The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-30

OF May lait bya RattleSnake with three rattes, as
| he was Gooping to pick up fome chips. The fnake
iaitened its angs in his finger until he lifted it near
three feet from the ground The wound bled, and in
few minutes began fwell and pain him up to his
| elbow He went to place where bricks had been
made and mixed fome of the Clay with his Urine and
applied the wound. In half hour the pain ceai
ed, and he has fuered any further Inconvenience
from it. Trenton PAN
The 6tbnn1,Jer oftl'i5 rape~ contained az I" Ey-
traa Of npyi4ateiettey from, tie lie of France,
STD PenaIenaaiye, rear lo," relative 10 tie fate
eftbs celebrated La Peyroyje. TIE reade,. zoiN
fad this fateneut centralized IN the t0llosy;ns
letter.
7rag0@tion from the PsJLieiae Ia Paris paper
THE IT'D March, 1904, reeei1ed from cap
tain RiebardJGn.
Meilrs Editors,
There 70 general and 70 lively an interet felt for
Mr. De La PEYRousE, that naturally led to
give favourable reception every document we re-
oeve relative to his expedition and even to publil
any iuch without examining the worth of them; and
this without doubt is the motive tat has Influenced
the editors Of the Journal du Commerce publh the
letter OF their correspondent at the lie of France
which you have reprinted in your paper of the 5th
infant If the particulars of that account gave any
hopes OF the prelervaton of that luxurious and ufor-
them; but reafon and common enie alone are ntere-
ed in the dicutiion which Ifubnt you and lean to
the opinion that their rights may be defended whene-
yer they are rot in oppotion any other prepoaeon
or feeling which is hatterng to u.s.
TO fpeak in plain language, the whole narrative af-
s1hed TO the Portuguese flip isan abiurdty The au-
thor whoevor he is) of this tory in order to rid HIM
eif conveniently of La Peyroufes veffels, cats the
Atrolabe the rocks Goals, and then ets fire to
the Bouiole He extinguiihes the fire it true but
the Eouole has by that time become unfit for ea; this
howeverdoesnot prevent M. della Peyrousefronreach-
ing New-Zealand. But when he is once there, al
though his crew enlarged by part of the Aroabes
company, he does not (as Captain Cook formerly did,
let hmief about betteriDg his ftaton ne does not e.
ven think to avail hilef of the remains of his veel to
conttrue another wth-no he fiatters hfnfelf that
veiie Will be tent to him from Europe, and waits patti.
emily for that veel NINE YEARS, without any attempt
to DO am thing for his precrvation. AT the end
OF nine years. however, he loes all his patience and
then nc thinks Int to take advantage Of the remains OF
the Bouiioc. Iafz any feaman, any man of common
fenie, in what fate thoe remains would be at the end
OF that time? ak, if that were the conduct of NJ
De La Peyroute, whether he We're not the mott
thoneht,esand nactiveman (and might fay theg great
eli Poitroon) imaginable, and whether it is probable
that his companions would have endured lich CONT
nued inactivity in him.
But now the ftory wears different AFFECT. The
Portugueie, who gives this news of NJ. De La Pey-
route, is obliged to prolong mis- life much poible
but mutt make him perth at laft Of courle, the in
habitants OF NewZealand who are his friends or nine
years, become angry with him, either becaufe he was
going to leave them becauie he had ione of their
trees cut down; and we all know that trees are very
icarce IN country Whole forefs are ancient the
earthiuel War IS then declared, and The author of
the narrative takes to dpatcb all the French
cePt one, who is left relate the fact. Eut who is
the lucky man for Ibis honorable million The afro
noner OF NJ. De La Peyrouie whom the author calls
M de Lageiet, but whole name was Dagelet, man
IN years imal in ftature, and Of very delicate health
Behold then M Lagelet throwing hirnielf into
and reaching alone and without proviions, the rock
On which he was picked up And this rock was diff
covered as they were coating near the Philippine H.
ands! Take chart MefIrs. Editors and caa your
eyes over the ditance from New-Zealand to the Phi
Ppnes lit is an the latitude of only as degrccs) and
you will Zee that the pafage which our astronomer is
aid to have made would be greater miracle than all
that were ever Performedby the Apoe of India, the
great st. Francis Xavier.
But here aoP.--Any obfervation is unneceGary af-
ter this--when we have ueh correspondents in the lie
OF France ought read their letters with more at
ention before they publihed and not renew to no
purpole the grief of thofe who had amcnted Mr.. De
La Peyrouie and his unfortunate COMPANIONS
have the honour 70 be, &c. G.. v.