Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-01

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;,bras F 81, Miaotanr, and Belle
nos, ons |, frIrssrs aud two gun br'gs.
,,ou, $ lad been some time walt
s sq'.o 1iI'ar for reiaforcsmenss from
/, t'D! 8 ), - and blockade tae Car
bad, g 3,,n above msutionsd. I'M
ss.na ,srtns alarm, the squadron go {
3 s.aa''ly az !, was said 70 join the sqaa-
& ,Sisr e ~ auaer sir Roger Curtls,who
% d C'a : some accounts, had twelve
eofdlaaS according to Others 8 SAL q inc
H. w. was Informed by the Amerl-
c'Piaa and other gentlemen at Glbral-
ens'a'u', oar between Spain ard America,
y ll o. inevitable, and that the oPanlards
! a1P'l $ aally expectation Of war being de.
vsls y INST In them by the United States.
!. piaskusy, whose negotiation had iall.
:, rspectedat faogler every moment.
h ~, BowDolN had ihought itexpedi-
20 !. =, ., g proceed 70 Madrid as we have
|. .I - ksown. In the mean time me Span,
S''. ..s., these things with contempt and
'Os ~" ~ capture the American flag daily
''l' y n common observation is that our
' 'sO canno, much loager brook such
'.,1s andinsulting treatment.
,.,,,t IF aIetter from a gentleman in the
S, -, IF Cois Hqmm0ndto his friend IN
apguia, (Geo.J
30 KAssAsRIAs, Eastern side OF the
Mississippi, tndiaua territory,
July IS. 1906.
=, Sunday last | arrived at this place IN
..Sa,ov with col. Hammond after one of
+ sI most fa,igoiug journies perhaps ever
. :, through coaatrY which might
s.,,id 10 Be settled with Christians.
I'm. yic;ssirudes which we have met
n a. almost innumerable. We have
~ rome as well as can be informed by
: Iourual and other information about
80 miles, and were 46 days out 10 this
pace.
There yerv few parts of the western
olr admire, the land IS either noun
unous or low aud Aar, the high land is
kIhy aud there is excellent water, but
Il, manner in which it lies, makes 1t dlfh.
ukt, cultivate. The low land is ex-
sIvfertile, all kinds of grain growing
hsursutly the water however is lntolera.
Ehl. Ta7 OILY tract OF country " hich
i.sns desirable to settle 10, is Cumberland
tract, Gslatin, from which | last wrote
you.
There are vast numbers Of prairies 10 this
srtory, they are level plains of from 2 to
9mtes square scarce twig or switch 70
'seat off them; grass grows to a great
l'gh:;; early ola morning just as the sun
hBns fron, the eastern hills it gives the
'nlrles beautiful appearance, and there
eng ho'hing but green grass, diversity
Mowers, with now and then little clump
Of aSsi the prospect is always pictu-
Ts'9ae always beautiful or grand. THIS
Country is baciy watered hence people
lF deferred from setting in the interior,
dan act of Congress preventing slavery
'isVsnts emigrants, particularly those of
,palsnce; II seems more than probable,
aRRslli De years before there win be re.
lasmsnt of manners, or that the arts and
Ssuces will flourish here.
. 0Gla man who travels should leave all
I'sersladices behind him, and not write
.SHlsnd aay thing bat what is correct. /
! Do these French the justice to say,
ssi Osieve they are much more honest
Mfaceable than the Americans. who are
- sa'd here, and who ale mostly idle and
Is'pated. Indeed the Americans of this
.sSs seem TO look upon stranger as one
lasu ,ney shalt never see again, and think
l,.as 81, pfiyllsd8ed TO pluck him. This
VI AAassaskias) was settled two years
y ,.s'e Philadelphia, and ;he first believer
!. sSu'ea u America, | have seen hanging
D ~s ''0rnaa ehuTch---although this place
N.Y. ss 50 asso!ate, twas once settled bv
oa os' Of French ofthe first character So
~ ''S I o see the low atanding chiInnies