Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-07

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/ again directed TO Louiiisnl. Count de
| Pontechartram then r1iniler of The
Marine, tent two veftls of war under
the command Of the Marquis &c Chr
teau Morand and M. Iberville to that
country. They arrived on the coat Of
Florida in January 1000. lberviIle
landed on the ice dc Dauphine, in the
bay of Biloxi. between the Mobile and
MiGiGPpi rivers. He then proceeded
10 the MitliiiPpi and failed up the river
2 comfortable diItance when he received
a letter by the hands Of an Indian Chief,
written BY Chevalier de 1'onti 10 La
| Sale. The truth of the d.fcovery of
the river being thus, TO his great 10Y,
confirmed, he returned 10 the bay Of
Biloxi, where he learned that an In
glib corvette had been al the mouth
of the river, and on being ordered away,
threatened to return with greater
torce.-This information determined
him 10 iecure The poacliicn Of La Sale.
He therefore e. e5ted fInall fort On
the bank Of the river, in which he put
four pieces Of cannon.-He was here
agreeably furprized by the arrival Of
De Toni himfelf with about 10 Cana
dams, who had before f4trled among
the Illinois, alter fnilhing the forT,
he attended the river as tar as the
Matches, where he deGgned to lay the
foundation OF new CITY by the name
of Rofalia, in honor of the Counties of
Pontchartrain.
| In 1910, the fettlcmeut on the lie
de Dauphine, was plundered and burnt
| by an Englifh cruiler. The fame year,
Louis I4th, by letters patent granted
the executive commerce of Louiliana to
NJ. Crozant for 10 years, and the pro-
perty of all the mines and minerals be
might difcover. Crozat inifituted a
new government for The Colony, bnt
met with 70 many difficulties and dir
appointments. that in 1917, he iurren-
dered his charter to the king.
| AT this time, the well known MiGi-
iiPPi Theme was protested by TIE cele
brated Law, and company was form
ed, under his direction 70 carry it into
execution. Towards the end of the
fame year rhe fouudation of The City of
New Orleans was laid-It IS remarka.
bic what romantic hopes this charming
country, in every Gage of its hiaory
has snkindled from its Feuntqir Of y3atb,
70 eagerly fought by De LeoE, to the
fairy prolpeds of Law, and the more
recent, but it is hoped more lubitantial
ichemes Of the Georgia adventures Of
our own day.
| The country lying can of the river,
and now comprehended under the d=
fcription of the Mifilippi Territory, is,
| perhaps in regard 70 foil, climate and
productions, the mot delightful fpot in
America. And is it not iubjed of in
exPretlible regret, that thefe natural
advantages lhouId be rendered Of 10
value by jealous and hottie nation,
who happens 70 have fnall colony
| lituated az the mouth Of the river?
| The country pofeGsd and claimed
by France under the name Of Louiliana,
was bounded on the fouth by the Gulf
OF Mexico. on the north by Canada,
and on the eat and wet g indefinitely, F"
cornPrehending greater extent than
that OF the United States. The ACTIVITY,
wildom and addrefs with which that
nation has invariably purified her mag
nficent fch1mes of colonization in
| North America, we well know. In
1854, fhe had nearly completed a chain
of forts from New Orleans to Quebec,
| by which the Englilh colonies were
| henmed IN, and would have been con.
fined to the country on this tide Of the
Alegany Mountains.
| Thele wife and gigantic projects we,
| defeated by Great Britain in the war ol
| 1856. The Houfe Of Bourbon was
humblcd before the mighty genius Of
a PIrT. unqueltionably the ablea war
minIlter, if not the greatel tatefman.
that England ever faw. His great and
comprehensive mind embraced the
whole extent and magnitude Of the
Empire, penetrated the aftfnl fchemes
of the French Court, and fsized every
location 70 cIamP cunning and dan
| gerous enemy. HIS deipiied the feeble
councils and fhort lighted views of Eel
hlh and inallow politicians, who facri
flee the fold interea and honor of The
State to the ephemeral advantages OF
a deceitfui peace, or to whatever may
in the lealt endanper their darlipo ooD