Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-11-06

~ Rockingham, County, in This Safe, .fur.
nisAes, herhafss, more correct Gccoun; Of
the aeove Territory, than any thing ke,-e-
! f2tore nutiished. IL is from fiis couside-
ration, and from an ofiinion that SIC. a
description Of TIE Country goouid Be gene
rally acceptable, thar sve haze 6een Javor.
ca svifh cofiy Of shis letter for ihu6iicQfi-
| on. 49,
"Toson Of H,ashington, i,4iss. Ter.
! - ~ July son, 1905.
"DEAR SIR, -. ~. -.
l. Otis true have written TO YOU but
once since my arrival in this country, bu,
you and my other friends are assured il
has not been for the want ola disposition
to do so, but because have not had time.
My double duty (for ara direGled by
the government 10 conlinue as Commits.
sioner) takes all my time, and more than a
man ought TO appropriate to business.
However being so Unexpectedly detained
from my framily and domestic concerns,
to which am SO an rus 10 return, the
delay can only be rendered tolersble, by
being constantly employed in business.
am sorry TO hear of the scarcity in
your quarter, and the United States gene
rally; as you very justly suppose nothing
OF that kind can take place on the bank,
ofthc Mississippi, The vast extent ofcoun.
Try through which il flows, end the yarie.
ny ofclimes IL embraces, ~Iii'alwaYs make
lis banks overflow with milk and hoDey,
and not With muddy water alons, as is sup
posed by some in the States.
"To undertake description of the
quantity and kind OF produce which float
cd down the river last spring, might only
excite incredibly, as il does wonder in
those who behold il. TO see lhis KING
OF Rivers about The iirsi of jane, when il
begins 10 mount It's banks and roll aioog
in majestic silence lis surface almost CO.
yered wiih boats ard vessels, i,om ths ca
noe TO the 2hip of four hundred to.is, built
three Thousand miles up ii, carrying all
ElHds OK produce and live sicck, affords q
scsn- o'ly 10 be cquailed by Itself yet,
to aca.cula.ing mind, what is this 10 that
which few more years will Effect As TO
tths fertility OF the lands here 1t is indsscri-
( babie. | vii; only state riiat the average
calculation of the planrsrs here is, three
hundred dollars per aRnam Tor each hand
they work, clear of all expenses many
make four and hgs--sueh man for in
stance as MIR. ------ would make Ave hun.
dred dollars for every able hand.
! Negro fellows IN this country hire for
from $50 &c zoo dollars per year.
| The 5rokenhess Of The lands here IS
considered an advantage. In the FIRST
piece 1t contributes 20 health, and second
" lt Preserves the range.----Weie il all le-
vel, u would be settled up so thick az 10
destroy the range entirely, as it is the
case IN Kentucky and great part of Ten
lnessee. but those rich hills which can't
be setiledor cultivated, will always afford
good range. There is no feeding of stock
IN this country in the winter except such
as are used.
N As TO the heailhiuess Of this country,
SIR, iwiilyenture an opinion founded on ex
perience and observation: Thisis as heal
,hy as any country ! ever was in, if you
Keep clear OF the swanips, which you
know IN all countries are sickly. Con-
Guide for yourself, Of a country as broken
generally as the lands on Logan's Greek
(hut as rich as the Nile ind entirely CO.
vered with cane) and well watered. You
see IN this country, rs much old age and
as many grey heirs, % much corpulency,
8 as many red checks, as in any other. 1t
Is true great numbers come to this coun.
try & die here but who are they, and how
do they comet They are bost-rnen whC
have been two or three months on tie ri
yer. How such characters live need no
&c described 10 you.--When they arrive
most oil them at once go into al The lux
uties and dissipstions, Which she citie
and towns DO aud always will agotd, lht
efteeis of which prove fatal 10 mos, o
them, who are thus iInproyident. Til,
has given this country the character O
being sickly.
"This climate is very agreeable in the
summer, and IN the winter delightful.
have never been as sensible OF TIE heat
here as IN N. Carolina, or Pennsylvania
5 there the nights are frequently raore dis.
Itressingly ho, than the days--here IL j:
the reverse. There have been very Few
nights this summer in which blanket
, covering was disagreeabIe before day. Ii,
said that some days last week Wereas ho
as is common in this couutry and IT,,
Thermorneter was no, above niuety-four
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