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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