Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-09-07

pine land, with cypress ponds ana pay
gals. The small streams are margiped
with dwarferergreens, the uplands have
yellow pine, with dwarf saw pelmeto and
wire grass the bluffs on St. Has are some
part OF them sandy pine barren; the re-
mainder compact stiff yellowish sand or
clay with large swamps, the growth, ofLob-
lolly Bay, gum, and small evergreen
the whole Of those swamps are boys. In
the rainy season, which commences after
midsummer, the ponds ell, and.then the
country is great part Of it covered with
water and in the dry season, it is difficult
to obtain water in any direction Tor many
miles" In the fork Of Flint and Chatahoo-
CHE. there is said to be some good land.
The cession from the Cherokees is esll.
mated at a million and halfofacres, mostly
poor and broken. The whole quantity &C.
ded, falls little short Of ten millions of acres
The expense ofsurveying this immense So-
dy of land, in tracts OF halfa mile square,
will cost, from rough estimate, about three
hundred thousand dollars Hold.
From the N. Y. Evening Post, September l.
SOUTH AMERICAN BUCCANEERS.
An order similar to the one lately Issued
by the British government. directing ihe
capture, detention end punishment OF the
crews Of those armed vessels which have
been for years committing the most abomi-
nablc depredations, not only upon the com
mcrce of Spain, but upon that OF every nation
whose merchantmen Glanced TO come in
their way. has long been called for; and
should ,he other maritime powers, whose
policy and duty certainly require II, adopt
The same course, we may soon anticipate
the happiest results. The only subject of
regret to us, in this matter, rs, that the A.
merican government has not been first in
adopting some strong and efficient measure
ofthe kind. This il was our duty 10 have
done for various reasons. he commence
OF no nation, unless il be Spain herself, has
suffered more from pirates, pretending to
sail under South American flags and COM
missions, than our own and that, TOO,
from the hands Of Americans-the worth
less and abandoned OF our own country
whose ships have been fitted out. manned,
equipped and provisioned in Our own ports!
We therefore owed il to ourselves, IN de-
fence of our national character and reputa-
tion,. as well as Of our property. Besides,
our proximity TO the theatres upon which
these disgraceful and barbarous scenes have
been acted, has rendered US better INFORM,
ed as to the true situation OF affairs, and
presented to us a more clear and distinct
view of the conduct of these freeboo.ers.
The government has time and again been
called upon, to adopt measures to render
our commerce secure, and TO prevent the
violation of our neutrality. Representa-
tons Of the robberies. piracies, and murders,
which have been committed upon our mer-
char1tmen, have repeatedly made, and
many times in the columns Of this paper
But all that has been said, or done, has
produced little or no effect. Instead gi-
wing some employ to our navy, We have
had resort to the old business oil iGr-nld-
king and every body knows with what
ease and frequency these laws are evaded,
or directly violated.
The friends of revolution with all its con-
comitant evils and horrors, may perhaps,
in consequence of these remarks, accuse
me OF entertaining anti-patriotic principles,
and Of cherishing sentiments Of hostility to-
wards the patriots ofthe southern continent.
This, however, is not true. Those patriots
Of South America, aofo arc ,rsly such, en-
joy our respect and have our warnest wish
es for success. But there is a wide differ
encc between these, and those foreign re-
negados, the dregs OF all nations, whose de-
sire for plumber induces them to join the
republican ranks, or to fit out private ves-
sells, under the little less reproachful name
ofprivateers For these, we entertain not
one friendly emotion or sensiment-they
are not even entitled to the civiitics Of
common attention or respect. And our
only wish is, that all such as are tainted
with the foul crimes Of which we have rea-
son TO believe The most of them guilty,
should he brought 10 speedy and condign
punishment.
We do not feel disposed TO dignity these
upstart commanders of little armed plea
room vessels with the title OF distinguished
officers nor have VIC, like some Of our
neighbOrs, any sympathies in store for those
who have been engaged in this work OF
plumber, aud whose constant practice has
been, to board unarmed merchantmen, and
hang gentlemen, passengers, or others, up
by the neck, repeating tie operation until
they are strangled into any confessions rela-
tive to the character of property, which may
be required by the insoIent captor! This
conduct, and these torfures, huve been 1rc-
qucntly practised; andy americans, aho
hare enlisted in a glorious crusade against
The ingusihon! And the same men are
dubbed distinguished officers" and when
they chance 10 get into difficulty, attempts
are readily madoto vindicate their charac-
tiers, and to enlist the feelings and sympa-
thies Of the people in their favor!
II has for number Of years been des,-
deratum with the European powers effectu-