The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-02-19

OweueIl, udS UGH COHuIlneu Wy uue " -
Senate.
| Awe take the following capital story from
the last number Of that sprigh tly journal-the
Concordia Intelligence.
L While Mr.. Clay and the crowd of friends
who had accompanied him the landing at
| Natchez, TO show respect TO his departure OH
| Saturday last, were waiting on the bank until
the beautiful '.Princess'' prepared ceive her
distinguished guest. all OF sudden, their con-
versaIion was interrupted by the loud, free,
and seemingly fearless voice of some one break
ing through the outer crust of the party.
"Whar is he? Ell! Whar is lie +? which is cid
| Glorious ~
The language and the style and the vehem-
| ence OF the speaker, who tall, pow eri ul
and healthy looking cpuntrynlan, and who was
hewnga passage for himself TO the centre
of the crowd. as he spoke drew all eyes to-
wards hun. Ayw as others. Colonel -,
who was close along side of Mr.. Clay at the
4 time. was Instantly tfckled with the mans
countenace. as be usually is with the appear
enee Of any thing from which sport may be ex-
tracted.
"HIiloa my old stud!n (sung out the Colonel
as the man approaehed) what do you want to
enter yourself ior?''
"Whar is he 90 anxiously inquired the strang-
Ier, looking round him
''Who2'' enqured the Colonel.
| "Who!-tiIe Deyil' pushing the Colonel
aside) '.who should ii be !why,t the old boss him.
self, mean
AT this instant he faced and ct once reeog~
missed Mr.. Clay whom he had never seen before.
Starting back suddenly, aud re covering from a
momentary embarrassment, he exclaimed, by
the holy, IL is-yes sni2es and turkles! it is old
Harry his.self.n then rushing forward, almost
! frantic with Joy and seZing hold of him with
both han ds, he drew him around after him some
hal! u dozen times. jumping, stamping, singing
and hallooing he wildly scattered the circle
OF friends near them sclear the track'' for both
him and ''od Kentucky" This whirIing salu>
tution was done over in a twinkling, As soon
1 as it was over, without giving the individual
1 about whom he enthused, time to brea the /,
the stranger went On,-
"Hooh hurrah! but We stand it nicely, old
gentleman. thought the last pop I'D laid ye
low, but by the powers OF mud, eff ye had anoth-
er fair game at Poker to play b'ieye ye'd
take down the pot yet. Ye'd took it last
time, OF ye'd not showed yer hand Well, ye
see, | know as there's nothin but what We
can tell something about; all but wan thing an
: about that ye know nothin,"-
Here lie made halt 10 catch breath, and Mr.
Clay who was both amazed and amused with
his new friend, contented himself with smil-
ing.
''Thar's one thing l say ye don't know nothin
about, (le continued) an that swampers
' across thar in Lnuisiana is longways ahead
OF your boys up in Kentucky in some things an
we'fe fast catching up with ye in others. An
wan thing is sure, that swamp fhogs is now
ahead OF all ether hogs, ID take the odds no W
} drive the animal, an thars par of he prim.
est hogs that ever was iattened that I've raised
Il over in The swamp yunder; an If ye. will only
say yell take them an put them on yer great old
,iarm I've heard SO much OF up IN Kaintuck-
rs partially y satisfied, lbs all ak; list say
p WE'LL lax The ai0nU hat, avb 1 az
TO be t."
:, MIR. Clay, still smiling, nodded assent.
= Enough said, old stand by Screamed out thu
i swamper, who was SO overjOyed with Mr.. Clay.
acceptance of his present almost to shake
his arms off. 'sNough sed Mr.. Clay; the hogsT
travel. Thur yourn by the first boat and We
never seed nothin prime in the hog line.
e promise ye; farewell, God bless ye. Look GU
, Tor the hogs" (making his way out of the
crowdl the raal grit, sir, ginuine swamp Serious g.
u ers,but they'll speak for themselves VIII en- ye
: get them along. God bless ye agin-I's off,
a. BY the time he had got through wi tn all oil
: this, he had worked his way out Of the GROVE
that had been gazing upon him for some time
In an instant more he was OIL his horse and
I away.
Il MIR. Clay and his friends laughed heartily a
the idea oil the hogs speaking Tor themselves
but the earnestness and warmth of friendship
u shown by the stranger brought kindly glow
J over the heart of al! present
AID well it might. That mans manner and
conversation, rough. unrestrained and delian
though they seemed, no one could help seeing
) weEe the manifestations of an honest, guileless
whole-souled aud dislnierested friend of the
< great MA n, the sight of whom had so. ove.joyed
him. He had all his life viewed MT, Clay with
, the same feelings of wild enthusiasm that SC
( many thousands entertained for Gen. Jackson
= during his lifetime. He had stal<ed a ID lost
''-his pile on old Kentucky
4 and would do it again, thousand times. if the
. occasion offered. He had allowed himself Il
y bell eve that Mr.. Clay was 'phe greatest man q
z i've ;anG VIII En- he found himself, Tor the first tim
in his presence, his JOY and excitement fairly ov
q erthrew him. ~ he could have lsid down his hi
on the spot. with feeling of triumph. How
refreshing must the conIemplations of suci
/ feelings and conduct be TO the mind of a pub
lie man VIII en- lie places it i'll contrast with til
course OF fhc polished fawning seeker afte
/. place, Aof the heartess iatterer who measure
D out his declarations of irIendsh ip by his pros
: poets of reward, and worshps the man only a
g the representative of the darling office which
&c turn in the political Tide may place in his hes
towa.
IS MEDICAL COLLEGE OF EvANsvILLE.i
hrA=-On the Qd inst. Mt an adiourne meetln