Florida bids fair to be the emporium, as well as the most pleasant part of the new world. GEORGE JOHNSTONE. Letter from a Gentleman at Pensacola, dated Oct. 20, 1764. WE E arrived here last week after a paffage of 15 days from Jamaica; I cannot say it was a very agreeable one, as the Captain was quite unacquainted with the coaft; and when we made any land, no one knew what land it was, but by the distance, which was very uncertain; but at last, thank God, we arrived here, and I must declare we were all fhocked to fee fo difmal a place. I will not attempt to give you a particular defcription of it, as I look upon it impoffible to defcribe it bad enough. In the first place, the foil is a fine white fand, which finks in with you as you walk, two feet deep, which can produce no one thing on earth; next there are three houfes in the place; the governor's is what they call an upstair house, and has three or four rooms in the whole house. The first thing we heard after we arrived, was, that there were 400 wild Indians encamped about have a mile from the town; and as we fat at tea in the afternoon, two of them came in fo drunk they could not stand; we were told we must give them fome liquor, which was all they came for; but one of them would fleep in an outer room all night, which he did, and when we got up in the morning, which was pretty foon, he was gone. In about two hours after the king of them came, whose title is the Wolfe king; he was very lucky for us, fo drunk, that he fell down in the outer room, before he could enter the house; he directly called out for wine, which was brought him, and then he infifted upon our drinking with him, which we were obliged to do, though fo early in the morning: notwithstanding he was fo drunk when he came, he drank two bottles of wine, and would have drank as much more; but a gentle. man that came to pay us a vifit, finding we had fuch difagreeable guefts, fent for fome of his Majesty's Chiefs to take him away, which they did, after getting almoft as drunk as he. The next day two of the Princeffes came; they did not offer to come in, but we went to the door for fear they should; we could perceive they liked the ladies drefs very much, and would put their fingers on any part of it, and laugh very heartily; in particular they admired the ladies necklaces, and pointed for them to give them to them; but when they found they would not, and took fome out, which a lady in comthey admired the pins in their cloaths, pany obferving, immediately took out her pincushion, with which they were very much pleased, and took almost every one; I luckily bad brought fome filver wire from England made into rings, and gave each of them one, which made them as fine as poffible. The only thing their king is known by, is his drefs, which confifts of one of thofe courfe fhirts that the carmen wear in London, a handkerchief round his head, and a bit of cloth bound about his legs and feet, which ferves for fhoes and stockings; his chief bout their hair, and all the common men men are known by fome beads plaited ahave nothing but a blanket, which they tie round their fhoulders, and when they fleep, they fpread it, and wrap themselves up in it: The women's dress is the fame, except the Princeffes and their attendants, which is a bit of coloured cloth tied round their waifts; their hair is ornamented with brass buttons and bells, and finall beads of all colours round their necks. We took a ride on horseback to their camp; they feemed much furprized to fee our women ride, as it is the cultom among thein for the women to walk, and the men to ride; the women do ait walk in general, and never fit when there is a man in company; the men do nothing but get drunk and shoot wild beafts and fowls forry to acquaint you, that Mobile is, for three months of the year very fickly, and many are obliged to come down here for that time; but obferve, that after that time it is very healthy, and abounds with plenty of every kind. I am The compleat Maltfter and Brewer. THE HE author, who writes, as he fays, great deal of pains to explode short malts, from 30 years experience, takes a as he calls all the malts now in general ufe, which are round and plump, and full of flour; and to establish lang malts, which are malts fully grown in the cistern. To establish this doctrine, he propoles the following experiments: Let, fays he, a couple of grists of malt be taken of equal number number of bushels, and let it be owned that both have been cured on the kiln as they ought to be; the one to be the shorteft and plumpeft that can be got, which is now adays thought to be the beft, and the other to be acrofpired in the growth till the flour be quite wafted: yet, tho' I grant that there will be a very great difparity in their weight, I will venture to fay, and I know I have truth on my fide, that, when both have been fteeped in the brewing, with an equal quantity of liquor, the latter fhall produce one third more of wort, and five times fatter, finer, and ftronger beer than the other, and that the more age the beer fhall have, the more it will mend, while the contrary fhall be the cafe of the other. -The method of brewing he lays down, is this. Let your malt be ground, and put it into your tun firft; and while your liquor is heating, watch that it do not boil; but as foon as you fee the little bubbles rife, or rather the whites begin to roll, dip your four fingers in, and if you find it bite fharp, then damp and let off into the malt. To boil and cool makes a corrupt and uncertain liquor. Your whole quantity of liquor being all off in your malt, your next care mult be, to fee that it will be broken up. Grudge not your time, but look over and point out where it may want to be put down; for your inafh will need no more stirring for that brewing. Your math being now quite over, let it ftand about half an hour, and then begin to spend tap: for as there commonly go two worts to the ftrong, we could not rob the fecond too much; for the better it is, the fooner it will boil off. Your copper of liquor for the fecond fhould be in the fame quality as the other. The next mafh that follows is for finall beer, commonly called the tail of imall. This laft is commonly laid on in cold liquor, out of the liquor back: for as the good have before paffed thro' two heats, it is judged that a contrary quality will ftrike or extract more of the effence that is in them, than if they had another beat. Suppofe now your firft worts to be in the copper. Allow two pounds of good ftout hops to a barrel. The two grand noftrums or fecrets which our celebrated working brewers do much value themselves upon, are thefe, 1ft. the taking off the first liquors on the malt, already defcribed; and 2d, the mystery of boiling to truth; which is as follows: Your worts and hops being infused, let them boil fmartly for about a quarter of an hour, or lefs, and then, with a dish, or jet, take up a little to the light and fee if the little nits appear thick in it; then, if they do, continue boiling till they become large curds, or rags, as we call them. This is the whole mystery of boiling. The method of fermentation is, when your firft worts are off the copper, and a little ftill in the back, let down a little, tho' they be hot, into your working tun, just to lower the bottom half an inch deep, or lefs; to let that lie till it be as cold as the weather will make it, and then to put in your yeaft defigned for ftore, and let it lie until the other worts are in temper to let down to it. Obferve, that when the weather is very warm, they cannot be too cold; but in cold weather they must be blood warm. When the greatest part is down, ftir it well together; then fhut up the tun close, and let it lie, to see whether the liquor goes to fleep or to work. If it feems to fleep, ftir it up again to work it, and mind to keep back a little of the fecond worts, for a tail to let down just before you cleanfe. This will keep the beer working a due time in the barrel; for the more it works in the barrel, the lefs bottom it will have in the drawing. The figns by which to know when it is fit to cleanfe is, that the top of the head will begin to turn thick and stiff, like yeaft, and be ready to flab down. Then is the time to cleanfe; for that head should not be suffered to fall into the tun. N. B. If the weather chances to be very cold, care must be taken not to under bauni the wort. Mifcellaneous Articles from the Papers. HE ftory of the wild beast that is Tid to have made fuch ravages in France, is now affirmed to be no other than an allegory; by the wild beast is meant the heretics; by the children killed are intimated the converts that are frequently made by them to the protestant faith; and by the dragoons fent out against against the beaft, the violent attacks of the clergy are fignified who are daily profecuting the proteftants with the utmoft rigour; notwithstanding which, proteftantifm prevails, and is likely fo to do, under the countenance of fome of the most refpectable characters in that kingdom. A forrefter in the district of Carinthia, had the good fortune to kill during the feverity of the froft in the winter a wolf of an enormous fize, in the very moment when that favage animal had feized a girl, and was tearing her to pieces. The bullet ftruck the creature initantly dead, by which the girl providentially efcaped, and is in a fair way to recover of the wounds the at first received. A remarkable animal was lately killed at Frohem in Weftrogothland, which is defcribed to be about a foot in length. His eyes were fmall, his ears very fhort, his upper lip cleft like that of a hare's, and he had a fort of whifkers about the mouth like a cat's. He had only four teeth, two above and two beneath, an inch in length, and bent inwards. The fore-feet were very fhort, fomething like a dog's, and the hind-ones, which were fomething longer, like thofe of a goofe. The toes were very long, and armed with talons, four before and one behind, and between each there was a fine membrane. The hind-feet were placed very forward under the belly. It is thought the creature was amphibious, and that he ufed his tail, which was about as large as a hand, in fwimming. A reward of 10,000 crowns has been offered by the court of Sweden for the difcovery of the author of a work printed in the Swedish language, and highly injurious to his Majefty's perfon and government. Among other pofitions of the like kind, he lays it down as a maxim, that a minifler or royal officer is not obliged to obey the order of the king and fenate, when he is perfuaded that they are contrary to the laws. Letters from Quebec give an account that more than 7000 native Canadians have lately withdrawn themfelves from that province; many of them principal traders, through whofe hands the moft advantageous part of the trade with France used to pafs. The reafons affigned for this abdication, are the high terms offered them by their own fovereign for February, 1765. fettling at Cayene, St. Lucia, and other French colonies. The grant of an extenfive tract of land, conveniently fituated on the borders of the Indian country, is now making out for Sir Wm Jobafen, where he intends to build a town, and erect fortifications, with a view of establishing a mart of trade with the feveral favage nations in America. A thoemaker of Mentz, whilft he was measuring of an innocent country girl's foot, taking fome harmless liberty with her, was perceived by his wife. A few days afterwards, the girl came for her fhoes when unfortunately the mafter being from home, the wife, full of jealoufy and revenge, inftantly cut her throat, and carried the body into the garret; here fhe cut off both her breasts and dreffed them for her husband's dinner; who when he came home eat with an uncommon appetite, and asked his wife where he got that fine meat? To which the answered, eat your fill and be contented, go into the garret you may there have more of it. The husband haftened thither, and feeing what had happened, with the fame knife which was reaking with the blood of the murdered girl, ftabbed his wife to the heart; after which he made a voluntary confeffion of this whole tragedy, and gave himself up to justice. A fcheme is faid to have been formed by Gen. Gage, and the principal officers of his Majesty's forces in North America, for taking a regiment of Indians into British pay; partly to be commanded by their own warriors, and partly be British officers; they are to be cloathed and accoutred after the English manner, and feveral of them have already appeared in their new uniforms, of which they appeared very proud: Their chiefs are to be magnificently dreffed in order to facilitate the fcheine.-A dangerous one in its confequences, as may be easily foreseen A gentleman who feems to be perfectly mafter of the fubject, and who likewife is fo much in earnest to promote it, that he has at a great expence made many trials, fubmits it to the confideration of the legiflature, whether an alteration in the conftruction of the road waggons would not be for the public good. The reafon the gives for the alteration on the weftern roads are juft, forcible, and felf-evident; and the alteration he propofes feems to bid fair for amendinent, and is no other than twelve number of bushels, and let it be owned that both have been cured on the kiln as they ought to be; the one to be the shorteft and plumpeft that can be got, which is now adays thought to be the beft, and the other to be acrofpired in the growth till the flour be quite wafted: yet, tho' I grant that there will be a very great difparity in their weight, I will venture to fay, and I know I have truth on my fide, that, when both have been fteeped in the brewing, with an equal quantity of liquor, the latter fhall produce one third more of wort, and five times fatter, finer, and ftronger beer than the other, and that the more age the beer fhall have, the more it will mend, while the contrary fhall be the cafe of the other. -The method of brewing he lays down, is this. Let your malt be ground, and put it into your tun firft; and while your liquor is heating, watch that it do not boil; but as foon as you fee the little bubbles rife, or rather the whites begin to roll, dip your four fingers in, and if you find it bite fharp, then damp and let off into the malt. To boil and cool makes a corrupt and uncertain liquor. Your whole quantity of liquor being all off in your malt, your next care mult be, to fee that it will be broken up. Grudge not your time, but look over and point out where it may want to be put down; for your inafh will need no more stirring for that brewing. Your mash being now quite over, let it ftand about half an hour, and then begin to spend tap: for as there commonly go two worts to the ftrong, we could not rob the fecond too much; for the better it is, the fooner it will boil off. Your copper of liquor for the fecond fhould be in the fame quality as the other. The next mafh that follows is for finall beer, commonly called the tail of imall. This laft is commonly laid on in cold liquor, out of the liquor back: for as the good have before paffed thro' two heats, it is judged that a contrary quality will ftrike or extract more of the effence that is in them, than if they had another beat. Suppofe now your first worts to be in the copper. Allow two pounds of good ftout hops to a barrel. The two grand noftrums or fecrets which our celebrated working brewers do much value themselves upon, are thefe, 1ft. the taking off the firft liquors on the malt, already defcribed; and 2d, the mystery of boiling to truth; which is as follows: Your worts and hops being infused, let them boil fmartly for about a quarter of an hour, or lefs, and then, with a difh, or jet, take up a little to the light and fee if the little nits appear thick in it; then, if they do, continue boiling till they become large curds, or rags, as we call them. This is the whole mystery of boiling. The method of fermentation is, when your first worts are off the copper, and a little ftill in the back, let down a little, tho' they be hot, into your working tun, just to lower the bottom half an inch deep, or lefs; to let that lie till it be as cold as the weather will make it, and then to put in your yeast designed for ftore, and let it lie until the other worts are in temper to let down to it. Obferve, that when the weather is very warm, they cannot be too cold; but in cold weather they must be blood warm. When the greatest part is down, ftir it well together; then fhut up the tun close, and let it lie, to fee whether the liquor goes to fleep or to work. If it feems to fleep, ftir it up again to work it, and mind to keep back a little of the fecond worts, for a tail to let down just before you cleanfe. This will keep the beer working a due time in the barrel; for the more it works in the barrel, the lefs bottom it will have in the drawing. The figns by which to know when it is fit to cleanfe is, that the top of the head will begin to turn thick and ftiff, like yeaft, and be ready to flab down. Then is the time to cleanfe; for that head should not be suffered to fall into the tun. N. B. If the weather chances to be very cold, care must be taken not to under bauni the wort. Mifcellaneous Articles from the Papers. HE ftory of the wild beast that is Tfaid to have made fuch ravages, in France, is now affirmed to be no other than an allegory; by the wild beast is meant the heretics; by the children kill ed are intimated the converts that are frequently made by them to the proteitant faith; and by the dragoons fent out against against the beaft, the violent attacks of the clergy are fignified who are daily profecuting the proteftants with the utmoft rigour; notwithstanding which, proteftantifin prevails, and is likely fo to do, under the countenance of fome of the most respectable characters in that kingdom. A forrefter in the district of Carinthia, had the good fortune to kill during the feverity of the froft in the winter a wolf of an enormous fize, in the very moment when that favage animal had feized a girl, and was tearing her to pieces. The bullet ftruck the creature initantly dead, by which the girl providentially escaped, and is in a fair way to recover of the wounds the at first received. A remarkable animal was lately killed at Frofhem in Weftrogothland, which is defcribed to be about a foot in length. His eyes were small, his ears very fhort, his upper lip cleft like that of a hare's, and he had a fort of whiskers about the mouth like a cat's. He had only four teeth, two above and two beneath, an inch in length, and bent inwards. The fore-feet were very fhort, fomething like a dog's, and the hind-ones, which were fomething longer, like thofe of a goofe. The toes were very long, and armed with talons, four before and one behind, and between each there was a fine membrane. The hind-feet were placed very forward under the belly. It is thought the creature was amphibious, and that he ufed his tail, which was about as large as a hand, in swimming. A reward of 10,000 crowns has been offered by the court of Sweden for the difcovery of the author of a work printed in the Swedish language, and highly injurious to his Majefty's perfon and government. Among other positions of the like kind, he lays it down as a maxim, that a minifler or royal officer is not obliged to obey the order of the king and fenate, when he is perfuaded that they are contrary to the laws. Letters from Quebec give an account that more than 7000 native Canadians have lately withdrawn themselves from that province; many of them principal traders, through whofe hands the moft advantageous part of the trade with France used to pafs. The reafons afligned for this abdication, are the high terms offered them by their own fovereign for February, 1765. fettling at Cayene, St. Lucia, and other French colonies. The grant of an extenfive tract of land, conveniently fituated on the borders of the Indian country, is now making out for Sir Wm Jobafon, where he intends to build a town, and erect fortifications, with a view of eftablishing a mart of trade with the feveral favage nations in America. A thoemaker of Mentz, whilft he was measuring of an innocent country girl's foot, taking fome harmlefs liberty with her, was perceived by his wife. A few days afterwards, the girl came for her fhoes when unfortunately the mafter being from home, the wife, full of jealousy and revenge, inftantly cut her throat, and carried the body into the garret; here fe cut off both her breasts and dreffed them for her husband's dinner; who when he came home eat with an uncommon appetite, and afked his wife where he got that fine meat? To which the answered, eat your fill and be contented, go into the garret you may there have more of it. The husband haftened thither, and feeing what had happened, with the fame knife which was reaking with the blood of the murdered girl, ftabbed his wife to the heart; after which he made a voluntary confeffion of this whole tragedy, and gave himself up to justice. A fcheme is faid to have been formed by Gen. Gage, and the principal officers of his Majesty's forces in North America, for taking a regiment of Indians into British pay; partly to be commanded by their own warriors, and partly be British officers; they are to be cloathed and accoutred after the English manner, and feveral of them have already appeared in their new uniforms, of which they appeared very proud: Their chiefs are to be magnificently dreffed in order to facilitate the scheme.-A dangerous one in its confequences, as may be cofily for feen A gentleman who feems to be perfectly mafter of the fubject, and who likewise is fo much in earnest to promote it, that he has at a great expence made many trials, fubmits it to the confideration of the legiflature, whether an alteration in the conftruction of the road waggons would not be for the public good. The reafon he gives for the alteration on the western roads are juft, forcible, and felf-evident ; and the alteration he propofes feems to bid fair for amendinent, and is no other than twelve |