Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-11
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LEVI WOODBURY.,
Scrreiaru If Me Treasury.

Tur NoRrm Eastern BouSDAR, The ST. Johns
Courier states that the British Commissioners appoint
ed to the boundary line between the American pos
sessions of Great Britain and the United States have
finished their labors for the present season, hay,ng
completed the survey of the due north line from the
river ST. John 10 the Beaver stream, the Mry
From thence the Commissioners proceeded mp the 81
Lawrence 10 River Ouel!o, with the intention Of pass
ing up that and examining the highlands At is
sources. They started the last week October ior
that purpose, but heavy and continued snow storms
forced thcm 10 relinquish their operations. From the
river Oucllo the Commissioners proceeded to Quebec
from thence Lieut.. Broughton, X. f. , one Of the Com
missoners, went to New York on his way 10 England
Mr. FeahcrsonhaugE, the younger, al Quebec
for the present, making up The returns and completing
the plans
ltnppears from the Woodstock Times that the Ainc-
rcan Commissioners have also been active prose-
cutting their researches. They nave explored nearly
the whole extent Of country between Woodstock and
The ST Lawrence, which represented as most Geso-
late and barren region. Nothing but boys lakes ard
marshes, with some broken and irregular ridges Of
highlands covered with Il stun,ed growth Of mossclad
trees meet the eye after leaving the 81 John fit
teen or twenty miles The parties that went up tie
kennebec aud Penobscot have likewise reported thus
completing the whole American survey, with the eS-
cep,on of running the meridian by lunar observations
now going on under the direction OF Major Graham.
GroncE WAsIlI>cro>-Thc following brief bu,
beautiful and eloquent ansicn to Goorge H"Shaenn,
closes Tie third volume Of Mr. Bancroits History Of the
United States, and indicates the period At which, The
author had arrived in his great work =
" Thus, after long years Of STRIFE. Of re-
pose, and strife renewed, England and Ffance sormny
greed be al peace The treaties al AK Ia Chapcle
had been negotiated by the abcs statesmen Of Europe,
IN The splendid forms Of mOnarchca! diplomacy. They
believed themselves the arbers Of mankind the pacs
fcators Of the world-rccons.rEctlng tile colonial sys
tenn basis which should endure for ages; confirming
the peace of Europe by the adjustment Of material
forces Al the time OF the Congress o AK Ia Cha
prllc, the woods Of Virginia sheltered the youthful
George Washington, the son Of widow Born by the
side of the Potomac, beneath the roofot Wcstmoreland
farmer, almost from infancy his lot had been the lot
OF orphan. No academy had welcomed him u its
shades, college crowned him with rs h"nors-to
read, 10 writc 10 ciphcrtcse had been his degrees
III knowledge. And now, At sixteen years oi age IN
quest If an honest maintenance, cnc0un'orinl INTO
lerab!e toll chcercd onward by being able 10 write
10 schoolboy friend, dear Richard, Goubloon -
my constant gam every day, and sometimes sly pls
tocs "hmsc!t his own cook, having no SPIT but 4
forkcd stick plate but large chip; roaming
over spurs Of the alleghancs, and along The banks
of the Shenandoah; alive to nature, and sometimes
spending the best Of the day in admrimg the trees
aud richness Of The land among the skncIad "a
wages with their scaps and rattles, or uncouti emf
grants 'tlat would never speak English raieiy sleep
lng in bed holding bearsk,n splendid couch glad
Of resting place for The night upon little hay, straw
fodder, and often camping III The forests, where the
place nearest the fire was happy luAury-ths STRIP
surveyor III the NoouS, Win no HIS
nettercj associates, and implements Of science but
his compass and chain canras,cd strangely with III.
imperial magniiceuco Of the Congress oi AK la Cha
pelle. And yet God had selected, not kanniiz, nor
Newcastle, not a monarch Of the house Of llapSburg
nor Of Hanover but the Virginia STRIPPING, give
impulse 10 human affairs, aud, far events de
pend individually had placed the rights and the
estnies Of countless millions in the keeping Of The WI
dow s SON.
TaE BLASp PArfRs-alessrs. +. and J. G. Rmifn Of
Petersburg, Va have just published the first volume Of
work, 10 be completed in two volumes, entitled 1.-The
Bland Papers being selection from The manuscripts Of
Col Theodorck Bland, jr., Of Prince George county,
Va. To which pretxed Introduction and memoir
of Col. Bland These papers published under the
pditorshp of Charles Campbell and the collection, both
historically and in other respects, possesses much inter-
est Col Bland was very active and influential man
during the revolution, and for many years after ii, hnv
ing served both in military and civil capacities. lie
carried remarkably extensive correspondence with
The prominent Of his day, and the letters and other
papers published careful selections from the
documents preserved by the family. The published
volume may be had Of Mr.. Perkins, Chesnnt street,
md the second volume, We observe, IS ready for the
prpsS Penn 1ir1ui0D