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Potttg. 7 HE FORLORN HOPS. * f t On the edge of a rock in the midst of the deep, ; . :: - - V ? Where the billows of Ocean loud roar, Where those*, fowl retires for shelter and sleep. Was a mariner lash'd to his oar^ ' iu,- ' 9 ? . ^ ? Prom the topmast they 'spied him, as -quick *';fore the wind _ A well furnish'd sjiip scudded by? 'William saw-? was trai^febrted ? Hope ra- j visb'd his mind? . v / And the big tear.rush'd quick to his eye. H-All-hnil shflntrd _ soon shall I see My friendsrand mv dear native l^nd? Then" no longer, ? thotr terrible Death I - > threaten me, v ' ? 7 For deliverance is already at hand. ? j ' v-v -* ? ? ' ? ?' ' ' in this mdlnent of rapture his he;?rt testi (And the thought was luxuriant indeed,) That Am bounty and fr^ndship had ne'er ? been denied, ^ ;= To the claims of a brother iniiced. - 13ut the captain iras steel'd gainst the call .of. dafcjw-- **. f ? ' Ancl onward hi* course he yet stood? William 'reft of hi ^ hofic-~* aw the vessel ' leaw * .v ' Then roird in despair in, the flood ! i.'.'fy /r/ ' i i ' ; ; . MORAL. Thi# story, reader , 1 have told, Tn make you hate that deed ? Jnd Ua& you never t9 vtUtihold , Youraid/rom those need . ;? A BACHELOR'S SOLILOQVY, TolMn^iHt^.wed ? tbl? i? tlfc qt*^1 ... M?0' ? j whether His better still to rove atlarge trom fafr to fair, ? mid the wtfds of passion, Or plunge at once irvt'o the^iiiinof taarriAge . And quench our we? f? to marry? have a Wife? !Ko more 1-r-ahd by that act'to say we still The restless ardors / all the natural tumrl is That flesh i/jbeir io ;? 1 'ti| a consume.* >on Devoutly io .tie wjshed*-? T6 marry? have ' . * M -4 A ^Wife? perchante e devil-? AVe'- the re 'a the rub;? ^ Tor 'wortgst tlifc nigcl *e*, frhat deVlflrfcre , found W hen they.; hftve shuffled offthfp virgin irta*k, Must (|tte ns -paose.? There'* the respect That makes a prudent mafi' so Jong a Be ~ cbetor, f who would bear the taunts of willing . maids? * j TOt coquetl|*t artifice, the prude's disdain 'With all the fear* arising Ccym success, When he tnfght hUowu qubiu* make i'/* With oner kind woman f Who would lose v Ia^ouWt respecting thoic whose I&ve he claimed ; , But that the J re$d of sOmethiiis after honaj moon, , ? i ^Thtttw;ri? perio^ whose short joys n tempt the dfttk plerplexmg way EDL0CK |? sicklied o'er bytfie pale cast of thought, And many a Youth ?f no s.nall piih and ? 't ' ^ ^ ^nchin^ "Pen<" a,n,U d#y'SB 4 M i *i V" wtit Aiid scorns the name of Hutband. iNpfEftEstiNC Views * OF OUk COUNTRr. j Translated topi of a letter from a dis thtgui^jtf enlightened French ^JWy Pm>- Friend ? Of pri vations I have endured duripg the last five months, that of remaining without letters from you, the most sensibly affect* me. It would be too formidable a task to attempt to give you extracts from my notes on the Ohio, the Mississippi, the river Volt, the St. Francis and the White River, which afford no position sui table for a large settlement ; but, from what I have myself seen here, and from every information which I receive, I feel assured that I shall find on the borders of this river all that we can desire. The higher you ascend the long river Arkansas, tht more picturesque and fertile is the country, particularly that part of it lying on the right hank, which be. lon^s to i he Indians ? who fori t V\r greatest attachment for the French, 1 and- Lhe strongest desire that would form a settlement near them ?, styling them their Great Fathers, and characterizing them by the re mark that they are as good as Indi ans. It is confidently asserted that government is at this moment ne gotiating the purchase of a~considc rable portion of this immense terri tory, which has only two or three hundred families for sovereigns, le gitimate proprietors of a country ex tending three hundred miles in length and two hundred in breadthv If this purchase should be made, it knight be practicable, after having obtained the lefc bank, to induce a cession, of the right alsoj which would be very advantageous. I have b^en obliged to remain at the Most of the Ark^&sas, on account of the rising of the river, and the dif ficulty of procuring a light boat to. ascend it; but this week's delay has not been last, 1 have visited a gflfet proportion of the lands situated be tween &e VV htte^T vcr,^heSt7 Fran cis and the Arkansas, and hate seen immense, prairfcs.1 The largest is nearly one hundred miles in circa re ference, it* soil of middling quality. The smaller, which ifc a Spanish cession not yet confirrtied', would be extremely desirable for any tohp could stock it with; two thousand head of cattle, but would not be sui table for 4 colony ? Nearly id! th^ inhabitants of the Arkansas post and its environs, ate French, many ?# them very amiable snd sociable. "fo f All unite in wishing for us as neigh bors, unless it be afew*who livfe by hunting and tradings but the great- J er partJaave given up thH rtiode qf life for nthe Cultivation of the lano? s More than one hundred families have, within a few years, establish edthemselves here as sqUatters, it i 50, 100 and even 300 mifcs from this post, on the beautiful feanks of^, the Arkansas. There the lands are of an admirable fertility for the jjIo- . duc^ipn of cotton, tobaefco, indigo, J rice, maize, vines, fruits and vege -taWesr The is, without doubt, the Ojost beautiful and agreeable pa?t of the United States, both un point of temperature ofi climate and fertility of stotU Nothing is watlting in this delightful portion of *piir happy country, btrc useful and industrioys ha^ds and intelligent heads, to ren der it the mos* flourishing of your irnmenft possessions. All the riches of nature abound in profusion. The mountains contain nitre, a Hum, salt, Vitriol, lead, copper, Wnf&ht lime-stone, mill-stdne, quarries, ful ler's earth, "chfysul, good clay fpr delft ware, and sand, far glass ware. Vegetation is g^antic ; the press, tne cedar, the white oak, the plumb tree, tht cherry, the sassafras, the xtntilbefry for silk Mtorm, arid above all, the indigenous otihty flou rish here.* ? I do not know if this beautiful tree, which rises to the height of one^hundred feet, and whose fruit I haveieen, wfflpi oduce oil equal to that of Provence y but I am ctnhdent it will answer well for the manufacturing of *oap, the tannins of leather, for burning, &c. tec. T jtelie vfr this discovery i$ my ^ rtitifwiU be a valuably acquisition to the country . Ithink, al $o, that the alive of J?grope would nfiost assuredly nuccecd here. Mad^ der, frkligo, pecoon, fit for' dying red, the yellow tree, the gum tree, which yields a rosin highly aromatic, i the lemon tree, which produce* an ! excellent lemon, &c. all flourish here, without care or culture. I cannot enumerate all the varieties of the vine, among which are the prune grape, ripe in June, the red, the white, the black, the violet, &c. I Th is, my dear sir, is the vast and I natural nursery j/ Bacchus . * The writer has enumerated a number of trees and planis, but having given the Frencn names instead of the Classical ones, we have not been able to render them into English, winch we lament, as our U livelier is t* cekbrated ^ atvrulisu I have devised a very simyie in.: economical mode of speedily ob taining good ^gra pes fvom rhre ^wlid vines. It is \to ?ut down an adja cent tree, on wMckl incline the vine, taking care not t^injure irs stem, removing; all lln*jji^ssary foliage from around it, to rS^t from sbadc, and pruning it ccrihey u^uie irrc^ j which serves as a pr<*p dfor it. ? There zrc large dis r ri c ts ift wh i c h almost every tree supports^ three enormous vines, Your..^ eVn country is the Arabia Fctra* America ; and your vegetation stun ted when compared with this. ? Here are many tter.s grow ifrg more ?I- - r _ ?. ? i tir. ?: than 200 feet high. W nat a beau tiful country, if it couki be secured from inundation ! I tire every one I jneet with rtiy ouestions/arfd every 'day I learn something new and use ful. My zeal and ardour do not abate, too happy if my privations and exertions prove beneficial to my companions in misfortune. j v *1 V"" 7- s ? 7 ^ , A manufactory of chamois lea ther add a tannery, established here would surely insure an independence. Fine buffalo skins, whose hair would makcC#n excellent matrass, &cv could be pyrcha ecTat 7 5 cents each is carried on ^gMftnstw. these poor animus solely for theit*} fat. The flesh is tnoredc^irare ;han that of our best oxen,; Kish are caught, game killed and wildTrmts produced without difficulty $ and vegetables of fcvqry kind succeed ;Wn# , .x , / ? ? I have left the advance ^njard of ? ; ? rr o i V the colony on the banks of the Ohio. I The ,patr|4Ch abandons his p Ire treat to Accompany us. The in- | habitants of New Madrid and those of this ppst, wkh sit *lown be side us ; hut I do not think vw(e ought to make A very extendi v? pur chose, unkriaWe were&ssured ofob takiingfrpm government a protract ed-tenii^orypaytnent, Gtn>d cttfti^ vation vwitl < afford greaeer profits thanspe^ulatingoivthe re-sale <>f thfc; land, on account of th? great TXteftt of country to be scid on the borders of the Arkansas, when the Mirvey ing of it snaHL be compteied. 0 % 1 v ? . A fn ail has bljen established this year between thw post and St. Louis/ an4 another; is much wished for from heg^ce to Washita 1 but it is absoT Ibftcly necessary that there should $>ea ware house at the mouth pi the river, on the banks of tht' Missis sippi, for the loading and ur,i<;adirtg of steam-boats ?*nd sloops, ajxi the' settlement!, hasin to undertake this ishmeut on the Ittdun Territory.? ^ i ttmstQ Ncw^ h c 3. 5 0 r 4<5 1 boat. 'I seen an|$igj? whose navigation is equal to that 0g the Arkansas; It can be ascended in % traded boat, at the nic of 300 mite iil t & days. tWith sea qcly *?y &her expenee tha? that of horlei, there might be relay* pu blished on the banks, by which, mtart* Boats might be ijrawn up fast as the mail travels. The ?baKv -lows are hard bottomed, wtde-4to~ naturally kept clear by the current. J There are neither rapids n6r dm^e f&li* Wcla The river is as beauti ful at the Seine, *nd only wants a Rouen or a Paris In miniature. I find myselfieftto complete my ope rations alcfie. Five iponths have I been wandering in the woods, and do not think I shall have completed my reaedfeftres before the middle* of May. It is not enough merely to ca-vt the eye ovtr a vast territory ; it is ne cessasyto explore and examine it * ro compare one part with another* and note all its disadvantages. The socicty have required of me a Vitu brious climate, a fertile soil and ra-y v i gable witer. This desirable tr 4 nicy is not easily found atfiembicvj , but I feci, however^coiitidr; c o. meeting with them on the ouac, oi thli ri. t: , i." :r.y i.ca.i ; w...* ... "gth do bu: continue. I a>surc you that I encounter much fill [nit: and man)'* thorn*. I have just written 10 Gen* ***** to urge him to come ami pa*s the summer on the deiighfftft" Arkaa*as. mountains, and escape from musque toes and yeUow fevers Every cne enjoys -hratth here. ? - ? There art* alreadv 14 or 150a ^ ?/ squatters on the borders of this river; the greater part of whom -h a vrr up hunting and trading: for the culti vation of lands whose prodbc?* ar^ and the necessary labour without danger. Thw to live frnde^ pendent snowM^nl, freed from tiXC shackles of ^sophist#SW*S68NSg|^| may here enjoy Full and com pletc satisfaction Apiculture, the chase, * fishing, and thepleasurcs of ^ weH provided table; will amply ccrnpen** site him for tHiSj^sertce of the too * often perfidious attentions o? th<* ^ shining city. Those who have play-HV ed ajdistinjgui.yljeci part in life retain tfi^ greatness* solitude, bnt lose K it on the pavemeht$i, Adiei% niy^ dear friend ? cbuld Xvilte yQ\i a v?-*"*/ I time \ but I dread tb$ *aski tftdfe4rrV you will be scarcely ible to t?$fi my scrawl. My hatads *reronly suite# to.^fce plough, to it I destine thrrn for the rertv&nder oftny life? ?Sr. tfbf Liber tnsyibi Patriae * My ! respects to the illustrious exfljps,*^ Tell theifi, I beg you, that cjicy carr-^ not better place the wfceck 6f their Tortunes thin here. WitK ^6r6oo^^ dollars andt discretion; ijcrS^ctable,^ beginning cm be rr^? )ffe^jb| en joyed, and independence sccured.-?^ ? Wkh courage und p^rscvewiJce^l^fi 1 shawl^eedily attain; a upon it. ^ Tell y^nrfj iend Anacreort? *#?* not to J^jrjr himself in the snows of jche Si. L& wrcr.ce : his talents and chemical apparatus^ 1 hrnyand we will keep, a continual ; jubtfre. Hrre }s a country ignoranr of art?, and rather or e th?t ? emails ^ ^loud for them. Did I not dread, writing, I cpuld sketch him scene* ? iOLhl^oaung^oJoSfr-^B^ ~ to communicate to jfici my Aoiffifte epistle. Apropos ; There U scarce ly any winter in this country We arc already in the midst of spring. Frost U seen but five or afar' times - during winter, and thcjjlaifcia ^aid not to beso great as at PHit^lphi*. The cultivation of cptton, the ma nufacturing of oil and soap, and at tcntion to the vine, arc sure means ot* Obtaining ifi'lependericcTicre. Or\p itian can cultivate six acres of landi # When cleared, the acre yields from one thousand pounds of cotton iii the pod, and [ three hundredths, picked. The act produce of tho acre may be estima ted at 50 dollars. Children ?an employed to gather it, ahd oi^p very profitably engaged, in iriiikmg oil, soap, brandy and dtaveagT which will sell for 50 ddlarjuriM<rar>u<;ami ift New-Qrlrarts. Jinflficieir ?or their mi; port may he edvily raised, an<J the food for thffcatrlt co t nothings which <tii a very p,rrat advrongr.-? ? shall be the first to heir wflefe * fix our rttlemrnt VA/tice to \c .so'^n, and be assured ot'rray sin- , I screst respects and rfgard. F Quebec, Ju Jty m. During the la^t fortni* ;ht, tha weather in thU district has 1* ep fa vorable to Agriculture j wa nm,\wth occasional fains The prognsvof'. vegetation lias arcordmgf^v been vei y rapid. Wheat sown about thfr middle of May, begin* fo shootout in e.ir. Our reports from different, parts of the difttrtct art rather favo-. i able than J dthcrwife. We think, ' generally, that vegetation is farther . advanced than at the same perio ^ ia>t ycartr v?r4 ^*rri K r o m \\r 1 t Vi tr ^ e 20th ??f JuW tht Dtoplr f t iVlotVfT* ^ \ ry ~ p^nencrd UttefnoM hot and i.' r tfv^l ii .dtx eM 1 <. 4r\. , . , {?riy.t A*Ui i M*.?: ? ? m ^gii ii y m I t thcrm*W?eMn thr static ll( jucully Iroun 96 to V8. jtifx a "r/; <2