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with a small, yellow blossom. They both grew very thriftily in 

 the white sand. . The owner complained that he could not get the 

 Bernuida grass seed, and had covered his lawn by root propaga- 

 tion. Raw shells are a favorite dressing for land, and on the 

 coast are abundant. Fish, also, in unknown quantities, can easily 

 be caught and, used, as manure, will insure a crop on the sandiest 

 land. Calcined lime seems too hot for that climate. Tlie luml)er 

 business is sure to be overdone in this State. In Pensacola there 

 were in March thirty-five mills located, and the Washington Iron 

 Works, at Newburgh, alone had orders for eighteen mills for 

 Cedar Keys. Other places seem supplied in due proportion. I 

 have already tried your patience, so I will close by giving you an 

 answer to your question as to the safety of northern men. , So far 

 as the eastern coast is concerned, it would be sufficient to say that 

 from the head of Halifax river to Jupiter inlet, 150 miles, by a 

 width extending often quite across the peninsula, there are not 

 inhabitants enough to make a respectable school district. The 

 general fact, however, is, that a census taken to-day in the entire 

 State, would show as many northern as southern inhabitants. 

 Fernandina elected a yankee ticket in March, and I notice that 

 Florida yankecs are radical and aggressive. I have no confidence 

 in the love borne us by Johnny liebs, but they are fond of our 

 greenbacks, and if there is one State more than another that se^s 

 the benefit of northern immigration, it is Florida." 



Mr. Mitchell proposes to establish a colony in Florida, of good, 

 industrious northern families. He says : " The business I propose 

 to ensrao-e in is that of raising tropical fruits, and earlv fruits and 

 vegetables for northern markets, shipping fish, turtles and oysters, 

 producing sugar, rice, &c., and opening cdmmerce with the north. 

 The portion of the State I have selected for this purpose is upon 

 the eastern coast, about 100 miles south of Jacksonville, and 300 

 south of Savannah. The inlet from the sea is a good ship chan- 

 nel, and communicates with Halifax river. Mosquito lagoon and 

 Indian river, which run parallel with the coast a distance of 200 

 miles, and are navigable by small steamboats through nearly their 

 entire length." 



We presume those who may be interested in such a project can 

 obtain further information by correspondence with Mr. IMitchell. 



Adjourned. 



