Ceredo crescent. [volume] (Ceredo, Va.) 1857-1861, 1859-01-29

Of0NG western frontier where Written lAUBiW
:ankHown, and consequently men were governed.
~ their passioSs and inclinatious. Mr.. Mac
PhoFeslt9 his getuarks on the poems of Ossian,
'1ss5 he n6bier passions of the mind never
sAt3t sfth more free aud unrestrained, than In
: thlf - IA cali AeE6afous. That irregular
A1anSf q lhS, aud l6ose manly pursuits, from
which barbarity tzkes its name, arg highly ia.
vofSble to strength Of mind an 4 nowAin polished
tihes. In. advanced society the characters of
man Are more uniform sad disgd gdissdr The hu-
mlu passions lie in soaiS degree cj Stfnd
tho. soul, without an opportunity af .exertng
them, lose their vigor:" -
Ftom 6nr First acquaintance witNttke history
of man to the present time, the art of war has
been. held in more veneration than any other
profession. Were the accounts Of destroying
life, BY murders, by prosecutions, by private and
public wars, blottcd from books, our libra
ries could be slowed away in small book cases
The history Of man appears to be history Of
revolution, blood and carnage. Were it not for
wars, how many names, which now shine with
peculiar lustrc, would have been lost in oblivion :?
War has rendered conspicuous the names of
Joshua, David, Cyrus Alexander, Romulus, Ma
rius, Caesar, Scpio Hannibal, Constantine
Cromwell Washington, and last, though not
least, Napoleon; with host of others, all Of
whom are rendered illustrious, by nmrchnr
boldly to the temple of fame through rivers OF
blood. 70
(. : 1t is natural impulse of the human mind, to
be Informed Of the condition aud doings of man
, in every age, circumstances and situation in
which he appears 10 have been placed by Prov
ideuce. In no situation ca. he pear more
interesting, than in the first settling of en- pircs
Those phllunthropists who have, by their stud
ies aud labor, either in the retirement of the
closet, the workshop, or. ia ulthe cultivation Of
the earth, richly mcritcdafn,gratitudo Of man
Kind, have been generally passed by as Plodding
,i1HoyelIeEs, unworthy Of distinction. It me are
opmcmorating the pamsp Of phlos.
Or Ats and mechanfrr5 tho have
broaS Perfection, tiic1 eii4pces,
~ EnsAlft eo6dition Of MOE WsIks.
& PUBIC and private life Eifss sFues'
i&Ptoysa; The 5wssrier At tsesi, N 4-.s6
{ is plaes Il % e.
( tOrld cannot base o=be in
N the mlitarypfx been
me most digni6e6 statt - even
IA II be so as disregard to cNst y long
settled public opinion, always .f, stab.
.beii,ii weak, or an lI7regt a aaind-
historians who :hayS 96as before,
rded the achievements 6E those .gener
ID, have commanded tkc streigth Of en-
pires the battle field I will cndssIor to give
so
of the pioneers, who fought frequently single
Handed without pay or the prospect of'cmoIu.
ment, but merely for the SAKE Of fighting.
As the abor@inas of uur country hell peace
able possession OF it irom time immemorial, il
wonld almost appear unjnsl to dspos<css them.
But the practice oi the woTll, from the earliest
times, appears to have established the principle
that The most powerful have right to govern;
the right Of conquest, then, appears to be a c.
giImatc right, sanctioned by the Laws of God
and nan.
':Let the Imagination Of the read pursue the
track Of the adveHlurer into the solitary wilder
ness, bending his course towards the setting
sGp over undulating hills under the shade of
large forest trees, and wadiAt through rank
weeds and grass which covered the earth now
yieWihg from the top JE hill the winding
course Of a creek. he usccrtaincd the cardinal
points Of north and south by the thickness of
the moss and bark on the north side OF the'an1
cicnt trees now descending into a valley, and
perceivng his approach to river, by seeing
the large ash, sycamore, and sugar tree, beauti-
fully festooned with grape vines. WatchfGl as
Argus his restless eye catches every thing around
him. In an unknown region, and surrounded
with dapgerS he is the sentinel Of his own safe
ty, and relies on himself alone for protection
The toilsomc march of the day being ended, at
the fall Of night he seeks for safety in some uar
row, sequestered hollow and'by the side OF a
log he builds FIRE, and after eating his coarse
and scanty meal, wraps himself up in his blank
OF, and lays him down on his bed of leaves, with
his feet to the FIRE, for repose."
OF the Whetzels there we're four brothers -
Their names we're Martin, Lewis, Jacob and
Johp. Their father was q German, and was
ono Of the first white meH who settled near
Wheelipg, in Virginia At which station or
S0Sthe located himself kcsuuot now recollect,
aIlteugh IhaVe often nd the story in my
yo1lh, Old Mr., WhetS Although il was the
hottsSt tine lathe Iudian war, was 90 rBh as 10
Ibid eihineSome distance from the fort, and
m6ve hb family intoit., HAW long be lived
tECvS before his fasI tragedy occurred, Is not
r61enbered. One day, in the midst of sum
~, Martin his eldest sou, being out bunting,
80 {ehn having been sent ooaoms erraGd 70
S6eDrt,) numerous party Of Indians surYOund.
- ~ house. rushed in, and killed, tomahawked
sd os1lped old Mr.. Whetsel, his wife asd ali
h1 Imalt children. Lees aud jacob, being
S1aSt, active boys, wefe spared, and made pris-
osers. When the piDlaOs gave Cessg - liber-
tNrf6rI small Taneo& they little knew The vd
u1 u fheir prisoasls 81 Gould the indians baSs
LA DrescisuOs q ne sad hsvock thl NO
would have made on their rsOo, NGssOsd