The morning news., 1897-08-29

numbers of men, who, dwelling IN the fort
itied angles of the line will be employed
in cultivating lands which are sept in
hand for the particular advantage of the
Margrave; these lands surround the dis
trict just within the lines and every
where contain in breadth one mile ox-
actly."
The men thus employed are such as
shall he hired in Great Britain or Ireland,
Well disciplined and armed, and that no
man may be wretched in so happy a coun-
try. at the expiration of those peoples
time, all such among them who shall mar
~ in the country or come married thith-
er, shall have a right of laying claim 20
a certain fee-farm or quantity of land
ready cleared, together with a house built
upon it and a stock sufficient to cultivate
it. The lands set apart for this purpose
are two miles in breadth. quite round
the district and lie next within the Mar
graves own reserved lands above men
toned
THE 1l6 squares. each of which has a
house in the middle are every one a mile
on each side OF $40 acres in a square. bat
ing only for the highways which divide
them. These are the estates belonging 20
the gentry of the district. VINO, being so
confined to an equality land viii be
protitably emulous of outdoing each other
in improvement, since that is the only
way left them to grow richer than their
neighbOrs
The four great parks, or rather forests,
are each four miles square, that Is, six
teen miles around each forest, in which
are prOpagated herds of cattle Of all sorts
by themselves. not alone to serve the
uses of the district they belong TO- bat
TO store such new ones as may from time
to time be measured out on atiluence of
people
The middle hollow square. which is
10 fI,.
city, and the bank which runs about it
on the outside surrounded with trees is
a large void space, which viii be useful
Tor a thousand purposes, and among the
rest, as being airy and aifording q flne
prospect ofSSie town in drawing near IL.
IN the center of the city stands the
Margrave's house, which Is to be his con-
slant residence, or the residence OF the
governor, and contains all sorts of public
edfices for dispatch of business; = and this
again is separated from the city by
space like that which above, divides
the town from the country"
Some designs in view for making prof
its' refers 10 coffee, tea, figs rails rs,
currants, almonds, olives, silk wine, coch-
meal and geat variety of still more rich
commodities which we are forced to buy
at mighty rates from countries lying in
the very latitude OF our plantations. All
these we certainly shall propagate, though
il may perhaps be said that they are yet
but distant views" While waiting for
these sources of wealth to develop the in
fant colony was TO devote itself 10 the
production of potash, most simple busi-
ness requiring little work and still less
capital.
"As to the boilers, which have ever been
the great and terrifying expense and IN
cumbrance of this work, we shall extreme
lV lessen and reduce that charge almost
10 bNf being
an experienced invention wherein We use
neither copper, lead. iron, nor other min
eral whatsoever, and Chat excepted there
is no material necessary but wood only;
for wood cut down and burnt upon the
ground affords the ashes; the rivers eV-
erywhere abounding in thar country fur-
nish water, ashes and water boiled to-
gether yield the lie; the lye eVaDorated,
leaves behind the salt and that very salt
calcined becomes the potash, and II -
packed and sent away in barrels, made
and hooped there also
Sir Robert urges that in Azilia 1.-THE en-
lvening influence Of the sun prepares the
trees much better for this practice tnah
in colder climates"
THE Proposal" heads the next section
of the discourse" II Is terribly binding
upon Sir Robert his hcl;=, and assigns for
ever. They engage 10 guarantee to the
settlers bewilderng store OF rights ana
DfOiltS, ana the td4cutdtioii0 ai' h41Hia ~
guiling "When workmen have nothing
TO do but fell great trees across one all
other and as soon as dry set fire TO them
that they may be burned TO ashes, It IS
demonstrable beyond all dispute that three
men 50 employed In twelve months con-
slant work must cut down more wood
than can grow on twelve acres.
Starting with this one fact, Sir Robert
computes. Thus. all the land cleared. a
man whose purchase money was hum
dred pounds for hfty acres, must re
ceivo $50 per annum forever 2s proht or
II; but we are not deslrous Of laying
more weight than the reader on the OK
actness OF such calculations. We leave
people's expectation 10 be determined ny
their reason. though even men Of dim
dence will we think. be ashamed 20 dis
allow a computation so low as iS per acre,
from such land 81 such a climate
A brave old prospectus u is. and the
subscription book was opened IN London
CIV Al the Carolina coffee house In Biz
chin lane. near the royal exchange, but
alas FOR Sir Robert his eloquence moved
moi ono single emigrant; not one person
sought 10 take advantage OF the wealth
to be- had for the taking in tho Margravate
Of Azlia The settlement proving a tail-
ure Sir Roberts grant was cancelled
ana IA was nftecn years later that GOV
Oalethorpe succeeded In settling the hrat
colony IN Georgin.
Thls interesting old pamphlet forms the
arst number in series OF American
colonial Tracts" 20 be- issued by George
y Humphrey Of Rochester.
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