The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-05-21
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From the Char .eston Courier.
E.fST FLORID.i.

publication in the Courier Noiwihssnd.
ipg rs leagib, the facts end eiucidaIions il
furnishes, will amply repay Perusal.
sERSAspISA, MARCH ., 1898.
Oeas Sir--Yout enquiries on fiouda si.
ia''s have, unavodaby, lain by unsn,we'sd
an'ii now. Among them, you point TO the
great difference in the accession OF settlers,
contemplated as an Immediate consequence
OF ihs esssion Of this county to the U. 5.
No part oi this, | assure you, is to be found
in rs own deuesils they had grown on, ot
an extraordinary concurrence OF unfortunate
events, that have now generally subs,ded-
some have worn themselves out, and others
staod femedied by Congress, in its two las,
sessions. They, however, though oppressive
for while, leave US tho sssufs snce Of much
uliinste general good, which, in fact, Is al
ready Seginniog 10 shew itself in an impor.
,ant degree, as they hsve had the effect OF
bringing Florida more imm dis,ely and more
ultimately before the American Cover mn, n,
than i, would otherwise have come; but for
those, it nigh, have lounged for years in neg.
lec,. Every evil bting. good in its tain !;
and trust that large amount Of good will
be tho consequence OF those.
The sickness ths, visited ST. Augustine duo.
ing the fall Of 1871, has, DO doubt, had IT'S
shs'e in a deterrIng eFsct bu, j, ought only
10 have had the eject OF convincing & all msn,
tha, n no part O! tho world is he invulner able
TO Tho assaults OF death, under a pesilentisi
form Who would have supposed, that in
ST. Augustine, whe,e such an occurtence had
not breo known, during at least the Spsnish
and b itish occupancy, term of abou, 60
yeas, IL should have shown itself 10 1921 !.
AOt as little could we have expected that Il
would have marked out as its victims, only
strangers Of tao northern cons,itu ion Our
contsnt intercourse with Havana, for seven
dlhirty years, where II shews Itself almost
eveS summer must have ensured IT'S tequent
imlD,tstion at 81. Augustine indeed, re-
collci i,s having been inu oduced ths'e ,eve-
raj lines, and the sick ,,L.~ - The common
ho,s cot, wi,uouI The smallest apprehension Of
It's yread,DH.
Merchandising tho theories thar nave
beeu huit on the causes OF yellow lever, l aP
pteh.nl we know bu, little Of i,s tue cbNac.
Ter. That conc octIoO Of ingredients IN The
g,es, tsldron OF the atmosphere, necessary TO
p,epue il for the reception of the baiefni IN
spi'a bn, and which, when prepared, pass
ing spn will pe'vede, is mystery ,hs' yet
evade our incest caro-. When Tho yellow
lever prevailed ia tho town of 81. Mays
Geotps, abou, 1908, place Of great geDersi
health such, ! am info med, was the STATE OF
the atmosphere, that beei, % bours killed,
fell ff,m the 'ket hook " puIriiac'ion' e"d
ws,er,drswn f. ON the wen IN the evening,
was ina state Of muciage next mo'ning. II
wou dbe unilir 10 impeach ,he oharaclet oi q
f,,r ha4 10 N. and remarked tOf
tho nmbef and g,owih Of It's childten, be.
cause it had experienced in SKY years ct
least, tpsr,isi visitation OF three months, OF
this UNIVERSAL evil.
I, i.,o be lamented, that the relation OF he
Indiso Of FlorIds win the governmcn, OF the
u Slaes, had not been settled immedia'rly
altet tie cession, 81 least SO lar as would have
infoI md them and Us, Of their situation and
future prospects. They had rights 10 land
individually, but none psiona!iy; by their
treaty pf incorporation, they had become
part ofthe Spanish f,miiy. Those hnioriu'
nate dH,zens of the late COVE ernmcnt arc not
hostile; but not a word having been said a.
bout tie IN in the treaty OK ee.a'on, they fee'
s,a,e d degradation, uncertainty and terror !
ana w,ilo in his situation, iDdusUIous men
do not wish TO live near Them. This inpres'
sion VIC feel wh, know them, and sie nearest
the m, and such ideas Of reluctance grow 'o'o
feelints of horror, ss distance Tsgn'hc' the
,to-ie. told ufthem. This evil, however, wii,
now b, over 10 q few months.
Tbs Cotton, in such q climate as this o'
Flotid,, he. hnhorto epgrossed The attention
Of our small population, is fac, much to be
wonda ed al, and can only be accounted Tor IN
,h,. pedeieuon Tor old habits, (our planters
YOU know, came from the Southern States
and B,hsma Islands,) and that Incidence to-
ws,d,enquiry, from which man Is not e.s'y
aroused Even OF the present ve'y declined
state d this article, esch one hacks on IN the
old trek, while he has evidence ing him
in the face, that the culture OF Cane !, more
Lucrative than that Of Cotton, even m the oe''
yeauo IL, market, snd that the Csne 10
crop 4 much less risk. The lev cane plan
,.rs q Georgia will not re'utn 10 The cu''u'
Of Coaon, sven where they have TO msnuiae
tore neir Cane INFO Molsses beesu'e INT
L. Ia ND mr.