The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-06

nml elegant structure. Is hnrts arc five IN
nnml~r,with mn aggregate capital Of ~. 900 900
Two dnlv newspaper. are also published here.
and one or two vccklics II has twenty churhc.
but with few exceptions ihcy are uol Of a su-
pcror or,lcr Of architecture.
The capital employed in nnnulacturca. nc
con'ing to tho ccn.us OF 1850. was $3.50. 500 (;
value of articles manufactured, S2Jd. $50
The mineral productions OF ticorgia,a all which
find M outlet through this port, are. ~ vet, not
largr, though the state il rich in mineral re-
sources, and when peace hall b. restored, this
source Of wealth will doubtless he turmoil to ac-
count, lnd Savannah WILL Of course, meet an
, icrcascd degree of wealth corresponding to the
prosecution ol manufacturing enterprises.
The cotton shipped from Savannah IN 1861,
amounted to 327 GjS bales, averaging 400 lie.
each. The same year there were shipped So
9s9 casks OF rcc, and 80, jOS, 800 feet ofiumTor
B' fire the State vi Gcorgio hal scccdci from
the Union, Gov brown called out the military
OF Savannah, and took POSSESSION OF Fort Jack
son and Fort Pulaski. which were each gntried
hy lame corporal and family, (thanks To Floyd
AMI his colleagues in rcbellion) AMI by bringing
an fmduo influence to bear, silcnccd the Union
sentiment Of the city, which wis, and IT, much
greater than most people imagine. SIvann,h
contains hundreds of true and lovul men who
only await the opportunity, to avow their
Gnonisn in a way that will a.tonish the lead
"rs Of secession in tho Empire State OF the
South"
Savannah owes its Foundation to Gcn. James
Oglethsrrc, who received grant from the Brit-
sh Crown, in l7s3, for twcnty-onc years. of
the lands lying between tho Savannah aud the
Altamaa, aud westward TO the Pacific Ocean"
lie landed on the 12th ol February, in that
! year, with 100 English cmigrnnts, and cstal,-
lshed colony at Yamacuw Bluff now the site
Of the present city. Having erected y fortiica-
/ tiou, h, invited the chief, ul the nci. .,hhoring
Indian tribes to meet him IN savannah and
formed a Treaty OF alliance with them, which
! kept them on pcaccablc terms with the whites
tor u nuinh,r of years. The colony houri,hcd
rapidly, having received largc acrcssioug from
en-" mhuN of SWISS, Germans Hnd scotch rmi-
ginns, who desired to find in the western wills
that freedom Of thought anl action which WIS
denied them at home.
The Grst laws passed by the trustee. oi thc
colony forbade the hiring or use Of rr- roc.
prohibited the importation or rum and inter-
dictcd all trade with tho lulinu- without spc-
cnl license. Slavery wa declared to hc not
only immoral but contrary To the laws Of Eng
lIr. About the ycnr l5I2, however, these
law began ~ bc evnlcd, and were not ri;dly
cnl,ucj. At ir.l, slave. from Caroline were
hir, ior short periods, thru for hundred
yea IS, or during lille, and sum equal to the
vrl,, or the negro + id in advance; anl finally
-ln,rr- lom Africa sailed drrc,ly Tor Savan-
rab. and disposed Of their human cargocs in
olcu market, 80 that in a short time the little
colosy Of Savannah, like Carolina, adopted tile
| systom ot slave labor.
! The celebrated John Wesley, founder of the
/ Methodist church cmigrnted to Savannah in
| 1896, hut becoming unpopular after remaining
there two wears, he returned TO England. To his
advent may bc attributed tho establishment of
the McthVlst denomination in America. That
rcll iuus body now lar outnumbcrs any other in
Savannah, or in the state of Georgia. Wesley
was succeeded by Rev. Geo. WhitcGeld, another
and more distinguished Methodist, with the de-
fign of establishing an orphan asylum On hnds
obtained from the trusoc- for that purpose. The
plan but partially succeeded during his life time
and was abandoned after his death.
During tho Revolutionary war the British
under Col. Campbell, captured the city in D,'
ccmbcr, 1913. Gen. Robert Howe the Amcri-
can commander, hal but 800 mon, with which
TO make a defence and most Of thc'' lately re-
turned from an unsuccessful expedition TO Flor
ida. cnlccblcd ly disease, were in poor condi-
tiop tn t,cc tina ru,tuy The british nttIrkinp