(^l)c ifarmcr's illnntljli) bisiior. 



14 i 



more tlinii ivvo tliousaiid (iolliii!? : lliey wevv, la- 

 kfti lo Maiioliestt'i- to lie rMHiiiiliicuiied iiitu 

 IkkiicIs Ibr ilic iiit^iile (iiiisli of one of llie grtiil 

 factoiie:* lliei-e erected tire pre.seiit sea.-oii. 



Ue iiieiitiohcd llio "Iron \Voil<s" «lneli stood 

 in olden liiie; ii|)un the Tni-Uey rivef, the dam ol 

 vvlneh Houed llie Great Swa(n|) or level uldeli 

 wo have bef'ii nienlionio;;, forniintr an uililjeial 

 Iiond (d' a rude in exteiU eHeJi way, the hed <d' 

 ulnidi, lonj;- sinee (lraine,d, is now in cidllvated 

 fiulds. This: Was in n direriion more easterly 

 than .Millvilh; and alioiil two onles dislatit from 

 the main village, lieinji- ahout the di.-tance vvhiidi 

 Tnrkey river hears all the way to the river. 

 The liniti of Mr. William Ahhot is homnled l>v 

 tliH stream o( Tnrkey river on the north, and in 

 its sinuosities aird hends rnns for the distance (d' 

 more than two miles, nearly donhle that id a di- 

 rei-t line — in some places so narrow that it njay 

 1)B jinnped across hy a spry and athletic man. — 

 Tills tiirin, formerly the property of Joseph Car- 

 ter, and the house novv standing' upon it, was the 

 hirlli-place of the late lamented Nathaniel H. 

 Oartkr, whose repnlalion cs a seliolar and a |io- 

 et, ami whose idiaraclej' as an amialilc, heiirvo- 

 lent and accomplished ijenilenKm, have done 

 Ijonor lo the name which he bears and to tiie 

 ]ilace of his nativity. 



With Nathaniel H. Carter this writer formed 

 an early acipiaimance and associatinn on his en- 

 trance into life .-is a man. This fientlcman eom- 

 inenced first as a student under the auspices and 

 patronage of the I.iie Phili|) CJarriyain, — from 

 whom he went to I'hillips Cx"ier Academy pre- 

 paratory til his entrance at Oartiuonth CoIU-i.'e, at 

 which he was just completing; his collpgiate 

 course in ISOi). I'lie lirst nri^diial poetical com- 

 iriiinicatioii in the New Hampshire Patriot after 

 we commenced that paper was from the pen of 

 Mr. Carter. Leaving colle;;e that year anil com- 

 incncin^ the instruction of the lnn|) school in 

 this villai;!', he lieeanie a room-mate of onrs liir 

 several montlis; and the recollection of many an 

 hour spent in reading; anil coiiversatiou, '"11001 

 prave to ;i;:iy, from lively to severe" — of the liril- 

 liant iiei^ddiorliood circh!, male tind lemale, mar- 

 ried and nnniiirried, which was wont loassemhle 

 I'S well lor the lii;hier aiiiusemenls as for more so- 

 ber and staid ccnsnitaliou — returns wilii all (lie 

 fm-ce of the events of yesterday. 



:VIr. Cirter was hss than one year the senior of 

 tlie editor of llie Visitor, (liilillL' his nativity Sept. 

 J7, 1787. At the time of onr first acipiainiaiicc 

 he had a fallieraiid motlier,a hrolheraiid several 

 (iisters, not cme of whom at this day survives. At 

 the li.iie of the difficulties al Dariinoinh Cullcfie, 

 as the ahle and warm liiend of die venerahle 

 VVheelock, he w.as appointed a Professor under 

 the Rev. Dr. Aden as President. Li aviii-f there 

 aoout tiie year 18i8, he went to Alhaiiy, N. Y., 

 when, from it conirihntor to the puhlicalions of 

 the day almost exclusively lit. nary, he hecainean 

 editor political. At tliat place and in New Verl< 

 city for ahout ten jears he conducted the leadiiif! 

 tiewspaper iii the interest of Dewitt Cliuioii. 

 whose triciidsliip and patronnoe were severed 

 only hy death, the laiter preceding the foriner 

 ivilhin the same year. 



Mr. Carter was in feehle iieaiih for several of 

 l!ic last years of Ids lifo:ti keen sen-'-dliveni' 

 which at all limes was rnoic or less peculiar to 

 the traiiiiiif.' and liirimres of his youth, in his de 

 clining lie.-dih, jirew into a settled melancholic 

 teniperameut wliicli much m.arred the eiijoyiTi-ni 

 of his latter days. Diirinif the years l8'^5-6, af 

 ter his health tio^an to decline, at the solicialion 

 of [he late llimry Eekford of New York, he ac- 

 companied his sou tlironf.di Eu;;land, Scotland, 

 Ireland, and over the usual route of the tour of 

 Europe. His letters, full of ficts lo interest and 

 cnliuliien, >vi^re at the time pulilished in the New- 

 York Statesman of which he was one of th" edi- 

 tors, and have since heen collecled in tuo vol 

 umes and repuiilished ill more than one edition. 

 li surp.ised us at the time that the excitement 'd 

 iravel .-houid so animate the valetudinarian as to 

 enalile him day alter day and week after week lo 

 pursue, rapid journeys (roni city to city, over 

 mountains and thfou^lh valley.', sitting down to 

 descrilie them ill sleepless nii:hts, while his com- 

 panion travellers were lakilij; refi'csiinuuit and 

 rest. Tiie reading' of some of these letters, as tliej 

 appeared from time to time iii the newspapers, 

 never escaped ns, Yoinif; Eckford, his compan- 

 iou and pupil while in Europe, -atoii after his re- 



turn, while on a sick bed, met witli-his dt^atli lidm i 

 the vioihes accidentally iakiii;; ftre. 



Mr. Carter, after Ids return lioiii Europe, spent 

 one or more months at Washiajitoii, roporini^ 

 tiir his newspaper intel■^.•^lius sketches of the 

 pulilic men of ihat time connected with the gov- 

 ernment, and of ihe proceed in^;:i of Conures.s.^ 

 HoldintJi: the pen of a le.ady vviiter and (piicldy 

 !.naspini; that mailer which would mo.-t interest 

 and amuse, all his c.outrihutions, whether literary 

 or political, coiitrihuted to i:ive a character to the 

 newspaper in which he was interested at least 

 efpial to the most ahle journals of the day. His 

 liealih still coiitinuinfr to decdine, Mr. C. resolved 

 to visit the island of Cuba, ^^hl•re he spent the 

 wintei' of 16"27-ci in a inikler aiinosphere. After 

 he eutereil upon the IlltJ of a political writer 

 .•;nd editor, his couslani labor seldom perinilted 

 him to spend much lime with his fiieiids ami 

 relalivis in New Hampshire. Emaciated and 

 worn down with ill-healih, he came here iii the 

 antiJinu of lyiS, ami made a last call upon Ids 

 relatives in this vilhi;-e and nt iuhhorhood : at 

 that lime, twenty years after onr lirst acquain- 

 lance, we remember one afternoon and eveiimj; 

 spent with him five miles out ol' the village at 

 the hou.so of all lifted relative ol' his who is now 

 no more. All the time he was here he was evi- 

 dently siifterint', li-um the effects of ill-health ev- 

 en a i;-reater liain iisiril depression of spirits. — 

 Every w liere receiveil with a cordial welcome, 

 his surviiiii!,' relatives and liieiids, after a lapse 

 of fifieen years, lini;cr on the, mcuioiy of that 

 visit with nielaiudioly (dt^asure. Relm iiiii;,' lo 

 New York, he atierwards ieiviru»'d to ns ibrouiih 

 his aciuistomed cliaunel of coilimunicalioii, the 

 newspaper which he had conducted, the follow- 

 iiiif trdiiite to the stream which we jiave uoliced 

 as bill del in^''for two miles the (iirni o'li whicdi he 

 was born, and where he had played ami labored 

 in the J ears ol' his lioybood : 



Fioin the .%sw Y"ik StitPsuvm nf t^upeniber ISJ3. 



TO MY .fSATlVK STlit'-AM. 



H:iil ! hiiil a^aln my unlive ^trenm, 



Scene uC my bi»v[i 'titJ's pjrlit'st droiun ! 



With snlitary step enre inure 



I trpsd Iliy wihl anfl sylvan shore. 



Aiid piiiso ri every turn to g^ize 



fjpfin Ihv diirl^ iTic'ind'riiig ia;ize. 



Wh.u tIjViiiili fibsrurfi lliv wouily sMirre, 



Wh:it tliouarli uasuni thy humble ciurse; 



Whit ir nil lolly ct;i.ssie r.aine 



(eve t) !hy pcneelul wiiters rain?, 



Slill r.;r.) Ill 



rUi il li mills ini;iii 



A solace to tins siukieirJ hejil- 



Since last with thee 1 parte-.I, U'^"- 

 ll-.th b' nie nie lai l:iri»i.i-ili irin,iy n clime, 

 Kiir rnini my iiitivo rivt' thiiisuiod 

 SHcluiicil by thy miirm'iiiig flmul ; 

 And 1 in dtsliiit l.iiiils biive rnamed 

 Wh'-Te rnlrii now streams, new nceai's I'nam'u, 

 Alnnglhe Sliaantni, Dnon :uid T:iy, 

 I've s:i;iiit(^r'd many a ti-ippy tiny. 

 A. Ill s.'U_'hi beside tlie (Jaiii a;i;i 'ri..i,i-- ; 

 Weiii'iri.il'; et' ii;;aiOi:.:il-ii:;aje< j 

 Or niin'^ied i:i the pc.lished ti-.iin 

 Ol' f'a^hinn, on the liaeks i^f Scire. 

 .\:!ii 1 liavc seen the azuic Pilion^ 

 I{ll^h heaiUoii!; IVoni hiis Alpine iliro:i ■ ; 

 Green iVli:icUf.j aad the silver To 

 'i'iirou^rll vi ;e-r.l ej vi|-a :a;;a;io'r'.'l_' '1.?'- ■ 

 Sweet Ariio, •.vre..ih"d in sijiif.v 1 il h> • ••', 

 Lii'-^'i ai.iidsl I'.tiuri Ml l>ow(:r~ ; 

 .A'"-! the old 'IMiei-'s velloa- ti h.- 

 fJ'di to Ihe sea in -iiiP n i.r.ii,-, 



I,, rlene, [• ■:■!:, ■■.■-. ii-. 



•l\!iU l.n-led roie.l. dr-pa.i.i r .,.■. 

 Wticrr; fervid skies t*oiere'r;ilow', 

 And Ihe foi'i irodn-i';iMlE,«rlii;:perin!' bl'jw. 

 Mv roving footsteps ip/i have press'd 

 'J'l'ie loveliest Islanil of the. West, 

 Tiiere Viinujri wiiahi deep and calm 

 T!:-(.ugh i;r"ve5 of ritraii }i;rl of" b.dm ; 

 Tliere on tlic sluggish: wave of Juan* 

 My l.ale bojt hath borne mc on jj . .■ ; , • 

 Or up (vaniMiar's silent floods, ;i . ;■,,. , 



.Siro^vn wiih the bloii.soias ofjits wobdsd 



Yet not the less, niy'haCi've 8lre;.ii>. 

 A'-l Ih Hi to toe a gratelyt. llieini*. 

 'i'iian v.'iieii in licrtlicss boylir.oirji ruinie, 

 1 wove lor iSiee tiie rustic rhyr.i". 

 Kreoiher realms, beyond the ?ea. 

 (iad sjireJid their lairesl ehaniis ler uje. 

 F.'f-n now, alone I sit me 'down, 

 Amidst thv woods, with auiuniii b--.'.-. . 



" 'I'his Word in .Spanish is pronounced as li wriiien 

 ii'hon. 



\ The auliior ol" Iliese lines, in i^ovving up the river Cati- 

 ifiiar near iM it iiixas, in January last, ^numi its current cov- 

 ered wiUi tiie blossoms uf Ibresl trees growirg upon its 

 bonks. 



And on tile rustling leaves reciine, 

 Heiieath a copse of wlii-'n'riiig pine, 

 'i'o w.iieh Ihy amber current run. 

 Bright Willi INovembci'ii purling sun, 

 .■Vrouiul with ea^^er eye 1 ti.ice 

 T'lie cliarms of each reineniber d pl:\ie — 

 Some t'ouiilain gusliing from II. e liaiik. 

 At which, in youth, I knelt and drank — 

 Von oak Us hoary arms that rears, 

 iicene of my sports in boyish years. 



Farewell; farewell ! though 1 no mere 

 May ramble on thy rur.d shore, 

 Soil shall ihy quiet wave (ilide on 

 Wlien he who waieh'd its flow is gone, 

 And his sole epitajjh shall be 

 Inscribed upon some aged tree. 



LtUVARD. 



Concord. N. H., Nov. 1828. 



Returning to New York from his Noveuiber'J 

 visit, .Mr. Carter was unable to pursue his acciis'-' ' 

 toined seviu'e labor as a reporter at VVasldiiutnri 

 in the succeeding' winter: his rapidly deidiuiug 

 health obliged him to 5;ive u[i entirely llic vt ly 

 laborious avocatiiui into which circunislances liiai 

 forced him, and which, alllioiigh it furnished the 

 means of a respectable livelihood to a person of his 

 haliits vviiliout family, was in bis case iuadequato '^ 

 to securin;^ liiin that ample fortune wliicli lea."5'' 

 been ofieu gained with the exercise and posses- • 

 sioii of far inferior talent and acrpiiremenls. As 

 a last rcsorl, wliile In'ioiing uiidera hopeless con- _ 

 sumption, to avoid the severity of anolber winter 

 here, he embiirked at \.:w York for the Mediter- 

 ranean and the south of France in the lidl of 

 1829. Soon after leaving- these shores, while oil 

 his voyage, from hemorrh ige of the Iiiiil's lie be- 

 came honily expi:etaut of brciiliuig his last. In 

 that condition, in the anticipation that his body 

 would meet the sailor's linrial — an idea revolrin^ 

 to ibe mere landsman, but said not to lie at till 

 uu|iieasaut to him vvliose lii'e lias lieeii sjipitt ' 

 upon the ocean — ho wrote the followiuj; lieatui- 

 l'n\ jeu d'csprit, discovering that calm Chiisiiaii' - 

 philoso|i|iy wliicli every erring: mortal .=-.110111(1 

 hope to attain before he tnecis the f'reat change 

 ■■\ hicli awaits ns all : 



THIT, 1?UR1AL AT St-;A. 

 From his room to the dock lliey brought him drest 



[• or his luneral iiles, by his own requr..-l, 



Willi Ills bonis, and stock, and his ear.iiciiLs en, 



.\nd nought hut the bre itliuig spirit gone ; 



For he v.-ished a child inighlcorne ivet lay • 



An Uiislf.rlled hand upon bis clay. 

 'i*i!en tliey wrapp'd ins Corse in liiG I-i.-ry sheet, 



T'o mc dead as Ar.ib n"s spices, s-.veel, 



And prepared him to seek the depths below. 



Where v.-aves never beat, nor Irmpesis blow. 



No steeds v.-ith iheir noddin-x plumes were liere, 



JNo sable hearse, and no corlin'd biev. 



To bear with par ide and i-'ouip a-.vay 



The dead, to sleep v. if): his kiiidicd clay ; 



Bui the little group — a silent few, 



His companions mixed, with the hardy crew, 



Slooil thoughtliii arouii 1, till a pr.aytr wan said. 



O'er the corse of the deaf, uneonscions liead. 



'I'iifcn they bme hia rcai.iins to the ves-sel's side, 



.S.nd coinraitied iliein safe to the dark b'-je liijc ; 



One siilh-n plunge, had the scene is o'er, 



The sea rolled on as it rolled liefnrc. 

 In that classical sea, •-vhose oc.nre vies 



With the green of its shores ami lac blue ofjits sUics, 



In some pearly cave — in. some cor.a! tcli. 



Oh ! lliQ dead sl'.all sleep ;. swer.li;-, as well - ^ '. 



•\s if it shined in the pomp of Parian tombs, 



Wiiore the east and the south breathe their rich perfuiiaes.: ' 

 Noi-forgoUen shall be the huiatdeat one, v 



Tliouj.i lie sleep in the -.vatery wasleti uluiiEv 



When the truinp of ii;e angel si.-uaJs v. itli dread, 



.\ud the sea, 4+ke ilin earth. gi\'ei.- 0,1 its dead'. 



iJis body Iiarely cscapeil the fate ai'.iicipit'rd jii 

 ibis, his last poetical effusion : he li'.ed uiiiil iha^ 

 slii|i nniveil al Marseilles, and In-eatlied his hist, 

 upon the .sliores of France. Sini.'C his dtratli a 

 beantifid iMirble obelisk or nioiinmeut lias been 

 Sfceted ovt.-r his riuiiain.s, the iiamificeiit {iif't of 

 .■\u^ustns (j'reele, Esq., a iticicbaiit of New Yoii<,'.' 

 also a native of New Hampshire, aiifl during his ,' 

 residence ill the city tin; iiitimale fi iei.d. id' Mr. 

 (y.irter. After ii successful iicrcmtile liia in that 

 city, this fjciitloiiiau has also sin^e jia.id the ;iiyHt 

 deiit of iialnro, (itid lives unl,\ i.i the re^iillvclimi: 

 of liieiids who witi) Ui.j.'-c dead "ill sooii |Jii-«>i , 

 ( ;T the sl.i; e. .' , 



in ci\iy notice of the Fan upon t!iu Concord 

 intervale we fiiiH by a look since lakei! from Sij-" 

 gar Ball on the e.ist side, tJiat btil one lialf the 

 story was told. As the river ran prexiotie^ ,lu., 

 hieaUin}x throufib inn more direct line, the ti'oo.k'is^ 

 made its distance nearly two miles in froiiii' iu a, 

 straight direction some seventy-five or one utiii-, 

 d red rods. Tims the riv.-r iu a circlo ca-iie down. 



