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EAST FLORIDA. Extract of a letter to a gentleman Wi Richmond from his friend in St. An- ...t.mm Ante J Jnrft 5fAj 1821. "1 wrote toyou a few days before It r.L..i f --a tn (imp : 7m amml m thi , , it ni;i I 1 .VTr M" ,JL, r -conw eimer see -w. v. . - UJUII W J v , - , ikQtjaarksofif, as it is conipletely In v ruiiis- Ji tbe seat of povenioient, and consequently the residence 'of the, Clover-4 . nor, Mr. jLorpiNRE;" who is. a plain, civil, andappaTerUlyery fnetidly man He seems to be very anxious, to." leave tbii place and return to Cuba, his native' place, and the residence of his wife' and family, from wLora Helms been separated several 3ears but .be mud mot of the Spaniards here seem; very much mortified at the thoughu, of giving up a country . tvliich possesses a great deal of fine land, bat from which they receive little or no benefit for there are tool, half a dozen Spanish settlements on thlsside the Cape. : " 'ITjc town of St. Augustine can ne- Tjpr be a place of any consequence, either lor commerce or as a depmii for tne nro- duciions of the country? j. for there is. a1 'most diSicult nnd dangVrotis bur at the rnouth of .the riverj which hn nut more than nineeet water at Inli tide, arid the bar is said to shift with the winds so that it can never "be a jot :of entryfor lanje vessels; and the poverty of thesuf ' rounding country for 2j miles, is such as to prevent any kind of produce being brought here. The lands on 1 the St. Johns arc said to be very fine; it lies a bout 3b miles to the northward of this place, and runs in a semicircular form, beinqui-distant. from hence for many nib . On this river! arc some settlc " jn-nM, and it is probable hzt the princi pal ;ou of entry on thi side the Cape will be near the mouth of this river, as it hriN more water than any other stream. The Musquito and Indian rivers, the one CO a-id the other 90 miles to the south of this, are said like-vise to have on tbcm ; ery fijie lands well adapted to sugar, and : jnanv persons think to coffee. But the in-; dolctice ol t!e panaas is sucn mat tney ; have mad-no experiment of it. But the svsteni Qf taxation could be discharged, finest part of the country lavs to the west .jhe whoje aiVjej property of the coun of this, and is called Alochua : it is said ; try at 25 years purchase could not meet to U as rich as land can possibly be. It i the demand upon us. The poor-(rates is, however, in p4issession of the Indians, ; increased bevond all precedent ; it Ttno win noi wiiungiy give u up. i ney ; iare much excited against the Spaniards, for having, (as they say and very justly,) sold them and their conntry ; so thnt it is safer lor an American to travel into the interior of the country than for a Spaniard though; it is by no means safe Tor either without an Indian guide, many of whom are constantly coming to this place. There are a vast number of lai ge grants for land embracing a great propor tion of the best land in the country ; but most ( them forfeited from non-compliance with the conditions of the original jrnmt : whiph generally required that they should be settled within a limited time. Tl.is wiil.open the dAor for disputes to all-the large grants.. As soon as it rs sa" o travel in the country, I mean to take a tour through it. ' I shall remain here until the cx ch inje of flajs takes place. I did expect tbere woaM have been a great many ne groes imported here before it was given u;, but not one has arrived here except a fw from the United States. Mone ap par to be scarce here, as in Virginia. Ninwithstanding the ruinous condition ol the houses here, they ask the most extravagant prices for them, and they rent proportionably high.i 1 here are a num ber of adventurers coming on here from I 'u-irlocinn inri AininnnJi. hut no men of capital except one from Charleston, who has purchased a house in town and lands mav- induce raanv persons from outh Varoi.Mia ana oeorgi io rcuic uric m - , . ; .? : u : the sicklv season. The inhabitants ap pear much mortified,' that this long settled place is not to be continued tire seat of Covermient. 1 Dev"! are inaeea aeepiy interested, as their town property will be worth very little. I wait with great ira parience to see the American rlag sup pbnt the Spanish. I think it will be ne cesarv to send a pretty strong force here at first, as well as to Fensacola : for the Indians are by ncrmeans reconciled to the exchange, and many of them are undt r an impression that the Americans intend to make slaves of them.M.There are a vast number bfj runaway j negroes among them, who probably from motives of policy inculcate their opinions. The appoinraent of Gen. Jackson as Govern- or ot r lorida has mortiaed the Spaniards, and struck terror in the Indians, who ap pear to be panic struck at the bare men lion of his name. I think it would be unsfe to purchase lands here, until they are sold by the authority of the United States." i t" LONDON, FEBRUARY 22. The Cotton Market remains in a very j t ocpressea state ; the sales since our iasi . amount to about 700 bae9. The amvais t ere only 12 bags. SPAIN. .. Cojrjxsmcatcd far the Norfolk Herald. CADIZ, JANUARY , ' " " It is impossible that the tem id this country can om every foreign supply the means of substituting I own resources and energies,-the people have nearlv anoroached the climax of thrW "Anonvraous puM "r . ';,:, tt,m to awake from their lethargy. 1 he great parties of th Royalists, Constitutionalists, and Republicans, agitate the country, and must -.sooa make a trial of their strength. At the head of the last is the present Secretary of War, ( V aides,) and j RiegOy the most popular men in the army, j GREAT BRITAIN. Nothing can be more C contradictory than the representations of the state of Great Britain, made by the Ministerial orators and writers on the one hand, and ; those of the Opposition on the other. ' All is Spring, with the members and ad herents of administration all Winter with the whigs. An intpllicrfiit writer in the London firaqs says, with taxes and poor rates amounting to near seventy millions per annum a civil list and a church estab lishment the most extravagant in Euiope, and nine hundred millions of debt, we are not to be consoled by the declaration of any minister of finance, that fof many years to come he does not intend tp bur den us with new taxes." - Mr. Curwen, a distinguished member of the House of Commons, belonging to the agricultural interest, held the follow ing language in the debate of the 24th Janunry, 1821. " When he looked to the state of Ag riculture, he would ask, could the noble Lord Castlereagh be really ignorant that the agricultural interests were in so wretched a condition, that even no abate ment would after some time, induce the cujtjvalors Qf the land to go on with their ahors. It was impossible that the country could go on and pay the enormous taxes with which k was burtherted ; how, in- deed, could it be expected, that with an ;ncorne so decreased, such an overgrown was calculated that this tax alone was ad equate to the whole rental of the country. F0M BELZONI S TRAVELS. 3XAHOMM ED ALI PASHA, The celebrated Bey of Egypt. I was presented to Mahomet? Ali Bas haw, who received me very civilly. The Bashaw was just returned from Arabia, where he had conquered some of the Wahaby tribes, and delivered the holy cities ofMecca and Medina from the in fidels. The Bashaw is in continual motion, being sometims at his citadel, and some times at his seraglio in Esbakie ; hut Stibra is his principal residence. His chief amusement is in the evening a little before sunset, when he quits his seraglio, and seats himself on the bank of the Nile, to fire at an earthern pot, with his guards. If any of them hit it, he makes him a present, occasionally of forty or fifty roubles. lie is himself an excellent marksman, for I saw hiai fire and hit a pot only fifteen inches hi eh, set on the ground On the opposite shore of the Nile, tho the river at Soubra is considerably wider than the Thames at Westminster Bridge. As soon as it is dark, he re tires into the garden, and reposes, either in an alcove, or by the margin of a foun tain, oaan European chair, ; with all his attendants round him. Here his numer ous buffons keep him in continual high spirits and good humor. By moonlight the scene was beautiful. I was admitted in to the garden whenever 1 wished, by which means I had an opportunity of ob serving the domestic life of a man, who from nothing rose to be Viceroy of'E gypt, and conqueror of the most power ful tribes of Arabia. From the number ofjights I frequently saw through the windows of the seraglio, I supposed the ladies were at such times amusing themselves in some way or other. Dancinjr women are often brought to di vert Ihera, and sometimes the famous Catalani of Egypt was introduced. One of the buffoons of the Bashaw took it in to his head one day, for a frolic, to shave his beard, which is no trifle among the Turks; for some of them, I really be lieve, would sooner have their - head cut oft than their beard : he borrowed some Frank's clothes of the Bashaw's apothe- i i- r ' i c. cary, who was irom c-urope, anu, auer dressing himself in our costume, presen ted himself to the Bashaw as an Europe an, who could not speak a single word either Turkish or Arabic, which is often . u. r . t u;r Q nd $ent immediatel y for an iuler. . nratar , ; ..M;nnc u:, ' ' 1 in (Lilian. in hih ho Hirt not anwpr rpniu ' anil - npii ill iiicr viliiiiuii ,.- . : j i.j. s- - k at last, when f tie saw that they all wcre for such was the change of n s PfD a that narticularlv bv cottink off hii bea otherwise thev could scarcely have re- --..-' m,- rk, Was deli onr- ed with the fellow -k and,- to keep op tne frolic, gave him an order on the treasury for. an enormous sum of money, and sent to the Kaciabv, to present himself as a Frank, to receive it. The Kaciabay star ted at the immensity of theium, it was nearly jail that the treasury could furnish ; but upon questioning this new European, it wes soon perceived who he was. In this attire he went home to1 his women, who actually thrust him out of the door ; and such was the disgrace of cutting off his beard, that even . his fellow buffoons would not eat 'with him till it had grown gain. ! i 1 The Bashaw seems to be well aware of the benefits that may be derived Trom his encouraging the arts of Europe in his country, and had already reaped some of the fruits of it. The fabrication of gun powder, the: refining 'of sugar, the making of fine indigo, and the silk manufacture, are introduced, much to his advantage: he is constantly enquiring after something new, and is delighted, with any thing strange to his imagination. Having heard of electricity, he sent to England for two electric machines, one with a plate, the other with a. cylinder. The former was broken by the way; the latter was dis mounted. 'The physician of the Bash aw, an' Armenian, did not know though it was so easy a matter, how to set it up.' Happening to bevat the garden one eve ning, when they were attempting it, and could not succeed, I was requested to put the several pieces together ; and having done so, 1 made one of the soldiers mount on the insulated stool, charged the ma chine, and gave the Turk a good shock; who, expecting no such thing, uttered a loud cry, and jumped off, as much teiri fied as il he had seen the devil. The Bashaw laughed at the man's jumping off, supposing his friz-lit, to be a trick, and not the effect of the machine ; and when told, that it was actually occasioned by the machine, he affirmed positively that it could not be, for the soldier was at such a distance, that it was impossible the small chain he held in his hand, could have such power. I then desired the in terpreter to inform his Highness, that if he would mount the stool himself he would be convinced of the fact. Hehes itate'd for a while whether1 fo believe me or not ; however he mounted the stool, I charged well, put the chain into his hand,, and gave him a pretty smart shock. He jumped off like the soldier on feeling the effect of electricity; but immediately threw himself on the sofa in a fit of laugh ter, not being able to conceive how the ma chine could have such power on the hu man body. A RELICK OF ANTIQUITY. The following is a t eraarkdole specimen of electing Members. of Parliament. ta ken from a memorandum MS. of J. Harrington, Esq. of Kelston in Som ersetshire dated 1646. " A note of my Bathe business aboute the Parliament, Saturday, December 16, l6-l6, went to Bathe arid dined with the inaior and citizens; .conferred about my election to serve in Parliament, as mv Lll J !, 11 . miner was ueipiess, ana 111 aoie to go any more. Went to the George inn at night, met the baliffs, and desired to be dismissed from serving; drank strong beer and metheglin ; expendeded three shillings ; went home late, but could not get excused, as they entertained a good opinion of my father. " Monday Dec. 38, went to Bathe ; met Sir John Horner ; we were chosen by the citizens to serve for the city. The maior and citizens conferred about Parliament business. The maior promU ses.Sir John Horner and myself a horse a-piece, when we went to London to the Parliament which we accepted of; and .we talked about the synod and ecclesias tical dismission. Iam to go again on Thursday, and meet the citizens about all such matters, and take advice thereon. Thursday 31, went to Bathe; Mr. Ashe preached. Dined at the George inn with the maior and four citizens ; spent at dinner 6s. in wine. Laid out in victuals at the George inn. Laid out in drinking L0 0 11 4 72 4 4 Laid out in tobacco and drinking 0 I " January 1, my father gave me four pounds to bear my expenses at Bathe. : " Mr. Chapman, the maior, came to Kelston, and returned thanks for my be ing chosen to serve in Parliament, to my father in name of all the citizens. My father gave'me some good advice, touch ing my speaking1 in Parliament as they should direct ' me. Come home late at night from Bathe, much troubled thereat concerning my proceeding truly man's rood report and mv own safriv. proceeding truly for ; Note. I gave the city messenser t ertwo shillings for bearing the maior's letter to present syfi- deceivedthe BashaWnot excepieu,- ne,.- ElAWUt-worj yx- . stand. Cut bnrstout in a olam. J urKisn, ucunijr. ; nr.KWSHRjtLOCKin , and without lancnaee' he was acquanted with, andn ifasUhfe foHowijns it. frota their .wp!1 known oirp told them who: he .was ; J n;lft;j hv Mr. one elegant Rt.air. in his liec- 4ures on Rhetoric an.) Belles Letters a remarkably .Ori reianiple of the, figi ure of personiScatiqrti IThe author is cpai Li r.1 rtn 'lav 1 n;Q.inlc arraveo Ifl anuui aim riding !in triumph over the spoils of thou I TO ; paring burayipur wuq iua.iuct. j Qo says he, tr your JSatural Reh olnn - llav before hth Mahomet and his blood. and, who tell r iy my YTt Had of yout estate: nAr rl Cities wiuwu ur, her in wives-r-aim i u. " . vplation. and a divine cpmmission xo jus tify his adultery and lust. When she is tired with this j prosriect, then shew ; her the blessed Jesus, hdmble and meek, do ing good to all the sdns'of men. Let her see him in 'the 'most fetired privacies ; let her follow him to the Mount, and hear his" devotions and supplications to God. Carry Iher to his table, to view his poor fare, and hear his heavenly 4 discourse. Let her attend himlto'the tribunal, and consider the patienct with which he en dured Ithe scoffs and reproaches of his en emies.! Lead her ti his cross4-let her view him in the. agony of death, and heaf his last praver foil his persecutor Fa ther forgive tliemfar they know not what they do J When fjatural Religion has thus viewed both,. afekj her which is the PmnhW of Gad? A but her answer we have already had, wlien she saw part of this scene through jlfie eyes of the Cen turion', who attended at the cross. By him she spoke and J said, " Jrwy this man was the SohufGod" . This, (says Blair)! is more than j?legant; it is truly sublime. The whole passage is animated and the heure rises! at the conclusion ; when only i -Natural Religion, who, before! was spectator, is introduced as speait- ins bv the Centurion s voice the Centurion s It has the better effect too,; that it occurs at the conclusion of a discduise where we natu- rallv look for most Warmth and dignity. r ! HEROES AND) MONUMENTS. I ! j ; Diligent but fruitless search has been raade !in a grave at j Savannah, to iden tily the remains j ojf General Greene, (whose son had beenj interred subsequent ly in his father's tomb) for the purpose of erecting an obelisk in honorof the hero. Numbers had been buried toge ther ; and how cotild. a 'f hero's dust" be distinguishable from that of others ? Kerens looked no handsomer than Ther- CJ a sites in the charnelhouse. It is enough that t le soldier of liberty lives in histo- My an d " in the hearts ol his tellow cm As Mr. Macorirsaid, " Since the ion of types monuments are fit for zens. inven nothing." They may .foment the arts; but are very equivocal proof of gratitude in the builders, who1 may be, as moveable by vanity as patriotism. It is right as nat ural, that the illustrious dead should have, like Washington a plain and decent sep- j ulchre. W.e had rather see the great re ; posing in their family-vault, then pres- sed by sculptured piles. -It sounds very finely ; it serves! ? I ! : v "To point a moral, or adorn a tale.'' I . !. " it-..' j To rad the emotion with which Alexan der is reported to have beheld the tomb of Cvrus. "in a! fjaradise" nr nlpni,r garden ; how he did. homage at that of Acmues, now he behaved towards the statie of Xerxesj &c I had as Hef,' or rather, hear of the; champions of free doom; the victors at Marathon, at Leuc- A 1 1 1 1 I tra, or 5alamis., Historians and Poets, construct the best monuments; their me morials are more: lasting than the proud - . pjr"iu5 iihii ever aspired to the clouds Washington City Gazette. THE METHODISTS. This. religious sect is said, in a late publication, to; amount in England to nearly one million of persons, although duririg the year 1820 they! had diminished about six thbusand. It is stated that the number of members js exactly ascertained by each paying one )enny a week to sup- uuri tncir urcacuers. wnicn a mmmt wi. I li to 2l2,t32 pounds sterling per annum thnt the collections) for educating the sons of the, priests, (preachers) and for various other; purposes," make the whole taxes levieji annually upon each member, a mount to ten shillings, making a total of five hundred thousand pounds sterling or about two millions three hundred thous and dollars, which, according to the state ment in the publication alluded to " is sufficient to pay 10,000 preachers, at fif- ty pounas sterling a year each, besides i uiey receive in the 'way Of food, lodging, and otbr items, that gb towards is just to say, that no religious sect has done more to re f9rmjthe vices Qf.the lower orders than the metnooists. i Knf Jt1 liw1ier the Haiuj me 7 " , 7 the aws ol Uodo j'.i. nnA hmipmhle distress ; ,,i v 5? anoraesicu, - cv, art,'religiou.g fa1l the! inhabitants bf the. earth, When v .-TT , . I. . . v -.f IV. I YVHi luyutqii THe Original qf the fblibwini . dy Coippton to?faer busbanrt iserved'asah incontestible proof of riT h;P5"od, offat'leH as; SEASONABLE WOMAN.lYaf '4 ai-H ; " ".i A- ' I MY SWEET LIFE j - f 't Now I have declared to you mY for Jrowtettv) I soppos, that were uesi.iui uic? iu ininK, and within myseil what allowance ",... rlJult vuUK lhAco ...i.. . "tt j iuiiv Ji vv -r uvot. Ml Ph L nature, n? JJ OVPrnmht . . r'n Igrant 4 Draw la ' V : Aiso: wduld.n beside thf,A .have 600. 1juarrtrlyto'be paid for ' table fvorksj: .arid those things I r" not, neither wrii. accodntable Also, I wiil W te three hjcses f0r own saddle) thaf noiie'shair Bare to ; or borrow but yf. fAIso, I would ' tnrn rrontonrrrre I loot t- . . or have some ot er let, Al.ter. . it 'is an indecenHhmg fora eentlewomJj to stand murapW alone, when God h2 blessed their lorcr and lady fvith a estate. Also, hen I ride a hunC hawking, I wilhthave them attending 1 for either of tlfese said?women, and will have, for either vof theST horse. Also, 1 will have siV or eitht gentlemen; and I will HivE.n L coaches, one lined with velvet, for myself with four very fair horses, and a coach tor my women, lined with cfoth and lac. ed with gold, with four god horses- Also, I would have two coaxhmen-ow for my own coach and one 'for my Wo. men. Also, at any time when T ti will Tie allowed not only cairocbes and spareJiorses, for me and but twill have such carriages as aw d roy women, ting for' all, orderly not pestering my things with my women's, nor theirs with chamber-maids, nor theirs! with wash.- maius. i5u, ior launaresses, when I travel, I will have them sent away with the carriages to see all safe. And the chambermaids shall go before, that' the chambers be ready, sweet and clean. It is indecent to crod myself in a coach with my gehtlemanusher, I will have 'him t) have a convenient horse to- attend me either in city o country. And I must have two footnen. And my desire is, that you defraall these charges for me. And for 7ye besides my yearly alio, a nee, I would have twenty gowns of ap parel,, six of thfm excellent good ones, eight for the country, and six other my excellent goodones. Also, I would have, to put in my pdrse, 2,000 and 200; v and also that you shall payimy debts.- Also, I would have 6,000. to buy mj jewels, and 4,000. to bu.y my pearls.- Now, seeing I im so reasonable with you, I pray yon 10 find my children their -apparel and their schooling and all my servants, men and women .their wages. AlsoI will have all my houjses furnished, and my lodging rooms to tie suited with all such furniture as is fit, as beds, stools, chairs, suitable cushions, carpets, silver warming-pans,cupboards of plates, fair hangings, and .such like. So; for my drawing chambers in all myl houses, f will have themdelicately furnished with' hangings, canopy couch, glass, carpet, chairs, and cushions, and alf things there unto belonging! ; Also, rmj earnest de fsire is, that vouT will sire is, that you" will pay alj your mis, ! build aP Ashlly House,, and purchase II.. 11 ( lands, and lpndi nn mnnpv to: the Lord Chamberlain, vfho would" have all, and your life, from jpu. ..Remember his son, the Lord Waldn, what entertainment be gave me, wheyou were at the Till-) ard. If you were de$,d9 he said he would be husband, and k father, and a brother to me, and said fie would marry im protest I grieve! to see the poor roan have so little wit andionesty, to use his friends so" vilely. Also, he fed me with untrutW concerning thejCharter-House : but that is the. least : hf wished me much harm you know hfv. God keep me ana you from him, i pd any such as be So now that have declared to voj what it is, I wofd have, and what it is would not havl. l pray you, vnenXv be an Earl, yof 'will allow me -2,00. more than I noVwlesire, and douUe-K tendance. 3 our loving wife, fELIZA mwiv": We learn t? an extract from a hope, niece of the late Mr. 1 ritt' nri 1 lives a sort of monastic life on i Lebanon, and refuses to see an y countrymen. Lady S is about 40 J of age, and is, p efhaps, jpne f the f extraordinary characters ot tne dav. She abandoned the cou.;,, the first families in Englan and an hprself to th Arahsi Of W ich she This afterwards appotnled chie hp reckoned amnnorst one oi c .l i 'Jr lA that W0U1U 4 disbelieved if found in the pages ot mance. Bait. Morn. Chron. r-- seen in theHarEejan Collection 0f SHERLOCK. No. 7003, folio 105 in th ft":?.A,Sd of his Ser-! setfSLady.Caropit6n livid in CS nassae. 01 vauit me c irsi, ana this fctt.: S
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