Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-06-05

,hc retired dwelling of the now venerable man. who
left the happy home of his Father ON James RIVER
| virginia. when hui a youth, TO follow as an en- |
| sign the fortunes Of Gen. Wayne, whom Gen.
WASHINGTON had despatched after the disasters of |
| Iarmar and Sf. CLAIR, TO retrieve orr fortunes |
mon the Indian Frontier, and TO make Ohio
| Western Virginia and Kentucky haiablc for the |
white man. This is ,br home OF son of the |
sgncr of the Declaration of Independence, and OF
that freeman of Virginia, who after ne had risked
his own estate andlc bv ali Nh.g hi, name to that
insrumenl,wingy trusted MISSION to the pcriIS Of
the SAVAGE and the wilderness to carry ont the |
purposes of Provn in the extension and establish
| mcnt Of the principles of the revolution.
| I was soon " at home" in the House Of General
Harrison His wife was introduced, who told me
| Long Island was her birth place. onlhhod |
ihis Sar SAID ste had sot boon .n oiu.ifrluli Tor
II years, and she was quite content, and never
wished TO go, SO long as she could have her hu>-
band and her children around her. OR supper
was soon served, at an carly hour, iciorc SIX
| O'clock the usual supper hour ofthc country, and
we had ON the table the good and pail fare of all
| substantial Farmers, the best OF butter made IN
| Gen. IIarrison's own house, Corn Bread and
| Flour Bread, with milk IN abundance and rich as
| crcam,-and when this tea was over, Mrs. llarrl-
son herself, though not unattended by domcsic~.
seemed 10 prefer the >upcrntcndcncc OF the dISpo-
| sal of the affairs oi her own Table ! passed the
| evening in social conversation with Gen. llarr-
son, when at my request, after relating to me
| rich fund OF anecdotes respecting the western
| country, he took drawing had of the Battle
| Ground Of Ilppccanoc, and narrated, with re-
| markahlc power OF recollection, all the details OF
| that battle and of that Interesting campaign. At
| nine O'Clock, he said i, was his bed time, for 81
| rise at break of tavn and he showed me my
| room. well warmed hv a comfortable fire. and
| bnde me rood nich, ItooL mn thc Biography of
his Father, in sehcli,es ofthc sinners Of the De-
cara,on Of Independence" and read the good>er-
| vice that DISTINGUISHED man performed for his own
state, and for the whole Nation. Villa, amazed
me in the reflection upon that Life considering
| also the services of the SON was that in a state
with so much of local, historical and family pride
as Virginia there can lie doubt as to a political
result. paricularlv when that Family and lis bran
| chcs are now So extended in Nirainia, Icing con-
| ncc,cs by marriage even with the family Of WASH
| inrton.
Soon after the rising or,he sun Gen. Harrison
| himself walked me M. eve rise in the morning,
in the country here" said he. | was soon at the
| breakfast table where the fanny was waiting
iound that Inc General had hh'Shcj ms cores
| pohoencc lHr Gay, an" large par"e'S oi 'cucr>
we're upon MS 'aMe helorc MN ne h",IItF :.
newspapers about were a, many as N an I"lIlorH
C'o>"'. Journals rom Name 10 NcW prIcahS
nrlh% ~ ah"hdanrc itort nm. ne fI,HorS Oh
INC ias' supp! ~" lI'ra,'! WIN l"cIr Io'tI""l>,
| ana ne TutN Whal 'h'! nave 10 say "l mn" ~
leh@lh. l ne aM''c thou@h' heI0'S not slahu WIN
'c i'll'l'1e " ,I'' y" n't va o''r.l' "9
| tN''"h'U III oIt "'c, WIZ inc! SIT! VI "'t HIM
nave ituer OF thiN 'ofi, even rom man II
| Highland Go. (Ohio,) wishing to hnow if did not
30 through there few weeks since with horse
ond ,h"y ravnly gal! uron "'y :" r"!'Ai ,,'h
charge AS calnmny.. There Is scarrcy any thh@
am not askcd, and i'll were 10 answer all his Cor
c,pon'"nce-tt"m per. ons'oo,Who are entire Strah-
GERS , t" me, should have no tHnrIor anylln@ Csc
VIVA would hccome Oh my Farm ne TACT Is me
General Is over'Whemrd with Newspapers ana
., n,,,il, ma, q, L., ,,,, ,,,,n,, ucL , man III.
Post Once >"Nieve,," "liamton Co',I-hui ma
ny OF ms Letters come to tnclnnat!. lie hnlnoE-
olNy remarked, ~ am glad That MAJOR loWhg
ma rot along, Tor constituted nm my SoIc ~ ON
hlItlte ana You see now many papers, alu NIat
pcrN hy the way, are arriVl! otiy, erected 10
mayor Downing, North Bend dd not see ne