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PEXSJCOLJ.
rfiii town situated 'bum ten miles Up the
bav of tit* same "ante, which at ihi* place
. ; c ,rcely (our mile* wide. It in built on a
dir -aiitly t,,e rglit angles,
and ol a good width. It extentl* about a
jn'le along the bay, huf occupies in d'P'h
not hall that dinance; tilt re are, however,
many unbuilt spaces, which, at present, are
enclosed as K ar ‘ Je " , « where the fig, the
the orange, the mulberry, the pride
o; China, the pecan, afford a delightful ver
dure, and grow as well as on the banks ot
the Mississippi.— The vegetable, or kttclien
gardens, leave of late been much neglected,
but there is n» doubt, that with very little
pants they can be made a* productive as in
any town in Airier ca.
The number of houses is sufficient to con
tain a population of four thousand souls;
they are in a slate of decay, but within a
few mouths past a surprising alteration has
taken place in their appearance : they have
been so pa'clied, and panned, ami white
washed as to be scaicely recogn.zed. Not
more than a hall a doien indifferent houses
have been constructed this summer, and on
ly one of brick. As there are now several
brickyards ill the neighborhood, they will
in fu'ure be constructed of this material.
The may at the brickyard of Mr. Noriega,
a tew miles from this place, is almost tree
fr mi any mixture of sand, and may in time,
be urned to other uses beside that to winch
it la now applied, I mean to tile purpose of
correcting me sandy nature of the soil, and
rendering it better adapted to cultivation.
'j he population is at present estimated at
twenty five hundred or three thousand souls,
nearly double what it was a few months ago,
and great numbers of strangers are continu
ally coming and going, as this is now likely
to he a principal thoroughfare from New-
Orleaus to die upper part of Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. There
is an excellent road from this to Claiborne,
and thence muds running in all direction*.
The majority of the inhabitants here at this
moment, are Spanish and Trench, but he
American part constitutes at least a third.
Almost the only capital at present consists
of Ii iu.i t and lots ; no one is possessed ot
much monied capita., or extensive stuck-, ot
merchandize. It was expected tliai agr at
anv-uilt -I llntixli goods would have been
thrown in here, and tli-s would have been
the case had the surrender of the country
h. en delayed.—Perhaps it wati prevented
by the Spanish officers who to .k care to put
the h .ghost jmssio e valuation upon i nports,
by that means talcing away the inducements
to attempt speculations. As to commerci
al enterprise there was none—no place pos .
si smg such great advantages for commerce ;
as Pensacola ha given it so little attention.
In the res- ot the town are numerous
spnngs ul fi eslt water, wh.ch issue from the
base of the lull, and discharge themselves *
ilito the b..y at each end ot the place, in j
two large rivulets. The uncultivated ground
between the sources oi these springs and j
the town, is covered with shrub lerv. iorm
ing thiciswts absolutely impenetrable, and
composed ol ud lie variety of southern
plants, ’Till* ground, to the extent of about
one bundled acres is a rich sandy loam, dur
ing iln- late very heavy ram* it tins very
wit, and in many places is continually so on
account nf i ic number ot springs which
fine themselves in it. Thirty or forty years
ago, n was cultivated in elegant g .rd* .
being Iran 111 by a number of d tches soil
visum , but for the most pari clinked up Ii
stie bears the n one o. lUe lubtubn of ih ■ ?ar
dr*/*, and although wet, is very different troin
a- up, it being occassioned by n«v -Mail
ing .springs, and the moisture docs not de
crease. With very little pams,'by clearing
out Hie d tches which hate been nude in
the must judicious maimer, the groui d may
be rendered dry anil again put ii#cutivation.
The abundance hud excellence of the water
of Pensacola, strike every strmger; tne
principal fountain gives out a sufficiency to
supply the city of Loudon or Pans; it forms
at once a bold stream large enough to turn
a mill. The water nnght with ra-e, tie
carried to every part of the town, and with a
very inconsiderable expense. The louiita n
was former y lined w in hewn timber, but
which lias been washed away this summer by
one of die heaviest rains ever known in tins
place, formerly a ceulmel was placed over
it, to prevent filth from being thrown in, and
according to former regu Hums no one could
roll barren into it to he fined, w.iicli whole
some regulation it i- believed, hasbeuiie
atoi-ed by the present corporation, a mast a
plate has been assigned below the principal
foe .Min, win re ilu- -nay he done.
H, ao.id the rich Hat before de-cribed he
gronod begins to ns , and the del gofnl
hi go s mi which tire Itritisli fort formerly
St d overlook the bay and the adjac.- >1
con , ly ; and on the east, the rising ground
affords delight id uuations for prism, resi
dences! but 'he soil is wretch, dlv poor, and
sandy, without any gr, will excepting scr ib
bv-i'ines and blackjacks, lor at least nu l a
mile to the edge of thi pine forest. Whe
ther any use call be made of lilts apparently
ateril soil must tie let's to experiment. Per
haps fruit trees, grape-, and even garden
v, getabies may be produced. Between the
entrances of toe two discharges ol the springs,
there is room toi a argetown; a number ot
lots have been niatkeu ts by Col. King, on
his and in the direction of the linl, and as
this is the main entrance from the counties
in the Alabama and Tennessee, the city will
pi hao.v i xteml in that direction. The wa
ter prospect troni this elevation is very
beautiful, and the sea breezes are almost as
fresh as on the margin ot the bay
There a,e few towns so liuie exceptiona
ble in respect to its tupograpliy as Pensacola,
and fc w tuecrptiiue of s > hiuen improvement,
but that it aiso w „i much improvement is
equally correct. Kxceptmg lie British j
barracks, winch are nothing hut rums, there j
»ie no pu&.ic nui ding' wort iy ol the slight- I
est notice. Tile Governor's house is a
w retched frame btihdi ig, the garden which j
Was mice fi ic, tins now nothing but some -
good Hun trees, and r wsot the ».uirorange ;
um. g the enclosure, winch const.lute t .t
principal ornament of the ptihlte -q ure. I his
sqtiatc is Very extensive, anil covered uudia
ciose soil which render,' i an agrcc i.de pro
mensiie in the evening,— lne shores ot the
b y are h*w oul the do-cent e-asV; iuinedi- j
x.eiy a ong the margin there is a hard w hite j
s.iid, w lech Connmu-s out into toe bay ) mie
d - anre, thus in s lie hums ire maxing
am. mis f- r lie shal w ne»s of the timer, as
is a.,d car.s can hr driven into it w till ‘
the , cutest sate;) . Asthere ara no wharves,
CX* iMK « k'U la«c p*u*4 T>» *1 pOItUMH
cr bridge, but which is nearly in turns, ves
si' hstc to be un aden by means of lighters,
’ll. re is of c uise no monopoly of water
property, which .tukes some tuicods iar the
inconvenience just mentioned. I'he margin
of'he bay affords a most agreeable promen
ade in the tvenyig, and the Clear, sandy bot
tom reudei* it agreeable to bathe in almost
anv place. The ircsti spring w.i’cr in the
relr, the salt water in the iront, and the pure
e astic air of the place, which comes chsrgtd
with no miasma, from wha'ever quarter of
the compass it may blow, are sufficient alone
to render Pensacoa an agreeable residence,
independently of every other consideration.
We possess here what is considered a desi
deratum, a heultby Southern climate The
South is generally associated in the mind of
America, is with the idea of disease, whereas
some ot the most lieahhy spots ot the globe
l:e in low Southern latiludes; the South ot
Fiance, though in reality further north by
the equator, yet in effect corresponds with
tire climate of tins country. In some luture
day 1 have no doubt the hay ol Pensacola will
he as celebrated for its salubrity, as the
neighborhood of Marceillcs. Its shores art:
entirely free Irom marsh, and every where
presents delightful situations for country re
sidences, for gardens ami seats, where taste
and fancy can exert themselves in making
improvements of every kind. A few unle.s
above this place, there are several guldens,
and plantations «n a small scale, winch can
not he surpased in beauty; a gentleman
lasi year made fifty dot.ars from one orange
tree not more tban a few years planted !
There is said to be so ne land fit for cu ova
tion on a large scale, how tar this may be
true will depend upon the value of the siieli
hammocks, winch some think will not last
more than a lew years ; how far this in*> he
true 1 refer to the best test, experiment,
keeping in mind the motto of an old friend,
whose success in life was as remarkable as
the disregard which he manifested to vulgar
opinion—ins motto was in the sing e word— ,
Tar. B.
lifttest i’vom liiv£\an&.
New Yoke, September 22.
The ship llera'd, Fox, lias arrived at Bos
ton with Liverpo- 1 papers to the 21s' of
August, three days later than have heioie
been received. It appears' fro n extracts
from a Liverp ,ol paper of the 21st, receiv
ed at the Gazette office from Mr. Topidf,
that file Queen’s remains had reached liar- j
wich and had been conveyed on board the j
frigate G asgow for the Continent.
I lie King of England made a public en
try into Dublin on the ITib of August, and
was most c mindly received.
Intelligence from Vienna, Odessa and
Constantinople is still of a warlike cliarac- *
ter.
A Revolution is said to have taken place
I at Rio de Janeiro, and effected with but lit- |
! tie violence. The Hereditary Prince had
been d'-prived of Ins Presidency, but was
still allowed to retain a seat in the Council
of Revision.
The Queen’s procession arrived at Col
j cluster on Wednesday evening, where it |
| was received by immense multitudes of per
; sons, aidh is treated with the -amedislin j
guished respect as at Chelmsford- Idle
Captains of the different vessels of the
squadron appointed to convoy the body to
thf Continent, were in waiting at the ex
tremity of the platform, to receive it. It
was immme-ii.Tely placed under the crane, ;
amt lowered into the barge of the Glasgow
frigate ;• the other boats ol the squadron j
ad surrounding, die crews mounting their !
oars, tin-lu d ut the 84*h still Playing the
Dead March, and Land guard Fort firing
minute gnus as it descended.
A short time afterwards, L rd and Lady
II md. Lady A n Hu mltou, Dr. and Mrs.
Luslnngtnn, Count Vassail, anil Voting Aus
tin, embark-<1 on board lie boats ol one of
tilt- schooners in the t.ffi ig, and proceeded
to the vessel nli.cl hod been prepared lor
their reception, and which, a few miriuies as
ter they had rt ached it, hoisted its sails and
led the harbor to join the rest of the squad
roll.
Her Majesty’s remains were sent from
Brandenbtngli House before the inscr ptton
plate, ordered b\ the Herald College, was
put on the coffin. It appears, tiiai some
j time after -he f ffiu ha I been deposited in
the church at C ielmsft>rd, Mr. Thomas, of
the Lord Chamb rlan.’s Office, repaired
thither, attended by some of tile undertak
er's men, to pul on this iffirial plate , when
they found that a plate, inscribed “ To the
Memory of Caroline of Brunswick, the in
jured Queen of England.'' (agreeable to
the instructions ,if her late M jesty’s will.)
was firmly screwed upon the lid of the cos.
fin. Mr. Thomas was very angry at tins cu
cu instance, and ordered the people to take
oil' this obnoxious inscription ; but Dr. ,
Lu bington, Mr. Wild*, a d some others of i
tier M.ijes y’s friends, were at hand, and re- j
sisted the execution of this order. The j
p ate, he said, was engraved with the words j
prescribed bv her Majesty ; it had in obe
dte ee ot her last wilt and testament, been
affixed to her coffin by authority ot her ex
ecutors, and whoever removed it w ord re
move it at their peril. Mr. Thompson now |
warmlv appealed to,the clergyman ; nbserv- I
ing, that the royal coffin had b en placed j
under his care, and he ougnt no! lure sot
fered any | ersuri to meddle with it ; he,
therefore, was responsible, and ought to (
have tile pla'o* removed instantly. The j
clergyman replied that it was » dispute with ;
winch he had nothing to d i—lie had grant- j
ed the use of the church as a fit repository '
fur the royal corpse, and he was surprised
that the sanctity of the place should he vio- J
luted by such a strange contention. Mr. (
Thomas was still peremptory; the body j
he said, was in custody of the govern- ;
ment, and he as their authorised agent,
washed that the plate," surrepliously pia
ced” on the coffin, be taken away,
and tiie “ proper one” subs'itined in its j
mom, Doctor Liislii igton, in reply, <>h- I
j served, tuat Mr. I homas had frequently !
* sp k nos us being authorised to act in
tins business and he now called upon Imn
: Ui produce uis patent of authority, ii he j
; had any such document.
Mr. Thomas happened not to have any !
written in-'ruction about him, and replied j
wth console anle warmth; the Learned j
D ictor retorted with equal war nth . sever
al otuer persons, on each side, joi led in the J
dispute. The aisles ot the sa'red edifice j
j were crowded with peopl', who clamourous
j ly took part in the dispute. Tne Clergy
man r inuustrsted against the conduct of
both parties, but they remonstrated in vain
—and, eventually, the May r of the town
1 called ui the a-s.stance of die military , and
the church was cleareiL We understand
that me Mayor afterwards took up m him
self tne responsibility »t removing the plate,
and substituting in h u of it the Latm one
prepared by tie Herald’* College, a c ipy
of which appeared in our last paper.
Arctic "Expedition.
i-oxuox, July 28.
The A'autilu* transport, wiiieti accompa
nied the'iitcoven, ships as a store-ship, is
arrived oft Berwick on Iter return houie,
having left the Fury and Seda off solu
tion I land, on the Ist, ail well, and the
crews in the lugnest spirits. (laving re
ceived on board all the spare stores, provi
si ms, 6m. with which tlie JYautiius was load
ed, the Fury and Urdu were about to pro
ceed to Southampton Island, in the prosecu
tion ot llieir voyage of discovery, ({evolu
tion Island, where they stopped to take out
the cargo of the A'uvtihu, is in the entrance
01 Hudson’s inrougli which the ships
were proceeding in prosecution ot' their in
tended voyage.
\\r have been favored with the following
extract of a I .-tier brought by the JYnutiius,
which contains an accurate detaii, up.to the
time that vessel left the discovery ships, of
the progress of the exped ion, and proba
bly the iast n tice that can be received ot it
lor a long period :
“ Isis Majesty’s ship Fear, Hudson’s Straits,
north mutt f America, June 26, 1821.
“ w e had a very fine passage to tins part
of the world, and therefore 1 a n able to tell
you but little news. We reached the ice
about a week ago, since which time we have
made tw.i attempts to take the heavy stores
out us the JYuuiihts tiausport, which accom
panied us ; but, (rum the w ind blowing up
on the ice, we were obuged to stand off, as
the transport had not been strengthened so
as to resist the ice ; we are now, however,
making a third, attempt, and we hope to get
rid of her in about a couple of days or so.
We made a pretty long stay at the Orkneys
(about a fortnight,) during wliiCtl time we
, amused ourselves by shooting grouse, plo
ver, &C. or any thing that came in the way,
for we were nut very nice about the shoot
ing season.
“We have got a famous supply of live j
andlresh provision onboard, that will last ’
it. tn: C iristmas. There is a good deal of I
ice about us, but not enough to oos’ruct our j
passige to-wards, if it were not lor the j
transport ; hut, how ever, we hope to gel
Iter oil hi about a day or tw:>, il it is fine ,
weather. W e made an island about a week
ago, Cairo Resolution Island, wliepe we ex
pected to see some Indians ; but there was
i so much ice between the ships and the land, !
I that we we<e disappointed. 1 can hardly j
give you an idea of nur intended route with- j
out a ciiart, for two reasons—first, because !
those in Common use are so inaccurate as to
boos little use, and because our future |
i course will in a great measure depend upon I
, the state of the ice j but however, d you
I sliould ever fall in wi h a good chart, I wnl
\ tell you o! our most probable course. From j
the Orkneys we firsi made Cape Farewell,
tlte southern extremity of Greenland, in iat. i
(id deg. iioriii j from thence to Hudson’s ;
.Straits, between Cape Chidley and Kt soiu- |
, (ion Island, w hich is about due west ot Cape ’
fare well, and lieie we are at pruseut; and
! Irotn hence we intend to steer about north
w est (d t(,e Wind and ice will permit) to
I try to get northwards through some oi tlie
inlets on tile north side of Hudson’s Bay ;
I from thence iiui t uvard to the sea as seen by !
Herne, lies. Coppermine river, where we i
I shall probably ivnuer; from llience to the \
j sea a» seen by Mlv nzie ; and fiom tins ]
i p ace to lleiiring’s Straits, round Cape Horn ]
to England.
“ it e are all of us preparing our rifles I
for -hooting deer, wlncii we ino-t prubabiy j
snail see upon tn< next Land we tail i . With, .
as tlie islands lu re abound with tin in. We
are, uowever, exceedingly well off in tile
canny way ; plenty ,n( tre.-lt beef, mut on,
pnrk, poultry, f a gs, ns Sic. on board, be
sides 14 or 15 sheep, 22 buhocks, and as nia
ny pigs on board lue Iran.sport; we have
besides preserved potted fresh meats of all
kinds, so tliai salt provisions we scarcely
need taste ah the time ue are nut, unless
vv« choose. All the officers aie very agree
able, ami Cap.ai . Parry I like very u Ucii in
d. ed ; amt i have in doubt but that vve shall
spend the winter very c nnlbnublv toge
ther.” ’ b
Li'ti'act of another letter dated, his .Majeety’s
ship t ury, Davis's Straits, June 3d, 1821,
also by the transport .Yautilus
Hitherto our voyage nas been unmark
ed by a i incident, V\ e arr ved at the edge
ot tlie ice aoout forty miles from Hudson’s
Straus, on the- 18;h instant; s.nce that peri
od we liave been employed in emptying the
transport, an operation much impeded by a
prevalence of cold dense logs and boister
ous weather. We enter the ice m prosecu
tion of our voyage immediately ; its com
parative thinness in this latitude does not
promise to offer us much resistance, ami we
• may calculate upon arriving at the northeast
i end of Southampton Island by the Ist Au*
I gust. About these parts, of which our geo
\ graphical knowledge is very confused, there
is the greatest probability i f finding the
true coast of Confine ita. America, which, if
found, » e expect will lead us eventua ly into
the Pacific Ihe obstacles which oppose a
successful navigation of such a coast, are,
| however, too many and obvious to warrant j
! an unbounded confidence of success. Che j
I general feeling is sanguine ; and if, by the !
I biessing o| Providence, our timbers should j
hold together, Ido not despair of da'ing the
j next letter I snail have the pleasure of writ- j
j ing to you from Kamtschatka.
“In the meanwhile, wishing tlie enjoy- j
ment ot health, and all ihe good tlii igs vve
i I 'ave behind, ( remain, my dear sir, yours
Btc.
\ “ JOHN EDWARD. Surgeon ofthe Fury.
; “ To Dr . Martin, Kcgistrar of the Itoyal Hu
-1 mane Society."
Sir it . Congreve having, at his own ex
pense, sent mt -orne of his rockets onboard
the Fine, whaler, Captain Scoresby, under
the idea that they might be rendered ex
j tremely important in the whale fisheries,
j the following i- a brief communication of me
success of the experiment, just received ;
“ Ship Fame, a t os',’U, 24 th Jute, 1821, iat. 7 4,
4 0 long. 14, IF.'ammgst open ice and fish. I
• “Sir Win. Congreve will, no doubt, re- '
: joice—nay, leap mast high on hearing that f
i the advantages to the nation is likely to be i
very great, on account of ins rocket being j
applied in killing the whale. It succeeds !
! be'ond expectation The results will be I
| explained on arrival <>f his most obedient
I humble servant, “ WM. SCOIIE'BY.” I
Loxnu.v, July 29.
There was lately taken up from among
potatoes in the field neai Pwis.ey, many
hundreds ot seedlings from American apples.
A quantity i f spoiled American apples had
been deposited in a dunghill, and with this j
dung the potatoes had been planted. Many j
attempt* to raise seed.mgs from American .
apples in this country have been unsuccess
ful, but it is supposed the preparations of
the seed in the dunghill was the cause of so
complete success the present instance.
Death by Fright.— On Wednesday last, the
son of James Donough, weaver, oi »™g
heads, aged eight years, whilst playing with
Ins little companions, was told that a rag
man. who was passing at the time, w as about
to take him off in h.s bag ; when the child
ran into a house, i.uo which the object of Ins
terror unfortunately happened to enter, anc
supposing he was pursued uttered an horri
fic shriek, and instantly expired.
Drea&M T or na&o.
A tri mendeus Imiricane was experienced
on Sunday evening last week, in the towns
of Croydon, Wendell, New-London, Sutton,
and W arner, in New-Hamps-.ire. Tlie house
ot Deacon Cooper in Croydon, was much in
jured. The house and farm of Mr. Harvey
Huntoon in Wendell, were levelled ; a part
of the house fell upon Mr. and Mrs. 11. and
the latter was carried across the field by the
wind. A Mrs. Wheeler took her child and
tt?d to the sellar, when Mr. W. soon found
himself covered with timbers, Sic. A child
11 months old, wav s>ee tog in die west
part us the house ; the gown it had on was
f u d on the shore oftln lake. 150 rod- from
the house, and on the Wednesday following
the n.angled body of the child was found on
the West shore ot the lake.
The air vVas filled with leaves, fragments
of trees and gravel. Bedsteads, bed 'ing,
timber, cart wheels, iron pots, casks, 'furni
ture, such as bureaus, chairs Sic. were found ;
between two and three miles from where
they had been taken. Every thing diat op
posed this dreadfui tornado was laid pros
trate. A house and barn of Mr. Isaac East
man, were much shattered.
At New-London, the storm is said to have |
been most severe—but no details had come I
to hand. j
Several gentlemen who had visited the j
ruins near the Kearsage mountains, in that j
part for nerly ca'led.G re, describe the scene
j as awful. The whirlwind had lilted every
\ thing from the earth in an instant and dash
; ed all to atoms. Mr. Samuel Savary, aged
j 72 apprehending a storm, went up stairs to
| lasted down a window. The wo nail went
1 to his assistance. In one instant the house
j whirled and rose above their necks. Mr. 8.
wash und -is roar from his house, with his
brains dashed out—his was seriously in
jured by the failing beams; his daugliler-in-
I law was also much injured, and her child
j which she had in her arm-, killed,
j The house ot Konert Savary was demolish
; ed, and the family, eight in number, all hu- ]
! ried beneath the rubbish—ail are wounded,
i but will survive.
i The house of Mr. John Palmer >vas de
stroyed. His wife’was injured, the rest of
j the family escaped.
, From the above named dwellings, it pass- 1
j ed over a hill two and an half miles, where
j it swept oft' ail the buildings of Mr. Peter
. F aiiders, killing' a Miss Ann Richardson and
j au infant child, and wounding, some serious
ly, seven others.
The buildings of Deacon Joseph True :
were next swept of}’. Smite us the family
were buried in the ruins, all injured. An i
infant, seven weeks old, was found at tlie ills- i
taiire of 100 feet, under the bottom ol a
1 sleigh.
| ihe cloud which caused this dreadful de-
I struction, is represented as shaped like a
■ tunnel. Before it the 4ir was filled with
j leaves and million broken fragments, and as
j it passed forests fell as though struck With
I lightning, and the largest trees were whirl-
I ed towards the heavens. The spout tra
, veiled, E. 8. E. and gri w more narrow as it
passed on wauls, shaped like ail invested
cone, nr some have represented more like a
trumpet, flaring at the tnp.
[most run sale.* kkoistkh.]
Extract from the Journal of a traveller through
the Western States, during the months of
February, March and dpi d, 1821,
“ The idea of changing the Territory of
Missouii into a Slate, was conceived prema
turely by a few designing men, who Wished
In put themselves and their friends m pow
er, alth nigh they must have known that the
extra expense would impoverish the coun
try—tor the expense of the present vear is
estimated at §90,000, and the circulating
med.um at 70,000 ! * * •
“ As soon as the new State rulers were
chosen, they met and formed their Stale
U ivernment, and instead of adjourning im
mediately after, and waiting their admission
into the Union, they went on in the same
manner as if they were admitted, and pro
longed their session from September to De
cember, at the enormous expence of §47,
OuO, without money in the Treasury to dis
charge it. They voted themselves §4 per
day, and enacted some despotic law,, such
as imp. s.ng a hjpnse tax ot fr m 15 to §2jU
on retailers of merchandize, for every six
months-, and 20 ’dollars upon retailers of
wines and spintous liquors ; a funner sum
of one dollar to the clerk issuing the !i
cense ; a watch tax ; a tax of one dollar up
on Buchelors, between tlie ages of 21 am
50, Sic.
! “ Such laws are so anti-re ttblican and op-
I pressive, particularly on yankee mercantile
! Wen, (against whom they are principa l) le j
l veiled) that the place is no longer suitable
[ for those who have been rocked in the Cra
dle of Liberty. It is only fit for the presen
rulers and their myrmidons, who awkwardly
1 try to cut agrea’ figure ; for—and—negroe,,
who have great liberties allowed them, par
ticularly the latter, who hive their partie
and balls, dress gaily and gaudily, are much
noticed by the whites, and at times keep
their company, a few tradespeople, particu
larly Tailors and Coopers, who get wei
paid for their work : and for Doctors and
Lawyers, who reap a rich harvest, purlieu
larly the latter, whose charges are enormous
and services in great demand, and if they j
did not shuffle the cards at such a rate, j
would grow very rich. There are above ;
400 cases on the docket file present court
The following are charges which l.avc been
made : Writing a wi11,50 dollars—Exam
ining the records to see if property was
mortgaged, which took twenty minutes, 30 j
dollars—Crossi g 'he river to examine into j
some property, S4J 74—Crossing the rvrr, ]
ami going 6 miles to take a dep silion, 100
dollars. Commissions, (exclusive of char
ges and fees) on collection of de its, Id per
cent.
P. S.—Since writing the above. I find j
that recently a charge of 250 dollars hu,
been made for writing a Will, winch took ;
70 minutes lime ! The Executors disputed
the charge, and several lawyers, w hose op
inion was asked, said it was a regular charge /” |
The write • draws a sorry portrait of some i
of their principal public chaiacters; says j
that intrigue is the order of the day; that
all the public concerns are managed by the
lawyers ; that their professions of Kepubli
j catcsui ill accord with their practices, See. Sic.
rno* the tlciuda sazette.
| THE PHOGKESS OF CIVIL LIBERTY.
! The five Ordinances of General Jackson
; which Were only received at St. Augustine,
ana promulgated officially by Mr. IVorthing
ton, on the 20th ult. by reading them from
manuscript, are now in full operation.
They were not printed entire till the 29th
ult. when the last was struck off in the hand
bill form, and posted at the most giubhc
places. Vet under them, already the new
organization of the government moves on
v. th a Jirm and steady march.
On tne ltlih inst. the local Judicial Tribu
nal ol Eust-Florida was to assemble in
this city, agreeably to the lourth Ordin
ance. Many supposed it wftuid not take
place—the lamented death of Thomas Fitch,
E-q. the Presiding Judge, on the very morn
ing of tiie tenth, waa distressing and oinin
uii*. However, at the hour appointed a
quorum was tunned, Judge JJickley m Presi
dent ; the different officers and American
and Spanish spectators filled the room ; Gov,
II urlhington, as a member of the Bar, mov
ed a resolution in respect to ihe memory of
ttie til-ceased Judge, and after acting on
some matters of pressing moment, the Court
adjourned to attend the funeral. On their
next meeting, which Was Wednesday, the
12- li, a new- scene offered itself to the peo
ple of this part ol the world. As it by ma-
I gic, the gloomy and secret Judicatures of
| colonial misrule, if it existed, had passed
atvay ; nor did any thing like official self
conceitednesS, self-importance, and grave
mysteriousness, mark liie five plain, inttl*
' ligent, honest citizens sitting openly and A
i publicly to administer justice amongst the
j people.—No pomp, no pageantry, no tin
j seiled minions of arbitiavy pow er took pre
cedence.—No fear, nor trembling, nor ser
i vile obsequiousness marked either the mien
| or manners of the spectator*.—At the mo
! ment that the first American Grand Jury
| which was ever called upon in East-Flonda,
stepped forth and was proclaimed to he
“ at the Hook," I thought every man looked
with a dignified pleasure, a lofty pride and
a well tried confidence, on the ceremony.
The Petit Jury were then called and sworn
in. I thought immediately, (and it appeared
to me that everyone was ol the same mind,)
this seal the fate of kingly power forever
on ibis peninsula.— Liberty of the Press, and
Trial by Jury, have taken Up their abode in
this line land of Citron and Orange Groves!
the sons ol \1 asui;;otox will vindicate the
goodness of the Creator, in showing that
j man can be great and free, though living
within the influence of the torrid zone, a.ul
fanned by the breezes and shaded by the
i bowers of a tropical cl me.
i I have seen many Juries in nur old States
—the Grand and Petit Juries just sworn
would not have sunk in the comparison;
tile Bench Was re-spectable for legal know
ledge, general intelligence and weight of
ch iraeter reflecting no small credit oil
I the advisers of Governor fYorthington, to
whose selection w-e are informed, General
Jaekson, with a generous and confident poli
j cy, had assigned the choice of the Court,
as wtl as most of the other officers of the
j Territory.
j As, win r< ver there has been any thing
like freedom, the liberal profession of the
, law has always sent forth her guardians of
i that sacred flame—we may hope they will
be found her faithful centinels in Florida ;
f-T we understand that no less than eight or
nine have been just admitted to practice. It
is to he supposed that every thing will as
simulaie to the course of American proceed*
i gs, as i o Spanish -übject lias thought pro
per to apply for permission to practice, nor
have any of them accepted a seat on the
Bench.—Besides, ahead), the American po
pulation and character takes the lead, and
before five years shall be tallied in the cal.
lender of time, it will scarcely be known by
a person, travelling tluough this country,
that it was lately exclusively Spanish.
On the whole, we may congratulate our
selves on the rapid progress which Florida
is making to render herself worthy of an
equal and free affiiiailiun with the State of
the Union.
JUNIUS BRUTUS.
Singular Death.
On Thursday as crimon about 5 o’clock,
HENRY JANSIiN, E-q. a Delegate to the
Convention, from the county of Ulster,
when apparently in perfect heath, fell down
in the Capitol, at Albany, and expired in
stantly. lie had the moment before pur
chased a ticket for admission to Beale’s ce
lebrated Picture of the COURT OF DEATH, 4
now exhibiting in the Senate Chamber; and
while he was crossing the threshold of the
door leading to the picture, he was instant
y summoned from the representation, to
’he awful reality !
As soon as the melancholy news was com
mumcated to the President, he instantly dis
patched the Serjeant at Arms to the several
Members of the Convention, requiring their
Attendance in the Capitol at 8 o’clock on the
following morning.
The occurrence which had caused the un
usual meeting, having been stated, it was
resolved that the Members wear crape, as a
•estimony of rc-pect for the deceased, for
the space of thir y days. It was also resolv
ed, that the .Members follow the hearse in
procession, from the Capitol, to the Steam-
IJoat. on board of which the body was to be
sent to hi-* friends.
Previously to forming the procession, tin*
Convention agreed to adjourn till Monday
next.
At nine o’clock the procession, consisting
of the members and officers of the Conven
tion, and of many ot the public officers and
citizens of Albany, moved to the Steam-
B 'at Chancellor Livingston, lying at the
I dock, and placed .he body on board. All
tlie bells in the city w ere tolled while the
j procession was moving.
I The pall bearers on this occasion, were,
| Messr-. Van, Vechten, Root, Fairhe, Van
: Horne, Clark, and Du Bois.
An Express was dispatched to the friends
I of the deceased, at Kingston, on Thursday
| evening ; a id when the Chancellor Living.
; stun arrived at the landing about 4 o’clock,
| P. M. yes i-rdav, they were waiting to re
; ceive the body of their departed friend
j uiiic.i was put on shore accordingly.
[.V. V. Spectator.
£? Picked u|> hy a aNfegro, on
file Savannah Road, a POCKE l 1
HOOK.- emtaining sundry papers,
supposed to belong to l hi.mas Gor
i Jv, of Buike, or Jeft'ersnn County,
: w hich the owner can have by ensur
ing at this ofliee, and pay tug for ad
vertising.
October 2. 3t. 27