The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-03-26
From the OHIO Republican.

From The Ohio Republican.
| BOYS, DO YOU HEAR " THAT
Twenty six years ago last Autumn fnd|
a gentleman to US the other dsy.) was n
boy attending school in log cabin, with \,
other windows than the light AFFORDED
through the space Of two logs, by the 70
moyal OF piece Of the third, with greasy
bits Of paper pasted on as substitute q,
glass This cabin dedicated TO learninp
was situated in the outskirts of now popu.
lous town in Pennsylvania. No State i
the Union furnished more, or better soldier,
Tor the defence end protection Of the Norb
ern frontier Of Ohio, during the late war
than did Pennsylvania: No, few of be,
sous we're 10 the army surrendered by HuIl,
besides numbers Of her brave fellows ~s,,
mastered and scalped at WIscHEsrr,|
aud DuDLEYs defeat Still The alisr Gail Al
GENERAL HARRISON for more sJ
dlers, was answered by large numbers D
Pennsylvaniaos, including several from on,
village. The departure Of iheso S,sye ell
loss from their families and friends, VA
then viewed as a voluntary sacrifice Of liz
for the defence Of their country, and u.
"iaresell, God bless ye," was uttered in II
tone and feeling that sank deep into th
hearts of the BY ISLANDERS. ind which vi
never be etiaced from my memory.
La those days, cur mails were few and nc |
certain; aud II was only BY tho occasional,
passing OF sick or disabled soldier return
ing home, tina, we heard from our army
Time hung heavy and deep gloom over
spread Our country: The last news wa
"a battle Is soon expected between Ia
American army under General HannIsol
and ibe British aud Indians under the bIooa.
thirsty Proctor and Tecumseh 4"
Days and scekspassed by and ye, noihin,
was heard from our army. Our ciiizen
eagerly hailed all strangers fran tho Wai
With The anxious enquiry Of " any news from
Gen. HARRISON }" Such was the del,y,
doubt and uncertainty, tina, II was ge,eraL
y feared. aud BY many believed, tina, Hsf.
rison and his army had, like those belors
bin, been defeated and massacred.
While was setting said our informant
al The long f1ir trindop Of our school hou~,
add our lRIsH School.mas,cr was busy i. !
repeating orf 4 b C., to the smaller urch,ns,
! suddenly heard thu sound Of horn. [
looked forth aud saw descending tho bill,
nall mile distant, tho mail boy on his hofss
at full speed. At tho foo, Of the hill. be
crossed Bridge, and the rapid clsi:ar q
The iron hoof Tcsounded throughout Oh,
CABIN. Rising the bull near Us, his bors
Iai full speed and rocking with sweat, b. |
again sounded his shrill horn, and when op
Pos''e eur Loo CABIN, be called OUT
HARRISON has ,ehippcd the BrifiA
aui Indians -
our IRISH tutor, with as true an American
heart as ever beat in son Of Erin, sprane
IRON his sea, as though he had been shot
hiSeyes Fishing with fire, he screamed out
"BOYS do goa hear THAT
lie caught hts hat, daried out .: the loor,
and followed the mail boy o, the top OF bis
speed. The scholars we're no, a second BE-
h'nd h'm--the larger ones taking tho lead
and shouting Hu.sa for Ifarrisoa :" aod
tue smaller ones running after, halloing and
screaming with fright
The people Of our village hearing The
CONFUSION and seeing the mail. bow aud horse
at lou run, followed by the school master a,
the Top Of his speed aud his whole school
screaming shouting aud screamiuc; and
knew not what to make Of il. The mechan.
&c lelt his shop-,he merchant his store;
ana the women stretched their nccks Oh,
at The windows while CONSERVATION and dis
may were depicted on every counlenancc,
the mail arriving at the office, the carrier
roso IN his stirrups, and exclaimed, a, tho
same time whirIing bis ha, in tho air:
"Hssa for HARRISON lie la,
'eh'PPed he british and Iadians -
"BOfS do you hear TYfAT@
a universal shout of Joy involuntariy
ours' iorth--bontires were kinded in tho
streets and our village Illuminated at night.
% those days, ! heard no one say that Iiar.
ison ives coward" or a Grapny,'
'ut dsd hear many say /" God bless Gen.
'ral HARRISON !" A pEsssYLvAsraN.
fAe great Ohio Convention. In our
as' we gave a brief account Of the Wing
convention IN Ohio. We could GIL our pa.
90 with the descriptions of tho en,huslas.
&C meeting, which have since come 10 hand.
uch convention was never known in this
ouh'ry' Delegates to such bodies some.
mes number hundreds but never before
% convention contain from 10 10 10000
elegaIes.
Among the Incidents, we notice, that
'"r regular bnih log Cabins, with chin.
'ys, doors and windows, and we'll roofed
onnled on wheels, and drawn by horses,
"a been brought fifty and hundred miles,