Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-06-23
Correspondence Of the y. Y Express.

THINGS ~ KENTUCKY AND TIE WEST.
could not consent to leave the West without
paying my long desired visit 10 Lexington. Lcay-
ing st. Louis for the North West took detour
Of several hundred miles in order 10 visit Le1ing.
t1n.-a New England name in the heart and gar.
den of old Kentucky. kentucky is n true Indian
n,me sgnfyiug The dark aud bloody ground"
and not less dark and bloody from the blood she'd
in the English rnd Indian wars. than from the
previous wars among the Eastern aud Southern
Indians. Indeed, IT was the fierce strifes among
Indians themselves which gave u name Ia the
Siatr. The Licking River, along the banks Of
which we rod" for 50 many miles, il full of incl
dents In the life of the bnckwoodsmen of the me
tai Of Daniel Boone. whose genius in the Indians
wars was worth army Of muskets and euunl
To the best skill and strategy ever learned in the
military schools. II was impossible to conquer
such men. tor even as prisoners of war they were
match for almost any number of the enemy .und
equal to any emergency. Lexington, however
w. named 10 pprpetuatc the glorious remcm.
brances of New England battle, and the town
where the first blood was she'd To secure Amori-
can independence.
II Is an old town, without much improvement,
probably without much of whit is called the spir-
1t Il the age, But like every other place have
seen III Kentucky, II abnuuds in hospitality. An
entire stranger. one finds himselfn welcome guest
aud most kindly entertained. There is n genial
trankness about the people,-n planness which
many would call biunuess.-but which Is and
which Is meant, for open hearted sincerty,-
When true kentuckinn says he Is glad To see
You he means what he says aud appears There
Is none of the gilded outside show of falsehood,
bur that true politcness which belongs as much
I" the peasant rs 10 the prince, to the log cab
IN rs 10 the palace, the hearty rood will of n
warm heart and an honest greeting. Without
caims OF any sort | found friends and kindness
where-from the Virginia born kentucky
home landlord of the hotel whore stopped, t,
the driver of the coach that carried me from
Ashland 10 the cemetery bnek To the hotel. The
conductor of the railroad between Covingion and
Lexington was nm Intelligent Green Mountain
hay,-pleasant 10 every body, communicative to
all. understanding his own business and the
welfare of his employers, and taking care that
neither should suffer at his hands. could but
contrast this treatment of Nermonter in Ken.
lucky to that If certain rude fellows in Bur
lington last summer, who would have huddled me
out of their City llall,and out of town, for raising
n voice for the son of man born upon their own
soil, OF n Vermont family. too. who died fighting
the battles of his country ON Vermont soil, and
himself also distinguished in the councils of the
country, both in its highest official position and
IN the possession of leading offices at home, and
in the general service of the country. Bat all
NermontorS are not Fremuutors of the stamp and
Speech WAS freer here in Kentucky thnn found
II IN Vermont year ago, md ! think senator
sumner of Mass. who made one visit here II long
time ago, and Gerriit Smith.n more +, cent visitor
here and in Missouri. will nj least own 50 much
10 he true.
But | came TO Lexington for one simple OBJ
lect.-lt was not to see the people nor the beau
~ of the land; though both deserve ueknow,-
edgements, when God and man have done so
much to develope both My own eyes, out of
England. never fell upon mole beautiful fields
and forests, nor, out of Poland, upon finer fields
Of wheat. With the rich, full deep. green fol
age, it WAS beautiful all, beautiful upon the hill
-j4es, aud the hill teps--in the valleys and in
the pastures--and deserving to be called as n
whole the Garden of America. But II
was Ashland ! was in pursuit of-the house of
! Henry Clay-the trees which he had planted
| the grounds which he had laid oul-the walks he
! had 'rod-t the fields he had sowed-the lands
| which he had cleared confess to hearty
sincere, hicl long veneration, for all this-and il
| possible, even more for the memory of Henry
I Clay than for the true personal friend, and if
| anything, 'rner patriot. 70 visit shland since
had SO many times been at Mount Vernon, WINS
| u want and passion. | would been glad to
have seen the old homestead, but the new one
since there has been change-realized all my
| expectations, The new mansion il upon the
| spot OF the old one-large, tasteful and in som,
respects elegant There Is is an air Of comfort
| and an absence from ostentation, in every de-
partment. | looked for the old gifts-t6e old
I pctures-the silver pitchers from Connecticut
the splendid gift of the Gold and silver Africans
| of New York-and other memorials from old.
true and tried friends.
To me there an interest in every gift, which
spoke affection for interest IN the grea,
commoner, the intelligent statesman, the pure
patriot, tue honest man. From among the ever
| greens of Ashland gathered an unfidpg laurel
as memorial of my visit. The fame of Henry
! Clay, know, will ouiye all such perishablt