Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-22
ATRAmP ON TYBEE.
Egyptian OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
Confederate COIumbIads-Pleasant
Weather-Deer Hunting on Type

TERRAPIN TERRACE, TYBEE ISLAND,
August 2l.--New York may feel pride In
the possession of her monument of ancient
Egypt, an obelisk which ante-dates the time
when Caesars friend made love to Cleopatra.
May we not, therefore, feel like degree OF
satisfaction In having later Egyptian
rulers toy. a steam yacht, in which he
crossed the Mediterranean with the
several families Of which he was
the much loved head, ploughing the
waters of the Savannah. The Dessoug
was to have passed Tybee yesterday, but is
not In sight as | write. She will probably
steam by while l am in the land of dreams,
and hence this Illusion iE advance. The
history of this steamer recalls to recollec-
ton the stories OF the Arabian nights-good
old HsrOun ell Raschid, OF Bagdad, who
went poking about at night Qtke our local
politicians do just before an election) to
find out what was going on. What would
this far-hack ancestor OF the Turk OF to-day
think of such a transition-a family steamer
taken four thousand miles away, depleted
Of her magnificent apartments. and turned
into a cotton ship
I see by the MORNING NEWS that cor
respondent saws that / am mistaken about
the evacuation of this island by the Con-
federates, aud / have no doubt that your
correspondents statement is correct. /
know, however, that Mai. Tilton was cred
tied with the exploit by many at the time 1t
occurred, and further, that Col. G. G. Jones,
in his History of the Chatham Artillery,
speaking of the evacuation OF the island.
gives the credit to the Forest City Artillery,
of which Mai. Tflton was an officer. l am
glad to give credit to whom credit is due,
snd make the Gnleade honorable to Lieut..
White.
This and the next ten weeks will be the
most pleasant ones to spend on Tybee. The
days are cool, and instead of the continuous
bot sur, we have milder heat, occasional
cloudy weather, and now and then brief
storm, lust enough for those who love ma
ture to see her angry with the old ocean.
Yet people in town think the season is over.
For nv part prefer being here from now
until November than during the months
lust passed. The rivers and creeks are full
If fish-bass, trout, whiting and croakers
bite freely, and the fisherman's luck is al
ways good. A little later the wild duck
begins to seek his winter feeding ground,
and then there is enough of this kind OF
sport to satisfy the most jealous sports
man. Several of our young merchants lake
a day or twO's recreation during the winter,
and one of them told me (privately, because
be don't want too many to follow In his
footsteps) that he found the best duck
shooting in the creeks in the Wei nifty Of
this island.
Years ago Tybee was a noted place for
deer, and many q buck has fallen in enc
Coy's Hammock" or at "Horse Pen," in a
brave endeavor to pass the hunters stand.
That was many years ago, however, and a
gentleman who was telling me of his famous
hunts thought his last one on Tybee was
twenty five years ago, but when he counted
his fingers twice over, and was on the third
round, he found it was fortY-tive since the
last deer was killed, an old buck, which was
shot in "Beacon pond" by DIR. Henry Ca
ruthers, formerly of Savannah, but now
living in New York.
On one of these hunts deer was so close
" pressed that he swan far out into the
surf near the lighthouse. The water was
low, however, and his pursuers knew that
as the nOod-tide came in he must again
make the land. So 1t proved, and as his
deership stalked cautiously out of the
water rifle shot laid him dead upon the
sand.
There is plenty of time yet for several
picnics, and those who wish to see Tybee at
its most pleasant season q don't mean
''fashionably' SOY should come down now
and see US. Captain Fitzgerald will doubt
less give all excursion parties very favorable
rates, and trip on the Plant is worth what
you pay, to say nothing OF the ct ceteras.
The tow boat Curtis and a dredge boat
which she has in tow, both bound for Mo
bile, are anchored off the wharf, having put
into port, owing to Probabilities predicting
bad weather. BILLY BOKUs.