Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-06-23

me, and am no, going to clectiCnecr for the
hunors oi IT., and 1t seems To me that there is
quite enough in my long public life, IN which
have expressed opinions on all political SUB
jccis TO satisfy the people much better than
could any declaration from me just now" All /
this in substance the General pleasantly re-
marked. and the stranger seemed satisfied.
The dinner table had other guests than the I
stranger and myself. A large party from 4
Pitisburg on a pleasure eXcurson--mark That 4
an excursion of ! know not how many hun |
dreds of miles--irom Pittsborg TO tue Falls OF
st. Anthony even-stopping over night al
Cincinnati. sent forward three gentlemen TO
reAuest Of the General tie Per mission Of te
company to wait upon him, and TO present
their respects. The Hon lIarmar Denny was
one. who Introduced the others. and we mad a
very agreeable dinner pariy--on good farmers
iare-;~.ih fund of remarks and anecdotes
of times present ano past, in which no one led
off with more vivaclty than Gen. Harrison
himself VIC talkcdsof everything else bur
/ f5s,.tcs--al politicians as We were-such as
the raising OF cattle and the General is proud
ofhis, particularly of a Durham bull, for which
he paid $3.50 the making of canals, the anna
zing progress Of this wilderness country, the
growth of all which, Gen. Harrison had seen
with his own eyes; and by the time the din
ner was over, band of music in the distance
]
! sylvania, with large company Of ladies' and
gentlemen OH board, and body of U. S. troops
on their way to Fort Leavenworth
The gentlemen soon landed, and their com
mittee walked with them from the boat to the
house, where they were introduced but the
inclemency of the weather and the difficulty
of passing the mud of a new canal Just dug
between the river and the house. with the
grass all saturated with rain, prevented the
call of the ladies', and the General CALAMITY
offered to call upon them. The gentlemen
depopulated the rose bushes of their buds, az
an offering to the ladies 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 a
liveier one still, when general introduction
took place. half hour passed in social in
tercourse, in the playfullness and tact OF
which, but very few men are equal to General
Harrison,--the company of u. 5. troops being
but briefly reviewed, whom he scanned with a
soldiers courtesy; he took his leave amid the
waving Of handkerchefs, the cheers of the
gentlemen, and the loud peals of not inef
, cient band, the General standing upon the
shore amid large bodies Ct workmen on the
, canal, who had rushed to see the Ito them
5 novel scene.
|, The hospitality of Gen H. was not such a:
: to permit me to leave his house in one day. O
. two or tllree,-and | have seldom if ever
5 passed any time in my life so agreeably. IL
+ an eastern man, his conversation is the ..,os
f delightful history. His colloquial powers ar,
remarkable and his memory is wonderful
i To me it was more entertaining than the mos
n delightful romance, for it is a romance il
| which he has been the hero--hs youth as al
l. ensign, as an did-de-camp under Gen. Wayn'
Il his manhood as the Governor Of Indiana
in, chic nf in, 4 1,
J. west and northwest. Where madame Trol
rs lops bazaar now stands in Cincinnatti,' SAT-
t. he, many time have | wheeled and march
n ed my company in what was then Fort Wash
e ngton.' philadelphia and New York h
s. added 'werc long after approached only o
at horseback through Kentucky, Tennessee, an
OF Virginia, From the Miami pointing 10 til
- Miami River, not far from his own farm, an
i'll on which his sons farm lies, MIR. Jefferson
lis by his commission as governor OF Indiana an
D., Upper louisiana, vested me with an author
IN ty greater than Roman pro-consul, and
ID commission of mine could make magistrai
a whose jurisdiction should stretch from theme
~ to Mackinaw, where it was too cold Iur CO!
er TO grow, even to regions productive of cOttn
10, and almost of sugar. think have person
'e ally obtained for the country, from the Indian
c- more millions of acres Of land than the swoI
al of conqueror ever permanently won, and
IS. trust never dishonesty To hear and see
as plain farmer talk thus, all history more tina
lis confirming his every remark, and that farme
ut too, in the vigor of ripe old age,-now real
lie ing the rewards of honest industry amid h
or own well-earned fields seemed to me like
ed dream, and can hardly realize that this Obi
ny this Indiana, Is not vision created by Mag
ce When Napoleon conquered a city-when d
ar tri-color was carried by his legions upon 4
10, battemenis Of Berlin or Vienna, Paris was
I | ecsacy, and all France rang with acclaim
his lions-but there is an American Caesar,
l. :, work on his own farm, who carried the AmC
, a lean flag, the farihest that II was carried 10
ovn time, farther than from Rome To the Dd
on ube, among the terrible savaGes. too and "
ir- only laid down his sword when the forest "
the cleared of them, and that flag stood waving
en- triumph in the uppermost Canada-iurther
ING advance in the British dominions than sin
an the days of Montgomery and more than III
by though, where ftiis wilderness was, there is I
one city, but a Wilderness Of cities now, t
,gs most beautiful Of which is THAT where q
ms Young ensign wheeled his company. Farmt
all, innumerable among them too, and an emp
,on of people, among the happiest freest a
lb- wealhiesi on earth | say all this seems
ave me like a vision and when dwell on it, a
ne think of the service Of Harrison and his ar
ave ed pioneers. ] cannot but feel that the Il
one glory of the Caesars Of Rome and Of Ffar
ate dwindles into nothing, when compared W
ak the wonderful achievements Of the man VIII,
ON. toll and blood have made so many PEG
'ral happy
ad- We eastern people know nothing Of b
we this country was won and settled, and her
ave we cannot understand tho enthusiasm "