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EARLY SHIl* BUILDING.
Brunswick Built the First Square
Bigger that was Ever in
this Fort.
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Tuesday afternoon photographer
Jackson and the writer, were on
board the schooner Abbie C. Slubbs
now lying in the stream awaiting i
berth, taking a picture of the ves
sels in port, for our trade pamphlet,
As the photographer was adjusting
1 his instrument, the mate of the
schooner, Mr. Chas. C. Hatch, re
marked to the writer: “This would
have been a strange sight thirty-
eight years ago. I came in here then
on the first square rigger that ever
came into this port. She was com
inandcd by my brother David L.
Hatch. My brother and Mr. A. G,
Jewitt, who came with him, left the
schooner here in charge of the mate
and built right up there on the
shore, in front of the B. & W. R. R,
office, the first steamboat ever built
here—the Atlantic—she was a stern
wheel boat, and before the engineer
could get hero, Mr. Jewitt loaded
her up and started for Augusta.
When on the way up the steam be
gan to escape and neither Mr. Jewitt
nor the negro pilot knew what to do,
so they run her aground, got a snag
into her and there she stuck. She
was sold afterwards witli her cargo for
$16,000—I don’t know what ever be
came of her.”
The mate hardly thought then
that thirty-eight years afterwards he
would stand on the deck of aschoner
in front of the same spot and witm ns
a fleet of 25 schooners, IS square rig
gers, 1 steamships and . 5 or more
steamers, in the same harbor. The
changes have been truly wonderful,
not only on the water front, but the
buildings as well.
Rowe bet $50 that he could divtf
across this river. His bet was taken
in a minute, and the money put up.
The chap was a kind of a wedge
shaped fellow—he pulled off his
clothes and into the water he went
headforemost. The crowd stood and
watched and finally gave him up for
lost, but about that time be popped
up right under the marsh on the oth
er shore and swam back and got his
money.. Well good bye, the Cracker
Boy must be offfor Satilla river.
Echoes From Knoxville.
JIclNTOSH’S EXHIBIT.
They Will Head The Procession.
The above appeared in Wednesday’s
daily, and next morning Capt. James
Clubb hailed us with—
“Mr. Editor, Capt. Hatch is mis
taken about the'first square rigged
vessel in this port.
Forthwith the scribe took out his
pencil and book and got ready .to
take down what he knew to be a
“true, true” good item. The Captain
continued. '
“The first square rigged vessel in
this port was built right here by
Lamar and others, from Savannah.
She was a full rigged ship and was
named ‘Henry duBignon.’ That was
in ’38 or ’40, some ten years befor
the time Mr. Hatch speaks of.
“The duBignon was launched from
the bluff right whore Ullinan’s store
now stands, and that night they had
a grand party aboard and a dance—
they had a big time, and in the frol
ic one of the guests stepped on Capt,
Lightburn’s leg and broke it, and
that saved Capt. L’s. life, for he was
to sail her, but could not go on ac
count of the uccidcnt, so another
man went as Captain.”
“Well, but how did that save his
life ?” we asked.
“Well, you see, the duBignon was
never heard from after she went to
sea, so the presumption is the ship
and crew were all lost."
“Wereany other vessels built here,
Captain?
“Yes, several others—schooners—
I remember two in particular, the
Chas. Reid, built by some Savannah
men, and the Satilla built by Capt.
Flanders, the father of our harbor
master, Mr. Chas. E. Flanders. These
two vessels were built for the Satilla,
Fancy Bluff and Savannah trade.”
“Were there any pothers ?”
“Yes, also Capt. Lesserre built one
for the West India trade, and Mr.
Jewett built two steamers here, both
stern wheelers.”
“Where were the steamers built?”
“They were built right where the
the Drury’s wharf stands 1 ”
The Captain being in a communi
cative mood about old timesf we ask
ed him for some other reminiscence
of these days.
“Well,” said he, “I will tell you of
something else that happened at
Drury’s dock.
McIntosh County realizing the
fact that the World moves and the
town or county that would move
with it must get up and bestir itself
and make known to the world its ad
vantages by some specie of advertis
ing, has determined to spend her en
ergies in the shape of a County ex
hibit at the State Fair, next week.
Just here we wish to premise, by say
ing that Mcltosh county hns one of
the livest agricultural societies in
the state.
The society there has raised sev
eral hundred dollars as special prem
iums on the products of her county
and said to the rest of the counties
of the state, “come up and exhibit
with us, if your products arc above
ours, then these premiums areyours.”
Yesterday afternoon Messrs James
Calker and J. H. Atwood, the com
mittee in charge, reached this city
by the steamer David Clark, bring
ing with them their exhibit, about
two car loads, embracing not only
the articles for which special prem
iums are offered, but hundreds of,
other things that they have been
gathering up. Mr. Walker offered
us his book to copy from, but the task
was too great so we Cun only bint, at
what they had:
Rice in all grades, from the ^lieaf
to the clean rice.
Cvprcss shingles, plank four feet
wide: knees, blocks, etc.
Live oak in all plights.
• Palmetto logs, blocks, etc.
Sugar cane in four different varie
ties and as tall ns ever grow in Flor
ida.
Seventy-three varieties of wood.
Upland and Sea Island cotton.
Baled hay. rice straw and after
rice.
Naval stores in every shape
from the gum to the finest spirits
and rosin, not forgetting the pine
itself.
Pickles, oranges, bananas, ten va
rieties grap wine, pears beans, pens,
snakes.nlligntors, staffed birds, walk
ing sticks, terrapins, gophers, pepper
plant, tapestry, preserves, jellies,
pomegranates, sweet and Irish pota
toes, ground-peas, nuts, lard, Geor
gia syrup, watermelons, acorns, roots,
quails, tobacco, etc., and wiuding up
with a full grown banana tree,
minature church, made by a one
armed man, and a full rigged ship,
McIntosh County has gone in to
win and thus to advertise to the
world that her soil and resources
are second to none in the state. She
will demonstrate to Georgia and the
world that the sea-coast of Georgia
is really and truly the garden - spot
of the state. Let every visitor to
the Fair cull and sec the McIntosh
Exhibit.
The Port Society.-
The above society have rented
rooms in the old custom hoesc build
ing, where services arc held each
Sunday by Mr. Halvor Iverson, a
Norwegian gentlcmon. Most all of
our foreign sailors are Norwegian
and by the way, they are about the
only nationality who care anything
about religious privileges. Mr. Iv
erson is doing a good work among
these people, and the society ought
to stand by him and give him every
facility.
Au Elegant Substitute
For oils, salts, pills, and all kinds
of bitter, nauscs medicines, is the ve
ry agreeable liquid fruit remedy, Syr
up of Figs. Reccommended by lead
ing Physicians. Manufactured on
y by the California Fig Syrup Com
A fellow named Pete! pauy, San Faancisco, Cal.
Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 2(j, ”88.
Editors Advertiser-Appeal. .i, •
This is a great country of durs, and
themore I see of it the more am I im
pressed with the fact that north, east,
west and south have eacbthfir char
uctcristics, and they each have that
which they may well feel proud of.
Here it is minerals, and thmr name
is legion.
This city has grown perceptibly
since my, last visit some months ago,
and is otherwise much improved.—
The churches (there are 36 of them)
arc nearly all fine buildings and they
add much to the appearance of the
place, as do also the numerous school
houses. Troops of children are on
their way to the latter * about eight
o’clock in the morning Monopolizing
the side walks, and mori than once
I have had to step in the gutter to
make room for the young ladies and
gentlemen hurrying towards a dis
tant bell. Knoxville people are just
ly proud of their court house and
post office. Both are fine buildings.
The latter, h square building of gran
ite and marble, is very near the bus
iness center, while the former of
brick and granite, beautifully pro
portioned, rises majestic and grand
from the center of a well kept lawn,
sloping each way towards, the four
streets in a more retired locality. A
walk through the corridors displayed
to me several familiar signs. And
the one “Jury Room” would certain
ly have hurried me away, had court
been in session. On a ncighborin
height stands what is left of Fort
‘Saunders,” where General Long-
street’s brave men, niter driving the
enemy in, strove so hard to driv
them out. Caesar, it is said, besieged
army equal to his own, bathe starved
them into a surrender, and it was
conceded that his men were better
armed. It was left for Confederates
to assail a foe of equal or superior
numbers, with arms equally good
and protected by all that art could
do, in a place of great natural
strength. The spot was pointed out
to me whero the Confederate charge
was checked, and certainly’ the brnv
fellows very nearly.- succeeded. But
it was not to be. They were driven
back leaving 1,400 of 1 their number
killed and wpunded on thoso grai
slopes. The democrats have rccei
ly utilized the highest point of the
fort for the erection of a “Hickory,’
bearing aloft the stars and stripes
and a picture of “Cleveland.” Some
say he is to be our next President,
but the point is hotly disputed here,
and there are rallies and counter ral
lies, and “Belva” comes smilingly to
the front. One of her devotees Miss
“Clementina Clemens” speaks here
to-night.
One side or the other can be heard
almost any night, and some nights
you might hear several sides,
heard two good things from Mr.
Taylor, the famous “Bob,” recently.
His opponent in joint debate, asked
him if he would vote for a negro?
Taylor turned to him and said:
“When I have voted with the negro
for twenty’ years, I will answer that
question.” His opponent claimed
that there were in Tcnnesseo 140,000
children who never attended school.
“My friend may be right as to the
number of children who arc not
found in the schools, but those chil
dren arc at their mothers breasts, in
their mothers arms or toddling
around their mothers’ knees. When
they get old enough, I promise my
republican friend that he will find
them in school, and moreover, he
will find just as many, or more, still
not in school. We are progressing,
Sir, progressing.”
Eastward from the fort, on an nd-
jdining eminence, stand the build
ings, several in number, consisting
of the University of Tennessee, a
semi-military institution whose stu :
dents at present number several hun
dred. Their uniform js similar to
that of the cadets at West Point, and
their manouvers on the paVade gorund
of an afternoon in full yjeyr. from the
city, is a s'rbf obser
ver’s atti "
Two small streams go tumbling
through Knoxville into the Tennes
see river. They are utilized for sup
plying power to a good many small
manufactories, and also as an outlet
for a splendid sewer system.
The Tennessee, or “Holston” as it
is called here, is about one fourth of
a mile wide and is crossed by two
fine bridges. One for wagons was
built by the city to accomodate the
large country traffic to the eastward,
The other was built by the Knox
ville and Augusta Railroad Co., and
is now owned by the Richmond and
Danville system. This road is in
operation to Marysville, about twen
ty miles. I have heard nothing
of any contemplated extension of it,
High hills on the opposite side, make
the river look much narrower than it
These hills are utilized for
building stone, they furnishing an
excellent quality. The refuse from
the qunrries, is passed through
crushing mill, reduced to a uniform
size and put on the streets, ns shells
are done with us. The city has thus
an excellent paving and building ma
terial at its very doors.
I will not further trespass, but
should you care to hear further of
this or surrounding localities, I may
accomodate you nt some future day.
G.
-THB-
Thc fleet of vessels now upon us
and a dozen more that arc spon to
come, teaches us the great importance
of having a suitable quarantine sta
tion—one provided with all the nec
essary wharf room to accomodate all
who need it. Council has had this
matter before them for several years
and have never yet worked out a so
lution of the problem. The}’ do not
want to spend an}’ unnecessary money
on temporary places and so far no
permanent one has been secured that
is considered fully advisable.
O “CT 2=3 £3
BILIOUSNESS, SICK DEADAomi
HEARTBURN, LIVER INDIGESTION,
PXSPEFSIA, COMPLAINT, JAUNDICE,
GRE1TSTATE
«fair»
GRAND FREE FIREWORKS!
FREE GEORGIA BARBECUE!
Biggest Agricultural Show
Ever Seen In The South!
SIX COUNTIES IN THE
TEST!
CON
Best Racing Ever een in tieor -
gin.—Floral Hall Full to the
Brim and Bnnning Over
The Top.
2?
DT USING THE GENUINE
Dr.C. McLANE’S
——CELEBRATED —
LIVER PILLS!
• m FBEFABSD ONLY BY
FLEMING BROS., Pittsburgh, Pa.
‘SmieofCOPSTXBnm mado In St. LotiU.'SI
Will IS IT! WHO (J.liV TELL?
IIK worM Ib wi*c, science ia progiesalvc, men
arc nhivwd nt gue&ring, but no one can ex
plain the following ntrango comliifon of things
linppeuing every nay.
A number of oeooie are beginning to “ail;”
;liey complain or slight indhtpoiiition; the nick-
news progrc»nes until Anally one will have con
sumption, another catarrh, another kidney troub
le, and worst of all. some will be afflicted with
that terrible nintadv,cancer. And to think that
and women lately, and others are stricken with
it. The rcAcction that the dead might lie living
nnd the afflicted l>e in good hcnlth (had the prop
er meuns been used) is not u pleasant one. That
king of all blood punfleni,
GUINN’S PIONEER BLOOD KKNEWEtt”
is the one great specific known to medical
science that attains the above results. It puri
fies, enriches and strengthens the blood, anu acts
as a perfect tonic to the whole system—prevent
innumerable cases of sickness, and save many
lives. The following will explain Itself:
“I am pleased to state Co the public that
Guixx'fl Blood Uenkwku has no equal as a
Blood Purifier, for have tried it sufficiently.
J.C. BARNES, M:i>.
Gridin, ba.
Call on Messrs. Hodges & O’Connor for Alma
nac, and don’t forget to take a bottle of the med
icine home with von.
TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN STALLS FULL
OF THE FINEST HORSES IN THE SOUTH.
Georgia Ahead of Ken tacky!—Chickens and Doga
World Without End ! «
“DON’T FORGET THE DATE!’’
READ THIS PROGRAMME:
Monday, Nov. 6.—Grand Opening
Day.
Tuesday, Nov. C.—Macon’s Day.
Wednesday, Nov. 7.—Augusta,
Columbus and Brunswick. Distin
guished speakers from each of these
cities will address the multitudes.
Also big display of free fireworks on
Mulberry street, in front of the New
Hotel Lanier.
Thubsday, Nov, 8.—Farmers’ Day.
Prominent Farmers from all portions
of the Stato, and Presidents of Alli
ances, Masters of Granges and other
prominent officers of these two orders
from neighboring states, will be here.
Friday, Nov. 9.—Atlanta, Rome
and Savannah, with prominent
speakers from each city.
Grand Barbecue on tbo grounds.
A regular old-fashioned Georgia feast
for all comers.
Reunion oftho 20th Georgia Regi
ment and Toombs’ and Bennings
•DEALERS IN
SADDLES & HARNESS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
RUBBER AND
Leather Belting,
Rubber Parking and Hoar. Sol* Leather, fair
Skin* and Shot Upper*,
Trunks and Traveling Bags.
WccalJ especial attention to our Heavy Team
Harties* for the mill and turpentine trade, which
we manufacture ourvelvcs from best seleeted
leather.
Come and see ua when in the city, or send ua
your order* when In need of anythihg in our line.
All mail order* receive careful attention, and
■atiefoction in guaranteed.
W. B. MELL <fe CO.,
lut .-Ilia Congm. St., SAVANNAH. Ua.
brigades.
Saturday, Nov. 10.—Children’s
Day. When all children will be on
hand. Fix tho little ones up and
bring them along, and let them take
charge of the park.
Tho pyrotechnic display to be
made one night during the fair, will
be the finest ever witnessed on Geor
gia soil, and will be well worth the
price of railroad fare and hotel bill
just to witness it, Prof. Witte who
will have it in charge, thoroughly
understands his business and will
give all present a rare treat.
The free barbecue will also be
worth the while of anyone to attend,
as it will be arranged in an elegant
manner by the committee, who will
spare neither pains or expense to
make every thing pass off pleasantly
As to tho -races, the prospects are
that they will surpass all former oc-
enssions, as several noted horses that
have never hit the turf in Georgia
will be here to contQivltfiaF.thp^plcn'
did prizes. Mr. J.
now on the ground
famous runners, and
of Nashville, has enga’
his stable of trotters
Other noted turfmen havo
gaged stalls, or have writtq:
and complete information i
to the fair, with expectation
ing. ,■
NOW XT O!
J. H. POWELL,
/ESTABLISHED 1875)
ia‘t milei from Bnnwwlck. tho City by the sou,
still oonllnuea dealing In linsvric*, Liquors and
Cigars. Milk Shako, a s|ivcUlty.
HORSES TO HIRE.
Horsetor mule, wagon or buggy con be had at
any time, night and day. I'artle* from Daiitn
can go to BriiiiHwi/k mid n turn mine tiny. Ii -
formation can be bail ft.nn M. .1. C!i»1--t*»plur*
blacksmith. Darien. octl