The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-02

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jolts over the rough way, worn with gullies
and Obstructsd with rocks, is with difficulty
saved from ,upsetting by the broad shout
ders andstrong arms Of the party in charge.
Above, on the highest point of rock, some
of the younger of the western-bound pill
grims are planting the Stars and Stripes.
Below, and nearer to the spectator, a from
tier farmer and his family are grouped on
broad Hat rock. The suffering mother,
with her infant in her arms, has been car
RED thither by her husband to view the
glories Of the promised land which stretches
before them. Their boy-a type Of
Young America with characteristic
outfit consisting of his fathers rifle, news
paper, a string anda jack-knife, stands by,
musing upon the future. His little sister
cheers with expressions of childish surprise
and delight her care-worn mother, who sits
with her folded hands, thankful for dam
/ gers that are past, and longing for the rest
and quiet that are to come in their new
home. In the ravine below axemen are
clearing the road of fallen timber. Above
them, seated upon his horse, which he rests
the while, and pointing the way that lies
before them, is the guide-an old trapper
clad in robes of buckskin. Next to him is
a young adventurer, who, as his horse
strains up the last slope of the rock, rises
| in the stirrup to catch the first glimpse of
the pleasant land beyond. He is followed
by another of the same class, who is cheer
ing on the rest of the party. Each has his
necessary outfit strapped to his horse
lariat, meal-bag, frying pan, coffee-pot, ex-
ira blankets and shoes. 1885
Above these figures a youthful vagrant,
| with fiddle slung across his back, is as
slsting his equally youthful partner in life
up to the rock, that she may peep at what
lies beyond. They are careless and hap
Ply, in spite of their scanty equipments.
Below these, mounted on mule which
is led by a negro boy, is mother who
kisses, with tears of joy in her eyes, the
babe on her bosom. She thinks of the
meeting with him who has gone before
them. Next to her rough but good
hearted hunter Of the border is helping a
lad over the rocky path, who has been
wounded-perhaps in some skirmish with
hostile Indians. Immediately in the rear
| is wagon drawn by team OF oxen, in
which sits a young mother, straining her
eyes to look at the level land which glin-
| mers in the distance, and seemingly in
doubt whether there be not other troubles
ahead. The child in her lap, careless OF
all that is going on about her, is turning
to mirth all things of earth, as only child
| hood can. -
In the ornamental border, which is in
| tended to serve merely the purpose of a
frame or margin to separate the picture
| from another, the artist has interviewer
the motto, westward the course of empire
takes its way" with figures human and
animal-a playful introduction, as it were,
to the history OF emigration.
In the centre of the upper margin the
eagle shields with his broad wings Union
and Liberty, while before them fees the
! stealthy savage. On the left is the axeman,
preceded by the hunter, whose dog has
| attacked a oatamount. An Indian creep
! ing away discharges an arrow at the hun
ter On the right is the agriculturist
wedding corn, preceded by the mission
airy. Next prairie owl and rattlesnake
claiming the hospitality of prairie-dog.
Before them the Indian skulks away, shell
tering himself with his robe.
The right side margin, beginning from
below, shows child watching the flight
of herrons--Moses leading the Israelites
through the desert-the raven with loaf
in his bill-the Hebrew spies bringing
fruits from Eschol- "a child bearing above
treasures of precious stones, gold, etc.
Hercules dividing the pillars of Gibraltar
to open the path to the Atlantic (plus
uhga.) In the centre of this margin is the
portrait of Daniel Boone.
In the left side margin is child pad
ding in tortoise shell, gulls and lying
fish, Arion on the Dolphin, the dove with
olive branch, sailor boy, argosy of the
golden fleece, child with fruits, the wise
men of the East following the star to the
West. In the middle of this margin is the
portrait of Captain Clark.
The lower margin contains view of the
Golden Gate, the entrance to the harbor
of San Francisco.
| In painting his picture Mr.. Leutze has
| employed, for the first time in this country,
the new stereochromatic process, which
has superseded the fresco painting of the
middle ages.