Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-23

from here direct to Havana, Key West,
Cedar Keys and st. Marks, near
Tallahassee. Much lumber is shipped
from this place to distant ports. We met
here representatives of Boston and Edin-
burgh firms, who keep buyers in this place
constantly. The pine here is excellent for
shipbuilding purposes. A good many from
Richmond, and even points at the North, go
this way to Havana. We did not go TO
Cedar Keys by steamer and thence by rail
to Jacksonville, Florida, for the reasons that
We lind that hotelkeeper's "hourly ex-
pectation I" is liable to extend into next
week, and our accidental policy was
not good Tor the steamer. We left Pensa.
cola II the morning and went by rail to
Montgomery, Alabama, through timber
| country, the growth being small and cut
out about every fifteen years The trip
was uninteresting.
MONTGOMERY
Is a nice town, located on rolling lands,
has many good buildings and fine streets.
We arrived at 9 o'clock P. N. the same
dsy-fair railroad speed you see. Our
route from Montgomery was through an
open, improved country to Smithvile and
Albany, and through timber country agsin
to Townsville, Georgia, arriving there
the same evening. We had FIVE
day ticket and wished to stop
over at Townsville to see the place and
also W. S. Hopkins and wife, of San Fran
cisco, whom we met at New Orleans, and
who were spending a few days here but
the conductor from Albany insisted that
his orders would not admit of any such
| frivolity The sleeper was full, vet we so
admired his courage to protect his COM
pany that we remained with him and
| thence to Live Oak and Jacksonville, Fla,
arriving early next morning IN the best of
humor-to quarrel.
JACKSONVILLE
Has seven hotels, first class, and some
nice residences. The town is filled with
people-crowds going and coming con-
tinually-yet has not a street in it, that
we saw, that is good for man or beast. p"
oranges and alligators. It's curiosities are
shells, canes and good.looking women.
| Taking steamer we went south, up the
| ST. Johns river, by Mandarin Mrs Stoves
winter residence) Green Cove Springs,
Tocoi and other points, to Polatka, the
most nicely located and most comfortable
place we found in Florida 1t is seventy.
five miles from Jacksonville, and has some
| fine hotels Other smaller boats 90 from
here farther up the St. Johns and
| Ocklawaha river. There are great many
places of popular resort in this part of the
| State, and many of them are very crowded
with Northern people, especially at this
season, when they wish to escape the
March storms, enjoy California climate,
and at some points take in little malaria.
| At the close of the d" season. here the most
of the leading hotel men pack up and go
| North and make out bills at Northern re-
sorts during the summer. Returning to
Tocoi we took rail for fifteen miles through
marsh to the ancient" town of
ST. AUGUSTINE,
The Oldest in the United States The
streets are narrow, the one in front of our
hotel being but fourteen feet wide. Old
Fort Marion, built from 1920 to l756,
of coquina stone, is quaint, neg
lected structure, now probably quite
useless, but volume of history in itself.
| The sea wall, substantial work a mile
long, commenced by the Government in
1887, and promptly completed at a cost Of
a hundred thousand dollars, is the boosted
promenade of this old fossil town. In the
midst of their season." grand old sea-
wall and a bare ''sngle sail" in sight
shades of Sir Francis Drake who would
want to capture this town now? 1t is in
this part of the country that a great deal
of the agricultural work is managed by the
" cracker, who, with one steer or a small
mule 1.-THE smaller the better for this smoked
specimen of the white race), will go to
work with all the movements and dellbera-
ton of an intelligent farmer. 1t looks like
concentration of barbarism and boy
play. The cattle here are small and OF
poor stock. Returning to Tacoi by rail,
thence to Jacksonville by steamer again,
we found that the day previous the rail-
road engineer had gotten up sufficient
speed to get couple of cars off the track,
but by that night all would be righted
again. Taking the evening sleeper, we
had a comfortable trip, reaching
SAVANNAH
Next morning. This is Georgia's metropo-
lis, and claims to be the second cotton port
of the country. Her docks show activity.
| The streets are broad and shaded with
large trees, such as the sycamore, magnolia
and oak. Not only have they placed a
| line of trees on each side of the streets, but
some OF the wide avenues have row in the
middle also. These trees have been grow
ing so long that they look like the mon
archs OF an old forest, and it gives the
noble old town novel appearance. She
has many public squares. In the midst of
the city is Forsyth Park, limited in statu.
ary, hut heavily shaded, and evidently
having good care. Leaving Savannah the
same afternoon at half-past 8 we reached
Charleston that night about 10 o'clock.
For the last ten days the amount Of small
timber and unoccupied country that has
encompassed our railroad travel is surpris-
ing. Being in such an old country we
looked for more improvements. The city OF
Charleston is
FULL OF INTEREST
To all, for reasons too numerous to men.
ton" The promenade along the city
front furnishes view unsurpassed by few
places. Between the line buildings extend.
ing along this front is wide street, then
promenade; and from these for long dis.
lance one can have at any moment a full
view of the harbor, Sullivan's Island.
Castle Pinckney, Forts Moultrie, Sumter
and Johnson. Aside from the above we
had only time to visit the Citadel, Oscolo's
grave and the Jasper monument. Her
harbor did not show the activity of that of
Savannah. Taking the evening train we
went via Florence to Wilmington, touch
ing there in the morning, and thence by
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
via Goldsooro and Weldon, to Petersburg
and Richmond, arriving at the latter place
in the evening. The country from Will
mington is well occupied, and quite an
open one, but the improvements along the
road show economy in their construction