Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-05-30

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~. Hus raiqy NJ 70 the H1us>. which Is f- OF
iac e1n'n1n Rolj. AID the CencTal being IL o;used
h a. stranger MAS rlins ~. he met Eiin at ihe door
the Ns',r was eniirc granger. w'cm tie General
al never bcr1r,--b1i NJ wccu;nrJ him tn and
he wls seated nJ thu Gre. Waon the stranger
aad ringcd h.s legs UPsu The 10 mi ct I've chair
1sd do psi las bid back. his head leaning against
he "a . o az leg tcu hpnH over the other. the toes
agiug h''.e. han ais head. ne opened uion the &c
neral. with r"uILalou taif. the substance oi which
nas that lac WISHED ~ hive conversation with
iir Veil" sad the C;cn, raj. 4 shall he Pile u t.
hear What loI have say bat some talk with
yOu all alc-s wan. said the stranger. "Some pr-
t. coavc ion, r-pCael tac General, well. walk
m hcsc, and he tool him into anoh,r ION In
very few noments however. the General and the
Itngcrcame bach. the General leading the way and
rruarking, ISL down. sir. sa- all we have
say here. We have need of having any private
convers ,iion upon Politics. Indeed never talk Pol
tics IN my III use, If can lpit II you will sop
and dine with me- ant take nav tare, such It Is.
shall he very happy 10 welcome you. and dare say
We can pass our time In're agrcea ~ than in political
dlccuss ons. did not seek the posiOu in VII tie
People have put and I am not going 10 election
Ger tor the honor OF ii.-and II there Is
quite enough ia nay long public l:c. IN which have
expressed opinions npon all political subjects.
~ tie People mu n better what think what
wHlI do tal any promises coming from me just
now All this IN substance the General pleasantly ]
remarked and the stranger crossing his legs again
and owing back his char. iped the invitation
To dinner. and excuses himself for such political |
H. by saying that his neighbours IN ononISga Coun
y. y. fork, knew no coming out West. and they
wished lam "hind-O Committee like TO call ON tho
General and see what he theugi about AboliUn''
Two Van Buren, men from Louisville G. l ed the other J
jlv 10 cate chsc HIM also. Understood IN Cilcu.
q. and VII q they remarked hist they We're quo.
al oi hrs this Subject he ocoscly replied
they could not expect 10 be well nionaed as long a,
they confined the reading class OF PIpcrs and
h-r,upun he took some Wing J,unals. in VII ca his
CheyIJi speech was re-Pub.i4led. and recommended
sheir pcrtISal ui that.
The dinner Table had other guests than the stranger
and "a! sIE large party from P,,tsblrg GA pleasure
crcurS'Ou-ma,k that. Of know not HOY,
nany hundreds o; milcs-lrom rhsburg the Falls d
81 Anthony cvcn-sioppiag night at q Icinaati
sent forward three gentlemen rcque 81 OF the General
The pr i'sion TO wait upon him. and present their
respects. The Hon. Harm Denny was one who M.
o uce, the Uthes. md VIC ID a very agree b Dr.
II Party On n good Farm. RS fare-wiih a in a of
r,mlrks aud anecdotes Of Inns present and past il.
w'ch no one led oil with yivacity than Gen
Harrison Inns II. We talked uf every thing else Ia
oics--all politicians as such the "A SIN.
pi cattle; aud the General is proud OF his pa cularl
u a Durham Bull the NAL ng ofcana,s. the anazn,
prucr $50" ne ~ lcrness country. the growth y,hicI
all &c Harrison h d seen with his own eyes: and "
| he Tine the dinner Was hand OF M j M {
distance heraided The approach ~ Steamboat Penn.
SvNhnH vita large cpmpluy of gen e zen nnI l.,
| / son h,ard and Il bod al q 5 a,rs Tooo,s then
way u Fort Leayensworth. IN. gentlemen suot land
ed nnI lher comm t'e walked with them from Z
boat 10 the 10 where ia " Introduce ,uI IA,
ilc ere iccy ot the weather aHd the dlicnlI, OF ps
ing The mud Of canal. rs, dug between a.,
r. or and the Eolse WI ihe g all saturated witt
e. ia prevented The al 4 ,hc ladies aud the Gener
gala. offered To call upon Ih0m. The (, ntlemci.
drpnruiuted RISE a. abo of their bi,is a,
IT, oh y fro the Log Cahin To their lacs lar
and IN few o. ! iuies the whole par were OH hoard
! lie - -,
music giving h IN livel, &c ing and The ladies
iiVe c. o 'e -nll wbei genemi IN roducii, iouk
place A hal hour pass al IN social int rtoirsc II,
| the pnyuness and l. OF whichi buI few. very few
men equal 10 Geaeral Harrison. the cunp nv of n
> troops bring bnt britf.y reviewed whom he scan
ned with Old ei's eye. AMI saluej with sjIdi~r.
courtesy. he q * II leave q MD The waving of hund
kcrchcis. the cheers of the cehilcn-n aud the oua
pca!s OF noI Inclliccnt hand. the Con raj sian
upon the shore. amid large bodies wnrkncn ON ti,.
rannl, who had rushel 70 The Them novel scene
The hospitality Of Gen. Harrison was not such rs
10 permit me Ca leave has hoTso in day. two OF
three-lhd have seldom, # ever passed any time IN
my life So agrSeabiy To an Eastern man, his CONVEX
saiion is the most delightful History His couqunl
powers are remarkable. and his memory is wonderful.
To me II was more entertaining that the most delight
iuI romance. Tor romance that wherein he has
been icro-ais youth "a ensign as al ad-Se-caM3
under Gen Wayne-hiS manhood rs the Governor of
Indiana, aid Comma ndcT-In hCf uf our armies IN The
| Yves, lni Nor;h West .Whcra NJ ,Ilm. Tr,ll,,e',
Ba<Iarnows 81 n Isl CIncin , said he -Inlny "A Inn,
have wheeled aud marched my company in hat " as
! then Fot Washington" philadelphia aud New
York he added "wcre loag after approached only on
| horseback, through Kentucky. Tennessee and Sir
GINA From the Miami" pointing to the Miami
/ River, not far from his Farm. and on which his
soi arm lies "Mr. Jefferson 10y his commission ns
Governor of Indiana and Upper louisiana vested me
VIVA an authority greater Than Roman ProC,onsul.
anu Commission of mine coId make a magistrate
~h Sc jurisdiction SO d stretch from tho zee 10 Mack
nav, where II was loo cold for grow even o.
regions productive Of Cotton and almost of Sugar"
81 think have personally obtained for the country
from the Indians millions Of acros OF land Than
The sword Of a conqueror ever permanently won and
trust never dishonesty" To hear and see plan
Farmer talA thus all history than confirming his
every remark. and that Farmer too IN the yigor of
ripe Old age--now reapins the rewards Of homes, in
dusiry amid his well-carned fields, seemed 10 me
IKE dream, and can hardly realize that this Ohio
THIS Indiana Is not vision created by SINE Magi -
Nhen Napoleon conquered q city hen the tr color
IS eS-::@ ~ h:scSioas .,Va The baltements OF Bcr
I'm or Vienna. Paris in ecstasy. anil all France
rang with accamalio;s-but here is an American C,r.
sar at work on his swn Farm. making for HIM his
own Commentaries, who carried the American Flag
the furihcst il carried in hi. own tine further
than from Rome TO tho Danube, among terrible saw.
ages too. and who only LAID dow his sword when the
Forest was cleared Of them, and that Flag stood way
ing IN triumph ~ the uppeTmost Canada-furiher in
advance in the British Dominons than since the DAYS
OF Monigomery:-and more than al this though " here
The wilderness here one city. bat wi der
ness OF cities now, the beautiful OF which that
where this young Ensign wheeled his Company Farms
innumerabie among them too and Empire Of PEG.
pie, among the happcsi. the wealihiest and frees ON
earth! lsay all this seems 10 me like a vision and
when dwell on a. and think Of the services Of Har.
rson. and his armed Pioneers cannot but feel that
the true glory Of the Crsars OF Rome and Of Yrnnce
dwindle into nothing, compared with the wonderful
I nFr fnN nUfnrr. .,E ~ I'll
made so many People happy.
! We Eastern People know nothing Of how this coun.
J Try was won and settled. and hence We cannot under
stand The enthusiasm with which General Harrison IN.