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A DANDY SONG.
Sung in character, in the Glasgow Theatre , March , 1819
O the wealthy widow Wat,
She’s as ugly as her cat,
She’s toothless, herd of hearing, crook’d and handy O,
ller skin’s ns black’s my hat,
Hut her cash can whiten that.
For cash you know’s a thing that’if quite the Dandy O.
W hen I hand her to her chair,
I w ill whisper in her ear,
How very cold alone at night must otic he O;
Th'4n I’ll squeeze her wither’d list,
‘I i)l her pucker’d mouth I’ve kist,
For to win her heart and money I’m the Dandy 0.
Then, a captivating thing, sir,
I will sport a diamond ring, sir,
When with her l tip in style a glass of brandy O;
With my quizzing glass so fine,
Hair frizzled out behind,
And twelve seals hung to a turnip, I’m a Dandy 0.
Then a cane shall grace my hand,
With a crook upon its end,
Which to hook a fallen glove up is quite handy O,
For should I dare to stoop,
I might break my corset loop,
Or fall “to rise no more,” a broken Dandy O!
Then my little bell-crown’d hat,
Plac’d upon my head so pat.
To pull off to the ladies, is quite handy O;
With my trousers at my knee,
That each quizzing glass may see
That my \\ ellington’s are polish’d, like a Dandy 0.
Then my dickey, it appears
Sticking up beneath my ears,
Which to wash and dress you know is very handy O;
With my corsets tightly lac’d,
I’m quite smart about the waist,
And my coal y ou see’s the tippy, and the Dandy O.
‘1 hen my stiff’ner round my neck,
Jus’ to keep it straight anil sleek
Six neck-cloths drawn around it, tight as can be O;
I'lien I swagger up and down,
I’m the sport of nil the town,
And, deni me, [ am Tippy Pol), the IJANDV 0!
From the Georgian of the 10 th inst.
From our acquaintance with the writer oft he following
remarks, and his opportunities of obtaining informa
tion on the subject o. which he treats, we have no
doubt of bis correctness.
DKSCRII’TION OF EAST FLORIDA,
Its Climate , Soil , Productions, Rivers, liars,
Units, itXc.
East Florida is a perfect peninsula, extending
from north to south about a hundred anti twenty
common leagues, from the river St. Mary’s,
which in about 30 north lat. separates it from
the American state of Georgia to the point of
Talicha or cape Sable, lying in about 26 deg.
north lat. beyond which, at the entrance of the
new channel of Bahama, are situated the Mar
tyrs and Keys; hs greatest breadth from east to
west is about eighty leagues, and its least tow ards
the cape is forty; being wasnedou the cast bv t Lie
Atlantic and said channel of Bahama, and on the
west by the gulf of Mexico.
This prov incc i ontains about sixty-six millions
acres, from which deducting an eigth in.il for
tin many rivets, spacious lakes, and extensive
morasses, it is computed that it is capable, with
time, care and industry, to maintain conveniently
a millionof souls.
It is so happily situated between tire Paid seas,
that it enjoys a continual ventilation which miti
gates the heat of summer, and it experiences at
the same time in winter, that degree of cold, and
from time to time frost, towards the 28th degree,
which are so conducive to health and vigor, and
which’cause this country, very justly, (particular
ly the neighborhood of St. Augustine) tube con
sidered the most salubrious of this continent; so
much so, that when a British colony it Mas much
resorted to from the West Indies and North A
mcrica, asa specific for the infirmities resulting
from the intense heat of the one, and the exces
sive coid of the other.
A country so much boasted of cannot but con
tain a great variety of soil; a sandy quality pre
vails for the distance of about ten leagues from
the coast, where it begins to take consistence, and
gradually to undulate. In digging lour distinct
qualities of soil are commonly found; the first is
a light layer of rich earth, which is immediately
followed by another of sand of about a yard ill pth,
under which is one of whitish clay, about lour
feet thick, good for manuring light lands; and
the fourth is a stratum of white**tone or concre
tion of sea shells, which hardens when exposed
to the air, and is the same with that of w inch the
town and fort of St. Augustine are built.
All along the coast, and particularly at the dis
tance of seven leagues from the sea, there is a
considerable quantity of low oozy lands,yielding
a sort of grass which is very good for black cat
tle and horses. The whole country, arc inter
spersed with lands that arc at all seasons more or
less overflowed, some of them arc two leagues
long, and one wide, and their bottom is so firm
and solid that, though the depth of water varies,
they may be traversed in any direction w ithout
the smallest risk or danger. Trees of every de
scription arrive to the greatest perfection in those
places, and experience has demonstrated that,
w heti cleared and drained, the) are best adapted
to the culture of rice, indigo and sugar.
In describing tiie eastern coast of this penin
sula, we will begiuto the northward w ith the river
anii harbor oi St. Mary’s, situated in 30 deg.
47 min. north, whose embouchure, between the
■Spanish island Amelia, and the American island
Hfcttbirhuid. is about a mile wide; there are
her. -> water on fur !<;\ water, anil
gP&jMkll t..„ its mu >'-• ci! -li the Sp-.ut-
IMEfr ) in L . • rii ;.c (> \ ,t
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the most proper to cause the commerce of the!
prov ince to flourish and shelter vessels in distress
passing to and from the West-Indies, and North
America.
The island of Amelia is five leagues long from
north to soutn, and one wide; and its soil, par
ticularly to the southward, is very fertile.
St. Mary’s river is na\ igable for vessels about
twenty leagues up to the ferry where the princi
pal road of the province crosses into Georgia;
the crime of the river is the line that divides the
two countries,anil its navigation of course is free
to both. The borders of said river, and the island
of Amelia, produce live oak and cedar, and their
soil is in general, as good us any in the northern
part of the province.
l ive leagues to southward of St. Mary’s har
bor, are the bar and river of Nassau; there are
eight or nine feet water on the bar at low water,
and at high water, six or seven feet more; this
bar is situated between said island of Amelia and
another Talbot; the river, though navigable, only
extends about eight leagues, and its banks, par
ticularly towards its source, are fertile, covered
w ith tall pines, and various excellent sorts of tim
ber.
In following the coast another league and o
half, which composes the extent of Talbot Island,
you meet another bar which separates the latter
island from another called St. George, both of
w hich contain fiiantuble lands: this last bar isac
ccssible to small boats only. The island of St.
George runs a league to the southward, where it
forms the northern extremity of St. John’s bar,
the southern one being foimed by the continent.
St. John’sis the principal river of the province,
and does not cede to any other in North Ameri
ca, in point of utility, amenity, or copiousness ot
iis waters. Its source, though not yet ascertain
ed with any degree of precision, is not, it is pre
sumed, far distant from Cape Florida. The truth
is, that independent of the traditional report cur
rent among the Indians, of the possibility of pass
ing in a canoe, by that river, from the Atlantic to
the Gulf of Mexico, modern maps lay down
smaller ones, tow ards the great lake called May
aro, where two rivers take their soun£, called,
according to the said maps, the one St. Mary’s
and the other Delaware, which empty themselves
into the Gulf, to the eastward of Cape Roman,
;in the bay of Juan Bonze de Leon. There is
commonly nine or ten feet water, from fourteen
to fifteen.—The breadth of the river varies, not
exceeding a league, nor less than a mile, as far
as lake George, which is about seven leagues
long and one w ide. Its current is so placid, that
vessels meet with no difficulty whatever in as
cending, and its navigation is unimpeded for the
distance of seventy leagues, comprising lake
George,for all vessels whose draft permits them
to get over the bar. Its borders, covered in ail
their extent, with an admirable variety of trees,
presents a diversity of soil that betters as you as
cend, and already very excellent at the distance
of twenty five leagues from its embouchure.
Those lands are very fertile on account of the
great number of streams and sources by which
they are watered; some of which are of mineral
and distinct qualities, and some again forming
canals navigable for boats and flats. There is an
inland passage between George and Talbot Is
lands and the continent, which communicates
with Nassau river, anil passing between Amelia
and the main, falls into St. Mary’s harbor, so in at
by means of this passage, all the produce of the
St. John’s maybe transported in perfect security
to the harbor of St. Mary’s.
This river was from ttotijieginning the princi
pal aim of tin British who were chiefly
people of distinction and merit, and they gained
enormously by their establishments: but at this
epoch, there is hardly a trace left of their industry
and enterprise.
From St. John’s Bar, to that of St. Augustine,
distance 12 leagues, it is a continued hard beach,
anil in appearance the same with the rest of the
coast. Between this beach on the north, and
the island of St. Augustine, which is very danger
ous, anil in no manner to be attempted by vessels
drawing more than eight feet water, its depth
being only six feet at low and about twelve feet
at high water; add to this the disagreeable cir
cumstance that it is always shifting, and that ex
perience lias demonstrated that its waters are pro
gressively diminishing, so that in time it will close,
and become entirely impracticable, if no effort
is made to keep it open. To remove this evil,
the best expedient would be the execution of the
project of uniting l’ablo creek, situate on the
south bank of the St. John’s, two leagues from
the bar, with north river or St. Marks. This
last river runs inland from the town of St. Au
gustine, seven Icagtis towards Pablo creek, the
distance to cut does not exceed seven miles, and
the ground between them isso low, that in heavy
falls of rain, and high spring tides, their waters
meet.
The English adopted the same plan, and were
on the eve of executing it when the war broke
out. The construction of such a canal would,
doubtless, be attended with a good effect, as it
would conduct a great body of water against the
bar of St. Augustine, which w ould efficaciously
contribute to clear it. St. Augustine, whose
commerce cannot materially improve on account
of the bar, would be greatly benefited by this ca
nal, as a free intercourse would be opened with
the St. John’s, Nassau and St. Mary’s harbors.
The land round St. Augustine, though from
appearance the poorest in the country, produces
good vegetables, also sweet and bitter oranges in
great abundance.
The island of St. Anastasia extends six leagues
southward, its northern extremity covering the
town of St. Augustine, and forming the bay. Its
greatest breadth is something more than a lea
gue, anil its least somew hat less than a half. It
contains valuable stone quarries, such as before
described, and its soil though not very fertile, is
excellent for stock, and is susceptible ofimprove
incnt. It is separated from .l the continent by
’ Matanzas river, which is about a mile wide, and i
terminates at the southern ex rcmiiy of the island 1
in a bar of the same name with tiie liver, over I
which boats of ten tons burden may pass opposite J
the town, on the noithermost extremity of the is- j
land nearly; there is an old tower, from wnich !
| they signal all vessels in sight of the coast —their
bearings and the course they steer—within tne
’ bar of Matanzas there is a small fort, situated on
a small island or shell bank, which it is mipos- i
sible to surprize.
Mosquito Bar is much better than that of St.
Augustine. Two rivers meet immediately in
side, both navigable for good sized vesst-is, the
one seven leagues southward, where it terminates 1
| in a lake, and the other eight leagues towards ;
St. Augustine.
From Mosquito to Cape Carnaveral is twelve
leagues; this coast is dangerous tor mariners, and ,
makes a very considerable bend on tins siile ol
the cape—this is the common track of small ves
sels bound from St. Augustine to Havana, and
having made the cape, they steer along the coast !
the distance of seventy leagues for Viacaino Key,
thence sailing through innumerable low isiets
; and keys, besides those properly called the Mar
tyrs, they finally fall into the Gulf of Mexico.
The interior of the peninsula from Cape Car
naveral to the point of Tancha, or Cape Sable,
and from that to tne Bay of Apalache, is little or
not at all known, only that both the eastern and
western coasts are intersected by many rivers,
streams and inlets, and well covered with every
description of oak, laurel, vine, See. 1 T here is al
so many bays and harbors in the Gulf of Mexico,
t such as tlx bays or harbors of Juan Bonze de Le
on and Charlotta, also the port of Tampa or Bay
of Espiritur Santo, which the British intended to
fortify, and which was formerly frequented by
fishermen from the island of Cuba.
To the foregoing description it is necessary
to add, that East Florida produces, or is capable
| of producing all sorts of fruit common to theop
j posite regions of the north and south, and even
j what grows luxuriantly between the river St.
: John and Apalache.
To individualize the different productions of
the province, proper to establish a source of com
i merce, and consequently to enrich an industrious
! population, would be fotming a woi k of much
labor and magnitude. It will therefore suffice to
enumerate some, such as all sorts of timber,
whether for construction, building, or furniture;
pines of every description, red and white cedars,
cypress, ash, Spanish cedar, red bay, mahogany,
hickory, oaks of every kind, poles, oars, staves,
&c.; it also produces a shrub from wnich i ex
tracted a substance that may be converted into
sugar; likewise various kinds of fruit trees, such
as white, black and brown mulberry, lime, lem
on, fig, peach, cherry, with sweet, bitter-sweet,
and sour oranges.
Among an infinite variety of plants, is distin
guished a sort of myrtle, which when pounded
and steeped in water, produces a substance of a
most lively green, and is, from its consistence,
good for candles in a waim country; this, with in
dustry, might constitute an useful branch of com
merce. Bees wax and honey, with some appli
cation, might also be made in equal abundance.
Sassafras, Senna, Sarsaparilla, China Root,
and various other sorts of shrubs, plants, and me
! dicinal herbs, are spontaneous productions of the
soil, and also Benlia in a much greater abun
dance than in any other country whatever.
There is a plant known by the name of Brick
ley Bear, which yields an incredible quantity of
Cochineal.
The most sterile and sandy parts of the pro
vince, are well adapted lor the culture oi black
seed cotton.
. Indigo grows wild all over the country the
British cultivated it with success, and its quality
was superior to any produced in South Carolina.
The great abundance of Mulberry trees, and
the mildness of the climate, insure a great faci
lity in the cultivation of the silk worm.
Tliejiritish attempted to make sugar in the
Ivfißpfr°od of Mosquito, and no doubt can be
i cntertSmed but they would have succeeded in
that southern section where the frost has little or
no effect.
Rice would also constitute a capital branch of
commerce, for experience has proved, in the
time of the British, that this article produced in
’ Florida, is better than that of South Carolina; and
it is evident that the borders of the St. John’s a
; lone, in proportion to the water they command',
j would yield in a much greater abundance, than
the same complement tvouid do in South Caro
lina.
In all the rivers, bays, creeks, and along the
coast there is an incredible quantity of fish of
every description, ol superior delicacy of tastei—
; also turtles, green, See. oysters, and every variety
of the testaceous fish.
NO TICE.
j ’’VnNE months after date of this, we will apply to the
court of ordinary of M'lritosh county for leave io
; sella tract -of Land containing’ three hundred anil fifty
acres, more or less, on Eagle Neck, in said county for
| the benefit of the heirs and creditors of the estate of
Stephen S. Carroll, deceased
JONATHAN S. CARROLL, ? ,
GIDEON S. CARROLL. y ex ors ’
may 10 29
NOTICE.
NINE months after date application will he made to
the honorable the court of ordinary, of the county
\ iff Liberty, for leave to sell all the real estate of Stephen
Dickenson, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs,
JOHN KELL, Administrator.
j„ly 12 38
j NOTICE.
‘VT’INE months after date, application will be made
i is to the honorable the court of ordinary of Glynn
county for leave to sell the real estate of Mrs. Rebecca
Wright, Lte of said coiuitv, deceased.
JAMES MOORE } .
GEO. AIIBOTT < C *
Glytin cout.ty, February 7, 1819— §* —17
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