The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1874-03-13

DOTS FROM THE sEA-EoARD.
DARIES, Ca, Mar, 4th, IA.

aUOut LHc iitnc YOU tcSOLfO t"'oj "N"
for the want of something more in
teresting to present your readers,
may be willing to give corner to a
few dots from the sea.shore Of good
old Georgia--if not, then throw it in
the waste basket, and | will approve
your judgement.
Having been confined to office du-
ties without much recreation for
several years, and thinking that a
change from the cold blasts from old
Kennesaw might be pleasant and
serviceable, left home on the Bird
of Feb. via Atlanta and Macon tor
this point, and the next morning took
the cars on Macon & Brunswick X.
r. and enjoyed delightful ride with1
an agreeable party on pleasure trip
to B. Notwithstanding the abuse
that has been INDUCED in by some
parties. it is without doubt in as
good condition, and as well manag>
ed as any road in the State, one
evidence of which is the fact that
since the present efficient Superin-
teudent, Col. J. w. Robertson, has
been in office, not q car has been OF
the track, and accidents OF every
kind are "ike angels visits" At
station No. /, ten miles from Bruins
wick, left the happy party to wend
their way to the would be (if she
could) seaport of Georgia, and took
hack conveyance in company with
too interesting young ladies, about
6 miles TO the Altamaha river,
thence on small steamboat to this
ancient town in Mcintosh county,
where | arrive with appetite sharp
ened for the excellent dinner of oys-
ter soup, fresh shad and the various
Ell ceteras furnished by mine host OF
the "Magnolia House" who | j. assure
you "knows how to keep a good ho-
tel.o
The first thing that attracted my
attention after embarking on the
steamer "Daisy," was the innumera-
bic RATS of timber which had been
floated several hundred miles some
of them, down the river, and then
the immense "boom" where they all
stop to be measured and inspected,
then sold to the numerous timber
buyers, and shipped to all parts of
the world. Vessels that carry from
200,0 900 to 100000 feet come here
for their cargos, while larger ones re-
ceive theirs at Doboy lsland-about
II miles below, at which place there
are constantly from Is to 80 vessels
from various ports of England, Scot
land, Germany, Sweden, France,
&C., some loading with tho hewn
timber Just as it is RATED to their
sides, or sawed lumber from the
steam saw mills in this vicinity, and
oak slaves, with which the stevea-
dore fills.all the spaces between the
larger pieces.
II is surprising, the facility with
which the men handle the largest
sticks of timber, measuring fifty to
one hundred feet in length, by two
feet square, and wouldn't it be inter
esting to follow some of those pieces
of Georgia pine, from the forests OF
the Altamaha, across the ocean,
through the manipulation of the ar
tizan to the final use to which they
have been adapted 7 BY reference
to the published annual statement OF
the marine and export trade of Da-
rien for the year 1873, / find there
we're cleared from this port 22l yes
sells of 100000 tonnage, carrying
40, $50, 437 feet of timber, and 49,
SS6,43l feet of lumber, and this
trade is increasing every year. Da-
rien needs more direct communica-
ton with Savannah, Macon, &e.-
AT present there is a steamboat to
Savannah once a week, the same to
Brunswick. The depot on Atlantic
& Gulf Road is about 30 miles dis
tant over very sandy roads. A very
small steamboat runs up the river
about miles daily, thence you go
by hack six miles TO station No.
Macon & b. Il. Road. Efforts are
being made to get rail road from
Brunswick TO suitable point on the
river, and larger boat from that
point to this place. During the
,'late unpleasantness" our Northern
friends ~ visited all "along shore,"
and this town met with very warm
reception from ,hem--every build
ing except three, being burned by |
the application of their torches.
A few of the old citizens, and others
from the north have rebuilt a small
portion of the business houses, and
a few residences-but by far the
larger number of the inhabitants are !
colored about six or eight to one
white. The wealthiest man here is
a free born mulatto, always lived
here and said to be worth at least
forty thousand dollars. This is the
County you know represented in the
Legislature by the notorious Camp
bell.
The merchants appear to be doing
a very good businesses a great
many goods q. much larger per-
centage Of profits than our Marietta
houses.
have met the genial countenance