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A T 5 ill(ii.)ln.n1iWHi-.-ii'''l 44 Oars are tp Pita of.falr drlljhtfal Peace, "Uawarp'd by Party Rage, to live Una iSicthr.' vv sr" Vol. V. Monday MB ER 1803. No. ai6 i North-Carolina AN ACCOUNT OF LOUISIANA; Being 3n attract of Documents it Jn the,Ojicts of the D-partmentS jfj State and Tredfury if "ike l.i't'd States, " ' . m . 0bct of the follows - s ;c-, to con.folidate the information relpeet furnifhed to the Executive by feverai in? Tnr v - - jnjivjdaiis among mc ucit nuo. "- v144- OVthe Province of Louifiana, no general Map, fufficiently correel to bedepe'riiedupon, has been pubiifhed, nor has any yet been procu red from a private fource It is indeed probable that furveys have nevei been made upon fo extenfi ve a fcale as to afford the means of laying down the various regions of a country which, in fome of its parts, appear to have been but 'imperfectly explored. Boundaries. , , . The pr?cife boundaries of Lo.iihaiii, weflward of the Miffiflippi, tho' vervextenfive, are at prefent involved in fume obfeuriiy. Data are e cua'Hy wanting to (Tin with precifion its northern extent., From the (ourceof the MiUillippi, it is bounded eaftwardly by the middle of the channel of that river, to the 3 ill degree of latitude: Thence, it is alTeited U'jsn very firong grounds, that, according to i s limits when formerly -pofldfed by France, it flretcbes to the eaft, as tar, at ieafl, as the. river Perdigo,' which runs into the bay of Mexico, e ft ward of the river Mobile. It may be confiftent vith the view ot thefe notes to remark, that Louifi 8iia. including tle Mobile feulements, was difcoVered and peopled by the lu nch, whole monarchs made feveral grants of its trade, iri particular to ir. Crofat in 1712V and fome years afterwards, whk?is acqaiefcence. t . the ell known company projected by Mr. Law. This company relinq -.lifhed in 1731. By a fecret convention on the 3d Novembe:j I762, the French'' government ceded fo much of the province as itcs be yond ihs-M.ififlippf, .s well as the iiUnd of New-Orleans, 10 Spain, and bv the tret'y ot" peace which followed in 170 the uhoie territoiy of France ad Spain, eallward of tbemiddle ot the Mifliflippi to the Iberville, thce through the:nid:ile of that river, and the lakes Mauripas and Pon cha!lr?.in, -o the fca was ceded to Great-Bntain. Spain having con qucTedthe Floridds from Great Britain during cur revolutionary war, they were confirmed to he: riv the treaty at peace of 1783. By the treaty of St. Jldeionfo, of the lit O :ober, 1800, his Citholic Majelty promifes and tripapson p.irt to c ie o. ckto the French Republic, fix months after th il and er tire execut on of the conditions and Hi pulations therein con- fc. Relative to the D k - ot Psiriia, the colony, or province of Louifi- ' 11 . .1. . ii ! i.. u u .i . t o L av, wrunr.e lame extern ruai u huuuti) uas in iiic uauui ui opaui, uui ;Vs :! hen Fiance poflcrlTcd itj and fucti as it ought to be alter the trea tic iuorequently entered into between Sp:n and other States." This lw-y was connrmed and entorced by itiit 01 A'iadna, 01 tne 2 lit iViarch, 1801. From France it oafl". d to us by the treaty St April lalt, with d rele tence to ihebovc clauit. as defenptive ot the limits ceded. Divijicni of the Province. Thi province, as held u pain, including a part bf Weft-Florida, is iaia 1 uiro the following principit:ivifioris: M biie, from Bahfetothe citv. Ne'A'-Orleans- and tnc country on both fides uf Lake Ponchartrain, tiri and fecond German coafti, Cutahanefe, Fourche, Venezuela, Iber ville, Galvez-Towh, Baton Roie, Ponte Coupee, Atacapas, Opelbu fas, Guach:ta, Avoyelles, Rapidc, Natchitoches, Arkanfas and the lihi'ois. In t-e Illinois there are ccmtnr.ndants, at New Madrid, St. Genevieve, New Bourbon, St, Charles and St. Andrew's, all fubordinate to thecom xnan;;:;:r ger.eral. Baton Rouge having hern roaae a government, fubfequently to the treaty ot limits, ike, with Spain, the pcils ot Manchac and TUomfon's Creek, 'or Feliciana, were added to it, Chapitouius has fometimes been regarded as a feparate command, but is iic-w included vvithin the jut ifdi6iion ot the city. The lower put ot the rive: has. p.kewife had occafionally a feparate commandant. , Mny ot the prefent ehablifhments are feparated from each other by immcnle and ttackleis defarts, having no communication with each oher by land, except now and then a folitary inhance of us bting attempted by hunters who have to fwim rivers, expofe themelves to the inclemency 1 th weather, and carry their provifions on their backs, for a time pro portir.nt d to the length of their journey. This is particularly the cafe on tee weft of the Mifliflippi, where the communicucion is kept up only by y;ater, between the capital aad the diflant fettlements ; three months be ing Tf quin a to convey intelligence from the one to the other oy the Mifii fippi. 1 he ufual dulance accomplifhed by a boat in afcending, is five legj -per ody ; the rapidity of the current in the fpnng fedfori epecially wnen .me waters of all the rivers are high, facilitates the defcent, fo that tne .:;nc voyage by water which requires three or four months to perform from u.e capital,, may be made to it in from twelve to fixteen days." The principal feulements in Louifiana are on the Mifliflippi, which begin tcbe cultivated about twenty leagues tro.a the fea, where the plantations are yet thin, and owned by the poorell people Alcendihg, yoii fee them rove on each fide, till you resell the city which is fituated on the ealt J: or'. abend of that river, 35 leagues from the fea. Cnapuoulas, Firjl and Second German CoaJts:Catahano 'e - Fourche and' Iberville. . rhc left rndraoft improved are above the city, and comprehend what "icre known by the paroifTe de ChapitouUs Pienner and fecond Cote c -Mletnaiids, andextend i6 leagues. Above tins hpffifK tKe narifK rt r ,u r nln.A ri4t ,. . r f"1"" vaidudiioic, ol ijiu rvcauiau leniemeni - uu.ng eigtit. leagues on the river. Adjoining to it and iliil afceriding, he iecmid Acadian fettlement, or parilh of the Fouche, which extends ut fix leagues. The parifhof Iberville then commences, and is bounded 1 call fide by the river of the fame name, which, Hhough dry a great Hit ot thevear, et, when the Mifliflippi is raiferf, it communicates with VnVaK 7 ul"ep and Ponchartrain and trough them with the fea, ontf r'r-S Wftdt ls cUed the iflnd of New-Orleans. Except H. 1 a Vm JUlt below lhe ib ville, the country from New-Orleans is ci n lii WnolC r7 alng tht nver dnd Prcfcnts a fce,ie ot interrupt all JnS ? r'ght oiechUer. whole fronts to the MifTiflippt are 4o; ffi 25.acres with aA of Plantation ar J ' T " dcres m tlont contains 200. A few fuga t"?.iOCmCJl m 4h5 ariih oi Catahanofe, but the remainder' 1 v .uilUj r is ubie nf r r na tne wnoIe 1S an excellent loii inca- f New t Z6 cumuea- L 1 plantations are but ondet-p on theifland the ite the mouth , Bayou de la FourchtAiacaias. and Oietoufas About twenty-five leagues from the lafUrnentioned place on the weft tide ot the Mifsifsippi. the creek or Bayou ot the fenrche, called in old Maps, La Riviere des Chitarnaches, flow from the Mifsifsippi, and corn man icates with the fe to the weft of the 3alife. The entrance of the Mif fifsipp is navigableonly at high water,, but will then admit of sraft of frqm 60 to 70 tons burthen. On. both banks of this, creek are fettlements, one plantation deep, for near 15 leagues, and they are divided intp two oarifhes. iir lciuers are numerous, tnougn poor, ana tne culture is univei lany coi 'on. TAVJERNv In Faycitcvilit. TPHE Subfcribei begs Leavf to in form hit Fricnas and th& PuUc, that I he la repxovd from Piu&orovgh, Ctha,a f County,, to thit FUcer where h hasypf- l avern arid Boarding Houfe intht Jrra:lc lately occopjed Vv Mrv Barge, in fccvr- Stxet. rhte who ma chufe'to fayurhiax "with thoif Cittew, -may te affr.r.td he will On all creeks makmi from the MiftilsibpiUhe foil iS the fame as on jl Z , IT. r tne bank ,ot the river, and the border is thehigheit part of u, from whence I; the theiceft sprits,- w;n a-d Porter. The jt defcends gradually, to the fwmp. In no place on the low Jarids is thrre jl Rubles are good, -eli fumifled with Forage,' depth more dun f offices for one phmta'ion, before you come to the low jfm aaJ QU' aod "7" grounds incapable ofculrivation.. This creek affords one of the commu- ) - -'aytrul'h. v,? . Sr nr.atioris tnthe two noniiL.iK .nA rirh fttlrfint! nt Ataranas and One- .''"-.' "r ..- "- ' 'oufas, formed on and n.ar t tejonil rivers Tchj and Vermilion, which ji flow into the Bay ot Mexico : But the principal and lwifteft cornmunica- nun, is oy tpe payou 01 cret-jc riaquemtnes, wnoie entrance into .incj Mifsifsihni is feVi-n l-aiTllr hin '.pr nr rtn .tt dmn fi A and 6 ahVft veW-Orlean.n. Thef lfrtlpm itt in fratt1f anrl hnrfes have a lir, m,n.:. vf , j 1 . j " kt '--." j 1 1 ' r . ; M framed Hcufe, containing thrtfc Roosxs, wiik Urge quantity ot good land in their vicinity, and may be made of great im. .,, A tat;v ft,ifB ;Vl)oa0,.sShop portance. A part ot their produce is lent by lea to New-Orleans, buttae i Kitchen, wniforlyfixt, and a Smoke huoft greater part is carried in haiteaux hy the creeks above mentioned. : , . Baton Rouge and its dependencies. . ,. ;" immeniatety above the Ibei ville, and on both fides ef the Mifliuippt ; j 'JVewhitk are reei-iii .Ff t lies the pat ifh of Minchac, which exte nds tour leagues en h river, and' Tr- iS - . - . . 1 , , 1 r f r ! My old .Battle Crrfurid, co;u;aftS ooft. i well cultivated. Above it commences the fettiement ot Baton Koue. ?! Atr-vfbK --f) hatin lately (hewn a te jar.tMn' T Will (eft one : f the r?ntcK and healthieft situations Vathti Couotiy it is diftanc about 5 o Yards. -Theie tagcod in tne Kear, witrta vatdn full ot w ts.-. About twenty Acre3 rour.d the Haulea is planted witfl Pech, App'ie and Chtrrf extending about s learrues, IB - ace toJave been put in the neuter Gender). hatching h ree ctber Bratt adjoini ng the abuve, inakT Pg together t;eo Acre - j Such ufeiefa,meiivbers o., comiiicnweal Should be 16p( ft to give the iiate mare, health. j. , , r.ii.' i. j . ' Any Perfon 'hUolnj to purchafe, may feft the Premifes and kndw the Terra, by aju J p!y;2 to rat ;, sue ihuld n jtime: c ntract j be a iic '-Kicn nxtice w'U be ivet) It will be cxpoitd ti public faie 'a rhe 15th of December, and Pcff iTion giver the.Purcha fer the ift of janucry, icoa . LENX. tnaxcaflle; N C, )nlti 1, NEGRO M4 TAKEN UP." HERE is now confined in Killf. borough Goal, Couat of facnfe, . two Kegra Me, one of. 'Kna fay? he belcosi 1 j ebfeDt.frGra his Mft?tBe?riy two yas. He ! is a fxaaii black Negro, vrih his Tecih out before, aad calls himlelf BILL - The other lays he beioftes W Blaka Bakef ! Wiggins,' and got loll frotn a Cart on hisVay vith others, gpig to Ferdec.- Mti calls hit Name WILL, aud iscfia ddle Staure. X Owners aiay h3v them on prept-r ap. S. 1 7 J R KiiNTI N C, Sbff. piu-'.tiu.; 1 . ' . 1 l OH SALE, Vf Y LyOt, con'a n r'g half an Acre, nown oa Apphcztion id H, LIGH FOOT It is rentarkable as being the fir if placu where j? Difoofi tM t W-s ptimc as v te hiah land is contiguous to the river, and here it forms a bluff from qoi 3 Sw (which oughMt- the P t' 40 eet above the greatefl rife of the river, . Here the fettlements ex tend a confiderable way back on the eafl fide, and this parifii has that of i'hompfn's creek and Bayou Sara fubordinate to it. The mouth of the fir ft of, thefe creeks is about 49 leagues from New-Ojleans, and that of the latter 2 or 3 leagues higher u. They run from north -ca ft to foush-weft, and their head waters are north of the 311! degree of latitude. Their banks have the be il foil, and the greaielt number of good cotton plantations of any part of Louifiana, and are allowed to be the gsrdcn of it. . .... Point Coupee and Faujfe Riviere. - , . Above Baton Rouge, at the diftance of ,50 leagues from New-Orleans, and on the weft fide of the Miifiinopi is Point ,Goupee, a populous and rich fettiement, extending 8 leagues along the nver. Its produce is cot ton. Behind it, on an old bed of the river, now a lake whole outlets are clofed up. is the fetdemerit of Fauffe Riviere, which is well cultivated. .. In the fpace nw defcribed, from the fea as i ih as, and including the j laft raenticned fe-tlemem, is contained three-fouiths I the population, and feven-eiffhihs of-the rirhescvf Luiliana. . From the itttiemem ot Jfomt :! JaauM'pamel, Eibett Louity, C.rorgia ; n s fft t ' . v- r:..JtL 1 ... .k. nu,, i faid on" his Exartintton. that he h keen yvjupcc on 111c ivi niiijppi, it v., ape vjuajucau iwvc uic iuouih i ui vinu, there is no ianrt on the weft, fide.that is not overflowed in the fpnng, to the diftanceof 8 or lcleaiiues fro. n the river, vvihi rom 2 to 12 feet. of water, except a fmall fpot near New-Madiid , fo that in the whuleextent there is no polhbility of fov mine a confiderable fettle. nent contiguous to the river on that fide. The eaftern bank his, in thts refpe '-, a decided advantage ! over the weftern, as there are on it many iituations whicn etijctually com mand the river, r Red River, and its fettlements. t)n the weft fide of the Mifliflip; 1, 70 leagues kom New,Orleans is ! nit iJiuuuj Ui IJ1C iv.(:U iivc:, ou w u 'ic imdkj anv inm "n- iv. lv . , ..ii ' 1111. - tj...r mehts of Rapide, Avoyelles and Natchitoches, all of them thriving and j. Siore-iioufe, . amber, kiiehen and fioakl populous. The latter is 75 leagues up the Red River. On 'the north fide Houte, ivil ;.-eug, Chaii.am County, of the Red river, a few leagues tr.m us juntliun with tKe Miffiffippi, is j " a'r th" Ve woit c V .1-- ti.-4, . 6. r , ' cj.L... . ..u- te.the Purehtet, Jcrnw may be iuv xjiatf. I1VCI, vJU 'MIC Ul W.l'JIC Uiau .lit), a LUiiuuiauiw v jr "W,. j ; fi; infant fettiement of Ouachita, w hich from the richneis of the foil, may be made a place of importance Cotton is the cliief produce of thefe fettle ments, but they have likewife a confiderable Indian trade. The Kiver Rouge, or Red Hiver, is ufed to Communicate with the frontiers of New Mexico, ' Concord Arkanfas St. Charles St. Andrew &c'. There is no other fettiement on the Mifiiilippi except the fmall one called Concord, oppofne to the Natchez, till you come to the Arkanfai rfver, whofe mouth is 250 leagues above New-Orleans. Here thei;e are but a few families, who are more attached to tne Indian trade (by which chiefly they live) than to cultivation. There is no fettiement iiom this place to Mew-Madrid, which is itltlf inconfiderabje. Afcending tbe river,; you come to Cape Girardeau; St. Genevieve and St. Lewis, where, though the inhabitants are numerous, they raife little, for exportation, and content themfelves with trading with the Imiianj, nd j working a few lead mines. This country is very teitile, especially oh t'le banks of the Miffouri, where there have been formed two fettlements, j called St. Charles and St. Andrew, moftly by emigrants trom Kentucky. The peltry procured in the Illinois, is the fecft fent to the Atlantic market, and the quantity i very confiderable. Lead is to be had with eafe, and I in fuch quantities as to fupply all Europe if the population were fuiRci- ent to work the numerous mines to be tound within two or three ieet trom the furfa'ce in various parts of the country. The fettlemetits about the Illinois were fir ft made by the Canadians, and their inhabitants ftill re femble them in their averfion to labour, and love of a wandering life. They contain but few negroes, compared to the nufnfvr of the whites ; and it may be taken for a general rule, that in proportion to the dirtanc? from the capital, the number of blacks diimnifti IhIow that of the whites ; the former abounding moft on the rich plantations in its vicinity General Defcription of Upper Louifiana When compared with tne Indiana I erruory, the face of the country in Upper Louifiana is rathet more broken, though the foil is equally fertile It is a fact hot to be contcfted, that the weft fide of the river poffelies fome advantages, not. generally incident to thofe regions. It is elevated and healthy, and well watered with a variety of large rapid ftrcams, calculated for mills and other water works. From Cape GiraiuVau, above the mouth of the Ohio, to the Miffouri, the land on the eafi fid -of the ' MifTiIfippi is low and flat, and occafionally expofed to inundations; that on the Lou ifiana fide, contiguous to the river, is generally much higher, and in many places very rocky on the inure. Some of 'he heights exhibit a icene truly piclurefque. They rife to aheight of at leaft 30c teet faced with perpeu dfcular time and free-Jione, carved into various fhapes and figures by the hand of nature, and afford the appearance of a multitude of antique tow ers. From the tops'of thefe elevations the land gradually itopes back from the river without gravel or rock, arid is covered with valuable timber. 1 may be laid with truth, that' for fertility 01 foil, no. part of the world ex ceedrthe borders of the NlittiflVppiY the land yield aa auuadaccc oi all . Scliei.o 6i a Lottery, X UtKorMed by ictpt Gr.u.er AlTerably, to raife .um of Mony tdf corpplcte the building of jihe LU -i: ut ACADEMY, in rtobefon Cc jo;. NtTib Carolina. . . . , ' I Pnik of I no dolli. I do. joO , i do. too 8 o do. 50 2 CO. Jo do. 10 oo d. . 5, v L aft dfawn Ticket, . 500 doll. 30Q law 2500 JOO. 584 rrizes. 1 168 Bucks. 50c. 175a TjckifS. at30a.or 3 dolls, each. T O'anksH a'Prizs. -r:lv ' . Tfee Pvitj, will be paid by the ; Treat ufef of the Trufts.cs of the Academy, at any Vijrii after th-'Drtwiug, with Fucftd'iLity, lubjel to a Deduction of 6tJeen pfr. cen.t for thej Benefit of.. the Acsde,ny. The farmnate Numbers will be ju hliHicd for the Infcrmv tio of Tickei-hoiders. The Drawmof the Lottery wiil begin oa tne tourin of anuary n;xt. JOSEPH iV OO D, 'I Joseph beltom;(: WM. NORM A. NT, THO. BARNES. ROIi'E RT HaI I LS, J r Ata nagert. F.NTEii i'Ai N VIE - T TH E ubici iter beitig wa rrfly frm i.etea by :amjrof ffeiect-k Cha- aiterb itid her Fronds if.prttcula i uorms -he PusJic, th.U the hai -op'tned Huule of t.r-r.i!tiitr,eni for fie-it tnitu aud Lady lravci.'-TS, in tir Town a; Lumbertosj, Ko ttier. C unty. .Sac ft'a:t-r- herfeli iha her icxet uons to giie yrrii Stifalion, w'.li fail -10 merit her tne r'atroaae of tiie Public in general he avaijsiserieif of th 0porthni?, fo return bf -nll linctre I'tsnk' tdthoie who liive already honoured her jch their Cuf torn, acd3li-.rc im thii iht tinuance of their Favours will al iys pir te as av Stimulus to ber future L'-rifi. Tc t .a vers from fome f the 'o ; trl'ctfit'A. Cities ib theAJnion MiH'be xtfu I. fi' i Com S-tab'ef, Crn, t,as, and Fodder,-; wirh a Atsdy Oftler, may alwas be rt .iei oa, ant . c let t T ; o fid frrifions thaLthff town. - : VIA A Si .iS4i r .-J