Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-19

noy at their plealure, our proerels to , s
fate greatness to which we : appear h,'
nature, aided by wife policy, defined :,
attain. That the poa,Gien Of ii hould hs
an objea of primary Importance to Fra,cs
requires bat little ingenuity or reflection
to conceive. They will know that Div
ing them the contfoul of the navicsj;o,
CT the Miaiapfi (Which it certainly wcuIa
do is putting them in pcacflion Of he
key Ct the wefem world. The Spapi
ards are good neighbors at prclent, AMI
lhould they be difpoied TO be otherw:G,.
they are neither very formidable nor en-
serprizing they have the tpsc;e and ".
have The articles which io;t them in ex
hange for it-wilh refpect to France we
have reafons efficiently ample think to
iasis!y Us that fhe is NOT only very pow.
erful but alto very ambitious and enter
prizing. ard that it will be her policy ia
cur'al as much as poai5.e chr power ard
perhaps our territory-Wh;le in Spain we
diicoycr 90 evidence of fuch views, but on
the contrary he meliorates our condition
more from her fources Of wealth than il
her mines were completely at the difpofal
Of our government-as ihe fimulates US
to induifry (,he great fource Of bappinefs)
by giving Us her Gold in exchange fos
our furplus produce.
The foil Of the country is extremely
fertile it IS black mould, ncorporat-
ed with fand all its productions are ex-
trelnely luxurious. With the ufual cult.
va'ion, ityields IN general from 50 to 60
Buiheis Of corn Per acre, and have been
informed by perlcns of unqueaionable in.
tegrity, that upwards Ct 100 bufhels of
corn has been RATED from an acre in one
safon. ! believe I am very fafe in fay
ing, THAI 80 buihels Of wheat or rye per
acre, is very moderate computation tor
the land generally. Barley and oats,
have no. the leaf doubt, may be produced
in great abundance the experiment as yet
has nor been fairly made; and cotton,
hemp ana tobacco, | have no doubt may
alto be cultivated here to very great ad.
vantage theie indeed, together with -four
and the various kinds of grain, matt ere
long be the faple commodities of the coun.
try. The peltry trade begins fat to LAM
guilh, and mutt ioon ceala TO be an Object
Of Importance with the merchant. This
laR circumstance is, perhaps, the lea&
proof l can give you of the growing fate
Of the country. The land is 70 extremely
rich, that every pe,fon can have garden
or a meadow almoa where he pleafes,
without the aid of either water or manure.
Here nature has been prodigal in her gifts,
bur art has been flow in improving them.
The price of lands is from 50 to $50
cents per acre where the tides are indh-
putable the prices are in great meaiure
governed by the local htuation OF the
land.
{" The village Of Kaikaikias, near the
mouth Of the river OF that name, ailumeS,
at prelent, more pleaing aipets than Tor
many years paf, it contains about 500
inhabitants, ZONE new houfes building
and fome of the old ones repairing. Inc
iociefy here is tolerable.
/" As commerce is the handnali Of
agriculture, the great hinge, on when
the wealth, the lrength, and The prof.
perity of country in great meaiure de-
ponds, many perfons in the Unised States
| know, conceive the rcnoteneis OF our
G,uation very unfavorable in this reiPe''
that our communication with the ocean
is by the waters of the Ohio, and irou
thence by land to the fea port OF the
United States. sc. That IN conie luehes
of the great difficulties and expsnce at
tending this route to the ocean, thers
is no market for the furplus produce: Oh
the country; and that the articles
brought from abroad, will ever be aea'
and very difficult to obtain Theie effo