Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-04-14
rnRoUom THE SUNNY sourn.


mr.. Twischsll Describes his Southern
TIP 60 lnis Congregation - Many
scenes ana Incidents OF Interest-New
Mavoners NJ Rock Ledge.
Atthe Dwight Place church last evening .
Ing to DIR. Twitohell relate about his recent
trip In the south. will take for my text,
said the doctor, merely as starting point,
Genesis xii., 1. "Now the Lord had said
unto Abram, Get thee out Of thy country,
and from thy kindred, and from thy fathers
house unto land that I will show thee"
You will recognize this a. . commanded
God unto Abram to 60 and dwell In Canaan.
30 he bids 10 Of the north. not perhaps to
leave kindred and home, but at least to lend
oar aid toward the development Of the
south. From Washington down, the oouA.
Try all along the seaboard' for about 100
milss inland, 10 diversified by no mountains
to relieve the monotony. Everywhere one
sees nothing but the level sandy country or
the fields OF last years corn or cotton crop.
The Villages are few and small, far apart
and presenting but few aigns Of life. This
IL especially 90 from Richmond to Florida.
The negros largely predominant In the pop
ulation.
The masses of the white and oolored races
of the south are evidently very poor, though
some ex.slaves and their sons are In the
cities amassing some little property. They
are also In many cases buying up the old
plantations. The negro of the south to-day
presents many examples of advancement and
race fitness for culture. What ID still better
the whites are beginning to respect the
dignity of labor.
One of the most wierd and widest of the
scenes on the trip from Richmond was Q
pine forest Gre. The flames as they leaped
from branch to branch of those great trees,
made spectacle truly grand.
Richmond was the first stopping point
after Washington, and here the doctor visited
the very church where Jefferson Davis
was ono memorable Sunday morning
attending service when void was
brought to him from Lee, that
surrender was inevitable. It is wonder
| full, he said, with what reverence the mem
DRY Of Robert E. Lee is held BY the Virgin
Davis was rather for his position than for the
man himself. From here on through Peters
burg, Wilmington, through the famous
cotton belt and immense woods to Charles
ton. His first thought was of the great
earthquake, of which many signs are yet
visible. Az one looks off from Battery
wharf and sees Fourt Moultrie he almost ex.
poets to hear the cannon's boom. At Savan.
nah the doctor was most sgreeably surprised
Icalling out to him. DR.. TwitcheL
Expressed himself as extremely vel
pleased with Savannah. and its beau.
tifully laid ont streets, shaded on either side
with immense live oak, magnolia and othe1
trees. Jacksonville was the next hating
place. This city but few years since wal
the chief resort of the south, and known BY
| a ~ hoe, he Nibv Of HOfala " Rni
to-day few stop there for any other purpos.
than business. Next, to st. Augustine will
look at the old Fort, and on through SSH
ford and other places to Titusville, the start
ing point for the Indian river. This Ia on
of the straightest rivers In the world, and |
line drawn for distance of twenty mile
would not touch either bank. It varys II
width from ono to seven or eight miles, ant
IL really an arm of the ocean. From
this point you take o boat up the rive
to Rock Ledge, which is most beautiful
little spot. II receives It's name from ledg
of cochina rock extending out into the river
J The temperature of Florida Is not an evel
one, but is rarely above 90 degrees in sum
mer or below 80 degrees In winter. Florida
soil is almost all sandy and does not look q
though 1t could be productive, but in tn
southern portion are grown nearly all tn
tropical fruits and in the central part tn
finest oranges. Rock Ledge is quiet, rest
full and refreshing resort. Many Of Its cot
tagss are occupied by people from Ne,
Haven.
The churches of the south are both numel
GUS and varied. Those best known are 81
| James parish in Wilmington, N. G., founde
In 1888; st. Michaels, Charleston, s. 9
: with its floor OF present eight inot
90 higher than formerly, due to th
earthquake, and the old Prssby terrain churc
of the French Huguenots in the same city
!. established in 1881, after the colony ha
9 passed bus year of its life. There are
the south to-day but thirty-six Congregs
tional churches and of these but one sci
: supporting. This is due not to the spiri
i but condition of the members. Every 81
2 on their part means 30 much taken from Il
/. necessities of life. The church at Roc
Ledge In the winter season IL carried 9
largely by two New Haven men, one fro
the Humphrey street and the other from Il
q Dwighs Place church.
!, As for sectional feeling in the south 1t
;, bitterest toward those who In the war wei
, favorable to the north, than toward thol
Q coming down from the north to day. BIZ
!. all southern men of intelligence are glad thu
thu curse of slavery has been removed an
that they are once more safely back In Il
Union. Reconstruction they believe In an
reconstruction is coming. A new q
, awaits that land; schools, colleges and mani
4 features will grow up and all the natural r
sources be developed and that country wi
rise up as 1t never would have done withol
. the war.