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TRIP TO PAL ATKA, FLORIDA.

Most youths experiencing disappointment
either in love, ambition or speculation,
rashly resolve to do something deri3.dly
desperate or indisputahly silly. Not u"iike
them determined TO leave for a time my
quiet retreat, and shape my bark for that
far nowery cline, the beauty Of which ]
had SO often heard extolled. My phvsi-
elan gave the the comforting assurance that
my lungs were diseased, and my friends
were quite sorrowful as they tearfuily bid
me farewell, convinced that would not re-
turn-;n a hour! About the 18th Of May,
took the cars TO Charleston. The scenery
along the G.. & G. r. r. not being very
diversified or picturesque, closed the win
dow and induIged in train Of reflections
quite characteristic. Going to Florida!
For what, pray? to regain your health ano
make money! Quite change has come
over YOU in the past few months. Twas
but a short time when you cried loudly
against the young men Of our country, who
made gold the grand desideratum Of exist
ence, and the pursuit of it the chief end Of
their liv-s-and now going TO Florida to
devote time, talents, and attention to this
criminal avocation! Once your aspirations
were elevated to that proud, gorgeous tenn
pie, which shelters the great, good and glo
rious. Once the self sacrificing votary, toll
ing painfully, but perseverngly up Wis
dom's rugged steep, gazing eagerly al
Fame's lofty Pedestal,
"whose sunbrigh: summit minges with the
sky"
thinking when that proud pinacle shoul,
be gained, you should'he elevated
"Above
The smoke and stir Of this dim spot,
Which men call EARTH"
Now, broken in health and detected il
spirits. you have gone to the reality c
n,oney-making, and think vast dealhette
of the "sordid trash " than formally
decided revolution! It is astonishing hov
stoica1Iy you support the fall from the feel
of literature to the field Of agriculture.
NY reverie was here interrupted by on
Of our fellow travellers who appeared exce'
sive'y annoyed at the frequent stoppages {
the cars; wishing that the railroad cor
pany would purchase more than one ma
bag, as it was very annoying to traveller
:, to wait until the bag WAS opened and Ii
mail changed.
In short time we We reached Columl'
and took the Charleston train. at wtic
place We safely arrived about midnight. TT
following day took passage on the Stear
er Carolina, commanded by Capt. Turf
who was very polite and attentive to all Il
passengers.
The Carolina is we'll built boat a,
well adapted for the outward passage. a,
bad all the accommodations found M
the beautiful steamers flying up and do,
the ST. Johns river. We quilted I
Charleston barbor at p. u. on Tuesd
and soon passed the bar.
I began to get sentimentally sorrow
and to indulge in series Of @.high.falu,i
reflections about that dark blue bound!
world, unfathomed and unfatbomatle but
denly felt such an np-hesving within I
I verify thought there was some maeIstr
whirling mo in It's rapid courso--and b
found myself in my birth, IN somew
similar plight TO sanoho Panza after
bad swallowed the consecrated oil.
next morning the boat touched the Flo'
coast 1t Fernandins. This is thriv
.pisee.and being one Of The. ternini Of,
Florida Railroad bids fair 70 beconsat q
of considerable importsuca The road