Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-06
SOUTHWARK, HO:

the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway.
Tie Savannah, Florida and Western
railway is an extensive system Of rapid
transit across the south Atlantic States,
embracing a lineal descent from north TO
south Of 800 miles, including its lateral
reflections. Commencing at the 1ne oid
city al Charleston. Ia South Carolina, IT
continues its course through Savannah,
where are its headquarters, runs through
out Southern Georgia TO the Ap6lachicola
river and ALBANY, and carries its rand
trunk into Florida. where its ramlnca-
items traverse almost the length and
breadth Of that healthful and beautiful
peninsula. Penetrating the iuterminable
forests. where pines, pines and nothing out
pines. salute the eye. and sweeten the air
with grateful Odor. this railway is an in
dispeusable channel Tor the naval stores
aud lumber, which are a leading and
lucrative branch Of Southern trade,
and for the oranges, melons, pears, and
early vegetables which supply the
markets OF the land from the Rocky
Mountains 70 the shores Of Maine. Steal
rails, frst-class rolling stock, luXuriant
sleeping and parlOr cars, with quick
locomOtiOn, also make the road popu-
lar highway, along which tens OF thou
sands of inyalids and tourists annually
migrate from the frigid, rigid North TO the
balmy air and warm sunshine OF be semi
tropical Land Of Flowers. At Waycross
we leave the Florida train and proceed
through fiat region of pine land to
QUITMAN,
where we meet some excellent people,
and are ''made acquainted" with many
others who may be equally excellent, but
our acquaintance is too short for US 10
say. The inhabitants number about l.sOO
Half Of these are cOlored, the other half
uncolored. Certain persons from certain
parts sometimes seek to set the two races
al variance, and under cover Of phiian-
thropy towards the blacks conceal their
misanthropy towards the whites, but
such iniquitOus efforts deservedly fail.
throughout the whole State we find
the relations between the peoples
of every shade harmonious, the white
people universally acknowledging that
t1e cOlored people are their best labOrers
and servants, and the colOred people uni
versally admitting that their white mas
ters and mistresses are their best friends.
"HOni SOFT 9iti NAL y penSe.' In Quitman
we notice oranges. and even bananas,
growing in the open air, so genial is the
climate. The chief business is in cotton,
about 10000 bales being brought here an
as would result from an importation Of
British subjects and sovereigns; and the
cotton mill which now stands
there idle for want of competent
management ought to be purchased
and set in operation at once. Three
miles from town we inspect the process
by which the Juice Of the sugar cane is
converted into syrup, mere pronounced
"surrup." II an acre OF good cane yields
10 barrels OF syrup. each barrel contain
ing about 30 gallons, the crop ought to be
very remune alive, syrup and SUGAR
ought to be very cheap. and the sacchar-
inc element ought to abound among the
sons Of men. Heaven bless the sugar
crop. There is enough vinegar and gall
in stock to last a thousand years. Heaven
blight the crop of ecclesiastical bigotry
and domestic bitterness, compared with
which even wormwoOd itself Is sweet!
TOWNSVILLE
is rapidly rising into repute as a winter
retreat for the delicate and debilitated,
who are unable TO Withstand the weather
of the North. To meet the demand OF
health-seekers it has two fine hotels, and
its citizens are awake to the superior adj
Yantages OF its sanitary situation. 1t is
also becoming centre of the pear-pTo-
ducing industry, which promises TO be
cultivation of Florida, whose boundary
line is but a few miles away. While in
Thomasville we heard a good man dis
course on the words: "WhO hath ears (he
called them dirs) to hear, let him hear"
He was undoubtedly in earnest, but his
voice was unpleasant. lis utterancC
loud, monOtonous, and without a pause
he was destitute of illustration, and be
lacked the peTsuasiVeness which oils the
arrow of truth with the grace of life. a
minister may preach on hell even, and vel
preach, as McCheyne said, with tender
ness. We find too generally among min
listers want Of that elOcution Of the lips
and eloquence of the heart without whict
all assertion, argument, or appeal may be-
| labor OF value expended in vain. The
people Of Thomasville, whom we en-
countered, we found TO be we'll
| informed and kind; and we departed
with regret that our visit was so short.
ALBANY.
| Fifty-eight miles from Townsville, anC
/ 26S from Savannah, is another health re
sort, with which we are much pleased
/ 1t was laid out in 1886, and the sounG
/ mind which planned il then, in a sOuns
body inhabits it still. Its surname, tn
Artesian City, is derived from its artesiai
| well, whose water Is celebrated for il
cures Of dyspepsia, rheumatism, ant
| other diseases TO which human flesh
heir. The we'll is $50 feet in depth
and emits a perpetual supply of % gallon
to the minute. Besides this public we'll
there are private springs in other parts O
the city. Carbonates of lime and magne
STA are the principal ingredients; all
therefore, who wish their medicine read
mixed and without money may come hithe
to drink. The soil of Albany is porous, tn
drainage perfect the atmosphere mild an
| dry. Quail shooting in the winter unsuI
passed, the people hosritable and refined
With more hotel accommodation 1t mus
increase in favor with fugtives from tn
SHOWS and storms OF less co genial climes
| Fifty years hence this little one will haY
become a thousand, and the small Alban
strong city. May its walls be Salvation
and its gates Praise. In that day, throug
the length ard breadth of Georgia. so rio
In it's natural resources, so magnificent Il
its climate, so atfluent in It's Productions
so intelligent in its people, capitalists vii
be found from all parts of the world Z
work the mines, 10 till the soil, to reap tn
fortunes, to eat the fruits, and multipl
the citizens Of this commonwealth q
kings.
AMKRICUs
ia America, written small. yet not smal
enough to be insignificant. This littl
city is the home OF 5000 souls, is situate
on high ground and boasts a productive