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. Meun. Entron*-—Absence from town hindered me
from seeing your papcrkif-Saturday till the forenoon of
Thursday, the 4th instant. On reading it, I was diverted
with the coarse strain of irony in widen a writer, styling
himself JVtcAtdemm, sets firth the plea urged by many
of those srho spend their leisure hours in dalliance stei
the level) damsels of Lybian genealogy. i scanned it
over and over with pleasure; hot alien l came to reflect,
elut bad habits often impair and exhaust the tone
vigor of the mind beyond the possibility of resuscitation,
- in a manner somewhat similar to the operations of nox
ious climes on constitutions inured to a northern atmos-
* pliers,—I doubted roach whether the gentle twain*, on
whose practices it was a satire, would not take it in earn
est for an able vindication of their prineiples. So call
ing to my daughter Rebecca, to bring me my broad
brim bat, I set out for their afternoon lounging places;
resolved to dissipate mv doubts, and depen.ting on mv
red Whiskers and raw looks for pasting with impunity
nod without exciting suspicion. 1 soon Cell in with four
Or five of them, svaraly approbating the satirist, and ex
ulting in the supposed humiliation of JinuMtlatto —
Staring at them with my eyes stretched wide ooen and
t jny mouth distended to an unusual length, 1 appeared to
be listening to their sate discourse, as if it had been the
responses of some renowned oracle; but fearful lest my
remaining too long in that posture might occasion them
-to distrust njy real Views, orlliit my clodpoll lineaments
*nd gestures might bS so disagreeable as to induce them
to lay their canes aerhss my shoulders, to make me keep
utamore respectful distance,—1 seated myself on a bench
behind them; and after scratching my head and yawning
for a few moments, feigned asleep, wiibmy head reclin
ing against the wall and' my right arm supported by a
•tout orange club. Iliad now a fair opportunity of over
bearing all that was said. Liquor circulated freely, and
the interval between each draught was occupied in pane
gyrising their mock advocate and' elucidating Ids sar
casms as propositions resting on reason. ‘What could I
do with a white wife? —-a’d one: Our Georgia ladies can’t
or won't work; they’re lazy to excess. There’s Dick
Lovcbottle’a wife: she must have four neegirs to wail on
bur: Dinah to call Molly to call Tiiia'.i to call Hagar to
come in and pick up fur needle or raise de window
sashes. Slje cau't wash hur linen if varmont was to run
away tfid bur, or co d: a pot of nee if she wa* to bt
darn’t tort. She must have a horse and tchar; and then
she scolds and fights U.n whence takes a little bit of a
spree, tho’he come licZic a' early as four o’clock in tic
morning.. When he’s s ek, she don’t stay at home and
take care on him; but goes a gossipf : ig till midnight!
and tl.cn sleeps iu ur.other room, leafing de poor fallow
lor de s.irvai:,s to lo. k ater. • What cduld 1 with iny two
dollars a Jiy ,\j with; :ic!i a fine lady as liur-e.li/—and
ue rest on ’etti :s no better My black gal sews, and
Washes, and Co.'Ll, arid sells cakes and apples in de bar-
Cain; and is plumper u:d fatter than any linicay wnite
lady m deko.vine, a.id when she don’t please me, I can
. beat her or turn !*.adrift, and get another. That’s
norc tjian we dare da to de whites, and Nichcdcmus
knows it. Here’s, b.v s, to Lis health.”
To have riseuand expostulated with creatures so lost
to honor and virtue would, besides exposing my aged
body to danger, have beta derogatory to my reputation
as a man and a parent; hut deeming the exposition of
tile pitiful subterfuges, by which depravity would shield
itselffrom the indignation of mankind, not altogether use
less, I have dcignai toanswer theta by the subsequent in
cidents and reflections thrown hastily together:
Tliat there arc puny young women, in this, as well as
every other,city, unsuitable for the station of a poor man’s
*£»<!»—« very true. This is occasioned in some by the
affluence of their parents placing them, as it were, above
the prospect pf necessity ever requiring them to exert
their physical energies for a livelihood. Reliance on
wealth and good luck, though generally productive of no
very bad consequences in a thriviugjcountry like our’s, ne>
ver bring* with it any advantages. . It is a defect borrow
ed from the high ranks of E iropeantsociety, and ought to
“ 3 (1 P- rac d* c d. Fortune is mutable. A single hour often
suffices to hurl a family from the pu.viacle of pecuniary
lest dupes. To this, „,.c host emphatically, and brief,
ly replied,
“Whatever ft, is Tight.’
rhe subject was dropt: when are returned our thanks to j
’■he old man for bis hospitality, and embarked with'a I
independence to the depths of the mm.* -*hjast indigence, almost white. At dinner, retaiaing,lier seat witli”the
lu such an event, the utility of a Woman’s expertness in greatest composure, she would suckle her infant, greet
s*p&ollor.», with little or no varlatlan, arethe work of portion of our race whom mercy would select as’is fit.
lue husband*. He soon becomes tired'or the dull mono. - — ^ *
tony of home, and longs for the exldiirat>ng jokes and
edifying conundrums of his croneys. By degrees, h.
neglects hi* (ire side, to enjoy the unmeaning grin and
horse-laugh of tavern witlings,«ill at length home seems a
prison and his wife the turnkey. ' At a late hour, s» the
whim takes loro, he staggers home brawling and cursing
and perhaps before-he sleeps beats his wife on purpose to
keep her under proper tubordination, or hies ojf with i
set of wretches to a b ignio, or creeps tinder the dirtv
blanket of a yellow or black wench, surrounded wilii
pots, kettles, dish water and tainted victuals. The per.
nicious effects of such practices are not always confined
to him elf.. They have Keen known to entail disease on
his children and undermine the health of hit wife to her
blest hour; hut cases of this kind are rare. Disquietude
of mind and mendicity are the common after-claps Ir
ritated by repeated tokens of disrespect and maltreat
ment. his wife seeks to beguile her mortification in the
company of her female acquaintance, to the neglect oflier
domestic concerns. Each succeeding day witnesses fresi
quarrels. The breach becomes irrcparah.e. Foul reproach
e, is.ua from his slanderous mouth, and with too much
truth she retorts them. Impressed with theawfuUoleinni-
ty of her nuptial vows and perhaps fearful of.the invidious
reports of calumnia 1 ors, she bears with her sorrows, ra.
ther than Veparate-ytill his death kiwjly puts an end to
her aulTer'mgs. Eul to the latter, it ii sometimes impos.
xible for human nature to submit Heat and belied and
neglected, indifference settles down into unchangeable
rancor. She Hies forever from the domination of her
tyrant, seeks an asylum in servitude or in the habitation
oflier kinsfolk. Eut there are instances in which the se
quel is of a more melancholy nature—-pi which the wife,
to avenge Iter wrongs, compromits her honor in an in
considerate hour, and i* sucked down into the vortex of
infamy—to arise no more. ‘
llut what do these facts go to prove? Not, 1 surely,
that marriage impl.es misery;—but tlut its violation,—
perjury,—a crime against God and man,—is fruitful of
the must baleful evils which scourge the human race is
subversive of nationd independence, morality and life.
Hence the imperincs necessity of a thorough acquaint,
ance with each othtr's disposition, and the assurance that
a permanent passion is reciprocated. Without them,
wedlock is past tnriurance; with them, as I have learnt
from six and thirty years’ experience, it is the summit of
terrestrial felicity. It cannot he otherwise. The heart
thrills with ecsf .cy; pufsc b.**.s in unison with uu.se;
every waiide. tsff beam of fondness is:concentrated, as
■ it were, into v focus; and the trivial ills of'iifr, which
torture the lonely bosom, are lost, like the spots in the
sun, in the ly.av,e which surrougds them. Poverty is no
impediment to love. The softer passion is ofiener the
inmate of the cottage than the palace: it sickens anti dies
where.ail ia art and din; but, like the tender flower;
blooms the fairest where nature invigorates the stalk,
and cultivation protects the roots. There arc not to be
found in this city, three sober, industrious married men who
would exchange their con jugal endearments for ail that
pomp can bestow or splendor create. They have enough
to answer their more pressing demands, and are content
ed. Who can akk for more? Those who, for living with
mulattocs or negroes, offer the fictitious incapacity of our
white females'to superintend the affairs ofa poor man’s
house, exculpate themselves from Warn? witlfrar less in
genuity than a certain traveller—Bruce, I believe—ad
duced in Reusing the Turks for preferring, in the sum
mer seassn, an African to a Georgian mistress. The
Ithickty yky* he, have the co’Jir skin!
ltat few are aware, I apprehend, of .the crimes to
which a promiscuous intercourse with the blacks may
lead.' A transaction, that came to my knowledge in the
year 1806. and which, I atn assured, is not without paral
lels here, shall never be obliterated from my memory.—
I was one of a party of pleasure visiting the Bahamas.
At a remote island, the appearance of the horizon oblig- sl,m '
ed us to land; anil bad weather prevented our re-em
barkation till the.fourth day. We sought shelter from
the wind and rain at a house pleasantly situated on a
gentle aclivity. It was neatly constructed, anil white
washed out-ide, but the most filthy and loathsome ken-
nelinside which ever tny feet have been in. Stinking
couchs and putrid Cray fish lay in every corner; and the
lady who graced the head of the table wasa bright mulatto.
She had six children, four black, the oldest and youngest
nlninel ii-l.its A » Ai— »_• • t . . _ . . -. ° .
<6cogra|iBicaI.. **■
From Cere’* Liverpool ilJvcrtUcr.
•air wind and cloudless sky for Nissan, which port we IPOBTUO VE3E and SPANISH AMERICA.
reached on the ersping of the second day. About six | - _
weeks after, sianu.ng under the shade of ji cocoa-nut I ■ * BRAZIL • ">
tree on the parade, ground, to see the black troops per I Is bounded by the mouth of the river Amazon and die
firm their military evolutibns, I.was accosted by a per- j Atlantic Ocean on the norths by the same ocean on the
ton seemingly a stranger, in whom I recognized my old I vast, by the mouth-of the river Plata south and by a chain
.Icistical host. In conversation, he gave me to under. I of mountains, which divide it from Paraguay and the
stand, he had come to town on purpose to sell the old I country of Amazons on the west; 2.500 miles in length;
eimbo woman, her daughter and six children. 1 inquir- I and700 m bread'h.Provinces--d®ra Marigtg.n. Saira, Peta-
- d what hud led him to the atlopiiou of so severe a mca-1 gucs, Kio Grand, Paytaba, Ttflhara. Pernambuco, Serigip-
-ure. lie said they had attempted to poiaon him, in con. I pe, Bahia, or the bay of all Saints; Pliaos, Porto Seguro,
•equence of the flagellation he had given them for hav. I Spirito Sancto, Rio Janeiro. St. Vincent, and Del key.—
mother. He smiled at what he termed my simplicity, I ly fruitful, producing sugar, wltich being clayed, is whit-
lii.l told me tlut I knew but little of the negro dispusi-1 er and find than our . muscovado, as we call our
Min. ‘-The two children, (xa;d lie) the youngest and old- f refined sugar, also tobacco, hides, indigos ipecacuanha,
< st, are my own to be sure; but shall I, on that account, I balsam of Cobaibo, Brazil epjml, which is chiefly used in
keep them about me, on that remote and unfrequented ] dyeing. The produce of the sod was found very suffi-
kvy? They would never forgive me for what I have j cient for subsisting the inhabitants until the mines of gold
dune to their mother. When 1 become weak and help-1 and diamonds were discovered; thess. with the sugar
less tlie i would avenge her wrongs Besides, t haveno I plantations, occupy so many hands that agriculture,’ is
inducement to spend time and money on them. Natur-1 neglected; and in consequence, Brazil depends upon
ally lascivious, and degraded by their birth, there is no | Europeforitsdailyfood. Commerce—thetradcofPortu-
prosptcl but prostitution before them; and since they I gxl is.carried on uporvthe same extensive plan oh which
must be strumpets, let tiiem have a master. He may set I the several nations ofEuronq trade with their colonies of
some bounds to tbeir dissipation: at least he will-nro-j America; and it mure particularly resembles the Spanish/
cui c them a home, food and cloatliing, and, when ncces-1 method, in not sending out single ships as the conven-
sary, medical aid.” lie left me, ami, in less than three I iettce of the several places and the judgement of the Eu. *
hours, executed his in’ention* j ropean nfer.-hams may direct; but by annual fleets, which
Ey the preceding simple narrative,4 would not have fail at stated times from Portugal, and compose three
it understood, that, in my opinion, many of ourcoun- I fleet-, bound to us manv ports in Erazil; viz.toPcmambu-
tri men willingly and pertinaciously lead an incestuous | co, in the northern part; to Rio Janeiro, at the southern cx-
llf f, «>r cul ssut’dvw the parental ties, by accepting a trenity, and the Bay of all Saints in the middle. In
urice for the freedom of their children;—hut m»y they I this last is the capital, which is Called St. Salvador, where
r<jt lit*. Iiffp llip I.iiruvn nlil nl inliip l*»ri fn vli* I dll «hn - n .
lion of the foulest
chronicle of fleai
it crime which has ever stained the pliorneacattIe;theseareJiuntedfortheirhide#onlv of which
. . eo? 1 would ask both, what horrific no less than 20.000 hides are exported annually to Fh
uteas arise in their minds, when they reflect, they liave I rope. The Portuguese had hreu long in nossessdion'ot'
jpven life to a slave;—to.it .loir blood oozes through i Brazil before they discovered the treasures ofgoid and
veins of a woman, destined, from her earliest hour, I diamonds, wbichliave since made it so considerable!--
. . ... _. j Wocn-J’s expertness in
t.se var.Jtu departments cf housewifery ii evident to
every one; and no mui will esteem her the lei; for know-
lag the duties of a wifa and a mother.
• Rut neglect of domestic concerns, in the women, is
not confined to the wealthier portion of <»un people.—
Oflicrs, without the adequate means, ape the maimers of
”.iigh Me.” The wires orminy tradesmen anJothers who,
by the dint of industry, have acquired just j sufteieiicy to
educate and decently maintain their rising families, are
often shamefully neglectful of their daughters, in train-
log the.n at an early age in the arts witicl! form the iudis-
peiuihie requisites of the companions of/men who pro
cure, by their personal exertions, the necessities of life.
Tuesc girls, instead of devoting part of their time to
learning needle-work and 'oflier household accomplish
ments, moral science, geography, arithmetic, &e. spend
the morning at a toilet tabic groaning under a load of
brushes, cosmetics, perfumes, &c; till evening, in flaunt
ing trom One house to another, or lazily poring over a
sickening romance, which none but a madman could in-
«lite, «r a simple: on, relish; and from the time that Ves
per lights her lamp in the firmament till Morpheus lets
drop his curtains over oar senses, the s weet little angels
"trip it ojt the light fantastic toe,” like a shewuuti’.
bear, or jabber nonsense over asocial cup of tea,” like
a flock of parrots on a tamarind tree. In short, their
body is polisned, is scrubbed, is brushed, is powdered,
and polished again,.—and the mind is left a—wilder. .css
It is well for them that there are counterparts for them
in nature—tinselled trash, like themselves—the cox
combs. Well fur the.n, did 1 say? Nay, let me be just:
it is no:, for these exterior emliellishraents can never be
produetii-c of lasting happiness:—they cannot conceal
the wrinkles of old »ge, nor sooth the irritable, trivial and
uncultivated mind which accompanies them:—nor would
dtsy be studied, did not fops pr.ze them more than nobler
blandishments.
Fortune, in dispensing herfavors, seems to have placed
an insuperable bwrier between the former class of
women and the generality of men who toil fora living;
and the latter class (those who substitute affectation for
the quintessence of politeness, whose brains are stored
with the wise sayings of I be barber, the dancing ma.-ter,
' vandalizing gossip and the puling novelist) are but
slly calculated to mike a sensible man happy, or a poor
one rich. But execution* to both in every country com
prebend a large majority of the female sex; and,' what-
ever transient persons from remote sections of the union
may advance to ihe contrary, t feet no hesitation in de
claring, tliat litis majority is no where more visible than
. in Savannah. I: is true, our young wj nan are hut little
accustomed to drudgery—and why should the) } Indeed
interest, ease and health forbid it; where exposu-e to the
sun relaxes the-.r smews, and a child, ten year* old, with
" se; l> e may earn Die lore of three sturdy ill flavored
back servant mai ls. To female education a due regard
I* « :c "dstoal] that which is need-
f ul to qualify wmnpn for the various dufie* of daughter
wt.e, mnluerand a useful member of society. In the
nent“L°, r /u J ? b fld P"JP f «)'•* not one of the prorai-
prudence and iudus-
try. Men whose conduct is characterized by thes4
• i 1 '"*' b,,e ve,y r -* re, r occasion-to upbraid them wives
for extravagance, idleness or inconstancy, or to rc£m
* fS S r C h‘ ar,?ei the morricd sUta.
”* Jeed *“ch men uniformly prosper, and are cun-
tenteil. Their- wives, fir from being an incumbrance
bymduitry and economy become the iSTSiteirf
their famihes. Men too who have *mploymentlor work
men and clerics very judic-ously and *nevole„Uy re
pose confidence on the faith and steadiness of inffi^”'
ais who hire familuM to provide fop rather than
on the i^e and dissipated batclielorl
!T"! l _“ d ’. sr ^' r '. v by no other tie than his"
ing our eyes with a bo3om, which retpinded ipp of the
dirty udder of a cow tliat had been pent up for months
his house, the soother of his cares.'tlteTio^oriiie" moher -Mexi^,l\”Lu^be"nnn.!? “ Praduce "
of his lawful children, the centre of iiis wishes, the badge an-es. lemons tS! apples, pomegranxtes, or.
of llis honor. Uis children-their birth nevercriZfs ar?here more SmUhilZtn rI herC /
I|I3 cheek—creates no gloomy presentiments in his bo- ish America. Cedkr trees and pm *! f S P*“*"
sum. He views himself the founder cf illustrious land- about the bavs of logwood flounslt much
l:e». In a country, l.ke America, where talents and Z rfore
tegnty are the pedestal of promotion, he sees, in the vis The chief minw tfToll are inth!v-!f ^ *"? t-' Ver
ta ot futurity, lus oituprin? holding the runs of the re-I Grenada bnrd?rincr»tete»t n tlac and I>cw-
public and the republic guiding tile destinies ofthe world. I other^rUcles m-xtfn immimncS to'^Jld^ri “u*' Tte
lie lives m conformity to the laws of his country;—and I the cochineal anri “ * nd Sl,ver . *»«
dies in peace with mall and his Maker. ' SmbS* wiSh.^ , U ? c ^ ted ‘hat. the
Such are the inducements to wed-such are theamaran-1 of cochineal, toanswer the
thine chaplets tliat decorate the brow of wedded love Itlveim** Cntmn » m ® ol medicine and
L. In mv early I which exteml nvrrth* u h n uu nM . .
Its comes pure and spotless from die heart. In my early | which extend oveMte wholTknVwu ^wlF'u
and bedimmed traffic wifl. Europe by Vera U Cruz; with the E.
years, ere u'rne liad unstrung my sinews
my eyes, before manhood had held to iw» hps th^* cup
ol bluer care, while the sunshine of boyhood was around j
, . — — carries a
... ., ■ , - • -- - LaCruz; will; the East Indies
bv Acapulco; and South America by the same nort
These two norts are irnntnK.ii v •
Hut, Lust! where is thy temple? A stew.
l;y priestess? A negress. What is thine incense?
plntic
4* iif&5ss«r* “ 2asKsSrisKs
• - , -i care, wniie the sunshine of boyhood was around I These two ports are .wonderfullv well 7. a »Ti c P °L l
ui a co vJiousc. Her spouse did not appear to be very «?-* w:t ! iessed \ Ue resistless power of warmest affection; commercial purposes to which 'thevSc t^
happy. He was old, induc'd in a plurality of wives, J* u ^ \° mc 11 u ’* s )^ ,cn mysterious. I liave seen those who | bv means of the former that nm.? u . [
and was somewhat jealous. During our stay, he had the
(jueen of the^charcm and an old sambo woman brought
up to the whipping- post twice, for having admitted into
his ciiainbef- a half breed Charib. In conversation with a
gentleman from a neighboring isle, who like ourselves
was detained by the tempest, we learnt that the two fe-
nta.es were mother an3 daughter, who was also our land-
•lord’s own child. In the early part of his- f.fe he bad emi.
grated to Jamaica, where lie had her by the old wo.
•nan. lie shortly afterwards removed to the Bahamas,
ant* acquired the plantation he now resided on. la ihe
meanwbile, the owner of ais daughter sold her to a
lady residing in Na-sau, who raised the girl t o the are of
twelve. The kindness and pains bestowed on the cou-
per-colored nymph’s morals were of no service, t hr
d scovered an early propensity for theft; and was sent in
consequence to the vendue bouse; where the father
bought her, without knowing her to be his daughter.—
lie took her home and lived with her till the time of ot:r
arrival; but neither the costly drappery in which she
was drast i.or the ease in Which she lived could I—:>
her faithful to the b'd oflier lord. She had the liue
blaczsby his driver. In tilt interim, the mother, by some
accident or ether, was oil'ered for sale at Nassau, and our
oast purchased her for oid acquaintance-sake. On ar
riving atlas seat, she was somewhat surprised at finding
her daughter covered with silk in the parlour. She
mentioned the cu-cumslaiica to her new master, who ex
hibited no sign ofcontrition er regret; but took the mo
ther also into keeping. At the time we visited him, the
number of his concubines was five. He was iuicmne-
rate in the extreme, bring three fourths cf his time in
toxicated. In his lucid moments, he seemed to be in
parnetual terror from the apprehension of bein;- poi
saned, which, together with lus jealousy, arising from
the known incontinence of his women, gaie to his fea
tures an air of ferociousness and gloom, which impress
ed us at first with the notion that he was some old buc
caneer familiarized to scenes of robbery and murder.
But his true West-lndia hospitality, his affability and po
liteness to his guests, soon removed that impression, and
so emboldened us, that, on die morning of our depar
ture, one of my companions remonstrated freely with
him against the dissolute life he led, particularly his in
cestuous commerce with Iiis daughter. Far from bein -
offended at the freedom, his brow relaxed its wonted rig
or: he appeared elated at ivhat he considered an oopor-
ttmity to display, the superiority of his reason. Butialus!
it was reason reversed—mental hallucination, lie con
fessed ha hid bad the benefit cf a piosi education; and
uperstitious ss most Drawn* fnllrs ui me people. j Peruvian bark are very productive TVT —' i—.j , llu
ol her than federalism j The merchants ofLi^a Ly te Sd ^
ieir nvn _ • - ‘ 4 *v
acquainted with the roast celebrated sceptical writing*
a .^ C: of Iiis bigotry. He expressed ills
conviction, tliat tnerc was no sucli.thing as^pirituality
in man. Volition was them effect of animal me:!nn-
icisiq; which, when disordered, produced insanity or stu-
por, and, when suspended, brought on immediate anni
hilation. 1 here was indeed a Deity uho governed the
world by general laws; who wa« hovvever of too»exalted
own necca«tip,and to whom one part of the country Z
qiute at eligible atnnother-one, in fact, who has noU
•aassae«rasaate s
cvanwcent paMion of romance for permanent .ffictiom
or perhaps loofapg upon matrimony as a mere fashion or
webnatiou. yet, in
I&iuxh kU.tksUcirt-banuBjj and. quarrels and
. — however of too^xalted
a nature to i&cddle m our private concerns. R .-ceiling
neither good or harm from what passed on earth, tliat
Deity was indifferent as to what we might do. As men
tud various prcdelictions, they followed pursuits the
most congenial to their several'inclina'ion-'; and this rule
governed his own conduct. He admitted, moat people
led happier lives than he did: not that their principles
were intrinsically better;—but because they were of a
happier temperament. He was sure that any change in
his habits would but add to his wretchedness. He tliere-
fore chose to live as he bad done:—a few more years,
and it would be the same, as though he had never becn.
Laws, and the current qpinian in tU countries, would
nave it to be otherwise. The latter was a pious decep
tion implanted in our minds to preserve peace—the for
mer, invented by the powerful for perpetuating their
authority. He must be p strange Deity, indeed, (observ
ed my companion) who, though too exalted to interfere
in human affairs, has to employ falsehood to make his
creatures peaceable among themselves; and, indeed, still
straager.to reveal this holy cheat only to that ubandc
had been cradled in misfortune, who had been nurtured I o'vcrthe whole wortd!aud*receivesin winroSi wea,lh
.a adversity; who hud become, from custom, resiles, as berless luxuries and ne^ssa^ which E^rene
the waves id the sea; aud, from mixing with the dregs of flier, ar.d which the indolence other inhahitaM.^ *i‘i
society perhaps, vicious,—chained, by its mystic spali, tn j never permit them to acquire for themselves 'a"** T* 1
a spot that was pregnant with disease and tecnrng with j is the sea-port by whi- Italic commui^tio^';.^ Cap , uJco
& a !“ R: .- d *t ,fc ’, ! ‘ aVe 1 ■“? ‘fearlessly brave the | between the different parts of d,e®S emffirelS a1?
erUa.mil the F-.r I n .hl. empire in Ajn-
Iith of Decern,
ship as aettn-
between the
t wist. At the
the capital of
. I ' e . n mil!ln, > 9 pi pieces of eiglit in silver, besi'des "’qufck- W
. M La is j silt er, and other valuable commodities, to be laid out iu 1
nse? Me- | thepurchase of the; galleons’ > cargoes. A great f™. b!"
are bar-
- s - galleon
... • • , . - loaded with silver and such
•u.-oxtail gooos as liave been thought necessary.
r, Y? XlC ?’ ,NCLUD ING CALIFORNIA,
Is bounded by unknown lands on the north; by Louis,
lana on tiie easi; Oi l Mexico and tire Pacific Term
on tlie sotrli; and by the same ocean on the west* 2000
miles :n breadth, and 16 o in length. Subdivisions—
New Mexico Proper, Apacheria, Sonora and California,
a peninsula The chief towns are Santa Fe, St. Antonio*
I nape, and St. Juan., Produce of the country—The face
Ol the country is agree ,blv varied with plaini, uneresm-
ed uk,r ve ”' T’t 1 ador " ei o i<f * ff cn ‘le eminences, c«,» er-
ft-i \'Z K< } »* oftrees, tom: producing excellent
ANTI-MULATTO.
ran the sxvxxsan nxrtnLicax.
silj} sEnrn,VT.
Messrs. EriTons—1 have, of late, seen several worn
acriul accounts of a sei-monster, that is said to be piav-
mg around the Bostonians. Plans arc dev. ->„g f, jr e.g
ing, and, for fear lie may finally escape the toils of hi-
hunters, pencils have been employed in sketching him
while reclining buoyant on the waves. Bullet* and cannon I flult With :respect to the value of Aegoid mints in liiia
baljs have been, in vain, thrown against his impenetrable j c0 “! at U’, n ® , . !un ff 03,1 ,,p positively asserted. Commerce
scales; and his back has been belaboured with oars w hile — 1 he inhabitants are chtefly employ’ ‘ ' TCC
it mocked the reiterated stroke.
After all, up starts Incredulity and bawls aloud. Hoax!
Floax! and gentle Echo repeats, in low, hut audible voice, I
■ .. . - — -luefly employed in raising corn
■nd wine, which they ■ ■ - • c ™
Mes.
on its
„ .... . . ie >' export pretty largely to Old
m..ah s n ..i., u I, _ .. Aimes, cast; Litih, south; and
I, u .‘ e ocean, west; 18U0 miles in length, and 5C0
what
Hoax!
Car.boo! Caraboo! A soriy dilemm:
these distant parts, to make of all this?
a sea-
do not much doubt it.
Something whispers toe, the spright of Toryism, that {in hreadth.“‘fr'contahs’hrtc nominee. e. ,
was^dtohavc taken to the waters” from old ^ j
"Jit* risen from Occam, tleepcel core,”
as factors
souther;;
vfcnir .. .s» . —r «»•*« jcacrausm i ■ iuwwmhis oj mav ce salit to j„i
Itself, j .ist now taken to the waters,” and unwilling to I whole world, both on their own accmmr *^5^
Ohl^Masach^osm^ 1 i^*’ ^ Ct around the capes of I for otherx Here all the products of’tilf
Old Mas.chusetts. to devour aTew ,mre sprals and ter-1 provinces are conveyed. iS order to Vn” '";
at the harbor of Lima for such £ZlL L *
of Peru stand in need of; the fleets frnm p!‘* ,ldub, ‘ an ‘*
T~'”“"* can “ u,ue nimseu in the innermost recesses off EasMudies load at the same hSor ,iTf pe " d *5. e
, ner£r a?IUn *,? be . Ihe -ui curse of tie. of Asia, Europe and Amo^lS
our unhappy country. Vour’s,&c. p. {each other. What there U ZZZVt,?
merclianta of Lima purchase on their n .a.„ . tvr ’
Uy up in warehouses, knowing tliat they murt^o
an outlet for item, since, by one chanhri o™woih^r
liave communication w.th almbst everv - ■*
tion. The inbabitanto of Cusco.re^Z. ;?,^ ^ 1 "?•
manufacturing baize, cotto^nd IteSr IjJltou v"*
mow fonts manufactures of cotton, wooU^ flll
. PARAGUAY. OB LA PLATA
Is bounded by Amazonu on the north l d •»
the east, by Patagonia on the south! #
the west; 1500 miles in length, and 1000^1™.??** ot * /
contain, five province* j
Uragua, Tucuman, and Rio dehffi *'*“"**
Assumption, St. Anne, Cividad R«»LiU.
LATEST OF THE SEItFEJTT.
. Captain Doyle, who arrived here yesterday morning,
in o days from Cape Ann, informs us, that the day be-
fore lie sailed, a number of boats went out in pursuit of
the serpent; that the serpent soon turned upon his pur-
suere; and. that they, with great difficulty, succeeded in
reaching the shore. Two thousand dollars had been of-
fered for his skin.—.Vic-Font Gazette, SStA ult.
A Baltimore paper suggests the propriety ofcontrress
voting their thanks to Mr. Wiltshire, the British vice
consul at Mogadore, for hi* humane exertions in behalf
of the crew of the Commerce, wrecked oh the coast of
Africa. We trust that these thanks will be accomoan-
red by a medal, or tome grant more strongly cotnmemo-
rative of such active and benevolent service* not only
as a suitable reward for those already rendered, but as
u inducement for others, in any part of the world, to
only to ihat ahandoned ^eral tl Shtressed Amiii
,U?U P reM^.i , *M h a«5?5
^ UB-JB
be«t» mc all that U property U»
u» a manner given into tffEpT&S'ag*