Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-10-18

ton Mercury gives a minute description
of the township of land granted by Con-
gress to Gen. Lafayette. 1t is six miles
square, contains 29,o4e acres, and is
situated near Tallahassee in Florida.
The name of La Grange Forest has been
| conferred on it by the neighbouring in
habitants. The country is elevated: the
township lying on the declivity of one of
the last spurs from the Mountains; and
the surface is beautifully undulatiug,
never mountainous, but sometimes pre-.
cipitous. The scenery is varied and in
teresting, though rarely grand. Among
the trees found in the forests, are the ce-
dar, magnolia and live oak; and the
scene is beautifed by several small lakes
of different forms, the banks of which
are rich, and resemble the scenes in
English parks. Wild game is found on
the surface, and fish and turtle beneath
il. The basis of the country is a porous
calcareous rock, which affords subter.
raneous passages through its assures to
many of the smaller and some ofthelar-
ger streams, which generally flow from
the lakes. The principal river flows on
the surface TO Tallahassee, which it par
tly encircles, and afterwards pours over
a r ock, and disappears in a cavern.
In the township is found every variety
Of soils distinguished in that country, as
oak, hickory and hammock lands, which
are favorable to the production of sugar,
tobacco, black and green seed cotton,
rice, corn, wheat, rye, oats and vari-
Gus useful roots.-Oranges, olives, vines
and figs have been successfully cultiva-
ted, and it is supposed that many of the
tropical fruits might be naturalized. The
elevation OF the ground is about 400 feet
above the ocean, and the Gulfof Mexi-
co is only 90 miles distant, the trade winds
keeping the air in motion.
1t is reported that the proprietor in
tends to c~olonize the township with
French peasants, and to introduce ex-
tensively the culture of figs, grapes, and
olives. -
We have been informed (says the Phil
adelphia Pennsylvania Gazette,) the
ship building in this city is suffering for
want of locust ~treenails. They are at
present sold at eighteen dollars per thou
sand, consequently an object warthv the
immediate attention of our friends in
the interior. who have it in their power
to supply the article. No fears need be
entertained that the market will be glut-
ted; as we are assured that if more are
brought into market than wanted, they
a be exported.
RussiG.-The Gazette of France con
ta;ns a letter from the frontiers of Po-
land, OF August 9th, expressing an o.
pinion that the movements of the Rus
sian fleet in the Black Sea, augur some
thing of consequence on the part of the
Court Of St, Petersburg. The writer
remarks: "Whoever has attentively OBJ
served the manner in which the wars
between Turkey and Russia have been
conducted, will find that the Black Sea
fleet has always acted the m ost impor-
tant part in them; for without if, there
is no subsistence for the Russian soldier
the moment he has entered the Ottoman
territory. and a Russian army might ca
silly be taken in the flank and in the rear
by a Turkish army landing on the west
coast of the Black Sea" He thinks that
the fitting out of this fleet, {done as il
is at great expense, joined to the move
ments OF the land forces, leave no doubt
that plans of great Importance are on
foot. -
Vienna, dug, 1S.-A letter received
from Jassay,* of the Sd of August,
which we have received, gives the fol-
lowing particulars:
"On the lst towards the evening, the
wind abatsd, and thus. thank Heaven,
the remaining part of the city was saw
ed from the fury of the flames. What
| stated in my letter OF the LIST, proves
on farther enquiry to be but too true,
and the number, both of buildings con
sumed, and of the persons who perish
ed in the flames, is still greater. Every
hour more dead bodies are dug out OF
the ruins The damage is far more con-
siderable than that which this unfortu-
nate city sustained by fire in 1921. At
that time the greater part of the inhabit-
ants were absent in consequence of the
disturbances in the ~principalitiss, the
houses and shops were nearly empty;
and besides, the handsomest and most
populous part of the city escaped, which
has now been destroyed, Almost all