The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-29

riaa, and of people who go to work This
class is to be distinguished from that locust
tribe Of carpet-baggers. The southern anu
the northern emigrants keep alooi from
each other the one cluster thus in villages,
the other scatter over wider surface. All
are at work, and unless the climate acts on
them as it Ia said to have done on the older
population Florida will become productive
State.
TALLAHASSEE.
This city pleased me more than any
place met with in all the South. East
Florida is an abomination OF sand and
swamp. Leave it and 60 west, you pass
through n long, fat, uninteresting series Of
nina barrens. You see nothing but pine
trees, and think of nothing save pitch, tar,
turpentine, sud lumber. The cars stop at
Lake CITY. Here you still find sand, but
sand in hills. Two beautiful little lakes,
with many. houses between and around
them, make up beautiful place. Here
De Soto fought battle, and defeated and
destroyed valiant tribe of Indians. do
not wonder that they fought for such a
land. There is no pleasanter place in East
Florida.
Pass on, and you encounter more pine
barrens until you cross the Suwanee river,
and the appearance of the country imme-
diately changes. You find rolling eoun-
try. You see soil of clay, and you have
the exquisite pleasure of walking up ana
down hill. You no longer feel fiat, and
begin to think that the earth may be round
after all. 1t is impossible to convince an
East Floridian that the earth is globe:
| He is satisfied, by the constant evidence OF
his senses, that the world is q fiat PLAIN,
made I'D of sand and mud, and nothing
that can be said will induce him to believe
the contrary.
Tallahassee is built in struggling man
ncr upon long, high hill of clay; the
whole country is rolling and beautiful,
something like Albemarle county it only
needed different vegetation, the presence
of the Blue Ridge in the distance, and the
absence of lakes in the hollows, to convince
one of the resemblance. The town was
we'll laid off; large squares had been lett
here and there, covered with original forest
growth to ornament and benefit the place.
Large water oaks and live oaks, which must
have been full grown when Smith landed
at jamestown, gave shade. dignity, and
beauty, to these parks. The streets were
wide and we'll shaded; the business part OF
the city was compactly built; the private
residences were many, handsome, well
surrounded by gardens tastetully LAID on
and we'll cultivated; trees, flowers, and
fruits abounded there was general air
of repose, comfort, and ease, that was very
pleasing. ! saw at least fifty houses each
one of which l should like to have had IN
possession. There was an appearance OF
ancient wealth, of refined culture, about
the houses and the people that was charm
ing. felt at home among them; they re-
minded me Of Old Virginia.
Then, too, I actually saw beehive anu
heard the hum of that industrious insect
q sight had not seen in all East Florida
There, the very emblem of industry was
wanting; here, I found the honey-maker
hard at work. / saw much of these people
and like them. Icannot, of course, speak
particularly of the friends / made or OF
the hospitality l enjoyed but no place
have left with more regret, and to no
place am more willing to return than Tai
lahassee. And saw the people to advan-
tage during my stay; a meeting of the
agricultural society took place during.my
brief stay, and finer, sturdier, more manly
set OF gentlemen, have never seen any
where. J. p. L.