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SOUTHERN
RECORDER.
VOL. IL
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1821.
No. 30.
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STATE OF MISSOURI.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman some
time a resident in Missouri, to Ms friend
in Salem.
St Louis, April 4, 1821.
“ The emigration te this elate has stop
ped, and many have actually gone back,
after being disappointed iu the quality ol
the lands, which has been falsely cried
op to be the richest in the world. The
fact is this—the bottom land* on the mar
gins of the rivers, which are annually
overflowed, are very rich, but people
cannot live on them without bqjng sub
ject to bilious fever, dysentery’, ague and
other complaints, the greater part of the
year. A part of the other lands abound
with minerals, lead and iron, and are un
fit for cultivation. The prairies, which
constitute no small part, are generally
filled with scrub oaks, which cost $ 5
per acre to grub. There are a few small
spots of ground which are excellent, hut
far the greater proportion of what are
called good lands, are only second and
third rale, with a thin soil of not more
than eight inches deep. The only real
and substantial value of the State is the
Lead Mines. The lands of Illinois are
much superior. The prairies of that
state are always fit for the plough, and
the soil in 60tne places, is eight feet
deep. | m
St. Louis is the chief town, situaterMln
the west bank of the Mississippi, in a
barren spot, 20 miles below the junction
of the Missouri, lat. 38, 36, N. long. 12,
14, W. of the city of Washington, and a-
bout 1000 miles from it by stage route.—
The view of the town, ascending the Mis
sissippi, and from the opposite (Illinois)
shore is pleasant, being a gradual ascent
from the first to the second bank. The
ancient buildings are of logs, and of stone,
as ugly, inconvenient and rough as poesi
ble, constructed after the manner of the
French, with lots for gardens appurten-
pu‘ # and mostly on the first bank, which
j? a bed of lime stone.
The place although it was settled as
early as 1764, contains only 4000 inhabi
tants, and now decreasing. They are
of a mixed assemblage. The original
French are from Canada ; some of them
Hre white, and the different shades from
that colour to Indian and black. A few
of the white females are handsome, ex
cessively fond of dress, (in a variety of
gaudy colours) attending Cbuch, k. dune-
ing. There are also Tenoesseans, Ken-
tuckyana, Virginians, Pennsylvanians, k
Some few Yankees, which term is ap
plied to all coming from the Atlantic
States, eastward of the mountains, and
whom the people of the West have a
Strange opinion of. But the greater pro
portion are Irish who concentrate here,
on account of a Catholic Church and
Bishop. The people from each state
•nd country, generally speaking, clan
together without much intermixture
Boarding is high ; living is miserable ;
Society there is none. Nor is there any
regularity in the weather here, being
more changeable than in any place 1 e-
rer visited. The roads, three months
past, havo been in the worst condition,
the mud being at times fourteen inches
deep. The thermometer last winter was
as low as 26 below zero. In 48 hours
after, it was quite warm, and continued
so for several days when it changed to
extreme cold again, hut these sudden
changes did not produce the same effect
on the constitution as they would in Mas
sachusetts. Last summer the thermome
ter was no higher than 98 deg. in the
shade, but the warmth ofthe climate, to
gether with the continual showers of
dust, which are frequent during the warm
season, was extremely debilitating, and
from the great degree of lassitude which
almost every one experienced, but parti
cularly strangers, it was a hard matter to
keep awake during the day ; or from the
troublesome bugs, fleas, cockroaches and
musquetos, to sleep at night. There
were many deaths between July and No
vember, particularly among the low 1-
rish, who would till themselves with
whiskey and sleep in the open air. The
mode of treatment for bilious fevers, was
different from that in any warm climate
I ever was in. They bleed freely, and
afterwards give emetics and other strong
doses of calomel and jalap ; they first re
duced the patients so much, they bad not
Strength to encounter the second and
third, and of course too many fell victims
to this strange mode of practice. I was
knowing to a person’j^ping bled eighteen
times in a bilious fefcr ; tejvas a man of
regular habits, and ’
Lis fever w/s subduedN^^e died at the
end of nine weeks aftftr theHttack. A-
notHtb pgrsonwRf %a<mua.ntanoe was
bled U*. iA> p eunsv, k
die«y|Tdaysaner tie attack, without
ggujicBQptt wpMJs, white, yel
low, and ldack j and which are trequent
and well attended. Billiards are fashi
onable ; raffling very common; card
playing universal—500 packs are sold
to one Bible !
The catholic religion, consisting of
potnp and show, carries the sway over
every other. The Missionaries from
Andover have produced little effect.
In speaking of balls, there are here
what is called King-Balls, for it is a hard
matter even for tlje rustic democrats of
the west to forsake and expunge the tin
sel epithets of royalty. The first ball of
the season is generally by subscription,
early after the cold weather commences;
and at this ball, some ladies, say 4 or 6,
and generally the handsomest in the
company, select as many gentlemen as
Kings, which is performed by a lady’s
pinning a bouquet, to a gentleman’s bo
som and giving him a kiss. The next
lie calls on his Queen, kisses her, and
enquires what she most fancies to adorn
her person, which he procures fSr her,
generally a complete set of fineries ; and
each time he calls on her gets a fresh
kiss. When the Queens are all adorned,
a ball is given by the Kings, who wait
on and dance with their Queens. They
are then, (after taking the parting kiss)
all reduced to commoners, and the ex
queens, or other ladies, kiss and crown
other gentlemen as Kings. Several ladies
the past winter got in this way sufficient
apparel to last them the whole year.”
INDIAN - JUSTICE.
We were present at the Circuit Court
he’d at Buffalo, in the county of Erie, on
(lie 19th inst. where an Indian Chief of
the Seneca nation, called Soonon-guire,
or Tommy Jemmy, was arraigned for the
murder of a Squaw of that nation, within
the territory reserved by the Indians,
and over which they claim exclusive
jurisdiction and sovereignty. The no
velty of the case created an unusual de
gree of excitement, and the utmost soli
citude was evinced for the fate of the
prisoner, not only by his red brethren,
but among the white people assembled
at the trial. Judge Yates, who presided
at the circuit, directed that a convenient
part ofthe court room should be allotted
to the Indians, and the principal war
riors and sachems of the nation, were
called as witnesses on the occasion.
It appeared upon the inquest ofthe co
roner, that the deceased had been accus
ed of witchcraft before the assembly of
chiefs, and that she was formally con
demned to die for that offence ; and the
prisoner, in confessing the murder, al-
iedged in extenuation, that she was by
their usages an out-law—that he acted
as a minister of justice, in compliance
with their custom from time immemorial,
sanctified to them by the traditions of
their ancestors, and in revenge of the
death of various individuals of his tribe,
who had perished by the sorceries of
the defunct.
The ridicule which this doctrine ex
cited among those to whom it was pro
mulgated, was warmly resented by the
chiefs and warriors ; and the famous Red
Jacket, upon being told of the absurdity
of a belief in witchcraft, indignantly ex
claimed, “ What! do you denounce us as
fools and bigots, because we still conti
nue to believe, that which, yon, your
selves, sedulously inculcated centu
ries ago ? Your divines have thunder
ed this doctrine from the pulpit—your
judges have pronounced it from the*
bench—your courts of justice have sane
tioned it with the formalities of law—
and von would now punish our unfortu
nate brother for adherence to the super
stitions of his fathers !—Go to Salem !
Look at the records of your government,
and you will find hundreds executed for
the very crime which has called forth
the sentence of condemnation upon this
woman, anil drawn down the arm of ven
geance upon her. What have our bro
thers done more than the rulers of your
people have done ? And what crime
has this man committed by executing in
a summary way, the laws of his country
and the injunctions of his God ?”
Exceptions were taken to the juris
diction ofthe court,on the ground that
the Seneca nation of Indians were an
independent nation, and claimed by trea
ty the exercise of jurisdiction ami sove
reignty in the punishment of delinquents
of their own nation, for offences com
mitted within their reservations, upon
their own people : and various witnes
ses were called to prove the frequent ex
ercise of this right, by the assembly of
chiefs in the punishment of criminals, or
in directing atonement to the relatives
ofthe party destroyed.
The evidence of Capt. Jones, the
sworn interpreter, who had been in his
infancy taken prisoner by that nation,
who was brought up among them, and
had imbibed a thorough knowledge of
their manners and customs—of the testi-
mnny*of the chiefs who were sworn as
witnesses, discovered some singular
practices, among them, which we do not
recollect to have noticed before.
Red Jacket, the orator, and principal
ofthe pagan party, presented himself to
take the oath ; and upon being question
eil whether he believed iu a Supreme
beir g, and in the doctrine of rewards and
punishment hereafter, fixed the' 1 lurk
ing devil of his eye”* upon the question
er, and replied—” Yes l much more
than the white^ men, if we are jo judge
by their actions.” His testimony, and
that of Capt. Bollard, the head of (he
Christian* of the nation, corroborated by
that of Capt. Jones, disclosed that it was
the province of the chfefs to take cog
nizance of capital offences, and to decree
the extent of the punishment, or the
modeofeommutntion or atonement—that
frequently the parties aggrieved were sa
tisfied without resort to sanguinary retri
bution, and were willing to receive pe
cuniary commutation ; other* were ap
peased by the tender of a belt of wam
pum, as an acknowledgment of guilt ami
evidence of contrition. But frequently
blood was required ; and one or more
lives were taken to satisfy the revenge
of the surviving relatives. That it was
net unusual for the chiefs to decree that
the murderers should be spared, and one
or more innocent persons, he immolated
iu his stead. These were generally se
lected from the dearest and most respec
table relatives and friends of the mur
derer, who was thus made to feel the
enormity of his crime, by bearing about
a stigmatized existence, embittered by
the reflection that his misdeeds had been
instrumental in the destruction of all that
was valuable to him in life.
There is, at first, something horribly
revolting to our feelings, in the idea of
accountable beings, destroying the inno
cent for the punishment of the guilty, At
were these people conversant with true
notions of theology, we should suppose
it an impious attempt to imitate the sys
tem of divine punishment; but of this
they cannot he suspected. Their mode,
however, is the most dreadful, and effec
tual retribution, that, consistent with
their habits and feelings, could he devis
ed—and must have originated in a high-
souled people, to whom the terrors of
conscience and the agonising regrets, for
departed relatives and friends, must have
been known in their greatest extent.—
An Indian is taught to despise death.—
The taking of life is therefore no pun
ishment ; and the doctrine of “ whoso kil-
leth with tlic sword shall be slain by the
sword;" which is inculcated among us,
as it carries with it no terror for the guil
ty, cannot operate as a preventative of
crime among them ; it therefore be
comes necessary to devise that, which
fixes a stigma, like the mark of Cain,
upon the criminal, and forces him to ex
claim, in the language of the first mur
derer—“My punishment is greater than
I can bear.” Nor does this system, to
them, appear cruel or unjust; accustom
ed from infancy to look upon the transit
from time to eternity with complancen-
cy, they are often emulous of this spe
cies of sacrifice, inasmuch as it is an e-
vidence of their consideration in society;
And that passion which lakes deep root
in every noble mind, and which looks to
the affection of surviving friends, and the
approbation of posterity, for consolation,
deprives death of its only remaining ter
ror—the parting pang. This, with the
hope of beatification in immortality, fre
quently renders the death doom of the
savage, immolated for his virtues, a fes
tival of joy iustead of cause of mourning.
[Albany Argus. ]
* There is not perhaps, in nature, a more ex
pressive eye than that of Red Junket ; when
tired by indignation or revenue, it is terrible ;
end when lie chooses to display liis unrivalled
talent for irony, its keen sarcastic glance is ir
resistible.
FROST THR FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.
The fallowing in a ropy of an original teller from
the venerable Franlrlin, to a minister of a
Church in llie south part of JYew-Jertcy wltirj.
lias licen recently dUrovind lltcre among some
old family papers. II is a com position perfertly
in the manner and spirit of that gnat and wor
thy mail.
“ Philadelphia. June 6, 1758.,
“Dear Sir—I received your kind letter
of the 2d inst. and am glad to hear I lint you
increase in strength—1 hope you will conti
nue mending until you"recover your former
health and firmness. Let me know whether
you still use the cold bath, and what effect
it has. As to the kindness you mention, I
wish I could have been of more serious ser
vice to you—hut if it had, the only thanks I
shpnld desire, are, that you would always bo
ready to serve any other person that may
need your assistance—and so let good offices'
go round—for mankind are all of a family.
For my own part, when I am employed in
serving others, I do not look upon myself as
conferring favors, but as paying debts. In
my travels arid since my settlement, 1 have
received much kindness from men, to whom
I shall never have an opportunity of making
the least direct return—and numberless
mercies from God, who is infinitely above be
ing benefttted byonr services. These, kind
nesses from men, I can, therefore, only re
turn to their fellow men—and 1 eau only
show my gratitude to God by a readiness to
help his other children, ami my brethren,
for 1 do not think that thanks end compli
ments, though repented weekly, can dis
charge our real obligations to each other, and
much less, to our Creator.
“ You will see. in this, my notion of good
works, that I am far from expecting to me
rit heaven by them. By heaven,#wc under
stand a state of happiness, infinite in degree
and of eternal duration. I can do nothing to
deservo such a reward, llothat, for giving
a draughtof water to a thirsty person, should
exp&l', to be paid with a good plantation,
would bo modest in his demands compared
with thosa who think they deserve heaven
for the little good they do on earth. Even
the mixed imperfect pleasures we enjoy in
this world, are rather from God’s goodness
than our merit—Imw much more up the hap
pincss of heaven ? for my part, I have not
the vanity to think I deserve it, the folly to
expect it, or the ambition to desire it, but
content mysffif in submitting to the dis
f iosal of that God who made me, who has
litherto preserved and blessed me, and in
whose fatherly goodness 1 .‘way well confide,
tfiat he will never make me miserable, an
that file affliction I may time suffei
may tend to my benefit.
“ The faith you mention has doubtless, its
use in the world. I do not desire to see it
lessened in any man, but 1 wish it were more
productive of good works than I have gene
rally seen it. I mean real good works,
works of kindness, charity, mercy and pub
lic spirit—not holy-day keeping, sermon-
heanng, or reading—performing church ce
remonies, or making long prayers, filled with
flatteries and compliments, despised oven by
wise men, and much less capable of pleasing
the Deity.
“ The worship of God is a duty—the
hearing and reading may be useful—but if
men rest in hearing and praying, as too ma
ny do, it is as if the tree should value itself
on being watered and putting forth leaves
though it qever produced any fruit.
“ Your good master thought much less of
these outward appearances than many of his
modern desriples. He preferred the doers of
the word to the hearers—the son that seem
ingly refused to obey his father and yet per
formed his commands, to him that professed
his readiness but neglected the work—the
heretical but charitable Samaritan to the un-
rharitable hut oritiedox priest and the sanc
tified Levite, and those who gavo food to the
hungry, drink to the thirsty, and raiment tb
the naked, entertainment to the stranger, and
never heard of his name, he declares shall,
in the last day, he accepted—when those
who cry, Lord, Lord, who value themselves
on their faith, though great enough to per
form miracles, hut have neglected good
workS, shall he rejected. He professed that
be came not to call the righteous but sinners
to repentance, which implied his modost o-
pinion that there were some in his time so
good, that they need not hear even him for
improYcment, hut now-u-dS^I h’e have
scarcely a little parson thi^djk not think it
the duty of every man witbHFhis ibnch to
sit under his petty ministralNfn,*and that
whoeveromits this offends God—I wish to
such more humility, and to you health and
firmness. Being your friend and servant,
“BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.”
F 110)1 TRE MIDDLESEX GAZETTE*
TRIBUTE OF NATIONAL RESPECT,
To the memory of Lieut. Frederick Saury.
This gallant and accomplished naval
officer was born in the island of Hayti :
and when an infant fled with his parents
from the sanguinary storm, in which a
favorite son fell a victim. Mr. Baury,
with his family, selected Middletown,
(Conn.) as his residence, ft was here
that young Baury obtained the rudiments
of an early education. In 1809, (it is
believed) his influential friends obtained
for him a Midshipman’s warrant. Lie
sailed with that excellent officer Captain
Hull, and was in the celebrated escape
ofthe Constitution, soon after the decla
ration of the late war. lie continued in
that favorite ship until the auspicious
day when the Guerrier was sent to the
bottom. Hu remained in her until the
veteran Bainbrirlge compelled the Java,
to experience the same fate of the Guer
rier. Having been in two actions which
sent two of the finest British frigates to
the bottom, and having distinguished
himself for his gallantry, lie was pro
moted to a Lieutonaacy. Soon after,
he was ordered to the Wasp, under the
command of that skilful, gallant, and la
mented officer, Capt. Johnston Blakely.
As if the Genius of Victory hung over
young Baury, and as if lie was designed
to go on “ conquering and to conquer,”
lie was in the action ofthe Wasp with
the Reindeer, which addsd the latter ship
to the American navy.—Another wreath
was soon after added to the laurel that
entwined the brow of the heroic Baury
in sinking the British ship Avon. But
as if death forever “ loves a shining
mark,” the gallant Lieutenant was to end
his career of gl^ry in early life and in
the fullness of fame. The sloop of war
Wasp wns attacked by an heavy British
frigate, from the best accounts that can
be obtained, with the dastardly intention
of sending her and her noble crew to
the bottom. The gallant spirit that in
spired the bosoms of Blakely, Baury,
ic. strangers to fear, and prepared for
the worst, entered into the unequal com
bat, shattered their powerful antagonist,
and compelled her to haul off to repair
damages. The Wasp and her gallant
crew were never again seen ! Thus liv
ed and thus died the gallant, the accom
plished, the lamented Baury, without
enjoying the admiration of his friends,
and the gratitude of his country.
The Congress of the U. States, as they
could not reward the decried Lieuten
ant, voted a sword* to the Rev. Alfred
L. Baury, brother of the deceased hero
It wa* delivered on the 3d iost. by Hen
ry Lyman, Esq of this city. It was one
of the most interesting scenes that ima
giriation can conceive. It called up re
collections of an agonising yet cousoling
* The inscription upon the sword is “ Mips
ibunt yui ad sumina nituntur,"—[Those high
cat tour, who loftiest spinouts dare j
nature. The surviving mother and sis
ter, (the brother being absent) shed
teura of grief for u son and a brother
dead—of joy, that his memory was so
highly honored by the exalted govern
ment of the American republic.
BURNS’S AtONUMENT.
Extract from Mrs. Grant's Letter to a
Lady near Boston, dated Edinburgh,
Jan. 2.
“ The monument to Burns, which is
lately finished, filled tne with pleasure
und surprise, both by the design and ex
ecution. 1 have seen nothing in West
minster that seeins to me at all so ap
propriate, or indeed better finished.—
You would suppose they would have
chosen a scene in tho Vision, or some
such poem, to furnish an inscription and
a hint for the sculpture : not at nil-—
with matchless good taeto they selected
a period from his dedication of his works
to the Caledonian Hunt—“ The genius
of my Country found me ns Elijah found
Elisha, at the plough, and threw her in
spiring mantle over me.” Could there
be a happier thought, or one more cal
culated to afford a fine image to the stR-
tuary ? In the first place, this Mauso
leum consists of a dome, open, but sup
ported by pillars and railed round. It is
in tho manner ofthe Templfe at Bam-
ardsyvcll, but far more elegant, and fi
nished within. In the back part is a very
large table of white marble, where, in
alto relievo, appears the figure of the
young rustic, as large as life, and very
like the best portraits of him. There is
nothing fine or Grecian about him. It
is a true Scotch plough, on which he has
his hand (a toil worm hand) and his is
the true costume of a Scotch peasant,
improved only, and rendered more clas
sical, by the neck being thrown open, ns
a ploughman is apt to do when over-hea
ted. Pleasure, mixed with surprise, an
imates his countenance, while, with his
bonnet in hand, lie looks up to the de'
scending figure, which seems flonting to
wards him in the air. It is the Muse of
Caledonia, all terial elegance and super
human grace, finely contrasting rvitb the
manly rusticity ofthe entranced plough-
mau. She spreads out the ample verge
of her mantle us if to infold him. This
mantle has a border of thistles, to give it
character. Instead of an inscription, the
emphatic name of Burris is engraved,
thus—Burns—on the base of the monu
ment. The exquisite grace and perfect
simplicty of the wholes is beyond all
praise.”
Moderate Wishes the true source of Hap
piness.
There would be a fur greater propor
tion of happiness in this world, if man
kind, instead of continually grasping for
mope than they can obtain, would set
reasonable bounds to their desires.—
There must necessarily be misfortune
and distress in the world ; but the com
forts and pleasures of life can always be
made greatly to counterbalance those
calamities, and their attendant evils.'—
Contentment renders a mess of pottage
more savory to the palate of the cottager
than the richest viands are to those who
are rolling in wealth but whose insatia
ble thirst for gain will not allow them to
think (hey have enough. Our country
men are constantly murmuring. Turn
which way we will, we are sure to have
our ears saluted with the cry of Ifard
Times. And many paragraphs in our
country newspapers, particularly those
from tho western states, are of such a
desponding and gloomy nature, that if
they should chance to find their way to
Europe, they would believe Us to be lit
tle, if any better off, than the peasantry
ofthe Emerald Isle, or the half-starved
manufacturers of Manchester. And what
cause have we thus to murmur and com
plain ? It is our happy lot to live under
an excellent government, administered
by men of our own choice. We have a
fruitful country, with a varied, yet
healthful climate, that enables us to pro
duce an abundance of the necessaries, k
many of the luxuries of life, True, our
country ha* suffered for two or three
years past, from a change in the com
mercial world, and in consequence of
our own extravagance. But have we
not enough to cat, to drink and to wear ?
Our fields wave with the golden corn,
our meadows with luxuriant burdens, and
our orchards yield a rich variety of deli
cious fruits. And, if for the want of a
market for our surplus produce, we are
not able, as formerly, to amass fortunes
in a day, we have still abundant cause
for gratitude to that Almighty Being who
causes so many blessings to “ cluster a-
round ourdwellings.” Wo have only to
curtail our expenses, to affix reasonable
bounds to onr desires, to be industrious,
economical, and contented—to be happy.
Nor riches, nor fame, nor what the world
calls pleasure, will give us happiness ;
and if we search the world around, we
shall find at last that moderate wishes are
the source of what generation after ge
neration hare labored in vain to find.—
The following story is a beautiful illus
tration of what we have here advanced
“ The youthful shepherd, Menalcns,
being in sewcjt of a stray lamb from his
flock, discovered in the recesses of the
forest a hunter, stretched at ty footgl
a trek, exhausted with fatigue and wrtb
hunger. Alas ! shepherd, he exclaim*
ed, 1 came here yesterday in puffcuit of
game ; and nave been unable to retrac*
the path by which 1 entered this fright- , ,
ful solitude, or discorer a single vesting •"
of a human footstep. I faint Sn/
hunger—give me relief, or I die 1 Me)
nalcus, supporting the stranger in hie
arms, fed him with bread from his scrip,
and afterwards conducted him through
the intricate maxes ef the forest in safe
ty
‘ Menalcns being about to take leave
the hunter Eschinns, tvqs detained by
Thou hast preserved my life.
shepherd, he said—I will make thine .
happy. Follow me to the city, Tboh
shall no longer dwell in a miserable cot*,
tage, but inhabit a superb palace, sur
rounded with lofty columns of marble.
Thou sbalt drink high-flavored wine*
out of golden goblets; und eat the mast
costly viands from plates of silver. Me-
nalcus replied—why should i go to the
rity ? My little cottage shelters me
from the rain and the wind. It is not
surrounded by marble columns, but with
delicious fruit trees, from which f gath
er my repast; and nothing can be more
pure than the water which I draw in ray
earthen pitcher from the stream that
runs by my door. Then on holidays K
gather roses and lilies to ornament inf
little table ; and those roses and liliet
are more beautiful, and smell sweeter,
than vases of gold and silver.
" Eschinus.—Come with me, shep
herd, 1 will lead thee through sumptu
ous gardens, embellished with fountain*
and statues : thou sbalt behold women,
whose dazzling beauty the rays of tha
sun have never tarnished, habited in silk*
of the richest hues, and sparkling with
jewels ; and theu shaft hear concert* of
musicians, whose transcendant skill will
at once astonish and dnehant thee.
“ Mcnulcus.—Our sun-burnt shep
herdesses afe very handsome. Host
beautiful they look on holidays, whett
they put on garlands of fresh dowers, &
we dance under the shade of our trees*
or retire to the woods to listen te thw
song of birds I Can your musiciand
•ing more melodiously than our nightin
gale, blackbird, or linnet 1 No, I will not
go to the city.
Eschinus.—Take then this gold, ani
with it supply all thy wants.
“ Menalcns.—Gold is useless to me.
My fruit trees, my little garden, and the
milk of my .goats, supply all my want?.
“ Eschinus.—How shall I recompense
thy kindness, happy shepherd ? Whft
wilt thou accept from me ?
'* Menalcus.—($\\u me only the horn
that hangs to thy belt. Horn is uot easi
ly broken, therefore it will be more use
ful to me than my earthen pitcher.”
The hunter, with a smile, took the
horn from his belt, and presented it tts
the shepherd, who hastened back to hi*
cottage, the abode of contentment «uA
happiness.—Gessntr.
Copy of a letter addressed to the Editor
of the American Daily Advertiser, dated
" Washington, (Penn.) Aug. 4,1*21.
“ Mr. Poulson.—There has recently
appeared in this place an extraordinary
natural phenomenon, which has attracted
the attention of the curious ofthe whole
neighbouring country. On the margin
of a small branch of Chartier’s Creek, a
few miles distant froni| this place, a gen
tleman has been boring for salt, in the
manner usual in this country, which is
by perforating the rock, than which
there is little else met with below the
surface, perpendicularly with an auger
of about three inches diameter, and had
bored to the distance of about 500 feet ;
through this hole a saline water, mixed
with and propelled by a gaseous air,
rushes violently, and if a pipe be inserted
into the hole, will spout perpendicularly,
30 or 40 feet, like to a fountain. By
accident the hole has become partially
choked a distance below the surface of
the earth, and the gaseous air has found
itself numerous small vents in the earth
adjacent, from 10 to 100 feet distant from
the well ; gome of these are from thes
bottom of a creek, and show themselves
by a continual rising or boiling ef air-
bubbles. By the application of fire to a-
ny of the vents, whether on the earth or
in the water, it will barn with a lively,
brilliant flume, npparantly without smoke,
and I have seeg more than a dozen burn
ing at one time—some from the surface
of the earth—others among the stones
and gruvel, and some from the surface ef
the creek, where the water is two feet
deep ; and by placing a hollow tube 0-
ver the spot from which the gaseous air
arise,*, and applying a lighted paper to
the top, it will flame like to a candle or
flambeau. The proprietor of thi* well
suggested the practicability of concentra
ting the gaseous fluid, and making it not
only useful, as it now is, ibr inumieatiom
at night, but also to boil the water forth*
manufacture of salt, an expei|itW petf
of the work in the boiling ef the .Mine
water, heretofore perfotmtd tar *tOB9
