Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-05-17

'ines ongOualerlng craving hunger, n
IoIhefs plnching cold--yot, despite al
these, he planted his counlry's slandar
where mons less fesolulo than himspI
would have deemed Il possible, and Their
II gracefully wnsc 1n triumph TO IN
breeze. Like Hannibal, he was deprived
ol necessary succor to extend his con
quests and humble his countrys rots
AXE him, too, his latter years were ON
Uttered with unloward reverses and
stung with a sense Of neglect, he endeC
his days IN chagrln aud Disappointment.
Clork's is a striking instance that re
PubIcs are to say the least, sometime
Iungra,elul Well might. the neglected
hero Of Kaskaskia and Vincennes, 10 the
mournluI yet dignihed language OF the
eXled Roman have exclaimed: Go, tel
thy country men that thou hast seen Calu>
MariuS sitting amid the runs Of Car
thage!" 1t is not strange that Clark, whit
had never been requted for the sacrifice
.oi his private property to meet his pub
lie engagements, when Knocked with The
present OF Il sword by his native State
whose territory he had enlarged, and
whose renoWn he had augmented, should,
IN the evaporation Of the moment, have
broken the proileled honor, aud cast it in.
dlgnantIy away. Ii is due to Virginia to
add, and 20 her credit be recorded, thai
IN Clark's declining years she voted him
an annuity for lie, AMI renewed the
present Of a sword, which is now most
WorIhIy possessed by his gallant nephew,
Col Ge0rge CrOghan, The hero OF San
dusky. Though the HANNIBAL Of the
WesI has long since passed away, Meth
CT The Genera Government, Virginia nor
Kentucky has placed "A tablet over his
grave, TO tell future generations where re-
pose The ashes OF this great patriot, war
nor, aud public beneaclor! Would ii
GO! be becoming in the patriotic citizens
OF Ohio, Kentucky, lhdana, illinois, Mi
chigan, and that other rising star, Wis
to erect a suitable monument to
the exalted virtues and une
qualled services oi the Father Of the Wes-
tern country,to whose genius and pow
ers they are, under Providence indebted
in an eminent degree for their present
greatness and smiling prosperity!
The hero OF the heroic age Of the west
deserves biographer--one who would
enter upon the task as a" labor Of love"
t is enough that he should be "a credlta
Die writer, or possess even an envab'e
hare OF ilerary reputation; he should
)e student of Western history, not OF
matches Of time merely, but by long, pa
lent, untlrng application; one who should
'ngage in Iaborous aud Persevering re-
wherever need be TO
,ather together the scattered tragm enls
# Clark 5 evenlluI history, AMI one who,
n addition TO all this, should be able to
ring to the subject most patient spirit
i investigation, that the errors eXtant,
onnected with his career, might be de-
ected, and apparent discrepancies re con.
lied. 1t should be no dished-up work $40
rder," like FIinl's lite OF oil Boone, and
Their kindred prod we wot OF
eeks, months, and years even, would be
equlslte to do anything like justice to the
reat merits and distinguished services o
ieorge Rogers Clark; aud such work,
hen completed, would exhibit more o!
harm and fascination on its pages than
le teemng imaginary creations OF the
ay; Tor "trulh is always strange
ranger than fiction" His compa,riois
! ar ms quietly sIumber in their graves:
is adventurous life could now be written
lthout exciting the ire OF jealousy. II
!, therefore, fitting time to mete out JUS.
CO to the CoNQUERoR OF ILLINOIS THE
lBERAToR OF THE WEST l.. e. ID.
SHIPWRECK On TE&lA FIRNA.
The eccentricites and whimsicalties
old salt water captains, from the days
Commodore Trunion down TO the pres
II, are well known, and hundreds of anu
ng anecdotes have been tod upon the
me So beet; but as we have never seen
e following in print, we have been ln-
iced to devote column to its recital.
The hero of our story was arnold hero
both The Revolutionary and last var
le who had Iabored hard, suffered much,
I'd often received The thanks Of his coun
y. Years and exposure having finally
ndered him unseaworlhy, he brought G
5 water lacks ashore, and settled down
a pIeasagitpart OF the country to spend
. Remainder of his days. After SO !
ng residence upon the water, it is no;
be supposed that the old gentleman u
md every ship shape on Ia nd; bu! with a
> assistance of couple Of old sailors, %
OF them an Irishmsn, whom ne had
ought ashore with him, he in short 81
le made out 20 introduce man oI.war "
hons, 50 far as practicable, upon bis m
'mSes. lr
Among his other eccentricities, he had Ia
arriage built upon new plan--purely 10
ginal---ahd We doubt if even among fr