Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-08

is precarious from frost, drought and other caus'
es. and the yield much less than 1t Is tarther
South. OF Kentucky have little to say. From
the great emigration which is taking place from
il to the contiguous States, it would seem that II
is already overpeopled. II is little too Tar
north for cotton, and little too far south Tor
raising small grain and grazing; at least these
pursuits are far more profitable. and more dl'I'
gently followed in the States north OF the Onio.
Much of the best land in the State has been ex'
hausted by the cultivation Of corn and tobacco
for thirty and f.rty years in successl"n; no va.
ant or cheap lands that are worth having; anu
lastly the laws, the currency. and the poliurs Oh
the State are SO uncertain, and so liable Ia change
that there is no Inducement TO emisrate from any
other State in the Union to it. In OHIO end In.
diana. there are large bodies OF very rich. ana
large bodies Of very poor land. Upon the former
hemp and tobacco are the most profitable crops.
Upon the latter the graZers and drosers thrive anu
do we'll The rich ,alies are unhealthy, hut the
f.vers less frequently fatal than to the South. -
Land may be mad at any price, from twenty live
cents to fifty dollars per acre. In Indiana, lands
Of equal quality are fifty per cent cheaper than
in Oao. Illinois is the richest State in the Union
in point of soil II is singular fact, that the
richest land in the United States is, and has been
for years. in the market, aud begging tor 81 70
per acre have seen no poor land IN iliinuis.
Ii als0 abOunds with water courses, and their
channels are not dusty from July to November,
as they are in Kentucky and Tennessee; but the
country is so fiat, that it small stream b. dam
med up for supplying mill with water. there Is
danger of floodIng fifty or hundred acres OF hne
land. There is no limit to the number of catt'e
that a graZier may raise. The praires. covered
with grass five or six feet high. are unmeasured.
and the woods also are full of grass. When the
cold weather kills the old grass, II tails, and i"rm
inc mat over the new, protects 1t from the ir"s',
aud the cattle thus are plenlIluily provided IN
winter as we'll as summer. The cane brakes,
also, which are numerous and extensive, furnish
a perennial supply of evergreen herbage; ana
the cattle, going generally in droVes, are iu'ly
competent TO pro'ect themselves against 'he
wolves and bears. The hogs. however. are Ire
quently destroyed by wild beasts; nevertheless
many survive, aud as they cost nothing until they
are penned aud protec ted, they also afford a
source of considerable profit. Sheep, of course,
are out of the question:; Wild fowl and game as
abundant as possible, and barrels of wild honey
almost as plenty in the log cabins as fish barrels
are in Fairfax. The laws in this State, as IN
Ohio and Indiana. forbid involuntary slavery
nevertheless. observe that Governor Edwards
| (the Nnan Edwards OF the Senate) has as many
as he wants-by- what warrant know not; but
he is an old lawyer, and probably wrote part
or the whole OF the Constitution OF the STATE
Hemp, corn, and tobacco, Of the nnest quarry
and IN the creates, abundance muy oe 'he :'apeS
oi THIS state Inc ri'hest Yea" i',"es !" VIC
world are on Fever kiver, ana al hiea water
boats pass easily from Illinois River to Lake MI.
ch'san, anu oack again an'r"'hs '"e .hnao M
IN re BANKS anu sie'haSe '"e cho'ce y, .ne view
York or New orleans marKe's vi MAsSou'''
except the towns OF 81 Louis a"a 81. ueheI'e'e.
anu their immediate v'c'hase' Know ho'n'"s a.,
present. exceP, from hearsay Inc S'a,eH >''u
to be rich in mines anu minerals. ana u remain
here long enough. still propose to explore IL
] am already IN possession "i specimens OF
gold from Orange County, Virginia. anu from
East tennessee WIN me cray anu roc* '' ""''"
the metal Is 'ouna; oi ore rom tue 'eau "'"es'
on Fever rVer' Welding seven 'enths OF pure me
tai. ana iound uhuef P'a.e OF rocA "n,y h'e
'ee' from the sut'ace-'he "e"' " ore VI s'ea'
thickness anu o' unknown eA'e"t-o' ore 'ro'h
the Iron Mountain 10 Iennesse-and OF nVe
plants; all Of which are rare ones, and two which |