The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-12-20
POETRY.
From the Baltimore ratrlot.
THE GRAVE OF DALLAM.

seen gentleman from Florida, who knew MIR.
Dallam, aud speaks of him in the highest terms.
Alas that so brave, 90 generous, and gifted
young man, should have been doomed TO bleed
beneath the reeking arm of the Indian. They
were asleep, when the savages rushed upon
them and murdered nearly all the party, only
three esSuping according to the gentleman above
alluded to. A faithful dog, attlcked to Mr.. Dali
Ian, remained by his dead body, and was found
fourteen days after the murder, by party of
troops who came to hurry the dead. The dog
was scarcely able to stand, and gave a feeble
howl over the friend who had persisted by Indi-
Mn faithlcssuess; the Indians having entered in.
10 treaty with Gen. kIacomb. How long will
our government tamper with this matter, and
how long shall the Indian tomahawk drink The
blood Of oar bravest and most talented young
men?
This noble dog, Romeo is now great fav.
orite with the garrison at Tamba Bay. An an-
imal so faithful as to perish to protect the dead
body ofhim he loved from the claws ofthe vul-
ture, should be remembered in MARBLE and his
affection perpetuated on the pages Of history.
Mr.. Dalam was Baltnnorian, and educated
for the Bar. iio was on the eve Of returning
10 his brother and sister in Baltimore. But alas
tn9y WlII bed IllItl lo SL66U6 III RUTy
grave, in the wllds of Florida.
lie came upon the stage of life a youth
Of modern merit, and spotless fame;
Whose heart was schoupd in moral, sacred
truth,
And virtue was his high and holy aim.
In life's bright NOR in inancy's best years.
lie how'd beside holy mothers knee;
And vow'd himself to virtue, and in tears
Renounded tho faults from which hi heart
was free.
That mother lov'd him for the faith he bore,
And her las: pray for him was fondly said
She went down lothe grave on Delaware s
shore.
And sleeps with all the sainted, silent dead.
The youth grew up tomanhood and the praise
.! all the good and gifted was his own;
Noble ambition caught his meutal gaze,
For genius IN his mind had made her throne
lie grasp'd no phantom, and no wild career
Was mark'd for him, in lifes all chequ'
scene;
Fro dissipation his whole heart was clear,
Anl from each act malsvoent or mean.
Tie mu1o Of eloquence had fired his soul,
And long he studied ere he sought tho Bar.
And stt 40 won the smiles in her control -
A'as II pe:iah in a wild ATARI
he might have tnunder'd ip bis native halls,
Or the 5enats Chambe dared to climb;
Amid tho mighty, wbI have those walls,
Echo the strains f eloquent sublime.
Bnt, ah!Sith ,alepA taste and sense combined
He the nny'soulh pursued the brave;
There, with ggifted and mighty mind,
Far from his friends to fall and find grave.
lie left the ftlm for the tented field
Caress' d and coure by the mighty throng;
There to bloid wars vicious front reveal j,
And liten to the war@shout and the song
Twas rght- -amid his band of mighty msn,
lie slydlber'd sweetly as thoushtIess child.
Whei, like dark serpents from gloomy glen,
Tgey came, aud burst tho War.who1p loud
and wild
.Tbs came withgliuering steel and roolingeyes
They same like ocean's wild, reslstIess
waves;
And like clap Of thunder in clear skies,
Broke the nadwar cry on the dying braves
Brave DaIlam dreaHpt of home and all its
charms,
OF dearest friends, and woke mid wild mp.
roar
Ab eNiSP q savage Inulhn III MS arms,
Whose naked knife was reekng with his
gore
His dying eyes gazcd on his friends around.
From whose brave hearts the Crimson
streams did pour,
Then looks upon the dog; and, with bound
Fell back aud bled-Iiit's : lingering dream
WAS o er.
And there was Romeo by the loy'd one dead
Soekins to rou-s nim from his dreamless
s'eeT
Now lied the hand tnat had so often fed
Now hanging down his head as il to weep
And ttera hs stood thro' many a weary day
To wa ch the corpse whose heart he of
had prov'd;
To scare the wolfand vulture fram their prev
And perish with the man he dearly Iov'd,
And when band of brothers came to sigh
Aud to consign them to the grave TO we'll
Poor Romeo, staggered, ,turn'd his weary eve
Aud f"ehly how'd u last, fond l5reweu
The gifted and the brave now sleeps afar,
Unmndtiil ofthe treacherousIndian's knife
On his cold ear falls not the blast of war,
Nor The wild death song, nor the clash q
strife.
pul lnemnrV OF MS tame in after years
Shall treasure, and strew flowers upon hi
bourne;
There too shall fall gentle sister tears,
And there much lov'd brother muse ant
mOnrne,
Farewel -thon'st gone tofhy un,imely tomb
But virtue casts a halo o er the sod;
bntheall hath lost Der thee thepow'r of doom
For thou shall rise into the halls of God.
Bal. Dec. 9th, 1899. MILFORD BARE
FAMILY PRAYER.
In binding family together in peacc and love
there is no human influence like that ofdome,
ito prayer. Uniting them IN common object
II unl'es their symphuhies and desires. Ra
ing their hearts to heaven, it brings them alto
ge'her IN the presence of God. The family q
tar IS an asylum to which they repair from II
cares and tolls of life. Reminding them of II