American Watchman And Delaware Advertiser

A WESTERN HERMIT.

About 12 miles above the junction of Spoon and Illinois rivers, immediately on the bank of the former, there has been living, for three years past, a man who had entirely secluded himself from the world, and dwells in the midst of the wilderness alone and upwards of 60 miles from the residence of any human being. His name is Davidson, he is a physician, was formerly a surgeon in the U. States army, and was pupil to the celebrated Dr. Rush.—He has a number of medical books, two guns, and a dog, and a quantity of clothing. He has erected himself a small hut, and has about an acre of ground in cultivation—at the back of his garden runs Spoon river, in which he has a fish trap. His food is wild turkeys and other game, fish, and the produce of his garden. He appears displeased at the sight of a human being. My informant saw him at his residence being impelled by curiosity to visit him, and inquired of him particularly the cause of his strange seclusion. He said he had done so, and would do so ever, to keep clear of the wretched white people. His father lives in Pennsylvania, and he has received many solicitous letters from him and other friends to return, but he has never answered one, and declares it to be his determination to remove from his present situation as soon as the whites approach too near him. As soon as his present stock of clothing wears out, he says he will dress himself in skins.

Indiana Gaz.