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Macao in January, 1787,,and afterwards at ] shore, pacified his Countrymen, and assured
Man.lla. . Thence, they proceeded Norther- them that the men in the ship were good
ly, by a long and difficult track^ab*«Tttlifrg> tfndjnnd. Several of the natives went on
with islands, and arrived itt Avatscha, in the board^fo wliQnr-they also made trifling pre
sents. The inhabitants /dfcfrished the ship
with provisions, hogs, birds, bananas, cocoa
POHTBT.
peninsula of. Kamtschatka. Thenco, they
sailed on the 1st of October, 1787, to ex
plore the islands of Japan, and the strait nuts, &c. and a confidence was soon estab-
which separates them from Asia. On the [between them. The crew being forced to
9th of December, a party landed on one of (leave the vessel, landed, saving every
pr.OM THE UNITED STATES LITERARY GAZETTE.
the lapse of time.
Lament wlio will, in fruitless tears,
« The speed with which oui moments fly:
I sicrh not over vanish’d years,
But watch tire years that hasten by.
See how they come—a mingled crowd
Of bright and dark, but rapid days ;
Beneath them, like a Summer cloud,
The wide world changes as I gaze.
VVhat! grieve that time has brought so soon
Tho sober age of manhood on 1
As idly should I weep at noon
To sec the blush of morning gone-
Could I forego the hopes that glow -
In prospect, life# JjMrian '
And let tire chantoln^futurejfo; . .;
With aH her pawmseraadwniies*
odm wouhTtfear thee from my heart
r » 'W
vC e fiiCT^rthd present hour!
j ^nnof—-no—we will not part.
O me still the rapid flight
That makes the changing seasons gay,
The grateful speed that brings the night,
The swift and glad return of day ;
The months that touch with loveliest grace
The little prattler at my knee,
* whose arch eye and speaking face
ew meaning every hour I see;
years that o’.cr each sister land ■>
til lift the country of my birth,
urse her strength till she snail stand
pride and pattern ot the earth ;
inger commonwealths, for aid
cling about her ample robe,
■r» her frown shall shrink atraid,
rown’d oppressors of the glohc.
ie will scar and blanch my brow ;
x shall sit with aged men,,
ood glass will tell me how ,
beard becomes me then. ‘
no foul dishonour lie * <
.ead when I am gray,
search my fading eye,
n tiie path of my decay.
hee, Time—’tis kindness ull
Js thy winged feet so fast;
<>s stay riot till they pall,
y pains are quickly past.
' bear’st a.way our woes;
hadowy train depart,
SOTrtjw grows
ben ontire'heart. ..
to .•—■ ■- 1 ■«:?.... ! ■.... i
tmerabl? addfeabbd To Ae Moon
w *0' ftistc and" rtmrimiirtt-does
at least pre-eminent
1m
*y<)
JOt •. *
•os'* a jKXMjrjl^vva
. ere tliou sum'fit an orb again, :
xvly transient joy, like thee, moat wane,; *
But not, like thee, will hope of mint
With renovated lustre dune ! • . -
How many hours of joy and pain—
How many fond signs, breathed in vain—
How many a hope, decayed too soon,
Thy beams have witnessed, waning moon!
And ere thy cresent form appears,
New hopes may perish, flow new tears !
Fair moon, thy pale light softly beams
Tpon the wood, the hills, and streams,
On that calm home, (that seat of truth)
Of those 1 loved in early youth.
That love, which grew till life’s bright noon
Fades not, like thee, thou waning moon !
The parting hour, the sad farewell,
The pang which language cannot tell;
With weeping friendship’s fruitless boon—
“Think of me, by yon midnight moon”—
Bush to my heart, and fill my eye,
As thy pale lustre leaves the sky.
Thou waning moon, thou waning moon,
AVhv must thy dear light fade so soon f
FROM THE BOSTON* DAILT ADVERTISER.
LA PEYROUSE.
•It is quite remarkable, that, after all the
fruitles search that has been made for the
last forty years, to ascertain the fate which
interrupted the splendid voyage of this un
fortunate traveller,‘ facts should have come
to light at this late day, which bid fair, not
only to disclose the nature of the disaster
which befel him, but probably to restore to
their friends some of . the survivors of the
expedition. It is not surprising that the
fat3 of this enterprising traveller and his
companions should have excited the most
lively interest in France. He was himself
of a noble family, had been many years in
the naval service, and had distinguished
himself in the American w ar. He sailed
from Brest on the 1st of August, 17S5, on
a voyage of discovery in the Pacific Ocean,
in the frigate Boussole, accompanied by the
frigate Astrolabe, commanded by Captain
Langle, who was also an officer of distin
guished merit. His officers were among
the most accomplished in the Royal Navy,
and his crews were picked men. He was
accompanied by a large number of men of
science, who were furnished with instru
xnents of every v description for.the most ex
act observations. All the learned societies
furnished memohrs, and all the Governments
of Europe offered the protection and assist
ance of their marine. Louis XYI. is said
to have drawn up the instructions for the.
voyage with his own hand, and the expedi
tion .was regarded as one which bid fair to
tender his reign illustrious. The two
fruraftys doubled Cape Horn, visited the
Sandwich Islands, and arrived on the North
West Coast of America, in latitude 58°
North, and there discovered a deep bay,
. which they called Port Francois, without
having lost a man, or had any sickness. In
an island, in this bay, they took in a supply
ef wood and water, and were about to take
fheir departure, when -unfortunately two
boats, which were eihployed in making some
surveys, were driven' upon breakers,* and
every person on board them were lost, in
cluding six -distinguished officers. They
thence proceeded Southerly, reconnoitering
the Western Coast ef America, arrived at
the islands, and were violently attacked by
a party of the natives, and Captain Langle,
who commanded the party in person, was
massacred with eleven of his men, and a
great number of others were severely wound-
ed. After this disaster, La Peyr&use pro
ceeded to Botany Bay, whence he sailed
again in the beginning of the year 1788, and
from that time nothing was heard of him.
The journal of his expedition, up to this
period, with memoirs and scientifical col
lections, were sent to France, and a splen
did account of the voyage was published in
four volumes. In 1791, the Government
of France sent out two vessels in search of
the lost travellers, but they returned without
having discovered the least trace of them,
and the same fate attended all subsequent
inquiries
But the Paris papers just received, con
tain a number of a f thentic documents, re
lating a variety < which justify the
supposition thit**tae place where the two
frigates w ere lost have been discovered, and
that, within a very short period, at least
some of the survivors of the wreck were yet
in existence. The principal facts now
proved, are the following : Captain Dillon,
w ho, in 1813, was an officer on board the
Bengal ship Hunter, Captain Robson, on a
ovago from Calcutta to New Holland, the
islands of Fidji, and Canton, was on shore
at a town called Wilain, on the Sandal Wood
coast, wheu a quarrel arose, in which, of
several Europeans who were there, nearly
ail were killed. A Prussian, named Martin
Br chert, w ho happened to be there, and
Lascar, escaped from the massacre, and
with Dillon, got on board the Hunter, re
questing Captain Robson to put them ashore
on the first land they should make. Ac
cordingly, Buchert and the Lascar were
landed at the island of Tucopia, in South
latitude 12° 15’, East longitude 1,68. '-Thir
teen years afterwards, viz : on the 13th of
May last, Captain Dillon, wlo was then in
command of ;!.e''ship*~St. Patrick, boujnd
from Valp9f.riso to Pondicherry, happened to
pass iWsigh? of the island of Tucopia; Ex
cited by curiosity, and an interest for his pld
companions in danger, he came to before
Tucopwi* in the hope of ascertaining whether
the men whom he landed there in 1813 were
still alive. He soon saw a canoe launch
from the shore, which came alongside, con
taining the very Lascar whom he had
brought there, and it was soon followed by
anotlier canoe, containing Martin Buchert
the Prussian, both in good health, and over
joyed to see him again. They informed
him that they had been kindly treated by
the natives, and that they had seen no Eu
ropean vessels since they, had been on the
island, except two English whale ships
The Lascar had an old sword hilt, of silver
which he sold to some of the crew of the
St. Patrick for some fish hooks. On in
quiry respecting this article, the Prussian
sai<d, that on his arrival in the island, he saw
this sword hilt in the hands of the natives,
and also several iron bolts, tea-cups, glass
beads, bottles, a silver spoon, with a cipher,
crowned, and a sword, all articles of French
manufacture. The Prussian said, that, af
ter having become sufficient master of the
language, be inquired whence these articles
came, as the Hunter was the first European
vessel they had ever seen. They replied,
that, at a group of islands called Malicolo,
distant. about two days voyage of their
canoes, where they made frequent voyages,
they procured these articles from the inhabi
tants, who had great quantities of them in
their possession. On examining the sw*ord
hilt more minutely, it was found to have the
initials of Lar Peyrouse upon it. This ex
cited the curiosity of Captain Dillon still
further, and, with the assistance of Buchert
and the Lascar, he questioned the islanders
more particularly respecting the manner of
obtaining these articles. They answered,
that they had learned from th6 inhabitants
of Malicolo, that many years ago, two large
vessels arrived in their islands. That one
of them anchored near the island Wahnoo,
and thq other by the island Paiow, which is
at a little distance from the first. Soon af
ter they came to anchor, and before they
had any communication with the natives, a
violent storm arose, and the two vessels
were driven on shore. That which was at
Wahnoo struck upon the rocks. The na
tives repaired in crowds tp the banks, armed
with clubs, lances, bows and arrow’s. They
threw some of their arrows at the vessel
the crew returned it by discharges of cannon
and musketry, and several of the islanders
were killed. The Vessel continued to beat
upon the rocks, and was finally dashed to
pieces. Some of the crew embarked in
boats, but they were thrown on shore, where
the enraged natives massacred them to the
last. Others jumped into the sea, and if
they reached the shore, it was to share the
fate of their unfortunate companions; thus,
not an individual of this vessel escaped the
disaster.
The vessel which was wrecked at Paiow
struck on a sand bank. The natives came
up to it, and also fired their arrows. The
crew, however, had sufficient prudence not
tfc. seek to revenge this attack. They
showed the natives hatchets, beads, and
other trinkets, which they offered them in
token of peace. The assailants ceased their
hostilities, and when the storm was over, aja
aged chief went in a canoe tc the ship—he
was kindly received, presents were offered
to, and accepted by him. He returned to the
thing they could take out. They staid
there for some time, and built a small ves
sel with the remains of the large one. As
soon as this was finished, as many men as
would hold embarked in it, and it w r as
abundantly furnished with fresh provisions by
the Islanders. Several of the crew w’ere left
in the island, and their commander promised
to return soon with presents for the natives,
and take away the remainder of his people,
whom he was now obliged to leare behind
him on the Island. He left them several
guns, and powder, by. means of which they
made themselves very useful to their new
friends, who were at war with the neigh
bouring island. The inhabitants of Tuco
pia affirmed that a great number of articles
belonging to the two vessels are very well
preserved, and still remain in the island of
Malicolo. About seven months before my
arrival at Tucopia, a canoe from Wahnoo
had brought two large cha : n bolts, and an
iron boh of about four feet long. Captain
Dillon conversed with sotne of the men who
made the last voyage in the canoe to Mali
colo. They told him that there still re
mained in that island many articles of irpn
belonging to the shipwrecked vessel. Those
which Martin Buchert had seen were very
much eaten by rust. One silver spoon only
was brought to Tucopia, and Buchert had
made rings and othef^omaments of it, for
the wives of the islanders. Captain Dillon,
on his arrival at Calcutta, retained in his
possession the sword'hilt, one of the rings
made out of the spoon, and some of the
beads, all of which belonged to the wreck. -
The Prussian had never dared to make a
voyage to Malicolo with the inhabitants of
Tucopia; but the Lascar had been there
once or twice. He affirmed positively that
he had seen the Europeans at the island
Paiow; that they sneak the language of the
country, and that"* he had conversed with
thotn. These men were old. They told
him that many years since they were in one
of the vessels ofyvhich they showed him the
remains. They informed him also that no
vessel had been to these islands since they
were wrecked there—that most of their
companions were dead, but that they had
been so dispersed over the different islands,
that it was impossible for them to say pre
cisely how many of them were still alive.
Captain Dillon recollected several other
particulars of the conversation he had with
the Lascar and the islanders who confirmed
strongly their first assertions.
Hav:» g collected so many details, all
tending to confirm the hope that he had
formed, on seeing the silver sword hilt with
the cipher, he resolved to go as quick as pos
sible to Malicolo, and examine himself the
remains of the wreck, and take away with
him, if possible, the two men of whom the.
Lascar had spoken, and who he said were
Frenchmen. With this view Captain D.
begged him to accompany bun, but being
married in the island, and well settled there,
he refused, and no endeavours could prevail
on them. The Captain even went so far as
to promise to bring him back to Tucopia,
but he would not consent. The Prussian,
however, being tired of the savage life he
led for fourteen years, was desirous of re
maining with Captain Dillon. lie w*as very
glad to retain him, and also-procured an
inhabitant of Tucopia to go wijjn him on his
expedition. Buchert remained at the date
of this account on board Dillon’s ship, and
was ready to attest to the truth of his nar
rative. They left Tucopia, May 1st, and
made Malicola in a short time ; unfortunate
ly, when they came in sight of land, a calm
came on, which lasted seven days. The
ship’s provisions were almost exhausted, it
was impossible to procure animals at Tuco
pia, and they had subsisted principally on
potatoes and the bananas of New Zieland.
The ship having been long at sea, made
much water; the supercargo, who was on
board, and who had been uneasy at the
captain’s delav among these islands, remon
strated very strongly against his prolonging
it; and though it was with the greatest re
luctance, the captain felt himself objiged to
take advantage of a breeze which arose, to
continue his voyage, and arrived at Calcutta
after many difficulties from the bad state of
his vessel. A deliberation of the Council
of Calcutta was held on the 16th of Novem
ber last, in which Council, influenced by
motives of interest, and hope which was de
rived from this account of Captain D. order
ed the ship Research, belonging to the East
India Company, , to be put under the com
mand of Captain Dillon, to go to Malicolo,
and by all possible means to gain informa
tion of the circumstances connected with the
loss of the two vessels belonging to La
Peyrouse. To this expedition was attached
Dr. Tytler, who voluntarily offered his ser
vices, and who is to receive 800 rupees per
month as compensation. We may expect
shortly to learn from Calcutta the result of
this .interJcting investigation. Tho docu-
not safe to meet thus the advances of an in
fant, who looks to its elders for guidance at
every step. The sense of shame is very
early injts operations, and being laughed at
is no comfortable thing to a child. Do not
expect to be sought a second time with rea
diness for information, by one whose inqui
ries, however simple, you have put by, with
an emphatic ‘Pshaw! Nonsense !—How
do 1 know 1’ Much less suppose that the
crude conceptions of a child will be as frank
ly exposed to you after you have made them
your sport. If a question can be answered
it ought to be—and that in such a way as
shall serve to correct the mistake of him
who presents it without causing him to feci
as if he ought to be ashamed for having
made them. And there are other methods
of alia ; ing a curiosity which you are unable
to satisfy, than harshly shutting up the lips
of the little inquirer by a frown, or driving
him as a troublesome intruder, from your
presence. Surely no parent would grudge
a half hour’s time from any pursuit, to be
devoted to the communication of that know
ledge, which being eagerly asked for, cannot
fail to be received with pleasure, and there
fore be the better remembered.—Similar
cautions might be made in regard to the
manner of treating the mistakes of children.
Let me relate an anecdote of a child of
five years, which lately came under my
knowledge. He was a boy of quick feel
ings, and one of the most pertinacious little
questioners I ever saw. Being at a coun
try village not far from the city, he was ea
ger to make use of the liberty he enjoyed
there, by going into every house and shop,
and seeing what every body in the neigh
bourhood was doing. One afternoon he
sauntered with some other children till they
came where through the open door of a
shoemaker’s shop were seen half a dozen
men smartly plying the thread and awl.
Charles had never seen this work done—
and sat himself down immediately to look
on. An hour or two after, he came breath
less into the parlor where his friends were
sitting, and burst forth with the history of
the wonders he had witnessed. He had
gained a pretty good notion of the employ
ment, but did not know what was attached
to the thread in order to pass it so quickly
into the hole made for its reception, nor the
name of the instrument by which the leather
was pierced. He said, “ the man was sew
ing up leather with a fork and some twine
with pig’s feathers in the end of it.” A
loud laugh from the company made the
poor little fellow color deeply, and
instantly run out of the room. He was
seen to go directly to the 9hop he
had lately quitted, and his return was await
ed with some impatience. In a few mo
ments he entered again—but with an offen
ded air he exclaimed, * I have asked the
man and he told me they are bristles, and
”he made the holes with an awl. Why did’nt
you tell me, and not go to laughing at me ?*’
His rebuke was felt ./and recollected,—Let
ters to a Parent. '
ments firgm) which this narrative is taken,
jlly communicated by the Go-
the English East India Com-
French Government, and were
the Moniteur.
we\*e o!
vernmert ol
pany, t« th<
published h
Inquisitiveness in children.—-A great deal
of care is-lfeedful in our mode of disposing
of the sometimes absurd and often strange
and teasiug questions of children. The
first efforts of the mind, like the first move
ments of the body, may seem proper sub
jects of mirth to the observer: but it is
a ' * y
At the. battle of Yorktown, whilst the aids
of the American Chief were issuing his or
ders along the line, a man was discovered a
short distance from it, who presented rather
a grotesque appearance, being dressed in
the coarse common cloth worn at the time
bythp lower orders in the back country,
with an otter-cap, the shape of which very
much resembled the steeple of a meeting
house, and a broad leather apron. His
equipments consisted of a small wood
chuck’s skin, sewed together in the form of
a bag, and partly filled with buck shot, an
ox horn filled with powder, and an old rusty
gun, which measured about seven feet,
eight inches, from the muzzle to the end of
the breech, and which had probably lain in
the smoke ever since the landing of the pil
grims. One of the aids passing hirn in the
course of his rounds, inquired of hi;n to
what regiment he belonged. ‘ I belong to
no regiment,’ said the fellow, after he had
fired iiis ‘ long carabine.’ A few moments
after the officer rocie by again ; but seeing
the fellow very busy, and sweating with ex
ertion he once more inquired to what regi
ment he belonged. ‘To no regiment was
the answer, the speaker at the same time
levelled his piece at a ‘ red coat,’ who was
preparing to fire, but who dropped dead be
fore he had half raised his gun. ‘ To what
company do you belong,’—to no company
—to what battalion do you belong V—to
no battalion—‘ then where the devil do you
belong, or who are you fighting fori’ ‘Dang
ye,’ said the fellow, ‘ I don’t belong any
where, J am fighting or. my own hookj
The Happy Union.—The gods, wearied
with the perpetual cries of wedded mortals,
loudly complaining that they were unfortu
nately matched, sent, at length a messenger
to earth, with authority to divorce all those
who were desirous of being unmarried. On
the messenger’s return to heaven, it appear
ed from his report that only a single couple
in the whole world were perfectly satisfied
with each other. This amiable and peace
able pair had never quarrelled; if the woman
was out of temper, and suffered her tongue
to use violent expressions, her husband en
tirely disregarded what she said ; and if he
committed any improper or indelicate ac
tions, his dear wife never once noticed them.
The cause of this singular instance of con
nubial harmony puzzled all th,e celestials,
who learned with astonishment, that the
wife was blind and the husband deaf l
JVIarseilles.—A marriage had lately been
noxmeed, it was found that the bridegroom 4
bad withdrawn front the happy state which 9
awaited him; upon which the father imme
diately proposed to substitute in his place
another son living in this City.—The young
lady’s family not having any objection to
the arrangement, the young man was sent
for, and a new contract drawn up, in which
the only alteration consisted in the substitu
tion of one Christian ntutie for anotlier. The
new bridegroom arrived, but, upon being
introduced to his intended, expressed a de
cided preference for heroister, and the par
ents, anxious to unite the families one way
or another, agreed to have a new contract
drawn up, and this extemporaneous marriage
(marriage impromptu) is expected to take
place very shortly. From this transaction,
however, a law* suit is likely to arise. The
Notary, it appears, demands to be paid for
the drawing up of the three contracts,
whereas, the two families maintain that as
there is to be but one marriage, there ought
to be but one contract paid for.
Bow Street.— The Assault Justified.—
“ Plasc your ’onor’s worship,” said Brian
M’Carfiy, an Irish boy, standing six feet
high in bis stocking feet, with- a pair ofshoul-
ders'which would have formed an excellent
model for the statue of Archilles in Hyde
Park, and withhis }iob mostfancifullv tied up
in an old worsted sW?king, ‘ Tin kilt.”
Sir Richard—If you arc killed, you had
better go before the Coroner.
M’Carthy—It isn’t quite kilt I am, your
Onor, but a most as you’ll seo (pulling off
the stocking,) for here’s a hole in my skull
von misrht be putting apraty in.
Sir Richard—Well, cover your head, and
let me hear what you have to say.
M’Carthy—It’s a warrant I’d be wanting
your Onor.fk
Sir Ricbdrd—Against whom ?
M’Carthy—Agin Mick Gavin, to be sure,
your Onor.
Sir Richard—And who is Mick Gavin ?
M’Carthy—He’s the thief o’ the World
that murthered me, your Onor.
Sir Richard—An Irish row, I suppose.
M’Carthy—Devil a row, your Onor. It
ail happened in a sociable sort of a way.
Sir Richard—Over a glass of whiskey, I
presume.
M’Carthy—Faith it didn’t your Onor. It
was over a kitchen table.
Sir Richard—Well, tell ns all about it.
M’Carthy—It’s myself ihat will your
Onor. You see, ycur Onor, I just stepped
into Mick’s place to have a gossip with the
v anithee.
Sir Richard—The vanithee! ar.d pray
whoisthat? . - «
M’Carthy—The bit of a wife he has, your
Onor.
Sir Richard—What, has he only a bit of
a wife ?
M’Carthy—Och, she’s whole what’s of
her, your Onor ; but she ain’t over big.
Sir Richard—Well, go on.
M’Carthy—And so, your Onor, while I
was talking to her, saying nothing at all, in
comes Mick, ‘ Musha then, how arc you
Mick,’ says I, ‘ By J—s. I'll tell you, my
jewel,’ says he, and with that he ups with
the hod he had in the hand of him, and hita
me the lick, your Worship sees, on the
head.’ * Murther!’ says I, and down I drop
ped as dead as the father that bore me. 80
says I to myself, I’ll not stand that any how
and I gathered myself up, and come to your
Onor’s Worship forp. warrant to have tho
law o’ him.
Sir Richard—And didn’t you return tho
compliment ?
M’Carthy—The devil a return your
Onor.
Sir Richard—That was rather singular :
but I presume you had nothing in your hand,
or you would have been even with him.
M’Carthy—And you may say that any
how, your Onor; but sorry the thing I had
handy, barrin’ the mistress’s pincushion.
Sir Richard—His wife’s pincushion do
you mean?
M’Carthy—By my sowl I do, your Onor.
Sir Ricliard—And pray what were you
doing with that ?
M’Carty—Och, be dad (with a half grin,
which seemed rather to open the Worthy
Magistrate’s eyes) I was justfeelingfora pin.
Sir Richard—Just feeling for a pin l.that
was no great offence ! but where did the
lady carry her pincushion ?
M’Carthy—Just inside of her pocket,
your Onor.
Sir Richard—And you had just get your
hand in her pocket when her husband camo
in ?
M’Carthy—It’s yourself that said it, your
Onor.
Sir Richard—And her husband broke
your head ?
M’Carthy—It’s he that did, afore Gad,
your Onor.
Sir Richard—Then, I think, he served
you very right. It will be a caution to you,
in future, to keep your hands out of the
pockets of your friends’ wives. I shall
grant no warrant, and so you may go about
your husiness.*
“ Thank your Onor,” said Brian, and pul
ling up his unmentionables, he toddled out of
the office; amidst the laughter of the audi
tors. It turned out, that Mr. M’Carthy ha&
once before been in a similarly suspicious
predicament, but then escaped the ven-^
geance of his crony, Mick Gavin, w*ho had
given him fair warning to keep at the out
side of his door in future.
A merchant advertising an assortment of
agreed upon between the son and daughter goods for sale, gives notice that he will'take
of two respectable tradesmen in the City of
Aix ; the banns had been proclaimed, the
contract drawn up, and tile' fatal yes was
alone wanting. On the day when the sacra
in payment all kinds of country produce ex*
cept promises.
A shopkeeper recommending his goods to
a lady, said, ‘ Madam, it will wear for ever,
mental monosyllable was to have been pro-1 and moke you a petticoat afterwards