Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-04


ciple; or possessed Of any quality which iue"
tiHes him with the advocates OF Stale ris"ls'
the thing is impossible. So lar as we can
iudpe. both from his conduct and MS Prinei
niles publcly.expressed,h he belongs TO Ii'a' c'sss
of politicians who seek 10 substitute i"l.e io'
reason. His political optics are not suiheie"'
" acute. to enable him TO discover elmer inc
BEAUTY or value of our system ne ph''oso'
phy of such government is above MS con-,
p:ehension; beyond his ken. Accumulation .,
power is in his mind the only legitimate ooJecs
Of government; .nd the only proper mta'S VI
dispensing it, the Sword. D." AM
FIRST VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS TO AMERiCA'
concluded from Friday
1t has been genarally understood tha' W
lumbus was compelled to deceive his coihpa",
ions in regard 10 the distance they sai'en' anu
the various signs Of proximity to land. i"e
BIRDS thew saw were land birds; the weeds were
freshly disengaged from rocks, and the hsh were
river fish, that never ventured lar INTO SAT- wa
Ter. sometimes the wind was breeze from
shore; and thus it was that every possible eApe,
dent was tried TO counterfeit the Tears 'eea
the creduli,y Of Ignorant mariners. we trans
late several passages Of the journal, which IL
lustrate these remarks
"Sundau, Sepf. eM.-Sailed that day l9league'
and determined 10 count less than sailed 5"
,ha, if the voyage should be long, the people
should not be terrified or dismayed
"Wednesday, Sept leM-Con,inued their
course; and between day and night, sailed 70
leagues, because there was calm; wrote down
"a AT 10 this day pelican came 10 the snip,
and another towards evening, viii h are no'
wont to ly 90 leagues from land it drizzled,
without wind, which is sure sign oil land; ''f
Admiral ould not stop 20 beat up and down 10
ascertain wne'hcr there was land, hut he heia
for certain that TO the North and South there
we're Islands, as in truth there were, and he was
sailing in the midst Of them; because his Wish
was 70 proceed on TO The Indies y columbus
was. in fact, al this time, only 10 leagues from
som, small isle,s or rocks, in lat % or % de-
grres
".Saiurdav. Sent 2ad Sailed Northweslerly
beating up ana uown,, ,~,lsd 70 Leagues, saw
hardly any weeds. Here the Admiral says.
"This head wind was very necessary Tor me; De-
cause nv people had become highly excited IN
the idea that over these seas no Wild olew oy
which they could return 10 spain
"sunday, Sept. 2Sd-The weeds were In
grea, quantities, and they found crabs IN them,
and as the sea was smooth and tranquil, the
people murmurcd; saying that they had lost tht
deep water, aud there would never be WIND
for returning to Spain; but after a while the
sea rose without wind, which astonished them
Tom Up z, IL, IL. :
We pass over many entries in the journal oil
like import, and come TO the Time when the YES
sci actually approached their destination
"Hednesday, Oct 10Th Sailed west south,
west, went 10 miles the hour, occasionally Il,
@ a k.,np
reckoned to the people only A Here the crews
could endure it no longer; they complained OF
the length of the voyage: but the Admiral en-
courared them as well as he could, giving
them good hopes Of the great profits they
would make. And he added tina, i, was idle
FOR them to complain, because he was going to
the Indies, and should keep on till he found
them. with the help Of our Lord.
"Thursday Oct llM.-Sailed west southwest,
mad much sea, more than in the whole voyage
before. saw parcelas and green rush near
he vessel. The crew of the Pina saw cane
and log, took up stick of wood wrought 10
all appearance with iron ami piece oil cane, q
another plant which grows on land, ana snali
board Those Of the Nina also saw other signs
Of shore; and branch loaded with rose berries
By these signs all were relieved and reJolced.
Sailed this day by sunset 81 leagues
"After sunset sailed on the iirst course "es''
Went l. miles the hour, and at O'CLOCK, a
NJ had sailed 90 miles, that is 22a leagues
italian IN of 4 TO the league. And because
the caravel Pin,a was better sailer, and kept
ahead of the Admiral, she discovered land, ana
made the signals prescribed by him The land
was first seen by sailor named Rodrigo de
Triana, the Admiral, however; al 10 IN the ev-
ening, standing on the quarter deck,saw light
although il was thing so iDdistinct that ne
would no affirm it was land; Blu, ne called zero
Gutierrez, a gentleman Of the kings househoid'
and told him that a light appeared, and tha' ne
should observe it, which he did and saw 1t de
also mentioned it to Rodrigo Sanehc OF Sego-
Via. whom the king sen, in the fleet tor lnsprc-
tor, who could not see it on account Of MS
standing in an unsuitable position Alter the
Admiral mentioned il, il was seen once or twice
and rrsembed wax candle, moving up and
down, which seemed to br an indication oil land
But The Admiral felt certain the shore was
near Wherefore, when they had said the
Salvc, which all mariners are accustomed to
say or chant in their way, altogether, the Ad
miral desired and admonished them to keep
good watch fr m the foreeastle, and lock ou,
well for the land, and that to whomeSer should
4 fort xytt rIye