Democratic banner., 1845-04-05
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TFor the Banuer.l
SIX EFT CHI L S

Eh sh VII
The bluff, which rear themselves up
,bs margin Of the "father of waters"
900 behind ne, and the beautiful steamer
,i,h all her gilded array Of bell, chimn
.ey, scapepipe. cabin & deck, rounds in a
,weeping curve towards the shore, step
ping aboard the eHhilarating cry of "looso
cables" salutcs The ear, as she turns her
nrcw TO stem the rapid current which
opposes her ascent. Looking back upon
the little village of GAINESVILLE, may &c
seen for hundred Of feet above the sur
face ofthe river, rocks piled upon rocks
TO a height almos. painful 10 the eye.
In the appearance Of these bluffs there
i,somcthing soeranl, SO towering, yet so
aesoIate s m,ur, fll that tie hunarmrd
shrink. almost intuitively !r,m the cor
temptation Of tina. which impresses upon
it its own utter insiguifcancy,
The extreme top o 1.-THE pinnacle was
once we hove heard The sepulchre OF a
powerful tribe Of Indians, who held I'M
disputed sway over the fair domain,
which the lorlly white now appr'priates
TO himself, and even at this late day, we
ere informed as the miserable remnant
ofthe scttered tribes descend the river
from the cold & sterile regcon, perhaps
thousands of miles, Of 10 which the
fraud and cheatery Of the whites have
driven them, they WI tie rp their ca
noes, ascend the eiuinence and pay such
honors as become the dead.
But in our rhapsody we had ike .
have Forgotten that We were aboard the
beautiful packet Osprey, beating hsr
way in splendid sly c amid The many is
lands which The surcacc Of the ri
yer, until without being aware Of the
progress made, we hove in view OF our
own Louisiana, with her towering mills,
and her streets crowded with On indus
trions Population.
One can form no jlst estimate Of the
wealth aid vast of Pike coum !,
without visiting the two towns Of LOU
lana and GAINESVILLE. Il is here that The
fruer brings the produc, Of his year
labour, and exports il 70 distant markc's
which b~ringsin retain lie products 81
different climates, o: wha; is better sill
the cash. j. is here th-t the imports re-
ees,ary for the comfort and luxury Of
tn. ~cit-zen, from ii tent cities are landed.
Cutting loose from the wharf ct the
latter place, the Osprey with a strong
wind in her favour commenced her as
cent. There is something connected
with this mo3e Of travelling, which be-
wilders for . time tie brain, the ]surgi.c
wave beaten into almost a whirlpool by
the stroke Of the wheel, TIE bowling
wind. the noise Of machinery The smoke
eGdring in mathematical curves above
Ter. the lurid steam thrown By TIC force
OF machinery from within the rapid
whirl Of her paddle. az she g,idcs along,
seemingly scorning the element upon
which size moves, in this maze Of doubt
and rerpleSiiy, the =ind i~nvoluntari!y
phys si,sa: homage to the trancendaut
genius ofths inventor, whose name will
live,
When lin. i. &c r End ~orlL, Lave passed
away.
Had the reui4s Ct Fulton, never
dawi.ed upon the world, in all human
probability, the valley OF the Mississippi
in e1ten:, in fertility o. soil. liz sa'abr:-
~ Of climate, uncqu7led BY arg other
portion Of TIE Globe, capable Of sup
porting a population :! which the mind
sroos weary, would Il Ills present. mo-
ncut, be bit lille more than it was
when il came hist from The hands of the
Almighty. The urLyoken stiffness of
the forest would never have ben dis
tnr5ed b. the noise Of the wooduan'E
axe, and the savage lave engaged in
his midnight orgies upon the spot where
n7w the city flourishcs, Such are the
changes wrought hy the mighty intel
lect Of one man.
On speeds the gallant steamer, the p
fernsl roise Of her puff answered only
ty the revarbcraiing echo from tie
surrounding elifs--the mouth by which
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