The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-02
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ot change O. Rt, aud o avail hHN6H ol tts valuable
 BedsclmAl properties ei he BrdIerA minegd spngs, he visited that loNrlg seecs oi PenRssisasia iaE shott tIiae. and resarned much nntaved,
 On his way up he passed very hot and ancnm~ GoTtabe night al CuRberiaBsi; bus before saEap ws wsIe seated in a special caacA provided tos the, occasion. and slowly ascending the rngsed mosh- tain hotih ol Cumberland, ever very bad road. Alter several hours travel during which the hagses were unable to gn oqt ol ~alk. wr Tsached tho sumsaii, where bright August sun. aad heaod> less prospect of eteTaa h, eaeiEeilag irssile vsl- Ieys, ,nel the view, The drveF was just sboai lo give The relns 10 iae tour slaEdy seexs. when he was haited by group oi about twshiY, who had been concealed in a iuxaf'ant daRgis oa the road I ssde. .. HSlio, Jake, have yoa got himfA Yss," l was the answer ot the dusss. We'll then. Jake. l yoa must stop"
 The party advanced, and consisted af such group and such men as are onsy 10 be ioahd atRaaE the yoemeR o AmsTca. IL consisted ei inc Lgird q tAs M,nor ,he pFopus,ef af many rich AHd ieguse seAess now @astuE wFh aetous crops. ~Ha hls sfafwAkk 1 sons, before wDom ihs siahaofa giehe aud wtldsfs ness of wood gives way amaag them. all clad aske. were those sho iahoFvd Tor lhsu daily bfesds hat they all knew the dignity of laooar, sad n their working dress had leA te harvest ked to pay thsie respects to the President ot ihe rspublie,
 lhe coaca stopped, and soon as the party vera sufficiently neat, Mr. Polk sSked, "Weil. where are We nuw ," An oti man, with iaag white Iockai streaming in the wind, and tsi slender frame. yet
 
 jla crossed the PennsyyaHla Iins; yoa are nov iA Redord conniy, aud we, hearing ikat yea were sx.a pected, leit work over H the fields, and cane here To give you welcome. suppose you are the President. My name IS J----S---. have lived leTe for sixty years--l an s4 years 0t pges aud I SC are al glad fo see you." The President got out of the stage, was intFosa dleed to each one by name, and after shaking hands. shd few inquiries about hts health, the old eetage~ naian contaued, in hIs honest and ssiare enqaeecs --'. Mr. Polk, you the second President ef the l United States have ever seen--lhe hist was Gen.s eral Washington, aud shook hands with lam hy
 the side oi tnat mountain ever there, where yea | the road turns. He wss then going siisr tlss WhIskey B1ys," as we tailed theln, Etd Ne ail
 lheught We ver. going io have war among ourselves.
 0ae of my neghbors, who has long since been dead.
 asked Gen Washington Il we were going 10 have
 wal ami the General said. Not unless God villa l IL. God makes var and God makes peace, Aaa let
 Hea do what Is right, and ,rus, n Gas aud peace
 wliI come" So, Mr. Polk. you are tte second
 president eser yar in my Air. and | is oaiy about
 hye miles Irom thespot where ssw General " ssh.
 ington. and ,hen he was going lo put dcwn the l whtskey nsaIFection. and How, whea meet you, 1 We have thss War in MFxica. Peace had just bsen
 eoDeluded--the troops trad not yet relufued A | great many young men ilon thus county have eone ! to the wal and we have heard that some have been killed. and wounded and many died from
 sickness. Now, some ot my neghbors, and the newspapers and politicians. calls thla Folks WeFs
 aud thry Polk mate ts@ aRd that these peo- pie aeild not Rave been kisd only Tor Polk."
 These last allusons affected tue President deeply, | the eloquent orator of Congress, the best stamp ! speaker of thc land. mats at this nIlaslon to
 those fallea In battle-he bewed hts head Isw. and
 the teaTs ran freely over hts cheeks. s.But," continued the old man, raising himaelf to
 his lul attitude than six feet, his white locks
 streaming in the wind, his ieRg. tnia arm Ealsed
 high in air and his finger pointed laseTds hsssas. | "the war comes from tliere.-hs comes from
 theFe.-and peace comes from there also. Mir. Polk,
 nay boys read the newspapers to Ina al night. [ know all abo1t lexas sud the boundary, and we had to 20 to war. God made the Mvxicans 20 to war 10 punish them: and he has helped us Only see how Generai Taylor and General Scott whinpea
 them; and thank God that you arc our President, and you mast pray 10 him to help Us ia peace Il
 do every day of my life, and was thankful tina,
 we had such mea General Taylnr and General
 Scott to command our armies," was the reply. 1 he President was too much overcome to say
 mach, and to coaeral his feelings he hurried
 into the stage, alter nasty farewell We had al-
 ready seperated short distance, when the old man voice heard "Jake, Jake, stop at tho
 house and lst ii,s old shake hands with the President liaf noars ride brought us before large Pennsylvania iarm-boase. Eyerything vas ou largo scale--oa all slides was evidences Hot of abundance. but of affiueuca A large barn. laygs
 hO.ses, large cows large hogs large dog, large
 keys large geese large chickens, large garden stock
 ed with large cabbages. and large woman thrust ing noun ains of Ieavensd doagh into mammoth
 oven, gave evidence thai the good house wifs had an
 instnctive contempt for anything asninatlve. The
 driver now informed the President that Mrs. 5 was
 now before The President alighisd aad iHfafm4
 ed the cid lady who he wss.
 lie was received with an air aad ease seldom II edualIed, never surpassed. "Weli. this never ex. T pected that the President would come and talk ta me But did yoa see the old rnan2 We'll, am sa
 glad. Oh. he never will forget t,is sad will say
 it. though am his wife, that he Is of the best
 men in all these parts; and lie Is q very smart man
 ioo--only he won't take any office. and neysf woaid but sometimes they make him a grand lurymnn,
 and then he's the foreman; but i. don't think hs 1, makes much al that. And now, Sr. President. yea . must come iD aud take souss refreshmsnL" h .
 moment the long olkea iahi.s iaside gsss eeye.eA
 with iiis biggss; hs;ss, sgd " drsna iise old iadys 4, cherry bounce, and shrub, and sprnee beer. aud
 sweet milk, out of tine largest giasses ever nsde.
 The President drank to the healh of all ths farn- CTS and their wives, the od lady Gase her bene.
 dctioa, and we proceeded sa souts for tho spnngss
 James k. Polk s now sleeping with the dead, The venerable patriarch will also sooa be ia hts " to,sb. They both are above our aattsry. aud bs, yond our generation
 dI The ubeH which presented Itself on the lofty t summit of the AiIegnaBy---wiih the bright morn. ing sRp, gTeap of twenty farmers from the harv- . est fsIJ; tie old man of eighty -fonf holding tho
 President or our kutg repOoac Oy tnt nand. Whtigk
 tears rolling over bis cheek fnr those slain ia ], battle In heSice and ths old naa repeated to him ., the words of Washington, which he himself had
 heard uttered near ths sasae spot thsn half .
 ceutury ago; with his finger pOisiing to heaven. Il God makes war! God makes peaee- e---wss such j.. the g.nias of Huntingdon CT Cole cssla eoase into portion of the history of our times. :. PeanSyivaassS y ---.s------
 " Fenois Teapsr.--We love 10 woaaD oi v nt,dH Hfa. dfilI ani.