Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-11

look, for much Improvement IN arts anu
sciences 1t will be sufficient if they pre-.
serve those which they bring from the mo-
Their country, and donos degenerate too -a-
pidlv. Emigrants to such places are gene.
rally men of speculative and enterPrlzlng
turn the connexions which they form a.
mong each other are mostly for the sake
of interest or immediate pleasure, and lose
much of their relish for want OF that tie
which is found to be the only true bond OF
so ciety.
+ The climate during summer is toleraaly
hot for few days whilst | was there, IN
Tune the thermometer stood at 117o in the
shade 1t is deemed very unhealthy
place, which may probably be owing to lts
low situation for there is scarcely ahIll to
be seen for many miles together; besides
the interior is full of swamps and woods;
all the cultivated parts are in the immediate
vicinity of the rivers.
The observance of the sabbath is as loose
and irreligious as in any other 10 clan ca
tholc country. The morning is kept IN
the performance of a few forms and cere-
monies under the roof of the church.
| This being ended, and with the duty OF
the day, you every where observe the
marks of hilarity and cheerfulness scarce
ly has the priest pronounced his bened'cu-
! on, ere the fiddle or fife strike Us at the door,
and the lower classes indulge themselves
in juvenile diversion singing, dancing, and
all kinds of sports are seen IN every street
and in the evening, to crown :hls scene OF
dssi patton, the playhouse and assembly
room are thrown open.
This unbending of the mind from all
worldly concerns, and suffering the gay dis.
positions of the heart to bear sway, took
very much with the lower sort OF peo-
pie.
The trade of New Orleans consists prin-
ciaplly in the expectation OF deer SKINS,
beaver furs, cotton, lumber, rice, and vari'
Gus other articles that arc produced ON the
plantations Up he ryer. TIE skins and
furs are obrainad fro the iEdlans. who
are continually bringing them iowa to this
place, whrs hey b9rter them Tor rIfi guns,
powda,. 5sokets &c. The imports are
chief " - Iaala produce and sucn Eu-
ron&2u manufactures as are most 10 demand
arc. he Inhabitants, or intended tor
the IA among a.: Indians. his lat.
ter IL vSry profitable. There was gen
tlenan at this time at New Orleans who
had followed it for some years; he was
then preparing for another expediuioa, and
proceeded with him abou. three hundred
miles on his way to the province of Mexi.
co.
He told me, that though it was life of
extreme fatigue AID much danger yet it
was difficult 10 be procured, as the Spanish
governors were very jealous in admitting
any one to this privilege and it would be
impossible to carry it on without their per-
mission
His method of conveying such articles
as he took out to them, was in little barrels
placed upon pack horses, three barrels on
one horse and in this manner he would
travel for hundreds, | may say thousands
OF mlles'' through the woods of Ams,i a, bar
tering with the indians as he went along. &
receiving from them skins, and furs, wild
horses, sc. which are all sent down TO ".
Crle ans.
Most of the exports above mentioned are
the produce Of the plantations within Two
or three hundred miles of New-Orleans
but -four, one OF the most consi !e' abe,
with a small Quantity OF hemp, tobacco,
&c. is the proJupe of the American settle
ments on The Ohio, more than two thou.
sand miles above New Orleans! These ar
ticles are put Oh board kind Of BOAT, or
rather raft, VIII. ch is 10 where 20 be found
but on these rivers; hey ARK dat but'omed,
about twelve fest wide, and forty feet long,
and carry from ten to hfly tens; they are
made OF The coarsest materials, because
they are always broken up and sold when
they arrive at New Otleans, j. being I'M
possible for them 20 return against the
stream Earlv in the s.,rino ,baea hoa.s