Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-02

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| ports, especially in SO warm acimate as that on
| the coast of Florida.
The numerous groves of majestic live oaks,
intarspersed over the site of blakeiy, VIII, with
Judicious reservations OF such as fall within tie
streets, not only become great ornament 10
| tue town, but he a source OF much comfort 10
the Inhabitants during the influence OF an al
most vertical sun.
| This promising town is rapidly improving
| Some of the principal merchants AT Mobile,
and also several mercantile gentlemen from
Ncw-YOrk, Boston, New-Orleans, and else
where, have recently purchased lots of the orr
| ginal proprietors, and are now erecting srita-
bic warehouses, stores and clearinghouse in
Biakely, preparatory TO extensive business
there III the fall
There is at present, great competition
between the proprictors st Bakely and Mo-
bite.
Wh;gi town is to take the lead in trade, is at
present unknown. II will depend much upon
the force OF capital, and the description of PEG
pie, who are not yet settled in elmer town.
For the capital There Row is very inconsidera-
bic and the population small.
ST. stephens l. Il tourishIn, place, and pro-
misses 10 become town OF considerable i'm
portance. II is situated on the west bank OF
the river iOmbwhce, about one hundred miles
from Noble by hand, and nluca farther by wa
ter.
Though this place il marked on many maps
as head ottide water, StiiithC effect of tue tide
Is never pcrceptibie, except when the river is
atits lowest stage, dnring d,y weather. No
river can, however, be better .,dApted to large
barge aud steamboat navigation, not only to
~. stephens, but al least four hundred miles Il.
bovc there.
This town has At present more trade tlian
the town ot Mobile few miles below ST.
Stephens there is ii shoa across tic bed oil the
river, when II Is very low: but the distraction
IS = soft chaikY stone. which can, with a small
expence, be shaped so as 10 turn al the water
into one channel, and render IL paSsauie at ali
seasons with i've feet water
AT the !I,!S OF the 3iackwariOr, (the east
branch Of TOmhi.bpe) II very tiourish ing town
IN all prOtabiIty, Viii ere long he erected
THIS Place kciEs Tie na,ura! head of bO-t
VACATION ny that riVCr, IN the heart OF fertile
country ami being already village of some
trade 40 doubt can be entertained of It's I'M
mediate prosperity. The lands, however, are
not Yet surveyed, and " is uncertain, there
fore, wien they Will be III mai,,et Ii may be
remarked that mcrchhn ilSc lie ,tHcd 30 ituntS-
vile, ia Madison county, "a. - passes from
this place over land to Tennessee river.
funk these fails are three hundred miles IVY
waller from St stephens. On the mann 'ion-
b'gbee no place is YET located for . town as
!, recoiieCt.
At fort Claiborne. on the Alabama river,
one hundred mites from Mobile by land, and
forty miles east of 81. stephens, Il considerable
village has been made since the war, where
there IS a brisk retail trade TO the settlement
IN It's vicinity. II lies on the east side of the
tIver on very elevated ground, called the Ala
bama heights
The to~u of Jackson lies on the east side of
Ionibi.Drc, ten miles below ST. Stephens,
near what is called Bassctt'S Greek. Ii is re-
gGiarly laid ont and Incorporated; has q ar 10
stores, and Is a handsome place, and we'll wa
tered.
AT the falls OF Cahaba river, which runs into
Alabama, nearly 100 miles north of fort Cla-
borne from tde North west, and as a fellow 10
the 6ackwarricr, a town of some Importance
wall probably be established when the lands
are sold. Boats ascend 10 this place with faci-
lily, except in dry times. Considerable settle
mentS are making on this river.
Al the mouth OF tins river, or i'll its vicinity,
an important town will, undoubtedly, soon he
located. The lands are now selling a Mil
ledgeville, in Georgia: and the most extensive
body Of good land lies east OF Alabama aud
about this place, of any part OF lie Creek ces-
sion.
lit has been thought by many that large
town wOHld forthwith spring up ut fort Jack.
son in the fork Of Coosa aud TallapooSa rlvc.s,
but, as tue Indian boundary - within 10 miles
OF that place, i'll my opinion IL will net be the
case, I'LL thv United States acquire the lands
up those rivers. Fort jackson Is 5j3 miles from
Mobile by tie meaBders OF ihe river, and good
barge navigation extends to that place at al
Seasons
Ii is impossible 70 foreSee whore every -FOUR
ishiDg inland town ~ to be permanent IN new
country; so much depends ora the e.iect OF ca
pitai, and leading roads, where head Oh uaVigd-
lion does mOt settle the question.
Great sPecuiatIOns are constantly agitating
the nilds OF the ddventnrers with regard to
the locations of towns, and every discerning
prudent man Will calculate for himself on this
subject.
Huntsville, in Madison County, and now in
the Alabama Territory, is very prosperous
inland town; il lies north OF the Great Bend
OF Tennessee river, near the 35th deg. of tat.
or south liue OF the state of Tennessee. The
extensive bodies OF land OF the first quality,
which surround IL, vii! ensure It's permanent
prosperity. Its population was, according TO
"A - 1 q
whomwe whites. Madison county is smiles
square, has been settled but ten OF twelve
years, and as have beeh informed, raised last
wear 10000 bales OF cotton. Hunts Vile has
upwards of 50 storcsin II. The planters III the
country have become wealthy by their own in
dustry in a few years, iu the worst OF times
Though slavery is tolerated IN the Alabama
Territory, there are but few slaves ~ Madison
COUNTY; their cotton is chiefly raised by the
whites, which Is proof that this vaiuable sta
pie Ot our country can be raised III abundance
without the labor of slaves.
The purchase from the Chickasaw Indians
last fall, ofterritory sufficient for sis counties
as large Us Madison, each, which lies on both
sides of Tennessee river. about the Muscle
Shoals, opens another great field Tor enterpri-
| sing people Of all descriptions!
This extensive body oil land lies within Ala
| blma Territory.
The trade not only of the north part OF our
| territory will pass into the waters of Mobile,
| but. East Tennessee too Will find II her interest
| 10 turn her trade VITO the same channel
The navigation of the Muscle Shoals Is dam
| gerOus, and New Orleans too remote for reel
! prOcal dealing, to advantage Considerable
merchandise has already passed INTO Hunts.
vile, by way of Mobile, and the falls of the
! Blackwarrior, on much better terms than by
| the former rOi:tCS.
Considering tine great extent OF the terrific
! rs OF Alabama-ihc vast bodies Offertile lands
| every fcw months coming into markei, the
| principal part OF which will be purchased at
| Two dollars per acre, in cOautFN too. which
! is congeniai to the culture OF one OF the most