The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-07-26

/. over GrclllS on either side OF the frOl
|, porch, woodbines and eglantines crep
l, blushing with flowers, and pertaining II
= air with soft fragrance. Here Mr. Clay live
J IN style Of Republican simplicity, his 81
clety courted by those Of his own ranl
/ while his unbounded hospitality and libe
v atty to those beneath him gained hi
s friends in all classes. In person Mr.. Cla
was taller and larger than the majority {
men, with something light and graceful i
: his form, attentive to his dress, and captiva
r ting in his manners and address," Havin
a stopped at Cairo, the cholera was reporte
as on the river, and, as one who had lande
from possibly infected boat the autho
( was regarded with horror, and nearly s'or
dered to leave" 10 increase his embarrass
) ment, no boats would stop, and he was com
PEELED to go to place on the river wher
there was greater probability of embark
ing. A boat duly stopped there, but tn
| captain was memorable when the astut
the worthy to 'sliquor up" This resulted
favorably. The captain reeled, stammered
and agreed to receive the traveller on boart
!, it he would consent to be .funigated. II
, this no objection was made, and the Colone
was placed, together with his baggage, in
room OF the log tavern, where for an hour Q
more he remained Well-nigh strangled b,
the fumes Of burning tobacco and sumach
He was then declared to be sufficiently puri
fed, admitted ON board the boat, and re
ceived by the amused passengers as the "be
logged nullifer.''
Penetrating in due course the country to-
ward Xenia, the author stops at the isolated
dwelling Of a Virginian, DR.. =, gen.
tleman with silvery locks and long white
beard, who bends over and is absorbed in a
l yyotry {
valuable focks and herds of sheep and cat
tie, being allowed to 60 to waste. Advert
ing to this fact, and recommending more at
tention to so fine property, the traveller re-
ceives for reply:-s'My dear boy, don't dis
turb my mind with such rubbish. L am en-
gagged with more important matters.
The Church in this free country is in danger;
unless the State comes to the rescue we are
lost; there is but one way to guard it, and
that is by the Bgfs of government, union
of Church and State. %
ssBut pray which is the true religion, the
right church," asked the traveller.
'Bah how can you ask such question !?
Know you not that it is the Old School Pres
byterian Church, the Scotch faith !'
| At Detroit the author calls upon General
Cass, whom he describes as 'sa remarkable
looking man, short, but Of corpulent stature,
| with an expressive and boldly wrought
countenance, exhibiting great decision and
| firmness in its lineaments. The whole face
partook more Of severity than mildness,
though in disposition he was most kind and
generous By investing $50, 900 in real es-
tate at Detroit, General Cass had come to be
worth 50, 000, 900. In conversation with the
| author he strongly urged the Monroe doc
trine, and declared that ssthe nav Of the
United States would not only contain Mexi-
L,,k T,,hn Ill 81 IL =, =
lantic and Pacific which naturally belong
to this continent" Leaving the General,
the traveller drops in on a political gather
ing, and hears one of the orators exclaim,
"Fellow-citizens, my competitor has told
you of the services he rendered in the late
war. I will follow his example, and tell you
mine. When the tOcsin OF war summoned
the chivalry of the West to rally to the de-
fence Of the nation, I, fellow-citizens, ami
mated by that patriotic spirit that glows in
every Americans bosom, hired substitute
for that aoar, and the bones Of that man noao1
he bleaching ON the plains Of MeGico ~
In Chapter XII. of his volume the author
presents an extremely interesting account
Of the famous Chippewa chief Pogoneshik,
or q ole-in-the Day. which we regret our
inability to quote. An incident which ,ts11As
place soon after his death will serve % -
vey some idea OF his great influence. A
council assembled at Fond-du-lac, in lo4I,
to treat for the sale to the United States OF
several million of acres lying between Lake
Superior and the Upper Mississippi. AT this
council the leading chiefs bitterly opposed
any treaty of sale, but there suddenly ap
peared in the council youth of about twen-
ty, who quietly walked to the seat OF honor,
rose and spoke in favor of the treaty, and
ended by carrying his point in defiance OF
all opposition. The treaty was made, the
sale effected, when the youth, who was the
son of old Pogoneshik, caused to be written
at the end OF the paper these words =:
Fathers, the country CUR great father
sent you to purchase belongs to me. 1t was
once my fathers. He took iJ from the Sioux.
He, by his bravery, made himself the head
chief of the Chippewa nation. am great
er man than my father was, for am as
brave as he was, and on mymOther's side am
hereditary head chief of the nation. The land
YOU want belongs to me. If say sell, our
great father (the President of the United
States) will have it. If say not sell, he will
do without it. These Indians that YOU see
behind me have nothing to say about it.
approve of this treaty, and consent to
the same.
PoGONESHIK, OR HOLE-IN-THE.DAY.
Fond-du-lac, August Sd, lS47."
A more ''short, sharp and decisive claim
to authority by divine right it would be diff
ficult to discover. am head chief by my
father-head chief by my mo ther-the CONT
nent is mine-I sell it-these chiefs behind
me ,have nothing to do with the matter
such were the extremely autocratic and Eu-
ropean views of government taken by an
aboriginal savage OF America. Col. Peyton
visited him, and found him a gentleman
nered cut-throat,'' but with great dignity
and charming manners. He adopted the
mode of life Of the whites, and was man OF
unquestionable ability. He was murdered
by persons of his own race in Wisconsin in
1868.
We are unable to follow Colonel Peyton
in his interesting rambles deeper still into
the wilderness. where he encounters Indians,
hunters, f,appers, odd characters, haH-
breeds, and all the most picturesque types
of humanity amid scenes OF wild grandeur
| or beauty. The pages recording these eX-
plorations possess at this time what we may
almost STYLE an antiquarian value; the. coun-
try has rushed onward so fast That all mas
| changed in these regions, and the frontier
| has been pushed far toward the setting sun,
| if indeed there can be said to be any frontier
| left. From the time of the authors visit IN
1S4S to the present, one unceaslng tor
rent OF immigration from Europe and the
| Atlantic States has steadily flowed toward
these rich fields OF the Far WesC! cltieS statu
where the wolf howled, or still howls; and
the citizens of the thriving towns along the
Pacific Railroad go out to hunt buffalo for ex-
ercise before dinner. They linger in squads
only-the poor b,rffalos and the Indians too
are melting away. In fifty years-but what
progress this country will have made in that
SPACE. in wealth, numbers, extent OF soil
occupied, and in politics above all, it car
scarce enter into the mind OF man to con-
ceive. :.
We have left ourselves but little space IN
which to speak of the second work OF Col
Pevton. his American Crisis" In these
two handsome volumes the author presents
a candid, interesting, and valuable series
sketches of men, events, etc., at the com
mencement of the war of 1861. He enters
in the first chapters of his work, at consid
cradle length into the question not SO muci
of the right of secession as Of its feasibilt.
, and desirability at that time. Upon thes
points there will always exist many modlfl
cations of opinions even in the South, an
it is only necessary to say here that, accept
. | ing mission from North Corolina as Stat
: agent in the interest of the Confederacy, Tn
author proceeded to England, stopping OF
his way at the Bermudas, and IN Londo
: found himself thrown in familiar contae
: with other Southern commissioners, and VIII
!, Enolish svmpathisers Of rank and influence