The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1810-01-20
Tone of Public opinion.

tiyes of Kentucky to- the Governors Message. I
IS The House of Representatives were alike !
gith your exccllrncy pleased at the prospect of
q returning peace with Great Britain, and equal
" regret her nsitious policy, so ruinous to the
commerce Of the United States. and SO wei!
calculated to destroy that confidence which !
should ever exist in the intercourse OF nations. I
Thcy, however, fatter themselves, that those
evils will he in soma degree connterbalanccd by
the unauimi,y which such conduct is calculated
u produce IN ,ha minds Of the people through
out The U. States, aud by an Increase of vigilance
In Dur negotiations with that court, heretofore
deemed unnecessary. Although we nave not in
the Same degree with our Eastern brchcrn expe.
rcnced the desola,iug effects Of the obnoxious
course pursued by the belligcrcn.s Of Europe,
with aiacrity, unite in supporting the rights aud
honor of the nation.
The House of Representatives fully accord
in the correctness OF your views the subject
Of military arrangements and will, in due time,
give than consideration And pc-r:t us here
to indulge our feelings by soliciting our fellow
citizens upon their good fortune, when it has lc-
come so necessary that something should he
done on his subject and being directed and
supported by the councils OF a CHEF magistrate,
versesl in arms, and whose life presents to view.
splendid examples Of generosity, patriotism, and
ski in mi,.ry achievements.
Extract If a letter from Gentleman at St.
Lo2is TO HI, JTiendm Lexington.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3oh, 1909.
" Dear Sir,
g Some few days before my return to
St. Louis, Maj. Peter Chouteau had arriv.
cd from his Missouri expedition. 7'hs gen.
tieman possesses very extensive influence
with the Indians of this country, founded
on the openness, sincerity and justice with
whcn he has ever treated them.
"On the failure Of all other expedienis
for restoring the Mandate chief to his peo-
pie, Maj. Chou.cau was elected as the only
person, whose address in the condnc. Of
-s.ich an enterprise, was esteemed preferable
- military equipment. The result has am
ply justified the pl,ilic expectation. The
csies and his family were safely landed at
his village On Slo 18th September last, after
sin absence ct about three years.
The i,a0ks Of the Missouri are inhab;,-
ed by very numerous and warlike nations of
Indians, and the appearance Of military prv-
earat,on vii. be always considered by those
children Ct the forest as the signal for vio-
.&.,1e, or as an invitation TO the combat
Mai. Choulcau foresaw and foreto!d, from
This cassse, the embarrassment which await
cd ,he expedition of ensign Pryor in the
year 1Go7--observing taat if ii were deter
mined % rely ON the strength Of the party,
and TO open passage wiki the sword, no
certao calculations could he made; it might
require 500 Etn-1O,OOO Nigh, be found
Intellectual.
IS The river has become OF late subject OF
so much interesting curiosity, that | have
Sought frequent occasions of eonvcrsing with
the .iajor, with respect to the navigation, sol /
clilpan. vegetable and animal productions, sc
! shall tase more leisure moment to commu-
Dicate The various insormatons with which he
has obsngly favored me, combining myself q,
this u.ne to a brief notice Of these facts which
struck me as new, and worthy 81 farther en-.
CURRY. lie inioIms nae that the Butfaloe, which
Won know 10 BE- innumcrabe on the banks and
in the n-igahorhood OF the river, gilt be made
source o. incxhaus,be supply Of fine wool to
our manufactures. This animal casts a rich
Hee.e in tie spring or beginning of the sum
m@r, which The Indians at very cheap rates,
nigh, he induced 70 collect iii large quantities
It Is very probable that parts only 81 the Bufa
loo produce wool sul:abie fer the manufacture
oil cloths. The Major brought several speci.
mems OF various degvees Of hneness, the best O
which has besn spun into very beautiful yarr
b. Madame thouesu and knit into socks an,
,pttena. Let our Atlantic friends beware, les
this va'uallc staple subercrde in time, thei
bssstet adoption Ct the Mcrino.s.
g TIE climate Of the upper country is repre-
senl-d by the Major to la very saubrious tn
soiIs however pour and unproinc,ive, and con
rains every w!ure 'ntllca'oas Of volcanic erup
.ions. Tic appears TO be Of opinion that til