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Av M 'ihti A IlOttA L ht G I >'J I A. VTKWft OF LOUISI ANA., L) II. Af. Krackcyiridgty" Esq. (COKCiA lifc.D.) la our last number wc gave seve ral extracts from this work, calcu lated' to convey some general ideas, cTmie7 appearance of^xhtr-c&mtry arid its varieties of soil, together \vitK- sbmc of its curious peculiari ties . In notices that yet remain to be taken of it, " we shall be brief, as our manner is,*' as that endless old haranguer, ' Ezekiel Daw, used ro say. Wc never had occasion be fore to regret the narrowness of our limits, and the prcvalence'of the public taste in favour of the trports of congressional prcrceedings j and probably we sh^ll never have occa sion to regret them again. v The fifth ^chapter of the work describes the alluvial tracts on the Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, cxc. and the sixth gives a very rc guiar^and apparently excellent, ac count of the. rivers. What shows how thoroughly he had investigated his subject, and digested the acquir ed information, is the ta&le .into r which he. has ^condensed all the leading points of description and conjie*ion; In this part wc were particularly 1 struck with the spirit and sublimity* with which he has painted taose stupendous; natural beauties, the cata: acts of Missouri; and the fitrirfXfiHing grandeur of the surrounding scene, which gives re lief to tlf^~ aw fulness of. tTielr magni ficence. In Lewis** Journal we re member that there was a confined idea *f their appearances left on the mind, which arose frr/m the des cription having been given in the order in which' the nazracor ap proachec?ihem~ ? .. Thffgftvcfith chapter is occupied with the account of the animals pe culiar to the country, together with its, vegetable -anti mineral protlnc fiont?.' tbc animus arc the Griz zly hcar\ the Grysse Come , the An - . Ulope%. (nQt having a proper name) tHe PrAtti&dugf and the Gcpber. ? The oddity of'these is a circum stance suflaciecK to interest the rea^ der. The next chapter contain^ a - systerinatit account of the Indian tfibes that at present occupy those regions., The subject is also di gested into a table, which isjmclud ed in the same chapter, and alto gether displays in %he fullest *nan /Dcr His habits of acute and careful di^nnjuiaitjibp, as Veil as theindus The ninth chaptcr contains only two or three pages^ filled with re marks on the country of Columbia I and th c adjacent parts on the Ame rican western coast. In the tenth J (la*t chapter of this book) some 1 MSW traits are rapidly, but strongly developed, which before were not I observable, .or only caught at glitnpics y and were it our object to give spetimem of the author's best manner, we would choose some from this. Trt> afford information to our readers is our object, and even for I that purpose we cannot now select, lest this article should thereby be extended to an ia^dmt^ sable length. The subject is American antiquities, particularly the mcundv barrow.?t .walled f>wn&; fortification?, and othcf appearances of a statf of long extinguished civilization. . litre *s a wide fi?ld for curiosity and inge nuity to erfpatiatc j ,' but the darkest, wil iest wilderness that poor lost tra veller ever trod, notwithstanding the hundred dubious lights that cooj^c e^^a pain tc f $ eyeandgjrafhick I ctodicf, in the facility and precision ^irh wh^ch the general character Ot the scenes Was given ? in rhe MkIw leclv/e ut pcturq>.que effect, or an ap preciation of the results complici ty in variety* and contrast in corn- I ^binaVum, invjeprudent of theftnpoi-1 lAg power ot niturai beayucs ?/ ncre ' v. c nr, J. ' f * ^ : or more poet* character ? r ut only a taste true to nature, but feelings 1 strongly excitable by the cperalions of its own free ond warm imagina tion. The second book recommences the topographical descriptions of such parts of M i ssouri Territory as were necessary to make up the de tail omitted in the preceding general sketch. This is followed by ac counts of the " political divisions, inhabitants, population, towns and villages, character of the ancient in c * habitants, charge of government. " To this he adds some remarks on, the American climatc ^neraJly, compared with that of the Missouri ; and the difference of their produc tions. The lead mines of St. Ge nevive afford the subject of a very valuable chapter j and \hWt book, like the rest, concludes with the pic -J turcs of whatever amongst the a liquines or novelties of the scen| had been befidtiHflfepeci OverjSJ He^e are vij^^^Hdle A me n can bottom, as I^^H&thed, and its mounds beforcTMB|(|H ? Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Prairie dTT Roche> the site of St. Phillip, and the Venerable, picturesque ruins of. Fort de Char trrs ; and ihe still more odd, inte restingrand repulsive peculiarities of the monks of La Trappe; whose monascefy i? situated a few miles be low Sc. Roche. Amongst those ever silent and sad, contemptible, yet pitiable victims of a supersti tious enmity to nature, the scene is relieved by the." drollery of the mulatto lad with one leg," who endeavored, by his gesticulations, j to elicit a smile. " it was," says the author, c< a faint watery glram of sunshine which broke through j the surrounding gloomr" *cUne poor fellow, ten of twelve years of age, attracted my attention and pity. He was seated by a stove, making strokes ? on a slate, and appeared to have just nxnTrom the bed of sickness, or rather from the tomb. 1: maeiated to the lasr txtreme, his face was pale, cold and bloodless, hv? lips purpled, his sun ken eye marked by a livid streak, and his countenance overspread with & listless stillness. Had it not been for the feeble motion of his - hand as he drew if over the slate, and the occasional raising of his heavy and languid eyelid, I could have believed that the tenant of thii sad and .melancholy ruin had gone to seek a happier abode, Alaii poor lone creature, thou hast j no rnsther, no sister, to watch over thee with a tenderness arid solicitude | which none but a rnodier or a sister can feel !" The book concludes with a brief notice of the removal to the Amer ican wilds of this singular and fright | fully austere institution, from rer che in France, where it was foun-^ ded in 1140 by Rot roil of PcrChe> J and modified into us extreme , of severity in 1664 by the once gay, Abbe Ranee. ? I The third and last book is very j imperfect, as it contains only two chapters, and those relative to the ! new and important State of Louis iana : with an additional essay on ihe subject of the Mississippi ere- I vasse which occurred during the summer of ) fc 1 6. 1 The work is dedicated to his excellency the Chevalier Jose Cor-, rea, de Serra, (minister qf the king of Brazils) who is recognised^ vw "believe justly, as " the most enlighten** foreigner that has ever visited th*' United States. ** x to remark thai^ en ridge V'Htcd and e%* ly all the country that it arKTkl minted for the IKiliements of.ly of the <m*dtbte persons* The tutH, ot the woik Is sufficiently - UJudby the tact, that the substfe$ee of it wa> iim published in netrspaf ' pers, and circulated through the country to Which it related* In of st) there general purity, , out ^i'tzz inrqMalirv : t h o > r pas?a g-s that arc wiittcn with ca*e, and with the feeling^ awake, (refi amcre as It is termed) a re fmo^ttT, p-aecfut^ spirited and original ; but the parr? i that contain mere ' narrative, and common description, arc far from being more happily executed. The work, take it if) all, showsnot a sus tained effort, but rather the off1 flowerings of an ardent, lively mind, possessing great versatility of pow ers and variety .of attainments : and capable, at least, of great occasionaT vigor of exertion. r^arutu% ? _ Conundrums.? Why is a bachelor like an old almanac ? Why is an old tnztd like a book in sheets ? Why is a modern buek of lie ten Bike a new bound novel ? ? ' Why is a modern fine lady like a fcook not completed ? Mi^s Hoy^eof Drury Lane The atre was in die habit of occasionally* looking at her fingers, wlrne play ing, apparently if not really ' to as sise recollection. One evening ? the play was " Wild Goose Chase" - ? resorting with more frequency than usual to this uglv trick, a voice < from the j it uncourtcously addres sed her with "Oriana, is your part written on your nails ?** She with infinite readiness and good humfcur replied, Why, critic, Ihu* complain villi brow severe : " Why blame you that, which all thc'world commcmls ? * 44 None can inorc perfect in ber pavt ap? pear, u Than she who haa.it at her fingers md? /" The long reiterated and re-echoed thunder of applause which this pro duced gave .Mr. Critic an opportu nity to cscaj>e before the inevitable <c Out with him/* could be served Upon his person. Mr Garrow examining a "Very young lady/# ho was a witness jm,a cause of ^ault, asked her if the person who v as assaulted did not give the defendant very ill language ? if lie did not -till him ad ? d Scctcb Cclle* y and* litter other words cso bad, that he, the learned counsel, had not impudence enough to re- i peat : she rt plied in' the affirmative ? cc w ill you rr^jdam, be kind/nougli ; then/* "said l<e,*<% cortell rhe court ! what those ? were V* ? " *Why * air,, replied she, if you have -hut irrfpu dtnet enough to speafc them, how can you suppose u\at I have.11 ~ < 1 . . i ? A receipt for a Lad\9s T>rist'm\ jjfo Let chastity be your white, drsty your Vermillion :r dr**s your eyebrows with cheerfulness and your lips with sincerity j lfct in struction bt your earrings, ipno ccnce yoi^r garland j confidence your richest ornament. -j virtue your ^ robes $ hoVire-wifery your bracelets j and <on*ciops integrity the finuh of your'dre,,^^ ^ 'f ^ ?Xw ' ; ' j A Buffoon t the couit of Frao~ J cis I. complained to the king, that a great I-crrd threatened ? to murder j him for uttering, jpijy joket abawt him.. . '! If rhe dipe$ said Francft" he shall be hanged in five minutes after" "?l^ish'1 iiyt^ttfe wag, " your iViijesfy would hang him fwe mimitea before/. ' ' \ A Paris papersays, " The Amer cans a/ifl En ish'r Rotate rhe^i* chil* j dren In the fear' 6fG?d, and the fove oCmynejk'' , ,yfi. - had -an affatk- that puzz&rd Jnrt?, and (he much wiahed to have the advice, of a neighbour- j ifck'lsfwter, " indeed my friend." AM the ^wycJxxW#kcting*.y' great M ancc)?*' your affair ia ao intricate, 1 cannot aek where to begin." ? Tl)fcjtr'an'<bfck 'the' hint, and giving birpr&wo half guineas,' all he had, VtMte'i a pair ofsjpectacles for jtoti, air." Classical Ac \nr.M v. " I ^ I IE Sulvm+?tK:r \*kll upcn jul -iClI 1 JJ AiW 1' far liic msinu^um oi V of Roth Sj-xks. on MONl) \Y? tf.e 2,1 of June ik xi , at that spaciou* auu central situation No. 47 Tiactd-9*reet% commonly known by the bpjxlljuiou of Caitloia'a Long Room. Hv? professes to teach Orthm^aphv, Readings AViiUngv Arithmetic* f^ainn4?i Geography, History, and the Lalia at.d Greek Classics. As an assistant in some of those branch, es, he has engaged a Gentleman, whose . sidrrable advantage to the ioiprovcmtut of hi* Pubtta! * \ v . Such parent and gmtrdiana. as may fa vour him with their patronage, are ?Xi tired t hat the young Ladies and- Gentlemen en-- 1 trusted to his care, shaP be kept distinctly apart, and that every attention shall be paid to their intellectual moral lirw prove ment* ^ - No further promise is deemed neces sary ; he trusts by his conduct* to injrit the tncourastroent of those wtyo esteem a good Education one of Jhe best^ources of vittue and happiness. ? Masters will be engaged to teach Ur*w ing, ihe^Frcnch Languages Iluu- to *MCH pupil* a? arc to be instructed in those branches. ? v. A few BOARDKHS from' the Country* of both Sexes will be taken on /?c tuoiiublc 1'ermus and the greatest attention will be bestowed upon their mannera and improve ment. ? " ?? ? *' , , % - For termi of Tuition, apply at fs'o.^f. Tradd-street or at the Subscriber's* rcsl* dcnce No. 105, Broad-street^ * ISAAC HAJRBY.' Charleston, May 3U- \ / j JrfiO? 4 ' ? ? " m FOR SALE* ? An elegant Gig Horse and Four Wheel* cd Ca triage, wilt be sold before the Court House, on Monday^ th* 14th day of July, for C\ash. To be tolcl aa t He proper ty or A* A. M'Whgrter, at theeult of Messrs. Peters ftc Harrison, to satisfy ft Decree in Equity, The purchaser to j>af for bill of sale. . V' ? CARTER, Com, /ty. Camden ditt* July T -,y; 64? REGIMENTAL ORDERS. . ? Camden June 2^ 18 IT. lHE Captains or officfcrrcommftnfHvig companies are ? heitly wquired t> ? Uve their defaulters' at the general rev ie\r of the JStli Rig^ment oh the* 39th Maw last, summoned <o attend the ttefcimertfdfr Court Martial at Camderi Isth July next, (aa well those who W absent aa t^05e who were not *<}uif?pert according to law) and make theit^timi* to Ca pt. 1-hvy, President of the Court; at least three days previous to tlH-h- fitting. * * fader of VoT. P. SRp? > C D. 11 U NTER AdjuteuK. * JoWe 53' ' (^*WEkL\t s +. i i ? * ? T copartnership &. lf M WILLIAMS h?re u y"re for^riy occ^led hy Mr. r . 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