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comfortably fixed with houses eto etc-Is your country well tim- bered, and what is your most common growth 1 Please answer these questions and give as much other information as you conveniently can, all wliich will be very pleasing to me and may probably prove beneficial in its consequences to yourself, as I think, I can be of service to you in procuring settlers that would do honour to any country. A letter coming from you would be considered as official and people would act accordingly. I take the liberty of suggesting the propriety of your having a mail rout immediately established between your Town and Natchitoches, it would verry much facilitate the intercourse and prove advantageous to your settlement. I am anxious to procure a good tract of land immediately on the sea coast, ·if I could do so I would remove to it with a number of good families. If you know of such a situation where the land is good and where it will be healthy write me all about it. The only national news of importance is the Presidential.election. The promi- nent candidates are General Jackson and Mr. Adams: The tug of war commenced at Washington city on the 9th of this month and how it will end is uncertain. The prevailing opinion in this west- ern country is that Genl Jackson will be elected. This present congress have voted Genl La Fayette $200000 and given him a township of land to be selected by the President o-f the u States. This is as it should be and has proved to the world that republics are not ungrateful. It is now engaged in perfecting a law for the more effectual suppression of piracy. The law as reported provides for the building of 10 additional sloops of war of 20 guns each to be employee} on the "?iT est India station. To permit merchantmen vessels to arm in their own defence and allows a provision to such as are wounded whilst defending their vessels, and to make prizes -of piratical vessels if they can. It also allows the officers and crews of our National Vessels to ··pursue and if necessary to land in pur- suit of pirates and if the authorities of the Towns in which they secrete themselves attempt to protect them or refuse to give them up after a proper demand has been made to blockade such port or place untill compliance is obtained. This law, I hope, will satisfy Mr. Vives of Cuba and the rascally governor of Po[r]to Rico that we will no longer submit to their infamous conduct. The affairs of Europe are in Statu Quo. Poor degraded Spain is yet con- vulsed with intestine broils . and groaning under the iron arm of her cruel :l\Ionster of a King. The French army is about leaving that unfortunate country and what the consequences will be God only knows. I sincerely hope the nation will react, and if it does I hope all those cursed fanatical monks and tyranical villains who have so long oppressed that people will be quickly made to bite the dust. As to Greece every thing appears encouraging. Her
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