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ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT
OF CINCINNATI.

Tho pioneers Of Cincinnati recently celebrated
the anniversary of its first settlement. On the
occasional. ID. Mansfield Esq. delivered an ora.
ton, from which VIC extract n few paragraphs, as
it appeared in the Ciacinrati Gazette:
So passed the Cincinnati of lS00-as complete.
ly disappeared now from this real world rs have
its mounds, its dark forests, and its primitive in.
hahtGnts. No building stands, no fort remains,
no alder bushes, no marshy ponds, no birds sing.
ing within the groves Of Deer Greek, no keel. boat
pooled 'alsng the river no stories told, by the fire.
side, of lndiau murdcrs no bold hunter, leaning
on his rifle, in torn shirt and deerskin moccasin :
no rugged pioneer, who had traverSed unknown
Wilderness, fought with the savage, and quelled
the forest
1l90f --"the race of yore
WHO danced our infancy upon their knee,
And told cur maryolliug %boyhood legends store,
OF their strange %mishqrs by land and sea
How are they vauishsl from the things that be!
TIE old pioneer-the man of the woods-has
passed. away forever. Ile is an extinct being.
The settler Of a new State you have, but he is no
moro a PIONEER. lie has gone there on q railroad.
lie has established a steam saW.mill. lie has got
up q Mcchnnics' Institute. His wife thrums a
piano, and bis daughter reads Putnam's Magazine.
lie was not born in the age of Washington, nor
hunted with Boone, nor marched with Wayne to
victory =. s...
Cincinnati was FOUNDED IN the age OF the IlOn-
GERS, In the various companies that arrived here
prior 70 1850 werehundrcds of those whose fathers
hal seen the hardships Of the Revolution, and
endured th9 Yrivations Of the frontier, and whose
blood now runs in tho veins Of thousands around
us. | would Iain dwell upon their names and
characters, but what should | do but recall the
long procession OF the dead Here and there
some aged witness Of the olden time remains, but
for all the rest, their faces have passed from us,
aud their memory is consigned to history and pos.
terity.
In giving a representation of the Indians, he
drew the following picture Of
ta-sI LITTLE TURTLE.
This last oonfeGeracv had been formed by
Brandt, hut The figure which stands out on the
historic canvas in bold relief is that Of ME-CHE
cUNNAogA--the Little Turtle--Chief Of the
Miamis. This most acute and sagacious of al
the Indian statesmen was an educated man, and,
it is said, even n polished gentleman. lie had
wit, hen1or and intelligence. lie was an exten.
eiyea traveller, and had visited all parts Of the
country, and bee me acquainted with the most
distinguished men. He had seen and admired
General Washington. lie was presented with a
pair OF pistols by kosclusco, and the Polish hero
charged him to use them in defense Of his country,
lie was intimate with The philosopher NOlney who
constructed Il vocabulary of the Indian tongue
from his instruction. In conversation with Volney,
the Freedman informed him that the Indians had
come from the Tartars, in Asia. But" said
Little Turtle, why may not the Tartars hare come
from America are there aHy reasons to tie con-
frdyy ~ little Turtle commanded the Indian
forces at the defeat of Harmar and the defeat OF
St. Clair hut though present and fighting brave
ly at the final battle with Wayne, seems not to
have commanded. He advised against the attack,
and said to the Indians I've have beaten the
enemy twice. Necannpt expect always the same
good fortune. The Americans are now led by q
chief who never sleeps. The day and the night
arc alike to him. l advise peace" When defeat
GANG aud disasters pressed upon his nation, hi
wasstiH calm, prudent, wise and fearless. Ill
signed the Treaty Of Greenville with the chiefs o
ten tribes, and never again appeared on the felC
Of battle. a few years after he came to my father
house, at Ludlow Station, to arrange for the sur
vey of the Greenyille line. As he rode away from
the houso.in the declining sun, we might, withou
any violent effort OF imagination, have scenes
to see the last great spirit of the lndial
race'leaving the land Of his fathers-looking 70
the last time upon the beautiful valley Of til
Miamis, bidding farewell forever to each hill, an
wood, and stream
Thirty years after the Treaty at Greenville h
died at Fort Wayne, of the y0tH, which woul
seem a marvellous fact, did we not recollect tina
the Turtle was a high liver and q gentleman
Equally remarkable is it that his body was born
to the grave with the highest honor $ by his grea
est euGmy-the white man. Tho mufled drum
the solemn march, the funeral salute announce
that a great soldier had fallen, and even enemie
paid their mournful tribute to his memory.
The following is his description Of
THE PIONEER MERCHANT.
The pioneer merchant was a man, who, havin
collected Il museum of every possible materii
supposed 10 be useful among men, sought wit
considerable liberality, to dispense them anon
his neighbours for q consideration. No one nee
suppose that the consideration was money, unles
by a%ccident, such \ curiosity should be foun
among common people. Here, / may as we'll sa'
th,t ,vka,, r,,npa,, ,voS rno1ly varuirod IL ,uoS vI.
was hthen called ''cut money :" that is, the oil
Spanish dollar was cut into pieces, which wei
supposed to bear Il certain relation to the origjni
dollar. BY this process, dollars were found to hay
tfce quarters ] Exactly as Il note nowadays pas
ing thrOughl brokers' bends, is found to hay
twenty per cent, taken out Of it. This money wa
then the current coin of the realm. But the bus
ness of the, merchant was chiefly carried on by
curJe7eylconap posed Of Particles exchangeable in til
East for money. In East Tennessee at an earl
day, | believe the current money receivable, wa
'GDOu skins" as in Virginia it was certa:nl
tobacco, But, in the Miami country the most cul
rent article was 'sang"-ginseng--au articl
always receivable in China for tea. The next hes
money for the merchant was beeswax and feathers
Al tbese bore good prices at the East. On tn
other hand, all produce could be readily bough
for salt, powdsf and lead-articles indispensable
on the frontier, an1 not produced here. One
the early, and most successful merchants of Cir
cinnati commenced mis- career by pa king salt 0
horseback over the mountains; and yet you know
that in the Valley of the Ohio is salt water enoug
to supply the earth.
Thussthe merchant was q trader in all sorts
things. He was a produce dealer, q dry-good
man. n grocer. a book, seller, Il broker, a banker,
fnaneier, n toyinan, and n common carrier. Ii
life passed as the general agent of society, b
shop, amuseum, and his head a repository Of US
ful knowledge.
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ed MARENGO At AUCTION.