The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-04-06

lagos and cpusidsriba popuiation.
A splendid railroad oJnneetg the two
large di'g, running near ths soa shofs
most NJ the wty, crossing tbs rivers sod
bays with the best hfiiges 10 the World.
NiIs nav igfbis rv-rs, including Pascs-
Rona and Pssrl, ruu into ihs gulf, be.
sides mby smi lrr streams. These
drain Ons.h bali Of tbs S'ats of Missii-
sippi, passing through the ricbost for.
cts .sllOw pine IN the world. Idovn
these streams ibis pine Is Aoated, and
, uear their ~ ,uths II IL saved nj points
convenient for chipping. Over forty
steam saw mills are nov actively run
ning, while macy others are idle. Most
O' this lumber is consumed in the
Uoi'el Sia',s, bat on au average one
hundred and tity large ships annually
carry thirty nj lion feet OF it to Eu. ope
aud other foreign N ukets.
The Bay Of -. Louis is about ffty
mil, e east Of New Orleaus-four miles
wide and FIVE miles long. The Bay Of
Biloxi i. thirty miles farther Past-two
miles wide and twelve miles long.
These BAYS are only about sixteen feet
deep in the channels and more shallow
elsewhere. o. their shores, aud on the
main beach itself, are the most beauti-
ful building ties. The live oaks with
their deu-e shade tue green grass. the
fragrance IF ihi Orang blossoms,
| or Of the oranges them selves, tho
| cool bre g, the CLASSY water spr al
| ont 10 front, the le tpiug OF the fishes,
| the soaring of the sea- olid5, the rowing
| of the small boats, the sailing OF the
large ones, the clear, bright sunshine
these altogether give the appearance OF
au earthly par,dise. The scenery il
often rom ,ntic in the ex rene, when
the waters are smooth and still, or when
stirred By the heavier Summer winds
they surge with white fOsming billows,
or when at quiet evening time the dying
waves hum their gentle lullaby ss they
break more and mJre softly upon the
shore.
In some places the low marsh lands or
marsh islands, coysre1 only with marsh
grass from on to ten feet high, is with
soma the m Ist obi ctlontble feature to
the eve. Bat these marshes do not pro-
duce malaria Lor sickness because OF
the sat IN the tide water, which inun-
dates them once day; yes they pro-
dnce q lahtity OF musq lltoes and
enats, which are the greatest annoy
auces on tie coast-just as they are in
New Orleans. For most OF the year
one cannot well sleep exc ,pt under a
muse lio lar. II rse', COWS. sheep,
ETC., often sufer very much from these
little tormentors in some places.
At sever i Eoin there are small lakes.
bayouS or other srms of water suited
exactly TO fish raising, Just az small or
Just as large as any palties could wish.
In this business independent fortunes
could be made here, but no one has
undert ken 1t yet.
Tue Lagos along the main shore are
most beautifully located, looking out
southwark upon the .xpanss OF waters.
III some directions the view being lIm-
tied onIy by the sky aud the sea. From
three to twelve miles out lying Nearly
parallel TO the shore, 8 chain OF Islands
a little distance from each other, mostly
uninhabted. Inside of tsese islands is
Mississi JpI Soun |, outside Is lie vast
Gulf OF NJ xico, one thous! nd miles
long and HearIy as many wide. In the
sound are two harbJrs, Pascagoula and
Ship I,land. The lat er is one of the
arg, s, in the world and one OF the
safest, iaving a depth Of eighteen to
lwsnty.four feet Near the beach the
W ater is usually shallow, 50 that elevated
" gharyas are extended out from fifty to
five hundred yards to reacA sufficient
depth for the bath houses and for the
landing of large vessels. And, ., Che
amusement as we'll as healthtulness OF
sea bathing, of rowing and sailing, OF
catching fis.i S and crabs. and of eating
them aud the oysters. No better oysters
are found anywhere else.
BUSINESS RESOURCES.
Under this | will iBclude the whole
distance from Mobile to New Orleans,
xtending back fifteen miles from the
beach. Some people fad employment
n working for the railroad, many more
,n the vessels which nsyi gate the sea
md the rivers. There are one hundred
chooners running the gulf. owned
.iong the CO st and most OF them built
lere, beside large number OF smaller
alling vesssls; also ten STEAMBOATS, ana
en- steam tugs. Thee are twenty large
lotels and many more SIN iller boarding
houses. The inc Ime from summer and
winter visitors furnishes large part OF
he support of the towns especially.
We have three weekly newspapers, the
lsual numper of merchants and me-
,hauics. also a number of ship-ysris
md ship-builders, not many lawyers,
,ot MANY doctors The following IS
ov estimate of the monied incom3 OF
his district annulIly:
Agriculture, etc, $4,000; oranges,
100 0DO. worth SIC, 600; live STOCK, SlO'-
100; sheep, 80. 600 head, yielding Ioo.-
100 pounds of wool, worth at 70 censs sa
pound S37 500; Fl ihes, 600 OOO, Slo,ooo;
,ysters, 6 COZ, 900. S2l 600, turpentine,
1000 barrels, S75 900; resln, Zoo @ Voo
,arrels, S62 500; shingles, ooO @ U00,
sI5. 600; wo d, 80 900 cords, sl0o OO0; O;
300. 900 barrels, S5o'ooo;
,opsra timber, spars for ship masts, etc.,
,,l0. 600 cubic feet, SIS 900; sawed lum~
,er. 100 600 O0O square feet, 81 OOo'oVV;
These figures saow a capablllty OF
more than self support, and many OF
hese can be- largely increased ana VIII
,e. ,:I a.
Cousi Ieriug its climate. physical ad-
.rtao,s q AMI ,.usiut 50 resources. Tor so
,,a,II > ,.-r;.orv il promises much FOR
= ,,t,,r, nth temporally and spritu-
A., ponrIatiou and wealth are bound
: ,,n'...ptrate here for pleasure and
80 R.tween Mobile and New
,-S]a,s there will be, some day, alr ost
=. 90 .tinuous city along the shore.
n nn.ess something now unforeseen
inders h land ali .csnt will be IN
I'm. = one sol j orange orchard. 1t Is
land Of promise. ]. b. HAMBsRLN'
A dollar saved is that much made,