Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-26
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Since the remarkable letter Of Mr.. White 10
the "Chairman Of the Committee on Roads and
Canals" and his efficient labors in congress for
the preservation Of the invaluable forests OF
Live oak which Skin, that Territory: public at
ten,ion has been dir. cted with increasing in.
teresl to this country. Many wealthy and dis
tipguished citizens of this state have removed
thi,her with their families, and others are daily
following the example. One OF the most eli.
gible and salubrious situations on the Florida
coast, is found upon ST. Andrews Bay, distant
about three days passage to New Orleans by
Steamboat. This Bay is ore Of those prom.
nent points 20 which Mr.. White so ably invited
the attention of Congress in "their distribution
Of the favors Of Government" When we re.
har' rhai The Tarr;.vry of Florida 10 capable OF
producing almost all the articles Of Cuba, we
must believe, not only on this account, but
from the growing faculties of trade and navigs.
tion, tina, the day is rot far distant, when the
lucious Oranges of Portugal, The Lemons of
Spain, The Ci,rons of Sicily, and The Olives of
France will abound with equal munifcence in
the groves of Florida
at is estimated that an Orange grove of but
ten acres, which requires the attention Of bur
two hands, will produce as much as a cotton or
sugar plantation, by the employment and labour
OF forty. The ipducement TO such cultivation
VIII SNob tUC dCNNilv anu enterprise
OF those, who are not so. wedded 10 old habits,
as TO resist the impulses ofinterest and the con-
vicrons Of reason.
The rice lands Of Carolina are now selling at
two hundred dollars per acre, while those of
Florida. equally well situated, in some parts, to
the cultivation of that article, are selling at only
three or four dollars divide Mr. Whites letter
in Nat. Journal 9th Feb. 1897
Several Of our most respectable citizens have
already settled at ST. Andrews Bay, and have
undertaken large Improvements. The late Co
vernon OF this state, General Clark, the Rev Pc.
ter Gauiier, and Col. Jacob Robinson, have fix
ed their future dwelling place upon this eminent
situation. In order, moreover, to their own, as
well as 10 the rising interest OF this place. these
gentlemen have established Literary Instiru-
ton, and endowed it with Teacher Of known
abilities and classical attainmcnts a, their own
COST thus are Inducements multiplying in
proportion 20 the Development Of local adyan-
tages, for settling these productive shores.
1f,AedgeviAe Statesman
improvement in Cdrriages-An improved Rail
'Oay carriage has been invented in Stockbridge
(Mass.) by Richard P. Morgan, which is said
to effect surprising reduction of the friction
by the aid OF this improvement it is estimated
that one horse upon a level road NAV draw
my TONS small model of the carriage has
been made and put in operation as a trial Of the
principle, and it has also been applied to wag.
on capable of carrying the usual weight One
pound attached to this carriage and suspended
over a pulley moved quickly seren hundred
pounds 1t this principle is capable of being
applied on large scale, we shall have no occa-
sion for steam engines on our rail roads.
BRooKvILLr, Indiana 1--WE are crediby in
formed, tina, on Friday the 18th ultimo, two
Young men, (twin brothers, sons ofMr George
Monroe, residing near Connersyille, Fayelle
county, while in the act of telling burning
tree, which stood near their fathers fence, for
the purpose of arresting the progress Of the FIRE
were both killed by the falling Of one Of its
limbs Asour informant sta,es they expired
in about half an hour after the fatal accident
happened. And thus, as they came into life 10,
gether, so, in death they were not divided"
After the fourth of Julv next slavery in New