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VOL. III.
ATHENS? GEORGIA? SEPTEMBER IS, 1834.
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This Almanac contains:
1. The callcndar and usual astronomical inform.-
tion, with tho tiino of high watcrat Savannah : cal
culated and prepared by Mr. Robert Grier.
2. A table showing the names of tho counties in
the Stato of Georgia ; the names of tho county
towns, tho distance of each county town to Mil.
lcdgcvillo, tho population of every county in the
State, including the counties in Cherokee territory,
and tho names of tho sheriffs, tax collectors, recei
vers of tax returns, clerks of the Superior and Infe
rior Courts of tho several counties in the State.
3. The Governor of Georgia.
•1. The sittings of the Superior and Inferior
Courts of Georgia, with the uarncs of the Judges of
the Superior Courts and of the solicitors.,
(1. Military organization of Georgia, comprising
tho names of tho major and brigadier generals, with
the names of the counties composing oach brigade.
G. Franklin Collogo, comprising tho names of the
Trustees, course of study, and the names of tho
gentlemen composing tho Faculty.
7. Banks in Georgia. ’* , ' . -
S. City of Savannah, comprising the corporation,
city court, banks, -*
9. City of Augusta, comprising the -corporation,
city court, Ac.
10. Rates of storage and commission adopted by
the ware house keepers of Augusta.
II. Customary (Yeights between Savannah arid
Augusta, adopted by the Steam Boat Company.
12. South Carolina. Tho civil and military or
ganization of that State ; the sitting, of the several
courts; tho names of the sheriffs and clerks of
courts ; Medical Colleges; and South Carolina
College.
13. Scuth Carolina Rail Road, between Chariest
ton and Hamburg, rates of passago, rates of freight;
hours of departure front the several stations, up
ward and downward.
14. Federal Government. The names of the
principal officers, Ac.
August IG—22.
NEW GOODS!
WH. C. WAY-~Agent,
{Next door lo Messrs. Turpin <5* D'Antignac,)
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
H AS just received from New York, the follow.
tug Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, all of
which ho will sell very cheap :
Rich flagged and painted French and English Mtis.
tins, all prices and colors, and very cheap
Grecian Chintz Calicoes, quite new patterns, and in
great variety ,•
7-8 and 4-4 French and English striped plaid and-
plain colored Ginghams and Gingham Muslins
Black and white and La vendor Ginghams '
Real French 4-4 sprigged Calicoes for children’s
wear, and Seersucker Ginghams, small stripes,
for same uac ... >, .
Very rich white, anil .green blonil Ggqze Veils and
Shawls, new patterns
3.4 and 4-4 black and fancy colored twisted silk
Shawl. - '• •> '
Crape and Gauzo do. - - -
Bonnot and Cap Gauze Ribbons; some Very spleu.
did paltorna . . , , > •< v ji
A fine assortment of Lustring Ribbons, from No. 1 l-’l
to 3C , all colors
Black Italian and Gro do Saur Snks
Pea green and bottle green do. for Bonnets
Striped, mixed, and plain colored Cotton Floren
tine, for summer wear
Blown, Slato, and Gras. Cloth do.
Whito and colored Marseilles and Jems
Linens, Shirtings, and Long Lawns,* oil warranted
free from cotton mixture - - ■'••.v- f ■ .
Linen Cambric, wlrito and colored bordered Linen
Curniiric Handkerchiefs » •..*
Long lawn and dear. Lawn Imitation !Han4kor v
chiefs, with borders */ '.
Brown and .late colorod Linens, for summer vrisar
French Linen Napkins, with red and purple borders,
all linen ... — .. ■ ..;
5 * and fi-4 Scotch Linen Sheetings and Diaper
Furniture Calicoes and. Dimities
Long and Short Nankeens
White and fancy colored Cotton Hose and halfHose,
black and white English and Fironoh. silk do.
plain and embroidered ... .
Ladies’white, and assorted colors IL S. Gloves, .of
the very best quality ' !?
Men’s do. do. do.
Bobbinct, Quilling, and Thread Laces and Trim,
tilings
4-4 and 3.4 bet Flaxen Ognaburgs
4-4 Henry Lowell Cotton do.
5-4 and 6-4 Brown Cotton Sheetings
3-4 and 4-4 Heavy anil fine Brown Shirtings, sc.
tiuftTO qualities of brands . ' * “ v
3-4, 7-8, and 4-4 Bleached Shirtings, at all prices,
some equal to the English long cloth Shirtings
Thread, Noedlas, Pins, Topes, Bobbin *?d Cords/
Ac. Ac.
June 14—13—3m. ' ; -' r V
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(^Blanks of every description
fir svleai this Office, . ^
august:
’2 *r WiIeUm ccLiix biivant, ‘ ''
The quiet August noon is Cotno; - f '*
A slumbrous hilcnco fills 1 tho sky, ’ : -
"< The fields ara^stiU, the woods are dumb,
lit glassy sleep the wateradie.
And mark yon soft white clouds, that rest
Abovo our vale, a moveless throng;
The cattlb on tho mountain’s breast - -
Enjoy tho grateful ehadow long.
Oh, how unlike thOso merry hours
In sunny June, when earth laughs out;
When the fresh winds make‘lovo to flowers,^'
Ami -woodlands ping and waters shout 1—
When in the grass sweet waters talk,
And strains of thy soft music swell -
■ From every moss-cup of tho rock, f ■
From overy nameless blossom’s bell!
But now, a joy too deep for sound, -*•-*.*
A pcaco no other season knows, ■+.<■
Hushes the heavens, and wraps tho ground—
Tho blessings of supremo repose.
Away ! I will not be to-day.
The only clave of toilend care;
Away from desk and dust, away ! ^
I’ll be as-idl? as the air.
Beneath tlfdopen sky abroad,
Among the plants and breathing tilings,
Tho sinless, peaceful works of God,
I’ll share the calm the season brings.
Como thou, in whose soft eyes I seo
T-hc-gentle meaning of the licart,.
Ono day amid the.woods with thee,
From men and all their cares apart.
And where, upon the meadow’s breast,
Tho shadow of the thicket lies,"
The blub wild flowers thou gatherost.
Shall glow yet deeper near thine eyes.
Come—and when, mid the calm profound,
I turn, thorn gcntlo eyes to seek, ' * ? *
They, liko tho lovely landscape round,
Of innoccnco and pcaco.shall speak. . -
Rest here, beneath the unmoving shade.
And on tlri silent valleys gaze, V—
• Winding and widening till-Ihcy fade -'•« -j- 5
In yon soft ring of summer bozo.
Tho village trees their summits rear
Still as its spire: and yonder flock,
At rost-in,those calm fields, appear c j ,,
As chiseled from the lifeless rock.
Ono tranquil mount tho scono o’orlooks.
Where the hushed winds their sabbath keep,
While a near hum, from bees and brooks,
Comes faintly like the breath .of sleep.
Well might tho gazer doom, that when.
Worn with the struggle and the strife,
And heart-sick at tho sons of men, •'
The good forsake the scenes of life— '-
I,ike tho deep quiet, that awhile
Lingers the .lovely lanscapc o’er,
Shall be the peace whose holy smile
Welcomes them to a happier shore.
Looking at the present state of our country,
lam constrained to-believe that iirf well edit-,
catcd mari esn be more useful '-in any other ,
profession,than that of a puhlii: teacher.'!' I
,use the word; te&cber, in its most extensive
signification—as including flic Minister of
NO. 26s
dr the neglect' of their parents ; . for
few parents, are'willing that their children
should remain In ignonmee, .amhfower still
would he willing, if they had the. means of
giving, their children: knowledge.- Hence
the importance of.having afmtntoy school-
tho Gospel, tho professor in the Law, And, withiiutho roach of every man’s dwelling.
Medical and Theological 8cminnry, as Well The rich aod intellrgent will avail themselves
A Poetical Gem.—The following lines are from
the Album of the hotel ip tho vicinity of-tho falls
of Niagara:'' *■ -.<Y»
NIAGARA.
Flow on forever, in thy glorious robe . ' "
<jf tenror and of beauty. God hath sot
His rainbow on thy forehead, and the cloud
Mantles-around my feet. And he doth give, '*
Thy voice of thunder, power to speak of him
Eternally, bidding tho lip oPman
ICecp silence, arid upon thy rocky altar pour
Incense of sweet praise.
(Signed) ' •' - Lydia II. Sigocrnev.
Tuesday Evening, August 5th, 1834. .
PRESIDENT CHURCH’S BACCALAUREATE
We have been permitted to make the fol-
lowing extract from President Church’s Bac-
calm rente. It is commended to the - serious
attention of a reflecting people, who/eel that
they arc free, and are determined to preserve
the vigor and purity of their political institu
tions Geo. Journal. “
“There is, I verily'b<dievo,-'iuieuemjras
dangerous to the liberties of our Country as
(ho most formidable foreign, fee—there is a-
cause which unchecked, will as effectually,
if not as speedily, destroy oltr free institutions,
as the arm of despotism itself—and that
cause is tgoot since—Ignorance of those great
morpl and ■ political truths .without a knowl-
edge df .winch, the laws and institutions of
civil society, as a restraint upon men, would
bo like the spider’s web for.binding the' Lie-
phant—ignorant- of . liioso,great principles of
civil and religious' liberty, without d correct
knowledge, of which, the freedom of the press
as the-instructor in our Literary Institutions.
The teacher, whether religious or literary,
has his difficulties; dud the profession has its
drudgeiw. Hut whatshuation in life is with
out its difficulties, and what profession iii bur
country, if a profession or ; honor or profit,
not its drudgery ?< I do riot, however, cair
your attcrition to this subject at this time with
the expectation of altering your, probably de
termined choice, with respect to your profes
sion for life. But I call your attention to it,'
because I trust you ure to exert no' small in
fluence over the minds of your fellow men,
and rriay therefore do much ' to advance- or
much to retard the general diffusion of knowl
edge—much to strengthen and support, or
much to weaken and to undermine the tree
institutions of our country. In whatever
sphere of life . you may be caUod to act, en
deavor to do something, endeavor to do much
for the great cadso of education—be the pat
rons, the untiring'friends of every species of
oseful learning—rest not satisfied until ail our
citizens have the - means of educating their
children. Thatsome regular system of com-
mon school education is needed, and-greatly
needed, is; almost uuirersally acknowledged.
We have probably; at this time in our State,
260,000 -young persons under the age of 20
years-—and from the most accurate'sources of
information within my reach, 1 do not sup.
pose that .30,000 of them are receiving
even the 'rudiments- of learning. ; What an
immense multitude of those who are soon; by
their, suffrages* to govern the State, ate grow*,
ing up ignorant of letters—in a great mens-
ure destitute - of th«t knowledge which will
enable them to understand the naturo and val
ue of those privileges which we now 'enjoy t
How many arc thus virtually receiving that
course of training which is well calculated to
bring them under the influence of the heartless
demagogue, and to make .them the willing
tapis of the artful and dcsignmg aspirant for
place apd power ? Slow ranch is dope to or T
ganize the militia of our "State—and yet how
ranch more important that we have well cdu.
cated citizens than' well trained soldiers ? The
virtuous and intelligent citizen will, wifeuev-
,er necessary, make the good Soldier—wilj
ever be" ready to step forth in defence of his
country’s right—the well trained, but ignorant
soldier is too often tho ready and eflicrcat in.
strument for the destruction, of freedom.
The useful education of her citizens is the
most important work in which a free State
can engage. - It is a work jn which every
man is deeply interested—as deeply as he is
in the permanency of our free institutions.
As every man is benefited by the govern
ment of the country, so far as that gQvem.
ment is wise and wholesome, so every man
is benefited by the general diffusion of knowl
edge among till classes of the community :
because ifie Very existence of good govern
ment must depend upon the knowledge of the.
governed. And if every man be benefit
ed-by .the general diffusion of knowledge,
may. not every man bo made to support a
general systemof education'? If isos im
portant to ihe prosperity and welfare, of our
country that we should - have school houses,,
as that wc have court houses and gaols. It
is as important that our citizens should have
the means of education, as that they should
have tho means of restraining crime and of
punishing- injustice. And with as much pro-'
priety might it bo asserted that the man who
docs pot.commit prime should not be called
upon to'support the civil magistrate, as that
the man, who. bps no'.children to -educate
should not .be-called upou to support the puh-
lic ipstitutidhs of learning. I have said- we
need system.' It is greatly needed!; and I. be
Ucve that-a man who sharild devise some sys
tem by which the advantages of a uaeful edu
cation could be diffused tliroughout allclasses
of ti^comminuty,. would more justly describe
tho.gratitude of the State, than any ottkpse
many benefactors to whom; .we are airbady.so
much indebted for their wisdom apd patriotism.
Why have wc not in those parts of .die State,,
which will, admit it, regtdari.sphoojL districts 1
and comfortable houscs andpublic,responsi-
blc superintendents of common schools! Can
not some ptan- be-devisedwhiph wifi induce
each district to Sustain a respectable School
during- one-third; or enoifburth- Of Hie-', year,
of its advantages, and even the poorest, and
often the most .vicious would, were there any
prospect t»f success, make exertions ^to keep
tiieir children oar an -oqukKty with: those of
their neighbrip- - .A’pten znay degrade himself,
and even be willing to continue the hewer of j
wood andthe ; dra wer of water tohisrich and
enlightened neighbor ; but it is not in the
heait of man to-J»-willing that hip offspring
aUaiiU. - l>ru*tL..& A — _ J IT* _ ..a,'-.* i-'*
gush after gash.'tiH ifmingled.whh the eter- . I cannot haslily pass this opportunity, without
should be-thus degraded. His soul sickens ed till tili the springs of her soul were blood.
ntthe'thOaghttlmt'hhl^sonVwheis-’now'pdr. “I am passing away,” said she, “ and it should
he so. J f The winds- have gone over'my life,
and the- bright buds of hope, and the sweet.
blossoms of passion are scattered ‘down, and
lie withering in-the dust. And. yet l cannot
go-down among flic tombs without -a fear.- - It
is hard to' take leave of the friends- who love
Imps in .every respect the superior, of his
wealthy-neigbbpr’s son, shall one day.hecome
his';menial ;. -sirall one day look to him as
the degraded and dependent vassaWooks to
his haughty lord l Give the pareat thc' fain.-
test hope that'his child may rise, and .you.
wake up within him a' principle of action,
which though often' dormant, is, when arrous-
dd the most powerfal principle of actron in
the human breast.,. Hence inwall th«»e -coun
tries where the means of education are with
in the reach of all classes; the children of
the poor are continually rising up and taking
the places of the rich. Tf we wish, as far
as possible, to discover intellect gild excite
to emtilation, and to' bringing forward 'those
who Would otherwise remain' in obscurity,
we must have a- regular, universal system of
common school education. But well endowed
academies and colleges, are no less .necessary
to complete the grand work of public instruc
tion, and partirulariy. for affording to the low-'
er classes of society the only possible means
of ^breaking, down the aristocracy, of wealth
and learning. The grand objection -to tbe
higher. seminaries;of-learning is. that they
are intended only for the rich ; . that but few
of the-poor can. ever -be benefited .by. them.
If the poor will not all be benefited, neither will
all the rich. .-The rich man, however, will-stream—gentle as the sinking breeze, that
hopeless tyranny. The tWcdom oflhe press
and the-right of suffrage, are indispensible
attributes of liberty. -Tliey arc tho last sen
tinels before the sacred- citadel of freedom.;
and wbea these are driven from their post; her
sole mn knell may he sounded. Bat-however,
vigilant may be tbe.setinbl upon the watch few
er, however strong may he the waHs snd^hat^
tlements which surrhund the citadel; If ignori
ance andcorruption reign within her gates, no
Cyrus - will bo needed to-divert the waters of
hcr Ephrotes,and to bring to the destruction of
her palaces, bis conquering legions.. Taka
'away the freedom .of fee jnress andther^ht
of suflrago by virtuous imd * intelligent citi
zens, and we shall inevitably be' the slave? of
;one orbf dYew tyrahtd'!! But with.tbe pte^s.
,freo and unshackled, and with the right of
safllrage-exerotsediby an ignorant and vicious
of tyrants—tho victims of a dospofism more
oppressive than the iion.bondage of the Turk .
and the right of-universal suffragowill lead _
to the most hateful despotism,' to' the most -and one for mere children during the-Temuu-
dcr ? NVe want competent, experienced tea-
chers, and we shall ever want them until-they
are sure of findfeg cmploymeift, if they qtial-
ify themselves for fee office. . We heW a
general superintendent or commissioner of
fee literary -institutions, of. fee Stato; oiie
whose only 'bumness -should be to visit the
several counties and -scboolsin regular rota’-,
tion, apd report annaally to* the Legislature
.fee condition of each, as yrell as fo reebm-
mend sucb measures as he might. think best
ciicaiated to piUmote this grewaud all-ifepor-
tafit pubUc- interest, r Such an office would
iffira employment for the beet Menu iu fee
fee-State would afford a more honorable or
a more useful field of -labor. 5 How many-
thousands of children in our State who, with
proper mentaf.cnltura might stand among the
papulation, we. shallfee the slaves of host most useful utd talenled-'’ citizens;- :Oeu
doomed to ignorance and obscurity ; ..and
they-arc thus doomed, not through thei r own.
nal fountain of life and purify.
Days and weeks passed-On, and that sweet
girl gave me her confidenc^and I bccame tu
her as a brother.' 1 She was wasting.Away by
disease. ’ The smile upon faTrlirp was fainter,
tbe purple veins upon her cheek grew visible,
and the cadences nf her voice - became daily
more weak and tremulous. On a quiet' eve,
ding in the depth of -June, TwatYdered out wife
her in fee ojien air, -; R*was then that she first
told me the tale of her-passion, and of fee
blight that had come down like mildew upon
her life. 'Love had been- a portion ref her
existence: Its tendrils had been twined around
her heart in its cariiest-years, and when they
were rent , away, they left a wound-that flow-
me K it is very hard to bid farewell to these
dear scenes, with which I have held commu
nion from childhood, and which from day -to
day have caiight the color of niy life, ' and
sympathized with its joys and sorrows. That
little grove, where 1 have so often strayed with
my buried Love, and where, at times, ^ eVen
now, the sweet tones of his voice seem to come
stealing around' me, Until the whole air ' be-
comes qne intenso and mournful melody—
that pensive star, WhiCh~he used to watch in
its early rising, and on which my fancy can
still picture his form looking down upon me,
and beckoning me to his own bright home—
every flower, and tree, and rivulet, on which -
the raemoryofour early love has set its un
dying sea], have become dear to me, and I
cannot, without a‘ sigh, close my - eyes upon
them-for-ever.” •' , -
I have lately, heard, that the beautiful girl
of whom I have spoken is dead.. The close
of her. life was as calm as the fail'mg of a quiet
educate .his son, if he desire to do it, whether
he find a seminary at home or not. But the
jioor. man’s son must, be educated at homo,
if at all. If .fecA knowledge be-power, anil
you afford not fee poor the possibility Of-ac
quiring this knowledge* you as effectually give
up tho power of the State into the hands .of a
few* and those tho more wealthy, as if. you
ivora to make. its. possession fee' hereditary
right of certain families. ''On-fee other-band,
show therpoor fee-possibility of making their
way to fee higher halls of science, and many
of them by dint of exertion will rise—will
make their way to,your legislature and to the
first officesin. the State. The liisfory of this
institution confirms the truth-of the remark
just made. The catalogue of her graduates,
and those whe have enjoyed -to any consider,
able degree her andvantages, shows that by
far the larger number, are those- who never
would have gone from'fee State for an educa
tion. Tho poor are therefore mote benefit
ed by oUr academies and colleges thairthe
rich. These seminaries break down fee ar
istocracy of wealth—rthrow enoagff of the ed.
pcated sons of-the poor into the legislature
and in to tho offices of government to- pro
tect the classes from which they spring from
oppression andjnju&tice.”- '.' v ''
DEATS A^b Bb*TOS.—bAg^D, PRBlSTtCt:.
^rl have seen the infant sinking down like a
stricken,flower,'tothe grave—the'streng man
fiercely breathing out his soul upou the field
of battle—the miserable convict standing- upon
fee scaffold, with a. deep cucsc quivering on
his lips^-i have viewed Death in all his forms
ofdatkness and vengeance, with a-teariess'
eye—but I never ceuld look on woman, young
and lovely woman,fading away from the earth
in beautiful and micnitiplaining melancholy,
without feelioglhe very-fountains of life turn
to tears and dust. Death is always terribL—
but, when-a.form of angel-beauty rs passing,
off to fee silent laud of the sleepers, thafeeart
feels feat something Javely is ' ceasing from
existence, and- broods, with a senso pf utter
desolation.overfee lonelythoughte,that come
up like spectres from fee grave; to haunt our
midnight mUsings; - ‘ ^—-*“
lingers for a time around a bed of withered
roses, and then dies,' “ as ? twere from very
sweetness.” .> . - - v-' V-
It cannot be that earth is man’s only. abi
ding place. It cannot be that our tifo -is; a
bubble,-cast up by the ocean of Eternity to
float a moment upon the wave,, and then sink
into darkness and nothingness. . Else why is
it ibat the-aspirations which . leap tike angels
from-fee.lemple of jour hearts, are for ever
Wandering abroad unsatisfied ?. Why is it
that the rainbow and the cloud come over- us
with a beauty that is not of earth, and then
pass off and leave us to muse upon their ia<.
ded loveliness ?. r Why- is it that the stars,
which hold their festivals around the midnight
throne, are set so far above fee grasp of our
limited faculties—for ever mocking us with
their, unapproachable glory?- And finally,
why is it that bright forms of human beauty
are presented to our-view, and then taken
from us,- leaving the thousand streams of our
affections to flow back in a cold and deathlike
torrent upou our hearts ? We aro born for
a higher destiny than that of earth. There
is a realm where the raiubow never fades-—
where the stars will be spread out before us
like the islands that slumber on the ocean—
and where fee beautiful beings, which here
pass before ns like visions,.will stay in our
presence-for ever. Bright creature of my
dreams! in that realm I shall see. thee again.
Even now, fey lost image is sometimes wife
me. in .the mysterious silence of midnight,
when the streams are glowing-in Jhe light of
the, many stars, that, image comes floating
upon tho beam feat lingers around my pillow,
and stands before me. in its pale,.dim, loveli
ness, tili its own quiet spirit sinks like a spell
from heaven upon my thoughts, and .the grief
of ycars-is turned to dreams of blessedness
and peace.
a fow weeks,-in "a country village in the eas-.
tern rpart of New England. Boon after my
arriiikl, I became acquainted wife a lively _ n
girl.^apparedtly abouf lT yearh of age.; She onc.e njojc on “jecra firma;”
had lost the-fdol- oflilr pure heart’s purest now sit down, to transcribe from
love, and the-shadows of deep and holy mem
ories were restingiike feu wing'of-death upon
■her brow. • r I firsl'met'herria the presence of
tho inirfe&iL'- She. was indeed a creaturo to
.be .worshiped—her -brow was garlanded *. by
feeyoung^year’s sweetest flowers—her yel
low locks were hanging.bcantifiifly and -low
upon her bosom—and she moved through fee
crowd wftlvsuch ^floating and unearthly grace,
that feet bewildered gazer almost looked -to
see her fad©'away in tbe air, iike the cteation
of some pleasant dream.-: She seemed bheef-
fid, and even gay; yet* I 1 saw that-Her.gaiety
wax but the mockery of her feelings: - She
_ ■ p . ^
•Which told that itsr mournful beauty was" bat
State ; and--I-know net-feat any . office nu the bright reflection of a tear—and her eye-
lids, al times, closed heavily down r as if strug
gling to^repress fee tide of agony that was
bursting up from her heart’s secrct uni.-' She
looked as If she could have left the scene of
festivity, and gone out beneath theguiet stars,
and laid her - forehead 'down upon the fresh
From the Charleston- Observer..
FLORIDA.
Esteemed FntcxD—-After a-periloua.pas
sage of twelve days from St.- Marks, through
fee well-known dangerous strait' of Florida,
where we encountered a trediendous gale
from fee N. E' which blew,with -great vi<^;
lence for-five days, accompanied with heavy
riuns, .leavaig fee canvass of our excellent
VOssel; the Water Witch, in- a shattered con."
dition, wc arc, through a merciful Providence,
“ ' " “ and I J»ve
now sit down, to transcribo from aiy Jbufeal-
of ^Florida, as well as from memory', a few
observations, touching fee territory. And
haying visited most of the counties in West
anil Middle Florida,! shall accopipaby these
remarks; wife mv own personal opinion, of fee
retatiVe merits of eacTiji, place, however bb-fer
terestiog may bo my narrative to -you^ or
however opposite may bo our Views of flpr*
Ida. That Appajachicola is destined to He
the most important town, in a. conijnorcial
point of view, I fenikyouWai readily admit,
I know of no town' advantageously sit-
uated, it being locally superior to any place,
in Florida, having the facilitypl a water com
rauntcatibp,:fefebgh.?,fertUe aivd rapidly set
tling coqntry; and^at < fee hea4‘of navigation»
the beautiful and-flourishing town of Colum
bus; situate m' the ' centre of a wealthy and
populous neighborhood, sending forth 'ablm-
(font products to fee Chattehoochre River,
where regular lines of steam-boats are alrea
dy to successful operation, between Columbus
and this miniature New-Or3eans, for sue i
Appalachicola may not improperly be snieu.
saying something of the interesting 'town of
Columbus, which, to my taste,Is fed pret
tiest place-in tho Southern country, -The
Streets are laid out with great care, andita
general appearance is favorable to the eyo of
the stranger. Its principal sfreel is indeed a
nlhpatian Broadway. Tho public* buildings
-are in fin^ta«e, and many private residences,
on tiie banka of the river, overiooking the
falls of the Chaltehoochee, ate - costly and
beautiftil; .and the-time is not for distant,
wboh Colanabus will be datsqd among,W
largest and most important interior cUies in
the Kenton,-
- While in Florida,T passed the most ofnto
time at the cdpitol nffen territory—Tallahas
see y and should I never revisit it, long will
its pleasing associations live in-remembrance,
to lead me baek- to thoso lovely, undulating
walks—those radiant moonlit nights, again
to roam, if bilt-in retrospective fancy, beneath
fee-verdant foliage, which hangs in fickfod
healthful fragrance through the long summer
of Florida, .regaling the senses with its min.
gled odour, and delighting fee eyo with its
varied beauty; The Magnolia tree ih, of all
others, the most' beautiful, particularly bo,
wheh the'haajestie flowers- spread their broad
whftoleavOs.to the breege, amid the dark and
glossy green which baogS-around them from
the lofty branches. Contrasted with fee
other plants, which shoot up beneath its giant
trunk, the Magnolia seems an emblem of
man; while the less sturdy and -more delicate
shrubs, gently bending fe the passing gale,
picture that beau^ftirand;fairer part of crea
tion-woman. . But pardon this simile which
occorred to me, white sitliiig beneath a favor,
ite Magnolia,'near Tallahassee.
The hospitality I met wjth among tho
Planters of Florida, was but what I had. anti,
cipated—being aware thai most of its settlers
were from South-Carolina and Virginia—in
which States, loftiness of etyaracter, and. ur
banity of! manner, are intaitive principles!—•
and .when transplanted to a region like the
Iuxurmnt clime of Florida,' what ofeec feeling
cqujd thpy possess. The phlegmatic, isolat.
ted being-—the exotic from the frigid clime,
left to bask beneath'the sun ;of a few. Flori
dian summers, would .fin'd his heart'gradually
expand—and if ihgehuous ' sentiment evpg
wanned his l^dsom, it Wopld rekindle in SO
radiant a clime. ' ■ ' . . ..
% l cannot omit stating, however out of place,
our fortunate and miraculous escapff from
Watery gravesVon the morning of tbe 17th pf
May;. 7 At day broak, we were within hear,
ing'of the awful' roar .of Camsfort Reef,' fete
wind blowing a gale from fee.N. E. and tho
sea tremendous in the extreme, and with
sails rendered almost useless- from the eon*
tFnuance of the storm, w.hi|t tfod wc to hope
for? We must all have perished'had the
vessel struck. The swell was - horrible in.
deed, hut by prompt.' exertion, our Captain,
who had proven himself on excellent seaman $
and the Mate being a! sailor of -the. right
school, .they soon managed' tot prove how
worthy the name she bore was, tho “ Water
Witch?* and we had through a merciful pro
vidence, the gratification of beholding the.
white’surf dashing in fury over fee rocks,
from! Which we dared not to hope for preset*-
vation, gradually receding from biir anxious
gaze, and its awful roar: growing less distinct
upon our ears. With a Vec shore, with break-r
ers of the worst kind for several miles-, and
with sails almost destroyed by a.continued
gale, what had wo to expect, save the worst
of deaths. V .
If ever you have heard fee- awful roar of
heaven’s dread artillmrV on tho .uneven deck
at night, when the cTeh ckmd hath lighted
the ocean up with livid glare—-aqd the big
wave through which tho ;vefeel plunged,
seemed quite too mighty* iu its giant rofl to
bear her on its bTeast^—and the ^( Almighty’s
form was glassed in Tempests,” and called
for homage you could not deny—yovi must
have-felt how impotetit was'imfe. ^Bii|Tfel
how soon forgot was He, who boro us through,
the storm, unhurt, and doth preserve us still
—but we are not upon "feb^wave, wrecked
and tempest tossed; aslang' for aid ^ nor do
we'think .of Him, .tilisda^fr
«* man, thefeeble feifent 6f aii; hour,” goes
reckless on and thinks ilot-of' hls God, till
awfol threatings mfeq-hla eovferd^heiirt look
to that only hopey wlneh HbaVoq: alono^^ can
give. ' Thanks be to iDmniscence—4hanks be
. to Almighty God, th? white "coral rocks of
Florida Reef, aro not standing as oiir mono,
moots,' nor tne moan eff ahjgry ocean- left lb
sing its uabtdlojVed 'reqaiKtn oVer our graves.
And when before fee tribunal of our own cou«
scicnces, lot us^cmomber feia msnti®/ '
DetlSnobis-bassoti*'fbett.’-i : r '
But to my. subjects That Florida is yet in
embryo, end its advantagcs-unkiimvn even to
tbe proprietors of its rich and marrow sou, (t
very evident, * If any disadvantage attetad?
tho lands, it is in their over richness in many
places; which, with a -humid season, some,
times.mature the plants too rapidlyv The
great length of .the warm weather, front, tfe
early commencement to its lafe4errniniition>
makes a very long shmmer r from which ad.
vantage, together .wife a-generous soil, FloV.
-y\n rtast cerfainlyjbosecond to ne part of tho
South, for-the-ctilture ef any species vog f
etation from the useful--to the
That the long staple Cotton maybe grown
lasrprofilabiy in.-Florida, as in any pert °f the.
South, (perhaps we may except , fee seatis-^
lands of South-Carolina,) is very eyidept;
and fee circumstance^ of the too. rapid- growth.
oFAbe crop, can ire of .no possible objecU'onj;