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Oltl Suntmry—A Finished Town.- derly set of oolored people ia the
Its Glory Dfimrteil—Old Mod. " — r
way
They all hold Mr. Waite in
8 ,'Coun-
irid, we
have concluded to write yon a letter,
iaoeiag that^coresof your readers
have knowD old SaDhnry and the sea
coast of Liberty county in better days
—in the daj^’wh^n no twenty miles
square in Georgia (leaving out large
cities) held either the 'wealth or re
finement met with here. We refer to
a period thfhy years ago, when this
entire section—the lower twenty miles
Dorchester eol6n^ who "left England
centuries ago and settled Dorchester,
Massachusetts, and, Inter, Dorchester,
S. C.. and still later Dorchester, Lib-
erty^/iinty.-r-jSre ninpg, cHSatiint frdm
this point. The visitor to-ddy'sees
only traces bf those*Srtmd bM' tiblOh
wbe'pj^,gprrrnwwt'«(^\'!Jf(a l y"ed
territory — was* largely tpatriarobal;
when .each separate plantation hod its
own name, nhd its lbirfl'<j'*'ownhr 'hum-
bered bis .bonaeholi) by hundreds and
exercised a jealons care over all en
trusted to him; when eveVy bpdse was
a mansion and the visitor, who could
shoty fa cfeiintiqi), or, in otheh words,
who came, properly accredited, met a
hearty welcome in every household.
Things are changed,now. Those old
men have passed away, their mansions
have either been destroyed by fire or
have gone to decay, and' little else
now remains than splendid highways
and the wrecks of those grand old
plantations. There is still, however,
much to interest the visitor, especial
ly if be be familiar, yvith ,tbo people
Bat we have drifted away from
8UNBDBT.
Let ns return to this finished
city, situated 'on*T fiver of the
same name, and onee the residence of
men^f njeana and - culture^ - At one
fw* itPjWJnrpbaa add scoooIl
iOk^weHngbnfidingsand well
paven streets, and at its wharves could
be seen the flags of many nations.-
To-day we find bat two residences,
the me occupied by a Mr. Bows and
the other by one Captain Steeli. It
bad another resident for a long time,
1 .has passed away
blSd intodei “
ST. SIMONS ITEMS.
Sfe
m
ST. SIMONS MILLS, GEORGIA
JB-Sfca WMttWiMMf mm* tpaetalty.
B.J.MA881T, K. D„ Maoifor.
i?€l D yi?4'ls M
the snake eater and bird
refer
_ r JHr
tamer.
Where fine residences once stood
nothing is.visible b>day but rank
weeds amCtiiCTtoTajif pf crumbled
chimneys. A finished town—yea
more, one that has actually been
ri. its
north and south
f existehce—bA thSj ah-
business by. Jfciirfj
of it.
As we stand
here to-day and look out on the beau
tiful sheet of^
craft ascend
r before us, we see
be “river, which we
learn is owned by the identical Cap-
that we saw at-
bl
ado I with a
just twenty
Ten miles from this place, this is es-i -.iv. n i ~
pecially truhi;, building with
its lofty spire and weatbervane still'
JfflMMM
etery near at band, when lay at rest
awaitingUie lasi tramp those noble
o^^lfw^r^iivo^he^yfepr.
ago. 1 <Ou our way. down wo swung
opep the ponderous iron gate of this
City PI tbs doail'wandered among
its moss-covered .vaults, monuments
ited inscriptions, and re-
most'obi:
calling to mind the personages and
character of many known to ourself
in the days of ont childhood., , Here
we saw imines familiar to many ofonr
readers—the Joneses, Walt hours,
Screvens, LeConts, Varnailoos, Ba
cons, Mallards, Flemings, Stncys,
Quarterinans, Ways, Kings, Stevenses
and scores of othors not familiar to
the writer, having lived a centnry or
more before his day. Here we saw
two wooden slabs that must have
stood the weather for over one hun
dred years. They are of the heart of
black cypress, and rests,
parallel with the grave on standards
of the same material,'driven into the
gronnd. They look to-day just as they
did to us thirty years ago when we
were a hoy, and must have boon
placed there shortly after the year
1770, for on both can be seen, besides
other inscriptions, ‘‘Mary Quarter-
man, wife of Robert Quarterraan,
died 1770.” This wood is knowu to
outlast aiiy other to bo found in these
parts, and if paiuted occasionally we
should judge would uover rot. The
old church is now occupied by the'j
colored peffple'wbff'h'ave, us their pas
tor Rev. f. H. T. White, well known
to most of our. readers, and just lure
we wish tq add that in this matte*
these people Rave lost nothing by the
(Change of circutpstauces. For whilst
they have not now, as did their fore
fathers, the services of that grand old
preacher, Rev. C. C. Jones, who was
employed by the whites to preach to
the colored people and teach them the
ebateebism, they have a man and
minister whose whole soul is in bis
work and whoso teaching is felt by
tho people of his charge. His mem
bership of probably sis or eight bnn-
l fcel^cf •fcjfld Lin* Sy*e/de- tween 8anBat and ni “
scribed elsewhere in this letter.
LAST NOTES.
A post office is about to be establish
ed at Mai] way, which will prove a great
eonvenienen to many.
Liberty campineeting convenes this
week at Taylor’s Creek, twenty-seven
miles from here. How we would like
to remain and visit these scenes of
nf cargo of coltbi
years ago, as We stood sentinel on the
very spot, watching lest the "yaukees”
should land and despoil our homes.—
As Hie^CaDtgjn/^aphed the sound on
that occasion 1 , the wind dieif 1 ont and
it being ebb tihe ho drifted seaward
aijj^wus captured^by two boat’s crew*
his carbine. His cargo was confiscat
ed and he held a prisoner, bat after
wards set at liberty only to rig up a£-
^(kMfi^kade.
JI*
Uon does not* recuperate like other
parts ’betweeu'MeJMiy
and this point we 8$f)4)4$*9yf(fpBi-
dence that reminded ns of olden times;
and that was “Welcome Hall” (pro
nounced eithets with or without the
H), tho home (lately built) of Mr.
Waite,
Kalis
our boyhood once more, but dnty calls
ns home and wo obey tbe summons.
Mb. W, H. Barret.’, Augusta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—I take groat pleasure in
certifying to the efficiency of H. II.
P. It has done more good for me
than any Liver Medicine I have ever
used, and has almost entirely cur^
me. Very respectfully,
W. G. Fcits
Of Farse & Evans, I-jp
Etymons' store right along.
The Broughton Bros, have the larg
est and most flourishing bed of cab
bage plants on* St. Simons. X A 7
There is an old bachelor on the
Iiland who.pnts his wardrobe o > the
'fttalej aihb*k-«i*« o. bis
stove.
No dengue h«FSv, rorfml
and sea-breeze-1to tqurjB-.alli invalid
Brunswickians. ,' Comn j PWifand re
cuperate in' thi& lim'd h’flhbalt h.
^ from tbe
Northern nmrk e l7i He has purchased
thb’beit Stockiof assorted goods ever
before iu tbe company's store.
assstfisii'ATMaa
eye shut. Wjth bqth-eyes shut, there
is no telling wliiit pe might have done.
During
ntilutsi sheltered WwintpiTeetj ^ group
of'prbjjlBpy under'adarge i live oak in
tb6 yard. Her (lid fttii to protect them
from the rain. Tbe-otik did not leak
as badly as his house.
In our recent trip to the up-coun
try, it was oar good fortune, tp’meet
oar old friend Dr. Raines, who has to
faithfully served tb'd public daring tbe
last three years as physician to tbe
Georgia'penitentiary; > Ll .all! tbe vi
tuperation, bickering, crimination and
recrimination, Dr. Raines was the on-j
ly app'dinlco of' Gbvornor Colquitt
whose record was not attacked in
ibf util lo Mod
tailings eomlJ«-»vg iftiw ti bedsabJu
ti .vlJni.tani Ji
newly elected ezecntTve that it might
be well' lb alfow , ’D^-‘Raines to be his
yonng ifahif on tbe! lelimtl tvho rises at
draws the watef
feedsbis
team imd i the hogs iu their different <
lots by bras^ui- Then. Aafter 'eatiDg
11'
tween sunset and nine ni’doQMpe# all
the errands , and :I c&6re» about the
honsAandJoL L Don’t all ask jfiK at
once wbo he is. Soifice it,to say he
lives on jtbo Island, anil is not'
ashamed to let it be knoWti that !be
works. He is worth a dozen-delicate,
kid-gloved popinjays, or exquisite
band-box bubbles, wbo depend on
“dear mn-ma” for a living,
!h " 1 3-qU» l./ft.ImfTtei
r*«n a [fritiriifuiftai lo q „ jhiun sIJKW ' ,-n! : „ vot'i- { VtU%
{ob xaifto odi Jsol ■jfnanfoo) a OTmiolJaj^nr. udf ea ,h„o ,uwot>
, *r. - .. U Orff )o hootrl erfl ebi*nr *rtti«nroh vsw *tf furf^pw mfievr errr
; f, 'V «»! 'Motoo?<ia fi9iood]a veilA* .Modi lo 4ool erf! binwo#
jfftitJi'T ojibnT.;
had . Alii: v.» ki.( gn : t
.bed of s-Kig oil
r ” ivJtvmUim Uf 'Uki til,MoiH c
!,a . n f^UsoJwo} food a aolitqov w.fi j f, ao i o s’e«,|j .snobavg (U
rchl xofoinnifi ril'afitfani zi« io
oifa r jii-i m-.l
;r:i j;;-).-. /- - .
of iiou/ii([ v!
d I .levoo oil) atido gabiisimia ...
offer our entire stodk of Diw ai
aineioa a ovjij neutJi'I .- ,Jr
ow/irie oj!) ol qri j Jnnisni mi ni iocJt odl no v.ivn I nn
II gmd’rrq 7<l illiea oil!, ^aiiaffori ol og J’aoh' ,w„z-
. . . f ' . Ajoi/ip
.9l«miataqnf,f.Merfbaorferfi; flM mowJ olit )oR muUn >|U
WM’Jl
t;oHi:u fir’ll iui'ii tt >di rfJiw ogbnl oiU ol li
LADIES" AND GENTLEMEN^. < u!j l-a JI-»1 Ollrt
ln " ' “ ,r '' 1 * ' an 8 3 oI soil nwi-fi bun qu pniq
;foo!” o) g-nrfjon.lt
II gllVI JI ".(f }f{!
I’-oin ftun ,Jcfni» *fmsn-.i,( n JkiJ nntrfi
1/ r-.-tmoif -rs-w; h;-.?»,looryn »d* 1o
■iol g-ibnii, i wel «_Ji_i5«iif)Ioti i-jtJ mut
fod
^loi/d
yaitlol ,hm lj 0i f,y(j odl lo ohlsgiioln toJh// Io
.1..
.ti itv/i. ib bun ni ji - unh am atria
nYiMM diPff '.mJlMool odl of «m bnn .botlibjn twovl orff Not I o-f-r t-
! doid/' In ”,vl!'V* aid lot anm uilj! «aw doJav/ eifMo noddh jfonid oil} m
M-fclffi & WINTER GOODS
; —. ,-aoijtl out oJm no guidi odl bedgrni od
guidon H odl id aoiio /ml 1-oiloiJa I
Nice piques, pep lyard[,d n g>. <wa.f.0M ■
in ol Jif’-if oiit .looi v->(!J hoiIT .
dl. ,{•"“//,,, -’(odam _ edi, . .'8 cents
Ji hair. /o..8 cents
/w<ead.'»*ddtI*7iwP cents
TiviMs f-frt’f'.vcr WjiflfV
MnghWflBW -t nr 4ind-jdr nrnonUi
Figured lawns, per yard. . 4 ».U.toiH.«i. u.
?urddreid iw/i), p'oirk’&vati?• i, -• j
GkmbriwP(8ftinobi),ptnyArd.imoy.ucents
Silk,blindfevspbiefs. q... .Vttf'CMltS
t wftftMfl* WiW,?,it “ <u - fJuiru - *‘ wU *«««
DJI 18
JiPMiU?
LAdies’H '
;w.;r 'fiaVn/n j;,d’,Vo: — ” • •: • r '4
Lisle thkmiigldtoM. t W. .WWrtts
LisJftJbre^ gtctf/W;,. „- not- Jftf .'JA I'JPA .wM. Jv. hJwdfi beats
; io.vplty Stripe^............... afeSMfB
, ."ȣ?H#JS>3lnts
- Seersucker stripe®. \ihi J*ofl3 aiwi JI. MWj'J J.UMtit*. .bi'tinjUiaoq.IificentB
,7Tj)mo Blanobaari Jfliifla^ilL teilili nns Jnrni a,anti jtl
*oooiq
now l .whfvrf^l ‘ylfliH lo odl
n«,tu,. 1 i,^Wf?ft?alOTgdilw., I „
u
WESTE
Beef .Miarivjt,
,«Ki:ma3.
Baumgartner Bros.,
v 9. T'lff * *1"' H r ‘* v i '
PROPIETOftS,
Where cad bQ UaJ, daily, Fjrciih Beef tad Mutton.
Three Doors South of the Kelson House.
-NO MORE
Wire Grass Beef
Lumber, Timber,
—AND-
Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH & BRUNSWICK, GA.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO SALE OP
NAVAL STORES.
- CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
ytMy it., r• ti
u.
!
T. O’ CONNOR, Jr.
; • - * r\ *,* .** ^
j.* <. an AOENTjroit the u i ^
BRITISH AMERICA,
LIIIRFL & LONDON &GL0BE,
—and—
NEWY0R tf UNDERWRITERS7AGENCY.
Oittcc over Midden’s Drag Store.
bid- ' l '’ ,, *hti‘i«’rila^rt“dikuTa<iA
That it !• tbe Acknowledged Leader In Ihe
Trade U a bust that cannot be dltputAd.
MANY IM1TA1EIT! .*
NONE EQUAL IT
THE LARGEST ARMED, , ' i,*
THE* LIGHT£sTRUNN ING„
- * ,*■ »;.'*»/ 7! ;j*!U' IIf*OUl (
Most Beautiful Wood-work:
AND iS WARRANTED b»
" • 1 t i ,*.„jj or
To be mndo of the best ipateijal. i(| .
To do any and all kinds of work.
To be complete in e^erv respect.
Agents wantoj in unocenptod trrtltorf. 4jMrtit
,ln.» a ldiii'* ; , ' 1 ’
Domestic Sewing Machine Oft,
.'I • ii<-i <d am >odeiw
BICHMpND, Va. ^ .
KBBBBSar
threat western, gun, works.
oi)i T-*<IO
E!fln l Un i> Mi l Htorr'(>W*. ccmpttl-
«lcn. Twum lilieruL Clrculon KKEE. Addrco,
JldNIlt luilkrt’i pn, ■» see, FUUbirtk, h.
ANO ALL TB0D6LES0
*•(■.lar.,clMDlrudehiip. 8u
PMd, in «u. aosnts WAirrin.
JT. am. Johnwan, i
.li
mil.
MUSIC.
Prof. GUSTAVE
Offer* I '■ lervic.e to tbe cltlreniofBransnieku
teacher of tbe Plano. Organ, Violin and Vocal Mnale,
and alro the German Language. Lei tout given
either at room, at Mr. Blraeh’a, on Bar atreet, or at
febl.Iy tba raaidence of tba pupil.
■INSTRUMENTS
Inds for sale very cheap,
■lies free. Addrem, RICHARD
E, Box 808. PJtubnigh.ps.
ilUOmi HABTTORD.CONN. ! lo ’ll!I I
jiioid -nil elhtt tpgui lo gui*»gib :-;d
of Vtlliv/t Tot Olive .*TTI. .If -luon-t yo
J.'M. DEXTEll; Ins. Agent,
I doiilw dul l 0 .)1n Luc. Lbfitul o-jac
Roprc.cnts tb* above Co. at Brunewlck, Ga.
. ,'p Hi; il) it mOTI ipt UV/ilT!. i
Aisels, f T.v.».jw..t.. i$6414,o02
’■* »71 f ' t:‘ • -
jyllcips wrltl
PiAAenger luAurauco
Ami^Uofl! rebulredd
kets ■old. No medical ex
if ml /declHljr.
GoodyearifeKay,
iff re t hit h .ti otai vfin't-,-1 ! .;
!=* ATTORNEYS' AT < LAW,
OO -*l*hflOfUn1 - '' !■ •»»: ’ j
tiftDN^eK,
’ jr«r
.«x|'IGE56RGIA
1 CabbageJPlants,
Of tbe very beet Varieties, at fSc per hundred.—
Aupplff incxbane tible. Apply to
W. 8. TUCKEB,
^^•t^jjfcuna*IclnOiJ
