The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-03-07


s.sgnyetnment Of California and New Mexico a.
aSSnong ihe rest-and the bill was then passed
Aand; sent TO- the House Representatives as
W apnrnled. q ssas -
.GoS The Senate met again at 6 o'clock in the
evening, andpassed the Military Appropriation
ssbill,g and the Fori6catibn, bill establishing a
FstSovernment for the Territory of Minnesota, with
%&atheS exception of one directing that the bill
should 60 into effect on the Isl Of March.
~ 80 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
asSsThes amendment 'oi Truman Smith to the bill
81 carrying into eff ct the 30h article ofthe treaty
Mexico was agreed to. and the bill passed The
ssshilf makngS appropriation for surveying the
Northern boundary Of the State ofIowa was
sss also opased. Il Charleston Mercury.
SILVER SpRINes,-The Editor the Abbe.
.sssxilles Banner, who has recently made tour in
sssFleEda, furnishes, for his paper the following
aaasaccount ,efihese extraordinary Springs:
sasa#"Fiye miles east o! Ocala, and three from
s4s Fort King, is one Of the most remarkable
1ssSprings in this or any other land, known the
- Silver Springs. II is number Of Springs that
unitedly form a stream, nearly if not quite as
-,sjargesas the Savannah, and Of amazing depth.
Language fails 10 convey an adequate idea OF
the beauty OF this place. The water is so re-
rTsmarka hlyclear, that the smallest objects be
a~g seen fifty or sixty feet below; TO test this we
- threw into il pin, and actually it until it
s lodged in the grass that the entire bed of
, the stream. The Springs indicated by the
most beautiful prismalic coors that assume
-s quite variety of shapes, and in looking down
upon them, The visitor is apt 10 imagine what he
= 'sees is not real. Fish from three to eighteen
inches in length. may be distinctly seen either
floating laziIy in the depths below, resting
-. upon their emerald beds, watching every move
meni Of The boat above them. We tried to
: catch some Of them with hook and line, hut
coHId not succeed, although the hook was al
most placed in contact with them. 1t is said
jsf the deepest part of this Spring is eighty feet;
shaving couple of lines with us making forty
feet in length, we attempted to touch the bot.
- tom with it, but came far short oft. Boats
sixty feet in length come up to its very source.
70 70 aud carry off ffeoiton and The various products
sssss soffbe country to- Paatka. The wafer although
"a 50 clear and beauiiful is exceedingly unpala,a
'sS' hieh in consequence Of the rotten lime stones
= - which abounds in it. Inthe immediate vcin.
,ity II is said to he sickly and there are no in.
habitants near il, except small store where
considerable business is transacted in the way
ofbartef, deer and bear.skin, potatoes, cotton,
'fS &c, are giyeninexchange Tor goods.
ssWhiisf floating in our light canoe over these
waters and gazing upon the iairy scene below,
q. we thought that ii the enthusiastic Ponce de
~ Leon had,ever looked upon them. he must have
93 concluded here the "Blessed Fountain" Tor
p whichshesha had been searching. This mus, one
- dag he notetl place, and were i, not f,r the
idcning out Of The stream in small place.
: steamboats of any size could be approach its
=, very source"
BRANDY PEAcHEs-An exciting question
!. ! bas been raised E,y correspondent OF the New
.aes Trbdne-"Can person who has taken the tee. !
total pledge, eat brandy peaches and drink the
syrup consistently with bis obligalion?"