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An Independent Family Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. VOL. 4. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNES?BT SEPTEMBER 23, 1888. NO. 14. : B Y H 0 Y T & WALTERS. TEEMS: TWO DOXLABS AND A HALF PEE ANNUM, IN UNITED STATES CUEBEXCT. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Adyprtisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion Shd Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year. Jgy* For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. For the Anderson Intelligencer. A Trip to the North. Me. Editor: We are still lingering hero in tho midst of the stirring scenes around us?in this, great resort of the grave and the gay. New York city, as if not willing to bo outstripped in tho con? test by the. city of brotherly love, and other cities, is mustering her forces to the contest. . The cost to the city, of adorn? ing and beautifying her pleasure grounds, - is a small matter when divided by her million of inhabitants, and her great Wealth, gathered in from the four quar? ters of the earth. Many here think that this city is not only the great emporium of North America, but is destined ulti? mately to outstrip London itself in num? bers and commercial greatness. Possess? ing such depth of water, as to admit of vessels of tho greatest capacity, to come to her wharves?the Bail roads connecting here from "all parts of tho country?her steamboats crossing tho country and run? ning to. all the great commercial cities of Europe; And then looking at the great ?xtent of this countrj", stretching from the Lakes.'.'to.' the Eio Grande, from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and soon to be connected by Railroad with the Pacific Ocean, and her easy commu? nication with China from that point, und the.numbers of gold-diggers in California sending their golden treasures in great abundance from that far-distant country, and tho great and growing North-west with her rapidly increasing population and wealth, and the new States springing np, like magic, on this and the other side of the Rocky Mountains, and the South and tho South-west pouring her com? merce into this .great commercial city, through the channels of the great Father of waters, and. her tributaries and in? creasing number of Railroads, it must al? most make tho heads of the inhabitants dizzy to contemplate the prospective great D.essiof their city, in days to come. Doubt Jess, sonic persons who have contributed to ihn great wealth and prosperity 01 this city, realize something of the feeling. of the, King of. Babylon, when frbmJiis palace, or swinging gardens, looking over the wealth and splendor ot his ci!y ex? claimed, 4iIs not this great Babylon which I have builded by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty! ar'd *01' tiie honor of the kingdom.*' With si ch prospects as these before them, it may be readily supposed they will uot hesitate to employ great wealth, labor and skill, to adorn their pleasure grounds, t? equal and surpass all other. in the race. The walks or thoroughfare of travel run in all directions. To stand ?tili and look on, people and vehicles ap? pear to move on in all directions. Tho pedestrians move slowly and examine minutely ; while the carriages go with a rush. The carriages wore of a h igh order, horses large, generali}' finely kept, richly caparisoned, and the harness richly be? spangled with silver. The drivers ap? peared proud of. their oflice. Tho quanti? ties of Silk exhibited there, would indicate ' that tho silkworms had been employed a long time in preparing the material. Af? ter all this brilliant appearance of gay ciothing of male and female, it was second hauded garments! Would you believe it ?those rich fashionable people put on second-handed raiment!! T-ho lambs and siikworms had worn them before the present owners. Then, "why take yo thought for raiment ? Consider tho lillies of tho field, how they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet 1 say uuto voa. that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." By and by all these beautiful garments will become moth-eaten, and lose all their richness and beauty. 1 think tho horses in Baltimore, espc pecially those of tho Governor and his Aids and other officers, on a roview of the ?m?itia, were quito equal to tho horses in this beautiful Park. 'X'nc 3ame rich green carpet seen else? where, covered the surface everywhere here, and many evergreens of groat beau? ty are to be seen ; and small pools of wa? ter are also to be observed spouting up and falling back. A large lake, surround? ed by a well built stono wall and of large dimensions, covered with ?mall craft, with their sails flying, and pleasure-seekers gliding out in them, among tho large swans. Largo numbers of these swans are to bo seen, and are so gentle that they ;may be handled without alarm. Not far from this beautiful lake is a handsome elevation, some feet abovo the .commen level, and a platform rising sev? eral feet above that, floored, and covered overhead. Here is kept a fino band of music, numbering, I suppose, somo sixty ?or sevonty musicians, who are thoroughly trainod. Seats are placed around on all sides, and are well shaded. Hero multi? tudes resort when weary of sight-seeing, and need rest, to listen to the tine music; and when sufficiently rested to take an? other excursion, in pursuit of other ob? jects of attraction, when they vacate their seats, and others come and occupy in like manner. If those boautiful grounds had the gift of tongues, I suppose they could relate some amusing things, of peoplo of all ages and sexes. Persons jaded with the press'-of continued effort in business, of various kinds, unstring the how, and como here for relaxation and health. Young people resort hero to see these beautiful grounds, where young men can whisper soft things in the ears of the blushing maiden, they would not like others to hear. These fair daughters of Eve are sometimes amused to sec their beaux striving to givo utterance to something that perplexes the mind ; and their hearts swell so much at times as to prevent ut? terance altogether; and when he does succeed, it almost frightens both parties. Sometimes a failure is made, and then the only alternative is to revisit these grounds for another effort. Few have time to travel, cither on foot or in a carnage, over all these windings and turnings, till they examine all the objects of interest, in the broad space of eight hundred acres. If they can only viow a part, they return rewarded for all the labor and toil it costs them to accom? plish it. Few who visit the city, unless very much pressed for time, who do not visit Central Park. If I had visited every part with careful observation, and then could give a glowing description in the language of an accomplished novel writer, I should then fail to transmit to the mind of the reader the impression made by an actual viewing the transcendently mag? nificent scene itself. The only difference perhaps between this and the one in 13a 1. tirnore is, this has been commenced at an earlier day., and have had longer time to adorn and beautify the place than the other. But the tendency is, the youth will become a full grown man in time. The Fairmont water-works, Philadelphia and its surroundings; compares favorably with cither. There aro persona whose business it is to sec that no person puts their feet upon the eLone-cAvall, around the lake, or the the seats that are placet! at various points, tq rest the weary traveler by the way, ?md to keep everything in perfect neat? ness and order. I si:p]iose"no one who has visited this beautiful place has over returned from his ram bio, regretting the time and labor it has cusl him to see it. And i' any reader wishes a more full description of this modern Eden, I would advise him to tako the first opportunity, and let go his hus: ness for a time, or turn it over to an- ther, and visit and look till he is satisfied lor himself. After wo had gratified the eyes in see? ing, and the ears in hearing sweet strains of music, we concluded to return to the city; and as soon us wo could reach the gate of entrance, we passed out, and soon reached a utreet car, and for six cents were carried to comfortable quarters, where wc enjoyed tho rest and quiet we so much needed, after u long fatiguing journey, which paid well. My guido informed me J could have a large, elegant hotel, where ever}* accom? modation could be had for some eight or nine dollars per diem, at the place, or take one on the European plan. Icon eluded to try the European plan. He wont with me to the Lafayette hotel, on Broadwnj', a largo and elegant house, where the rooms were very comfortable, well furnished with every accommodation, and a room to my so If, for one dollar per diem. A short distance from this was another hotel, where they supplied their customers with food only, without fur? nishing rooms. Hero you can get any ching you call for, well prepared, and at moderate rates. A good meal of fish, or good beef, good coffee, good broad and butter, for some forty or fifty cents. You can get meals at almost any hour of the day or night, and only pay for it when you get it; but at the regular taverns they charge you some eight dolhns per day* whether you come to your meals or not. I obtained a comfortable room, and found the proprietor a gentlemanl}* man, and quite accommodating; and I was altogeth? er pleased with my quarters. After returning from an excellent sup? per, I retired for tho night, and slept the bette rfor the day's ramble. Adieu for the present. 1). JJ# Cure for Ear-ache.?Thor is Rcarcc ly any ache to which children arc sub? ject so hard to boar and so difficult to cure as ear-ache, but there is a remedv ! never known to fail: Tako a bit of cot-! tou batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it; dip j it in sweet oil, and insert it in the car. Put' a flannel bandage over the head to keep j it warm, and it willgivo immediate relief, j \ i From the Charleston Courier. The Constitution?Impaired, but not Destroyed. The mind of every American, who duly appreciates the honor, the interest, yea, even the independence of his country, is tilled, in the present aspect of affairs, with despondency, if not despair. Justice cries alond, uphold the cause of the Democracy, and thus sustain the Constitution. Terrible beyond description continues the prospect for suffering America, once . resplendent with peace and renown, and unclouded by hazardous and disgusting isms. Look, for instance, in the direction of the national capital. In that metropo? lis all is strife and perpetual conflict. Wit? ness tho flagrant proceedings ofthat pew erf ul and boisterous party termed Repub? licans, assuming to themselves an adminis? tration of the Constitution, while they are doing all they can to destroy an edi? fice which received the firm support of such men as Washington, Jefferson and Madison. Those constitutional represen tativss taught us to "contemplate the causes which may disturb our Union," and to "surrender jealousies and bickerings which spring from misrepresentations, making alien to each other, those who ought to he bound together by national affection." The wicked designs and unwearied con? trivances of the infatuated Radicals, pro motive of discord and national degrada? tion, must be counteracted. To preveut the entire destruction of the Constitution, every consideration of manhood and pa? triotism, every sacred feeling for all we hold dear, should inspire all pure-minded and virtuous citizens among us, to form, without delay, a solid and formidable De? mocratic combination, and thus animate their countrymen in time to arrest the catastrophe which, with direful portent, hangs over the whole country. In the United States, where so much depends on the general opinion or prevail? ing sentiment of the nation, it is scarcely a matter of surprise that free discussion should overstep the boundaries of reason, and engender mischief. When this occurs rest assured danger is to be apprehended, and a prompt remedy, such as suggested, should be applied. The manner in which turbulent dema? gogues earn their subsistence, and seek to gratify their ambition at this time, at a period when unity and quietude are so es? sential to the speedy rehabilitation of the Southern .States, to the repose of the whole country, can not but excite wonder com hincd with cchlempt/ The desperate length, too, to which the love of domina? tion and the thirst lor money have carried these wretches, is truly remarkable. Now, then, for the honor of the country, we trust that some such efiicacious method as the consolidation of the Democracy of the country will be inaugurated, which will put an end to the workings of this de? testable faction. Woidd that the warning voice of the illustrious Patrick Henry, as heard in his public harangue, could accomplish the de? sired effect. Head how nearly the present condition of things, politically, resembles the end to which that renowned statesman, upwards of eighty years ago, feared the Constitu? tion might he brought: "Tins Constitution is said to have beau? tiful features, but when I come to examine these features, sir, they appear to nie hor? ribly frightful. Among other deformities it has an awful squinting; it squints to? wards monarch}', and does not this" raise indignation in the heart of every true American*? Your President may easily become King. Your Senate is so imper? fectly constituted that your dearest rights may be sacrificed by what may be called a very small majority, and a very small majority may continue forever unchange? ably, this Government, although horribly defective. * * *' * '* It is a supposition that your American Governors shall be honest, that all the good qualities of this Government are founded; but its defective anil imperfect Constitution puts it in their power to per? petuate the worst of mischiefs should they be bad men. ? * * Show.me-thatage and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty. * * If your American chief be a man of ambi? tion and abilities, easy will it be for him to render himself absolute. The army is in his hands, and if he be a man of address, it will be attached to him; and it will be the subject of long meditation with him to seize the first auspicious moment to ac? complish his design. * * * * The President in the field, at the head of his army, can prescribe the terms on which he shall reign master, so far that it will puzzle any American ever to get his neck from under the galling yoke. * * * * If he be guilty will not the recollection of his crimes teach him to make one bold push for the American throne? * * * * Can he not at the head of his army boar j down every opposition ? * * * * What then will become of your rights? Will not absolutcdcspotism ensue?" Permit the Republican nominee, a man who is neither good enough nor wise enough, to he placed at the head of this nation, at the head of the army?an army, the valor of which, has never been ex? celled?ho, who never ror one moment, hesitated to sacrifice innumerable lives to gratify ambition?and the fears above ex? pressed may be verified. Let the true manhood of this country then, come to the rescue of the Democratic party, which, when successful, promises to maintain the Constitution, now in fearful jeopardy, and whose call upon the people to sustain them, must ere long, meet the fitting response. The Constitution may be defective. We, nevertheless, plant ourselves on that fab-1 ric of our Fedora! institutions. Jt is the most perfect political edifice ever erected. It is cemented by the-blood of our fathers, and the blood of our sons will mingle with its ruins if it is permitted to fall. -o Florida and its Attractions. "We are indebted to a friend for a late number of the Savannah JSreics and Her? ald, containing an interesting letter from South East Florida, in which the advan? tages and resources of that favored land are 6et forth in glowing terms. The let? ter was not intended for publication, and hence wo omit the introduction, relating to family affairs. While the bright side of the picture is brought to view, proba? bly in the most favorable light, the reader will observe that tho disadvantages to now comers aro likewise presented, to which is added a reference to tho num? berless insects infesting this modern Par? adise. We make the following extracts : Lake Jessui?, Fla., Aug. 10, 1368. Dr. E. A.Jelks:?Incompliance with a promise I made to write to you after bo coming domiciled in Southeast Florida, I will devote a few moments to the dis? charge of that obligation. * # * * * * * * In this immediate vicinity there are five different characters of soil, all re? markably similar in one or two respects. First of all, wo havo a rich, black ham? mock soil, composed chiefly of decom? posed vegetable and calcarotis matter and silicia. This hammock borders the Lake, and will produce conn, cotton, rice, tobac? co, sugar-cane, melons, vegetables of eve? ry description, and tropical or rather semi-tropical fruits in great perfection, and is considered the richest soil wo have. Next is a grey hummock soil, composed of a good proportion of organic matter (but not so much as the black hammock) and much inorganic, chiefly silicia. The substatrum is a dceper^eolor, yellow sand. This may be termed a sandy loam, but from its productions it evidently contains a fair per centage of marl. The gray hammock lands are more elo vated and consequently dryer than the black hammoc k, and produces everything nearly, or quite as well as the latter? though it is my opinion it will not prove to be as durable on account of the large proportion of siliceous and small amount of organic matter as compared with the black hammock. This land is certainly valuable, and should be highly esteemed while now. What long cultivation may do lor it 1 know not, but am told by "knowing peo? ple" it holds out well. I have some of it planted in vegetables, and have col lards tlirco feet across that have never been worked; in fact the soil was barely broken when the plants were set out. The principal growth of the hammock consists of oak. hickory, mulberry, cher? ry, ash, sweet-gum. bay, cedar, musca? dine vines, saw and blue palmetto, and cabbage palmetto. The last named lre quontly attains the height of fifty or six? ty feet, and its bud is a splendid substi? tute for the garden cabbage. Many per -ons are remarkably fond o! it when prop erly prepared. 1 havo not. scon a red, or white oak, nor dog wood tree ill tho coun? try. Descending the scale of fertility, comes next in order a well limbered pine laud, with a dark or lead colored soil, contain? ing somo organic matter intermixed with a small percentage of clay and calx, and a large amount of sand. It is astonishing how well this soil produces, especially d it has been trodden by cattle lor a few weeks. It will produce anything planted. Corn grows as luxuriously on it, as that raised on an}- of the oak anil hickory lands in Georgia. Tbc three classes of soil described will produce per acre: corn, ten to titty bush? els ; rice, thirty to severity five bushels; sweet potatoes, one hundred and fifty to two hundred bushels; .sugar cane, eight to twelve barrels sugar; long staple cot? ton, one hundred and till}- to three hun? dred pounds, and everything else in pro I portion. Tho fourth and fifth classes of soil are poor, dry, sandy, black-jack ridges and saw palmetto flats. The first suited for little clso than as places of residence, and the last as a range for cattle and hogs. Cattle do well here, ami hogs keep fat the year through on berries, nuts, acorns and roots. There is a species of flag or water lilly, which grows on the margin of (he streams and ponds, possessing exceeding? ly acrid and pungent property, of which hogs arc remarkably fond, and on which they keep fat. It is known here by the name of "Warnpee." There is another growth of our swamps which hogs like very much (Paint J\oot,) and I am told it will cause the hoofs of all hogs that have while or yellow feet to come oil", but does not affect thoso with black feet. ' Since I have mentioned potatoes, I will state that we havo a variety peculiar to this country, which grows to perfection evon on tho poorest sand hills. It is known as the llayti (pronounced lli-toe) potntoc. They may be planted under green pine trees on now land, and will make a good crop. With a wallet of Hi tecs and jerked beef, the natives arc as in? dependent of the world at large as a cer? tain class of people are in somo portions of the conn try in herring season. Well, they should' prize this potato highly, as many of them are too lazy to work, and it lias saved thorn from starva? tion. It is rt dry. mealy potato, and the best substitute for bread I ever ate. It grows all the year. This region of coun? try is genorally level pino land, inter? spersed with numerous ponds, lakes and I streams of fresh water. Every pond and lake and stream teems with fi-sh, and the woods abound in game. Plenty of deer, turkeys, eats, "possums," coons,- foxes, and ubig black bears." Of the feathered tribe I will not attempt a description, as (like the wagoner.) "1 can't do the sub? ject justice." There are birds of every hue and color. The climate hero is not surpassed, if equalled, by any on this continent. I suppose, from my short experience?hav? ing been here but ono winter, spring ?nd summer?the moan yearly temperature would be about seventy-five degrees Fah? renheit. Our winter is a protracted In? dian Summer, the thermometer rarely ever descending to the frost point. The severity of a serai-tropical sun is modified and tempered during summer by sea breezes and frequent rains. These rains usually begin in June and continue until September, and are consequently a great blessing, as no such thing as a drought is known here during the crop-making sea? son, and then the waters of the ponds and lakes are prevented from becoming stag? nant and thus producing sickness. The wet season occurring in summer causes our winters to be dry, warm and pleasant. This is tlie reason that Northern invalids, and especially consumptives, seek so ea? gerly our salubrious climate during the winter months. The atmosphere becomes so cool each night, even in summer, that a coverlid must be drawn on bofore day to rendor a person comfortable, and when you got up in the morning you feel re? freshed and invigorated. Whilst the peo? ple of Georgia and the ISorlhsrn States have been sweltering under a heat of I ninety-five to one hundred and five do grccs, the thermometer has not been high? er than ninety-four degrees this summer hero. We have as good, cool, and well-tasted spring and well water as you have any? where in Southwest Georgia. A remark? able feature of this country is the large number of pure sulphur springs in which it abounds. This sulphur water is a spe? cific for all rheumatic and cutaneous dis? eases. I have but little doubt that in a few years the watering places of Orange j county, Florida, will be nought for anx? iously as those of Tennessoo or Viiginia. I suppose by this time you are becom? ing anxious to hear something of a sub? ject which yon arc more directly interes? ted, viz: "Tropical fruits." So much might be said on this subject that I hard? ly know what to say without being too J prolific. To cut the matter short, we can raise oranges, lemons, limes, citrons, grape fruit (a species of the orange.) pine-apples, bananas, guavas, and almost the entire list of tropical or semi-tropical fruits. Oranges, lemons, and pine-apples grown here cannot be surpassed by any in the world for size, juicinoss and delicacy of flavor. If you have never eaten an orange which was allowed to remain on the tree I until perfectly ripe, you cannot imagine what a delicious fruit it is. Tho culture of tho orange is attracting more attcnt:< n than any other fruit, and many persons are engaging in it. I am not surprised at this cither, when I think of the poor -Rcb" who has been robbed of all he pos sessed in his strugglo to be free, as he j contemplates his tivc or ten thousand a year from a small grove of orange trees. And this no freak of fancy. It may be, and is realized. For instance, an orchard of five acres containing one hundred trees per acre, or five hundred trees, when in good hearing will average 1,000 berries per tree, this will make 500,1)00 oranges, which at two cents a piece will be $10,000. Do you see the profit? Could you not afford to plant an orchard and wait from five to seventeen years to realize such an income the remainder of your days, and for your great grand children to do the same, and that with hut little or no labor? Suppose the price comes down to one cent, and your trees avcrngo a yiold of j only 500 oranges, this will make 8500 per acre?what other crop or occupation is half so remunerative and which requires so little expenditure of money and labor ? But your trees will increase their fruits as they grow older. 1 know some old trees that now make from 4,000 to 6j000 oranges each yea!-. If, however, you should de? sire to farm or raise slock in addition to your oranges, there is no country which holds out greater inducements. The cot Ion grown here has such fine staple that it readily commands SI per pound, while cotton raised in Georgia sells for 15 to 'JO cents per pound. Placing the quality raised at my lowest estimate?150 pounds per acre and at present prices 3*011 will ! realizo ?125 to ?150. The culture of su? gar cane is more profitable. Averaging yonrciop at ten barrels per acre, and you have 8250 to $300. Pice may be placed at fill}' bushels for an entirely safe calculation, and at the price for which it readily sells, (Si) per bushel) 3-ou will make ?100 per acre. Potatoes will sell for $1 per bushel at all times here, and will therefore average 8150 per acre, and so it is with any crop planted, except) vegetables, which will pay from tivc to j ten times as much money per acre as any of the articles named above. The above mentioned crops will mako J from a third to as much again per acre on j our best lands, as the average I have given them. Thus you will perceive that a man need not sit down and wait from five to seven years on his orange orchard before he can begin to make money. He can mako a decent support for him? self and family, and create a sinking fund besides by cultivating the soil. The great advantage accruing from tho cnlturo of oranges is thi*: that after your trees be? gin to fruit weil. 3-011 will have a hand? some yearly income tho remainder of your life and which may bo left a legacy for your children's children. You may then throw your da3'B away in idleness, The Intel!igencer Job ?lSce. Having recently made considerable additions to this department, we are prepared to execute JOT (DT M?lL E3ISSDS In the neatest style and on fhe most reasonable terms. Legal Blanks, Bill Heads, Posters, Cards, Handbill?. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every style of vrork usually done in a country Printing Office. ?35"" In all cases, (he money will be required upon delivery ol* the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash, -will receive prampt attention. I lor your orange trees will be hard at work ; making you a fortune. Lake Jesstip is a beautiful sheet of wa? ter about twelve miles in length, and from three to five in width?shaped something like a horn, and cannot, therefore, be called a crescent. Its outlet is the St, [ John's river, and is distant from Jackson ! ville by water about 200 hundred miles. I Good sized steamboats can run up the St. John's river and into the lako at all sea? sons, and during tho greater part of the year there are from five to ten feet of wa? ter on tho bar. This is certainly the head of permanent navigation on the St. John's, though boats can go soim? distance further up tho river, but there is no country to sustain a continued navigation, the lands being generally low, fiat and damp, and can therefore never be settled. Thero is no permanent line of steamboats runnmg to lake Jessup yet ; but an effort is now being made to organize a company for that purpose, and we *fope soon to have boats coming here regularly, Wegetour freight now by means of oar and sail boats from Mellonville on Lake Monroe, distant about twenty miles, to which point a reg? ular weekly mail boat runs from Jackson? ville. The time is now at hand when capital invested in boats to run as far up the St. Jonn's as this point will pay a handsome dividend, and it will soon be a very profit? able business. We are anticipating a large immigra? tion to Southeast Florida this fall and winter, both from tho Southern and Northern States. Persons from the North are settling lower down the St. Johns, that is nearer to Palatka. Down the river here is vp the country, as its course is nearly North. By this time I imagine I can hearj-ou ask, is your country all sunshine, and has it no shade ? 1 reply, it has its dark side. No picture is perfect,without it. The pencil of an Apellcs could never have de? ceived the fowls of the air with its cluster of grapes had there been no intermingling of dark colors. . Some pictures, you know, require a deeper shading than others. Some will allow buta gentle srroke of tho brush. The greatest trouble we have to Con? tend with is the want of good society and money, both of which, wo think, a few months will remedy. Thero are twelvo or fifteen families in our immediate neigh? borhood, but we are all poor. Some of us were at one time rich ; others in good cir eumstttnees, but like thousands of our un? fortunate countrymen lost all we pos? sessed by the unhappy, result of the late war. We arc here, however, for the pur? pose of trying to build our fortunes anew, and 1 feel thankful that 1 have found a country so well suited for our undertaking without jioing to Brazil or Honduras. Let me say then, do not be deceived if you come hero without any mono}*?for if you do. you may expect to travel a rough road for a year or two. Provisions and labor are scarce nad high. Tho old settlers have never paid any attention to the production of anything for markot, except a little cotton, sugar and syrqp. We, consequently, arc compelled to send to Jacksonville or Savannah for our sup? plies, unless we are able to pay the extra charges for suoh articles to our country merchants. Another year we hope to bo independent on this score, as we expect to have open land enough to raise our own provisions. New comers here may expect to go in the woods and start lrom tho stump, as thero are no improved places for sale. Perhaps a few might be so fortunate as to purchase an uncoiled log cabin and ?'Ili-tee" patch. The cost of clearing land ranges from ?12 to 830 per acre, owing entirely to the manner in which it is done. Persons who labor by the day charge SI per flay; by the month or year, from 610 to SI6 per month, and the em? ployer furnishes provisions. I would ad? vise all persons who design coming here to live, to bring one or two good bauds with them. Our little colony pursued this course and we consequently get our work done much cheaper than if we had depended on the labor ol the country. We are free here from a trouble with which you are cursed, tn-wit: a dense population of emancipated slaves. Thero are but twelve in an area of several hun? dred miles, and they sire well disposed and such as may be trusted. The greatest pests with which wo havo to contend arc gnats, fleas, bed bugs, ticks and mosquitos. They arc not more nu? merous, however, than in many portions of Georgia and in most new countries. Many families in this country never use a mosquito bar. But if you would take any pleasure in a serenade from these hist named gentlemen, I would advise you to spend a day or night on Indian river in tho spring, summer or fall of iho year. There you may listen to the euphonious sound of their trombones at the rate of forty thousand a minute. Tho truth is, an up country man cannot live there. His very life-blood will bo sucked out. Without this insufferable plagno the In? dian river country would be a paradise. But the future of Orange county is lu? minous with the radiant beams of pros? perity. The "desert will soon be made i to blossom as tho rose." Our wide forests already begin to prostrate themselves at i the feet Of the industrious axeman, and ; mother earth is filling the coffers of tho I energetic husbandman with her rich treasures. I am, dear sir. truly your friend, Wm. L. A. Ellis. -? _The man who puts acido religion because ho is in worldly company, is like ? man who has put off his shoes because he is walking amomi thorns. ? As it. was: '? Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." As it is: "Internal revenue is the price of liborty."