The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-05-25

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luckless wight may find "local hab:tation." One
or two desoate looking churches attest that the voice
e of lowly prayer is seldom heard where the "assem
J. bled wisdom of Georgia congregates. The State
Penitentiary located here numbers on an average
about $50 convicts the most miserable specimens OF
. humanity that ever behele.
Midway, situated three miles from the capital, is
the seat of Ogethorpe University and numerous
n private residences of princely magnifcence. Ma
Q con, situated at the head of navigation on the
Ocmulgee river, is very fourishing city, and the
y nucleus of an extensive trade from the interior
This is called the Yankee city," (the Georgians
f unanimously despsc the Yankees the greater part
! of the population being northemcrs. There are
+ more " wooden nutmeg" "white oak cheese" and
"oak leaf cigar shops here than in any other city
south of the Patomac. This place may we'll be
proud of her stately churches, and numerous public
and private schools.
Vineville, located one half mile distant, on beau
tul eminence, overlooking the city, is the seat of
Georgia Female College, one of the most fourshing
institutions in the Union. The main edifce is built
Of brick, four stories high, containing numerous dor
mtories recitation rooms, &c The course of in
struction pursued here is systematic and thorough
calculated to develop the resources of the mind and
discipline its recreant powers. 1t is the first female
college in the South that granted diplomas.
Macon is half encircled by vne-clad hills on
which are erected numerous splendid residences of
the wealthy planters The central railroad passes
through this city and extends to Savannah, two hun
bred miles Distant The locale of this road is a con-
tnuous plain, so that the cost of building it
paratively trihng.
| The city Of Savannah, situated on a river of the
same name, sixteen miles distant from the ocean, is
the largest and most fourishing city in Georgia.
General Oglethorpe with company of lis persons,
landed here is years ago, and commenced the first
settlement in the State. He called the place Yama-
craw Bluff, being as at present, natural embank
ment 400 feet high, above the level of the river; it
afterwards received the appellation of Savannah
which means a broad plain. The country in the
vicinity of the city, is level to great distance. On
this spot, the confines Of unbroken wilderness,
Oglethorpe erected fort and convolsed in grand
council, the sachems and warriors of the Greeks,
Cherokees, Choctaws, Chcasaws and Seminoles,
and formed with them a solemn treaty of "peace,
amity and limits"
This city has undergone many reverses of fortune
In 1920 it ravaged by terrible fire. but has re-
covered from its effects Its shipping, both foreign
and coastwise, is quite extensive, while steamboats,
leave here frequently for the interior, South Carroll
ma and Florida The streets are laid out with much
regularity, and beautifully shaded by pretty tree
called the Pride of China" do not think there
is city on the globe so abundantly supplied with
dense shade trees as Savannah. There are fifteen
circular squares in the city, embowered in groves of
oranges and ornamened with fountains of crystal
water. There is also an engine house in each
square, showing that the people Of Savannah have
learned by sad experience to use the necessary pre-
cautions against fire
! The United States Court House and the City
Hall are magnificent buildings In the latter are
apartments for the Custom House, Post Office, City
Courts, &c. The Pulaski House is splendid hotel
and one of the best in America. Here, delicious
oysters of pumpy fatness, and fine fresh shad, with
an abundance of pure Boston ice" are served up
in the most fastidous style. The square on the
western front of this houseis ornamentcd by noble,
marble monument, consecrated to the memory of
the gallant and amented Pulaski This city is
richly endowed with churches and academies; its
private houses are exceedingly elegant-that of
Judge Berren, the distinguished U. S. Senator, is a
noble mansion, encircled by profusion of tropical
shrubbery.
There are numerous steam-saw, grist rice, and
cotton-compr essing mills in the city. Large guam
titles of rice are brought here. The mill used
to prepare this for use is quite simple in its con-
struction, consisting of long mortar of huge dmen-
sions, with succession of heavy iron pestes, ele-
waited and depressed by a rotatory-huted cylinder.
By means of this machine the kernel is separated
from the husk, it then undergoes a winnowing and
separating process, when it is ready for use
The people of this city are not behind their neigh
bors in benevolent purposes. They have erected a
beautiful Bethel chapel; from its pulpit had the
pleasure of listening to the burning, imprisoned,
heartfelt eoquencc of an old sailor, whose head
was whtened with the tempests of fifty years con-
slant service on the mighty deep. The tear that
coursed the weather beaten visage of the noble tar
and the frequent sob, told in accents not to be mis-
understood, that the spiritbreathing words of their
old compeer were not dsregarded
The Orphan Asylum erected here under the aus
pieces of the celebrated Whitfield, has been kindly
lostered and kept in being by the humane people of
the city. May it ever stand as proud monument
to commemorate the distinguished virtues of the
most eloquent divine the world ever saw.
The prospect from an old fort situated on the
northwestern point of the bluff on which this city