Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS READING.
The Romance Of rrontierLi!e,


Grafton on the last 4h Vi July Camp Aad-
son, Ky, b. he Hon Geo. L .tertsau:
f., SHE Rinn irF daf.at ;, A..,,a, ,t., 1n,h It.
So, the cctmorant Of death fed greedtly on tne
flower OF tho FIST settlement. Ga t1.at darkest
Of their gloomy days every settler lost friend
nearly every family n prop. And on that b.og-
dy field the Coils Todd and Trigg, the chr.alrous
Capt Harland, nd tho gallant OF Boone, lay
undisingu.hsd among the proml5cuogs s.a IN,
oil soon manged by devoufng wolves aud vui
lures so as not TO be recognize by their friends,
who three DAYS after the battle, burned the frng.
nents. A few of their crnmbling bones, since
collected by their countrymen, now tie exposed
10 tho elements, in a confused pile on The : IN.
init Of tho bleak nd rocky plain where the heroes
fell.-We cannot now imagine the grief and de-
spondcncy with " Inch the mournfli intelligence
vi that DAVIS catastrophe covered the land
Bu,tbe surviva,s thau,h uof,lI, L.-e,,e1
vera not to be disco3r aseJ or d,,fo,yed -rbay
waro resolved aeve. IN loot nj, mr. c,t,r 10 le5-
frat md lat resr,rye n cano,.r tg, ,i4.,,s ~,
dio :, ,to a,,a,,,,, r-,ar (.,,t s,..I &c. ...l
saata,,cJ tho ,ni,r. l,, t,Il, tar1 TO- ,4;.
l,,so no.. 80 r., 49,, ,,,, ,'I - -.
rc,taa sl,;,, ,,o,. ~, ,.,,,es ,f, r,,,t, a. j.,
-, - '..,..i - e - ..' - ,
III ,he ,.n,tle, b. = t'rn ,,er,,;,,a5 :, liza 90
r,nt,yas -A,a,1, ,b,se pv,, EN- o~ralr,n, l..s'
bnnd and father, Who, vl,b eleven other cagtI,e.,
signal Of to,I,,ra md dea,b toaJI Tbs ,,,L, 49,
=. n a. :, = 49,.
ped and placed IN ina on : loo he 70 whom, 3, n
have especially alluded being al enc extremity a.
the devoted row.
Tho c,nat cort.-rz ,her ar;,.,;-,, %, 49,, ,,,r-
e,d sI,ncLtoraJ .l.o ,a r., ,,- 49,, ta
~ ca,n. 10 ~ lf s,,r.i .L ,t
,aisad him ma als, ana ,rsg ,hair ott,
70 strike under egch uoltfted arm. tbav nou.ed
ard sftor g., ION, noe. ,,o,v scored ~; ica' -,
he oeverk,ew For nh,nt an. ,carrono at +; :
friends executing ri, f,itLf,I via l,ut,sd tig
death; she, hoping against reason. snIl insisted
that be lived and would return t, her. Weed bv
another she from tine TO time postponed the nun
ilas, declaring that sho could not dIvest herself
of the belief That her husband survived Her ex-
postuatng friends liaally succeeded 10 their ef-
forts stls her aflrctiouate instinct; she retuc-
family yielded and the nuptaI day fixed. But
Just before the day dawned the crack of a rifle
wns heard near her lonely cabin:et tho familiar
sound she Ioaped out like liberated fawn. eiac-
ulotng 9 she sprang, 'htat's Johns gun :" II
was Johns gun, sure enough, and in an instant
she was once moro in her lost husbands arms
b, nine years afterwards that same husband fell
in "St. Clairs defeat 'anJ the same dIsappoint ed
but persevering lover renewed his suit, md at
last the widow became his wife. The scene Of
those romantic incidents was within gunshot IF
my nntal homestead, and with that noble wife and
mairon l was myself we'll acquainted.
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Thomas Jeierson's Views on the Annexation Of
icifitofY'
The New York Express remarks that az tt Is
about 10 be proposed 10 annex Texas to the
United States, il is worth the while TO look into
the consntutlonaity. well the progress Of
the proposition. M. Tyler, who intends, it 5
SAID to recommend lprafessas 10 have great ven
Grafton for the opinions Of Mr.. JetIerson.-Whni
these opinions were upon similar subject. can
be seen IN Mr.. Jeffsrson'> letter to Mr.. BrecE-
enridge, dated Auguat II, 1903. Speaking Of
the treaty of ce.sron, he says
This treat. must Of course be laid before both
Houses. because both have io,rarlant functions
70 exercise respectinp it, Thev. nresun,q. win
SEQ their duiv in rattfainr md nav mo far y c.,
ns to secure a rood winch won,l olaeT,viz., Dr.b-
ably to never gain in their power. Bal sup.
r5so thew must then arppal 10 the u1tj9n far IN
additional article to the constitution, approving