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.ve nines irom fx >1 ton. it lias about five miles ot river rront^e.ourne '.scatawpa river, ueginning where that stream empties into the I asca-oulu. The mouth of the latter river is eight m i leg. sou th ward in proximity ;o the two deep-water liarbors.at Horn and Shipjlslands, where sea-going essels receive tlieir cargoes of lumber from tug-boats. Twelve of these earners are employed in the trade, namely, the Eva, Louis Pennoyer, Pic, 1,’ictor. Native, Leo, Fox^ Win. Orton, Isabelle, Capt. Fritz, Sorrento, and vliza Ann. Twenty barges of large capacity are used in the trade. There ,(re six saw mills at Moss Point, owned by the following firms:
1,101- Lumber Co., with two.."milIs and two planers; W. Denny & Co., two lilis and oue planer; Moss Point Lumber Co., one mill and one planer; ’ascagoula Lumber Co.. one mill. The annual output of these six mills in imbcr and sawn timber is given at about'120,000,000.Je.et: In addition to jlio sea-going vessels which receive their cargoes in the deep harbors at the elands, there are manytwo and three-masted schooners, and lighter craft ngaged in the trade which load for domestic ports and the West Indies.
An idea of the importance of the commerce of this portion of the f ulf (aside from shipments by rail), is furnished by the following state-lents of shipments from the Port of Pascagoula:
From Nov. 1, 1889 to Oct. 31, 1890—Cleared from Custom House, 63 vessels: timber and lumber shipped, 119,255,095 feet valued at $134,-57.31; shingles, 2,778,750 value $6,600.26; 194,548 pickets, $2,332.00; .(> piles, $188.10; merchandise, $2,707.00. Total, $1,359,396.57.
Spirits turpentine shipped, 6.530 bbls., $21,630.43; 4,537 bbls. rosin, ■8,803.38; charcoal, 350,000 bbls.. $53,500; fish, $9,450.34; oysters, 20,938!00; canned fruit, $1,000.00.’ Total, $114,382.15.
The items of turpentine, rosin, charcoal, fish, oysters and fruits were •lipped to New Orleans, Mobile and interior points.
From Nov. 1, 1890, to Oct. 31, 1891.—Cleared from Custom House, 62 vessels; timber and/lumber shipped, 122,645,785 feet, valued at $1,-92,963.40; 4,030,275 shingles, $9,487.95. Total. $1,392,451.35.
Spirits turpentine, 7,680 bbls. valued at $37,225.00; 11,011 bbls. isiii, $15,620.00; 474,000 bbls. charcoal, $50,490.00; fish and oysters, j28,000.00. Total, $131,335.00.
<	From Nov. 1, 1891, to Oct. 31, 1892.—Cleared from Custom House P6 vessels; timber and lumber shipped, 123,898,350 feet, valued at$l,-L0.829.23 ; 4,993.250 shingles, $10,233.12. Total, $1,421,062.35.
The shipments of turpentine, rosin, fish and oysters had not been
PASCAGOULA. W
While the first French settlement on this coast was made'nr • Biloxi (Ocean Springs of to-day) a branch or outlying colony was started Pascagoula- That place was for many years the focal point of bysiin Fleets of steamboats and sailing crafts of various kinds on thesonsd e ried on a business of much volume.	^
Pascagoula is a place around which many pleasant memoriexylus in the recollections of numbers of persons who are at that time of wl they live over again past scenes and pleasures. Prior to the ci strife of thirty years ago, Pascagoula had the largest, the most extons summer liotelinthe South. It was 625 feet loug, had several liund rooms and for that day was elegantly equipped. Its capacity was si cieut to accommodate over 1,000 guests at one time. And it was libera patronized by wealthy and cultured people of Alabama and Mississippi.
Why this place was selected for such a caravansary will not be as! by those who have visited Pascagoula. No finer sea view is presented the northern shore of the Mexican main, than is seen at this po^ I truly magnificent with its blue and dancing waters, dotted with .slan a glassy river forming its western boundary; no live oaks and mugm trees are more grand, nor more balmy and fragrant the air. l’ascago (as one authority says) is health itself; in Spring and Summer the bree from the East a,nd South are laden with saline solace that comes from o the sea, and in Autumn and Winter the winds from the west and north i tempered in their progress through pine forests in the background.
A number of persons of means in New Orleans have elegant r< deuces and grounds at Pascagoula, among whom are Mr. John Tavl whose property—villa Ada—is renowned for elegance, and Mr. J. .J. Paque whose recent improvements are an object of interest and of beauty.
FRUITLANDS.
There are less than. flfty..inilcs..oL-the-Coast country on Mississi Sound. A personal inspection of this limited scope of country at diffen times during a year’s residence, and deliberate and candid examination it, having, as the object, a fair presentation of its natural ad tap attractions and possibilities, has made a deep impression upon tlie writ The vivid description and prophetic words of Mr. R. A. Wilkinson, p lished some years ago in the N. 0. Times-Demoerat, may be accepted wi out reserve; and as pertinent in this connection, they are here reprodun