Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-08-14
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NEW TOWNS N THE WEsr,&c.
There Is AN astonishing rae az IA, prespnt
day FOR the establishment ofne,y townS Does
man possess "a tract of land cOnvenen, 10 RI
yer navigation, 1t he be man of enterprise he
starts The plan OF a town-lays oil his auds into
lots, and expects to,make hi> fortune Nv selling
out. Happy is lie, that owns bend between
tworivers. What paGs to puff OF it's situation
10 dress II OIL with every advantage OF health
navigation, and fertility, which the most pias
tic imagination can supply We Law IL down az
rule. that where this spirit for specnlatiou
RACES, some persons are 10 he benefited and
others tot bit-itist time then we ,hink. To nut
public upon their gnard.Thc Philadelphia
Union ha- collected list of these rising towns
as they nave been from which the
following general summary is extracted
amertcd-between the Ohio and the Missis
supp! on the North West bank 81 the former
equal to any spot or the habtable globe -
Inc Legislature of Illinois has given il shar
Ter, authorship canal from the Mississippi
To the Ohio, and the privilege Of bank in. with
capital of one million of dollars !" Note The
O'nh Is 10 make money, and then the money is
10 make a bank or levee TO protect the town
from inundatiOn. Surely the uses of baukin,.
arc infinite in this world
Independence-0n a bluff OH kaskaskia river
IN ths heart OF fertile country aud d flour
ishing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As The tniure
capital of the Illinois
Cotton Portion the west bauk of Limestone
river, one mile above It's junction with the
tennessee" high anddry, and promise, TO be
as healthy as ANY other place in The Alabama
IerrItory'-about loo miles to the falls of the
Black Warrior, TO which " as good a road can
probably he had, a. from any place OIL TeuueS.
see river opening the way direct to the
Guit OF Mexico It's name, however spcak ;
ITS best recommendation being The natural
depot OF one OF the first cotton districts north
OF the Tennessee.
Mouat CIrmei-in the Illinois Territory-a.
bout % miles below Vincennes, and - above
HARMONY, on the Wabash. opposite the mouth
OF the White River ana Patoka IT the foo, OF
tile Grand Rapdes-" the PRINCIPAL travelling
from Ohio and Kentucky lby louisville &c. !
to tue Mississippi and Missouri, will cross at
the ferry
Pointopolis-en the Ohio river, al the mouth
OF Big Indian Greek. TO be connected with
Point Pleasant by an elegant frame bridge now
erectihS-sItuation " is highly advantageous.
surrounded b! rich and iIoIrsiiny plAnia
tons, griSt and saw mills. &c &c. The pro
pr'etors are men Of great public spirit, having
idid OH large square for public buildings lie.
sides two large market places, aud an extern
siVe promenade, and pledy n9 themselves to
give considerable sam of money toward, the
erection OF public works.
Cuyot oaadusky-ou the south shore of San
dusky bay, about 3 miles from its entrance
on site of ground as beautiful and sur
rounded by as fine cuuntr, of Iand AS can n.
found III the u! second tonOne i'm Wes
tern America, except the CITY of NJ Orleans
and III point of health greatly its SUPERIOR
High praise this,
Maiaga-on the dividing re between Ca
p,tana and Surtish Clerks, III Monroe county.
state OF Ohio" the fertility oftiie soil saIn
Drity of tile air, excellence of it's waters album
dance OF stone COAL Che four elements com
DIned y apart only OF Il rccommc Hdatlous
Then follow on the towns in the Alab ma
struggling for superiorit>
AthenS-i the centre of Limestone county,
on the main road from Huntsville to the west.
ern counties. 10 the Muscle Shoals and In
N. Orleans-its local situation, and its superior
saiubrIty, are strongly urged upon the con,i
deration OF purcbaseis-at the government
sales, the lands III Limestone COUNTY bionaht
from 80 to 40 dollars per acre. " Situated il,
me heart OF country OF WcalcUl.bie wealth
winch is pOpulatng with HEpaDoD{.Ae, rapi.inV
by GD3uent emigraUlS from distance Il hoi,ls
out the greatest inducement to eutcrprising
aud industrious mechanics"
Cdhdba-ou the western branc! Of the 8 IA
bama, at its confluence with the CalaDa-
" will probably be the seat al government for
the State of Alabama" ,pretemsions are set
forth with nneXdupled mpdeSiy.
Ilh6dma-On the Alabama river ten miles
below Fort Jackson, and the junction Of tic
C0usa and IaapO0Sa from the fertility of
The soil of thai section OF country, aud the
commanding situation Of thn seize II must vie
with any inland town in tue Il. States
HdrGRd on The north side of the Tennessee
river, Immediately above COibrrts reserve
within miles u! the town of Florence and
about from Colbert teTry-itiS " wilhin that
section OF country which Was recently soid AT
Huntsville, when ~ townships brought To the
government the unprecedented sum o! 81 900
000-sOmC lands sold for 30 tn rs dollars the
acre.'-lts Salubrity, cOntiEuiiy 10 the rich
cotton lands, and many other advantage" ton
Numerous to mention are detailed in the hish
eStStNIe.
FoIeHce-Ou tie northern banks of tie Ten
nessee river. at the foot of the Muscle shoals
about m. e aboVtih month ot'reketU oa1 0
Cypress Creek--its" site is an elevated plain
at least 100 feet above tie level of tie river
dry, commanding aud beautiiul"-it Is ." iu>f
below the last OF that long series OF yapidS or
shadows constituting tie Muscle Shoals this,
therefore, is aud must be the head of steam
boat navigation eels, barges, aud stcanibuats
readily ascend to This point but no higher
smaller boats must i,e usDd for the shoals
which ave upwards Of 20 miles IN Iength"-
thus il promises 10 he the rHfrep0t of foreign
goods for the whole Of upper Tennessee the
valley Of the river i " among The mast fertile
and beautiful in America the soil is OF the
frst grade OF excellence cotton, tic staple
the climate IS " az tIic happy meridian between
The too hot aud the too cold" &c. &C The