The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-02-10
Sd the New York Express.


Exttaet from acknowledgements Charles
f. Hoffman,
.There- is a tradition Of by-gone days, ;,
handed down from generation 10 generation. Z
of a Spirit-Traveer's experience in some
Fairy Land, who related Tie existence of a
rich, magnificent and powerful city, many
thousand years ago. in which were tosbe
seen palaces, mosques, bazaars, temples and
towering monuments and statuary vieing
with each other in all the splendor Of royal
magnihcenee and surprising grandeur Of the
east, apparently the work Of ages, and desti-
ned TO last forever; and when the Spirit
Traveller, tired of the noise, hustle and gale
ty displayed Of tinseled vanity, itself vanish
ed on its continual errands of enquiry and
research in unknown spheres. After the
lapse Of thousand years it again reappeared,
and was struck with astonishment to find
that this beautiful city had vanished aIso.--
| Instead of which, in the same place, there
was a silvery lake Of unsullied beauty, and
on and around its shores were to be seen
naught but few poor fishermen toillng with
their nets, or skimming across its CLASSY sur
/ face with the fruit Of their labors.
The Spirit Traveller asks of them, where
lis the rich and beautiful city which formerly
occupied this spot? To which they answer,
with amazement. we have lived here these
many years, and our fathers here are buried
but no such city ever existed here; YOU must
| be deceived. And again, after a thousand
years, the Spirit reappears to visit the placid
shores of the lake, in which he had bathed
! his weary limbs and obtained new vigor for
his eternal embassy of enquiry and research
and finds no liquid pearly waters in which
Ito plunge and enjoy his former Pleasures
Instead thereof the husbandman was enga.
Il
menis' of agriculture, and all around present
ed the Inviting scenery Of the richest foliage
save here and there, where the axe Of til,
wood had felled the huge trees; ant
as the smoke assembled from his rude habita
ton, he was employed in opening the ricl
turf, with glittering SPADE to receiveth
seeds Of the earth. The Spirit again asks
} IN anxious tones, where is the cooling lax
in which bathed my weary limbs, and haV
/ oft enjoyed the sweet delight of wanderin
{ around its pebbly shores? The peasant al
swers, no lake was ever found here. Or
fathers were thefrst human beings who eve
visited these scenes, aud they found it Ion
uninhabited wilderness, save by the birds
the air, who Joined in their rich chorus
lmelodious notes, and the beasts of the eartl
with their frightful sounds echoing from tc
rest to forest and desert TO desert.
Again, after thousand years, the Spirit
TrGvellerreturns and finds naught save hig
Impending rocks hanging from the noun
tain's brow, just ready to fall on the scatter
ed hamlets in the valley below. The haW
; and the eagle were perched upon the hig
? turrets, bidding defiance to the approach I
! man or beast.
a Thus, thus, alasi tits with the history
/ nations. To-day, shining in all the opulenC
e Iof regal splendor and magniicence, with b,
q Kings and Mobiles emblazoned in the ric
panoply of their stations, defying all 9th,
+ nations to compete with them in glory, n
. nown or power, and tomorrow where al
,. they TO be found Lost in the ever ehangin
q revolutions which needs not the power
q man or the glory Of princes.