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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
as I strolled amongst some rocky hills near the suburbs meditating on those I had lately left I wrote these lines which I ~eg leave to transcribe- •
How sweet when lonesome in nn unknown land To think of those whose friendship we commnnd But still more dear to mem'ry are the domes, Who fill our hearts with loves unceasing flames To bring their beauteous forms again to view Dwell on their charmes nnd our fond flnmes renew. Tis thus beneath a friendly ce<lnr's shnde On a rock couch with moss and tuft arrny'd WhiJe all around are lost In sportive g(l]ee My heart Eliza turns me nll to tliee To thee sweet girl who hast my bosom wnrm'd To nobler views than int're~t e,·cr formed 'I·o views which I unceasing wil1 pursue • Till you are mine or I am lost to you.- Oh sweet E--a could thy bosom rise With haft that fervor which mine now supplies I'd l.>id all other cares of bliss adieu My_hopes of bliss I place alone in you-
But where in the name of god do I wander. I intended to fill up this side with something of moment and here it is almost written up aboute the old broken do,vn hobby horse love-but now I'll try to do better- ' Upon my arrival home I stuck to the turf about six weeks and then started to see some of the country to west of the :Mississippi. I visited the Avoyelles Rapicle Appalousas and Attakapas districts and returned home about Christmas well pleased with most of what· I had seen. I have since. been twice to· NOrleans and happened there at the time the Negroe insurrection broke out.. About 150 negroes have been killed in various ways-Only two white men killed and three good dwelling houses burnt twenty miles of country on the left bank of the River was ravaged by them. Since the 1• t inst I have been at home and have employed my time in reading. By the ist of April at farthest I expect to start back to Lexington for the purpose of Studying law. I expect to be absent from home about two years and a half-18--months at Lexington and one year at Litchfield or William and Mary-Next October and the gods propitious I will visit Upper Louisiana- I am sorry that I have to leave this country before you come to it but if you should visit the .district of Attakapas you will find my father and on the Teshe 30 miles below Newtown where you may expect a hearty welcome. Our family moves to Attakapas in the
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