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Show GJ ll!C'II:\1:[) IIUHDJS, "A11 I h rtn'; th ree thour:;:md doll:trs, more or lc:;s, in Un ited States bank Lills, some few AlaLamn, and Gcorgin, all p nssaLio at the laml-otricc," wns l1is reply. " T he g-rc:ltcr need of' caution. 'l'Jwrc nrc l:md-pirn tcs on t.lJC ll lack "·a~· rior, :md Alabama., who nrc said to be worse by fur t hnn the pm1.tcs of the g-ulf. Look to it, ' Vi ll iam, rmd kcc11 you r money out of sigl1 t. 'J'hc more poor you r p retensions, tlJO more certain your safety. Show no more money t l 1~m you wish to spend ." " I will not, Ricllanl ; aml yet I siJO ul cl h:wc no objection to P'.'t my mo1~cy do,~·n upon the butt-end of a log, and tnke a lmg wllh nny p m.ltc of them all wlw sl10uld hnYc it." " More bra\·c tlwn wise," was my reply. 11 But let liS l1avc no more of th is; there a.rc t rnvc11ers before nnd L<'hind ns. I .ct our circumspect ion begin from th is moment. \Yo ltave bot h llCNl of it, being nt grcntcr r isk, ns we bri ng, like a tcrrnpin , our homes and nll that is in them, on our bncks. You lt:we too much _money a ~out_ you. In that., \ Vill iam, you were nuything but w1sc. I w1sh I had counsell ed you. You could h:we entered tlte lnnds with one fourth of it. Dut it is too btc now to repent. You must he watchful only . I am not nt so great n risk as you, but I It ave qu ite enough to tempt a Red river gambler to h is own ruin and mine." " I shnll heed you," replied my compa.n io11, buttoning ]lis coat, and tmning the butt of a pi stol in his bosom, making it more conven ient to his gr:tsp. "Dnt who nrc ti JCse travellers 1 Settlers from Nor th Carol inn, I reckon. P oor dev ils from 'J'nr river as usunl, going, they know not wltc rc, to get, tltey know not wltat." " T hey can not go to a poorer region, nor fa re much ·worse thnn they have done, if your guess be right." " I'll lny a picayune upon it. They look sleepy mal poor enough to have lived at Tar ri ver a thousand y ears. But, wo sha11 sec." T ilE F:~ I IG IUN' I~. CII AP T ER I X. Till~ EMIG RANT S. " An ngeJ mnu whose hend some SC\'enty yenrs 1l nd snowed on freely, led the ermwun ;ll is sons ttllll sons' sous, and thei1· f;lm i lie~, Tull youLhs nud sunny mni•..lens- n glad group Thnt glq.we•l in generous blooll, nnd hall 110 eMe, And little thought of t\1e futu re, followed him:Some pcrclted on g:nllnnt stec•le-olllet·s mo1·e ~l o w, 'l'he infants nnd the mutrons of the fl ock, In collt.:h nml jcrs(ly- but nil moving on To the new laud of pt·omisc, full of <henms Of westem rich c~. Mis.siS:'Ii ppi mndl" 65 ll\' this t ime we hml overtaken the cavalcade, and sure enough, it tmned out ns my companion l tad conjectured. ~rh e wamlcrers were from one of the })OOrcst parts of North Caroli· 11a, bent to better the ir cond ition in the western valleys, " full of dreams.'' and as 0110 of our southern poets, whom I quote above, energetically CX}H'esscs it, 11 Mississippi mad." 'l'hey consisted of several fam ilies, three or four in number, all from the same neighborhood, who were thus making a coloni zing exped it ion of it; and as they had a ll nlong formed a little world to themselves before, now resolving with a spir it not less wise than amiable, to preserve t he same social a nd domestic relations in the new regions to which they bent their steps. T hey thus carry with th em the moruls and tho manners to wlticlt they have been accustomed, and find a nntuml h ome accordi ngly wherever they go. But even tltis arrangement does not su pply t he ir loss, and the social mornliot may well apprehend the deteriorat ion of the graces of society in every desertion by a people of their ancient homes. T hough men may lose nothing of their fecundity by wandering, ana in emigrat ion to tho |