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Three Do!is. per annum,']
Volume X.}
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
WILL BE SOLD ,
On the fir it Tuesday in September
next, at the Court-house in the
town of Washington, (uitkin the
usual hours,)
j[ IGH r likely negroes, of the
c(i.iteol Henry L. Martin deceased.
Six months credit will tie given,
the purchaler giving bond and ap
proved security.
Nicholas Long, adm’r.
iSiiiLi-vir I'’ s bALL.
\V1 T B!’ so; T>,
On the first Tuesday in September
rex’, at the court house in Franklin
county , between tie hairs of ten
and three o'clock, the following
properly — viz.
T
J, WO hu-dr'd acres of land
in Franklin county, on the Reedy
fork of Bear creek, granted to Pe
ter Wi.lhmfi n, adjoining Jolhua
Bewail and the land whereon Ed
mund Hcftly now lives; taken tz
the pioperty of the eltafe of Peter
Williams n, deceit fed, i* fatisfv the
executors of Miciij.ih Wsl amibn ;
pointed out by Edmund King, ex
ecutor of P ’.r ; Williunjfoa.
Conditions Cash.
. I ekkeli., Sfffi
J”lv 14, 18 to.
buLlvl]• i"s SALE.
WILL BE SOLD,
Cn the first Tuesday in September
re. J at Franklin Court house,
bcivun tht hours of ten and three
o'aci K, the following property ,
VIZ.
\ , NE negro boy by the narfcc
of Martin, 18 year# of age, levied
or. a-- the property of Aimer Con
nelly, to fatisfv an execution in fa
vor of James Mil’s, aflignee. against
said Abner Connelly & J< fle Black
well.
< Conditions cash.
James R. Wyly, D. S.
July 19, 181 o.
ADMINiS TR A rOß’s SALE.
Agreeably to ar. order of the honora
ble Inferior Court of the county of
Elbert ,
WILL B” SO’ D,
at Elbert court home, cn the first
Tuesday in November mxt,
\ of land, lying and
being in laid county, on Wahatch
creek, containing one hundred a
<•'.6B (more or lei:) adjoining Peter
Oliver; fold as the property of
David Ad;m::;, hte of laid county,
rieceafe.l, for the benefit of th. hciis
of said deceas'd,
J a mks Adams, Sc
Ah. riF.lt lit'HTON* ad s.
July id, T 10
P. n INC PA PER FOR 3 A LE
WASHINGTON, (Georgia) Prikted weekly for SARAH HILLIIOUSE.
From the National Intelligencer.
A SKETCH OF PENSACOLA.
Pensacola, the capital of Weft
Florida, lies in the latitude of about
30 degrees and a half North, and
in nearly the 10th degree of Weft
longitude from the city of Washing
ton. It is nearly 100 miles S. East
from the American post of Fort
StodJert on the Mobile by the road
usually travelled, but probably not
leventy miles in a dired line. It is
(muted almost i.i a wilderness—-
The wooJs con ft ft entirely of the
long leafed pine. Th-. re are very
is w families in the whole of the
country between the bay of P-nfa
cola and the bay of Mobile, an I as
to that part of Weft Florida, which
lies N. and East of Pensacola, as
well as the greater part of E. FI >r
ida. it may be conlidered as an un
inhabite 1 desert. The road from
the American settlements on the
Alalr.un i, which is likewile the road
from Fort Stodd.irt, does nor pass
by a fiiigle permanent habit ttioti.
There are indeed above the line 3
or four coe/pens. or houfet near to
which the great herdimen collect
their It :ck in the summer fcafon,
bur from which, on turning our
their calves vv : h tin* c ws an.l oth
er cattle in the field, they retire m
their mote permanent dwelling
houles near their plantations on the
river. In v. h -Lever direction there
fore you appr uch Peniacola, you
cannut well avoid deeping in the
woods one night at lead, an J you
are also obliged to carry your pr.?-
visions for your fupplv i;i the day.
The country round Pensacola is re
markably poor. For tnc space of
four or five miles, it is a deep,
loose, driving fund, which in dry
weather it is very laborious to tra
vel over. B yond th..t, although
it is entirely a pine country, there
are frequently considerable bodies
of land, which, having a firm foun
dation, is no doubt capaole ot be
ing improved with the assistance of
thoft iimnenfc herds o! cattle which
the country is capable of fupportir.g.
There are many per foils above the
line who have from 500 to 10.)0
head; and one perfun refiditig in
P-inacola, it is said, poffi lies fix or
seven thoaktnd. Vet the whole fc
ven thousand do not probably man
ure one acre ot land in the year.—-
It is Lid that there arc fome fk'rts
ot good laud upon the Eicambia,
near the American lute: but the
Seminolee Indians hive hitherto re
lifted any attempts to tettlc it. The
Perdido, the ancient boundary of
Louifia, which the road crod’s near
the line, dot s not appear to have a
ny good bottom lands. The town
of Peniacola i? beautifully situated
on tLe North fide of the bay of
that name—which, as you ftauJ c.n
the fcite of the old fort at the back
of the town, has the appearance of
a crefeent, with the town lying a
bout midway of the ho*.low. It is
about .5 miles from the town in 1 .e
opnofite fide of the bay, and ab ut
fine miles to the apparent ter.m.. .-
ticn of the cri*:'o ut on the right,
“’here tbo H*y communicates with
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1810.
tt*e gulph of Mexico. Its extent
to tlie Welt appears to the eye near
ly the lame: but it really makes a
l-end atid ftretci.es several miles up
into th; country. hay forms
harbor at once fate, commodious
and delightful.
It is much to be regretted that
the town does not enjoy the bent fit
ot that commanding view of the
harbor which would have resulted
from its having been laid out on a
plan more natural and judicious.
Inftcad of a regular row of houses
fronting the bay, which would at
once have been elegantly fuuated,
and have given to the town itfeif a
appearance; ir is only
the Uieks of the lots of the fir ft
theetfthut are open to a view so cap
tivating ; and there is no line of
buildings commanding the only
handlome prolpect which the fix
ation of tlietown affords. None of
the (beets arc paved. All are in
cumbered with a deep sand. It is
fariguting to walk them
Hires ol the Arrets are parallel
to the general course of the bay,
and ‘c- probably from i'l sto 220
r ‘lce long, five oth :t ft a ets cr -s
t ctn at right angland ; from
t !.:• ni:u?y pLs ft: 1 ’ ..
■’ ■ ■ li>? r\v ft ft
i ot: / lee , but ft .. -•?
• Kit J....’. cil i • . *,- “*
ate ?:i tun :r.?..n ftr*et paru i ti.**
bay ab :*t e l.nu.’.-S, \vi:i ii
pretty cquu .y dfti:'..’tiled, a there
are eonUutra-. fpac-s n>tbu ft ttp
on bet'., ecu e (everttl haifiLi'ioat;,
b> that t.i.-1 his a very airy ap
peaiancc. bin* other two long
lt.fcv.'cS Lfc ids p OilC fjl
t’.ieni having but aboui C >, and the
other about 70 dwelling houfei.—
The whole nun.bar of lamilic., in
Peniacola, probably amounts bri --
bout 300. All the buildings ar.- vi
wood, framed and j-alot. ft wliit
brick chimnies : and there is cn toe
oppofifr fide of the bay a b;k yard,
at which not oniy bricks but excel
lent paving tiles arc made. The
houses are for the molt part < n!y
one story hft , with piazzas; a
rr. .Je of building certainly the i.vnft
eligible in a louthcrn climate.—
There are no public buildings which
merit peculiar aitention. A large
capacious twofto.y hour, former
ly the relict cnee of the BiitiHi gov
ernor, is now employed as a l ar
rack tor the troops, ot which there
is usually, it is laid, one in complete
regiment in the town, and another
at the Barancus, ct the entrance of
the bay. A large vvare-houfe which
formerly received the (tores or the
king of England, now anT ’cr?. the
purpoieot a Catholic church, iney
1.-ave a fsnall, neat rotutido for pub
lie balls, and in the pub! c rooms
adjacent, as well as at Come r ther
houses in the town, is exhibited
that rage for trrecaive gaining,
which so frequently prevails v. he:e
ft-ifure and a freedom fr-.rn the
pressure ofbufinefs is net o ml in - j
with a cultivated un.lcftiaode g: and
a rclifh fi t the ifte'-dur. !-
ar.d of taste. ‘lave:us for the en
sci taimuent of ft rang rs <• 01 featcc
1} be l.ii-I to exiit *■ ft.c ft.
[Payable half yearly.
£ Number. 45?
Travellers, after undergoing a
mortifying Icnitiuy, are iotnetimes
admitted as gueUs tn private houles,
on the lame terms as arc utua! in
profefled houles of entertainment:
and there is one final! house k *pt
by an American—the sign poll of
which announces a tavern. Noth
ing can be procured for horfis but
lnuian corn, at a high price. Hay,
{order, and straw arexnkuowu, us
the writer ol this is not certain that
there is even a liable in the town.
The few cows that arc kept there
appear to in a mtfcrable condi
tion, and there is nothing near
town which they feein to browse
upon but the Lard ieaves t.i poor,
stunted palmettos. 1 here is no
public tiro ket. In faft there is no
animal food of which the people of
Pensacola have any regular lupply
but beef. There are two lie ni and
bui-iit rs, one for ths town, and the
other for the troops. These ‘dual
ly put chafe their beeves in drove? J
which arc brouglit d..wn ft on rha
fbt iements on the Mobile, I
highyaiid Alabama. !• is t::c
f<rm plan ot the butcln is <•< bio
the ; ■ >reit firit:—ai.d a:- f re
mairni 1 ate kept in v .c . ’.’ !■ h
! 1 a (cants lupp‘y oft .{* :
’.’ ,pail .( ti.. a u f ’’ g <-r
----’ t... . ...tiiuugh btl. ic t ; u.s
r. • ta te • r.c a ct i:. ■ n
; . :.ki .g r.eCefl.*—,’ to thei: >u bi
g L>..U dishes. Live hryj
- Id-*.v.lie ot.afionai : y tirivvn
down tv Vis Avtuivn fvrft.'s
the Tsv.ibtgl-v inc- frm*. i’V • ‘ eiw
found tn- i; way fr< :n t!-< e-L-ftil
part of the (hr of‘l ;.nft ’, e.
to ‘.ta! kti uttot-. t'• *. ’ ’ :
and theit ve-rv ica.vv . -
j 4:
ctablcs Iccn;;. for rh- oft r r to
depend upon the lew that cr
lio’vbly dealt out to th m :’r . ; ’he
• littg v.ffrli. v hich trade to ;h;i
p-.’C ’.
The number of stores, cent';’ *
in;r die of the town, ::.- f.d
ruble. T heir stock in trade, <
five of groceries, is geiicr.ui), .1 .ft
(aid, laid in at New-Orleans. The
large mercantile house <f ,\l,ftf. ■.
John Fotbes 5c Cos. which was •t
t.nily uiii.itr the firm of Panrou
Lefsiie and company, imports it.-;
p; oJs from Great Britait:, and has
heretofore enjoyed a molt extenfiv •
a*-1 lucrative trade with tftc vv ft
r;ir ’.emus !;. ;ian nation? I )
tween the MiiTulinpi and the Atlan
tic ocean. ‘1 he dwelling r.rn i <:.f
tlic* resident partner is tb? rift •
fiandfomebuilding v.hofepr
bad taste enough fuby to avail
feif of the fceaufilul water pAftp ,’c
which ii afforded bv the (iu-a v 0
rt‘ p nib est A. It i.. a ciu mniiano
not a little grauiyiug to th-* Iri
of American maneftattar.., ft?, :
. ur common home t; : • ■
ft’ *!• h • fi’Uti.’ its wav into, m.or;
t die ft res c.! Penh':’. ; .”i. it: f.;u
c\‘.n been carried a. t’ fi>e s
ft ; Idle in b;’.fl:c:s, by n- gre- v . >•.. n,
?: eding to the Spaj.ift. I : . tn
-1 • i.ftv ft. V Ti (d:.r 1:.• ’ 11* >1 ;i.t
at tie!cso dress. (.’rr.fi . ml
,l sos c .o.rftry col v. f if ft < i
uriiigthi left turn met bttf. b- r ot? \hz
t:’::a.";Ti :}:** vllJcrndr iVem I’tu*