Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-10-22
FLORIDA.

An intelligent citizen OF Georgia. who
has been examining the Southern portion
of Florida, gives tie following graphic
picture of it. in letter written at Tampa
Bay on The 22d of July last.-COnstitu.
ton.
THE productions of this peninsula are
by far The most valuable in The United
S'ales, no, excepting louisiana nor the
New Stale Of Texas. lis main staple
will be sugar, Sea Island cotton. Cuba
tobacco, and oranges; and in all these,
there is no other State in The Union that
can compete with it. The best lands
yield lowing 10 the tropical character OF
the cllma,e) al least twice as much sugar
to the acre as The best lands in Louisiana.
ln Louisiana one thousand pounds TO the
acre is good average crop; in East
Florida the average crop is two thousand
FIVE hundred pounds, and as much as four
thousand pounds have been produced on
an acre! Sea Island cotton of the best
quality grows in every portion of the Pc
ninsula, and The tobacco and oranges Of
East Florida have already become cele-
brated for their superiority. Besides these
main staples, numerous other tropical pro.
ductions flourish here, which it would be
tedious to mention.
1.-The ranges for cattle and hogs III this
peninsula are inexhaustable, and The whole
country is already beginning TO swarm
with both. Cows, am Informed, pro-
duce cali here every year, aud never
tsqnire TO be fed or housed winter or sum-
mer. The woods everywhere abound in
deer aud turkeys, and other game, and
there is not probably in the world such a
country for fish. Every lake, river, and
creek :in the interior, and the whole coast,
I7901niless III extenL,-IesTT with the finest
fish, and there is scarcely point on The
whole coast where The finest oysters and
turtle cannot be found. Turtle is, indeed,
within reach every where; on the coast
the green turtle is ineXhaustible, and the
lakes in The interior abound in soft shell
turtle which is still more delicious. To
give you some idea of the abundance of
fish in the waters of Florida, | shall stale
fact which occurred here yesterday;
eleven men were sent in boat from this
post 10 haul seine al an island three
miles distant. They brough, home, after
about four hours absence, 1900 weight
of red fish and cavalos, fish Of the most
superior quality after having thrown out
of the seine more than five times that
quantity of sheep head, drum, and other
excellent fish, which they had not the
means Of transporting. This, although a
fish story" is nevertheless true, and mol
in The least exaggerated.
East Florida is well supplied with
good water, as might be Inferred by ref
erence to its map, which presenta regular
distribution Of numerous rivers and creeks
There is no new country in the Uuiled
States In which tho roads. are so good aud
so numerous as ic East Florida. This is
owing to the level character Of The coun-
try, The porous nature Of the soil-and the
extensive operations Of The. army. The
geographical position Of Florida, and the
facilities of Transporting its produce to all
The best markets, are superior 10 those Of
any other Stale in The Union. The most
distant point in the peninsula from navi
gallon (eilher by steamboat or keelboal)
is not 40 miles; and its proximity 10 the
West Indies, as well as to the best mar
kets in the United States, gives it many
advantages