Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-06-23
p,om the New YORK. Express.
VISIT TO NORTH BEND.

oqPonen's'
p,om the New YORK. Express.
AyIsIT TO NORTH BEND.
i, my boybood, much after the thrill
,tu,es upon Our South western FROM
,ss,-ch not so long that the events We're
IN upon the memories OF all, read me
nj the last war as earned on IN ONO,
,s,n and Upper Canada, | felt longing
a. ,ee mo-, only the theatre OF those
!. bu, tie Great actors IN them. llppe-
por Ne,es, Sandusky, and the Thames
toen classic erouLd in my fancy, as
,1on,la or Marl,hon,--and ] have felt
VA. as much Of duty for the Ameri-
u.,ke his pilgrimage TO the battle fields
!. A. We., wreslled with the savage, or
E,u,h and ,i,e savage, as to bunker Hill,
oOeord. or Lexington. 1t is not the mag
ude Of the slaughter that makes the oattle
md immortal, but the magnitude oil the
Lr,s i determines, and thus Tippecanoe
lie Thames are as great events in the
/, ofile West, as Bunker Hill and Sarato-
ia the eyes of the East, first felt it du
10 pay nv respects TO the COMMANDMENT
kfof the armies that liberated us from the
4 ncrs OF the Northwest, freed Ohio, Indiana
Michigan Of the British, and ended his
4 hpaigns so Clorionsly by the route of Proc
and the death Of Tecumseh on the Thames
[Cpper Canada.
met General Harrison in Cincinnati at the
lie Of common friend, and having received
invitation from the old soldier to visit him
bis farm at the North Bend, Is miles be-
Cincinnati, ] had no disposition not to ac-
his hospitality and the invitation. i was
teet him by appointment on the levee to
the steamboat down the river, but being
inst, and having time TO look about,
not bu, be struck with the simplicity
nptbhcanism OF his manners as he ap-
lced with his saddle bags on one arm
4 TN pail on the other, the first having his
t'Obe, persume, as is the custom often
b West, and the other some little neces-
Is probably for his family. AS he stop
momept or so To talk with friend, ;
Group. stimulated by curiosity, SCOT
epd about him, among them many OF tho
,nen Of the leyee, strangers from lennes
lhNo,, and Missouri, and other places o.
River. draymen and teams,er &C. &c
ghorn the steamboat levee Is so one
bnged. The crowd became unpleasant
he, though in the highest degree respectful
probably all his friends, Tor he eNciiaI
ciyih,ies with many, and seems to kno'
hos, every body, he withdrew to the steam
/. where however, he was followed by
Sderable body Of tcamsiers from indian;
with their long stout whips under III
Of their linsey wooisey irocks as 'le
aed pleasantly with the venerable OF
4 before them, made picture Rome !
Est days might envy. They told him the
b his "Hooshier- Boys" and bid him goo
only when the tinkle OF the last steam
bel! made them hurry away.
an hour or little more we were at II
rA Bend.-so called from a Northern Ben
he OHIO river. Gen. Hrrrisons farm Ell
ss ms bend directly npon the river, al
dnis bottom land, all OF an excellel
linJ II a very large farm, but has bee
'eh arser once reathing over to the NJ
River, bn the General has sold som
glren sHsy more, 10 his children who al
ried around him. A large ditch now, TO
White Water Canal hereafter, is upon II
90 OF the river, aud IN wet weather,
and difficult TO pass. a large hulho
a"refs are at present at work upon
SGen and Germans. who adore the De
siio v In rally lOr tivl h' - a..
i0aDeling a huge hill, on the sldes
,t is his orchard, and through this tunn
. canal is 10 stretch into Indiana to brl'
Trade OF the eastern part OF that state
acihna,i BY contract, the General hi
out stone, and Is now getting cord wood
m Tie bricks that make The arch OF the iu
rs We approached the residence OF &c
'rsoa, all "a view of the river, and y
as distance from il, he remarked that the
las dwelling, and added, that when in II
was called a log cabin, the starters
0'rI had more OF fact TO found their Je
~ uian many were aware OF, for IN 1
~ iand the residence Is a COLLECTION
a. houses, all humble, and yet all conf,
and neail one OF the buildings is a b.
=; calm, now well boarded though, a
lsaled, which be had kept, and como
- TIE others, on account Of some aiisC
Il had formed FOR ii, It having been l
.'.sAee Of some Of his family. A beauii
Is eeioIe the house slopgng towards !
saa directly 10 front is a ience Of he
~ connected by plain iron rods. The c
seh grazing about tiislawn in font, a
,hrm several mich cows as ''fat As b
mock Of sheep were on the other 3
~ sAn. just over Geek, now swol
VA@ water OF the Ohlo,-and the bai