Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-09-20
EAST FLORIDA.

AZ OcaIa, ~ ZION county, East Florida, by the
title Of Th9 onservator,'' name and charac-
ter than whie6 obody can desire better. From
the number before us we copy the following
brief accoun! EAST FLORIDA, its climate and pro-
dnct'ons' sog9ner with Its natural advantages:
EAsr FLczxSs y that part Of the peninsula from the
Snwanee river and south. This region is naturally di-
vdsd into the md Atlantic slopes and the table andss
slightly sIevas ah between the slopes. The table
lands rss gradually from the Suwanee river south to the
hesdwassTs q 0 hlscooche averaging in width about
twenty Miles ~ few streams Of running water, and
only oeeasioos ser lakes varying in sire from that q
marc pond ee q twenty to thirty miles circuit. These
lakes re r. ~ Aoct water is rather scarce in .Ai.
region.
T. qulf y pssnectsd BY numerous short rivers,
form4t ~ aptngs bunting up oil along the coast,
from IN r. Al twenty miles from the Gif. The At
lsnaisS BY The ST. Johns rivera magnificent
ssspa ~ ite than two miles in width, rising in the
o. IN ~ bad Of tie everglades and running
norm q the d5tancs o sos sshss4n os twsny me< S
the Atlantic cos, widening IN many places into extensive
kes, and. finally. turning sss not far from the northern
boundary Of the State, empties into the Atlantic
The table land the desirable portion of the
try many accounts especially the counties Of Aachua,
MsrioD and fernando, formerly Benton The rich land is
better dused allowing better chance for good
likely to prove healthy free from insects soil quite rich,
and climate pretty much the the slopes On the At
anc side there is lit good land, except New Smyrna
and on the Indian river inlet The St. Johns affords but
little frstrae land though where there is body of good land
this river is destined be very valuable for sugar and
tropical fruits
On the Gulf side here is much good land but in large
and dense hammock all along the coast only divided by
short rivers These lands will become immensely valuable
for sugar. but win never be settled by large white popula
.on They will b owned by heavy planters who will either
reside upon the keys or in the interior
The soil is Of every variety, from the poorest pine barrens
the richest alIuvons The hammocks Of the table land
Of various Sizes from half an acre forty thousand
acres.
The most wonderful appearance Of these hammocks their
elevation above the surrounding pine and hickory lands The
whole region is high and rolling, but in coming of
hammock, which appears whilst you in it like river
bottom you sstonished find yourself going down hill
into the pine barren.
The soils mixture Of lime, sand, aumina and vegeta
BILE matter. 10 places the sand largely predomnates
in others the clay, both in the pine barrens and the ham
mocks La the hammocks the so which Of every color
has quantities both Of lime and vegetable matter render
ing them vastly productive and almost nexhausble. sim
gular feature the country generally that the higher po
tions are almost invariably the richer.
This psrtof Florida is evidently upheave caused by
sub,eaneoas fire. In travelling the high lands you
every step traces Of workings Of the great Deep The
rocks sticking up and lying sewed portions both Of the
pine barrens and the hammocks evidently submarine
formations as may be found in the bottom Of the gulf
all covered with periwinke, OYSTER and clam SHELL
these ofen being incorporated in the formation in fact
the betoer is doubt sensby struck with the evidences
Of hecountys having been submerged could have been
the Of Israeli when walking through the Red Sea they
tie heaped up either side and tod under foo,
the laundering fish. There is substratum of shel-me
underline surface Of the whole peninsula at various depths.
In all This there SHELLS only partially decomposed The
hamnpcks and high portions Of the open country
doubt basins while the ii into which pour
ed for centuries the washings of thousand streams from
ten thousand hs rch rich, rich and they being thinner
portions Of the layer above the raging fire, thrown higher
in the eruption.
The climate in the is pleasant than higher
studss or than in any country in the latitude not
similarly situated in coniguiy to the ocean. In the winter
mder than any other portion Of the United States, but
seldom have frost that kills vegetation before the last Of No
vember and the southern portion Of the peninsula seldom
any at all This portion Of the peninsula is destined
day to become the Of the nvadsof half continent
The diseases Of the country few, smpe and easy of
treatment the debatng effect oflong is remedied
with us by the cool nights which have all the
The choles that dsah-plague of other countries and the
most Of our States unknown among and, according
the last census returns the deaths in Florida is only
quarter of one per cent less than any other portion Of the
United States If that fraction Of per cent could be abol
ished the whole world " and the of mankind would
soon be here As s expect many Of them here this
fall and winter
The productions are various and valusbe comprising
sugar cane Cuba tobacco, cotton long and short; corn
root, Sa hemp, and tropical fruits all Of them growing luEu
an,y we'll you could expect any thing Of the vegetable
kind to grow in rich soil, and in and damp climate.
Every thing Of the vine species ouhes melons Of sixty
seventy pounds not uncommon.
In travelling through the country along the roads, the
stranger forms unavoabe opinion Of the snd the roads
passing generally the poorest portions But let him
be- dhearened but look round and he will be pleased
we'll enough the land Of flowers And though lie
may object because Of the small proportion Of hammock and
n fact Of the large proportion Of poor land he will be
reconced, upon reflection if the entire peninsula rich
hammock, though all high land, it would likely
become graveyard AS it s is the heaIthest
try in the world.
CALIFORNIA LAND CLAlSls.-In obedience to the
direction the President the United States the
land claims in the State of California, hereby give notice that
Of their Board will be held San Francisco said
State, Monday, the sth day OF December, 1881.
Given under our hands, at the city Of Washington this ith
HARRY J. THORNTON,
sep i9-eosmdkc Commissioners.
AGENCY FOR INVENTIONS
N vnyp<c G.