Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-12
A.Instdes view OF Life at the South
from a ,ENlOrldlnn.ll -.-.Il..n .LL.r ..-.--
(Prom the BunAlo Courier

~
from n F'1OrLdtan.J s1nsd udgr ai-sla
(Rrom the BuaAlo cOurier) 5i 4
Byithe courtesy of one Of our citizens
we,are permitted to publish tue following
letter from u gentleman. Of highistauding.7
and decidedly the most aOle lawyer in Flor
ida. Humorous aud unguarded as itis'
Il. casts much light on the state of feeling
and condition of things in the South; and
his positive prediction. as tOlthe end of this
war is indicative of some reason operating
on his mind, which is isnnknownstOtus: Iis'
tJAcKsosvILLB, Fla, Oct. 20, eli
imMost High, Most Mighty aud Most Puis-
SAINT Antipode. Sometimes a vessel man
nges! to run over from Savannah or else
where toNassau, New Providence, and with
the expectation that one will be going
from thence In afew days, think proper
10 try and report myself II, therefore,
this should ever reach you, be pleased t6
understand tthatiI and all my household
are well. Notwithstanding the whole
South seems 90 be turned tuio,a military
camp, i have been of lateand still'am muclI
occupied in professional matters, and u
write this under the Influence of whip
and spGr, for T tam to be of to morrow
morning to ST. Augustiah to attend the
rConfederate Court, where divers Cases
and udestions0f prize, Ssqacstrations, &c.
must be discussed aud disposed OF, and as
there is now not solitary lawyer residing
there, no, not even, there Is no library
and i must select my books aud anthori-
ties anu lug them alo1g, for in these days
of distrust and conceit, no court Is gotug
tosbelieve the law is'so and soi merely be-
cause say so. It must be read from a
book. Printed paper, bound IN sheep or
calf manufactured by asses, becomes IA
oracle, aud reason, principle and common
sense are sileuced and laughed nut OF
counteuAnce. Well, am ina hurry, blt
write YOU a line TO say God bless you.
hone Won and Mrs ,-----iare well, and
want to propose to you, il this d-d war
continties, togo 70 Nassau this winter 70
avoid the cold, and IL you WILL IaPromise.
positively to 20 over from here and visit
Won. Now pit. The British steamer,
you know, between Havauna aud New
York, stop at Nassau twieeia month, and L
need not tellfyou how much more eontOrt-
able they are in every way than an Amer
lean steamer. Pray take my advice for
once. - -.
il iuterfeFed last year and retained you IN
Arctic quarters. Now take my advice
take the reius into your own hands0r let
Mrs --- have them, which Is perhaps
still better, and pack Iup early and go out
| 10 Nassau. i don't know much about the
place but 1 do know the climate is warm
there, aud moreover tits Englishi and NC
cording to my experience it is. more SAFE
comfortable, respectable and quiet among
the English wherever they govern, thRn
with any other people on tue earth. And
Ealfhough that Is matter of'1Ifttle eouse--
quence, presume living in Nassau is
cheap. Ishonldlike 70 lfve'there awhile,
however, just for eeonomy's sake Pray
have you any idea of our prices here
PORK. $50 per barrel butter, fifty cents
per pound lard, forty cents. have paid
thesd prices this day; soap also thirty-hve
cents Der pound, and in short pretty much
everything else In the same ratio, except
perhaps Hour. Bat we don't seem 70
mind it-except, that IL seems to make MS
more hungry. for L enutswear we eat more
tnan we ever did In peaeeable times. We
haye raised ttis5season abundant crops OF
J all kinds of provisions 10 the South: This