Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-02
From ne .vsr York Morning C1co9i6'sI ~;


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"PREsERvE NE FROM Ny ff,h. :,,,,J - go,
Orr friend of the Evening Signal anticipated US yes
ord,, i, revicw We were about furnishing our read
,r n the lucubrations of the travelling editor oil inc
S.w York Express The article in the Signal IS so
much 10 the point-wrtten III such Vr'l OF c"'''ns'
rars,ic IRONY exposing, AT the same time, w''ha master
hand the hunbnggery OF tins .raFei'ea slPe'"' '''I.
ye have been induced to transfer 1t to our Columns IL
vi be found the first page OF the present huoer
General Harrison public servcrs-h1S personal qua
litics-are well known too well alPrc'a''u !" re-
o,rc the endorsement of such man as Booty BROOKS.
If Brooks had merely contenied himself with relating
what he had seen and heard in ths memorable tour,
and left his readers to make their own conclusions ana
Deductions he would have been considered greater
Ounce than he previously thought !" pc pul III h
Mace of pursuing this reasonable and TO hm prudent
course he has filled two entire columns oil me Express
with the most sllv ridiculous waddle that ever was M
noscd npon good .naurcd and ndulgent public 'ien.
RI 8 repuation requires bolscrng up-rrqn'res MOI
the puerile aid Of pucre writer's lie has tough Tue
battles Of his country, became patriot ana S"uef'
and rendered good service to his country on many
blood stained field As statesman he has been, ana
is considered an able and enlightened one and III thc
private relations of life, he Is esteemed ior ms manly
virtues Our national vanity and egotisn, however,
cannot blind the real nature or extent OF ms ser
vices and when we whining, syc"pllaniic, toady-
ins scrbber tearing his very hair up by the roots IN
Juror Of enthusiasm at the bare mention OF "llpPeca-
noe"--when the battles of Marathon and lhcrmopylr
are made to sink into nsgncancc so Tar as the results
are concerned compared with the gallant defence oil
Fort Mcigs, confess the sight somewhat rni'eS our
temper. .
Our room will not permit to pursue the snblcct
further and we again call the attention OF our readers
to the article on our first page.
CFrom tic Nsr yori Errning Signo,, fHhgl :Hay 2j)
TOADEYlSM--A BORE AT NORTH BENZ.
II has been said that no was ever written down
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sed TO the danger of being written down by other Pco
ME than General Harrison With reason may he beg
to be delivered from his friends! The carcatures IN
the Globe help the General for they excite the pubic
Indignation: but from such euloges as appeared IN
The Express of Saturday, would that the old 'an might
be saved!
OF all the specimens Of toadcysm that ever tell un'
der our observations we think the two columns OF tX-
press hunburuerv entitled "Nist to the North Bend,
some what The most contemplate. They are worth re-
viewing, rich are they in the ridiculous me authof
is understood to be of the Editors Of the Express,
who has already distinguished hmselfas tourist and
bv The facility with which he spin out words with
ont meaning to the end OF time.
lie preiaces his visit with the information that IN
his early boyhood he entertained ongng desire not
only TO see the theatre of the battles OF the Western
campaigns but the "great actors IN them Grippe
canoe, Fort Mrgs, Sandusky and the Thames nave
been as classic ground in my fancy as Ihrrmopyh or
Marathon And for that reason among others he
"iclt that It much dmy for the American 10
make his pilgrimage the battle fields where the west
wresed with the savage, or The British an" tne savage
as 10 Bunker Hill, Concord Lexington! But the
writer orsooth, ''frst tcHa duty to pay his respects
10 the Commander in Chief of the armies which
achieved all these victories.
Now how very odd it is that this "longing desire OF
boy hood for pilgrimage to these remarkable scenes
which finally sublinate into sense of ''duty, has
been 50 recently operative One would suppose that
so loud call would have been answered many years
AFRO We thought that the tourist Of the Express had
been every where in the world, and are surprised TO
learn that he now for the first time accomplished this
pilgrimage which has been with him so many years an
object of .tlonuinn desire We cannot imagine that
there is any possible connection between this pilgrim
age and the nomination Of the Harrisburg Convention,
We presume the desire would have been equally ong-
inr, if Cen Harrison had not been candidate Tor
the Presidency of the United States.
Our tourist laid hands the General at CincInnati,
at the sstabc ola mutual friend The old gcntlcman,
as matter Of course, invited him to North Bend, and
with his usual modcsty the tourist accepted the invl-
tation. Several days he enjoyed the Generals hosp
tay and the first thing he does on turning nus bhck
on North Bend is To retail IN the newspapers an that
he observed Of his domestic relations ana OF the crcunl-
stances OF his family during the period Of his visit 1T
NAV be intended in friendly spirit, but II IS the TREND
ship ola loairke vugarty, regardless OF the conre-
sizes of civilization and the deccncies oigencmany m
tercourse.
Of matters very remarkable. Among other wonderful
things, he narrate. a large ditch now, to be the
White Canal hereafter, upon thu margin of the river,
and in arst pcather is muddy and dNrWt 10 pass IL
is really surprising, and well worthy Of being noted,
that ditch on the margin of river should be muddy
in wet weather. and difficult to pass. Where in the
conrse of his travels did tourist ever find dry
ditch in wet weather that easy 10 pass; surely
they have remarkable bitches at the North Bend
"a large number Of aborers are al present at work
upon il, rishmcn and Germans, who 0dore the Gene
raj and rGIiy for him 10 man, iFuGgeD Ana they are
lnnnelinp a huge hill, the side OF which is his or
chari and through THIS tunnel the canal Is to stretch
Indiana bring the trade OF the Eastern part oil that
State to Cincinnati "a beautiful lawn is before the
house sopng the river, and in front is fence oil
hewn posts connected by plain iron rods tProdlgIous
The cattle grazing about this lawn IN front, ana
among them were several mich cows as lat as butter
Another PECULIARLY mentioned IS, that the barns ana
omihoustS in the OF the dwellings "Strklngiy
charact crisc Supper was served bci0re six clock,
and they had the table the best OF butter made III the
"Gcnrrals own house. Was the Ike Of that ever
heard before candidate for III" Presidency suPp,ng
before Sly clock, and making the best oil butter IN his
own house.
II seems that the General was bored with his
visitcr, and at 9 o'clock told HIM il was bed time,
lighted him to his chamber and babe him rood night
This is told with great maivric. We can hardly blame
the General for getting tired OF such company. Soon
after the rising of the sun, General HARRISON himself
walked mp his guest awe rise in the morning, IN In"
country here said the General another character
istic, that of getting up in the morning peculiar 10
North Bend How surprised his vlsiter must have
been to find himself among people who got up IN the
morning. We can hardly retain our admiration Al
Ter breakfast the letters and correspondence came on,
and his vistcr groans under the amount Of postage that
the General is obliged to pay 1t is singular that did
his viscr, that there another tax that;
of impairment visitation, which is equally onerous to
asuch man.
In the course of the evening stranger made his
appearance with ''the green leggns the Nrgnians
often wear, and the Kcntucklans and the Tennessee
tn What was very strange about this stranger
was, that though "horseback, he came "rdlng
up to the house very mysterious stranger =
Singular enough, too, the stranger was an entire
stranger, and not stranger with whom the General
acquainted. The plot thIckcns. The stranger
wishes to communicate with the General. He is taken
into adj accent apartment. After few moments the
General and The stranger rcturu, the General declining
any private conversation politics, and the stranger
excusing himself BY saying that his 'ncrgh5ors IN
Onondaea county, New York, knew he come out
West and wished him, kind OF committcclke, to call