Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-26
RIOE On TAE sATILLA.
Mono OF the planners Very Badly Hart
BY the Recent Storms. r.,

Mono OF the planners Very Badly Hart
BY the Recent storms. p.s
OwEN,s FERRY, Ca, Sept. 25.--As you
have given various reports from different
sections of the greit damages sustained
BY some. planters nom recent rains and
storms, and seeing no report from the Sa-
tillalriveE, / will. dive vow the following
information: The season OF 1885 was
Aeextremely wet ore during the months of
June and j July, 50 much 50 that u was
quite injurious to cops generally. The Sa-
tilla river has beer quite full, and last
week was overrunung the banks Of some
Of the upper plantations. j. ). Bailey had
some rice under wtter, but | believe his
loss is very light. From Capt. MCGOWAN
l have not heard, and the Freedmen plan
tation above, not having their rice cut,
will sustain only asmall injury from not
cutting at the proper time. On tue Ivan
hoe plantation, Col. G. ;. Owens sustain
ed no damage from the freshet, but during
the gale OF Sept. the wind was very
strong and shifting. Some slight loss will
be sustained by the crop being badly
whipped. James #. King reports no
damage from the late storm or from the
freshet, and his crop will be good one,
but like others he will suffer some little
from blown down rice.
Col. d. l.. Clinchs plantation, managed
by Mr.. Grigger, is all right He suffers
no damage from the river, and had most
of his crop cut and stacked. He will re-
ceive no damage from the last blow. He
may be damaged little at Hopewell, but
| expect it will be very slight. His crop
Is fine, and will make splendid average.
Mr.. Bodell, of Woodbine, drumming his
own plantation }, reports his crop as good
and all right. | believe he will ship this
week the first full cargo from the river.
Some rice has been already shipped by j.
S. Bailey, and also q small lot by j. +.
King.
During the past two weeks we had
beautiful weather up to Thursday; since
then, however, it has been windy from the
east, and shower after shower has fallen.
With favorable weather this week most
all the machinery on the river will be
in motion, and the crop OF the Satilla will
soon be floating toward your city.
We, as citizens OF this community, are
glad to see that the United States Mar.
shals have been and are still arresting and
carrying to your city many violators OF
the liquor laws. May full justice be given
and the traffic completely broken up be.
fore vioiators will be allowed to remain in
the freedmen. You can hardly hire
darkey now to look at a
jug, and for no small amount
can he be induced to smell or handle one
Our little steamer from Brunswick, the
Cracker Boy, deserves the full patronage
of every planter on the river. This sea.
son, running in connection with the
David Clark, of your city, she has never
failed us here on her regular trip DAYS
Monday and Thursday evenings, from
to 5o'clocK. Freight or no freight, her
time has been regular the whole summer
Her 'purser w. Fl. Rainey, met with a
serious accident sometime ago and has
been disabled ever since. His place has
been we'll filled by PJirsers SUMMONS and
Stalings, but tits not our Rainey, and the
owners Of our little steamer could dc
nothing to make all shippers by said boat
more happy than to reinstate him just AZ
soon as possible. 'eisiOr
Rumor reports the surveyors on the
railroad locating the bed from Harpi
road TO Jesup. Messrs. Morse and Dill
passing owens ferry last week, say We
shall have the road across satilla before
spring. .ttrrq .uh1 d n NOV luit t.a tt