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

where they were introduced but The inccmcncy
of the weather, and the difficulty Of passing the
mud of a new canal Just dug EcWecn the River
and the House, with the grass all saturated with
rain, prevented the call OF the Ladies, and the
General eOIlanily olcrcIto call upon them. The
gentleman dcpopula'cl the rose bushes about there
of Buds, as their offerings from the Log Cabin
TO their Ladies fair, and in few minutes the whole
Party were on board again, with the General IN
their escort, the Band Of Music giving him lively
greeting, and the Ladies lIvcier one still, when
Il general Introduction took place. half ho1r
passed IN social intercourse, in the playiunesS and
tact OF winch, but few, very few men are the equal
of Gen. llarri>on,--thc Company Of L. :. Troops
being put briefly reviewed, whom lie scanned with
a soldcrs's eye and salutcl with soldier court
cay, he tool, his leave, amid The waving OF he't-
hcr' Licl,, the cheers OF the Gentlemen, and the
loud pcals of a not inefficient Band the General
standing upon the shore, amid large bodies Of
Workmcn on the canal, who had rushed to sec
the, TO them, novel scene.
The hospitality of Gen. Harrison was not such
as to permit me 10 leave his house in one day or
Two, or thrcc-and have seldom, if ever, passed
any time in my life agreeablv. To an Eastern
man, hi> conversation is the most delightful his
tory. His colloqual powers arc remarkable, and
his memory is wonderful. To me it was more
entertaining than the most delightful romance, for
romance that seems, wherein he has been the
llcro--hiS youth as an ensign, an cid dc camp
under General Nayne,-hs manhood as the Gov
ernor ollndiana, and Commander Chief Of orr
armie, in the West and North We>,.-"Where
Madame 1rollope's Bazaar now stands in Cncin-
'"', SI'U '' ''S ,,', ,,.n' ,I F guy,
Washington" "Phladcphia and New York;"
he added, "wcrc long after approached only On
horseback, though Kentucky, Tennessee and
Virginia. "FrOm the Manu." pointing to the
Miami River not far from his own farm, aud on
which his sons farm hes " Mr.. Jefferson, by his
commission as Governor OF Indiana and Upper
louisiana, vested me with an authority greater
than a Roman Pro-ConSul, and Commission of
mine could make Il magistrate whose jurisdiction
should stretch from thcnceto MackinaW, where It
was too cold for corn to grow. even to REGIONS
productive of cotton, and almost OF sugar" |
think have personally obtained for the country,
from the Indians, more millions G iacrcs Of land
than the sword ola conQneror ever permanently
Woh' anq '''i>t never oi,nInc>''! near ana
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triumph in the Uppcrno,t Canala-trthcr IN adj
vance in the British tominions than since the
DAYS of Montgomery land more than all this
though, where this wilderness was, here Is not
one ctv but a wilderness of cities now, the most
lcamifr Of which is that where this young En-
,iln wheeled hi. comnanv. Farmers iIinrmcralIa
anlouc them TOO. and ancmpire Of pcople. ninon,r
the hapnje>t. the wcathic>t. and freee>t ON earth.
| saw all his seems ,o me like a vi,;on.-anJ
when | dwell on il and thml. Of the services Of
Harrison. and his armed Pioneers, canno, but
f,cl that the true gorv Of the Cnzar> ofRome and
ofFancc drndlc into nothing, as compared with
the wonderful achievements of the man Wll0,cto.l
and blood have made so many peoo,c harDv.
W. :,
We i''N'o'" No''I NhTW H",Ii''7 Vi no" '"'-
c"'u! wa """ an" Sc'''cV, anu iifHCc we ''H'l
""''EH!"h" INC I"N,i' VIII NicH 'eH' mar
I'NU" m>Pi'c> ms N'c'">; we IoVe l"o>' VINO
nave cen 'I""-"t VI, WIN US al "oIHc Hi'' III
Ncnoo,-h" now much more Is the iove OF l"ch,
VINO nave Iceh rocked ana Graded ~ CANCER
Miio>e iioI' mas 'eeh me common WH'NiH'>H,-
whose lea lnG 'arN OF 'ree',-WhoSe music but
'ne yen aHu now OF thc PaIhtH' SaNd-er, ana
WH"'c Wc'"''c III tHc 'o'lalla"N an" f1lo;-ahd
now i"'on>cI j. '"t rove OF Inc muses. Tor mat
st"FeN a'i lN dancer. Who~c Vaior lSa pattern TOR
menu Wlo'c tongue inspire men 10 acton, ana
Wt1,c pen RECORDS lleF WORTH nus Is me story
ot iiarySoo' "' upon >Irh PTlhcPG' the a,c,I"n
OF Inc west Tor ann Is loundej. And now ihint Of
inc terrible INDIGNATION that awaits those vino
"eT.E 'Ie9c oecu>' ana ''h'uh'c Inc a''or a.
Po..Fo"h or coW'rJ'>o many Oh Inc 'ye-W'"e.~IN
I nG"- !T' alEe' ana on me sage 81 h'>Y aeton.
At SnUl, cost any man ms me-, exclaimed an
S'or III NY Hcuril-' NHcn oYef-nc'l-
Gu -! 1n7ch "ho cans III! o'u co'il'ilaHceF
coward -,
'oGM oil o. uen' ilarrIsou Library the rs
'.f! VI lo 'I>' var III inc "rs'i WrIuch ny Nic
Ae, print. N lolo'-a VaI'lault hl>tor,GaI WorE,
W ,c on5' 10 re Eood a'i'horIlI al 'o'f' NC
ace Ic',S u mai parry ana now "Nn% IN Men
'ucNN' ireaI Il, Wlih Inc power 10 OBTAIN at the
Iit"ie ''n'e' inc running commentary OF General
harrison upon The men ana the event, narrated IN
II; hho" h,i when nave lounu WORK thus
read, so a@rctdhlc,-ior the events beginning with
the battle OF IIpprcanOc and ending with New