New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-13

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and gong to be happy IN each others love N
the wild regions beyond the Alleghanies. Hap
DIV is he whose first great step life Is the result
no, Of outward influences, bu, of his cwn we'll
considered purpose. Such step seems to make
him free for the rest Of his days
Journeys were not made II those days as they
are now NJ Keats bought a carnage and hor-
ses in Philadelphia, with which he Travelled to
Pittsburgh, and then they descended the ONO IN
kee-boat sending their horses on by land to m
c:nnati. This voyage of six hundred miles down
the river YVES full Of romance to these young peo-
pie No steamboat then disturbed, with It's
hoarse paintings, the sleep Of those beautiful
shores. Day alter day they foated TRANQUILITY On,
az through succession of fairy lakes, sometimes
in the shadow OF the lofty wooden bluff, some
times bv the side Of widespread meadows, or be-
meath the graceful overhanging branches Of the
cotton wood and sycamore. Sometimes, while
the boat hoatcd laziiy along tic young people
would go ashore and wall; through the woods
across a point, around which the nycT made
bend. All uncertain as then prospects were, they
could easilr amid the luxuriance OF nature, ahan
don themselves TO the enjoyment OF the hour.
Mr. Keats made visit Of some months TO
Henderson, KY, where he resided IN the same
house VITA Mr.. Audubon, the naturalist. He
was still, undetermined what 10 DO. One day, he
was trying TO chop log, and Audubon, who had
watched him for some time, at last said" am
sure you viii do well in this country, Keats.
man who will persist, as you have been dong, IN
chopping that log, though ii has taken you an
hour to do what could do in ten minutes, Will
certainly get along here" Mr.. Keats said that
he accepted the omen, and felt encouraged by 1t.
After investing the greater part Of his money
in d boat, and losing the whole Of II, he took
charge of -four mil, and worked night and day
with such untlring energy, that ne soon found
himself making progress. After while he lett
this business and engaged IN the lumber trade, BY
which IN the course of some years he accunu-
lated handsome fortune. In the course Of this
business he was obliged to make visits TO the
lumbcrers, which often led him INTO Wild scenes
and adventures. Once, when he was taking
journey on horseback, 10 visit some friends the
British Prairie, he approached the Wabash In the
afternoon, al; a time when the river had overflow
ed It's banks Following the horse path for there
was no carriage road, he came 10 d succession of
little lakes which he was obliged to ford But
when he reached the other side 1t was impossible
to find the path again, and equally difficult to re-
gain it by recross!ng. The path here went
through cane brake. and the cane grew SO close
together that the track could only be distinguished
when you were actually upon it. What was to
be done There was no human being for miles
| around and no one might pass that way for
weeks. To stop or TO 90 on seemed equally dan
gcrous. But at last Mr.. Keats discovered the
following eXpedient, the only one perhaps, that
could have saved him. The direction of the path
he had been travelling cast and west. lie
turned and rode toward the south, until he
sure that he was to the South of the track. He
then returned slowly to the North, carefully OK
aiming the ground as h passed along, until al
last he found himself crossing the path which he
took, and reached the river in safety
George Keats not only loved his brother John,
but reyerenced his genius, and enjoyed his poetry,
believing him to belong to the front rank OF Eng
lsll bards Modern criticism seems to concur
with this judgement. \ genuine and discnmi-
mating appreciation of his brothers poetry always
gave him great pleasure. He preserved and
highly priced Johns letters, and unpublished
verses, the copy Of Spenser filled with his works,
which he had read when boy, aud which had
been to him very valuable source of poetic IN
splraton, and Milton In which were preserved
in like manner, Johns marks and comments
From fly leaf of this book, | was permitted TO
copy the passages l now send you. | know not
whether you will agree with me III Their beng
among the most striking criticisms we possess
upon this great author. That the love of the
brothers was mutual, appears from the lollowlng
lines from one Of Johns poems, inscribed 10
my brother George
4 TO ny sSnets iIoqsh none els s'onl3 he'd hem