Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-26

l Mff Geits III I'ef S''4S" ~ r. F'itttSl, e
| ever saw in the Lorihein states. Tie vtn,
| are more exempt from disease than the ne,
| this may arise, in part, from their greater :,
| eularity of livirg; as the nicn are ap, to h
! Incorporate, snd their excuses frequent, 6,
casiop sudden deaths.
6. As we'll as the Productions Of lie a,
and loom, thuse Of the tiongh are net to )
| neglected. For this purpose, srrargamer,
are making to receive OIL consignment we.,s-
country produce, -four, whlsksy, sc. Of Wild
the states of Kentucky, OHIO, Ind Tie Ne,
ern ps.tts of Pennsylvania and Nireisi- tn
! into this market vast quantities, together vii
! other articles, which, when brought here :,
frequently sold at a considerable s.oifce
owing to the want OF some established me-.
of doing business between the citizens ard \
traders. One thing particularly epeiates Il
gainst traders (who descend the river, a. t!tS
port---they all flock down at one season ct II
year, (spring generally and .oversteck i'll
market with every thIng, then 10 pers.RE
wants to buy, even at half price---thcy I'll
tired of waiting --fearing the approach "A
warm weather, and anxious about home, tc. /
quentIy sell to very great tlisad, anage =.
whereas, could they wait three OF four n;o!Iks
longer, their industry would be amply re.
warded by obtaining fair price for thsir pro.
duce, and the citizens here be better supplied
at regular and reasonable rates. l do tlirk
this evil may be reinedied by the ESTABLISH
ment Of proper store houses & faithful ager,s
for the transaction Of business; the profits III
any, would then accrue to tie persons who
bes. deserve them, the farmers and f!s; adj.
venturcrs
8: | have travelled good deal over tl
territory, and am much better pleased than Il
expected to be, from what heard Of the
country before visited it 1t is, in f,ct, al
fine country, and too little known through tie
United States. Vegetables and animals flou
rish here; the soil is rich and the Citrate Sd.
Iubrious; locally somewhat unhealthy, but by
no means generally Sd. Planters are wealthy
and hospitabie, though many are much in
debt for negroes, sc. Labor of all sorts is
well paid for. Great fortunes have been made
here, but the times are now very dul---the
staple of the country has fallen hundred per
cent lower than two years ago, when, indeed,
every man was making fortune, too rapidly
ior the general good Of the country. Some
of the candid planters say, the fall Of the price
Of cotton was fortunate circumstance for if
this had not have happened, they say, we
should have been ruined with extravaganza
and luxury!
Natchcz is thriving fast, and must be.
come place of considerable mercantile con-
sequence. 1t is finely situated on the Bluff,
which is about so feet above the level Of the
river, among dozen Of small hills. and has
much the appearance Of town built in To-
rest; shady trees of various kinds being nu.
merons in the streets, and in every Yard
One called the Pride cf China, forms de.
lichtful shade its bark and berries, which
it bears in clusters, hardly as big as the wild
cherry, are posonous-no other animal than
a hen will touch tie berries, and horses will
not disturb the trunk.
t" A more delightful country for fruits can.
not be found; the peach is much superior to
those ofPennsylvania, but the apple decays as
it ripeDs-hgs are abundant and delicious
nectarines are very fine, so are pears Cattle
thrive well, but cows give little milk; the
beef is Indifferent, from what cause | know
not, but mutton is excellent
the soil in Louisiana is fertile beyond
description an hundred bushels of corn are
frequently raised from an acre, and Of cotton
generally two thousand pounds in the seed,
one-fifth ofwhichis turned out from the gina,
good and clean cotton--it is nearly as fertile
on this side of the river If many of the PENN
sylyanian farmers, who are delving among
stumps and high hills, or those of Maryland
and New-JerSey, who plough among sand for
a bare subsistence, knew the advantages OF
this country over others. they would ccrsa0-
ly try to remove 10 soil more generous, and
which would pay them we'll for their labor
but, the vote of AN old uncle or aunt, the veto
OF wife, or the doubts and cowardice Ola
husband, keep men from generation to gene
ration in miserable perjury"
NETWORK, October 81.
Captain Bourne. from Aux-Cayes, informs,
that General Rigaud died on CIR about the !7th
lllt and that the pnyIotfo Gonor,i A,vi,piiiC1