The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-14
NEW SERIES. VOL. XyI.-N0. 81.

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Edser Flssssiss.--A pasiy esndssinx d
Messn. r, n and myself, with ! ,slussd man.
left On The 1otk insk fcr 81. Jnises Is,a1d, or
objective poiui being Re Carafells TAe nrs,
day we proceeded ss ar % RuRm Tlok OF Run
Round, where We eamped fos the night Tie
tent was reSrlarly stretched, tie isans fed, and
isen NICE supper. with siesming bot co6ee. al
OF which was daily discussed viii = much gu.:o
IS ever wisseased sfUasd . acampGIN he po.s
sad dishes, being du,y washed, were set ns;tle
for future use. ihen our pipes being well ilied
and lighted, We sealed ourselves around the q e,
sad r. and mvselG, fading that Louis vas ra. hef
anpI eheusive Of Wild varm:ats, felsted mauy
wonderful stories aboes The bsArsand rarthef
whi inhabited The Island Of ID. James--she
many hair-bsead.h "ecapcs OF different parties
who had 'raversed taat part Of ihe coan,ry, ell
OF which wss readily taken in byI.ouls, aed wao
could be seen with mouth oqeni and wide dss-
ended eyes, irequentlv peering inso the gloomy
darkness behind him sad mevfeg nearer and
neaier be tent dragging the a-e with h;n, aOd
now and aen exclaimiBg, Waal's dailr as be
faacied he heard some rafamiiaf suund Locis
vowed vengeance on bsuin or oaS ether varmiBs
which should cross his path wAib away ffom
bone. Alter repIenisaing ouf ers, we bssook
ourselves 'oour tent, where we esjoyed our rest
rntil morning, wlen We breakfhssed and pur-
sred our Journey
No'hiDg Of importance occursed during this
day. We travelled IS lar a. Uaion Church, ooe
and haf miles north OF HeIrs HaIf AcTs,r
where We camped or the night
Alter we had settled in our carsp, Dr.. a., who
resided near By, came TO u. brinsasga nice piece
Of well roasted bear meal, which be presented
ior our supper, and which Louisap,. myself ep-
joyed hugely. M. F. excusiDg himself under the
plea of feeling unwell. Louis ,vas loud 10 his
praise Of The bear meat, The aFst he had ever
tasted, and wished for more Iquiefly remarked
that be would not nov suffer, foE having feas:ed
on bear meat it would attract oiAers, and he
might look out taat night or Tie next day, foF
they were plenty in 'bese woods aud would be
sure 10 come for him.. Loah went to work
gathering large logs of Ighiwootl tokeep t5e firs
burning through The night. being very careful
never TO allow the axe to be beyond bis reac;a-
During The night it commenced TO rain, and
continued all the next day; therefore we con-
GUIDED 10 remain 10 camp. Aboat II. A. n.
seEerst Of the Beighbors visited bur camp, aod.
while Standing around our camp Ere CT. and
myself being in the tenil BeS l. streamed out
Look at the beari" Then such yell Is weat
up would have caused q bunch IL Comanches 70
shudder. There were several d,gs at our camp,
bat the men ouisripped them 81 hollow. Ben
L ran by the bear, passing 3 half mile 10 ass
house, gathered his gun, and bAck TO tbe death
OF Bruin and her cub. Maud 8. Is nowhere 70
Ben on long tFot when q bear Is about. Dr..
H., who had never been in . btssr chase before.
when The first gun fred started up smooth
short leaf pine (he said 10 look Ar the ;earl but
could not ascend, bat was found standing en- the
ground huggiDg the pine with all his might,
trmly believing he was fifteen feet up the tree,
and that aler the bear was killed. Louis made
several STARTS join the chase but ct last seeing
the rest ef the party showed no fear, joined 10
and Was Ia al the death.
Soon the blood-s;ained and Bet hunterx came
to camp, where ibey sooa diseaed BFuin Of his
hide. The at was duly shaI ed out and The parry
dispersed to their several houaes, leaving Louis
q busy IS beaver. gathering Good, from which
he kept up iousiDg fire all 'hat night
The next evesing (beiug FrifayD We crossed
the OckIockonee river at "HelI's Half Acre" and
camped, though II continued to. rain. The next
morning We struck camp and started for Rio
Carabelle, where We arrived AE1l:40, A. n.
The town or settlement OF Ito Carabelle has
rapidly advanced within the last two years
There are two large and weEl arranged steam
s1w mills, one in operation, and the other tof
Reynolds & Col very near ils completion. Both
mills viii have cnsiing capacity OF from thiriy
TO forty thousand feet per day, each. The mill
in operation is own ned by Messfs. Parlin & Bray
ton, bot for the want of timber laey are not
running bali taeiF time. Ispnrehend that they
will find much trouble in settipg supply Of loss
to keep them at work, unless they can afford Abe
proper appliances ior getting their timber through
Crooked river. as the Ocklockonee a0d Sopchoppy
rivers are their only safe and sure reliance for
timber. Crooked river Is Iot sriBcienily deep
for tug boat with power su1ieieua 10 tow rafs
through 10 the mills. ] must sconfess an at .
loss to know how the dificuliy Of getting timber
to Rio CaTabelle can be overcome, as there 10
but little timber on New river, and their prin-
cpal dependance for timher, al before stated, are
the Ockocko0ee aud 6opcheppy rivers
The success Of the colony depends upon the
success of the mills and . railroad TO that point.
There Is . store. and many buildiDgs are occu-
pied by the operatives Of the mill; also hotel
of sixteen rooms now being ereeted BY o. n.
Kelly, the tbundsr Of he colony, who > doing
ail be can 70 build up the place; and I.sincsrsly
trnat he may suceeed beyond his most sanguine
expectations in making il place of note ON our
Gulf A railroad 10 that plsee wouId benent
Florida and our sister State. Georgia, and give
back to New Orleans her legitimate trade Of
Foriia, Georgia and Southeasiern Alabama,
asA bring Cnba, Central anA 6outh America
mach nearer the Eastern Gsaiss thaa at psessnt.
A railroad from the East Fsss. ST. Georges
Sound, to ThomasvilIe, Gecrgia, would give
Middle Florida an outlet 10 The world and almost
an air lire Of railroads thrsugh Cincinnati 10
Toledo, on Lake Eas, ID Ok aDa j epine We
shazl see in the nsar fumse iais Ink connected,
and New Orleans snd Cubs, being about equi-
distant ffom ST Georges 6osnd, daily line Of
steamers 10 New Orleans and Havana
LuPE-LA.
"A fearful collision occurred on the
G<oeocs~L Gas.ax,A1 - .n1 nm fka Qath n1x