I Have lands on the hills sloping to Lake Hall, where subsoils for four feet deep (as far as I have examined them) are composed principally of silex, with a sufficiency of clay to make them of a good character. The first 8 to 12 inches is a dark loam; the subsoil of a chocolate color, interspersed with lime stone, and a stone we call iron stone [ferruginous conglomerate]. On these soils the wild vines attain an enormous size, and are loaded with fruit. Most all of our soils will produce the grape well, but there are some that have a superior excellence. I will state our yield of wine in answer to your interrogatories; but at the same time will remark, that our vines have not received that attention they deserved, owing to the fact of Mr. B. and myself being cotton planters:

" No. of vines to the acre? " A Concord and Ives, 435; Delaware, 537. Vines trained on both trellis and stakes - trellis preferable. Scuppernong, forty-six vines to acre; arbored third year - trained to stakes before.

"Amount of sugar added to wine?" Varies according to the kind of grape, degree of ripeness and season. In good seasons, Delaware requires none.

" Number of gallons of wine to acre? " Concord, 800 to 1,000; Scuppernong, from 1,500 to 2,000 gallons to the acre.

"Price obtained for wine?" Concord wine sells here from $2.50 to S3 per gallon; Scuppernong, $4 per gallon.

Scuppernong vines not subject to any disease. Market price of vines, $15 per 100; $100 per 1,000. Wages of male hands per month, $10 and rations. Prevailing disease, fever and ague, yielding readily to mild treatment. Cleared land, adapted to grape culture, from 10 to 50 dollars per acre, according to location and quality. Highest range of thermometer, during summer, 92; atmosphere tempered by sea breezes. Freight per bbl., on vegetables or fruit, to New York, by express, $2.25. Time, from Tallahassee to New York, four days. Concord and Ives ripen about July 1st; Hartford, latter part of June.

Mr. Bradford and myself have fine grape lands that we will dispose of to actual settlers, being desirous of forming a grape growing colony around us. The country is high and- rolling, and locations can be had presenting beautiful views of miles in extent. If you know of any parties who contemplate coming south, and would like to engage in this business, if they will communicate with me, I will be pleased to correspond with them, giving them any information they may desire about the State. I am, very respectfully, yours,

Jno. A. Craig."

In the neighborhood of Tallahassee plenty of cleared land, admirably adapted to grape culture, can be purchased at from 8 to 15 dollars per acre. The region is elevated and undulating; and the grape grower can select any exposure he may fancy. The soil is a deep, rich, sandy loam, with a suitable subsoil. Near Tallahassee is situated Lake Jackson, about 17 miles in length. It is surrounded by hills varying from 100 to 300 feet high; a large portion of the land surrounding the lake has been cleared, and in our opinion is eminently adapted to the vine. When I first saw Lake Jackson, nestling among gently sloping hills, I was induced to exclaim - " this is the home for the vine and the field for the grape grower."

The country around Tallahassec is well watered by running streams and splendid springs. The winters are pleasant, but frosts occasionally occur of sufficient severity to injure orange trees. The summer's heat is tempered by the winds from the Gulf coast; and during the course of many summers, the thermometer does not rise above 90 deg. The main products are cotton, sugar, rice, potatoes - Irish and sweet - peaches, figs, plums and melons. Garden vegetables, of all descriptions, grow in luxuriance and abundance. During the autumnal months, fever and ague prevail, but not to the same extent as in some of our northern states. Diarrhoea, dysentery, rheumatic and pulmonary affections and continued fevers are not so common or so violent as in the north and west Tallahassee is the center of an educated and refined society. Churches and school houses abound throughout the country; and the people, as a class, are intelligent, hospitable and generous. Oranges and bananas are an uncertain crop in the neighborhood of Tallahassee, and tin-remunerative. Tobacco would prove a paying crop - more especially if the seed was annually imported from Cuba. We are of the opinion that wheat would prove a remunerative crop - for the reason that the soil is adapted to its growth; and in Australia and California, where the winter temperature is somewhat similar, wheat is an eminently successful crop.

In our next we shall describe other localities, and refer to the peculiarities and culture of the Scuppernong grape.