Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-10-20

cr,xAn Courrs AND YANKEES rrDiAss,
4 correapondent Of the Lo0:sviIie 9ou srs
gives the following description OF the c",s;on
:nd;v;dnala whom he meets IN an eSSu''
upon the western rivers .s,r goes the
But the steam is mp, ding my ana - s ,et IA
~. ~ =. .ha ~bowe. anu go 'cs 70
brass pen IS a .,4nsi,tie Rock River, that ls a.
nuFIy ss's ber frse Trip to St. Peters. II IS
DOW Iooi;ca esFaft, agree with you, but II
!. III Msii.cn..ssiIoice. We are now out OF re-
-. .;r.f, and again breasting the mighty
~. Iiesinpi.. Walk into the cabin and III
sMtroduce YOU to the captain, alias the Cont
Hazarthy-a live, full bleoded Hungarian
Couot-no mistake. He was one OF the Ilfe-
guards Of the Emperor Of Austria, an intimate
Of the Young Duke of Reichstadt, Prince Es-
terbazy. and Metternich, whom he sacres
most boun,ifully; and in consequence OF his
participation in the Polish Revolution, was
expatriated, and instead Of being captain OF
the veriest epitome Of steamboats,, amongst pi-
lots and pedlars.
"Tempora mutantur ct nos mutamur cum iIlls."
He is q man of extensive information,
fund Of anecdote, and his history is repIete
with romance. Picture to yourself man OF
ed complexion, regular features, raven hair,
and the harfdsomest teeth you ever saw, sur
mounted with magnificent moustache. habi-
ted in green cloth opera cap, with Hunga-
rian jacket, dotted with frogs, lace-work and
tassels, thrown loosely, like mantle over his
shoulders, his feet decked off with pair Of
Red.river moccasins, sparkling with beads
and flowers, and meerschaum in his mouth
csv lone
bowl, emitting cloud of kinnik-kinnik, 1.-THE
and smoke J and that is the Count.
His clerk, too, is curiosity, Of another ge-
nus-a lame ignoramus of Yorkshireman.--
who when the yard-stick was handed to him
to measure some wood, thanked the mate for
the present, and used it as a walking-cane.
When weighing some freight. the owner ask
ed him what deduction he made for tare. He
smiled very innocently, and said, oh! he
didn't think there was any danger Of tearing
any thing aboard!
A Yankee pedlar, [and wonder if there is
a nook or corner in the universe where you
| won't find one with some bright.coIored
callicoes, vermillion, and barrel of whiskey,
on trading trip for furs. among the indians
seven broad-shouldered fellows, on an expedi-
ton to the prairies Of Wisconsin and the ST..
Crcix, and party Of six or eight miners.
bound for the celebrated copper rock on Lake
Superior, (what project is too foreign, danger
Gus, or chemerical for American enterprise y
mage up the complement of our passengers.
And now the level banks Of the lower coun-
try are rising into gigantic bluffs and colossal
rocks; some undula,ing in broken pillows of
land, and others looming up into dizzy cones,
| beside which the pyramids of the Nile are
pigmies-with here yawning chasm cleft by
| the torrent and the thunderbolt, the haunt Of
the wildcat and the spotted snake, and there
frowning turrets reminding one Of castles and
sieges and the feudal watch-tnWers Of the old
en- time. Save this wild highland scenery Of
crag and foliage, there is nothing TO arrest the
traveller until suddenly at Fort Crowford, on
turning point Of the forest, his eye brightens,
his cheek fushes and his heart thrills with
the electric love of freedom, as high in air, o.
yer tree and hilltop, he catches the first flut.
ter of his country's flag! Never before did
feel how proud was to be an American! And
never before did feel so much of the soldier
in my veins, as when, on that evening, thou.
sands of miles away from home, in the woods
of the great West, / Involuntary dotted nv
cap with three loud huzzas 10 the crimson
folds and the gallant bird Of that blessed
standard. and shouted, until the startled shores
rang back the echo
cts the starspangled banner-oh! long may i
Ger the land of the free and the home of The
brave"
WILL THE Rover.