Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-07-02
or'p wisER RETREAT

Florida Is pretty certain 10 become the
winter retreat of American inyalids and
pleasure seekers. Ii j. 10 he Ia this con-
tiurnt what Italy and southern France
arc tu Furpc. Situated between the Al
lautty og,an anl the Gulf of Mexico; AZ
the very tuuuttiu head ~ that marvellous
gull stream that bears genial airs ON !"
all Western Europe, aud IN It's long path
way i the trust ~ the navigator, and the
comfort OF residents and travellers ON SEA-
or Land, through all the Northern ATTAIN
lie psrtiun Of the hemisphere; with cream
bra.se. -werpiug over her whole territory
hy day aaA night, she holds dryer and
more ttaaA.ls climate than the most Ia
vorcd partiols of Europe; aud is rich IN
/ topicil iruits and rural beauty Navi-
gable streams pa.. tu,te into her very in,c'
I nor aud open up j.. choicest lands for
residences and rultl.le Many Northern
,rs have been ihither lgr the first tinm
/ the past winter and sprinsi and all come
back with one conviction mat u u
be our winter Newport and saratoga
/ Tho~e who stut for great business oppor'
tuuiti,s rarely report fayorably, but those
who went for Temporary residence Tor
health aud comfort are enthusiastic over
il temptations. Along the -. Johns
River, whittier steamers 90 direct from
savannah, are many hna locations for
winter homes here Is whore Mrs.Stowe is
located; aud here large schemes for pur-
chasing extensive properties and building
up residence towns are in embryo among
northern capitalists, 4 writer from there
in the New York Evening Post says
Since my arrival hcr, in February, the
dayS have brt-t. like tht,-e in New England
during the first week in octobar-oool
nights and mornings and the most de-
hghtful air through the day. My Their.
momctcr has ranged from 81 degrees to 30
degrees thus indicating greater changes
within few weeks then some writers
have admitted for the whole year. These
changes have occurred on the st. Johns
between its mouth and Jessup. Since,
however. the ground is never cold here,
lone suffers comparatively little from the
changes. 4 rise Of the mercury from ~
degrees to 81 degrees within five or SIX
/. hours does not tax the vital powers like
the variations which range from 10 de-
, l,rces or 20 degrees in the same length of
time. besides the uncomfortable addition
of the most penetrating dampncss in the
atmosphere.
I DIR. Byrne, an old surgeon, long resident
in Florida. and writing upon its climate
in 1860, also said:
The winter in Florida resembles very
much that season which in the Middle
States is termed tbs Indian summer, eS-
cept that in Florida tie sky is perfectly
clear, and the atmosphere more dry and
, elastic. Rain but rarely fails during the
winter months in Florida; ,tsee, four,
, and not unfrcquently five weeks o. bright
cloudless DAYS occur continuously.
Gen. Lawson, the old surgeon-generai
Y of the army, bears this testimony To the
healthiulness of Florida in the same and
I. other respects
The climate of Florida is remarkably
eouable and agreeable, being subject to
Il fewer atmospheric Variations than any
other part of the United States except a
Y portion of the coast of California. For
example, the winter at Fort Smelling,
. Mimi, is forty-eight degrees colder than
at Fort Brooke Florida, but the summer
at Fort Broke is only about eight de-
: rrees warmer. In the sunmer season the
mercury rises hiSiler in every part OF the
j United States, and cVea III Canada, than
il does along the coast of FLORIDA. lhls
!, is shown by meteorological statistics IN
this bureau. Statistics also demonstrate
the fact that the disease which result from
= malaria are of a much milder type III .the
peninsula Of Florida than in any other
V State in the Mon Those records show
that the ratio Of deaths TO the number OF
cases of remit4ent fever has been much
= less than, among the troops serving in any
- other portion Of the United States. In
the middle division d iha United States.
the proportion is one death tc thirty-siy
= cns,,s of rcmittent fever; in tho nalbherr
divis ion one to titty-twu: IN the southerr
division one to hlty-tour: i'll Texas, one
10 seveHty-eight IN California, one to
: one hundred and twenty-two in New
Mexico. one 10 one hundred and .nrty-
T. eight; wilhelm Florida it is but one t.
+ two hundred and eighty-seven
The facts point clearly to such future
, f,,r Florida as we suggested i'll the begin
mug. Every year adds to the number Of
ucrsorf IN our Northern States who can
not live ut,a the year through, owing to
l. the severity al ar winters and the sharp
Il changes IF our spI'iu13and falls. OF these,
Ntrrich will 20 10 Florida tor the winter
o months, and those le-- able L, "a back
: aud forth will move thither, or tC CHER
part, of the South more favorable t1l
business. permanently. This is sure 4"
prove II secret movement tor large North
= an emigration to the South so soon "a po-
litiral order /, restored there, the social
l. system settled, and business again flows in
!. natural and profitable channels. The
next great emigration movement within
our nation will be under these influences
: and in thx direction. SPRINGFIELD Hp"5-
- licaH.