Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-09-12
Charleston, Sept. S.
FLORIDA.

We have been favored by an esteem ed
spondent with the following deScr lp-
tiou OF the country and Indians about S..
Augustine
Although St. Augustine can new Of
become commercially Important, havlI e
neither back country to supply it wit n
the materials for exports, nor bar d
sufficient depth to admit vessels or bu r
den, it must yet attain to some cons g.
uuenue as summer resort, both Il n
health and pleasure, from the extraordin a
nv saiubrity and amenity of its climat e.
Tnus. tho arrive here In an invalescel Ii
state. never fail to derive immediate ben T.
fit from its temperate and restorative al r,
wnle the gay aud unoccupied may al az IS
pass their tire agreeaoly In its polite an
soclable society. The river ST. Jonn s
affording greater facility for the entranc' ,
of ships, and oeins, IRON the olrectness oi t
its course, natural canal, and the readi-
eat channel for the conveyance Of The
produce of the country TO market; town
of some consequence must soon arise upon
the BANKS of chat majestic stream. The
rest of the eastern coast OF che province ID
so iudented with iniets ard arms OF The
sea. that with the aid of = canal OF not
more than fourteen miles, safe INLAND
navigation may be carried OIL, from the
Gaze of Florida to tie waters OF Charles
ton harbor.
The Cotton produced here is said to
eoual the best Sea Isiands, in finehess and
length of staple, while it exceeds the a
hove in sickness Of texture, and mas actu-
aily commanded higher price in the
markets abroad. Though there is much
poor land in the province, the portion of
il that is good will, from the nature OF the
climate, produce greater variety Of sta
ples than soils of similar q ally in any
other part of the Union. As most of it
lies south of the Mississippi, where the
sugar culture is SO successfully prOsecut
ed there can be no doubt that it is we'll
adapted to tho growth of the latter ar.i
Gle. lam informed, indeed, that many
of the planters on the above river, already
contemplate removal to the Suwaney,
convinced of the superior advantages of
the latter for the cultivation Of the cane.
The interior portion of the country, called
the Satchawany, is consideted by compe-
tent ridges, as the finest agricultural dis
trict within the limits Of the U. States;
combining the advantages Of mild and
healthy climate, rich soil, and convent,
emit navigation. 1t lies chiefly between
the suwany and St johns, extending
bout hundred miles in length by fifty
o. 20 in breadth. Some settlements are
already formed there.
But few of the Spaniards have remov
ed since the exchange of flags, and al
who remain seem we'll reconciled to the
transfer, having been conciliated by the
urbane conduct of our officers, and the
liberal arrangements ot'the government.
The Indians alone are disss listed and un
easy, having had the uncontrolled range
o. the interior ever since the Spanisrds
hive been in possession of the country;
the latter having from Incidence confined
themselves wholly to the downs OH the
seaboard. / had the Perusal a few days
ayo. of Talk which the chiefs Of the
Ssminoies mad transmitted here, to be
sent on to Washington. They complain
of the transfer having been made, without
any notice of their claims, o. stioulations
in favor of their rights, and earnestly re-
quest to DO informed - speedily as posi- ,