Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, July 19, 1821, Image 4
POETKY.
* FttOM TQI S ASTON CEKTIKCL.
TO &APPIAESS.
I sought thee in the mazy dance,
W nere pleasure's votaries throng,
The bachanalian < ?ast you fled,
And Sickeu'd at its song.
I sought thee in the raiser's chest*
k - - 'Aflid gather'd f$uld with tare ; *
But happiness, you fled my- grasp-*
Left disappointment there. :
I sought thee in the victor's path,
laurels deck'd this head ; ;
ile is not the -victor's
ught of hhn that bled i
thee in tlw peaceful tot,
at resides;
cioud the sky,
i divides. . v .
soutM^e in fCBjgBn's smite,
>'d thepath I tied; . .?*
M-e tHie happiness 1 lound?
Tivaa love to man and <?<*?/
MOUNTAIN BARb.
7 ~ ? ? ? ?
^ TO A CALUMNIATOR.
" From Martial > '
' "thouspeakest always ill of me :
1 speak afways w?H of thee,
But spite of all our noise and pother,
fTTho wor^ btrtieves nor one nor t'other.
* n
j\t isveila neous .
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? From the Petersburg Intelligencer.
FL > KID A*
The, following letter to Oflte of the
l&ditors, we have no doubt Will prove
tiecpptahle, as well to Uie personal
friends til' the Writer, as to *11 Others
Vho desire correct information re
specting the h*wiy acquired country
of the Flriridas.
Pentacola ( Went Florida .) *J
M*. YANCWfe** ? |
. Sir- >? hen i left yiiginla I |?ro
Hiised upwards of fifty of my ac
<jiv?iniances fuSvrite them <m my" ar
rival here Yes|;ecting thirttinonttyj
Though lbave nWt time to ??y tbefa
that respett my dujy and feelings
dictate, yet I am in hopes they can
tfdfcbiiu lh??i? ohjenU through thi? mft.
tfium of youruseMand widely dis
- ^edi>aj)eiv
All wise created tlm world to
abited by a race of beings all
dissimilar ttY each other, & in his t?
Hiflcence formed its parts to suit their
several cpbsfftutions, * mif wants.?
Therefore wl*m i inform my fiends
that 1 am highly pleased with this
country* they must not conclude that
1 would advise ajl of them to move
tp It, because 1 do Hot know their re
spective situations and Vj? ws> aud if
1 did it is more than probable tl&t 1
would counsel some of them to remain
1n Old Virginia* A country that has
produced" a ^Wastiingfori," a Henry
'with innumerable other stars that wi
1;litier and shed (heir influence to tie
ateyt pwsteritv, cannot be bereft*? of I
all advantage*), it must at- least pos
setfi some inducements. Though Vt
roust confess th&t while wealth and
the luxuries can be obtained com
paratively ease in some places,
others Hould scarcity be habitable
ibuvbx a* industrious and intelligent
comntunity. ,'k K*
It is not my Intention .to draw a
flattering ot partial descripifoil of this
Country, or to m<tkc anj invidious
comparisons, but to speak of it as I
"flint tr, fti.fi if the description should
Appear flat^erinj^ they must recollect
, mucn likewise could , be said in favor
of the AtUntip fetalis, lime m<?}
t have causeil the tnn4t of the ancient
oak to undergo soon decay., while io
branches and scions rfeman iti h flour
ishii state, still lhe.<ttuhk roigln be
able to affio d to tliofte v\ ho seek its
{roiection shelter irom to violet it sionn
travelled through AMahama whicl
is a tine state, Inn veiy\miK h op} it *
sed by the great depreciation, in th<
I>ric? of | ropery* It tWhad a ti??
cv\\> ul tin of the Un tr.l
The uncertainty ot publw sentiment
remaining in a medium is no vrW
more fully proved tltau in the short
historty of Alabama, . Aflet it luwt
beeu represented as tfa land of pral
raise, and the lands bid off at prices
exceeding a ny sales ever before^mnde
by government, now it is frequeutl}
spoken of io (be most contemptuous
terms. Alaljama certainly possesses
many and great advantages from cli
mate, soil, and navigation; and tiie
low price of lands at th& time, it)
addition to its polite and Intelligent
population renders-it doubly interest
ing to an emigrant. As evidence I
refer to its -population, which his
been more numerous from the state
of Georgia than any other? a state if
not the first for (be value of its agrw
cultural productions, is second to no
state on the Atlantic. Ask them why
they left so fin# a country, and they
will reply, that with the money they
sold their lands at there, they can
purchase in Alabama, not only en
ough for themselves, but their cbil
dren likewise, on which with tbej
same labor, they can raise much
more produce : and then they have
the best navigation rivers can afford,
to transport it to market. "
The town of Pensacola is situated
nine mHes up (be bay, on a level
about ten feet above high tide, which
rises once a day about a foot, andl
never exceeds two. Tile town id
laid off in squares similarly to Phi
ladelphia*; , The streets wide. All
the lot* sufficiently large for out
houses, and gardens. The house
appear indifferent out side, beitij
generally old, find Only one and iw<
stories high, but inside fieat and con
venient The houses exte n d abou i
a mile on the bay, and a quarter in}
breadth* * 't
The springs Which afford water of}
the fast quality, and in sufficient
qurftotity to supply thousands, and
then turn grist mills, are situated
north of tile town. Some of the
branches enter Hie bay bejpw and|
ethers above the tow!), wbicnbraiich
es form tbeeast *ud west ijoimdariee
of the. m|Hroved 'parts df the town,
it Joeing bounded south by the bay.
The water might be conveniently
conveyed to eVery part of the town.
Pensacola at this time contains about
1500 native inhabitants* but houses
enough with little repairs for twice
that number, . One half of its pfe
sent inhabitants , are said to be officers!
with their families and the soldiers.
A large majority of the citizeus talk
of moving with them at tlie transfer.
The level tm which the toWh is built
affords agodd soil for gardens? dur
ing the time the English had posses
sion there Were a number in
urbs but the inclosures have
to decay. After ? leaving a
strip of good land on tbe bay, the
country becomes hilly and barren for
seven or eight miles tbe soil compos
ed of white sand and growth shrub
oak and pine* The next fifty miles
continues poor but of a dark sandy
soil, growth tall pine with a Tittle
undergrowth of dt^uvood and shrub
i wft. uniformly tbicw set with grass,!
affording excellent range for cattle|
which has induced numbers to set*
tie in there, who raise a small crop
of corn and, sweet potatoes: and no
doubt cotton Would likewise grow.
Thegext twenty ejetettdjp the neighs
hot hood of the head w aters of Pen
sacola bay in the state of Alabama :
which is intersected with some good
laud* Though but a small district
has been sold by the United States
mere have already several hundred
families settled on the Conecuh river,
the balance is now surveying and no
doubt w ill be soon sold and settled.-?
The road leading from Pensacola to
\ labama for upwards of one hundred
miles is remarkably good. And the
rivefH all afford the best boat naviga
ton almost to their very sources
w hich t ine in the y icinity of a wealthy
t>d populous settlement.
I hfte is a good inland navigation
rom. 8t. looses bay to Pensacola. It
f said all the trade of Apftlachlcola
nftt necessarily Battle at I'ensacola
- i lie bay is no rieepAr than the river
iitxtahatchie ; that vetfttU drawing
oie, than 4 or 5 leet water cannot
cuter while steamboats and fciimll
schooners can navigate upwards of!
a hundred taiies oo*. iltt Ubt named
river and then have<a safe-passag to
Pensaoffla a considerate part of
which wogkl be inland 'Flint it i ver
affords excellent navigation and bos
already exteosiye nettleiiienta. - Allj
thtf riveri^mring inand throughuYY.
Florida afford the best boat navwT-J
turn, being no rocks to make Tails,
their channels are narrow and deep
and current clear and smooth. H is
said Steamboat* that navigate the Al
abama riyer can run round to PetiffK
ctila with safety. And that the waters
of Mobile, Perdfdi* and Xfensacola
bays interlock each other within five
miles, and tliatxanals of only seven
or eight tailes would give good boat
navigation from Mobile to PensacoU
which could be cut for id or 30,000
dollars ; if that was accomplished a
good inland passage for steamboats
and small schoouers would be open
ed from New-Orleans to Peiisacxjla.
Merchants from ttostou, New- York,
Philadelphia, Mobile and Ne'.\ -Or
leans have already established them
selves liere and people from every
part 4>f the southern country tia^
been and .still flock here to view the
place and inake purchases of real
instate. It is supposed that they havt;
already bought two thirds^nf ihii
tots, and now lots are hel4 <i? high
as they sell at in Petersbtifg with
JJtfie improvements* ;
Pensacola heretofore iievefc *has
been a place t>f much trade, the sur
rounding country until ye*y lately
being inhabited by Indians and vei^?
poor. As sucli there are no \vaj$
Peopjp of tbenorthappe.u v
know ten pei at nre whoorify by com
parison. ? Those have extreme cold
weather in thfc' winter ate Apt io coir,
elude where the winters arc temper
ate the summers must be intense _W.
from what 1 have seen ana heard 1
believe Fensacola as respects tli
mate affords \>ne among the best
summer retreius on the continent of
North America*? A cool and re
freshing breeze is wafted on it
throughout the yeai^ and the sun
does not appear touch more vertical
here than lie did in Virgipia.<??-N of
is the town incommoded^inuch hy
musquetofrs, they having rro^place of
retreat but about the spring when
the waters have been neglec ted and
suffered to render about fifty acres
it ^juagmire. ? Oysters and a < great
variety of good fish in profusion. A
bove the town the bay is (shallow and
can be navigated only by river boats
? as such JPerisacola is sure of a
direct trade 'by boats and wagons
from a rich and populous country
and Us such is a place where im
provements can be made without in
curring any danger of loss, and if
the country in the vicinity becomes
settled and the coasting trade obtain
ed, be profitable* And then should
it ever become the emporium of the
Gulf of Mexico for the U. Htates
Which its frietids anticipate; it would
be doubly profitable. But that time
alone cau determine. Comnercial
cities ha* risen and nourished and]
then decayed ^before a contending
world could decide what were the
original cause of their prosperity.
Venice raised her head froftr beneath
the waves, and pointed her compass
to every port while a light on a dis
tant eminence mOch more calculated
for a town, directed the mariner not
to a market \Vhere he could dispose
of his merchandise, l>ut a haven
into which he might lake shelter firoq^
an approaching storm.
' Yours respectfully,
T. J* W*
Ftom the Mw'York ? Idle Mkmu
WOMAN.
* Women have been called angels
hi live tales and sonnets, till w&have ,
almost learned to think or angels as
little better than women. Yet a man
who knows a woman thoroughly, and
loves lier truly ; and there are wo
men who may be both so known and
loved ; will find, after a few years,
that his relish for the grosser plea
sures has lessened, and that he has
pown into a fondness for 'the intel
lectual and refined, without an effort
and almost unawares. He has been
iled on to the virtue tlirourfi !>is plefK
sures. Tin? delight of (be eye, an?'<
the gentle play of that passion whk
is ilte uiost inward and romantic n]
our nature , and which keeps ruiul
of its character amidst (lie concern
of life, have held him hi a kind of
spiritualized existence. He shares
Jus very tieing with one who, a crea 1
tore of this world, and wi(h some of
the workl's frailues, is v . .
Yet ? spirit still, and bright
W ith something of' an angel .
* With all the siucerety of a com
panionship of feeling cares, sorrow*,
and enjoyments, her presence Is as
the presence of a purer being, and
there is that in her nature which
seems to bring him nearer to a bet '
ter world. 8 he is, as it weifc linked
to augels arid he feels, in his exalt
ed moments, held by the same tie. *'!
woman, amidst the ordinary
affairs of lift, lias a ^reatvr influence
than a man on those near her. ?
While, for the most part, our feel
ings are as retired as anchoifet% tier's
are t n constant play before, us. VJffl
licftr them In tar varying voice.-?
V- e see them /in 'the beautiful and
Iiarmot lions undulations of her move
ments; in the quick-shifting liues of
h A face ; in tier eye, glad and bright ;
then found and^uflbsed. |??r whole
frame is alive and active with wjhal
is at her heart, and the outward
fttrtn all speaks. ;
I -And can a man listen to this ; can
his eye rest upon allfbi*,
day, 'and he not be
iiiade better? Hhe
f.^Mild than we,
?f, lie?uty,
acts "With
hearts. ] I
feel a triove
and spreatis
[iitehig%ith _
V The dignity
peculiar chara*
than that of
sical, bearing itself tip
gy of courage Which w
or a strength which \mb
against. He is his own
and >ve may stand the brunt
woman's dignity has lie
force in it. It is of a hi0
too delicate Tor mortal t<
how before it as before
spirit appearing in beautiful
bwutj
our
we
From 41 Freedom's Chair ?
v 'There are few men Whose
are totally divested
ideas, and even th
directed, may render
fits to the society in whu
by exciting a just pride to
The _ American soldiej^n
battle j, if armed wi
Hashing'&n, Would > be sti
prompted to behave bin
hero, though the sword :
be less calculated to do
than other* within his power
seas himself of. If Franklh
brary and aparstus hac
to remain as he left tL?, v
i>le condition of things would all
lave inspired one with some know?
ledge of, Of at least, have persuaded
a resjiect for the science and useful
arts. So when I scat myself in " free
dom's chair, * (which lone do not
use every day ,) a train of reflections!
passes through my mind with the!
rapidity of lightning, teaching me
that I am a matt, and that no other
is a better one than myself, unless
mote virtuous, ? and 1 look at my
veins, and ask myself, why the
blood that fills them should be less
noble than if I had been begotten
by a Bourbon prince instead of an
American carpenter; and as some
times the notion presents itself that
it would be a good thing if a skill*
ful surgeon were to obtain a bowl of
the blood of " Alexander the deliver
er, and an other from the aim of his
most degraded boors ? and, after
reducing tliem to their first principles
tell us what evidence was furnished
thfd the blood of the one, who
mounted the throne of his murdered
father; was more divmely const it u
ted than that of his slave. If I look
.?t home, 1 recollect that r Franklin
vas a printer like myself ; and lean
that Mr. Monroe, the president at
tlie United States, was the son of a
i ick layer- so 1 ilont think (litre i?
.iiuch in bVood, and l>egin to feel hat
'oyal men call saucy ; that is, that
J have just as good a right to s|>eak
my mind, as any other t>erson has
? provided always, I have some
thing to say, ami the people are wil
Ung to listeu to me,
J\~ilesJ Register.
WHAT AFFLICTION TEACIIETH.
J^AN ELEGAKT EXTRACT.]
44 Sickness teaches not only the
uncertain tenure, but discovers the
utter vanity and unsatisfactorines* of
Hie dearest objects of human pursuit.
Introduce into the chamber of the
sick and dying man the whole pan
theon of idols, which he has vainly
worshiped*? fame, wealth, pleasure,
beauty, ' power. What miserable
comforters are they all ! Hind that
wreath of laurel rouud his brow,
and see if. it will assuage his aching
tempies* Spread before him the
deeds and instruments which prove
him the lord of innumerable posses
sions, and see of you can beguile
a moment's anguish ; see if
not give you up those barren
nte for one drop of cool wa
draught of pure air. Go,
when a fever rages through
that hit table smokes with
and that the wjne raoveth
ind '{?iveth its colour in
see u. this will calm his
*e ad it open
p i Jbe proof
JthrAbitos; pulse, v Tell him, as ho |
I lies prostrate, helpless and sinking
I with debility, that ttrtfeong and danco
to begin, and that all with- I
is life, alacrity and joy.?
' \r place in Ilia motionless
sceptre of a mighty empire,
and see if he will be eager to grasp
iU The eye of Cesar could not gain
its lustre by*Mecollection, that its
\f bend could awe the world," nttle
quieted by re
BMfttod had com
from millions of
I. this, is
wtuch our desires must
d, and our judgment cor>
The man, who. from ?ifch
nothing but per
fearfully inseusi
E^that
?his
vani _
erstand
spi .
merciful t
be merciful unto me,
trusteth in thee;< jeai,
of thy wings will I m
until these calamitie
I will commit my soul _
unto a faithful Creator." *"
? hi 9m i
, The geMroaity of anol
? An eccwnmical old Bachelor in
New-Loaddty flMbitiated with tilt
charnubg looks of a young lady at
church, was bent on hiving an inter
view with her.? Fie accordingly went
after meeting to the place of her
abode, and approached the bourn
the back way ; he met some person
in the yard, whom he retitttstod' to
ask the lady to step oat and see bim
at the pump; she appeared^ and he
very civilly aske4 her to go and ride
with him; she partially declined,
but he pressed his invitation, assur
ing her that he would pay JILL ex*
pmniBj and it should not cost Jker a
rent. " * % *
To be in a passion is to punish
>ne's ?elf for 4hi> faults and iaiiJeitin
encles of Another,