Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-08

: nele; ana as this country possesses at this momen
: ~ 'tse'f no resources, It is obliged to draw iron
hu'oPe whatever IS necessary to supply thei
wants. Amongst the manufactured articles
mere are a considerable number which find a re
oy sale amongst the Moors, the Isre
C.ner natives of the eosafkhfpire Of civilization,
article .",as Custom. renders our communica-
ron with the inhabitants of the Interior more sate
and easy we NAV expect that the sale OF ,nanuiac-
tured merchandise will augment, and that a 81
muItaneous increase will ensue in our articles OF
export, the produce of the natives.
DAT this moment the number Of our exports IS
very limited these are susceptible of an import
ant extension. An almost virgin soil, loaded with
thick LAYERS of vegetable earth, situated III a hot
latitude. which rapidly developes the seeds OF al
the vegetables of the tropics, requires Out 'he Id
Dor of enlightened agriculturlsts to produce aoun-
dainty the grain, wine, cotton, indigo, cohee, su-
gar, and, in general. all the Transatlantic P'ouuc-
tiuns which we are now obliged to receive HUI"
another hemisphere.
IS 4 number of superior officers and mer-
chants, impressed with the idea that tie lands
which are situated at a short distance from the
town must one day become OF great value. have
made large purchases of landed property, which
already produce a high interest on the capital IN
vested, and which are susceptible OF becoming
ten times more valuable.
The Turks and Meors who have determined
to quit the country, are anxious to dispose OF
their real estate, which, joined to the vast pos
sessions of the late Dew, that the French autho-
rites will no doubt shortly offer for sale, and to
the acquisitions of territory that will be made IN
the large and fertile plain of Mihdj JAN. give US
reason to believe that advantageous purchases
NAV vet be made for some time to come. We
wish it were liz our power to give you something
like the approximate price OF an acre OF 'aId,
but il is of 50 little value that lands anu houses
are bought in the lump and not even measured.
Suffice it to say, that for five or 10000 francs
lone or two thousand dollars,) a property OF con-
siderable extent may be bought, the greater part
of 1t consisting of lands under cultivation, on
which n country house has been erected. whose
columns and Moorish style OF architecture rem
lder it a highly agreeable residence.
| We have already purchased on orders with
power of attorney, a number of valuable plan
tations-w we will engage to find tenants for them
and to exercise a superlntendance over them.
Nothing will contribute more to the. civilization
! of Africa and to the prosperity of our colony,
than agricultural enterprise. 1t were to be wish
| ed that French capitalists, actuated BY patriotism
as well as by views Of interest, would resolve to
buy for a moderate sum a landed property at AL
giers, like the nobility of st. Petersburg, who pur-
chase and possess vineyards at Sondac in the
Crimea.
"The custom house system established in this
colony is very simple. All articles OF importa-
ton are appraised on their arrival, and pay a
duty Of 4 per cent. under foreign flags.
1--WE beg to add, that to engage on a large
! scale in the of Barbary. we purpose 10
establish offices at Bona and Oran. We shall also
have All agent at Tunis, &c.
The arrival of the LaDders in England has caus-
ed much speculation in the newspapers of that
country. The merit of their discovery of the
course Of the Niger, seems to be disputed. -
Among many articles OH the subject, WI find the
following
There is now in the possession of Mr.. Brewer,
at the st. James street Library, an old map,
printed at Amsterdam. in which the Niger is dis
~tinctIy laid down, throughout its whole course
to Biafra, where, agreeabIy to the recent dis
covery, il falls into the sea.-Brighton Gaz.
THE Niger.-There are more than two or three
| claimants to the discovery Just made of the termi-
nation of the river Niger in the Blight of Biafra.
Among these claimants are Mr.. Mcqueen, the
editor of the Glasgow Courier, and the writer OF
some articles in the periodicals in defence Of
West India slavery; and the editor ola book pub.
lished some years since, called, we believe,
Notes on africa.
Great distress is experienced in some parts Of
Ireland. particularly IN Mayo and Galway. A
most melancholy event occurred at N~ewtownbar-
~. on the 18th of June, by which about twenty
persons lost their lives and about the same num-
Der were wounded. The affair was in consequence
of a distress made of some cattle for tithes due
the Rev. Mr.. McClintock. The cattle were adj
vertised Tor sale on the 18Th and placards had
been posted stating that {" Your neighbours cattle
wiN be sold a. N~ewtownbarry, on Saturday, for
tithes,'' &c. This notice, with other movements
induced a belief that an attempt would be made
to rescue the cattle and thereby prevent the sale.
MIR. Ralph, the Agent of the Rev. Mr.. McCiin-
took, had taken measures to nave a party of mi
litary near the scene, and the. following abstract
Of the evidence Of Mr.. Il. before the coroner's