Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-07
OUR DARIEN LETTER.
The Picnic SeSsOn-Rtce Prospects
Fire on a chOOner-TunIs G..
CsmPbell-Darien's PrOVisiOn Sup
ply-COlOred MInstrels-ADDPOach
ing Session Of Court.

DARIEN, April 5.-The picnic season has
opened, and quite party went out to Bais-
den's Bluff yesterday The day was royalty
fine-no wind, no clouds-and they spent the
whole OF it, returning home In the early moon
light delighted with everything and everybody.
Apropos, the Athens Chronicle was saying
something about a bar picnic-a suggestion
we champions in festivals might well follow up
in the interests of the Home Association $
Baisden's Bluff. Sapelo and st. Simon's are our
favorite resorts, the latter especially so, being
thlckly settled with hospitable people, and
having beautiful trees, grass and nee shed
Besides who does not like to walk about the
Oldest settled spot in Georgia. and to visit the
tree under which Wesley preached3
On Sunday last, owing to various causes
there was not single church for white people
open in town nor at the Ridge.
Some rice has been under the second flow.
and the fields look mellow and clean. It was
pretty sight that broad lake across the river
on Sunday last, with the richly mottIed green
fields beyond Preparations are being made.
by placing racks or houses, for scaffolding the
cut rice, and thereby avoiding the danger of
its spelling in the wet seasons which frequently
oVertake the harveSters.
On Sunday night fire was discovered i'm the
forecastle OF the Cyrus Hall, supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary. Its early dis
covery was providential. as not only the
schooner herself, but the Magnolia House and
adjacent buildings must have gone had it got
we have found no measures Of sufficient
strength to suppress incendiarism, but Judge
Tompkins will help us out By the way. it is
somewhat OF coincidence that Just as this
Judicial circuit falls again into His Honor's able
nands there should be rumors of the proposed
return to our community of our old-time cit
zen, Tunis g. Campbell. Wasn't the old man
connected in some way with that famous
Freedman's Bankf
There have been a good many up-country
men In town this week. Some four or five RATS
came in Monday, some on Tuesday, one or two
to-day.
The painful news reached us this morning of
the death of a young savannah lady who had
but just returned home from visit to relatives
here, and our people are full of sympathy with
the afflicted family.
We are awfully tired Of fish. but Lent is
almost over, and we do not like to complain.
for chickens are as scarce as hens teeth. Some
shrimp and crabs are coming into market; the
latter are small and but. We get new Irish
potatoes in abundance, large and finely favored
green peas. snap beans and collards plenty,
with now and then a nice small real cabbage
head too. Georgia syrup is very high this
spring. Quite poor watery article here sells
at 60 to rs cents in some of the stores
The colored minstrels styling themselves
'Buddie Glenn's Big Georgia Minstrels'' are
here again, and will give an entertainment to-
night at Wilcox's Hall. Last night [ am told
the street was crowded between Strain 8 and
WILCOX s stores around and under that grand
old oak where their platform was erected.
people from the colored churches. even their
minister, Joining the throng. Juggling from
their long stay here last spring they meet
encouragement of no mean kind.
Court week draws near, and those Ander-
sons must begin to feel anxious One was
convicted, but granted a new trial. Capital
punlshment is the only way to check the rapid
increase Of crime. "a life for a life" is no
harder judgment than it used to be when
fewer lives we're taken. a. B.