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understand, is completed beyond Gaines

ahu VI poiHI VI oeau'N ~ eACeeuS any u'i'S
we have ever witnessed-a Chain of beauti-
ful lakes running directly North, and navi-
gable two hundred and fifty miles from its
mouth. The wateris limpid and contains
every variety of fish. The scenery on the
banks mocks description and is of that wild
picturesque beauty which cannot fail to ex
cite our highest admiration.
We passed several places, but none
worthy of mute except perhaps PicoIata as
being the entrance to St. Augustine. and ar
rived in Paa,ka about ut night.
The next morning I strolled around TO
take birl's-cye view of the town. At
first sight Pala'ka appears to tho stranger.
an inconcruons mass Of old Government
buildings indiscriminately hud,llcd together
regardless Of taste or ornament, Int upon
closer examination one finds it qni'e tastily
arranged and pret,ily planned out.
visited the ''Grove" in Palalka and can
only say that it fills my loftiest an'cipa-
,ons Of Paradise. Adler pens than mine
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bur an intli>tinct outline of its beauty, but
woul! hid one AMI all going to Florida to
visit it and if they are not enraptnred with
is lovclincss they may set. it down there
and then that they have no eye for the beau
tifuI in nature.
Pala'ka is very flourishing place Of
! -, ,,r~lt ;,,E. nd 1S
destined to Jerome a business market.
The old wharf and several warehouses
were burnt down not long since, but new
wharf has been erected, aud large brick
houses will soon supply the places Of the
old, and in short time will present an at
traclive appearance from the liver.
The land about Palaska is generally poor,
pine land, hut produces cotton as we'll as
any Of our land. The little good land
Oh the St. Johns enhances the value
of that portion which can lie cul;ivated
predict that tic swamp lands on the ST.
Johns will ere long lie brought into cult.
va,i"n and planted i'll rice. 1t will make
! tile fortune ot Tue nl'h WHO mas the ue''e
TO attempt it. The most lucrative
crop nov is the cultivation Of the suga,
cane. 1t grows iuXur,r,ly on the river
! lla,nmockS, and the making of sugar vii
J always remunerate the planter where trans
2 purtation is easy.
S 1t is impossible in this brief sketch t.
Y give anything but n faiat outline OF what
. SAW in Florida. Those desiring 10 remove
: should examine the country for themselves
# During my stay in Pala,ka, was invite'
o to jolr party of young men who wer
$ going up the river on pleasure excursion
S We enjoyed ourselves much-everythin
j. was so novel to me that cannot soon fol
}. get it. We passed Weaka, one Of tn
J. prett:est inland towns ever saw; Volusi'
$. Osceola and other places, and went as hig
at up the river as Enterprise.
During my stay in East Florida. l b
,e came settled in conviction il WAS the plae
TO make money. and most desirable plat
ID to live. Let who will talk about the sicl
ness of the country, but it is a decided d
lusion. The intelligence may starle then
but if any one will examine the last cens'
. they will find that there is less mortality
- - Florida than in any State in the Unie
save one.
:. Iremained some time in Palatka and b
came much attached to the place, but bu
~ compelled my return. / returned on boa
the splendid steamer Everglade, comman
ed by Capt. Coxetter. and more perfe
~ gentleman and finer seaman never sa
90 reached home safely. which rath
startled some around our little town.
all GREAT LAwYERs.-The London Ne
ers thus begins biographical sketch Of Lc
he Lyndhurst
1t is a fact to be remarked that all {
hia greatest lawyers are long-lived. On exa
cb nation it will. however, be found that tn
h. is ootbing extraordinary in the matter.
m order to enable man TO 60 through
It's, amount Of work which alone can constit
the successful barrister, you must presume
physical constitution Of iron. a capahli'y
and adapting his habits to the requirements
and his calling. and An organizatian in VIII
pom the nervous system is not too predomin'
'wn The demands in one who undertakes
the reach the wool.sack or the bench are ]
day fec,ly we'll understood and have been
duced to pithy phrases. such as Lord Edo
WfnI THAT barrister must love like hermit
lin" work like horse :" or the Clinical apbori
less that to be great lawyer or a good ju
sud you nsst have a bad heart and good di
that ton. There are few intances in wi