Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-10-20

.oortirul lawns. which only are
th0sS DtrJ by groves, that rise like ISL
me- - cheer the navigator, and give
anus. nus ,epose. Near their delightful
the t t:' where the ivy winds round the
sns rar maple. and the weeping elm sighs
sugar hrcs 20. extensive droses of cattle
70 ' nv ras,ure on which the foot OF man
iesu seldom trod., If ever there Was a
ha' % ~ jpspise the hustle of crowded
u,l' and become enamored Of a paste
o ;?i;rs il is in the midst of scenes like
IA 60 where the silent and solitary ca
w.. !. soems to invite the traveller to the
y u dc of peace and primitive mno-
ycnCe. bo,;o,-. b.t
,a rrai,ies were once only AN arm II
W., wv, on and Huron itself an offspring "f
!,' ocran. Its snuth shore. from fort
w. c,,.iot to lake Michigan. has ever!
~ Of the sea shore of Long Island
View Jersey. There was a time,
al .rba,s, when the mighty weight of
r.,trrs sunk this part of the continent
,I,u the horizon, and the falls OF Mia
~ were lost in the great level oil the
"a, and the time may come. when
49,, ri, ers will leave their hasins. and
snJ ,ne uninterrupted channel to their
m rber. the Atlantic. Then. the future
':.,,,i,n may stand an the Niagara
s,rs;ght. and point to that line on lake
Er;n which now bounds two mighty
amnires. and say" Wonder plain MAS
once the great Lake where hostile ships
bn, fought. and the tate OF nation
Lcrr dec died and here flows gentle
current where once was might! cata-
sr,rt, the wonder of ages and admira-
ton of The world.
The outlet OF these waters is certain
Ivan extraordinary phcnom' non. y t.
Outstanding all the Eairs mhich f..!s IN
tie upper valley 0i the ot.'AHWFeh'''
sod tn. mckinS OF innumeraOie SHOWS
and ICES, stiiI The low ana even ba"hs
ort hr 81. Ciai" and Niagara o'aintaIn
tssir aScendancy, and the 0aicr> are
/. Z, hy SOME invisible haiid, wlthin
13., bounds. The river has. "o "oubl,
lest in me extension and S"incd IN
c.y.l Tor the mouth Oi Huron nnrc eNi
r'.ty extended further cast. on ihv
canada side: but the sands i.arc ueeh
drirrB rom the shores oil The lake d!
the noih wind. and now occary the
sha!IuwS to th' south. =,
'.ar changes which the features o
our globe have undergune CONSTITUTE az
Interesting subject oil rrtieC ion. God
il lis wisdom gives Us tie ear'h ricti i'
iorest. and iiilcd with game anu 'eidn;e'
ln2n cutters the " Ilderuc,s To destroy the
Ghc and exhaust the other, mtil iuNurh
cncrva,es, and sttrilIty dries him 10
s.. < for new forests aud richer Valleys.
D. the mean time. an lrScrdtanle fro'i-
Grncv, in the process OF umaumnered Il
g.s, resusciates what man mad la q
waste, by raising Islands to C0ntinehls'
and /, duCiuS Continents tn islands,
Nhea the clues Of Asia and Africa rose
in their splendor. the American CONT
I,nt may have only heen an Island OF
the Andes and the Rocky mountai So.
" hen the fertile valleys CT tn MisSis
sipai are exhausted and made bafreu,
tIr deserts Of Africa OF Arabia ma.
blossom like the rose. Man has moi
Egcn sensible Of these alterations. Tor
his lie is a m1ment. lie Canoot TIA
the sands that are washed from ihe
Mountain and have gained the sea shorc.
Eat. adieu; you Ill Sd! TO such wild
and cx ray agant ccuintIrnS. the! make
rs too serious: Ne mast rise IN the
morning to view the blue waves of the
.iuraT.