Kaska s90d
and from thespperiness of the bank, once e Inl wd
TO it, and with difficulty got out of it, not obaid
knowing how TO swim 10 II
Night was fast coming on, when he sped 81 n as
logs on tire, and, fearful of not lodging better hdes
hre near Tree, spread his blanket, lay down mse
SLEPT soundly ill morning: he then procoeda pHOa
bout three miles, and reached a house on heain pr
lie Mississippi, where were a woman and Onl bowed
two children. rend
Here he got hisbreakfast, and, percevinQa q II d
and canoe, offered 10 purchase the former. AL Coc
view TO descend the river. Butsbe wouM moi &Ianera
1t, and he was compelled to take the uas |uy of
which he paid her two dollars. Itswas q udcft N AMI
leaky condition, which induced hectic give m souAd
TN cup 10 bail IL: she also gave him supby dsyery
bread, and all the butter she had which sIe In
large leaves. Thus prepared, our traveller uisPirsi
took TO descend the mighty Mississippi. 100 !
lie hnew nothing of the management Of ac,r,l ln
and with difficulty kept clear of sawyers and 500 hd
Alter gongsome miles, the hot sun began toks Tl
comfortable, and he endeavored to make the s mint,
but II was nearly nightall before he succeeds daed
and, tying his canoe, he ascended the bank n 1924
came to house where lived a Canadian sodz nor,
who spoke French. At his house he remshd ca
Two days, when, at his recommendation, he gaa but 4
board Ola Missouri boat, laden with negroes, ub are
ne was allowed passage without charge, and ofa
which he reached the Grand Gulf, about the eni cs o
May, 1917 elr
Here, being invited 10 remain by DR.. CummiA rcd
he had employed about two months, in reading = mas
various books Of his library, when Mr. Clarke % con-
se1aeuty Chancellor Of this state, took nuddd tio1
hIm and pressed him 10 reside at his house. uist gra
ne remained with great profit till the yeos az loi
had ceased at Nathez and New Orleans, when sid
spite OF ihe adverse advice of his exceenl f0e 10 d
ne y, look leave of him and descending he Bayou be
fIeHe ~ keel boat, soon arrived a, the commea she
mehi oi ibe Lcvec, and, not far below il anxious " \
ndnlge IN his avorite mode ofravclng, he qaIN aoE
Inc boat aud proceeded ON foot towards New Vte les
ans ilehad not made many miles, when, he- T
somewhat ~ boueo d. . rur