Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-08-20

polar winter, and the temperance D
the sun was perhaps after they had migra
| ted down the Mississippi Y. Star.
| To times long since past. the Okla SIP
pocni, or ancestors oil the Choctaws, dwell
| In cold country on the borders Off vas
okhufla, or sea, which furnished them viii
their chief dependence when unsuccessful
in hunting. There they had long lived
and nature had continued TO pursue hor
| wonted course, when one morning, soma
/ of the natives awoke at their customary
hour, and were surprised TO find that the
sun and moon were invisible. In fact,
though here and there dim star might
have been observed. they CROPPED in al.
most tangible darkness. They waited an
hour or two in vain for the appearance Of
day light; then they seized fire brands
and, proceeding to the waters edge were
astonishcd and alarmed TO behold It rap
idly rising then they beheld light 10 the
North which they fancicd to come from
the reflection Of the Solar rays, but in q
short time they were undeceived aud saw
floating swiftly by a mountain of ice ian
occurrence not unusual at that season oil
the year. Now, desparing Of ever again
beholding the sun, and pcrcclving that
the waters were fast gaining upon them,
they proceeded to make such RATS as time
permitted, by lashing together with thongs
OF the skins Of wild animals. the logs
which composed their huts; and all had
not thus secured the means of prolonging
lite, for perchance few hours when the
waters still rising foa,ed their payhta, or
RATS, away, and bore them to shore un.
known.
Eight or ten hours had probably elapsed
although tradition assigns longer time,
arising, perhaps, from the uncertainty OF
any estimate where there was no mode Of
making correct, when the sun again
appeared before them in the East, to the
unde iinable JOY of the Okl@ippockni, and
not long afterwards, they were driven by
the current on to the land, whence, in a
short time, the waters seeded, and left
them high and dry, happy in being pre-
served to enjoy the continuance Of the
blessings ofliie.
fin Interesting Incident. Fourteen years
since, in an obscure neighboring village,
there might be seen q lad Of ordinary look
and indfferently marked character. He
was Of poor parentage and humble birth,
and bad no claims upon temporal wealth
or greatness. His time was occupied, as
the time OF boys in the country usually is
working alternately upon the farm in sum
mer and attending the village school in
the winter months. But there was exist
ing in the bosom Of this unpretendiug boy,
latent genius. which the monotony Of q
country life could not quench, and an ener
gy OF character which needed only the
force OF circumstances to draw out. lie
was yet young, but the restlesspess Of Vi.
gorous mind, still immature, could not DO
subdued. II wanted more scope and ex-
pansion, and il longed with consuming
desire. for enlarged duties and moro en-.
ergetic life. Pennylcss and but poorly
educated, this boy determines to leayo his
humble home, resolving at the came limo
never TO revisit it until he can do il with
honor and in possession Of a competency.
Many years have elapsed. and week
or two since he returns TO bis early home.
He is unknown to all and 10 recognized
by nobody. He is a stranger in his own
fathers Preside. Even the mother has
forgotten her own soni The FIRST inter-
view was painful in tho extreme, hut the
disclosure OF his name. which followed.
was touchingly tender and affecting. II
was one Of those scenes in life whom the
human heart becomes liquid and pours IT,
self out like water. After leaving New
England, he went to the South, turned his
hand with yankee adroitness to various
pursuits, +" traded little" kept school"
" studied law" and finally becoming sue
cessiul and eminent in his profession, was
elevated to the dignity Of Judge. Atthe
early age OF thirty two, we find this poor
pennyless New England boy enjoying am
inent rank for talents, in possession OF
wealth. and now 10 seated on the bench Of
the Supreme Court Of Georgia.
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