Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, July 14, 1817, Image 4
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. *
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copartnership
&. lf M WILLIAMS h?re u
y"re for^riy occ^led hy Mr. r
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TEN DOLLARS KEWSKJ
SORKEL HURSfci ****$*
LcK&*nd* white ?p?t ?fi
teeth ire tniMing. fhc ***** r<**r&
will be p?4<Mo an* pcfsoo w,W will djlifef
the Hor*e tbovr deaCfiM U> the tutocrw
heron /**><* ^<rr in Sumter DUurlct,**
I^KuUgrn^
p*r the MilO, Cepfai*
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