Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-04-17
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Extract Of Il letter to a gre .tieman IN tA,.
CitV from has friem an 81. Augustine
dafed AprI 3 1891

dafed Aprii 5 1921
"r1e ~ y'n few days before
ieti Charleston, ami intend,"i io have
written u you again on my arrival ar ihis
p'ace-hut have postponed u until
could either sey ar laaru more OF The couu-
Try ~ Florida Tits town has been bnil,
gri AT many years, and hears evident
marks at ", as ~ - completely IN .uins.
II Is me seat OF government, and conse.
! qurn Nv Use residence Of the Governor,
Mr.. CoPPINGER who * "A plain. civil.
, ana APPARENTLY very friendly man. He
seems ~ b" very anxious to leave This
place amt reiafn To Cabs, his native
! piaci and he residence of his lie and
family. from whom he has been separated
! several years: but he and most Of the
opaniafds here seem very much mortified
d. me thoughts OF giving up couniry
WINCH possesses great deal al fine land,
n"' rom Witch they receive littlc or no
D.r-ht-tor There are not hall dozen
| Spauish settlements on this side the Cape.
The town at St. Augustine can never
Oe place OF any consequence, either Tor
commerce or a. deposit tor The produc
tions IT the country; for there is "A most
dihcuii and dangerous bar AT the mouth
o. the river, which has not more than
nine ieet water at high tide, aud the bar
| - s"'" w SUN Will the NIuus-SO that n
can never be port OF euIry for large
vessels; and The poverty of the surreund.
| ing country for 90 miles, is such Az 10
prevent any k,nd Of produce being brot
here. The lands on HE ST. Jonu~ are said
TO be very fine II lies aboui 3s miles TO
The norihward OF this place, and runs in
semlcIrcular form, being equi- distant
| from hence Tor many miles On ,Iis river
are some settIemebis, and II IL probable
mat The principal pOIt of entry on this
side The Cape will be nea, the mouth oi
Tins river, as II has more wafer than any
other stream. The Musauifo AID Indian
rivers, lie one so and The other 90 mil. $
to The South OF this. are said likewise to
nave on them very fine lands well adapt
ed 10 sugar, and many persons think to
coHet. But the mdoIence of the Spap-
'Srus Is such that they have made no ex-
pertinent OF IT. But The finest part oil the
country lays TO the west OF this, and ls
Saiieo Aiocbus: II is sand TO be as rich as
ianh can possibly be. Ii is, however. in
possession OF the Indians, who will not
willingly give II up. They are mnch ex
cited against the Spaniards, for having.
las ihe\ say and very justly } sold them
ana lhelr country; sO thai il Is safer for
an American to travel into tie interior of
ne couatry than for Spaniard though
u Is by no means safe for either uijtout
dh lnuian guide, many 81 whom are con
''an'iy coming 10 tins place. There are
avasi number OF large grants for land
embracing great proportion of m. hes,
iand I'D the country; but most of tj,,m
are forfeited from non.compliancc viii
iheronhitIons OF HE original grant; viii, h
generally required that Ihey should be
s.t'lea "iinin hmiied lime. This will
open The door for disputes To all the largr
| grants. LAS sn0n a. II Is safe 10 travel
~ The country, | mean 10 take a ,eur
through it.
- shall remain here until the excbano.
o' flags takes place did expec, there
would have bern y great MANY negroes
imported here before IL was gwen M bu,
no, one has arrived here except a few
brought from the United States. Mn q
appears to be scarce here, as in Virginia.
notwithstanding the ruIIous condition of
Inc houses here, they ask the most extra
VACANT prices Tor them, and they rent
proporIionaby high. There are NUN
Der o. adVen'Bfers coming on here from
Charleston and Savannah, but no mrn of
capital except one from Charleston. who
has purchased house in town and lands
on the Mnsquto .. The hcaIlhiness II
ms may induce many persons from S.
Carolina and Georgia to retire here 10
ihe sickiy season. The inhabitants ap
pear much mortified, that this long sell.
Hed piace IL not 10 be continued ihp seat
OF government. They are indeed deeply
interested as ibeIr town property will 6e
worm very iilie. l wait with great i'm
pduehee 10 see the American flag sup
piah' 'he Spanish | think il will be ne
cessary 10 send a pretty strong Iorce
here al first, "a we'll as 10 Pensacola -
tor tae Indians are by no mans reconcil-
ed TO the exchange, and MANY of them
are under an impression that the Ameri-
cans intend To- make slaves Of them
mere are vast number of runaway ner
groes among them, who probably from
motives OF policy inculcate their opinions.
Ihe appointment of Gen. JACKSON AZ
Governor OF Florida has mortified the
opanlards, and struck terror i'm the In
dians, who appear to be panic struck a,
The bare mention of his name. think i,
would he unsafe 10 pnrcIIa Sc lands here.
until they are sold by the authority of
the United States"
~ The accounts wa furnish from
South America are interesting. Not only
do The Spanish Provinces seem TO be
advancing to independence, but the Por.
Iuguese also are catching The fame from
Lisbon. The people OF Bahia have de.
clared III favor OF representative con-
stituiion. And these OF Rio Janeiro were
expected 10 initiate the example of Por.
lugaI. The next arrival will probably
bear us Intelligence of this consumma.
ton.
a hJet upon the wkOie Southern Country.
The editor Of paper in New Yo,k oh,
Daily Adverilser,) IN an article headed
Stare Trade" details from The Novem'
ber Report Of The Society of Friends il