Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-07-06
From The Me,u York Star.
CROEK Eft

When rang the loud call from a nation oppressed
And her valleys, with slaughter Of brave men
were red;
Twas the pride ofpoor Crockett to help the
And the watch-wo.din Teas was heard,
Go ahead.
Ills death-dealing rifle no longer shall shower
Its unerring balls onthe proud naughty foe.
Cut down IN the spring time of life's budding
his tombstone, alas! are thy walls, .4lano.
Then may we not hope, since yalor has crown,d
And DER him bright fame his mantle has
spread;
In the souls parting hour good angels were
round him.
1 Bid his spiritarise to the skies, SEQ ahead.''
AN INCIDENT.
In an obscure village, in the State of
Vermont, there lived an aged man,
Iiriendless, and without connexions. for
ne was one of the earliest settlers of the
country, and came here alone. Dur
ing the revolution, he took up arms
with the rebels, and gave his property
Tor the benefit Of the revolutionary ar
my. He endured all the privations
which characterized thatstruggle for IL
berty, he signalized himself in several
battles, and, after the efforts Of the coun-
TRY were crowned with success, he re-
tired to private life. He became very
poor, and was compelled to earn his
daily bread, by working one day here,
and the next there. His wife died;
children he had none. In this state,
alone in the world, Invested Of proper
ty, aged and infrm, acreditor seized the
few little effects he had, aud committed
his body to prison. Some Of his ac-
qualntances bailed him out to the Glib
Ierty Of the yard. He remained with
in "the limits" twenty-scven years;
laboring at. such work as he could per-
form. Gardening in the summer, and
"doing chores in the winter, were his
usual occupations. Finally, he made
herryai ,ritin7 tlrr ver.-r err. l.-v,s
er, and bound himself out for his board
and clothes. He took care Of horses,
made fires, &c. At this period Of his
life, there was conspicuous character
travelling through the country, recciv-
ing the congratulations and attention of
all classes OF our citizens. AS he has
tened through our village, his fame
went before him, and the people turn
ed out en- nausse to bid him a hearty
-welcome.-He arrived at the village
where the told soldier" lived, and stop
ped all night at the same house. The
old man knew him, and often tried to
get access to his apartment, but without
success. The aristocracy Of the place,
the ruflled shirts, the silk gowns, the
little masters, and pretty misses, must
first greet the stranger. However, the
old man made interest with one of his
village acquaintances to request an in
terview with the stranger. -ssTcllhim,"
said he, "that Capt. b. Of the re-
giment of infantry, wishes to see him
at his leisure" The stranger was cleo
trified. ssWhat!" said he, sis healive?
Where is he?" at the same time lcav-
ing his ruffled shirt company, he went
into the bar-room in search Of the sold
soldier He found him. els it pos
sible," said the stranger, ssthat you are
alive?" They embraced each other,
and were SO affected that neither could
give utterance to one syllable. The
spectators wondered, gazed, and were
COMPOUNDED. The best feelings of hui
man nature gained the mastery of the
whole assembly.
last, said the stranger to the old
soldier, "comc with me- They reti-
red to room alone, and convcrsed a.
bout by-gone times-about the battles
they had fought together, the hardships
they had encountered. Each gave a
particular narration hislife since their
separation, and that Of the old soldier,
was heart-rending to the illustrious
stranger. Hc told him ofhis poverty,
his troubles, and his incarceration Ia
prison-his present means of subsis-
tence, &c. allow much do you owe7''
said the stranger. II have been III the.
limits twenty seven years, for nineteen
dollars. The costs and interests may
nowamount TO onehundred. y There
are two hundred cellar bill bills = said the
stranger, apay what thou owest--I
shall leave q deposit in the bank,
where you can draw for two hundred
dollars year as long as you i've" BY
this time, the people without were inn
patient, and could not divine the cause
ofthe privacy between our tw0 heroes.