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BY'ROBERT WILLIAMSON, Jr. C, JAXITARY 20, 1842. VOLUME V, i0. NEW TERMS OF TJI E LINCOLN REPUBLICAN TERMS OF PUBLICATION. Tub Lincolx Rf.puulican is published every VcdncsJay at $2 50, if paid in advance, or $3 if payment be delayed three months. .o subscription received for a less term than twelve months. No piper will he discontinued but at the oplitio fthe Editor, until all arrearages are paid. A future to order a discontinuance, will be con ideied a new engagement. TER.H3 OF ADVERTISING. Anvr.JTii:fE?TTS will be inserted conspicuous -?y for )l 00 per square for the first inseition, and H'y cents for each continuance. Court and Judicial '-advertisements will le charged 25 per cent, more than the above prices. A deduction of per cent, from the regular prices will be made toyearlj advertisers. The number of insrrttons must be noted on tie manuscript, or they will be charged until a disccm--jiuauce is ordered. TO CORRESPONDFNTS. 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In Fever and Ague, par ticularly, the Life Medicines have been most emi nently successful ; so much so that in tho Fever ;and Ague districts. Physicians almost universally prescribe them. All that Mr. Moffatt requires of his patients is to :ie particular in taking the Life Medicine strictly according to the directions. It is not by n newspa per notice, or by any thing that he himself may say :iu their favor, that he hopes to gain credit. It is a loneby the results of a fair trial. MOFFAT'S MEDICAL MANUAL ; designed as a domestic guide to he ilth. This little pamph let, edited by W. B. Moffat, 375 Broadway, New-. York, has been published for the purpose of explain ing more fully Mr. Moffat's theory of diseases, and will be found highly interesting to persons seeking liealth. - It treats upon prevalent diseases, and the causes thereof. Price 5 cents for sale liy Air .Moffat's agents generally. These valuable Medicines arc for sale bv d.&J. ramsoVr, Linculnlon, N. C. September 2, 1S40. STATE of NORTH CAROLINA, Lincoln Count i. $ Fall Term, IS 11. Sarah Ramsey') vs. Petition for Divorce, James Ramsey. and Alimony. N this case it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that James Kamsey ,the riclen lant, is not an inhabitant of this State ; It is there fore ordered that publication tie made lor three months in the"LincoIn Republican" and "Western Whig Banner," for the defendant to appear at the next Superior Court of Law, to be held for the County of Lincoln. at the Court-house in Lincolnton en the 2d. Monday after the 3rd Monday in FcU Taary next, then and there to plead, answer, or 1emur to this petition or judgment pro confesso will bo entered up against him, & the said petition be heard ex-parte. Witness F. A. Hoke, Clerk of our said Court, at office the 2d. Monday after the 3d Monday in Augt. A. D. 1811; and the GCtli year of the Inde pendence of sa d State, , F. A, HOKE, CTk. Sept. 22, 1811. 17 3ino. Trice adv. $10. Blanks: Ulnars!! Constable Tlarrants, Ca Sas, Appearance bonds and Witness Tickets, c. . From lte N' O. Picayitnc. THE VICTIM OF AMBITION. The fourth man on whom the Recorder, in" his own polite yet dignified way, called yesterday to show cause why he hail been arrested, was Richard Wright. Richard did not respond with the usual 'Here, sir,' but stood up in ilia dock. He looked like a monument erected to misery.. like a flag staff divested of its ensign, still standing over the ruins of a Tippecanoe log-cabin like a man turned out of oflice, weeping over the danger w hich threatened his coun try and inveighing against the profligacy of men in power like any thing and eve ry thing which told of hopes blasted, anti cipations, never realized, and the mind's greeny freshness prematurely withered by the storms of :wlversi:y. Could he be placed as a beacon-light on the shoal of misfortune, the most unskilful mariner would not fail to perceive there were "breakers ahead." Uut we 11 to his exam ination. "Mr. TVright," said ti e recorder, "yon were found drunk last night by the watch man. W hat arc you ? "A victim, sir a victim !" said poor ittcliard, emphatically, pursing up his brow, folding up his arms, and extending his legs in a latitudinal direction, evincing by his altitude and eye that he was prepar ed to meet with fortitude whatever further broadsides Fortune was about to let fly at him. Recorder Of whom have you been tle victim ? Richard I have been the victim of mankind of the world of my own ambi tion that feelinj which beckons us on ward but lo deceive that lures us forth but to disappoint that feelir.g which "Makes the madmen who have made men mad." Here Richard buried hi face in his hand?, as if the thought of what he had been, overcome hitn a moment. Recorder What has all this to do with your being drunk Richar. ilShort sighted moital superfi cial observer or human nature knowest thou not that there are secret impulses and unseen machinery operated on by outward causes or external agents, that set in mo tion and contnl all our actions? Ambi lion has been he locomotive by which 1 ever hav been propelled along the rail way of life, and icverdid I st irt my steam to perform a joirney, that I bad not a blow-up before 1 gut ii the end of it. Recorder Hut ihe charge against you is thct you were drunk. Richard Yes, anil 1 have been so for the last ten years drnrik with disappoint ment and f tlliction; a sp' cies of inebriation for which the tte-iotal society have yet of fered no antidote. "That's vot he always says," remarked the watchman who had the honor of arrest ing Richard, "he's ever a goin' on with that 'ere gammon, swingin' his arms like a hnratoron tire fourth of July, and talkin' such big vords that I'm blowed but I von ders he don't get the lock jaw ! Vy, yer honor, he is a valkin dictionary, that feller is; but a reg'lar hard von on liquor." "Base scavenger in the by ways of jus tice, hist thee '." said Riclir.nl, scornfully lo the watchman: and then addressing the Recorder, he continued "My bark of hope, your honor, was long since split on the rock of ambition, and you now t-ec be fore 3'oti btii the wreck of my original self. Sir, when I set out on my first voyage in life, my sails were well trimmed, the horizim was bright, the wind fair, and the sea such as a mariner could wislr; but sir, I made for ihe port of love, and got wreck ed ere 1 had m:ide half a voyage." Here he turned up his ey"s, and in an apostro phizing tone exclaimed "Ever adorable Eliza" and then despondinjjly added "She was not -made Through years of moons the inner weight to bear Which colder hearts endure! Dut she sleeps well. Yiy the sea shore whereon she loved to dwell.' Recorder I do not sit here to listen to a memoir of your life, nor a monody to your Eliza. Richard nor do I come here to tell it. I am charged with being drunk: I admit the charge, and claim the right tif being beard in justification. Now, sir, 1 shall drop metaphor and proceed. Thinking to bury my reminiscence of love m L.elhe s stream, I turned my thought to war, and was near getting buried in the swamps of Florida. I was ambitions to have my name inscribed on the same roll with the heroes of my country; but I too often found it was not even enrolled on the mess roll. Instead of a wreath of laurels on my brow, I came home with a gash on it, made by an Indian's tomahawk; and instead of the acclamations of my countrymen for my bravery, the only thing I got was the ague. Still (continued Richard) I was pot satisfi ed. Ambition still beckonpd me on, anil she pointed to politics as the certain road to fticcess. Well, sir, I entered on it; at tended ward meetings went to barbacues made stump-speeches told my "friends and ftlUw citizens" that a crisis IyJ ar rived in the affairs of the country; that the. Constitution was in danger; that the ship of state was sinking; and thst unless I. was elected, the whole country, including the deputed territory, would inevitably go to Davy Jones' locker some fine morning Here again, my evil genius interfered, for w hen the election came on, ray short-sighted constituents gave me but three votes! My luck my lurk again. Sir, they talk of mounting the ladder of fame, and as cending its topmost round. Sir, the simile is an incorrect one; there is no ladder to fame, nor any round to the ladder; if there were, I should have reached if No, sir, fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tad, and it is only after it has slipped thro the hand of some thousand, that some fel low, by mere chance, holds mi to ill ' Recorder If fame and notoriety he sy nonymous, yon have now gained what you have been so long in pursuit of. You will see yonr name in the columns of die Pica yune to-morrow glory enough for one day! "Take him down," said, the Recorder to the officer, and the clerk was ordered to draw out a commitment for Richard Wright for 30 days. From the National Intelligencer. FLORIDA. We have now the pleasure of laying be fore on r readers an interes.ing correspon dence on the subject of the Florida Penin sula, between Judge IJrackenridge, (of the late House of Representatives,) and Col. Wyatt, f Florida. It discloses some new and important facts in relation to that coun try. It appears that we have a tropical re gion within our limits, capable of produc iHg all the choicest fruits of the West In dies. This circumstance, together with the valuable fisheries around the whole coast of Florida, must render this portion of ihe Union much more valuable than it has been heretofore considered. Washington, Feb- 22, 1841. Sir: A few years ago, I read with in terest a communication from yon, on the subject of tire Peninsula of Florida, and in relation to our difficulties with the Indians. I was struck with the facts mentioned by you; some of them new to me. and others corresponding with the information I had nicked up from different sources, and with conjectures which I had formed. The re cent operations of Col. Harney have also developed some important facts connected with tin's subjecr. Your ideas of the diffi culties to he encountered in the suhi titration f the Indians, and the best mode to be : adopted to bring them to terms, seemed lo me more satislactory than any thing I had seen. Rut my object in addressing you is to draw forth information in relation to the country which, in all probability will soon be freed from the enemy, who has so long battled the efforts of oar military comman ders. I will take the liberty of propoun ding a lew question, which may aid in di recting your attention particularly to those matters, that appear to me interesting, as your opportunities of information have been extensive, both from personal observation, and from information obtained at second hand. Is the extensive grassy tract called the Everglades elevated above the ocean, or is it a low marsh, affected by the tides by means of the streams which comiipc with ihe CJnlf on one side, and the Atlantic on ihe other7 If the Everglades form an elevated plain, what is the general elevation aovp the orpan ? Could the surplus water be drain ed by means of the streams which empty themselves into 'the Gulf of Mpxico ? From the account of Col. Harney's expe dition, it appears that the streams have considerable fall, and at their head he had to cross a kind of ridge which confined the vast grassy sheet of shallow water which he eniered. Are the glades at any time dry. and how long do they Continue overflowed by the water accumulated hv the heavy tropical rain? What is the nnmhpf and extent of tbp island or scattered bodips of land ele vated aovp the ger.eral surface What s the nnti'rn of tb soil whrp. with the exception of the lakes, the Everglades are dry? What is the extent, depth and char acter of the lakes? Is the Peninsula frenerally hased on co ral limestone, like Key Wpsf, where the soil is naturally rich? Is this lime stone hard or soft, and at what depth generally below the surface? How far from the Point of Florida does the tropical region extend? that is, the re gion free from frost, and adapted to the cul ture of the tropical frnils. such asthe lime, the banana, the pine apple, the cocoa, the date, the orange and lemons, &c. Is the nopal and the cochineal insect a native of the tropical part of Florida? Does the cotton trpe grow wild? What other valua ble productions, such as manilla, hemp, etc., are natural produc.ions, of Flor- j ida, and how far. nor:h ran these pro ductions be introcoreii to advantage? What is the supposed value of an acre in tropical fruits, compared to plantations of sugar, coffee, or cotton! If ths Ever glades could be drained, what extent of land would be gained for cultivation? Could the Manilla hemp be '.cultivated in Florida generally? Can the Vanilli, and what is called Havana tubaeii, be cultiva ;ed? What interior navigation by steam could be created by improvements of the rivers which connect with the Everglades, and which might he connected witli the Lakes? The answers to these questions may be very interesting to the country. I have for many years entertained an opinion that the Peninsula of Florida would be found of great value on account of its tropical cli mate, which would enable us to raise the tropical fruits for which immense sums are annually expended in the West Indies, -and even in countries across the ocean. One acre planted in such fruits would be worth more than fifty in cotton. The cultivation of the Manilla hemp, I am inclined to think, might be successful in Florida, snd in parts of Georgia and Alabama. A few years ago I addressed a letter to Mr. Adams, chairman of the Committee on Manufac tures, slating that it was & natural produc tion of every part of Florida, growing in the poorest soil, and that all that was ne cessary was to plant ft and cultivate it ; but that the plantation being once formed, as the plant is ' perennial, it might remain for many years, and be annually cut. Mr. Perrine, who was at that time applying for a grant of land, positively denied the exis tence of the plant in Florida, and declared that it would only suit the tropica! region. Since then, the grass rope (made from the Manilla hemp) has become an article of importance; it is ii.ed on all our steam boats, and for a thousand purposes for which the common hemp was formerly in use. It is cultivated ex'fcnsively in the sandy lands near Campeachy, or Merida. Would it not be well lo procure some one from that district, acquainted with its cul ture? I bad a Mexican in my employment fir a short time who was from that neigh borhood, and who first pointed -out lo me this valuable plant as growing in Florida, and occasionally used it for making halters and ropes for common purposes. I am, respectfully, yours, &,c. II. M. BRACKENR1DGE Col. Wm. Wyatt, Washington, Feb. 27, 1811. Dear Sir." "Your esteemed letter of the 22d instant has been received. My thanks are due to you for the flattering no tice which you have taken of a communi cation written by me, some years since, re lative lo the peninsula of Florida, and the war in that quarter. This communication was written soon after the commencement of hostilities on the part of the Indians, and after I had become satisfied thai the policy of the Government a3 well as the plan of operations to terminate the war was radi cally defective, as lima has most fully shown. Two years hefbre the war I explored iliat portion of Florida, &nd at once saw the ditliculiy that would arise, should the In dians refuse to emigrate, in consequence of the peculiar character of the country which they then occupied, and could occupy in case of war. With a view to place the Government in possession of these facts, as well as many others relating to their num bers, character, and temper, and. their con nexion with the Spanish fisheries on the coast and the Maud of Cuba, wi;h allot' which the General Government seemed to be almost totally unacquainted, I placed in the hands of General Thompson, the In dian Agent, at hi- request, a letter lo the Secretary of War, explaining and recom mending what I then conceived to be, and which I am now fully satisfied wpre, the proper preliminary steps to be taken before any attempt was made lo enforce the con ditions of the treaty with those Indian tribes. Those recommendations, like ma ny others of a sitnular character from oth er individuals, were all disregarded. In deed, such was the want of correct infor mation possessed by the Government in regard io its Indian relations in Florida, that at the time I wrote the letter lo which you allude, estimating the number of tht Florida Indians at about six thousand. Gen. Cass, Secretary of War, than declined that ihere were only about seven hundred ! In this letter, if 1 am not mistaken, (with a v.ew lo attract the attention of General Scott, who was then operating in Florida.) I suggested ihe very plan recently ndopied by Col. Harney, for penetrating the Ever glades. The information you seek, relative to ihe Peninsula of Florida, I most cheerfully give ; but to do so the extent covered by yonr important inquiries I trust, will not he expected in the space of an ordinary letter. In answer to your questions generally in relation to the Everglades, I have io S3V that, from all the observations i have been able to make, 1 think there is no doubt thai this extensive tract of country is at least from 20 to 30 feet above tide waler, and is nsceptible of being rendered perfectly dry by means of deepening and widening the various outlets or rivers that flow through it from the lakes to the sea. These glades ! rMni.-t T-.n-, !. Ii.l nf Si T.-ttina In uitli. in 10 or 15 inijps of Cape Florida, encom passed on either ide by a belt of high land, through which those s'reams have cm their way. This belt of land on' the Gulf side is generally fertile, bnseil upon coral rock and marl, whilst that on the At lantic side is sandy and less fertile. The soil in the everglades is very rich, with a deep black, and, I think, alluvial formation, which is only covered with"water in a wel season, and after n tropiml rain. In the centre of those glades are several large lakes, which connect with eac'i oili er and extend from wiihin 20 miles of the Cape to the head water of-the St. Johns. Those Lakes are deep; and nviabie for siean. boats or vessels, and are ihe sources of all the above mentioned rivrrs ami out lets. I ascended two of them ti the Ever glades, and found them about the same in point of elevation. The current, when 1 came into the glades, and near the lakes, became very rapid -this was however, at a dry time, and the glades were not over flowed by ihe water from ihe lakes. These facts convinced me that, if the heads of these outlets or nvers were opened, by deepening and widening them, which could be done at comparatively small expense, these lakes could be kept at all times with in their natural bounds; which would ren der the glades perfectly dry, opening to cultivation an exiensive plain of table lands, of about eight thousand square miles, alter deducting a fourth for the lakes, sullicicnt ly elevated above both lakes and tides to be entirely free from inundations, and as htrahhy as the keys. The tropical region of the peninsula, of which you inquire, reaches from Cape Florida about 200 miles north, where all ihe fruits known in tropical climates can be cultivated with cenaiutv, as it is entirely beyond the region of frost. Dut many of those fruits, such as the orange, lime. lemon, and tig, can, doubtless, be cultiva ted with success much further north, as they are not affected by partial or light frosts. The nopal, or prickly peat, on which the cochineal insect is found, is a native of Cape Florida, so is the cotton plant or tree; both grow wild in the forest, and thecottou tree is the same as cultivated on our planta tions, differing only in the smallness of the leaf and pod, and the length and fineness of the fibres. The seeds are turfed, like our upland cotton, and need not be planted more than once in some three or four years. The Manilla hemp is also a native growth of this region. In fact, it is lo be found in all parts of the Territory, and can, r.o doubt, be cultivated as fi n.irlh as the 31st degree of north latitude on the poorest sandy land. The Indians have always been in the habit of manufacturing it into ropes, mats. &c, and before the war sup plied the first settlers with a variety of ar ticles formed out of it, such as halters, lines, bedeords, &c., at a very cheap rate. It was commonly known as the grass rope. Sugar, of course, can be cultivated with the same success as in the Island of Cu ba. I d.wbt whether coffee can be cultivated with advantage .iere, as it will not thrive well on land based upon rock approaching near the surface, as is the case in this re gion. The coffee tree has a long tap roof, which penetrates the earth to a considerable depth, and caunoi be sustained, as almost all other trees and plants are, by lateral roots. The VanilU plant, which is used ma very great extent in imparting the fine flavor which they have lo Spanish cigars, snuff. Si,'- is found in a wild slatt in all parts of South Florida, in great abun dancp. The arrow, or coonti roots, also abounds on Cape Florida; on which the Indian, and even the white settlers in that region, prior lo the war, subsisted almost exclu sively. It is an excellent substitute for breads and the process of converting il into the mosi beautiful ami snow white flour is very simple, requiring nothing more than a common lin grater, and a bucket or tub to wash i:in, for the purpose of separating ihe flour. ! As f.r the production of tobacco of a superior quality in hs region of Florida, as well as in portions further north, there can be no question. Indeed, the experi ment has been aheady fully made, and has resulted in ihe raising ol an amde not in ferior lo that of the West Indies. lis tlivo is thought by many lo be superior to t;,at of the Cuba. You direct one of your inqnirie. to the supposed value of one acre of trupi-al fruii., compared with the same quantity of land planted in sugar or cuiton. 1 have no po sitive data to govern me in this ef;i:nare; but 1 would say thai one acre cultivated in orange or lemon, allowing two hundred tree to ihe acre, (not an over number. I think,) and producing thousand lothe tree, valued alone cent each, would yield a crop worth S2000. One acre, planted in sugar, producing 2000 lbs. at 4 cts. per lr. would amount lo $80; the same in cotton, produ cing 200 lbs. of cleaned cotton, of the finest quality, at 30 cenH, would amount to SCO. One acre, planted in the other iropical fruits, such as ihe pineapple, fig, plantain, or banana, would no doubt, far exceed the estimate for the oranje and lime. The labor necessary for rid.pr culture I should presume, would be about t!:0 saiT.c. Upon the subject of inland nvia')r?i y Jleam through ibis part of the Territory, it is my opinion that, at a liifling expense -, compared with other, works rf internal improvement steamboat navigation rsn be established from Key Uiscayne bay, at the Cape, directly through '.he centre rf'thf peninsula, by Vay of the lake. And ibf Pt. Johns, lo Jacksonville, on the Atlantic fide - having lateral communication", by means ol the rivers referred to, to the sea. Of the Islands in the lakes ?nd rrer glades, I have personal acquaintance with some, and have only heard of oilier. . They are generally very rich, and elcTsted to the same height above tide water as ihe belt ct land referred to on the coast. Fr fmther particulars of the coast, key?, and Manda, I beg leave to refer you u my report on that subject, published in 1834 in the United Stales Telegraph, and, 1 think, in other papers of this. city. I most heartily agree with yon in relation t- the importance of Florida, especially' that portion of it lying within the iropical region, for ihe supply of those product which enter so largely into the consumption of all portions of the Union, and of which importations are annually mnde to our . country from abroad under bevy duties. Indeed, Florida is important in mnny other" points of view to this great naiion. Along its coast, and around its reefs, the commerce of the great valley of the Wet, watered by the Mississippi, and its tribimHP, must pass, and rely in a great degree for protec tion, in the event of a maritime war with foreign power. Hence, the building of fortifications, light-houses and i.nproviug of harbors, on the coast of Florida, and the encouragement of population on its borders, by a liberal policy on the part of ihe Gene ral Government in the disposal of its pvHic domain in that quarter, are considerations of immense interest to the whole Unian, and mote particularly lo the people of rfje. In conclusion. Sir, I beg you to arcppf: my warmest thanks, as a citizen of Florida,, for the many valuable services yoti render- ed that Territory, while it was honored by your citizenship, and for the zal and in terest you still manifest in her welfare. I beg of you to accept the assurance of the high respect ami regard, with which II am your obedient servant, WILLIAM WYATT. -Hon. II. M. Brackknridoe, Ho. pf Rcrgv, From the Stale Rights Republican. . Banks are supposed to afford-a safe-, place of deposit for public funds. Thi is 1 another mistake. Nearly two hundred of. these safe depositories have broken, failed, -wiihin the last twenty year, and how ma ny more will break during te same time to come, the wisest cannot foretell. There has been at least thirty times the amount lost to individuals, by making banks a plam of deposit, there would have been if the. people themselves kept their money. Banks grow rich upon ther ov ikBr. If one individual gives his note to. another, he pays him interest the bnk give, an individual their notes (prom ises t pay) anil the receiver pays them i' merest on ibeir. own debts. The mora they owp, there fore, the more money iiey mik and the richer ihey become. Who would not lika. the same privilege ? Ib. TEU PENANCE liEYUM. Among the atupen h- reforms of t'ie present day, nothing exsnies more grateful astonishment thau the progres of the em perance "fsrmatioii It in :m vast a. it i deep, and thorough as it is extensive. It does not mi-rely pervade rertain local sec tions, or Ihu visible surface of society. It embraces the entire Union, and its healmg influence extor.ds from the refined clae down io the jnost besotted bodies of in Persons fru'n the east an I the west, from, the north sail the south, from pop. pit ies and obscure villages, alike concur in speakt jg of it, as. exceeding any thin? in the annals of moral reformation. We tinl persons of every grade, w Ih havp h-ei Ivv- Ktual drinkers, slinotji vobiRr?m!v ar.-. dotting their cups, ant) reinmcing ibp'r ac cusiomed haunts of uissimioh, Crowe of men, acted upon by common svrnathy, or by some other inexplicau e cane, ar abandoning hubiis of intoxication, aiftjorn. ing in reforming those whose i!iiie, hitherto, they have helped to feed and in flame. Men who have been co'ipicuou for thrir h tbits of intenvrines and law less disregard of healthful taw of morality, suddenly are changed, and bennou exem plary and sober men. Nothing can in duce a return m their former habits; would be ditficnlt to tempt these men agnin to poIlui their lips with the "poison, Those who once needed the aid of (rii to stop excess, now, in torn. ar exS-mm others to reform. The reformed everr where have become biiccpmuI arwl jndi cions reformers. God b pvH that ihis, vast fountain, from whence ie spring-, tot such iii numerable shapes, has already