The Arkansas advocate., 1832-12-05
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l 70 hio s5 Edt biciits tt io t1C StoWulhS excellence, 1t is what renders him enl- phatlcally all American writer, and what 'n despite Of his apparent disre- gard of foreign criticism, and utter care lessness of its censure or praise, has giv- en him an honorable station abroad, and at home among the writers of his coun- try. We will not, at this carly period, an- ticipate the plan of the work by enter ing into its analysis. The scene opens like the lift ofa curtain, and discIoses to 1 the charmed reader the wilderness of Kentucky, some half century ago--of Gold Kentucky which having now ar- rived at the age of almost forty ears, is entitled to assume the iionors of ii patriarch among tho young fry of Em- pires springing up like mushrooms in the vast valley of the great father of waters. ltsearly historyisa romance--its growth a miracle--its soil a garden--its women half angel, half fheroine--and portion ofits men, as hath been credibIy assert ed half horse, half alligator, wilma small sprinkling of inc steamboat, &c-
 We look for moment, and hut a single moment, on fhe fresh untouched wilderness of that @ssnewest of all pos sibie worlds, the western country;n we smell the virgin odour ofthe woods, and sec the majestic roll of the unyoyagcd rivers--and the sceEe suddenly shifts to the ancient dominion, where the story commences, and from whence by a natural easy transition, the reader is again led by the hand into the wilder ness, where commences a series of ad- ventures of singular interest and vari- cty.
 There is an air of freshness and origi. naliiy diiiused oyer the whole works the characters are marked with distinct featnres of individuality; the style is rapid and vigorous; and tie story is neither spun out or delayed by long. dull, diffusiye dialogues, which neither develop the plot, q advance tue actioIr. Here and there we detect slight traces of haste and carelessness, which seem 10 indicate that the writeris too full of the main subject topay particular atten- ton to minor objects. But the din oE politics is in our ears, and we cannot devote sufficient time or space to point them out just now.
 We say no more. The work will speak for itself. Cannot one see the Ohio roll along in such descriptions as the following?
 Slate in the still, starry night, as the captain and one Zephi Teal, his first officer, sat watching the course of the broad-horn while she glided along, by the bright beams of full-moon, the former observed that the river was ris- ing rapidly, and the force of the cur- rent increasing.
 ssThere has been a mighty grist of rain lately up above, and the snows on the mountains must have all melted inc hurry. reckon we shall have pow erful freshet, Zophi.v
 "Yes,'' said Zephi, Gifts above higIl- water mark already, and rises like the waterin boiling pot. l never seen it so high but once afore, and that was when Orson Upson's broad-horn was carried clean over the tops of the But ton Woods, and Divine Goodyear's house foated all the way down to. the Big Bcrd, with the family in il"
 "Whew--w--!'' whistled Captain Hugg; Gin what year of our Lord was that, Zephg' s
 "Why, the year you got such lick- ing from the Yankee pedlar at Pitts burgil. I calculate
 s:I'll be shot,' exclaimed Hugg, ssif any Yankee pedlar that ever stepped 'twixt here and the other side of the end of the yearth ever treed Sam Hugg.- It's a lie, whoever said 1t. But did you
 in good earnest, see Divine Goodhuc's house floating down stream, with his family in it?''
 "IfI didn't may be rowed up Salt River
 q should like to have seen the old sinner; l dare say he prayed like | horse"
 "Yes, that he did. Iheard him snorf- in sNow lay me down 10 sleep, as he went past the cove where tied my boat to the top of a big tree a hundred foot high"
 Thus they commnned together tilltbe first blush of the morning appeared m the east, and the gradual opening of the scene showed the swelling stream rolling downin boiling eddies, and it's dark-brown surface strewed with the spoils of the earth. The gigantic trees <>.. 4l o l. .s fbov ra called in f1lfs