The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-09-06


you.
If they meet with your appreciation, and you
regard them worthy of place in the Union
fthey are at your service; and you use your
pleasure about appending Withholding my
name. Yours, very respectfully and sincerely.
SAMUEL D. PATTERSON.
To the Salt Rivers head, where our good bark
lies moored:
In quiet. snug berth, by her anchors secured.
And r flag footIrg gaiy and free in the breeze,
With her motto displayed. and her crew al
their ease;
A summons is borne the wings OF the air,
As it comes in the sport of its revelry there.
Which speaks to the heart. and uwakens a
glow,
That repays, with lis rapture, an exile Of wo.
HOmepard bound! is the word-and the boa,s-
wain's pipe shriIl
Calls each sleeper to join, with voice and a
will,
In the wide ringing chorus of glorious huz=as,
Which bsrsts from lips this proude>t oi
Our quarters, commodious, are freely resigned,
For we know tkpy coming, whose rights to
this spot
Arc secured by prescription-and ours are not.
Again DER the waters our trim vessel speeds,
Unharmed by past conflicts, prepared for new
deeds
O:valor and fame in the cause of the right,
Whether conquering for trnlh, o'er pc weEea
by might:
Her flag high aioft, the gale bears her OF,
Shakes its gallant folds loose in the rays of the
sun;
Andt banner, the ensign of glory, will ne'er
Be sullied by falsehood, or lowered by fear.
Our transit is rapid. Twas well that sped
With SO lille delay from the Salt rivers head:
For nearer and nearer already they come
Who are bound to that region, the place of
their home.
But brief time has passed, since, with music
ana glce,
They sailed, full of Joy, on a smooth CLASSY sea
To the haven o promise to-find their hopes
And siIaghtway embark for Salt river again
The first who approach us seem gloomy and
Can it be i4at such stricken ones ever were
gad2
And n sui pLurous odor is borne on the breeze
As they near US, strong that it lenpls us to
Whence comes t7 IT'S caused by the .bLue
Lights" they bear.
And to which. like their blue lqos" they
strictly udhere-
An d-fangled whin but queer notions belong
To the Presidents bay State" SO famous in
song.
Slowly and moodily upward they 60,
With Truman Smith looking the image of wo,
AS his thoughts wander back 10 The time when
his skill
Could trick Old Connecticut quite to his will.
His power has vanished, for true men are lheI e,
Ingenious and honest. and strangers 10 fear.
VINO thwart all his schemes, from his arts turn
away,
Nor valuc his frank" at eight dollars q doy.
And hero from tho Hoosier State come uo a
throng,
The Salt river forests to wahder among;
And legion of coons, of all sizes and sorts,
Are brought in their tram to enIiyen their
sports,
'Tis The very place for them-for coons of all
grades
For years hai made famous the Salt river glade s
Until las, November put them to flight
The idea is good-InGiana's all Wright
The sound ofa rife gives note TO tho ear
That the sons of Kentucky are now drawing
near.
They loved their bold Clay. and, through evil
and good.
Came ''up TO the rnck" where thoir great lead
er stood;
But as to tho fountain in :he pitcher may 60
Full oft e:e its catches he last crushng blow
So .knntuck's bold hunters" at lenp,b see
the day
When tn ir Marshal is vanquishsd as well as
their Clay.
And hers. from tho far.famed and fair Tenne..
sec,
The State of tho ardent. and gallant and FREQ
hoft are embarked for the Salt river shore,
10 return to their own native mountains no
more.
Their pilot is Brown. who looks wondrously
blue,
~ contest SO strange and an issue so new,