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The primeval forest with its dense undergrowth of

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Ogwood blossoms, which shine with the brightness of the falling

Snow; the thickets of Cherokee roses, which surpass the most
other regions; the brilliant carpet of wild azaleas,
yellow jessamine, the modest Drosera,
a muscipula, and the trumpet Sarracenia;
€ to the white beach, from which are seen the dis-
; the secluded spot in the wilderness commanding
of an exquisite landseape, where, safe from intru-
“ sheltered seat beneath the giant pines and
Yo ho” of the sailor, outward bound; a place
oly contemplation when the day is far spent, where
ranches cast the shadow of a cross, and where,
the j  Interlacing foliage, the star of hope is shining;
n at the big house, the spacious hall with its
blazing oak logs; around it, after the bounti-
» the old songs sung and the old tales told, and

keep dull care beyond the threshold.
Quiet lanes of Orton to the ruins of Governor
independence, > half a mile. Here is the cradle of American
dense un — Upon this spot, until recently hidden by a
O'clock on th of timber, occurred, between six and seven
. © evening of the 19th of February, 1766, the first

Seger the scene of many notable inci-
Nicsar Ing place of early pioneers. It was built

9 Brunswick, and, principally, by the landed
(40. In 1751, Mr. Lewis Henry DeRosset, a
Ov. Gabriel Johnston’s council, and subsequently
oyalist, introduced a bill appropriating to St.
at Brunswick and to St. James’s Church at
ally, a fund that was realized by the capture
of a pirate vessel, which, in a squadron of
Plantations ers, had entered the river and plundered the

The wall *
and Besser St. Philip’s Church are nearly three feet thick,
have hs 1 and almost intact still, while the roof and floor
Ppeared. It must have possessed much architectural