Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-29
Foy the Ale,sandyia Daily Advertiser.

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Tor The Alexandria Daily AdDerttser.
| WHAT is the matter With the merchants Of
| Alexandra Do they think that the further wag-
/ CONS are pu, out of their way in coming here,
| they will be the more induced to come?
! Why this strenuous exertion to Erdo what has
| been aoas? In what can IT end J? Is there to be
no road tnrnpiked!
The coInnetcnt authority has decided upon the
route, and fixed il 10 go by the Court House.
| Why not support what has been done by the con
| stituted authority !
1.-THE hand of man is to make a road by labor,
ought not the distance to be as short as possible
| from one given point, theBndge, 70 the other,
the Ford! And especially when the ground is
berter, and the materials in greater abundance
Or is there to be no road made 70 the Ford
Suppose board elected by the advocates of
the road by Centerville, otherwise called the cir.
cuitous route Can 2 new board rightfuily alter
what has been established? Ifthey undertake to
do it, is there no tribunal of Justice that may
coDtroui them TO execute the ninnGtions of the
| statute: Is;there no tribunal Ing Virginia that viii
prevent the misuse of their srarutc, which was
intended to accommodate the people in the DIS
triet of country, SO placed by nature in relation
10 Alexandra, that Alexandra ought TO oe It's
seaport Will the people of Loudoun, Berk
ley, Jefferson, Frederick, Shenandoah, Hardy,
Rockingham, Hampshire, &c. acquiesee in the
execution of a statute, designed for their benehi,
which shall be executed contrary TO its directions
and to their particular disadvantage?
Do the merchants of Alexandra think how
they are offending the great body of their GUS
toners, when they are negle6tng their acconma-
dation, with a hope of acquiring few new ones
TO the south, .now accustomed 10 visit Frcdericks
burg and IDENTIFIES?
PONDER.
We this day commence the publication
of a kind Of official, geographical and sta
tistical account of Louisiana, communicate
ed by the president of the United States,
to both Houses of Congress. We COM
menced perusal of this paper with an ex-
pectaticn Of finding simple and succinct
account of such important facts, relative
to the country, as had come to the know
ledge of the executive. 1t was not, there
fore, without some surprize that we found
In this grave presidential message the fol-
lowing poetical description which we at
| first thought was copied from Mrs. Rad
cliffs Mysteries Of J7dolbho. Speaking of
one part of this newly acquired paradise,
Mr.. Jefferson says, /" Some of the heights
| exhibit a, scence truly picturesque. They
| rise to height of least 800 feet faced with
berbenaScular lime and free stone, carved
| into various shapes and figures by the hand
of nature, and afford the appearance of a
multitude Of antique tozoefs! 1t may be
said with truth that for fertility of soil nc
part Of the world exceeds the borders of
the Mississippi; the land yields an abund-
ance of all the necessaries of life, and al
mast Spontaneously; very little labor being
required in the cultivation of the earth
That part of Upper Louisiana, which bor-
| ders on North Mexico, is one immense
/ praifii; it produces nothing but grass; it IS
| filled with buhaloe, DEER and other kinds
of game; the land is represented as TOO
RICH for the growth of forest trees!
Having proceeded thus far, our magma
ton became, in some degree seasoned for
the following;
/ Gone extraordinary fact relative to salt
/ must not be omitted. There exists about
| 1000 miles up the Missouri, and not far
| from that river, salt mountain! The ex-
istence of such mountain might well be
questioned, were it not for the testimony
of several respectable, and enterprising
traders, who have visited it, and who have
erhiiJ5;ted seoeral bushels Of the salt to the
curiosity Of the people of ST. Louis, zuhere|