New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-06
FLORIDA - EEH RESOURCES AND
CAPABILITIES.
Letter from n. ID. stickney, u. N. Tax Com.
missioner for Florida, 10 the Hen. Eli
Ihayer.


wYHrsGrcs. Oc, 70. Ist1.
DEAR Sir: In answer TO your inquiry sbouI the
prodac,lon, srd espAsll., offo'da 's,o
ray tnewieds., well nom Information derive
from highly r.,pccsbs eitisen, II0msnsri among wou s.
Col John = SsEs u. 9. Tar CoaIncner for The District
Of IloTd, and who h. rssiaea in the State than hJ
five years that there sfe tbos two husdd aud my iloa
sand bale, Of cotton rUeh ofi Sea Istad, wIrs
nzvL store. 10 = eoasiisrsbs snsanL The fere,,.
Abcus Ia live car and yeo~ pinc sss OF tho bs quality
foT naval pPos. Iai-ed Of naval sr
z. HI Desno. oehs. tA. hse-o.k grown IN Eat FiolAa
eoes csok hts Loul,im bveosx IL bss the eGscles
tic. o il,nd timber and is 9f sup,ror quality. -. ard
Winter The proper fOr cuius H. william DaISy.
va yro:e sn ezeeles; history Of Flor.ds, ssys;
Il have forita pioe bougni Ia Savannah for ip
f. 4. 2nesn ise ,fs ,AS fisrds ,ine h., h.a prefer
10 the Toys doek,sfds Of LIssgd All tie o,
yiIcs which have t,ea Drought ibefs-'
the deaud Tor yels~ riae lumber Nigh. add that
all mill. in the State. before ,s rebellion land
there the s. Johus River soos pat In ope
oa they could UP timber saOssh ia two yo.rs
running 70 supply tie South Aosfcan markets.
Thore a.. more than 1000 Of eo1aiss larrov roo
equsl Beagt ready for harvest IA fss, FLORIDA siocs
.ag has PAID 70 those Ia the baaaes pfoh' Of -
per cent per The native aud exotic srse' arc cro.
len, for cattle .nd horses Wud honey il very sbsndsn
The first hive Of introduced into Cu5a carried on
Fodda Now. honey is Of the staple exports Of ;hst
aad Almost every isaiy rsises sufficient cane to make
.ug1 and nup FOR home consumption. o. vogstsbloa pota
toes sh ssd swoct ysns pets and bssns Of every variety
sr,cho b-etroo. carrots snd psssip cacambs and to
soes Iadishes, celery IIdian kse various salads
csbbss, &c AL flourish in sbundsres Autumn perpetual
for every mouth presents feh collection Of fruits snd
tables and sons peclss at maturity all the round
The eoeoana Pa,.n aud banana. alligator pcsf tho lv,
ciou, melon pine. sus AID cnstsrd sPples hs orange
nle lemon, mango grape gns'A poraes"nsl' ilam tsis
rnd moion mulberry olive dste e,on peach. sProo and
uisay her delicious hoiis al arrive NJ perfection
Many Of tho G5fous Of India waald hsi oonsen!sl
sol and olinIea Florid. The BosherA ni'es Of boa-
i,.. Usica tenacssns Of Dr. RoIburEh Chine rass Of
eouofce which sell. high six kundfed doIs Per un 10
Engsadi Abaca Masa teriis, Manila hemp; Corehou'
Jc,e 0unny cloth sni tha, most ton=eioe' OF
ell Known ysg-sbs hbers and o. remarkable Tor husnes
euacity stnseves Zeylanics, bow string hemp "ilism
Smith, esq Superintendent oitLe U. T. Botanical and Props
ssin. Garden, Wshipg,oa, in anticipation OF demand for
these valuable GDs has plsn.e pursey from which plants
can be obtained.
In 1858 81 Aususns psPor published tho fono"iDti
"On ia I'LL, yieuiya ,m.ll planter rata ard
sod 80 salons cane ,p 1' s0s 'p .s.'I &C. J s
tusas con- 200 buh potatoes, WORTH $50 II irus
TOE. 81 sS a. Nv When ehu make tho b p ss Tor
VIA tie indastry s sniy enjoJ ed eli the sA and ba.
pDcko Of the yesr and with this sum he bought
snd VII this year 81 on At COMPOUND ineieSs upon n7
nuns OF las silli4 tsIitai.
Your speech la CoDc. tbs 7h OF January, 1885, which
overwhelmed and forever ssnced tbs Central American l
becf. so1l be en- inysosbe book Of political economy
Tor such small pantes not only In tlodia bat In all tie
other slsve stsieL Talk Il quote fr,u your spescl)
sbout our .nkec who 10 10 Central America becoming
sisychsd.rs! Why, Sir. cen buy negropower In d
for 4I sad cothe snd feed that power
for ore year for 5 aud the TO give 81 900 for
Az ican sliye aud 80 year to feed aud co;hs haP
From November Fsbus5 ncIsive 10 the beet season
Tor puung aarde1 seeds also for planting corn aid is
otaoeELOugl Of the former cops DO isscd each
wear The climate rakes Of the nature both cf the topical
s,d Of temperate pats Of the eshao viii be found that
na,aa to coanry pntkes Of the same double
cbsfacteIlstca
I've compare Florida with other counties OF correspond
.yg alo OF climate IL VIII b. that s State IL capable
ofsappohns much denser population thsn any other state
oftbe Uion Egypt Arabia folk Penis lnoa, aud Chns'
In the ne latitude East Ficdia, AID each upon
eu es area % territory subs,s milion', bsie furnishing
g,cs. sts productions which enter largely iuto the com
p.rce Of the W rid Florida has sfoa OF 5000 square
miles, With .I7.8 whi.o ard ol.67 coofed inhabitants
abau. ~ !rs 80 tbfee slch States 20 Ohio IL con
tsin 25 people Napes or the Two sche, occa
pie. sn area Of 49e5 sqaa,e miles. with population o
10 COO The Papsl sLas,i eOJ quars miles. aud 3oooeO
gsrdnla hss population Of 5OOpOo and IA not as large
south Csrolaa, which las only 1850 square miie'
III, ielot wines are produced ia ths Island Of Mtdsa
ard th. Canss in Island Of Cyprn, and n other ps
of the L,vaI. ysg nearly IN the latitude ol East SoneA