Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-04-28
DOMESTIC.
ffo~ ihs Cmein'aii -inriaan.
GARnEN or EDEN.

Just received e. om Canton. IN that state.
The writer,.att seems, cannot divest
himself Of the idea, that he is aofu
ally dwelling on the very spot. Which.
at the commencement OF the world, Wa
Paradise" Travellers I'm Mcsopota-
mia, seeking for the Garden Of Eden,
what think We Of thiss How many an
eloquent description, studied reseaie CHI
es and soripturaI illusions, will be
made in vain! Just for one moment
imagine that We arc really dwelling ~
the same region, uhc writer probabl,
includes the whole west. where Adam
first awohe To the harmony Of nature.
We shall henceforth date our letters
from Paradise. Who will think Of Wis
ting Niagara Falls or the White Hills.
when he can, with so much ease. visit
the place where Eve first eat of the for
hidden fruit. and where may also be
seen many of her descendants still more
tempting. With what additional in
tcrest shall we lock upon the bones in
Dorfeuille's museum. when we reflect
they may be those OF Noah. Shcm. liam
aud Japheth. To live I'm the W est has
always been the summit Of our ambition;
but To live in Paradise itself was a
dream We never dared To indulge IN.
Among the reasons assigrcd by the
writer. lhe had not time 10 give them
all. } we quote the following. Man
kind are indeed stubborn TO believe,
but who can resist such arguments.
On the high hotiom land, surround
ed by bluffs. where Canton is situated.
'are number Of mounds, which were
no doubt made by man. and probably
bcf"re the floud. They are from Ia
10 feet high, and are full of human
bones which are found TO be a grea,
deal larger than those Of the present
race at men l come 10 the opinion
that this country was inhabited before
the iiood-first. because these human
bones are the largest IN the world. and
man, u Is known. decreased in stature
as has years were shortened; secondly
because the wood found in digging
wells. &c. at a depth of 30 feet under
the surface of the earth. shows evid.
emily that u has been cut with an axe.
and iron tools are also fouad. Of the use
and mode Of making which the Indians
we've ignorant until the whites eaine
among them; and lastly. because there
Is no other country that answers the
description given ia Genesis of the
tour long rivers. a. this country does.
lhis, l think. is Paradise. aud that
somewhere IN the western country our
hrst parents were created. The ark
going eastward 40 days, took Noah To
Ararat; and il Is natural 10 suppose he
would give Ia the rivers the same names
that were familiar to him before the
Hood; or he might not have known but
that he was IN some other part Of the
same country. IL is probable that the
Euphra'es was the Mississippi"
! MIA If Tie Mississippi. Tie Re
port oil the Board of Internal I'm prove
ment on the contemplated Canal bc
tween the Atlantic and the Gulf of
Mexico, contains much valuable infor-
nation respecting the topography Of
The coast, rivers and country en-
bfaccd by the surveys. The Delta OF
the Mississippi is noticed among them,
region very peculiar in its formation.
and highly important Ia the agriculture
OF the United States. That peculiari.
~ OF formation rcndcrs II necessary
that any system Of canals atIopted in
Louisiana. should not, az the Report
remarks, be limited TO the object only
oi connecting different points with each
other. and with the main arteries Of
communication, but should be framed.
like that which is employed at the
mouth OF the Rhine. the Mouse and
me Scheld, To- guard the country a
gaihst InundatIon. TO facilitate drain.
age, and create by deposite a large ac-
cesSIon OF fertile soil. This subject Is
me more important, as the soil and eli.
mate are adapted to the growth of su.
gar. and ~ nature has set certain limits
10 the growth OF this valuable product.
IL has been observed that The Gresh
cts IN The Mississippi are becoming
higher than usual, and The ruptures Of
the dIkes more frequent hence the
settled pats 81 Lower Louisiana a,e
more and more menaced with being
OVerHown. The reason Is this. that
before The extension of settlements
along The margin of the river, namerou.
issues and outlets carried 10 the ses
Considerable volume If water. No,
the security OF these settlements, IL was
necessary to erect dikes sr icregs.
which have shut OPP these outlets. and
Also BY Strengthening the bed Of the
river. have confined its enormous ma.
~ waters within narrower channel.
he same cause must produce the SAME
thcet hereafter. and Va a It'll! greater
degree. With view 10 counterae,.
mg " the Report We have referred 20
recommends ihe Improvement and