Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-08-02

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ges were concealed in the neighboring
thlckets, always ready to fire on those
who were so hardy as to appear, or so un-
fortunate as to be thrown in their way.
The early settlers of Kentucky were
| composed of emigrants principally from
Virginia and North Carolina-men who
with their families had left their native
firesides and sought home in wild and
unsettled country, with its attendant tolls,
prlvatiOns and dangers, which were of no
ordinary character-a race of men who
are fast passing away. They were brave
and energetic-fearless of danger-their
best friend was their rifle, as it was their
constant companion for years both in the
field and chase, while not unfrequently
| the forest was their couch, with no cover
! ing save the vaulted heavens above. CAL
culating selfshness (the usual consequence
of merging from forest to a refined state
of life) is not one of the traits of charac-
| ter transmitted by them to their posterity.
! Brave and magnanimous on the field of
battle-courtcOus and hospitable at home,
! the hentucklan of the present day fully
maintains the reputation of his ancestors
! for all that is great, noble and good
Although sixty-eight wears have passed
| away since It's erection, there still may be
seen 4 small log building on the right of
I the road leading from the village of Rich
mond to the ferry at Boonsborough-hal
mile from the latter place. It's dilapidat-
ed appearance, crumbling stone chimney
and moss-covered roof, indicate it to have
been the residence of one of the pioneers
of the cOuntry-and such it was. But
everything Immediately about 1.-THE fall
| len trees-the luxuriant underground, and
the numberess briar bushes, tell of its de-
sertion and neglect-while the bleating of
the sheep and the lowing of the cattle as
I they feed upon the rich fields of clover in
the dlstancc-the running to and fro of
men in the corn and harvest field, bespeak
the activity of the hand of improvement.
\ cars ago and this was the habitation of
John Cameron-a native of South Caroli-
na-but of Scotch descent. Among the
first emigrants who had settled in Ken
lucky, he assisted in building the fort, but
shortly after It's completion, being weary
of the restraint attendant upon the number
Of families living within the enclosure, de-
termlned to make a " clearing" and erect
a cabin at short distance from the fort,
so that in case of disturbance he might
retire to it for protection. During its in
vestment by the French and Indians he
sought refuge in it, and from some cause
or other his Improvements escaped the in
cendiary torch of the besiegers, so that
upon the retirement of the main body he
again ventured out, notwithstanding the
advice of those who were well acquainted
with their treachery.
The Cameron family consisted of the
father, mother, son and daughter A sue
cesslon of misfortunes had induced them
to leave their native State and brave the
dangers of a pioneer life with the hope of
being able III course of time to retrieve the
past. Though in moderate circumstances,
their hospitality drew around their freside
the best society of the neighborhood, while
not few were attracted by the charms of
the daughter Edith, as lovely a girl as
sported in all the buoyancy of youth upon
the banks Of the CLASSY Pedee.
A love for our native land is common 10
all-but by none is an absence from it
more poignantly felt than by the young
andineXpcrienccd. Home happy home
away from ii we are constantly wandering
in imagination to the spot most dear to US
on earth-nemory paints to us in vivid
colors the scenes of youth-the rocks
the blue hills, and the forest around the
place of our birth. Days of our youth |
days Of innocence and delight which pass
off as sweetly as the dew from the leaf
under the warming influence of May day
sun--when past they never can be recalled |
and then, only then do we realize the
truth of the destiny Of the boy in the fable |
who wandered from home in search of
contentment--wheni in reality he had leftup-
on his own native hearth that for which he |
had eXiled himself. An anticipated de-
parturc from childhood's abode is scarcely |
less painful than the reality. The eyes of |
Edith Cameron filled with tears as she |
seated herself at the foot of the hillock |
from which issued the stream of water |
whence she was accustomed to draw the |
daily supply. The next days rising sun
would behold her preparing to leave those
scenes where she had spent the happiest |
period of life-perhaps never to revisit
them. The ripping brook-its banks be-
decked with sweetest flowers, and the |
moss-coyered arbor under which she de-
lighted TO seat herself at the hour of twi-
light and weave those webs of anticipation
so delightful to the imagination of youth |
would be left behind. The clear star
light of a southern sky flashing through |
the dense forest, and the music of the !
woodlark, would be remembered only with |
thepast With such anticipations as these,
need we say that the girl wept tears of re-
gret? Edith's companion Qor she had
one) was youth some twenty-five years
OF agc-of robust frame-the image of |
health and manly vigor. From earliest