New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-02

eofer.d nv the Tar WHY
70 IN. hear 4 tie c,Dasnf trc-d the great Lsks 9,
fh,;y p,r~rt rivut- and Weeping fountains dsse-nds5
tAe MssisIppi Miracles OF hunbl. and unaysing hero
lam performed b tn r gst lrsr. snt Di1u'
The Engh stretched slDng the cast The gepgrtpher
Womb have prom uaced that the French 10 sppropriany
10 mssves tn mighty basins OF the Nis>spoi And he
81 Lawrence had got possession ~ the better part If the
Continent But attn Pr 20 compose ths sscpad
volume Of the Fortunes Il America 10 4dvanre Of the
6rst Th was ordained should bs sriten AZ James
town AMI ri, mouth The Fr-n-h thouxh excelIinx al
other papons &C the world IN the art OF m1nic~lg r
temporary purposes With savage tribes still
than the Span'srds N be deiitue Of hs augast Kill
CURED TO found rev States ~ not know that there
,nch thing the world Colony o. Francs growing
up INTO pr speroDs Commonwealth bali million u
FreDh in 10 Canada .ci uy aiherinz u
the and custom. ch tn IT Sher- broayht from
Normandy two centuries ago; ADD third part IF that
number II plstrs f French de- cent in Lou sana are all
that s len T. bear yog witness t. the am 11ak Let ID
not century ago France the stress Of the bser
half Cf Moth America.
II was on the Atlantic Coast and in the Coloniss origin
ally planted er soon acquired by Eagand that the great
worf If tn ssveute.p cen'ury was performed
tOilsomsly. Fl. cively mighty work fr -rica SUI
mankind, Of which ~e fond and proud 81 as We
but family guess the msgUi,ndel II cDud hardly
be said, at the time - prosper in any Of its pTt II
yielded return 10 the pecu srY capia invested he
political relations Of the Colonies from the rst were moe
Of encrua hment md resistance; and even the moral
principle a. far as there one. which they
founded not consistently carried out There vas con-
ct Win the savsges war With French SJan arts
Earring and feuds be'seen neghburing Colonies pre-
CUT of dissenting individuals End s-cts pe-o~tnai lis
cord with The Crown aod the n 'pnetSnss. Yet IN IN
main md the whole, tbs WORK went N. Ihi tlH
oi1 not work sinsy rk-d together or If ta-y DID Il
work together they worked By reaction ana cous M
Feeble germs of settlement Ia the consistency NJ
powerful Colonies habits Of civil government ,nted
themselves in il thai was ntinualy stirred the franz
of future X, pnbcs knit itl il were in embyo unt9
q nonsrchical Of Colonial rule and n The niiile
Of the Century the approach If mighty ca eng
bsgsn t. be dimy ore-een by GIFTED spirits int s'feAK
Of purple liz hi biu-hs along the eastern ky.
Two things worth mentioning contributed 70 the re'l't
One the absence Of the precious metals Inc b7tsn
Colonie, were rich IN the e the goi. A the abln
dance o. gold and silver ia Mexico and Peru contributed
in vatou, ways ~ ohsruct the prosperity OF the Spanish
Coloies the want Of them acted not less avor1by mere
in the fst settlement of savage wilderness the dden
attraction is pnFeru for the ordin1r routine OF s
II produces fvefi-h xciem-n nj healthy
growth calm acti n Of tn bOfy poiihc hong Cu
forns has from ' fret hd the vantage Of being IN or
uOr mos stable political sy-tem Of shiloh az 50 n
Stt4 she ms an Integral part Ms qnit- dpuoul when-r
looking to her p.rBsuent welib.ng the gold i be
blessing her II will hasten her settlement bat hat
would At any have advanced With great rpiy ne
Of the most intellectual in this county, the author Of
ore Of the most admirable works ia our language, mean
Two Years before The Mast rntrk-i - M, that
"Cslfornia would be one Of the finest countries IN the
"word 10 i've IN If i were not for th- gold.
IN. oth4r Circumstance which operated in the most "a
vora HE manner upn the growth II tn Anglo n~rican
Colonies yss the fact that they called into existence
ss by the Government than the people; that they wore
settled not b, hodi # Col0u'ss. bat by individual emit
grants The Crown ave charters Of government and
of land and considerable Apeuliufe A ntlr
by of the companies and pr'pr,eor Who received
these grants hut upon Inc whole - United States are get
settled by ind viou as the adv NITROUS res lutte high spr-
tied and IL nany pers cu'ed mn and women VINO
sought home and refuge beyond the and such was
The te Of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth cen
uries that furnished su"cessoa at vi Hm, OF long
series Of political and religious disasters who found on-
after another safe and congenal retreat in some one Of
The American Colori's
III noble theme has been treated with beauty and a
power by whom need not name in his presence h9
Historian Of the United Stat-s) which, without inpuily
ih, ant eniy have couv-rct h- severe pages Of his
tory into magnificent Odyssey OF NaonN adventure. !
con- but glance M The dates The first settlement that OF
VIRGINIA wa commen ed 10 the spirit OfwOrdly an'srprso
with si. hi dash howver of chiVary and roman - on
the psr of leader I'm the next generation this Colony
be ame the ite TesOr % the royal cavaliers and
tem.n who we're diegUsed by the su-;eres Of the Eng
fish Commonwealth fell uud is suspicion In the m an
time New England fOnnded by those who suffered m,
peIa Of non-comlrmty The mighty cb ange Of 100
stopped me tide 81 emigration 10 NV England, hut re-
crued Virginia with hos- who we're disa ctel CrDn.
we'll In 1924 the Island Of Manhattan # which YOU have
perhaps heard and If not You will find It's history relted
with leaTnng Judgment and good taste by loyal descen
dsnt OF IFS eaIly settlers MIR Bodhesdl w's plrclt-d
the indians for twenyiour doll RS sam of money by
the way which rather low for tE-ttytwo thousand
Of land intending the ste Of this great metropolis
but which would, V put ou' at compound interest az per
cent in 1924 r. rh ps fall very much short even Of
lis present value though admit that dollar for N ms
~ acres is quite cha FOR choice spots the Filth
MARYLAND attracted those VINO adhered 10 the ancient
faith Of the Christian world EewJer,ey sud Pann'yl
vaIia mainly settled 10y persecu'et Quaksrs bat the
ls offered asylum o. the Germans whom me sword 81
l. us XIV drove from the Palstnse. Toe French H.
uef OTIS driven out hv the at OF the et If NlntaS
scattered th mselves from Massachusetts, 10 csrnL The
Dutch AID Swedish settlements the HHisOn aud the
Delaware provided kindred home for such of their
rymeu desired o. tfy the fortune Of the New VOID
The Wings OF England who reb.led agaast James III IN
1855 snd Ia the Transatlantic colonies lived long
enough 10 meet exile the adhere OF his who
beed agaust George in l5l5. Tue op bre-sed PrOes
tans of Sazburg with OglethOrpe 10 Georgia: sn1
the Highlsr ders who fought for Charles Edward in 75
were de ported ny hundreds North Carolina They
punshed by being sent FROM their bleak hills and sterile
moors 20 a land of abundance and liberty they were
banshed from ostmea pordge % meat twice day The
Gaelic language is still spoken by their descend ants and
thousands Of their kindred at the present day would
doubt gladly sh are their exile.
There is doubt that the harships which awaited the
emigTart that early day neither few slight.
though gres ,y exaggerated Tor want Of inform alton Gold
smith n The Deserted Village pabshelin l769 gives us
a somewhat amusing picture of the OF things h.
supposed i, 20 exist beyond the ~ that time - h
local auson is to Geor<is j. probable that he cnai
his in presous from The accounts which Published a.
Lon dom about the middle of the last century 5v Of
the disc0ne rted settlers # that Colony. Gol,nith ba
ing well acqasincd with Gen. Oslehorpe, vas likely
enough to have had his attention called 70 the subject
Perhaps will allow 20 a.. igen rf dull prose With
few lines of his beautiful poetry A. describing the suf
frngs of the poor in London At hs time revering TO the
condition Of the Inhabitants Of his ma nsry Aubur anil
asking whether they probably shared the woes he had just
painted he thus ans gers his question;
"Ah no 70 defiant cliues, dres-s scene,
Where hsf the convex world eh.rdes oetwess
Where Wild Aitains ris % the.F soc
The vsnors tsrrors of thsi soIrsi fh,re
ihose blazing sugs th-t DAT downward ray
4 4SS sS 5s,,ss ,aS S5s .,s a. rr.t 70 as
Ep 'Ss' Sss % SiS s Scr. is .,c. crowned
Where the 1ssA scorpion ra,h - 6esth aroaa5
Mhtfe AZ each stem the STRANGER ;eas % "AAe
Were esoah.gs li.s'. vs,i s,I .1lP Ps.s Esy
i'm 4 il'sth mad -