, 1877-01-29
Paints Of Interest Along the
ST. Johns Ri yer.
4 Visit to tho Bnr---An Ancient
Iltlgucn0t Settlement.
Pilot Town and Fort George 1aland-A Fa.
yorits Resort for Tourists--
Tropical Scenery,
1 e,unIat Fishing gillsgc...1he 1lospltalItlts Of
Rapport, and lts Rt,ouress'..llow tha
1iasrtaa, tige AL Amusa
Themselves.

Apeefa1 Correspondence Qf The Tribune.
fAyroEr, FIa., Jnr. GA stretch Ut w11ito
ssnd. rising lnburloualy from tho watcr's edge,
n If 5carning to lc frecI from The ccasclcss
dash anl beat Of tho surf, nll with flnal effort
luhgng up In gigantic ware, oi,ly to 6ubs!!o
knpattcn.ly iIfto the dark Horaee bfyDnt1. Along
the beach arc sprink!cd hero uiil tieru little
vhItewaahcf lnts, without Any attempt ut re,ll.
larity. There arr, perhaps, tlozen Of them,
Including several that aro so much Tie worse for
wear and win,l That they l,avc lust all clnrartcr
snd stealfastncss, anl torpic over 80 far from
the perpendicular that One expects to rec them
collapse momcntnr'y. This II Atayport.
The Northern visitor, soon after hts nrrtynl at
Jaeksonylc. Is Invariably asked two qucstto,,a
by every chance acquaintance whom, he may
meet nt the llntcts. One IL, " ituvc sou been up
tbe .iycr1" and The other, "ilayr you been
doTn to the bar1" These opposta directions
represent tho only Two potnts Of t,c co,un.s tn
vhich tho tourist IN Florida Ia cycr Introduced
No one ever goes east Or west, but everybody
xocs either up or down, the *up" sta1lt!i,rg for
aoutll. and tho 4tlown " for northeast; 50 great
Is tho part played by tic st. Johns River In lic
fortunes Of the State.
It Is twenty-five 1nilcs from .1ackeOuyIle To
The mouth of tho river. Unfortunately for tho
commercial interests nj The tnwn bur oustrtir.a
tho cnlral,cr to the 81 1ohu'e, 80 t!lat vessels
cannot cu1nc in except at hfgl-ti!c II ia, murc-
oYer. trcacl,crous bur Of shifting pruc)tyitfes,
sn1 mnny arc The wrecks TINT have occurred
through Its tnstr1Emcntulfty. Fnr ycnrs tic
atatc has lived In hopca Of u Government npprQ-
priaton for clearing out ot tic cl.allncl unl
tie erection Ut a bsrakwatcr, hut enough infl.
enca has not yet bccn brought to bear upon
Congress TO sccIssc tile desired improvements.
II the bnF Is lonkcd upon by ycascl-owncrs ns
bugcar, by another still larger class It Is re-
gasdc,l a place Of manifold attractions
Plcasurc.scckcrs all tho ycnr round visit 1t and
SuTrl In tho wonderful emery OF tho country Ia
1ts Immediate neiEhborllonl, Fort tieurgo
Island has nchicvcd muro than d loca1 rcputa-
tou. Doing aa everybody clso did, paid =
visit TO the island. 1t lmppcnetl to be
AN uNusUALLr P0H0r MORNING
V4cn went down tn the ,lork at jacksonville
TO take tho steamboat frum Green Coyc fur tho
bar. The planks wcre slippery with moisture,
snd tho boards and musta=lses nj tl,s loungtrs
on tho dsek were as wet rs II they had been
walking down Madison street on Il 5rusty nlorn.
Ing. And yet thu fox WAS not Gull Ur dfsayrcgn-
bic. ny aud By there cutne ecFrcch from tic
dense MIST a1,d thu hoat iootncd rapidly ur,
like FroMt shape. Strrping aboard Through
ahrt!am of 'bus-slrycrs and hotcl-rnuncrs shout
iu. themselves t,oa.sc around single bcwiltlcr-
rd nasscnr.r sp,urc,j a,.o,n,.sttnl aud TIM. n
seat aft on deck. There WAS ccstuinEy not rnnrl
ehanee o1 seelng tllc scenery, 1os Tic I'oat natl
fc,rcrly left thu wharf before tho group Of by.
ISLANDERS. tho on,uhlacH, tho fruit stalls, tho
lrilses, anu Tho whole town taclf wLs swAl-
A""co uf !" Liz i"s' AZ IL ~ I'LL ea'thauase,
hnu only yoh1 remained on either hnnd.
VIC steasncd swiftly lown-etrcafn, II sncl, d
term ca,1 l,e usrd In reference su a tt,ul river
making aho,,t tw,lrc luots. M land waa +,
.te,. Nv. ....u' '.,,. ..,' '1" ,.. ""' -
sehs' olee III "nlle u tim ttla1o" at:H'fisl
tic fps proclaimed the rear presence ol trees
md uow' and thea VIC shot past fishing tuut,
III Dangerous uroxImIty l thought: md t,cca.
st,nnI,v lin rl,n., ~ m unri,,I, ,,,n,. wn,d
,s,' - t"'s w. ~" ~ ~, o"us "o'"
!oak ~ " k1nlly 10 tell nH TINT tHc steamer was
fn tlls right track.
About Lulf tic trim was tbus uc.o,un,ts|,cd.