Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-09-10

mo- ! 1880
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crns 70 tbr Unifed Sfatrs f,om az en-
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fbe puresa}s Of ffbsr.
LOUISIANA OR THE FLOKlDAo-
THE enormous fam of money, that ha
been pligh,ed in the purcha!e Of Loa'tiana,
demands, and cannot tail eventually TO ex-
cite lively attention. The iale 81 a VII
aerneis has not ufually commanded high
price. A very extenfve dsttr'tt, IN that
part Of New England called the province
Of Maine, W as fold by Ferdinando Gorges,
for the fun of twelve hundred and fifty
pounds aerling, ia the year 1917 which
was more than fifty years after me lettle-@
msnt Of leveral parts OF Mafiachusetts,
in the neighbourhood Of that diitrla, had
been begun. And even fnce the American
revolution, there have beeniold in Malta
chulrtts which is one Of the oldeit and bef
cultivated itatcs in the union, very large
tracts of new lands for only a few pence an
acre.
William Penn ohtainel the VAT viii,
derness, which isnow the fate OF Penn
fyiyania, for the fun iii my memory is
correft) ofatout five thoufaad pounds fer
ing ii Communication for dbet which
tli- 8ritifh government owed his father,
and which, from the low itale Of the pub.
ha finances, vas not obtained in cath.-
rho{> fnms, compared to the valt tuna,
which hasbe premiled for the poifealon
Of Lou .isna, arel.ike drops, compared 10
the OCEAN.
I55y1ee,s milton fzvo guuayyd and ffy.
fbozsaad u5llaas is a number that may be
uttered with the tongue, in a tingle mo-
msnt, and without any effort il may al
20 be defcriecd on paper, in characters or
figures, with few Rfokes OF pen !; yet
not one, perhaps. among fi1oafand COM
prehends IL, OF has any adequate idea OF
lis magnitude.
Let us lnwey This enormous MATS Of
money. Fifteen million two hundred and
fifty thouiand dollars, allowing iixteesl
ounces TO the pound, and two ihoqiansi
pounds TO the tun, would amount to four
hundred and thirty three runs of oliver: it
would load eight hundred and dxty fix
Wagons, at the rate Of one thouiand
pounds weight IN each. If thofe wag
CONS, loaded with (ilver, were placed in
line, allowing the fpace Of two rods for
each Wagon and IFS team, (Which would
be as near together as they could conve-
niently travel,) they would reach s miles
and nearly third OF mile. II this FLYER
were put into bags fifty pounds weight
in each, and file Of men were placed at
the diaance Of one rod from each other,
every one bearing on his fhoulder one Of
thofe bags of Glyer, the file would extend
little more than fifty four miles. If the
whole MATS Of iilyer, which the aforefaia
fun amounted to, were laid 10 a heap
and labourcr were hired TO fhoyel it in.
10 Wagons, one thoufand pounds weight
in each, and reckoning the loading of fix
teen Wagons for days work, he would
be employed more than two months IN
accomplishing the iervice.
A pablo debt of fifteen million two
hundred and fifty thoufand dollars, divid-
ed equally among all the white people,
men, women and children, inthe United
States, would be about three dollars to
each Individual: il divided among all the
mn III the United States, who arc the real
owns,s Of frceholds or any other property
worth FIVE hundred dollars, it would pro-
baby average little, if any lefs, than for
ty dollars TO each individual ihare. All
t;ae filver and gold coin in the whole uni
on, were It collected and alnahed together