Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-04-16

sooos establishments in every department OF Trade
but, besdes hearing no activity, We must add that We
so, very lille Merchants stood behind their cunnters
and scarcely moved as you entered. They seemed not
10 think that yon came trade, and not 10 care
straw whether you honght of them or noi' IL may oe
,ha, they have oil eol rich and want no more Or il
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proud city, and these manners Of dignity and re.
serve may lie adopted by her Of business 10 suit
the tastes Of lat latitude. II may all be very well
We can but regard it favorably, when conlrasted With
lha, Jewish perlinacy which wnuld have You buy
whether you wanted an article not. Sill, TOO much
of this SORT Of thing resembles suggshness even the
appearance OF which ought 10 be avoided in cum
muny whose hopes and expectations nre for an on
ward and an upward march. These observations are
made in reference to Savannah above tn" river, if
we NAV SD sneak. "Savannah under the river is ihe
sea por, division Of The city. This is the street down
upon The lower hanks the fourth stories 4" wh>e bull
dngs are approachabe from upper Savannah BY l"n
etudinal bridges thrown across from point TO pnnt
Here, we take it, is the heart Of Savannahs prosperity
Her. are her crea, houses for the reception OF the
producs of the interior and for the landing Of foreign
commodities. Here the wharves and the ship
ming, around and about which nck the heavy dealers
and sagacious speculators Of Gtorgas rising mart.
And whatever may be said Of her apparent sagna,nn
above there down here upon "the bay" as some call
it, il is work. work, work, all day long anu no such
Thing rs rest. Here is Charesuns rival. This hnsy
street, with lis deep river and safe harburage, and
with The immense Stale Of Georgia there in the back
ground, ready foster and advance its wealth and
its power, this is East Bays competitor. An honorable
vel warm rivalry let it he, which shall rebound lhe
ultimate wealth and splendur Of both lhoruugiares
of buh cities.
We return for moment to "our inn." 1t is first
rats house, the Pulask-cleany, orderly, genteel in
every p"in, Of view. Its present prorrelors are e1
erting themselves in the right way 10 give it promi-
nence No preiensiuns are made to Broadway regali-
ly, but everything is Of good quality, everything
bright The beds are real anXares 10 sleep. The
paors are handsomely furnished large and agreeable
The dining halls are complete without gaud. The
tables are decidedly good although not slartlmgy pala.
iia The soups good too-the roast, baked, hoied
and sewed, all good. In the Lady's ordinary, dinners
especially puss of handsomely and satisfactorily One
reason clearly is that the supplies ample and the
general sup.rintendance of Mr.. MCKENZIE energet-
ore by the way) that "Old Uncle Tom Baker, directs
the mennge-"Uncle Tom, long ago Of the Exchange,
Columbia S. c.; after that Of the Exchange, Charles
ton since then, Of Norfolk and now Of The Pulaski
House. Then the Hotel has the best of servants, all
negroes, active and respeclful-none your abumina
BILE redpped Irish wailers ready TO keep hack the
tit-lis for themselves but wedressed southern dar-
keys the best earth In short the Pulaski
is an admirable travellers rest, and We commend it
earnestly to such of our friends may chance pass
that way.
But we have taken ,pa and one Of the party passes
around the information ha by The polite kindness OF
resident friend, he is provided with the Open Sesame
to the Savannah Club.rooms We cross over the
park and enter by stairway from the street suite
of very nice apartments appropriated 10 the uses of the
gentlemen of The Chatham Club. In one Of these are
fresh files of oil the papers, in another nm elegant
billiard table and in third modest b+r at which
snudcum Of the choicest liquors is kept. Here we
spent an hour most peasureahiy, and left with the
conviction that these social club.roums great in
slilutiona That London Dock brandy might have
had something to DO with certain lnudations bestowed
upon the Chatham club of Savannah by party of
EdgeGeld gentlemen who recrossed the Pulaski square
abou, 10 U,eiock that evening; bur, brandy or no
brandy, We uphold them for noble set of fellows and
their association for c model in its way.
The next day, at o'clock in the morning, we be-
gan voyage to Florida, a sketch OF which will
suffice to 6ll second chapter.
CHAPTER II.
Our boat was the St. JuIns, n lighdrnft steamer
Of reasonable size and good.enough Accommodations,
Capt. FREEDoRN in command. At first, the good
captain pepossessed Of his passengers in his ia
yor. In fact it quite evident that lie had no idea
of an effort to do so His business was to manage his
craft; and this he did, during the first purlun OF the
trip, without thought or look for any other object
Afterwards however his austerity relaxed by degrees
and in the course of The afternoon he hadso far emerg
sd from his shell Of severe RESERVE to pat our young