The New York herald., 1862-03-11

entrance 10 the barbor was and still is excellent.
The lighthouse is located at distance oil eght miles
from the town, ami was very valuable TO mariners
brunswick eastern terminus OF the brunswick ana
Florida Railroad The shipping Of the district on the
both OF June 1852 was three hundred and regs
tered hundred and fifty three tons enrolled and
licensed During that year there three foreign ar
rivals, and six vessels cleared for foreign ports. Of
course smaness the number from the close
proximity to the harbor OF Savannah. The shipping,
however gradually increasing in value and quantity
previous to the rebellion which totally destroyed the
trade Of the place.
SKETCH OF FERNANDINA.
Fernandna is a small village of Nassau county Florida
and situated the northern part OF Amelia Island
1t is located at distance Of hundred and eighty five
miles by north OF Tallahassee the capslo the State
1t is said TO be the best habor south OF Chesapeake Bay
Vessels anchor in the harbor forty feet Of water
sheltered from all winds The Florida Railroad Company
have wharf OF twenty-five feet low water at this
place. The lighthouse the island is too far
south for use, excepting find the outer buoys OF
the bar. Full ST. Marys Bar, on full and
change at half O'Clock with an average tide
Of feet The Florida Railroad to Jacksonville,
where the Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad joins II ana
which seventy-eght miles in westerly direction,
Lake City, 10 Houston Lake City is sixty miles from
Jacks onve and about double that distance from Fer
nandna. At Houston the road is connected with the
Pensacola and Georgia Railroad which extends the line
sixty miles farther to Tallahassee. 1t thon takes south
erly direction the St. Marks farther dis
tance of twenty-five miles railroad in contem-
plation to connect Tallahassee with Pensacola,
but what progress has been made in this is
at present unknown. The Florida Railroad
runs directly southwest via Jacksonville from Fsrnan
dina to Cedar Keys the Gulf coast, distance Of
about one hundred and twenty miles, little over.
SKETCH OF THE COAST FROM SAVANNAH TO ST.
AUGUSTINE.
without particularizing the waters and OF the
Savannah river, will pass down to Warsaw. There is
ten feet of water the bar at this point but the
channel is too intricate for strangers. without the
buoys, which removed, ordinary mariner could
find the channel, although with them from thirteen to
twenty feet Of water could be obtained Passing to
Ossabaw Sound we find the bar at the mouth
of tho Ogerhee river, which has eighteen
feet OF wtter over it., with between
eight and nine fahoms of water after has been passed
Green Island this neighborhood has upon several
hundred OF pine and other fine timber which gene
rally has greensh appearance. St. Catherine bar is
next in order, which very difficult strangers having
but eight and half feet it at low tide and the
channel being not over two hundred yards wide, the
shoals generally dry each side Of the bar After
passing st. Catherine's Island arrived at Sappeo
mol there is from eighteen twenty Of We
next reach the locality of the Darien Doboy light
which the south point Of Sappclo Island. 1t
light varied by flashes and stood -four feet above
the level Of the Near this light is the port of
Darien, In the harbor OF which from four to six
fathoms OF water. Beacons Wolf Island and buoys
pointed out the channel which varied from thirteen
seventeen feot along it, The passage would be difficult
one to strangers without the water marks The
next important point is Brunswick described parti
cuarly in the sketch above Journeying still farther
south, and passing Jeky Island arrive at st. An
drews Sound and Inlet Tho channel pointed out by
the buoys gave from sixteen TO twenty Of water
along the entrance the harbor at the en-
trance Of the st. lila river. The spring tides
rise seven feet over the bar at this point, and
Crow Harbor lies about thirty (3o) miles up the river
and is great timber depot. About fifteen 15) miles
above Crow harbor is the town Of Jefferson where
sells drawing twelve feet of water can 90. Passing Cum
beriand Island reach Cumberland Sound and the
port Of St. Marys On the north point of Amelia Island
there was revolving light about hundred and
l04) feet above the Vessels bound for this port
can find twentyour (2 feet Of as low tide the
place where the first buoy formerly stood after
ing the second and third in thirteen feet fourth buoy
in twelve feet Of water marks the edge Of what known
as tho South Breakers. Passing this point
towards the North Breakers fourteen feet of
water is found, and afterwards eighteen feet at
which point buoy formerly placed, to mark the
shoals running off from Amelia Island. Near the edge of
the Tiger Island Shoal is about sixteen water
the entrance Of the Fernandna river At the junction OF
the st. Marys and Cumberland there is another
shoal but the buoy marked the channel in which there
was, at low tide, at least twelve feet of water The
Amelia bar has at low fourteen feet water
which at spring tides rises eight and half feet, and
Nrdp
carefully it adons Fernandna. before described
The entrance to the harbor is protected by Fort Cnch
now in possession. We pass to st. Johns
river which is seven leagues from St. Marys ST. Johns
light fixed light sixty five feet above the sea-
the south side of the the river On north
side Of the harbor is Talbots Island, full trees
There eleven feet of the bar at high water
and the spring tides rise six feet, ncap tides but four
The currents run out Gnt quarter food and sometimes
half flood. The tides very much influenced by the
winds. The buoys formerly pointed 4 channel vary
ing from nno to foet with average Of over
twolvs feet The Nassau Inlet is not important. We
therefore pass to the st. Augustine the
mouth Of which the St. Augustine light stands. at
the north of Anastasia Island. 1t fixed
light varied by fashes and stood square white tower
sixty eight feet above the level Of the ST. Augustine
is situated on the main, about miles within tie bar
The depth Of the bar at high twelve feet, at
halftde nine and at low six and half feet The
pilots in good weather used board outside the
bar. The harbor is not particularly good and the diff
Guilty OF access makes it still lees valuable The city
us, however, neat and pretty and had been some
what Of hourishins place prior to the rebellion
City Intelligence.
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