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MimIIR
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His Tour Through Elhert
Carolina,
THE ELOQUENCE ADD MAGNETISM OF
THIS YOUNG ORATOR.
How His Speeches Were Received
With
The Whole
County Enthused
Delight.
THE IMMENSE CROWDS THAT iKIET HIM.
y Mr. Grady’s eloquence
hearts of the people, hut
his earnest honesty. You can see that he
feel and means every word he says.
That he loves his State and his people
next to his family, and that his whole
aim and ambition is to promote their
welfare and prosperity, the most preju
diced man must admit after hearing
him speak.
Henry Grady and his party completed
last Saturday the grandest andanost en
joyable tour ever made in Georgia.
It was a success in the fullest accep
tation of the term.
Grady wreathed his brow with new
laurels and did his friends proud.
He captured the her rt of the people
of jtwo states, and his visit will he a
green spot in their memory as long as
history lives.
Those who have read Mr. Grady’s
speeches in print can form but a faint
conception of the beauty of Ills lan
guage and his eloquence. You must
hear the words fall from his own lips,
feel the electric thrill his eloquence pro
duces, and watch the earnest, inspiring
and convincing face and expression of
the speaker to receive the full benefit of
his orations.
It is a matter utterly impossible for
the stenographer to give one of Grady’s
speeches as it is delivered. He may re
produce the words, but the earnest elo
quence, the beautiful and impressive
delivery, the lightning-like flashes of
his keen black eye at one instant, when
describing a deed of daring, and the
tender and tear-bedimmed shade that
hovers o’er and around them when
painting some picture of woe, must be
seen and felt that his speeches may be
appreciated at their full worth. There
is as much difference between reading
one of Grady’s orations and hearing it,
as there is between the mere outline of
an unfinished painting, and when that
picture has gone through the finishing
touches of an artist, the shades and col
ors applied and all its bea uties por
trayed.
It is an injustice to Henry W. Grady
to try and reproduce one of his addresses
in print. You had as well attempt
describe the grandeur of Niagara, paint
the beauty of an Italian sunset, depict
the terrors of a tempest, or measure the
immensity of space, as to convey to the
reading public the faintest conception,
of ilie grandeur, the eloquence, the pa
thos, the earnestness and impressive
ness of one of the efforts of this brilliant
young Georgian and Southerner.
This is the first time we have ever,
heard Grady speak. We expected an
eloquent address, hut can say to our
people that the half has not been told.
For nearly two hours we have seen him
hold spell-bound audiences of from five
to seven thousand, and although the
burning sun was pouring down upon
their unprotected heads, not a man or
woman moved. They seemed held in
their places by the spell of an enchan
tress. We saw strong men weeping
like children at one of the orator’s pa
thetic word portraits, while in an in
stant he would transform their tears in
to outbursts of joyous applause. An
audience before Grady ic as a weed in
the wind, ne bends it to 'his will.
His entire tour through Eastern Geor
gia and Western Carolina, and down
the Savannah valley, was a continued
march of conquest and triumph. He
captured and brought home with him
the heart of every man, woman and
child that came beneath the sound of liis
voice, and he h«s made of them endur
ing friends. The people felt themselves
honored by his visit, and to add to the
ovation every store and workshop was
closed, the farmer deserted his plow,
and the busy housewife her doraestie
duties. In fact, the whole country, for
a radius of thirty miles or more, turned
out en masse to welcome and do honor
to this brilliant young orator. There
was a friendly rivalry between Georgia
and Carolina as to which state should
tender him the warmest reception.
We were proud of Grady as a Geor
giau and a Southerner, but we were
doubly proud of him as a native of Ath
ens.
We know whereof we speak when Are
say that Henry -W. Grady is not a can
didate or an aspirant for any office
The tours that he is making have noth
ing to do AA r ith selfish ambition. He has
a higher and nobler duty to perform
than that of a politician. He wants
build up and develop Georgia, to meet
her people face to face and study their
needs and see their resources. This
is his sole aim and ambition, and a no
bler and more praise-worthy one was
never assayed.
But of one thing aa-o are assured.
Whenever Henry Grady wants promo
tion at the hands of his people he Avill
receive it by an almost unanimous
acclamation. Turn him loose
Georgia, let him meet the people face
to face, and the man is not livin'* 1
who can defeat him. Before his
brilliant eloquence and well-know.,
devotion to liis State, opp^gition would
go dOAvn like grain before the scyelc
But Ave Avill give an outline of the
trip.
On Monday evening a party of Athe
nians, consisting of Hon. H. H. Carl
ton, Porf. H. C. White and Capt. W. D.
O’Farrell met Mr. Grady and his friends
at Lula. His party consisted of about
twenty-five gentlemen, including prom
inent business men and capitalists of
Atlanta and a committee of legislators,
who had a special parlor-car. At Toe-
coa, the visitors were me£ by a delega
tion of citizens of that town and a brsss
band, and escorted to the hotel, AA'liere
loud calls Avere made for Grady, Avho
responded in a feAV words o£ thanks.
Shortly after sunrise next morning
the party embarked on a special train
for Elberton, under charge of that pop
ular official Superintendent Wilson,
aa'Iio did much to add to the pleasure of
the tourists. The party Avere engaged
iu examining crops and studying the
country from the car windows, and as
this Avas the first visit of a large majori
ty of them, they expressed great de
light at all that they saw.
At Lavonia our train Avas boarded by
a large delegation from Elberton and
Hartwell, and until our destination Avas
reached it was one triumphant tour. At
eA'ery station croAvds of people met the
train with cheers, Avliile the roads were
lined with every manner of A'eliiele
filled Avitli people bound for the speak
ing.
At Elberton nearly the Avhole city AA'as
at the depot to meet Mr. Grady and his
friends, Avho Avere placed in carriages
and conveyed to the Globe Hotel, where
a general introduction and hand-sliakiug
Avas engaged in until the hour for tlie
speaking arrived, when the visitors
Avere again placed in carriages and con
veyed to the James grove, where a
stand and seats had been erected, and
eA'ery arrangement made for the com
fort and entertainment of the large
crowd,ami including a splendid dinner.
There Avas a dense mass of humanity
here, and all the morning and until late
in the afternoon they listened to elo-
Fluent speeches from Mr. Grady and his
friends, including Hon. H. H. Carlton
and Prof. White, of Athens. Capt.
Carlton paid to Mr. Grady, one of the
most eloquent tributes we have ever
listened to.
The hospitable people of Elbert turned
themseWes loose, on this occasion, and
finer or more bounteous dinner Avas
never set before a more appreciative
crowd. lion. Tom Glenn, mayor of
Atlanta, not only covered himself Avith
glory on tjie rostrum, but also at the
stive board. He was one of the most
popular men on the ground, and car
ried Elberton by storm.
Mr. Grady’s speech was principally
addressed to the farmers. lie spoke of
tlie dangers that threatened the coun
try in the shape of trusts, and said tlie
Alliance movement was the only organ
ized effort to combat this evil. His pic
ture of home life on tlie farm was beau
tiful beyond description, and when, lie
closed by saying that “in the homes of
the people rests the Ark of the Covenant
of my country,” tlie applause was deaf
ening.
After tlie speaking tlie citizens of Fi
ber ton took the visitors in charge and
entertained them at their homes. Mr.
Grady was a guest of Hon. P W. Davis
At 5 o’clock Thursday morning the
Grady party embarked on a special train
for HartAA'ell, Avhere a breakfast had
been prepared for them by the citizens
of that toAvn at the Bobo House. The
enterprise of Elberton and its big-heart
ed hospitable people were discussed un
til their destination was reached.
At HartAvell the visitors were met at
the depot by a hand and a large dele
gation of citizens, and escorted to ta
bles loaded with all the good things of
the season. HartAA'ell tlireAV AA’ide her
cv'ery door, and her kindness and hos
pitality were unbounded.
After breakfast a long line of carri
ages awaited the party to take them to
Andersonville, in South Carolina, where
an inter-state reception awaited them.
It was nine miles distant and the drive
a delightful one, through a fresh and
fertile country Avith the finest crops the
eye ever rested upon on each side of
the.road.
We Avere ferrred across the river in
old-fashioned flats, and met on each
bank by delegations of gentlemen from
the Palmetto States. Andersonville is
owned by Mr. Earle, a Avealthv and
prosperous farmer. It is located upon
the peninsula formed by the confluence
of the Tugalo and Seneca rivers, and
was once a town of considerable
importance. Of the beauty of this spot
we will speak in another article. Here
we ay ere'met by on e of the largest crowds
we ever saw together. It is impossible
to estimate the number of people pres
ent. Some assert they exceeded 12,000.
The speaking took place in a
natural amphitheatre formed by hills
upon three sides, so that every one
could witness the speaking. Mr. Gra
dy here made the crOAvning effort of his
life. He was follOAved by Congressmen
Cothran, Carlton and other distinguish
ed gentlemen.
Before the skeaking began, Mr.,
Earle invited the visiting guests to his
home where a splendid lunch Avas
set before them. ^Afterwards, a fine
basket dinner was served in a grove
when the party Avitli reluctancy hid
their hospitable entertainers adieu, and
embarked on the boats for their trip
down the Savannah. Of this voyage
Ave will speak in another letter, for
space will not permit us to do justice to
it now.
Thursday at noon Ave landed at Herd-
mont, the farm of Hon. W. II. Mattox,
in Elbert county, where another big
crowd and an old-fashioned barbecue
awaited us. Here there was more
speaking from Mr. Grady and his
friends.
Prof. H. C. White made a splendid
address, which carried tlie people by
storm.
Friday there Avas a big Alliance din
ner at Flat Woods, to Avhich tlie party
Avas driven in carriages. Mr. Grady
made a short speech and had to leave to
catch the train, but Capt. Carlton re
mained behind and delivered a splendid
address of an hour and a half. At its
conclusion his friends flocked around
him to offer their congratulations, and
it Avas with tlie greatest difficulty that
lie could tear himself away.
This ended one of tlie most delightful
trips it has ever bees our pleasure to
make, and one, too, that we belieA'e will
do great -Jiings for this section of our
State.
We Avill to-morrow give a descriptive
of our journey down the Savannah
river.
fFl OM AVEDXKSDAY’S DAILY. 1
Campine Out—Grady’s Wonderful Memo
ry-Weird Music.
Fcav people know that our State has so
beautiful and picturesque a stream as
the Savannah, which river, Avliile the
dividing line between Georgia and
South Carolina, is tlie property of tlie
former State. While tlie writer Avas
born and reared Avithin almost the sound
of its roaring Avaters, and has crossed
it hundreds of times, this Avas our first
excursion upon it for any considerable
length, and like all of the party Ave were
surprised and delighted to see such mag
nificent shoals and lovely scenery. Our
party embarked on three old-style cot
ton boats, covered Avith aAvning to pro
tect them from the sun rays. These
boats Avill comfortably seat from fifty
to seventy-five persons each. They are
propelled by oars, and manned by from
six to eight sturdy blacks.
Our place of embarkation was Ander
sonville, S. C., and before leaving its
hospitable shores we will give a brief
description of the place. Here the
Tugalo and Seneca meet and blending
their waters form tlie Savannah river.
On the peninsula between these streams
once stood a flourishing town that bid
fair to rival Augusta as a trade centre.
Oijie of the finest schools inCaroliua was
located here, and several m an nr ac tori es.
But the hand of time lias literally SAyept
tins town from the face of the earth,
and now a Carolina gentleman, Mr.
Earle, tills tlie lands that once echoed
the treat of a commercial popula
tion. Mr. Earle lias a lovely home,
erected on an eminence overlooking the
two rivers on his right and ieft as they
meet and blend their water* into one
stream, A flower-bordered walk leads
down from his residence lo the liver’s
brink, while in tlie middle of the stream
is a lovely little green island that Prof.
White says is a reproduction of El
len’s Isle, in Loch Katrane, rendered
famous by Sir Walter Scott.
Our party was divided among the
boats, in one of which liad been stored
our commissary, Avliich eA'en embraced
a cooking stove. To this latter attach
ment Mr. Grady entered a vehement
protest, claiming that he wanted his
rations prepared after the manner of
our forefathers. We had scarcely quit
ted the hospitable shores of Anderson
ville, amid the applause of the gveat
crowd upon the banks and the Avaving
of hundreds of liankercliiefs, when we
turned a bend in the river, dashed into
a shoal and in a tAvinkling our boat AA'as
fastened upon a rock. Grady Avas the
first man to co me to the rescue. Be
fore any one was aAvare of his inten
tion tlie orator of tlie day and honored
guest of the occasion, who had just
held a dense mass of people spell-hound
by his eloquence, had divested him
self of all his apparel except one single
abbreviated garment, and Avas up to his
middle in the water struggling with the
boat hands and helping them to get us
afloat again. Grady afterwards told us
that he had been having chills regularly
for some time and that the last imjunc
tion his physician gave him on leaving
Atlanta Avas not to get even his feet
AA'et under any circumstances. We will
here add that^by disobeyingjiis doctor’
directions Mr. Grady affected a'perma-
nent cure.
After the battle of Selkirk, Avhen
LeAvis’ household troops of young gal
lants signalized themselves by going to
battle Avith their disarranged night
garments, the fair dames of the French
capital adopted that style of dress, and
it was knoAvn as the Selkirk. History
repeated itself in this case, and before
many miles had been traversed the Gra
dy costume was all the rage and the
party was soon in fitting raiment for
admission to the Garden of Eden—and
several visitors made bold to affirm that
it Avas located someAvliere in Elbert
county and on the Savannah river,
was certainly a jolly party and a royal
good time Avas had. A flotilla of bat-
teaux and every manner of river craft
follOAved in our Avake, and as shoals
were frequent and the pilots inexpe
rience this high up the stream, we of
ten found our boats stranded on
Gradv said lie here saAv the negro in liis
true state, before being contaminated
by politicians and the evils of city life
—that the more he saw of Avhite men the
better he liked the negro.
To-morrow Ave will give a description
of our second day on the river, with the
adventures of Ed Barrett and the Trot
ter Shoals storm.
[from Thursday’s daily.]
Historical and Bloody Ground—Minor
Incidents of the Journey.
sand bar or fastened to a rock, i Uen
would the little boats come to our rescue
and by lightning the load or giving us a
shove, start us dOAvn the stream
a o*ain rejoicing. At every landing Ave
passed, croAvds of people Avere seen gath
ered upon the river banks, cheering and
waiving handkerchiefs. It was indeed
a picturesque sight: The angry waters
dashing over frowning rocks—the boats
spinning along like things of life—the . ,
Jree* banks and waiving fields of grain music-that it was the wail of the slave.
on either side—the happy crowd on
shore—the cry of tlie pilot and the echo
ing answer of the steersmen—and as a
centre piece for the-picture Henry
Grady sitting upon the boAV of the fore
most boat, clothed in manly nature un
adorned.
At EroAvn’s ferry, a feAV miles below
Andersonville, is where three Yankee
soldiers were shot and tliroAvn in the
river by a party of men from Anderson
county, S. C. They were guarding
some cotton that the government had
seized, and Avhieli belonged to private
parties. The soldiers had been induced
to enter the flat, AA'lien one of them
called one of the men by name. To
protect themselves from discovery the
Yankees were ail killed and their bodies
thrown overboard. The parties Avho
did the bloody Avork then took the sol
diers’ horses and left for parts unknown.
The Federals afterwards recovered the
bodies of their dead companions, and
arrested several innocent parties Avho
lived near the ferry. Two of these Avere
tried by a court martial, and sentenced
to death. President Johnson com
muted their sentence to imprisonment,
and after serving for several years on
the Dry Tertugas, they Avere pardoned
and returned home. Afterwards the
men Avho did the killing returned, hut
no evidence could be had against them.
One of the men was at the G.ady meet
ing.
This section is the home of that gal
lant and desperate Confederate soldier,
Mans. Jollv, AA'ho it is said killed thirty
ankces atter tlie surrender, and Avas
.the leader in the B**own’s ferry massa
cre. Jolly feared neither man nor
devil. He captured and van. off seven
ty-five horses from the Yankee soldiers
stationed at Andevson, and when a re-
ard of $500 AA'as offered for him, dead
or alive, he rode up to tlie Federal Co'.-
onel’s tent Avhen he Avas surrounded by
soldiers, announced his name and de
fied the regiment to take him. He then
deliberately rode off. Tt is reporieil
that Jolly Avas afterwards drowned in
exas, hut feAV belieA'e this. The scory
of bis death Avas circulated to keep the
government from searching for him.
Tlie first night Ave pitched our camp
t Park’s ferry, iu Hart county. There
Avere plenty of mattresses abroad, Avhich
the men spread beneath a large oak on
the river bank, and soon the scene was
lited up by a roaring five. Again on
land, all bands turned themselves loose
for enjoyment, and they liad a royal
good time.
While supper Avas being prepared we
accompanied Grady to an old farmer’s
house about half a mile up the road, os
tensibly for the purpose of getting
ionic Avater, but in truth to let our
guest relieA'e himself of an unnatural
desire that had seized upon him to steal
me»s of roasting ears, Mr. Grady ex
plained that he felt as if he had made
liis trip for naught did lie fail to put in
practice some of his boyhood memories,
for stolen roasting ears and watermelons
asAAellas pleasure,) were always the
Aveetest, But just as Grady AA-as pre
paring to begin his depredation, a far
mer and liis faithful yard dog loomed
up in the dim moonlight, and at once
all evil designs A'anislied from the mind
of our companion like mist before the
noonday sun. Mr. Grady took AA'ater
in liis’n, and entered into conversation
Avith bis horny handed visitor, who
proA'ed to Mr. A. It. Parks. And here
Ave Avitnessed an instance of that wonder
ful memory for which Mr. Grady is fa
mous. On introducing our companion,
Mr. Park expressed great delight at
seeing so distinguished and popular a
gentleman, and grasping Grady by the
hand remarked:
Why you know me, of course? A.
It. Parks is my name. Why, I have
been taking the Weekly Constitution
for six years, and reading after you.
Of course you’ve seen my name on the
books and remember me?”
We looked at Grady’s face, Avho
turn was watching the dog.
Why, don’t you remember me—A.
It. Parks—who has been taking your
paper so long? Surely you do!” and the
old man looked like his feelings were
getting hurt.
All at once Mr. Grady’s puzzled brow
began to clear away, and his face light
ed up Avith one of those pleasant smiles
that have Avon so many hearts. Grasp
ing the honest hand of his old acquain
tance Mr. Gradv replied:
“A. K. Parks! Why, of course I do.
I have noticed your name a hundred
limes on our books, and always had a
great desire to meet you. Why, this is
an unexpected treat!”
Whether the sudden recollection was
produced by the neglected and injured
expression on the old man’s face, the
growls of the dog, that detected some
displeasure about his master, or is an
illustration of Mr. Grady’s Avonderful
gift of memory v to recollect a weekly
subscriber when his is only one among
126,000 names, is a conumdrum we leave
with our readers to solve.
On our return to camp we found sup
per prepared,and Mr. Grady here drank
the first cup of coffee that ever passed
his lips. He tells us that water is his
only beverage, but [of this he uses a
great quantity. He has never tasted
tea or milk. After supper the croAvd
turned themselves loose and a great
time Avas had. Grady collected the ne
gro boat hands and kept them until a
late hour singing old plantation melo-
8a M about due],.
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dies and hymns, winding up the enter
tainment Avith a simple prayer from a
colored preacher prese nt. These simple
services seemed to impress Mr. Grady — ,, ' ;e8 Ave r .
greatly, and for an hour oy more he a ‘ °' VeJ lor the t! .
bowed his head, and sitting at the roots co . nes s and
of a great oak, seemed to drink in the { r ’ en <Is to adj Ma , _
weird services. He spake of the negro
race that night, and said that only
twenty generations of servitude could
producexhat mournful plaint in their
both
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counters t b£n ^^!
field of honor. -'-/'^Tilt
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but the Aviit er
where it w as lo okei! rfcar *l ,
settlement 0 f (liff D N M
Woody ami barb aro „‘ y
mother good resnlt ;^
'vas the best protect , 011
only settle his dan , g0 ^«
fore the pistol oft'-*"
friend. Ama Uwl ’ r
insult a lady j s a v ° al <li
while the Code was ^ al
class kept a bridle upu fl ^
Our party spent several
enjoyable hours of thei? - ■.
friends here-had a fi„ e ^
Mo
By peep o’ day Thursday morning
our camp was stirring, and after a has
tily prepared breakfast the boats were
floating dOAvn the river. Mr. Grady
soon had the pleasure of witnessing a
great natural curiosity—his first sun
rise. He was charmed with tlie specta
cle, but said that of course while the
sunrises over here were not so fine as
those of Atlanta, at tlie same time it
AA-as a sight Avortli taking the trip to see.
Grady also stated that last night was
the first time he ever slept out of doors.
To this Ike McCalla remarked, in a cas
ual Avay, that lie always heard “Atlanta
had a mighty vigilant police force,”
when Grady subsided and turned the
conversation to the scenery along the
banks.
Our next stopping place Avas Mat
tox’s mill, at the head of Cherokee
Shoals. As ou the previous day, a large
number of little boats shot out from tlie
banks and follOAved us, while every fer
ry presented an animated scene. Hun
dreds of man, Avomen and children had.
stood for hours on the banks patiently
Avaiting to see the boats pass and wave
them a greeting.
It AA-as certainly a novel and enter
taining sight. Sometimes the boats
Avere all alongside, each trying to pass
the other, and more than one desperate
naval engagement took place. One of
these ended in a rival crew stealing the
rudder fijom Capt. Grady’s boat, that
left it at the mercy of the rapids just
ahead. This gallant hut vanquished
commander.seeing surrenderor a duck
ing were the only alternatives, with a
patriotic devotion to comfort, at once
tore from liis person t’he only garment
that stood betAA'een his body and the ap
plauding croAY'ds on shore, and Avaving
it aloft, at once surrendered the ship
and placed himself at the mercy of the
victorious vessel, commanded by Capt.
Carlton. Mr. Grady also discovered
that during the combat the enemy had
captured liis son, Henry Grady, Jr.,
and held him’Secufely bomfltf’as' -a* hos
tage.
At other times one of the boats Avould
ge^fastened on a reck, Avhen Avith a
heartless indifference the other vessels
would pass cheering, without stopping
to render assistance. More than one of
our party remarked tlie resemblance
of our boats to .the pictures of those
used by Stanley in liis exploration of
the rivers of the Dark Continent.
It Avas about noon Avheri Ave reached
Col. Mattox’s farm, AA'liere an old-fash
ioned Georgia barbecue aAvaited us.
Here Ave found a large croAvd assembled
from both Georgia and Carolina, but
before landing among them it Avas de
cided advisable to disembark in the
Avoods on the Carolina side, where Mr.
Grady and his fellOAV tourists might
blend art Avitli nature in making up
their apparel. Grady had not seen a
barber shop in several days, but an im
promptu tonsorial artist Avas discovered
among the boatmen, who undertook the
job. Here was presented another fine
picture: Grady sitting on a log, his
head bent back against a tree, Avhile a
darkey Avith a razor as full of gaps as a
mountain chain Avas pulling at his
beard. “Hold still, boss,” replied the
coon, as Grady manifested a desire to
climb backwards up the tree. “Dis
razor am a little dull, but ef de handle
don’t broke de beard am bound to
come!” All this time the crowd across
the river were almost splitting their
throats yelling for “Grady!”
This ferry is a noted spot in the his
tory of the hot-blood Jnd chivalry of
the Palmetto and Empire states, for it is
a famous ante-bellum duelling ground
Only one encounter has taken place here
since the war—between Capt. James
Burch and Mr. Mark Knight, of Elber
ton—which duel the writer witnessed.
Mr. Knight, at the second fire, was shot
through both thighs. Several other
fights occurred on the Carolina hanks
between Georgians, while the South
Carolinians used an island just above
the ferry for their duelling ground,
little sandbar, on the extreme southern
point of this island, has drank up the
blood of more than one brave man.
But duelling has now been abandoned
to the regret of all brave and honorable
men, for it is the only satisfactory man
ner in which gentlemen can settle their
differences. It places the weak and the
strongon an equal footing, andAvas be
sides a check to strife—for if a man
knew that he would be held accounta
ble with his life for an insult to an
equal, he was very careful about what
he said or did. This can truthfully be
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and delighted, and the 2
brief speech Avifi he seen J
come He gave the and*,;
practical,sensible talk-wiuj
and pregnant Avith sound
spoke of the magnificent ri Vw e
by tlieir doors, and said he k
in bis travels over the Old yJ
through the great Northwest
iea seen a stream that in i
scenery or the magnifi^-l
shoals and rapids, to compare J
Savannah that were this tip t J
rope or the North, it would J
famous by poetry and song, ^'
summer its bed covered with i
Prof. White did not say this
Avas the richest in the world. [
would not be the truth- but he L
sert it had the finest water audd
on the globe, and should he the.
spto of A rnerica. ] t was in the
of man to make a soil, hut ofy
could make a climate. "We would
to reproduce this splendid addrtsl
full, for it was overflowing with
sense and good advice.
About 6 o’clock our party again
to their boats to eud their jourw
the river at the foot of TrotterS
about fifteen miles distant. A
of ladies accompanied ns th-ough
okee Shoals, where is found tht
ford on the Savannah river,
was very- low, but we had
pilots and were safely carried
tjie breakers without an aecii
fair companions du voyage were
on the river bank about a mile
Mattox’s mill, rvlien the boat
tlieir journey. For several
hail tranquil waters. Severallirj
lands were passed, some of
ainingfnore than a hundred acM,
the crops in tlieMissbsippi bolto* 1
not surpass those growing thereof
W. II. Mattox owns large landed
essions here, and is one of beoi
largest and most successful plint«V
Avell as most honored, enterprising
in tell igen t ci tize ns. We
shores of the historical I.aSeur.or
is, island, rendered famousa;tht
ng place of Gen. Kobt. local*
the Yankee soldiers were scouring
country for him. This is a wM
ugged spet, with dense woods!
cipitous hills, almost equalling
tains iu height. Here Gen. Toon
mained concealed for several
Mr. L. H. O. Martin, who was «*
the party that carried this distioj
ed fugitii'e across the Savanna 1
batteau at night, pointed out to
place Al'here Gen. Toombs
tained. He had just left the WJ
Col. Martin, in Elbert county-
Avas surrounded by a body o
troops, Avho bad received > n ^
of his presence there ^
Toombs Avas concealed on
land, he was guarded by b
and Georgians on both shores,
boats and horses hid out re* J
port him to a place of safety
residence discovered by * -
After the heat of the P ursu
what subsided, Gen. 'loom
▼eyed to Elberton, where he *
ted into the Masonic lodge 1 ^
hours of night and by t e
light of a tallow candle. y
he was carried to the Jarre ^ jj
afterwards escaped tot' 1 ^ Jr-1
O. Martin, of Elbert county, ^ *
Tuck IrAA'in, of Washington,
guards and guides.
At the head of TtomJ
passed the home of a wn ^
Mr. James EdAvard Galho n, ^ ,
Carolina’s great states** »
naval officer. He llT ^ S ‘ irr0 un^ ! 1
banks of the Savanna!,
princely possessions. _ '
pitched his tents and - ® ^
rations for the reception ^
ment of the Grady U of >
on the banks surrounded
dependents to recoil e a
But by this time a storm ^ ||
it was with regret tha
appoint him, tor
was a matter impossible t i
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