The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-04-06
THE MISSISSIPPI sEAC0AsT
a IATD 90 pHou,=r

We copy from lhg hlississippi
Baptist Record Clinton. Miss, tho
following tFulbful statement Of our
coast country. 1tis written by q
gentleman who has been living On
the cousl over two year,, has trav.
led considerably over this p1rt ol
the country, and knows whereof hc
writes. 1t is the best article wri.
ten on this SUBJECT VIC have seen
published, and therefore reproduce
f it:
ITS CLIMATE
It lies between the two great cities
Of Mobile aud New Orleans, Que nun
dfed aud tbiuy-uine miles south Of
Jackson, Mississippi, and sixty miles
north Of latitude Of G'lveston, Tex S.
New Orleans is on the 30 parallel and
Mobile is forty five miles north Of that
parallel.
In the spring and fall the temperature
Is neither too warm nor too cold; and
these seasons are far more charming
than any where in the Interior Iu wiu-
ter there Is seldom any ice, aud yegeta-
Iion Is often green until alter Christmas.
In the summer tntre Is a cool bret
blowing from the gulf from about 8 a.
l.. unIl about + pm, which Is most
HnpInpr ~ pntl1ta n fha a
During the nIgnl there Is a similar
Dreezs from the land. SO that both
day and night the otherwise oppressive
heat Of tnis latitude Is usually overcome,
the early morning being the most sultry
part of ,he day. The thermometer sell
dom ever riSt above ninety degrees III
the shade III midsummer, and no one
remembers ever seeing it above one
bundled. Owing TO the presence OF SO
muca water the air Is moist and the
heat Of the body is relieved by the easy
hJw of perspiration. Toe average tenn
perature htrs may be higher but the ex-
tremes of heat and cold are far less than
anywhere north of this. The skies are
50 clear aud bright, the atmosphere SO
cool, so pure, and 50 balmy, no wonder
this region is sought by invalids and y
t. seekers of pleasure. The first effect
upon newcomers is to soOthe them to |
S .eep, to the sweetest and most re- |
fresulng sleep. There is truth in the
say ing tuat IL is a climate winch invites |
to Iudoleuce. 1t is easy to live here; |
the demand for fJod and clothing is .
less certain class Of the |
Is poor and thriftiess. But |
among those who 40 work s3e no hin
derauce TO the best development Of body |
and nIud.
The general healthfulness here seems |
to be better than almost any where else;
aud the recuperatlon OF sick and weary !
people comiug from distance Is almos |
marvellous just from the effect of the |
climate, which is aiied much by the |
mineral water found at some places,
ut Ocean Springs. But per
sOns with consumption are always made
worse by coming here, while dyspeptics
are aided most. It's contiguity to trop-
lcal parts exposes us to yellow fever
sometimes; still, during the last thirty
ears this has given serious disturbance
only three or four seasons.
From ten to twenty miles back the
and Is almost entirely level; beyond
hat it rises gradually into the hill
The shores or banks are from
Ell to thirty feet above the medium
ldes. 1he highest tides known hith
rto, caused by storms of wind, have
lever GOV, red the ten feet banks, but
ew times have come very near it.
wing to Its levelness the ground be-
zones very wet during continued rains;
lut the soil is very sandy and it alb
orbs the water verJ soon after the rains
ease. In the long absence OF rain the
oli becomes very dry, and in summer
of all kinds often suffers se-
lousy. This general level OF surface
$ broken at intervals little by the de-
jress Gus OF the brooks and rivers ,
which pour into the sea Ill great num-
)ers. No wher5 Is the land of itself i
worth much for farming. Yet some {
crest trees and some fruits and veget. a
b.es grow well in tue sand where there /,
) little or no clay. l find but few farm a
rs here because of this barrenness Of b
ne sol, and because other occupations S
eqnire less capital aud yield more /
peedy profit. But the season for farm /
az Is from eight to twelve months in
ns year, and those who pursue it prop I
riy and perslstently are prosprring t
'el. After series OF years every
irmer could secure permanent i'll 9
Jme with bat little labor in pecsns, q
anses, grapes, or IN sheep. The re q
ent introduction of the improved wind r
MI will enable farmers to irrigate their /
uds, aud thus overcome the greatest /
excessive drouths In sum-
Ter. With proper fertinzlng and good !
We can produce here the {
sst sugar cane, rice, sweet and Irish {
Otatoes, melons, hay, peaches, pears,
ranges, grapes (scuppernong especial :
]. vegetables aud flowers. o. it is the !
nd ior flowers, wild and cultivated; ,
he most fragr mt and the most beauti- :
II flowers, even sometimes up to the
Vt OF January. :
GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW.
Among the m lateral growth pine pre-
ails, then the live oak, water oak, red
Ak, magnolia. hickory, cypress along I
le water courses, and underbushes of :
.rions kinds. The live oak makes a .
lonster tree. 1t is the grandest of all
n shade. 1T is used much for ship
uhding. Tue pines iurnisn vast q1au- = =
ties OF wood, coal and timbsr. The u
title gall berry bushes abound every =
here, with a large crop OF berries Z Z
lack when ripe-on which millions OF .
,bips coming from the far north feel 7
nd fatten In winter. affJrdlDg sport to Q
le huussmau and food t. the D. edy. a. a.
trther back in the country there are III
Ienty OF squirrels. turki,s, deer and %
ther game. Very little of the land IS a
"A "A tha or.ss grows luXur-