Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-28

DARIES, April 26.-Editor Morning NelUs:
We see by the papers Of The 23d and 24th that
the terrible rain and wind storm, accompanied
by the heaviest OF thunder crashes, that passed
over us on the night of the ed inst became of
greater magnitude and far more destructive in
its course through Middle Georgia. Here. so
far as can learn, there was no more serious
damage done than the blowing about Of some
of the shipping below. The line of these
cyclones Of the past and present month seems
to be from the southeast to the north and
northwest. and the strangely cold and often
windy weather continues to our great disgust.
OF this one morning, however. may say, it is
bright and pleasant enough just now, but the
low. heavy hanging banks Of clou1s tell us it
is not sll smooth sailing yet.
Notwithstanding the storm in the night
which lasted until after daybreak. there were
twenty persons received into the colored Bap-
tiSt Church, by immersion in the river at &c It
Head" on Sunday morning last. OF all the
Christian denominations fiOurishing here this
numbers most largely, their membership
numbering over one thousand souls over
whom the pastor exercises great care lest they
wander into other pastures.
So far as / can learn, we have very few, if
any. paupers among US The negroes, who
might be sufferers from their natural indo-
lence REQUIRE so little to sustain life: the rivers
and sounds are so rich in their abundance and
variety of fish; and though much as has been
said 10 dispraise Of our SOIL it brir Is forth for
them plentiful crops of sweet potatoes, pump
kius and me ons. In fact. under skillfui treat
ment, the soil is very grateful and capable of
great returns, and ifsome Of those CubanS who
are thinking of emigrating to Florida and 10.
eating sugar plantations would give our land a
trial It is safe to promise success to the under
taking The cane raised here is of very riCh h
quality, and only needs practical treatment in
experience hands to give US our sugar supply
at home.
That artesian well has become a public neces
sity. Never before, in the sixteen years of my
knowledge of the place. have l known the
wells to fail, they have this spring. Should
ours become dry, all IN our Immediate neigh
borhOod must suffer. since four families, be-
sides our own, draw thence their needed sup
plies.
The debate on the Mormon question. last
night. was q very lively, though quite a one
ludicrOusly isolated that he at last insisted on
explaining his position. and declared tt to be-
not or choice nor conviction. but simply as
sUmed to divide the question for arguments
sake As he was a married man. the bachelors
ran him high, and had the best of the laugh.
as they unanimously voted down pOlVgamy
forever No elders, therefore, need come TO
nar'en-
Speaking TO one OF the old pilots about our
harbOr ard the much needed appropriation he
said that the papers had been made cut and
signed ana ne laQ InougnU, as 0lQ others, that
they had been forwarded to NJ. Black and that
his sudden illness had OccasiOned the non-sp-
pearance of the application before the com
mittee. He went on further to say that some
years ago the government got larger revenue
from our port than from others twice its size;
that we had splendid harbor inside even no "
but that then the bar CARED nineteen feet of
water at Desptide and from twenty to twenty
three on the Hood. while at the springs it was
OF course much greater. but the accumulationS
of twenty years had reduced the tonnsge so
that we could no longer pay into Uncle Sam
Golfers the golden shower of the olden DAYS
There exists the same necessity for opening
and improving the smaller ports and mouths
of a country that there does for filling the
smaller mouths in a family. Hungry, they
must be fed with such food as the
parent can honestly and generously
provide. Our government has a full
storehouse, to which fullness we every one
have contributed in times past, and are still
going on adding our mites TO its millions; there
fore, she need not from frugality crush our in
terests and cripple one Of the smaller sources
of her income.
And now for a few words about this great
overlooked river OF ours; this stream that ac-
tually feeds US, unless, indeed, we help build
that eight miles Of road from Hammer smith s
and tap the Macon and Brunswick and reach
the great Northwest The Altamaha river
that Ike many another faithful and
trusty public servitor receives neither
attention nor acknowledgment from
the served-needs cleaning out and those
kind of Improvements. of cOur>e; but 1 will
speak OF them and other claims after the trip
am invited TO make through the country on
its bosom is taken; from personal observation
il will be easier TO speak. But the removal of
Cooper bar" that one single great obstruc-
ton. is absolutely necessary. and could be
done in such short time that people would
wonder that it had not been attempted long
ago. just as they did after the successful and
speedy demolishment of that long disc Ssed
and much dreaded "Heli's Gate" obstruction
near New York. Some such work as a jetty
and a little dredging could perform would do
away with the present necessity of all boats
and RATS coming down lying at ''COOper's barr
for q time. often having to wait whole tide
and thus increasing the expense OF rafting by
the delay. But more Of this after the trip.
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