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which graced it, and the memories of these session of handfuls of greenbacks, and the 
naturally cling to and tinge its present so- well loaded wagon of purchases, and in one 
ciety —and the new order of things, of bust- case, where I was called upon to read for 
The “ silver lining to the cloud ” begins to 
develop. 
The conclusions resulting, to some extent, 
ABOUT FLORIDA: 
Its Climate, Soil, Productions, 
rapby, «&C. 
Topoa- 
CONCLUDING ARTICLE. 
Intending with this to bring my letters to 
a conclusion, I cannot feel satisfied without 
apologizing for the brief reference, in my 
last, to the journey by railway from Jack¬ 
sonville, the commercial metropolis of the 
State, to the legislative capital. The jour¬ 
ney was interesting, as disabusing me of the 
long-cherisliod idea that Florida was a vast 
swamp. Immense forests of Georgia pine 
and live oak, with an occasional clearing for 
a planter’s home, surrounded with fields of 
long staple cotton and patches of sugar cane; 
the felling of lolly trees for transportation 
to market, the immense fields where turpen¬ 
tine was being gathered, (with numerous 
stills for distillation of turpentine,) kilns for 
making brick, an occasional crossing of a 
river, and in but one or two instances a small 
pond, with scarce an indication of swamp, j 
gave ample contradiction to the preconceived | 
ideas of swamps and everglades covering j 
the State. The constructing and operating 
of railways in the Slate must realize the 
ideal of contractors and companies, from the 
general level of the country. Ample supply 
of the best of timber, with no need of haul¬ 
ing; the best of drainage, no frost or snow, 
warrant the nearest approach to a sinecure 
of profits of any portion of the Union in 
railroad enterprises; and the great and in¬ 
creasing tide of settlers who are rapidly till- 
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.TAOKSONVJ fjljid, L'l^OK I O-V. 
ling, busy life, is not yet eagerly welcomed. | them a piece of paper, wli-, U proved to he from my journeylngs through Florida, I sum Jamis^ Jenkins writes, that this town has 
There is but one hotel in the city, and you the due bill of the mere;, - with whom up, in closing these notes fts follows: about 3,500 inhabitants, a Methodist church 
know I have il weakness, from my predatory they had been trading, 1 am led to believe First.- The State is new, and to the North- dedicated, a Baptist church building, and 
habits, for “a publican who knows howto that there is a far more stable, healthy, cash ern man the first view is not attractive, but it Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Congrega- 
ceived letters from several parties, speaking 
in the highest terms of Florida, its soil, cli¬ 
mate, advantages for settlers, etc., but wo 
cannot for the present devote further space 
to the subject—especially as other regions 
must be represented and described in this 
Department. 
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WHAT CORRESPONDENTS SAY. 
From IiiitMtfkiti, Stewart Co., Ga. 
I. A. B. WARD writes:—“ We have a cli¬ 
mate inviting; a, soil productive in cereals, 
esculents, and all the products of a tropical 
clime, and one unsurpassed for healthful¬ 
ness in the United States. The tenants of 
my farm have not averaged $1 per capita for 
medicine and medical attention since the 
war. Send five hundred emigrants to Stew¬ 
art county and we will locate them ; hut we 
want capitalists, machinists, mechanics, and 
agriculturists—honorable, energetic, intelli¬ 
gent men. I guarantee not one of them will 
find one of the. objections you urge. But do 
not send one politician. Men, without any 
capital, but with honest hearts, willing minds, 
and strong hands have realized $300 to $800 
per annum by tilling the soil. There are 
broad acres hero for sale and for rent.” 
From FnrtUntcc, Jin-tier Co., Mo. 
James Jenkins writes, that this town has 
about 3,000 inhabitants, a Methodist church 
dedicated, a Baptist church building, and 
keep a hotel,” but no charity for false pre¬ 
tences in the guise of a landlord who cannot 
or will not keep a tolerably clean house, 
with wholesome and plain, well cooked 
food. Imagine an old traveler, after a long, 
weary day’s journey, who anticipates as the 
iug up the State, gives ample guarantee of Mecca of his day’s pilgrimage, decently 
the wisdom and forethought of“ those who clean apartments ami bad, and good at ten- 
have taken a bond of late” and invested in dance, realizing the reverse. There is an 
these lines of travel. opening here for a good hotel, and, my life 
With this amende for the brief notes of on it, some live Yankee will discover it. In 
my former communication, announcing my the pursuit of knowledge, I called at several 
arrival at the capital, I proceed to say that 
the contrasts are quite notable between the 
Eastern and Western portions of the State. 
To a Northerner, this part is the most attrac¬ 
tive, as it is hilly and broken, having a 
strong clay soil, with almost the precise ap¬ 
pearance of that of New Jersey, and superb 
oak timber in abundance. Tallahassee is 
said to have a population of 3,000, and per¬ 
haps, during the session of the Legislature, 
may exhibit some degree of life and anima- 
stores, making inquiry as to the state of 
business and prospects, and the feelings of 
the people, At a fine drug store, in reply to 
an inquiry as to business compared to what 
it was before Lhe war, I was answered— 
“Compare!” (with an emphatic shrug, and 
an elevation of the brows, in apparent 
amazement,) “ Why, sir, there is no com¬ 
parison. Before the war a planter would 
order one hundred ounces of quinine; now, 
a nigger will buy live cents’ worth.” Al- 
CATHOLIC CHURCII, ST. AUGUSTINE. 
tion; but at times like the present, the though such or similar remarks are corn- 
streets are mostly deserted, and there is an mon, I saw frequent teams, (on the principal 
atmosphere of gloomy discontent, in which business street,) the drivers ol which had 
the old order of things is mixed in an in- come to market with their produce, sold the 
congruous and unsettled manner with the same, and were spending the proceeds in ill- 
present. There was no more aristocratic Judged profusion and propriety. -Host of 
city than Tallahassee under the old regime , these teams were owned by negroes, and 
and no more cultivated society than that with their own teams and the frequent pos- 
business transacted than in the old times of 
long credit. 
Tallahassee is delightfully located in the 
midst of a fine country, and must in a short 
time become) a delightful place of residence, 
though it has to realize the mnv birth and 
Consequent improvements increased by the 
influx of a new population, who are not 
hampered by the traditions of the past. 
Jacksonville and St,. Augustine, on the At¬ 
lantic Coast, have begun to realize this new 
birth and consequent improvements, aug¬ 
menting with Uie influx of a new popula¬ 
tion, who arc not hide hound by the preju¬ 
dices and traditions of the ancient days. 
This change is visible at many points on 
the Atlantic Coast or eastern portion of the 
Stale. The wharves at Jacksonville have 
daily arrivals of first-class steamers from 
Charleston and Savannah, and from up the 
St. John’s ami ports on the sea coast. The 
proximity of Jacksonville to New York, and 
other Northern ports, caused it to receive 
the first impulse from the incoming tide, 
and as it rises and increases in magnitude it 
will overflow all obstacles and barriers of 
space, until it reaches and enriches the Gulf; ! 
and the gentleman at the Capital, who re¬ 
marked to me that “ immigration is no bene¬ 
fit to any State,” will, in the increased value 
of his broad acres, realize the value of his 
one thousand slaves in his one thousand 
acres of land. 
To one who has marked the tides of trade, 
travel and emigration in all parts of the 
world, there are well defined possibilities 
and probabilities as to those currents which 
are chimerical, to those who have spent 
a life at home, circumscribed by the bound¬ 
aries of a village, farm, or the miniature 
kingdom of a slave plantation. Recall¬ 
ing my own experiences and life in Missis¬ 
sippi and South Carolina, some t wenty years 
since, and the present of the slave States, i 
can appreciate the struggle of pride, ambi¬ 
tion, despair and poverty,—the results of the 
rebellion and the overthrow of slavery. 
The difficulty to the Southron is to realize 
the new order of things, to use liis faculties, 
and begin anew to rebuild his fortunes; 
and, in this, as in other matters, he has 
a lesson to learn from the Northmen who 
are fast filling up the vacant space. The 
section of country which can produce an¬ 
nually three hundred millions of dollars, in 
each twelve months, from one staple, must 
control the finance and policy of the nation. 
improves as its capabilities become known. 
Second ,—The climate is delightful, and the 
health of the State, in proportion to the 
population, excels that of any other State in 
the Union. (See Report of Surgeon-General 
Lawson.) 
Third That it is more accessible (from 
all portions of the State) to the Atlantic mar¬ 
kets than any other. 
Fourth .—No State can equal it in variety 
of productions. 
Fifth —That almost any part of the State 
is accessible by water, by its large navigable 
rivers. 
Sixth .—That immigration is on the in¬ 
crease, and there is a consequent large ad¬ 
vance in the value of real estate. 
Finally.—■So Western State presents equal 
inducements to the actual settler, or to those 
who desire to make investments sure to pro¬ 
duce early and large returns. N. m. s. 
Tallaliasse, Florida, 18(59. 
tional societies. A Iso, good schools, employ¬ 
ing four teachers; good stores of all kinds, ex¬ 
cept a. book-store ; a.college projected. At the 
last County Teachers’ Institute meeting it 
was found that one-half were from Ohio, one 
from Kentucky, one from Missouri, and the 
balance from other Novthern Stales. Pro¬ 
duce of all kinds bears a good price, but 
none, in that land of grass, SO good, and no 
article soscarce as butter. The reason given 
is that the range of pasture is so large that 
the cows lay out and go dry. Farms, with 
slight improvements, have quadrupled in 
price within three years, some even in two. 
From Knox, Sunk Co., I ml. 
J. B. Hoag writes that tin's county is 
divided with timber land, embracing the 
different varieties of oak, and in localities 
black walnut, ash, Are. A large portion of 
the land is dry prairie, rich and easily culti¬ 
vated, with marsh land, which yields much 
nutritious wild hay. The country is well 
LAKE MONROE, ST. JOHN S RIVER. 
Remarks. —As appropriate in connection 
with the preceding letter—the conclusion of 
an interesting series—we give several views 
in Florida, engraved from recent photo¬ 
graphs, Those who have rend the articles 
of N. M. 8. attentively will need no descrip¬ 
tion of the illustrations. 
It is proper to add that wc have lately re- 
watcrcd with lakes and running streams, 
which contain fish of the best quality. It is 
finely adapted to cattle raising; is intersected 
by railways and accessible to market. Ap¬ 
ples, pears and cherries arc produced abun¬ 
dantly, and occasionally large crops of 
peaches are realized. Small fruits are pro¬ 
duced easily, and amply repay culture. 
i sn.oo feu year. 
TERRIS: j- No., Eight Cents, 
NEW YORK CITY AND ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
141 Park How, IVew \orlc. 
OFFICER. } £•> Buffalo gf v Kocliester* 
Y0L. XXI. NO. 11 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 12,1870. 
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