The ladies' garland. [volume], November 18, 1826, Page 162, Image 2

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THE TRAVELLER.
/ LLYT* /\HJJ:V()F TIir.MISSlSSU'P!.
I HUM THU MIHTH AMKU1I V\ KKVI/ W.
ha s,-|ec»in;r s h s ;is afford the n:o>t
1 i ahh* ^j'.a hi:* ii" ol tli« author > niannrr, ue
iijj-l -o many ol »■*i i t! merit, that we are per
{»!■ v «i in our cfi nee. Tie* follow inu' is a d.
' o.pte.u ol’ the bright Mile in a picture of tie*
boatmen's life. \iter remarkiny; that it is not
s trail ye that this mode ol hlc should have in*
'i 11i»!•• attraction’* for tin* \ouny p.-..pic who
in e <m tIs*- banks of the river. In* continu'
{ 11'* 1* »ats ii >at !»’ their dwellings on beau
tilul spnny mornings, when tin* verdant forest,
il.** mod ,iiul d< ia ioiis tcinp«*raturc of tin* air.
tic dehyini'ul azure of t!ie sky gf this country,
t!i* 11!i• ■ hot!, in on the one hand,and tin- roman
t.*■ hintl on tie* oile r, the broad and smooth
sir. on iv-11 mu’ • aim! v dow n tie forest, a tel lloat !
iny the ko.it .11 y torn ard -all these eircum
s;.aie« ha i iii*.iti/e inti. - excited \ i mt}«! u i in.a
UUtiiilion. 1 !i ht e:t Hell are d »;e*li;y to tie* \ ! ;
hit on the d* * h of tlnur hoat 'He \ scatter their
wit amony tic twirls on the 'li"i* . who e*»me
down 1o tie- Wat- Is e,!-e to si c the pageant :
pas-, I h«- 1*•.at uhdes on until it disappears ;
hehii d i point ■.t wood. \t this m >11:t*i:t. per
h.,ps. tie* buy],-. with which all tie- boats an*
provided, stukes up its note i:i tie* distance
ovei th»* water. i’ie*se scenes and tin <c notes,
erhoniy trom the hhitl - *>t the beautiful Ohio,
have a eh.inn for tie* imagination. whe h. alto >’
I have heard it a thousand times repeated, and
at all h mi's and in all positions, i- even to me j
alwa\s new and ;dwa\- delightful.'
\\ i' take m \t our author'' account ol' the*
A it:n! an lu-ant;. am! -1111;■ 11 v of i!i.• .uiii^i ant -,
C'tali'.i'hnii-ni. ii[ i:i ffie rich lute!' in (>hio.
• In nialvinc,' remoter journey' l’imn tin- limn.
Iic'iilc the livul. t'. ami in tie- little h itioui' le.l
let in rullixat: m. ! lii'Ccrnei! tlie 'inok-- ii-m;
ili tlm woods arid h an', the stroke' of tie- :,\i
tie- tinkling ol In-!!', ami the hat ii-.e <.f tj.
am! 'aiv the new lx arnu-d emiirrant either rai~
it|o- hm loo cabin. or !n-t cut, red into p-i".-.
'i .n It Iro ati-rded nn- more i-i- I'ia^ rell.-c
11■ iii'*. a happen tram oi' a" ici.iti.in-. to c n
11 ■ 1111 ilate tliCM- i .'i!Miii|0' of .ocial toil in lie
Wide Wlldcrne-'. til.Ill, 1U our I,lore cultivated
i-eontii'. to I- urn in view ol' lh - in-.«* ' imptuow'
in ui'i i Noliiino can In- m nv I,■ a:i:iii:i ih n
! he -e tittle I eltti till'. U jlOil XX hit'll t lle'e e in I _'U‘a 111' .
it ! may'av'o. d,-|ui'i!e their hmi'ehold an !'
''■uii,.-' hurst I'.srtli in tin- interval' i*eiu--i u tie
ii;o!i and l uv or.-uud' The 11.— uul 'hr.do
are ol the Hui't he iutilul kind. Tim hr.Ilian!
redhird is ')’■ il 11111i11o- anmn^ the 'Liuh'. or.
I'- Celled oil a 1 |-e.-. scelll' Welcoinino. in her n: l
low n ate', tin emigrant to hi' abode Flock'
ol |1 n-o.|U- ‘' 11 clittcl ino amoi.o- the tin .•«. and
-1 - \ ' v11 - - ■ !' a. 'kiptiii.o I run lira nc h I t
hr inch in the mid'! "I lle-'C primeval ■ - -
tile I cite-111 and Id- i ■ s: - la'll r live- hi' la mil v
In a I. -.v \\i-ijlc- I lev hue re a red a cond! i f a hie
cahin. ami other ouihin! lino. J> -In. , | u-.
in two \ ."if., and X on x. ill .. e e\t.-o - jx,- I't.-lds
corn ale: win -it ; a x -«iii; and thriltv ochar.i.
ti nt 11 o. ' oi a'! kind', tie- o-unrat;In ol' prc'i-nt
’•mill nit 'Olt'i-‘eiicr on! ol' future ] ,\urx —.
I’ -- ;t ill t. n X eii', aid li,,- |.. l.!e;_. 'will
have di'appein --i l. I i; 'hud'' and toi---'l tree.
XX ill lie o ,it,• The An . a t,.;i-'c1 of liood'1 ■
and le'ired ahiindan.- end e-iuful will h u
alien piece la .t In ic k I u ,- with ron ■ o j.
n*cnts like th -- that intern! tie- 1,011,0 i nul ol'
house- in tin- older countries By this time the
'.eeupant. u ho came there with. perhaps, a small
'iiiii ut money. umi moderate expectations, front
liniiilile life, ami with no more than a common
'h■ >-'I education. has heen made, in succession,
member oi the assembly, justice of the peace,
am! iiinillv county jud^e.’
■ i admit tiiat the first residence ammi; the
tr"es it! u'd- the most agreeable picture to rnv
i.m.d : and that there is an inexpressible charm
to the pastoral 'implicitv of those years, before
pi ide and sell-consequence have banished tin
repose ol lin n ! .deli, and when you witness tin
lit1'! Mi'iinnles ut social toil with the barren !uxu
i iicc ol natut e.'
\\ .• i■ 1,>-1• r■ i;r I'MracI- with tin- 1;i~.rv ot
■ the rust* ol' tin' prairie,’ a Miss Jamieson, ol
whose parent' the author makes afl'ectionatc
mention in hi- letters.
• She was 1.,11 ^ a j>111>; 1 in my litniilv. From
the tii't ol liei ii'iil, an* \\ i ■ i i iis she was ae
<• 1 t ui jr, nei.il atti id •,n. I'm 'lie was In anti
I'll, the lose nl the inairie. ant! si.e ua- at tie
tiie-t i n t e rest i n n- peril a I n! lift-; anil she - ,mi
am! tint tiiesl in the p isses'iun nl an iineontii.i:
et! Ihm el 'pints, ami as hmivant as the lawti
ul In r uwii in 11 i I • • The l e^iilatinns . >)' a r, h
itimis family in that le^inn difl’er widely from
"ill's \\ le'!i 'he tiist re-aled with us sj;.' we-,
dispo-od to emi'ider nur rule as odious, anti
tmr rest net;.,ns as tt i"i;m\. 151; t in lint pro
tti'ess e| hi r studies a . ! el inore mature ae
(jiiaiiitane •. 'he hn".tn. traiH jin!. s.tti- tied, and
studious. esliihitin,; an a.th etimiate siihmissioii.
that fin lea red her to ti' all She soon hecaint
to me as "lie "I iiiV t'iiihii't ti. A conversation
w hieh 1 had with her. tlunie.t that severe 'ivk
m ss. w hieh I leu e mentioned, w ill Imi; !„■ re
ne "J . red in mv lit it nl \. ('outran to ah ex
pi 'tall ms. I ree eve re ti. and hail the sati't’.ie'.iuii
to ' e tlif pel!'it e tlliitiehtiulnC'S. that lied Imm
hi "ii v itherniir on her lirnw. assume tie n.rm
"I piety a ad religion \\ hen we were ahmit I
depart 11 mu that region for the Aikaii-is. le i
par:nia' Iroin my t'aunlv was nfiortinrate an
' '!•'i>in ! eisi"ed I'm Missouri with lim . ae
hsteueil wi1 h delight to her view s, her l esiiii;
'ions, and the plans wliitdi she proposed tor le ;
tut lire lite \ el ■.•ill heliete that they m-;
lint the I inti re'toio' to me lor I min it seasoned
with a 'pint ot tom,nice. Hut she laid down
ti' the outline, the 'te-uh anti unalterahle "in
<>! I li*‘ OOUMS»‘N ullM’h I ^liVt
!‘1 ■ r- as "re |t:i—:»tir tin- .-drrani. w• re ni
~' j> • t■■ 1111! and nfirdionatfy, for ! cxinct
cd In lin’d Imr mi more.’
!’V :M I rdr:t::i Ironi giving a few
1 * 1 delays :)i this interesting
t:.: mill !'••;!r tli it tins jsh,,nh! ItitML
I 'f'ti nl Kmi i:i.■.■ ’ ■ My mind and mv meitttO'
I V sil^.'i-'t in tin i'.'i i- ni this younir perMNS)
i1' *r In nr. fannlv. tar in..r>' than I shall rdJwK'.
r; I m-t. , ! .ildii-lim; to dil-.r. I shall he oti%
! t i tnii' h only, the rdu unitin' inriddits nffi.-i
sh ut c Ti'.-r. Them r. -idl’d in Inn f thrr'
I"■ ■ ■ til\ a very respretal.le younjr mam 1! • was
i 'tn. r sdi n' and la-si I’vrd in his nianni r>. lint
*' ' "it I'nynt. and id' a very tlifl'dviit cast
i m the v n in; in. a in his v n initv. Still, hi
a :s n it i”. 'dll calculated In win tin- nth di is
I a hcaut■ tnl voiina- woman, in whose n jnd
*!’ " ,J "a-. perhaps, tint mu oh!ii|ni'v, and th r
II d t.c.'it c • ... li\ the p.-rnsal nl'the .,,,v,.|s .
■ • »I’e " as not her hero. In r •• I., n
■ 1 \\ n ! in u his worth \V.- |.;i •■■■., |,:r
t' e an ’ honor:I !” a/Te.-ti’it , tmh and i a .-a
'ev \’na d I! v -s in a r> spia t; | !. rm
!’■ ytliWlt, anu looked to (lie lory lucrative tun.