Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-01
neetcd by marriage even with The fonl, of Washing.

soon aiter The rising OF the sun General Harrison
n'oiseh walked me up, We rise IN the morning, il
Tue country here" said he | was soon ut the hfcal.
l"s table, where The family were waiting. | foun,
lal tue General had hn,hed his correspondence fo
ihe daNi aud lage parcels OF letters were on his IA
p'e oelofe MN. The number of newspapers abou
were rs many as IN an editors closeI laurnnls irnn
Name In New Orleans being IN abundance hcfof,
MN The editors OF the land supply him LIBERAL,
with their journals, and he reads What the, have IL
say OF himat length. The abuse though, he dor.
not stand with the iurlitudc OF he politician Villa,
on edtlh, he exclaimed NJ one time, will they say OF
me neAl have letter of tins sort even from n
nan ~ Highland county, Ohm, wishing know II |
ana not go through there few weeks since with u
holse-and they gravely call upon me repel such
/ charge as q calumuy. There ~ scarcely ANY ihnr
am not ashedi and II we're 10 answer all this cor
fespondenee from persons too mhn are entire stran-
s,is'o ne Should have no time tof any thing else.
nat "onlh become OF nv farm The fact Is. the
8enfial Is overwhelmed with newspapers aud cor.
tespondenec aud the bill postage u such ny onehl
not 10 be PAT uron such man. Ills post Office is
'Cle'es, Hamilton county, nut many al his letters
come TO Cincinnati. lie hnmorouslv remarked II
am glad that Maj Downing has got along, ior have
constituted linn my sole COMMITTEE aud YOU are
now many raperS and What mass OF correspondence
he HAS 10 read Papers, by The way, are arriving
dliy, directed TO MAJOR Downing, North Bend"
did not see The Major, bur presume he WIS ont in
the woods. with his axe, chopping eofdwood for thu
"Gnenl.a His presence, ] mhy add, has created
que sensation IN these prfts
In the course Of The morning, stranger on horse
bach, with the gtecn lcEgius on the Nngulans often
"ear and HE kcntuckidns aud Tcnucssrraus TOO
presume, cau.0 riding mp the house, which is far
of the common toad, aud the General, beng inform
ed lho stranger was riding up, met him tlhe door.
] he stranger WIS an entife stranger, whom the Gen.
cfal had never seen before, bul he welcomed him IN,
and lie was soon seated by tho iitc. When ihr
Stranger had atrtngcd his legs upon the rounds ol
the char and dropped his body over the other lean
itg against Tie wall, one leg then thrown over the
other, The toes pointing higher ,han lbs head, hc
opened upanNhc General with fout Il about thlt the
substance Of which was that lie wished 10 hive some
conversation with hun. "Wen said the General
II shall be pleased 10 hear what You have TO say
'Bnt some talk with YOU all alone ! want, said the
stranger. "Some pfi,ale conycrsalon!' repeated
the Genrinl "WelI, walk IN hcfe." aud I've took hun
INTO another room. In very few moments, how
ever, the General and The stranger came back, the
General leading The way. aud rcmarkine, "St down,
su, we can sly all we have 10 say heIe. We have
no need oi having ryale conversation upon poltts.
Indeed, never talk politics IN my house II can
help H. You vii stop aud due Wt'h me, aud taxi
my late, such as Ills, shall be very happy To vel
como YOU, aud dare sly can pass llune malc
aCrecobly thaa IN political drscussioes. dd ror
seek the position ia which the People lYye put me,
ana am not gong 10 eechoueci III the hunor oi
II aud 1t seems 10 ur there is quite enough IN my
long public life, IN which lave expressed opinions
upon all political sublects to satisfy the People
much better What rhuk OF what ] would do Than
any promises coming from mc Just now" All thS
~ substance the General pleasantly remarked, and
the stranger crossing his legs again, aud throwing
back hs char. acocpcd the invitation dinner, aud
excused himself for such political call by saying
that his nrghbofs IN Ououdaga county, New \ nlk.
kre" he was come oni West. AID they wished him,
kind OF commree -hltr, call on The General. aud
see What he thought about Aboliuon' Two Van Blu
ren men from Louisville called the other day cat
eciise him also, as understood ~ Cincinnati; and
wheo they remarked that they were Ignorant OF ms
views upon this subject, he Jocostly replied, They
could not expect 10 be well informed as long as they
confined their reading 10 one class OF papers; and
thercupon, he took some Wig journals, IN which
lis Cheviot speech fepnblished, and fecomnien-
ded rher p,'asaI of that.
Tie dinner table lid otter guests than the
stranger and myself. large parry from Pllshrigh
on pleasure rfcHfStcH-uatk that, an GffHfSion al
know not how mrny hundreds Of nnlcs--irom
Pittsburgh 10 the Falls Of 81. Auihouy esen-stop-
ping over night al Cincinnati stnt forward three
gentlemen 10 request Of the General The PEI ms
SION Of the company wait upon Inn and 10 present
theifrespecis. The Hen. IlARmAR DENNY was one,
who introduced the Others and we bad very agree-
able dnnef pafty-on good farmers fae-wlth u
luna oil remarks and anecdotes oil tines present ana
past, IN which no one led of with more vIyaclrg
lhan Gen. Harrison himself. We talked oil every
thing else but polrs-aIl politicians AZ We wcfe--
such as The faislug al caiiic-abd tie General IS
proud of his, particularly Ola Durham bull lof wbeh
progress oil tins wilderness county, the gro"l OF all
winch Gen. Harrison bad seen with his own eyes
aud by the time the dinner over, band of inn
sic ia The distance herlded the approach 81 The 81 am
boat fehnsy ran1, with large company oI gentle
men aud ladies on boaid, and body OF L ur'd States
troops, on ihclr way TO For Leayenworh. The
gentlemen snon landed, aud their e0mmnee walked
will them from The house, wheie they were INTRO
dnced but the inclemcncy Of The weather, and tie
difficulty of passing The mud Of new canal Just dug
between the iiverand The house with The grass all SIT
uatcd with ram prevented The call ii the LADIES, aud
The General gHlanily off red to call upon them.
The gcuflcr.en dcpopnlated the rose bushes about
Of their buds, their offerings from abe log cabin
10 their ladies' far, and lew minutes The whole
party bGarl gain, with the General ~ Their
escort, the band OF music giving hin lively greet
ing, and the Indies Yelie, one sui. wien gene
raj introduction took place. hail hour passed IN
social InieftouIse in the play ialuess and tact OF
which but few very lew men are the equals OF btu.
Harrison. Tie Company oi the Unned States
troops being but briefly reviewed, whom he scanned
with a soldiers eye, aud salntcd win soldier 4
courtesy he tool ms leave amld The wavlna 81 land.
kelchIef, Il cheers Of the gentlemen, and he loud
peals Of no Inefficient band, hr General standing
upon the shore, AMID Ilge bodies OF NotkUfn on
the canal, Who rushed to see lhc 10 lhem) novel
see.
The hospitality Of General Harrison not such
as 10 permit me to leave his house ~ one das, al
TWO, or three--1rd | have seldom, II ever, passed
any timc IN my lie agfeoabls. To AN Eastern
man, hls CONVERSATION is Ire mosl lhsioiy
lls eoIloqaia powers are temarka aud his nj mo
~ is ondeflIl. 1one more entertaining than
/ the most delightful romance tat romance that stetls
/ wherein he las been the hefo--hIs youth as AN en-
/ syn. as an aii dc camp under General Wayne-his
manhood rs the Governor OF lnflaua, aad eotunIan-