The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-07-30

'oi "o'e "a" 'u''c hunuIeu nues in 'ebgti
which is fed by q branch from Columbus I
Macon, and her port being the necessary ter
minus, mus, receive all The produce the
transport; it has also the roads from Allan
ia by the way of Augusta and from Allani
westward, presenting her market in compsti
lion with Charleston. With these comman
ding advantages it is by no means remsrka
BILE that Charleston should experience a ner
vous anxiety in considering her as q rival.
I But il is Of the beauties Of The city, rathe
than its business, that would speak. Bus
ness business means nothing but labor, toll
fatigue, botheraiion, &c. The banker is q
business man and so 10 the Baker one i,
bothered with his bills, and the other with
his bread. Yes. the beauties OF Savannah ! O!
what do they consist not Of i's public build.
ings for The most considerable ed flee Of whic h
she can boas, lisa Presby yterian church, which h
however you will no, regard as insignificant
when told that il IS ma Bile and cost 81 80 900.
The next in importance is the Custom house.
now being bull. under the supervision of ".
Carolina architect. II seems to combine
taste and convenience and is unprstendiog 10
design. A marble monument, q low pillow,
which was told vas designed 10 honor the
memory ofits revolu,ionar ~ defenders. Gen'Is.
Green and Pulaski, efects itself some so
feet high in the centre Of Independence
Square, but which, like your block to the Ma.
tiona! Monument. is loo modest 10 tell by
whose hands reared, or wha, memory it was
designed TO perpe'us,e. These comprise the
most striking buildings Of public character.
Then you will agree that it is not to the ar.
chaec, 1t is indebted for its boas,ed beauty =
True J 1t is with The plan Of the city, and
the improvements Of lts g. rounds, that the Wis.
tier is struck with admiration.
The streets cross al right angles and ere
~ """ ooo ieet Wtoe mo Duli-
ding lots are Parallelogra u ms, 90 fee, deep bv
300 feet long, oil fronting upon tho vide
streets. The narrow streets are convenien,
ally's and are intended as a protection from
FIRE, by making breaks 10 the buildings and
enabling their engines always TO y mmand
m entire block from two sides. Two hun.
dred feet in The centre Of each sliernate wide
sIreetsre enclosed for pubic pleasure grounds
aud tsstefuiy filled with Live Oak, Mock
Orange and Magnolia, which iu,erlap their
gigantic arms and spread their umbrsgeous
foliage over the green carpet beneath. Walk
out on a pleasant afternoon and these enclo
sures seem 10 be converted into perks for The
ciys rising generation, whose sportive gam.
bols IN unslfung nature, suggests TO the fancy
" hat man would have been without his bliph.
ting sin. These shady groves are q gtste.
fol relief 10 lis brick walls and sto ne pave.
menIs (Which always render q city mono,o.
nousl and have caused it TO be ap,y called
by French Traveller, /" The Forest City !"
and he nigh, have added here the snow
spir, never comes The forest trees ure ne.
yer stripped Of their corone, and here spring
fllnss her flowers into the lap Of winter"
o, We votaries of Flora 'Tis here you should
come to ga.heryour oforing.l Heretbe Jessa
NINE IN oil varieties, the Oleander and Legis.
lrania in all their hues, impar q balmy FRA.
GRANGE TO the oceans breezss, and denying
their affinity with the tribe Of shrubs send up
their blooming branches into the arms Of the
oak. Savannah's visiter il he has q soul,
may he as long as memory lasts have therein
a green spot 10 which to bask in forgelfuuess
Of the scathing realities Of the present.
Eden, however, had ito forbidden fruit, and
since then nothing has been perfect After en-.
loying those moral beauties in a city, the trav.
eIler returns TO his home at the Hotel 10 10.
iulgc the mind in reviree by way Of desert
TO the feast but unless he is more careless
about temporal comforts than ordinary he
will find his mental organs untitled for any
such ruminations. Poland was proud Of her
son, and America has not been un.
willing to honor his memory and his deeds,
bu, the name Of Pulaski given 10 Hotel will
not suffice for the attentions and comforts
which plain travellers expect. Such house
as either one in your vilIsge, would swallow
its business, name and all.
Bu, | have travelled beyon my limits and
are only now ready 10 take the cars for Ma.