The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-01-09
BY A GOTHAMITE.

- .ssef#ntsf BY A GoTHAMlTE. als-5p N - :,
: One fine morning in the latter part OF june $780,
jumped into an old and clumsy vehicle, drawn, by two
horses, supplied with good driver, umofehas, ana
the various little appendages requisite LOT snort ira
vel in the wilds of the west ana nad as hey say,
fair start" for tour Of sixty miles INTO the interior
I rode for several miles along the beautiful banks Of
tho river Raisin, as it Winds in ssrpenlne mode,
through the heart of one of the richest countries with
which liberal creator has favored the globe Of His
creation AZ. f8sf3...4,6 ILL.,
: The sun shone in all his unsullied splendor--the
birds gratifed my ear, unpaid and anrequlted, with
their soft, natural and delightful music. say un-
paid-for the pleasure was much enhanced from that
fact-for the tones and sounds which are paid for
b0ughtfor which we give an equivalent IN the pre-
sentaton of portion of the circulating medium, are
not half so sweet and halowed in their intuencenot
thousandth part so much prized as the music which
God freely gives us as we wander DER His fields
thread our way through His forests or sail along His
calm ana placid rivers. said unrequited-but not so
1T was requited by that fixed attention and gratfed
feeling much better than money or any thing base or
left off, my dear reader-excuse this long dgres.
sion but who would not digress when the music Of
birds was flowing into the ear Of his fond renem-
brance-by stating that the soft music Of natures
lovely songsters gratifying my soul-the garment
with which nature was covered, was of the freshest
richest greenes verdure-the full foliage OF the trees
hang around my path-howers in Their wild luxuri-
ance bedeckcd my road-and every thing conspired to
pleasant
was plain blunt, good spoken fellow, always ready
for Joke and maintaining that habitua cheerfulness
of counenance indicative OF com ort and peace OF
mind 10 its possessor and infusing into all who came
in contact with IT, portion of that happiness OF feel
inc 90 delightfully."- manifested in the physognomy.
He had that independent feeling characterisng all
the inhabitants of the west in peculiar degree, and
considered that no honorable employment should
cause distinction in the respect an individual ought
to feel for himself or receive from others. If he bought
cigars on the road, Of which were both very fond
and by the way they are capital things to keep off
bugs and musquitos-freey and literally did ne wish
me to share them with him, and with all his little
nick nacks expecting that the same generosity should
be extended to him, which expectation, fiatter my
self was not disappointed. He considered himself
much the gentleman as one who had been born and
nurhred in the lap ct refinement and all at the west
ters have invariably joined in with this feeling dur
ing my tarryin Michigan and by SO doing have trust
secured many valued friends, among all ranks and
employments. On the contrary, the writer has seen
many young men from eastern cities, assuming man.
ners at the west certainly unc0ngenal with the nha
bitsnts which would not be tolerated in the society
they had been accustomed to at home, and resulting
in an ll-will and unpspuarity, inducing discomfor
from the treatment their conduct called FORTH or
sudden departure from the country of their adoption
I enioyed myself very much with this gosdly driver
finding him free, pleasant, companionable fellow
He told story which amused me much at the time
: id laay prove laughable to my readers.
He said that awd chap" called at q tavern in one
al the small Interior towns Of Michigan, and spent
nieht and part Of day. During his stay he was very
noisy and obstreper0us, much to the annoyanceof all
When the hour arrived fixed upon for his departure
he called out to the landlord in rough and unganly
way, nquiring what he should pay him. The landlord
answered, "five dollars" "Five dollars p exclaimed
the fellow-"I should like YOU to make out bill"
So the host made out bill and handed II TO him. He
took the evidence Of debt and read II over silently.
Presently he bawled out here landlord you've got
down two shillinQs for tea, four shngs for lodging
and breakfast four shilings for dinner three dollars
for noise and two shlRgs for erfra noise and nowh
only comes to four dollars and half Now land
lord. how much do You charge for one good yelT'
al shall charge you half dollar" replied the de-
serm;ned host. SO the fellow handed out five dollars
gave tremendous ycll-jumped on his horse, and
rode of as much amused himself at the incident, as
the landlord and his guests
So much for Michigan story.
We stopped at a small village TO obtain some re.
frcshments, where found man, with whom had
before in contact af different place, keeping
the public house. He had when knew HIM before,
been acting the part Of Minister of the Gospel Lectu-
rey on Education and Schoomasier, and / believe,
Professor of Psalmody. Now he was duly indicted
into the Office Of landlord, and mbibng the universal
spirit Of speculation pervading me whole west was
ty, which he had bought ION time" He enlarged
most feelingly on the peculiar advantages attaching TO
his real and personal estate, some of which no one
could see but himself and wound IN, as l expected,
by saying that he would like 10 sell me certain IN
teresi very cheap, and almost all on long time" re-
curing only little cash in hand just by way OF bind
ing the bargain.
Not beng very desirous Of making an investment,
refused his kind offers leaving him exercise his
wits on some individual more guble than the writer,
in dsposing of his most invaluable property. We
rode along through wide spread oak openings they
are called being large tracts Of land covered rather
sparsely with oaks till night began TO fling her sable
mantle over the scene around US, when he came in
sight of the new city" of Petersburg situated the
River Raisin, which here displays long beautiful
carve, about twenty-five miles from It's mouth. We
halted at the neat tidy and inviting looking lnn con-
GLIDING to spend the night nasmuch as long stretch
of heavily numbered land before us, and weary
limbs sufficiently used up" by the long ride Of the
day The landlord and landlady, Mr. Adams and
his WIFE from Rochester, were very polite and agree
able They provided US with an excellent meal, and
first rate coffee as n beverage. This very AN.
sxpCscd treat the tea and coffee al the West gen.
.essly, are only fl for the dogs.
held long and pleasant chat with the good hos
tssa, who ~ the way, was a noble looking alreea-
bic and very interesting woman. She had been ac-
cnsaOmed 10 different mode Of life than she was now
ssked her the usual question:" how she liked the
-we.sryn cornuy2" She answered "tbatber expecta-
s,oss had not been fully rcazedn But. said r. !" INV
rood madam, you seem to be well supplied with the
'sood things of this life and every hing around WOW
wars an inviting aspect" "Yes SIR, we have some
comforts, bit they the result of tedious labor and
nndrine industry"
any pood madam, you well know that constant
1uulovueut ia one of the surest means Of securing