The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-07-02
Pearl River Country, 1850
Mississippi SeacOast - Pearl
River Country Gainesville
Napoleon Pennington -
Pearl city Little Pea Island
Mysterious Music.


Mysterious Music.
The projected straight-line rail
road from Meridian TO New Orleans
is attracting much attention to
Gainesville, aud its surroundings,
ut this moment. The following let
ter, written thirty years ago Tor tke
New Orleans Delta, hy Col. j. +. Ii.
Claiborne, will DC read with great
interest. Many oi the persons
there referred to have passed away,
but some still. survive, like our
highl5 esteemed lIicad, Capt. VIM.
j. Poitevcat, 10 bear witness to the
fidelity of the description of the
resources Of this section OF our
State. This lrtter-,,rawn from
the forgotten flcs OF the a6leSt
paper ever published in New Or
lcauS---iS an appropriate reminder
that its author, Col. Claiborne, for
moro than thirty years, has never
missed an orportunity to develop
the advantages of this seacoast.
Ii all his fugitive writings about
the pine.wOoda and gulf coast were
collected, they would constitute Il
large volume. And we understand
that several chapters of the 1st
volume OF his forthcoming History
of Mississippi, are devoted to this
coast, its resources, and its colon.
iza,iOn by The French.
The Cuban troops made their
camp near Gainesville to escape
the surveillance Of our government,
Gems. Lopcz aud Gautie being the
guests of Capt. poitevent. They
received several cnlistments from
that section. Capt. james Miller,
of StcpdS' battalion, afterwards
killed 1T Franklin, Tenn, leing oHe
Of the number. This squad went
in the Pampero, and was met by
Il Spanish steamer and chased
away and made n landing OH the
coast OF Florida. Those on the
Pizzaro landed in Cuba, but soon
their career speedily terminated;
N. o. Delta, 1850.
Our citizens who visit the New
Basin at the foot of Julia street,
aud witness with surprise The loug
lines of schooners, aud the vast
magazines Of lumber, brick, fire.
wood, charcoal, sand, tar aud tur-
pentine stored along the canal, and
the busy and increasing commerce
that has grown up in that section
of the city, are not, perhaps, aware
that We ae indebted for most it to
the State of Mississippi. From her
seacoast, SO near our shores as to
be within hearing of our church.
going bells and . o'clock guns, we
derive, III great measure, the ma
terials for our dwellings, the shells
ami plank for our roads, the fuel
that drives our engines and b0ils
our tea kettles, the fish, oysters,
fruit, and other luxuries that sup
ply our tables. And 10 the coast,
too, we resort in crowds, all along
from the Bay OF st. Louis to Pas
cngoula to bathe in the limpid wa
ters aud breathe all atmosphere
redolent of health. Those, how
ever, who would become acquainted
with all the charms of that inter.
estiug region, must not confne
themselves TO the seashore. A
thousand inlets, and tide-water
steams, that project deep into the
interior, winding in beautiful
curves and fringed with glossy
meadows, will conduct them to pic
turesque retreats, where industry
pursues its thrill, with rosy health
for its comrade, and many Il Ger
trude smiles in II Wyoming of will
deruess and blood. On oneof these
excursions, recently, l visited
Gainesville, the seat of justice of
Hancock county, Mississippi. 1t
is beautifully situated Oh the tide
water of Pearl river, on an exten-
stye plain of table land, covered
with majestic growth of pine,
liveoak and hickory. 1t is love
ly place within eight hours steam
ing of this city, as healthy ms the
Alleghanies, supplied BY an extern
sive range, with the finest beef,
mutton and venison, by the trans
parent streams with many varieties
of fish and turtle, and, by tho
neighboring farms, with butter and
cream, fowls and eggs, vegetables
and fruit, in proiusion, and Of u
quality that no country in the world
oxcels. People live there comfort
| ably and lusuriously, at very