The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-07-01

Such view of fertile beauty, as is thus
presented, dispels from the heart Of the
emigrant the gloom which was gathering
arounl it, As he journeys on, along the
line Of the great national road, he arrives
on the banks Of the Scloto. Here look
ing bac k, he percieves that the las, bill
has faded away in the distance. Looking
forward, he sees before him the intermiu-
able plains Of Western Ohio, of Indiana,
and of Illinois. To him it appears ali
&C can of forest, without habitalion or cal-
tivated field, dead level, varied BY DO
elevation o. depression, and enlivened
by no rppling brook. AS however liz
wends his way westward, he finds what
he supposed level plain to be an undu-
latng surface, intersected by many mean-
dering stream, and covered with corn,
wheat, grass, and forest trees, in sucil
abundance and magnitude as to defy all
his former calculations of the productive
powers OF nature. Pursuing his way, he
reaches the Wabash, flowing through the
most fertile country ever wet with the
dews of heaven, or wa.med by the rays
of the sun.
Passing up this beautiful stream, he
sees, on every hand, varlegated land
scape Of woodland and prairie, exhibiting
a scene of beauty TO which his eye had
never before been accustomed. Still
vending his way hide farther west
ward,he soon fluids himself on The illim-
table, tenantless, honseless, lreeless pra-
RE. Here he may travel for days with.
out seeing human face, unless he meet
some passing traveller like himself, as tho
mariner meets sail on the ocean, and
then all IS solitude again. The sense of
loneliness is one that must often oppresr
the traveller in any part of the interior Of
the western states. The prairies, the
dense and continuous forest, and even
the immense fields of corn, all tend to
make one feel him self lost in the vast
ness of the scene with which lie IS SCR.
rounded. have stood on the banks Of
the Miami, and looked down OIL more
than ten thousand acres of corn, appa-
renlly in one continuous field. On the
prairies of the Wabash have seen field
Of wheat all waving III the wind, FIR az
the eye could reach over the level sur
face. From the steeple Of the college Ill
this town, elevated as it is far ABOVE the
surrounding country, you may look, as
lar as the vision can extend, over con-
tihuous forest, with moi one hill, nor one
lake, nor one river, nor one farm, nor
one house beyond the village at your
feet, to be seen. Populous as is the coun~
try in some parts, owing to the height
and dense foliage of the trees, and the
practice Of the farmers in erecting their
buildings away from the road, the sense
ofloneliness may accompany the traveller
wherever he goes.
The calmness of the atmosphere, and
the stiffness and quietness that generally
prevail, contribute to confirm the feeling.
All nature appears on vast, grand scale.
The trees Of the forest are in many in
stances SO prodigiously large as to over.
whelm us with emotions Of the sublime.
Go into the forest and look at cluster cf
popars and oaks, thirty feet or more in
circumference, and one hundred and fifty
feet high. Go into a cornield of thou
sand acres, where the stocks are so high
that a man of common stature cannot
reach the ears. Go into the prairie, and
see around your circle whose circum-
ference is the horizon, waving with grass
and decked with wild flowers. These
are the scenes presented in the west.
These are the scenes which make man
feel as did the shepherd king OF Palestine,
when he looked at the heavens in their
splendid grandeur, and then thought of
man in his frail and mortal condition.
w. e. LARRABEE.
.As6ury University. Greencasile, Ind.
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9fIn Philadelphia last week, there
were 90 deaths-aduls 80, children 60
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