Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-02-13

some vast ocean, beheld headlsnd Of tow
erlng mountain peak. In fact, to make use
OF poetieal figure, the whole surface Of
the eastern horizon seen from the eastern
brow Of tbe main Allegheny ridge, seemed
liEe the billows of a tumultuous ocean inra
storm, suddenly arrested BY the fiat Of Om-
Impotence, and fixed forever in their various
positions and attitudes. The whole scene
was indeed sublime, beyond any power Of
language / can command.
The house in which Statler resided was
emphaticslly Dutch house, one story high
framed and painted, with porch along the
whole front, and dormer windows in the
roof.
| During the winter of 1S12-13, on a
| journey between philadelphia and Pitts
burg, | stopped at this orderly and we'll reg
ulated tavern, to remain all night. There
was much company there. III addition 10
those who arrived at the time | did, bu, it
was of an ordinary travelling character,
composed chiefly Of western merchants, aud
We were not much in the way of each other.
Among the guests who surrounded the
Ere after supper, was a gentleman of ap-
Parently superior information, and who
seemed to be much Of literary character;
aud the conversation happening TO turn on
the dangers en- countered by travellers, he
voluntarily related to the company the fol-
lowing narrative, with the assurance that il
was true, and we all listened with atten-
tion:
"About year ago." said be, ''a gentle
man we'll armed, from the direction of
Pittsburg, aud its adjacent rich stock coun-
try, stopped at this house with large
drove Of fattened bullocks for the Philadel-
phia and Baltimore markets, who said it
was his intention to bring back the pro-
ceeds in money, to pay mp the contract
and that he would probably return in such
q length of time His name and dress and
also the place Of his residence / have now
forgotten; but he rode a white horse of
very superior power-and | meniion the
peculiar color of bis horse, because it was
I that which afterwards saved his life. Some
weeks after be had been gone, and about
the time Of bis expected return, two Cana
dian Frenchmen, on foot, we'll dressed, and
we'll armed, one carrying brace Of pistols
and the other rife, came from the diree-
ton OF Pittsburg, and stopped at this house
for breakfast. They told Mr.. Statler that
they bad no money, and that they had lost
| their horses. He Immediately ordered
breakfast for them, and they ate heartily,
conversing at the same tine in the French
language, and in an undertone. One Of
them was large stout man, aud the other
was person of less size; they both had
! The air of gentlemen.
After they bad brcakfasted they started
! eastward, in the direction Of Philadelphia
there was light soft snow en- the ground,
aud the walking was somewhat difficult
They had not proceeded more than two
miles, when in the distance, from a risin 2
piece of ground, they discovered traveller
advancing toward them on white horse
This wayfarer and his shite steed, they
imagined, were the objects of their long
aud anxious pursuit; and no sooner was this
fanciee discovery made, than they suddenly
turned their faces TO the westward, and APP
peared TO be travelling in that direction
The sCli:aFy traveller on the white horse
soon overlook and accosted them in the
most friendly manner. On being ques-
toned, they told him they were on their
way to Pittsburg, and we're destitute of the
means of defraying their expenses, and de-
sired him to assist them onward. His re.
ply was what ight have been expected
it was precisely what always may be ex-
{ pected by any destitute wayfarer, travelling
in the great west. He told them he was /:
poor man himself, and burdeued with tht
, heavy charge of large family of helpless
, children, that his name was Pollock, la
boring man by profession, aud that be livet
, on rented land, not far from the residenc,
3 OF Gen Arthur St. Clair, In Ligonier Val
3 ley, that he had but a very small sum o
: money with him, but that he would share i
with them, in bearing their expenses, to tn
last cent. Conversation on this and othe
r themes, brought the two vagabond French
, men, and their generous and noble conrad
r Pollock. back TO Stat!er's house for enter
tainmeut. Here poor Pollock ordered re
freshments for his stranger companions an,
E himself, and paid for them from leather
: purse, but very poorly and meagerly sup
: piled, and the travellers started on thei
way westward in company
! Dsriug the two visits the strangers ha'
5 made at Statler's house, their appearance
, conduct aud character had been narrowl
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