The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-05-06

honest occupation of an American farm
er. SO, returning to his home on the COM
pletion Of his studies, he devoted his time
and eyertiOns to the Improvement of the
farm TO which succeeding at his fathers
death and marrying, as we have said, he
became the father OF Caroline, whose mind
he carefully and assiduousIy cultivated.
As she progressed in years, she also did
in beauty and intelligence and loveler
maiden inhaled not the brcezes of her ma
tive mountains. The symmetry of her
form was laurless, aud her features were
cast in the mould Of perfection. She had
acquired among the country SWANS the IT,
tie Of "'he Forest Rose" and well she
! deserved it, for her mind was IS pure as
the fragrance of that flower, and her check
was its compcer in ruddness. Atthe age
of ten, she was, by death, deprived of her
mother, and became at once the sole con-
ductor Of the household Arrangements.
Initiated, thus young, in the duties of
home, removed far from the enervating
and hollow society OF cities, where the
female mind is ever more ar less im,rer.
mated with deceit and rriyoljlv. she grow
up in the midst Of her native forests, a
flower of beauty and of worth. When
she had reached the aye Of fifteen, the
flame of independence, which so long had
been 'smouIlrrinr in the hcar,s NJ rrormon.
burst for,h-the trumn Of liberty pealod
through every dell and rorcst. from monk,
flew the ,;Iinr. that - worll had rent the
sl,,lIn. or l,.,otism and tina, tho h,onar
was rjynn 70 ,hc braoze under which stout
hearts had r,l,ioI rosoIvod IN die rather
than IN live tho serviIo mapi,Is of y fo-
reigo sway. Edward Ren,on was there
(or9 ,,,,nc tho first wLo flow ,o orroI
himself T., ,La n,,r;ot orrv--nuch os he
loved his Caroline. he loved his couu,rv
marc So slouIdor;ng his rifle. and bid.
dinr horo aud kindred od;ru. he sourht
tro Amor;oa, Damn -, C,mbr;dre and en-
ro,,eJ h;,rsolr, saldier If his copn,rv
We shall now C,r = time. lose all sirht
oC tho r,tr;,, r,r Iur;nr seyon wears. he
shorod in mast If the conflicts and dancers
Of the revolution. LeClip sole possession
of the farm. Caroline had sufficient TO oc-
cn,v her at,ontion and 50 assiJuous WAS
she in her MANAGEMENT, that every thing
,,s &c communicable r,r il, correctness. ~
L.o,,.rL Lo. c,,Lo. L;,,s,lr had hon, nro.
CON-, WA nIorar, ,ros can, ,ron,r;rr
a.. '...,,,,I - 49, o,,J;os, ,;.;, ~ sor;rc
summer s,niIoI No, On lovcI;or folds. and
on,,,,,n oromnoJ mana wiI, ,icbcr ,reo.
snros onI ,rhor ,bo bo,rv winter had
,oIJ ,ho hm,h,nIm,n to ab9ndon his IN.
hn.s C,ro,;,c v,s 70 No r,und sitfino nv
Ia. Ll,.i,a Loo,,L k,;u;rr ar o,tonding
- ,.Lar In'nos,;o J,,;os s, seldom did
she roc;yo ,;J;nms If her father that she
l;ro5 IN cons,9nt uncertainty Of his be.
;,r IN his state of seclusjon and unpro
,ac,ednoss and =, tho same time burstino
into al the freshness Of womanhood. it i.
!, mt 70 he wondered -, that she had ma,
-, oJn,;rors ,ro,r ,bo Youthful veome,
of ,hc nc;chbo,bood bo, to all their at
III
,or,;ors clio only rosooc,(uIlv and modes,
/, " attended. vet in such a winning man
ner and honicd voice, as only to excite
Them TO srouocr efIor, to secure her af
(ac,ians. Among them was Richard Day
tom the son Of an Englishman, whose ia
,bcr was \ s.aunch adherent 10 the roya
cause, and regarded all who expressc
their wish for the Liberation of their coun
try as traitors aud fitting objects for tn
vengeance of the royaIis,s. Among thes
Carolne's father was particularly marked
and it was only in delcacy to the daugI,
ter that he had not already given inform,
ton to the foreign minions to take po.
session of his estate. Richard Dayton nj
ol turally inherited an animosiiy to republ
H. can principles from his father, and nevC
lg failed on every opportunity to express h