The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-10-15

every siep Ira es oi workings Of the prpa
deep. The nncks. striking np. and lyin.
sirewed orer poIlinns bolh Of ll.e nine bar
Iens and the liamnorks. are esilrnlIy ,ub.
afine inrmaiions- surh as may be iaund
IN lie bottom .fIlie gulf. al raverrd xi,I,
Sra sprfiwinkle. ..ysier. and clam sh,-II
llie,e shells oiIen being Incorporated n
ihe iarmaiion; IN fact lie behnlder Is M
d"nbi as senslhly struck with the evidences
oi the cauniry's having been submeryed
as could have been il,e children Of Israel.
uhfn walking lhrnugh the Red Sea they
saw The waters heaped up an rilhrr side.
and irod nndrr fnnl the naunde,ine fish
There Is a snh>traium Of shell-linle under
The sulfare Of the uIlole peninsula. al va
r'ous depths. In all this there are shells
only partially decomposed. The ham
mocSs and high portions of the open
country we're no doubi basins while the
SEA was over u; inio which were poured
Tor centuries the washings af a thousand
streams from ten iliousand hills. rich. rich.
fIei' ! aud they. being thinner portions Of
The layer above The raging lire, were
thrown higher in The cruplinn.
The climate IN the summer is more
pleasant than higher laiiindes, or Than in
an. country in The same latitude not simi.
lniy situated in coniiguiiy 10 The ocean.
ln the winter. milder .han any other nor
iion OF the Uniied States, We but seldom
have frost that kills vegetation before the
last 81 November. anl IL the southern po.- :
iIon oi The peninsula seldom any al all.
This partition Of The peninsula is des,ined
some day TO heroine The resnrt of The in.
valids OF half our continent. The dis.
eases ol The country are few, simple, and
easy ol treatment; The debIlilaiing efec,
Of long summers is remedied with us by
The cool nights which we have all The
summer. The cholera. that dealh-playne
oi oiher co n ries and The most of our
States, Is unknown among US; and. accord.
ing 10 the last census returns. the deaths
in East FLORIDA are only quarter Of one
per cent; less than any other portion Of
the United States. lfihat fraction Of a ne,
cen'. could be abolished. the whole world
"and The rest Of mrLkind" would som he
here. As il is. we expect many of them
here this fall and winter.
The productions are various and yaIu.
able; comprising sugar cane. Cuba tobac
ca; cotton. long aud short; corn, arrow
roo', Sisal hemp, and tropical fruits, all oI
them growing Iuxurianily. as well as yor
rould expect any thing of the vegetable
KIND 10 grow in rich soil. anil in warn
and a"'nr el'mase. Every Thing OF I'M
NINA sso-.ss-- -d-----:-l-----s---
seventy pounds are mol uncommon.
In travelling through the country along
The reads. The stranger forms an unfavor
able opinion Of The lands, the roads pass.
ing generally over The poorest porilons
But let him not be dishearlened, bu, iooL
round and he will soon be pleased wei
enough 10 move 10 The land Of flowers
And though he may object because Of ih,
small proportion Of hammock, and in fac
oi il'e large proportion Of poor land. h,
VIII SION be reconciled, upon reflection
u The entire peninsula were rich hammock
though all were high land, il would mos
likely become mere graveyard. As il
is, i is the heallhiest country in the
world.