Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-07-17

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pando de Soto appears on the page of his.
tory as the first European pioneer on the
shores of the Mississippi. Born in Here's,
he was n Spaniard by birth. His early
life was spent in the service Of his country.
In South America he fought side BY side
with the dauntless Pizarro. His lsain OBJ
Ject for visiting North America, appears to
have been the pursuit of gold, which was
the munin Of the Spaniards ever since the
first discovery Of America. In tlie1lrne of
Columbus, n ship load Of precions6etalic
dust was sent home as gold, but witch un-
luckily turned out to be very far From ii.
Fernando landed on tho shores of FLORIDA.
lie hud with him a band Of real Nyptian
alchemists. Their ideas about gtd were
the same. Travelling from this potht, they
ratrgcd the country for n considerSb le dis
lance around, without meeting With sue.
cess. The Indians pointed to LINE north
west, and this impclled them Upwards,
until at last, Wcaried with toll andNatigue,
Fernando approached the western verge Of
what Is now the State of Tennessee, and
from the country near Memphis, beheld
With rapture the great mother Of cur
western waters-the mighty tide Of the
Mississippi. This occurred on the twenty
eighth of May, one thousand five hundred
and torty-one, and a short while after, in
the melancholy darkness Of the night, the
body Of Fernando de Soto was inferred
beneath its bosofn-thc noise only of lisa
waves tuning the requiem song.
fever settled upon his constitution, and1s
all the antidotes which a very
limited knowledge of medicine could de-
wise, this unfortunate exile from c~iyiliza-
ion, dropped hike the neglected flower
INTO the bends If death, Such was the
lesola!c, isolated spot, from whcncc de-
to wing its flight to other worlds,
he soul Of the ~discoyerer Of the M;e>is-
ard djs followers 70 prevent bis te-
a2''- from iait.Dg mo he Hanl4s Of the
~"ftion9. maze It's grave tie middle of ;bc
.ream Thus, 3@f'cj IN ,5o pursuit Of
,a.t. 1t ealo" IL the beautiful j~a4Qua&e uI
)l.c.r'a. " 10 &ni Z burial r1eea IN The
q tG0 Ai!ss.Ysippil- - alchjt0ches
UNDERMINiNG.--if trade&lner u me
are in a poor condition, i IS Vlisn
he case thai they resort TO a plan Of corn.
which aims at securing a p"rma-
tent increase ot custom, by under cling
'elghbo:s. A man may reduce MS profits
rom 81 ll3 TO % per cent, or from 100
o 5O-he may gain the deficit in custom
nd draw considerable trade from others
f the profession. All this mag follow.
}ut who ever estimates that the principle
f self lntererest will not act in others, un.
er such circumstances, is ignorant Of the
aws of human nature. 1t will aet, and
process of underselllng once contmcnc-
d by a tradesman, is oftener by far ended
n ruin than prosperity. His first short
uccess, like an ignus fatus, soon leads
i'm into quagmires ; and to ext:icste him.
elf, he involves his whole life. He lives
oor-dies poor-and oft bequea;..es the
Inns house family Observation-Disclosures
Isaac HrLL.-A correspondent of the
lowell Courier, writing from Concord, N.
l., says:
"As you enter the Hall Of the House
{ Representatives, Isaac Hill sits nearly
4 front of the Speakers chair in, a re-
desk, dolngthe drudgery for a pen
y paper, which he issues daily during the
of the Legislature. Come here
nd look at him-you hardly know
neither most to pity or despise. 1t is
fact, he depends upon this employment for
daily breadf"
This is a vile paragraph. Doubtless
lie writer could not earn q days bread
y writing a month. If he who has been
Governor and a Senator, in bis adver-
ty depends on his employment for his
ally bread, he vindicates, by so earning
,, his title to all the honors that have
cen conferred upon him in former years, (
Paixhan guns, and other dreadful en-.
have lately been received, and are
bout being placed on the forts which dc. !,
md the harbor Of Charleston.