United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-11-28 00:00:00, page 2

In the Paris Moniteur of 29th Ger
minal ( jßth April) the Consul appears
in his customary style of exaggerations
A long lift of names appears under his
signature of foldiert, who have receiv
ed rewards for diftinguilhed ads of bra
very. Those ads, as related under the
fandion of the name of Bonaparte, are
truly extraordinary. We shall tran
scribe one or two of them for the amufe
inent of our readers :—
" To citizens Robino and Tide, chaf
feurs of the 20th regiment, a carabine
of honour, for having tbemfefoa atone
taken two hundred Hungarin prisoners !
“To citizen Hanus, Brigadier,a muf
queton of honour, for having, with on
lyfar chaffeurs, taken five hundred pri
soners!!
" To citizen Socitereau, Brigadier, a
carabine of honour, for having broke
through three hostile battalions, and in
their light taken two pieces of artillery
and a caiffoon! !"
[0 Doubting the above-mentioned fervires,will,
inthe eflimation of American Jacobihs, be abid
ing the French Republic, it isa pity that feme
of the family of those brave Frenchmen had not
been on board the Berceau, or were not now on
ford the Semillfe [l@di.fc.
and in iAi.igiu.i(U)n';but 1 challenge all
the partizans of such form,; to name an
instance, in which dediohs and the
whole machinery of the government
have not ultimately been managed by
money and factions, so that the people
have loft their free agency'and liberty,
as effectually as in monarchies. As I
have been an enthusiast in favor of Re
publics, and cannot Jet abandon all
hope that our experiment in America
may succeed, Thrill rank you among
angels and demigods, if you will pro
scribe the institutions which shall de
fod^ur government effectually against
the invasions of undue influence and
Corruption ; the instruments with
which vicious and unqualified men
destroy the freedom of elections, and
exalt themselves into power, trampling
firft on the great and good, and after
wards on the very people to whom
<h, owe their elevation.
Your address proceeds ; " Let us
then, with courage and confidence,
pursue our own federal and republican
principles." Here again you conneft
characters, which in other places you
consider as diftinft, and which your
partizans represent as wholly dissimilar
and incompatible. It is infifted,±y
your friends, that your fupportets are
the only republicans in the union—that
federalists, so called are the friends of
monarchy. And this charge+as been
rung in the ears of the people, until it m
has operated in favor ofyour election.
And how can you juftify your coun
tenancing the charge ? In your letter
to Mazzei, you expressly fay that a
party had arisen in bur country, which
was in favour of a monarchy,and whose
avowed object was to impose on us the
substance, as they had, the forms of the
British government. Os this party,
you declare, to be the-executive power,
the judiciary and the officers of gov
ernment ; and this, during the admin
istration of one of your predecessors.—
Throughout that letter, you represent
the federalifts as hostile to our liberty
and republican government: —their
measures as eftabliihments devised for
corrupt purposes—and your own party
as arrayed in opposition, with the view
of destroying that party. Yet after all
this, you could assume a conciliatory
tone, and tell us, that federalifts and
republicans are the fame, and no par
ties exist! *f
You next take occasion to mention
the fubjed of religion, in a way calcu
lated to remove from the public mind,
the impression, that you are an infidel.
This elaufe in the address seems to be
calculated for the northern citizens of
the union, who generally continue to
believe in the old fashioned tenets of the
truth of religion, and its utility in this
life, as Well as its neceflity to secure the
bieQings of another. You mention the
people of this country, as being “ en
lightened by a benign religion," and
acknowledging " an over-ruling prov
idence" that delights in the happiness of
men, present and future. You speak
also of " destinies, Beyond the reach of
mortal eye ;" but not a word about a
Supreme intelligent Being or chriftiani
t, Whether this omiffidn was acci
dental or intentional, I will not ven
ture to pronounce ; but your predeces
sors did not leave us room to question
their opinions on this interesting fubjed.
In Prcfident Washington's inaugural
address, he declared,he could not omit,
in bis tirft official ad, his fervent Ap
plications to that Almighty Being who
rules over the universe. Mt. Ad
ams in his inaugural address, profeffed
his veneration for the chriftian religion,
and declared that he should confider a
decent tefped for chriftianity among
the best recommendations of men for
the public service. Whatever modern
pride and sophistry may incline your
friends to believe, it is a truth fan&ion
ed by hißory, that in the most corrupt
ages and most corrupt states, that man
has been most eßeemed ahd confided in,
who has venerated religion and obeyed
fts injunctions.
FRENCH PRODIGIES.
Iron the London Monthly Magazinefar July rSox.
• BIOGRAPHY
Os the LIFE AND CHARACTER'
OF BENEDICT ARNOLD.
DIED, at his house, in Glouceder place, on
Sunday, June „, Brigadier-General Benedict
Arnold. This lingular man was a native of
New-England, and bred, as some fay, a surgeon
—a profeflion, however, which he relinquifhed'
very food and followed the sea. He is known
for many years to hive been matter and super
cargo of one of those small vessels which trade
between the New-England provinces and the
Weft-Indies, carrying lumber, live flock, &c.
from the latter circumftancc he has often been
celled a horse dealer. In this capacity he more
than once vifired Quebec, and thereby became
acquainted with the situation of that town. —
Some time before the commencement of the dis
pute between Great-Britain and America, Ar
nold had fettled at New-Haven, and was then
chosen captain of a company of volunteers by
the inhabitants, who began to use themselves to
arms, and to prepare for the cribs which was
then to be expected. When the firft contest
between the king's troops and the Americans
happened at Lexington, a general alarm was
given ; and as soon as the news reached him, be
called his company together, and asked them if
they would march off with him the next morn
ing to Boston (diftaut 150 miles.) They a
greed, and paraded before a cavern where one
of their committees was fitting. He applied to
the gentlemen for powder and Ihot, but they
denrjrred supplying him, as he was not duly
huthorifed. Arnold declared he was deter
mined to have some ; and Col. Wooster re
faon ftrating with him, Arnold exclaimed, —
None hut God Almighty Jball prevent my march
ing ! The committee yielded, and Arnold and
his company set 6ff for, head -quart&s. This
'fpirited conduct brought him into notice; and
we soon find him with the rank of Col. and
commanding a body of troops on an expedition
to Canada. This exploit, one of the moll ex
traordinary during the war, deserves notice—
The whole body of men were about 1100, un
der the command of Arnold, and marched from
Cambridge to Newburyport, where they em
barked on board transports, for Kennebec,which
"carried them.up to Gardner's town. Here they
embarked in batteaux, and proceeded in divi
sions ;'fhort of prdvifions, deferred by many of
their companions, and undergoing inexpressible
'fatigue, till they reached the banks of the river
Chandiore, where they met with supplies; af
ter having been thirty-one days in a wilderness,
Without feeing a house. After refrefhing his
men, he arrived at Point Louis, opposite Que
bec ; but found the city, which he intended to
furprize, had been informed of his coming.
This happened by his pwn imprudence, in
trailing a letter to an unknown Indian, who
carried it to the lieutenant-governor. Arnold
was therefore neceffarßy obliged to wait there
until general Montgomery arrived, whom he
joined on the sth December, before Quebec. —
in the attempt to storm that city, Arnold be
haved with his ufaal spirit, but received a wound
in his leg, and was carried off to the hospital.—
He however took the command after Mont
gomery's death, and drew off the Mattered re
mains of the army, and in June retreated to
Crown Point. When, general "Carleton ad
vanced with the British forces, general Gates
appointed gen. Arnold to command the fleet
on Lake Champlain, although several com
plaints of mifeondudt were made against him.
With great industry, a naval force of one Hoop,
three schooners, and five gondolas, was pre
pared ; of which Arnold took the command,
and was afterwards reinforced by three gallins
and three gondolas ; and with this force he en
gaged a much superior force of the English on
the iith, whom he checked, but on the 13th
found himfelf obliged to fly, and run most of
his fleet on Chore, to save the men from being
prisoners. Arnold hc're also gained much ap
plause for his bravery,but was censured as hav
ing made a bad disposition of his force. With
the rank of general, next year, he served at
Danbury, and opposed gen. Tryon, who was
sent to deftrey provisions and Hores at that
place.
In an action at Redsfield he had his horse foot
under him, and fared hjmfelf from being run
through the bod, with a bayonet, by footing
the English soldier who attempted it. His con
du& here was so much applauded, that the
Congress presented him with another horse in
the room of that he 101 lin the adion. This
was in 1777,2nd the fame campaign he relieved
Fort Schyler, attacked by colonel St. Legar,
and Sir William Johufon. This was the mem
otable year in which Burgoyne met bis dif
graceful fate. In the attempt made to storm
his intrenchments, Arnold commanded a part
of the army ; here he again (hewed extraordi
nary courage, and was wounded in the thigh,
of which he ever after felt the consequences,
having one limb fhortcr than the other. When
the British troops evacuated Philadelphia, in
1778, Arnold was appointed to command the
American garrifori. Hire he lived in a a very
expensive style, far beyond his income ; and to
support it, engaged both in trade and priva
teering, in both of which he was urffucccfsful.
He then set up a claim against the American
Government, which was disallowed by the
Commiflioners appointed to examine it. This
led him into intemperate conduct and expres
sions, for which he was tried by a Court Mar
tial, and sentenced to receive a rept imand. —
From this moment he seems to have harbored
the design of quitting the American service.—-
He accordingly opened a correfpondencc, in
1780, with Sir Henry Clinton, with whom he
contrasted to deliver up Weft Point, the place
which he commanded. To fettle all matters,
the unfortunate Andre was sent up the river, in
the Vulture sloop, to confer with Arnold. His
detection and fate are well known. Arnold was
more fortunate, and finding his fcheroe detect
ed, got fafe on board the Vulture It was af
terwards known, that as the price of the trea
son, Arnold was to receive 3,c001, and the rank
of Brigadier general, and pay of a Col. in the
English service. Gen. Washington wished to
save Andre and exchange him for Arnold, and
we cannot help thinking Gen. Clinton ought to
have acceded to these terms. Arnold, in his
new service, fought by his activity to render
himfelf acceptable to bis new masters, and in
1781, was sent, with 1500 men, and a few
light horse, for the Chefapeak. He landed at
Richmond, destroyed all the flores he could
foeet with, and afterwards proceeded to Ports
mouth. A plan was laid by General Wafb
ington,to catch him and his army, but failed ;
Arnold was soon after joined by General Phil
lips, who took the command. Arnold^howev
tr, was still a&ive in the war of havock and de
ftruCtion then carried on.
When Lord Cornwallis joined, be dispensed
with Arnold's prefence,\who returned to New
York, and was fortunately saved from being
with the army when it mitulatcj. We find
him damaging in one piece more of a&ive ser
vice, which was an enterprize against New-
London, —when he destroyed several vcffels,
sixty dwelling houses and eighty stores. It was
a matter of surprise that English officers should
Hoop to aft under the command of such a re
negado, and many attempts have been made
to palliate such conduce. After this service,
Arnold embarked with his family on board an
armed ship, which sprung a leak, and he was
obliged to quit her, and go on board an unarm
ed merchant (hip ; in which, however, he had
the good fortune to escape capture, although
most of the /hips were taken. Gen. Arnold
was now received at Court, and even admitted
into fame good company. After the peace,
and a residence in England of some years, (in
which we believe he had intered to procure a
penfien for his wife, in the event of her surviv
ing him) he embarkedfor Nova Scotia, to take
a grant of land; and here he remained _ some
years in no very easy situation, and at laH quit
ted it on a charge of perjury being preferred a
*gainfl him. He then went for the Weft Indies,
and was taken by the French, and found means
to escape from on board one of their ships in a
very extraordinary manner. He is afterward
said to have rendered some important service to
Sir Charles Gray, when commanding on that
Ration. He returned once more to England,
and seems to have clofeda most extraordinary
life in peace.
While seriously thinking Federalists
have been anxiously predicting the fa
tal consequences of the reigning poli
tics to religion and morality, the hypo
critic Jacobin has insidiously asserted
that such alarms were falfe, and footh
'ed the suspicions of many well-meaning
citizens. To what an unhappy crisis
mull we he led, before every eye will
be open to the existing combination a
gainst all the pleasures of our religion ?
What Yapid Grides have been made
'within a few months, by the votaries
of democracy and impiety, to overturn
those inftitutiohs, which our fathers,
handed us as invaluable legacies, and
of which we have heretofore realized a
heartfelt attachment. Convinced that
the harmony of the seasons, the fruit
ful shower, sunshine and harvest were
the disposition of an over-ruling and
benevolent Providence, we have annu
ally devoted a few hours, at this feh
fon, to the sublime service of lifting our
fouls in gratitude publicly and united
ly, to the fountain of all our enjoy
ments. With what pleasure have our
Parents suspended their secular con
cerns, and cordially assembled in the
solemn ceremony. 'With what interest
ing fatisfadion have they conduced
their children to the temple of thankf*
giving.—What grateful sensations have
tilled the mind of us their offspring, in
contemplating the obje& of this vene
rable institution, and in indulging the
warmest effufions of our duty. Have
we not gloried in the disposition of our
anceftofs which, gave us the pious ex
ample ;—have We not boasted the vir
tue of our government which has uni
formly noticed the common obligation;
have we not had frequent reason to
think the incense of thousands of de
vout ascriptions has found acceptance
with the Being to whom it was offered ?
Shall We then disclaim an institution
fraught with so many endearments ?
Shall we reliuquifh a privilege so valu
able, in compliance with the rage of
democratic innovation, or fuffer it ,to
be wrested from us by the scorn of
Infidels ? You, who have often assem
bled with pleasure in a cerenrony Which
the happiness of the year originated,
and our duty to heaven cherished, but
who believe that the present system of
things will not interfere with your re
ligious institutions, fee serious invasion
at your door. In the neighbouring
date of Rhode-Inland, a day of public
thanksgiving under the recommenda
tion of the Legislature is Rigmatifed as
an arbitrary aft, <whicb bright be proper
under the government of a Po,e, but as
hostile to republican principles ridiculed as
bigotry—as a trivial 'ceremony, not
worthy the attention of a Legislature ;
and finally REJECTED ! !!
Let the unprincipled wretches deny
their God the just tribute of gratitude.
We shudder at the daring attempt, but
hope that so serious an evil will pro
duce this good?—intereft the minds of
the deluded among us, who would not
lißen to the fears of federalifts. May
they confider seriously the nature of
this ceremony,and of that d/fnftion which
could prompt men to difeard it with
contempt.; ; STANLEY.
I NFrom the PALANCE.,
H -d-
ISTORY presents a melancholy
pidure of man.—He is either the ham
mer or the anvil; he is either smiting
or smitten ; opprefling or oppressed.—
On the one fide Jou behold the iron
hand of despotism preßing down its
wretched vassals and using them as
beasts of burden. You fee the privi
leged Jew lording it over the many, eat
ing the fruit of their labor, and rioting
in their misery and tears. With hor
ror you turn from the difthal fpe&acle ;
and on the other hand, behold a nation
rlfing indignant, breaking its chains,
and declaring itfelf free. The benevo
lent heart exults ; but alas ! it soon
finds occasion to droop and fickeb.—
Fadlons arise ; demagogues lift aloft
their gigantic heads, and found their
pharifaical trumpet ; the cool voice of
reason is little heard and less minded ;
From the Newburyport Herald.
THANKSGIVING.
cunning and violence prevail over wis
dom and honefly, and the people dup
ed by crafty appeals to their paflions &
avarice, ate caught, like filly fifhes, in
a net. In the mean time, the most de
serving characters are hissed off the
,ag, Venerable patriots, sage civil
ians and brave generals, who had de
voted themselves to the interest of their
country, and grown grey in its service
are loaded with public scorn, and in
inßances not a few, are made to fuffer
confiscation of efiate, imprisonment,
banishment, and even death itfelf.
So it was in the free Rates of Judea,
Greece, and Rome. In perusing the
annals of the latter, we find Camillus,
invoking the gods, to witness the in
gratitude of his country. We fee C&
riolanus, another patriot and benefac
tor of the republic, bidding adieu to
his mother, wife, and children, and
driven into perpetual banishment. We
behold Scipio, one of the wisest and
bravest of generals, who had repulsed
and subdued the invaders of his coun
try and greatly extended the Roman
power, both in Asia and Africa as well
as Europe ; we behold him stripped of
his honours, slandered and persecuted
by men, who envied his grea^nefs, and
neglected and abandoned by the people
lin whose service he had employed his
brilliant talents and consumed his life.
Such ingratitude gives a more painful
wound than a serpent's tooth. The
foul of Scipio was so deeply Rung by
it, that he retired indignantly from
Rome to Linterntim and directed his
domestics to bury him there ; alledging
an unwillinghefs to be interred in a
country, where he had been used with
such bale arid black ingratitude. Cice
ro, the famous orator, Ratefman, and
patriot, bitterly experienced the un
thankful requitals of the republic,which
he had faithfully served and even saved
from ruin.—Through his paternal
care and vigilance, Rome was deliver
ed from the horrid conspiracy of Cata
line and his vile accomplices, who had
planned and were nearly executing a
general maflacre and conflagration.—
While the danger and deliverance
were frefh in their minds, the Ro
man people paid to Cicero a homage
that was but little short of adoration.
They fainted him as the father of his
country ; —they proclaimed him their
deliverer and fayiour. Mothers poured
their blessings upon his head, while
clasping to their breasts the infants,
that were rescued by him from death.
The whole body of the feitate and the
knights conduced him through the
Rreets in triumph : and in the mean
time, the streets were illuminated, that
the women and children at the win
dows and tops of houses might fee him
pass.—Cicero seems to have been near
ly intoxicated with these public plaudits.
His heart, which was too susceptible of
flattery, danced in unison with the ac-
Millot's Description cf Egypt.
EGYPT, which is situated between the 24th
and thirty third degrees of north latitude, is
one of the countries of the world the molt fa
voured by nature ; the Iky is serene, the foil
fertile, the plants and fruits agreeable and salu
tary ; but a wonderful degree of industry would
have been necessary to render it habitable for a
confiderab|e number of people. The overflow
ing of the Nile procures every advantage and
supplies the want of rain, which never falls in
that country. That river has its source in a
mountain in Abyflinia, from whence it does not
arrive in Egypt till after it has been precipitated
over seven cataracts, with a noise which is heard
at the diflance of a number of leagues. It be
gins to fwcll in the month of May, and by a
gradual intreafe, which is alrooft impercepti
ble at firft it arrives at a Efficient height to
overflow the country, and remains in that Hate
from the month of June till October. The an
cients, who were ignorant of the caffes of the
inundation, have aligned some fabulous reasons
which will always be the case When people sub-
Ilitute conjectures instead of fads. At present
we knots that it rains in Ethiopia five months
of the year, from April to September, which is
the secret of the overflowing of the Nile; and
the precious mud which it deposits produces
the amazing fertility of Egypt; thus lands,
their vi&im, and every man and wo
man seemed ready to supply a faggot
for his execution ! While he was tra
duced and persecuted by some of the
vilest of wretches ; while the populace,
who turn as easily as a vane turns by
the wind, loaded him with curses and
vented their threats, his pretended
friends forfook and shunned him, as
the wounded deer is avoided by the
herd ; thus menaced and abandoned,
the fallen statesman was obliged to flee
from the city in fear of his life. He
that had saved the city from conflagra
tion and massacre, was stripped of the
best of his possessions and driven away
with ignominy into exile.
Bitter experience then taught him,
that building his hopes upon popular
favour was building upon a bog; and
his extreme Rejection in this reverse of
fortune was the natural consequence of
his having prized the applauses of the
multitude infinitely above their real
value. HISTORICUS.'
clamations of the people ; and though
he had read the hiftory of the Grecian
commonwealths, and might have learn
ed from thence the ficklenefs of popular
favor, he trusted in its continuance,
with a confidence which soon deceived
him. Within a yery few years, the
plaudits of the populace were succeed
ed by their bitter execrations. The
enemies of Cicero had marked him for
Wine and brandy rose 25 per cent,
at Bourdeaux, in consequence of peace
between England and France; and
the price ofimported articles had fallen. {
Markets are said to be dull in the
ports on the Mediterranean except forj 4
fifh. [
Mr. Pinckney, the American Mioi^et to |h&
Court of Madrid, left the Hague on^he xjthff
of September far the place of hit deftratioD.
Extrafl of a letter from an American gert
tieman, dated Gibralter, Sept. 22.
" A convoy is expeded here in a few
days from England, and I think we
shall put ourselves under it, and go up
as high as Minorca, which will put
us out of danger from any Tripolitan
pirate. Our government does not
seem to have the proper ideas of this
Tripolitan war, or they would furnifh
us with some small veflels of 12 or 16
guns. These would anlwer every pur
pose of convoy, as there is no Tirpoli
tan whom they could not beat off, and
the expence to government would be
very much diminiffied, while at the
fame time the protection to us would,
be equally effectual."
HARTFORD) Nov. 23.
KENTUCKY REVOLUTIONIZED.
By sundry recent accounts from
Kentucky, it appears that that State is
now entirely freed from the (hackles
and chains of Government. Man is
there no longer the slave of Laws, —
which he himfelf has not made—he
makes a law on every occasion to suit
himfelf. We trust the other States
will soon experience the perfeß ^ork of
Revolution, and under the reign of Phi
losophy itfelf, advance with rapid strides,
tothe perfeft state of nature ; when Gov.
ernment (hall no longer controul the
pure benevolence of men, and bumble
the just and noble independence which
constitutes the real dignity of unfubju
gated man. A few murders have hap
pened between fathers and sons, and
between brothers, and a few children
have been roasted alive, but this can
scarcely be regretted, because it must
be ertpeded when " infuriated man with
agonizing spasms, is seeking through
blood and Daughter his long loft liber
ty." —o—
— (N.J.) NOV. g.
The General Assembly of this State have
voted an address to the Prcfident, by a majori
ty of eight. ——
PROVIDENCE, Nov. Xg.
As Thursday next will be celebrated in our
lifter States of Maffachufetls, Connecticut, and
New-Hampshire, as a Day of THANKSGIV
ING and I'RAYER to Almighty God; and
as it will be generally observed by the religious
societies in this town, we shall not publish our
paper next week until Friday morning,
f Mrs. Bowen has lately called upon the un
fortunate mother, and disclosed the whole pro
ceedfrg. Warrants have been issued, and it is
the fincerc prayer of all who have heard of the
tranfa&ioh, that this infernal monster may be
apprehended, so as to meet his just reward.
The murderous wretch was not yet appeased
—he threatened both wife and negro, if ever
they difelofed the horrid tranfa&ion. He ob
served in the negro afterwards a degree of me
lancholy, which induced the murder of him for
fear of a difeovery
LEXINGTON, OCT. 2,.
St^p cue of t^e greatfl villains that ever
disgraced human nature !!
It must be recollected that lari spring it was
""foi 0 ""' that a farmer in the neighbourhood
°f brennin s-Lick, had two children miffing ;
and that after the most diligent search for ma
ny days po tidings could be had of them, it
unfortunately happened that a depute had taken
place between a farmer and Alezander Bow
en, who worked a furnace at the Lick, on some
trifling affair; Bow^n vowed revenge.
The two families were in the strongest hab-
Cs of intimacy to the time of the quarrel. The
children of both families visited each other at
their different habitations to cxereife their little
playful sports—but mark these little innocents
(the one being only five and the other three
years old) reception on going to their play,
mates —the inhuman villain had then his lalt
kettles boiling, and in the presence of his wife
and negro, laid hold of the youngest, and in
ftarttly threw it into the flames ; the oldest ob
ftrving the wotß of all savage brutality, ran
and elafped Mrs. Bowen, and implored her
protection—all was in vain—he threatened her
with the fame fate if she did not immediately
desist, and the poor unfortunate child fuffcred
the fame agony of its infant brother.
.. WASHINGTON NO,.
Official.
Appointments by the Prudent of the U. S.
Dr. Thomas Tudor Tucker, of South-Caro
lina Treafurcr of the U.s:ates, in the room of
Samuel Meredith, Esq resigned.
William Paterfo%of Hew-York, to be Com
mercial Agent at L'Orienc.
o
NATCHEZ, SEPT<
REVOLUTION,.RY SPIRIT.
We "learn that 7 Spanilh officers have been
committed to the Principal in New-Orleans,for
committing a gross fofult to the flag of his
Catholic Majesty ; hanged it firft and then
fat it on fire. It is conjectured, from the na
ture of the crime, that they will fuffer the fe
vered punishment the laws of Spain can inflict
which are naturally dry and Tandy, becn^ 0.
beQfoil in the world. They need only so,,
without almost any culture, to reap in a
short time, all the natural productions. Egypt
during the fuamici appears like a sea, with ci
ties, villages, and thickets, feattered over it, and
affording a most wonderful and lingular prof
pedl; in the winter it becomes a gladfomc plain
covered with flocks, herds, and husbandmen,
where orange, citron, and other fragrant trees'
are seen, whose flowers delight the eye and
presume the surrounding air. Modern travellers
give nearly the fame description with ancient.
United States.