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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