Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-08-07

,,,,;, together with Dssr l>',,,i, he wOnlj be
rnf 10 conclude that our commissioners had
hardly done theis duty when they consenfeh
IJndisy Island vith the town- OF EGstport and
im5ec. But IA closer consideration at the mat
ter would convince him that our agents had
acted like WISE men,
NO have yiyeu up no fort or post to hurt our
,,attoual pritle The surrender OF otiiiicatIuns
has heen from the British to us. The town OF
E1siDori not long s,nce strong BRITISH earri-
.on il n thriving place, with an established
tra,,n where are niany handsome huu. Is, well
i,uiIt yharyes nearly forty feet higH, on ac-
conut of the extraordinary lay OF tundy tide.
There are also many caiaciouS sinrc h~uScs,
and about iJo0 inhati; ants. The shores Of
Ijo,se island, and oi The other smaller islands,
have every requisite apparatus for curing fish.
loaiin. aud Indicating ,am0er, aud other dr,i-
clps Of commerce.
Ihe county, generally, lnokS as well in
poiut oi vegetation AZ TIE borders OF the Pc
nobsco,, or the v,rinity OF 81. GEORGES. Some
of the farms on .Ioose iSidad, Deer Isiind, and
Campo Btiio, may vie with most Ut our farms
in New hampshire. Brick.clay Is found la
plenty on Moose Island. and biick makiug AL
ready in operation. EaSiport may heeasiy
changed, ike Bo-,ot, from Il town OF wood
q - a Town OF biic"
In &c is also Il growing town, not more than
uine Ten years OLD. The wharves are very
high aud well buiit, and covered with capa-
cloES store houses, weli.i There is no ap.
pearance OF intigenCc IN either i,ubec or
Eastrait. Every thing seems ia The act OF
growing. They necd only 10 encourage edu
cation, settle gosre! ministers, aad add asri-
cuitnte 10 Iaviga!in'I and the fisheries. A
practical gentleman farmer would he IA vilul-
bie acquisition 10 these pleasant islands and
inviting int. rior. Vegetation is, at this time,
az strong as in The ne Sh0orhood oi Boston.
Strawberries aie there eAcelt at, aud IA lin-
Mense quantity. Apples, pears aud piumS
hiye not had fair trial. The opinion that
this cormtry l. too cola for fai n,iGs; ana var.
dcnins, is an error.--f'iie mercury stood III
the thcrnuiuctrr ahose % degrees, several
days in succession, Gnrlus the last fortnight.
By juaicions shelter and proper manure, sea-
weed and gypsum, the farmer ana gardener
MAY sc repaid iOr his idbDr.
lD winter tie narbOr, OF Eastport aud Ln-
bee are less imcuuibered with ice than either
Boston, Newport, New York OF Philadelphia.
They have bnt h;tie opportunity Tor SieighinS
on boo>r dnJ Deer Islands, or tanpo-beiiO.--
! his last isiand. wi!icE IS about u dozen mites
long, bel 'a.s 10. an English gentleman named
O,crr who resides there in style of Lord OF
the Manor Within half century lhs may
become Prncciy etis;e. Mr.. OWENS IA sen
OF the Unvt.siiy OF Cambridge, in England
and devoted 10 literature.
Some amongst us, have an idea that F.aStpnrt
ahd hrbcc thrive only by smuggling and that
the people have ii't'c Of no attachment to our
government. But thiS notion is not altogether
correct. ln"ylaVe, generally >peaking, given
evidence al then AherCau feelings and pairi-
Ole attachments. Near 10 every boundary
line, thit Is. where ticfag ends of two govern
Will be, That sort OF unShackicd ira nc which,
in bistn', New York, aud Philadelphia, would
he called smuggling. Possessions situated at
asieat distance from The cherishing rays OF
Tue national government NAV eriaps be allow
Ell TO keep themselves from starving, Dy col.
lectlng furs and feathers, and warm cordlas
II discreet collector, with due knowledge of
men and thSrs, will dOnbtles do Justice TO his
government, himself and hls neiyhbors Ii
ought, moreover. so be considered thar when.
ever there has been prospect of making mo-
h"y by IN illicit trade, thither spectators and
SNUG lerS have Straig htwaV Tesurtcd TO the in
july Of The character Of both frontiers.
The iSysing fishery OF Passamaauoddv is
growing trade. May not This domestic fishery
EecO;he as benehcai 10 our country as tie
Dutch herr,nSfishGry is to Il oland The Irpec
herrInS are fuli good. They only want
nhtchuen 10 cure them, ,cithO9t sn,oking.--
We Oh,ch pickle seems Only 10 be wanting to
fehder me i'aSSamaquoddv herring equal TO
any On Tie globe. JRe DHtcs. government
give bounty OF ,119 ;.uideIs FOR the first bar
Ilei OF herring brought into port in the spring
sakcn. 'N
tits probable thar The Grant JJ,aap and
Campo PehO may become in thirty or forty
years ttirkIy scitled Uu their shores and ti0ur.
tsh nh"eT proper culture, and possess every
c"n"chiency for commerce and tie iisApries-
ny "hch period they will, ia tic natural course
" human affairs, attach themselves 10 HE I'M.
'cu states. Iue Americans IN thar quarter
are NOT more samsnine in tie expectation of
'H"' I'VE hEtliSn Are IN the Ue-
iief OF IT, Pe"ce, and not war, will expedite
ths natural change. IBes,on Pat.
Pracficm Science. o u Saturday thc2itb .IuIy
~ eiut hi'i and captain Partridge, com, ,leiei
vac series OF BaTOinetTical Observations re.
CURED 10 ascertain the altitude of the h,rb
srounis near New Yorh CITY
ON former occasions, aS reported to Mr..
'ai'ds, when Secretary OF The Treasury, they
ioand Woaat NiciW, the most lofty peak Of
me 'everNinh near Sandy Hook, 10 be PSI
Let above the level of high water mark: and
Ste"Pirdd mn near Plamd0me, to be $40 feet
above ihe ordinary rise of the tide.
ihc altitude Of Iompkins HiH, near the Vice.
I,reSidtml mansion, was found by accurate
EHSsi 'd,ion, 10 be 3J7 feet, which is - !eet
higher than the Neversink and II feet Io,yer
an ilempsIead Harbor Hill
ne heishtot the elevations rcscntinc Them
serves 10 mariners aud tourists, approaching
mSnnt hiilcInll, the highest point OF The
scy, - 90,
Ilonipkins Hill, on Staten Island. So7
Hampstead Hill, Queens Co. l.. Island. sIg
N. Y. COltmiJiaR.