The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-05-28

remain. bot to sell them snd be oG, gave bu,
decree ss . grant, snd withheld The titlcs
until the eSpirsiion Of tep yesrs possession F..
in wh,eh,,iwe for want of the u.le,, they
could not usn,fer them, but by special per-
mission from government. Bot The decree
given wss, in al, respects but that Of right of
Transfer, ss good to the grsn,ce, his heirs sud
succe.so's, Us n he held ihe title The grant,
made under The second royal order, were all
eiven In sbsoloie properly at once. And So
were those mssde BY the respective governors
i,om their Discretionary powers, rs Tho re-
wad Of individual merit.
There have been three c!ssses Of grants
made in Gs. Florids--hcsd rights, bounty for
services rendered government, end condition
81 grants. Some of the H. 5, we're, ss | hsve
already said, issued 81 once in sbsolu,e title,
and others grew into obsolute Gles OF any
time sfier ten years sge. The second, vero
those given IN const tGuence Of tho second roy
81 order, and such as tho governors gave tor
indh idua, services, both OF these in sbsoluto
title. And Tho third comp'ehendsd such as
were given for tho purpose Of settling certain
tracts OF the county sod Tor encourage mrne
oi saw mills, isn.ysrds, cs,tie.tsnges, sc. tho
titles TO which depended on the Performance
them Nole---whst call absolute nfies arc
nmon'y called hero royal m!es, but that is
sn improper term.
Al gems, whether ss head right, bounty,
or on conditions, cary with them, expressed
o, implied, the clause oi. vvitton. injury 10 q
third person This sslvo was IN consequence
of governmen, not having . Msp in detail OF
tho province, nor uuy o,her check on tho 10.
cation of lands previously granted bu, which
clause in no wI,e Effected tho rights OF guam
ti'y of graot, bu, only tho place mentioned.
The gtan,eo could at sny time, ss sn inherent
right Of his grant, relocate his claim and
quantity on any vacant place lthe ono no bad
called tor was threatened by ON o,hor claim :
and he could get per mission to movo to sny
other that suited hin, better. This was found
ed 90 he principle ,ha, gift to bo real, mus,
be sHe c,ual and satisfactory. And as bs had,
IN the FIRST instance, % a conse equenco ot his
g'snt, the privilege OF choosing from oil va
can, lands, that right was slwsys his until he
had loca,ed to his satisfaction, and without in
lu'y 20 ,bisQ pesspn.
The canal; ;s&b ing tie waters OF St. Johns
river, through tho ha'bor OF 81. Augustine
(my hvorite hobby, and the subject OF your
los, inqnity,) would he q work oi u'h'ng cost
when compared 10 its many aod great sdvan-
ages. ST Johns river, taking It's course
from the Atlantic, runs west about twco,y-
five miles, y-,.en il tutns ond runs sou h.east-
wa,diy ell the rest of i,s course, perhaps Two
huno,ed miles farther. Stveoy miles up
from us mouth boid creek, called Six Mile
Creek, mskes of from the river and runs
eastward ,owads St. Augustine. From St.
Augustine 10 the mouth oi SIX Mile Crock ~
about eighteen miles, end ,hs, creek, being
us,igsbio up for anal craft aboui seven
miles, reduce. tho eighteen to eleven, end
creeks running is'O 'he Mo,snTa river, on tn"
wee, margin Of which stands 81. Augustine
will aid Two or three miles more be'ng bot
about eight or nine miles IN censI through
fat sandy country. unepcumbored by aroc'
ov hill. Nor would II require censi OF
locks, masonry, o, wood work, but simpy'
space sufficient for the ws,er TO commence
motion dnwu, however small stream, II Will
soon mako H., ovn bed, as the principal pay,
Of ,bs, vsst body OF wster, which desceods
from the Cowford tnrough 81. Johns's bar
would discharge itself by tho way OF Six M''~
Creek snd that canal through 81. hugustioe's
bar.
All accommodations of water have the na'u
raj property OF being elevated above the level
Of tho sea in proportion TO their distance from
IL SO ihs, TO bring them down TO the nearest
sea reqairss only ,he removal OF their imped
imen,,. The bed Of ST. Johns river, eunse-
onenily, hss cons;de'ob'e elevation 70 ,h'
bend about the Co~iord, which Is . Ieguls'
| recession from ,be ses, ord this is demon
! ,ua,ed by he brisk ebo between those twc
| places, while, tom the Cowiord up 20 10
source, The bed OF Tho river can have bu' h'-
tie if any elevation, IS that roos pa a'leI viii
the sea shore, sbd the'o we h,d a slugsisa
| ebb, az il relies for mouoo on The rains snt
uibotary streams ri,ing on us sorIscc. Con.
s.ausnrly, the current, from The mouth OF SIs
Mile Creek TO 81. Augustine, bar, ought l.
| ne tho same ~ that from the Cowford 10 D..
| John. bar ; bu, when We take into sccoun,
that this pes channel viii be through coun
uy Of equal ,u'face, ot course II wld DO equal
| iy banked, and that St. Johns liver, from ~.
Cowiord to the bar, hiss been at como remote
| period a continuity of lakes and low grounds