The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-24

SkEICH OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is the
largest, and WAS, previous 10 the compile
ton OF the Davis secession, the most -four
ishing commercial city in the State of Geor-
gia. It is the capital Of Chatham county,
and was port Of customs entry before the
war. The city was founded by Gen. Ogle-
thorpe in 1928 8. It is situated on the right
bank Of the Susquehanna river, eighteen
miles from its mouth, and lies ninety miles
west southwest from Charleston. 8. C., and
east from Milledgeville, Ga. Its bearings
are latitude 32o s. north, longitude go s.
west. The city IL built on sandy plain,
elevated about forty feet above low water
mark. A considerable extent OFFICE swamp
ground lies In its rear, the ex halations from
which render the town unhealthy at certain
seasons Of the year. The streets of Savan-
nah are wide. unpaved and sandy, but laid
out with great regularity and well shaded
with trees. There are twenty. four public
squares, each of considerable extent. and
all closely shaded with Pride of India
trees. Grassy pr0menades run through the
middle of two of the streets-Broad and
Bay-having ample carriage ways on both
sides. A great number of the private dwell
lings in Savannah are built Of brick. The
city contains new custom house. built in
1850, q city exchange, State arsenal, Jail and
theatre, court house. artillery armory snd
other public buildings, Of good size and
very neat design and finish. The custom
house is 110feet long and 81 feet wide. It
ts built Of granite, and is said to have cost
vl73, 600. There are fourteen Protestant and
two or three Catholic churches in Savan-
nah, Jewish synagogue and o public IL
.brary, which contains between COCO and
], 900 volumes.
savannah city 10 ornamented with q
monument erected in honor Of the memo
~ of General Greene, and another-a very
imposing structure-was going up in hon.
or OF Pulaski in the year 1861. Pulaski
fell, as will be remembered, in an attack on
savannah, then held by the British, in Oc-
tober, 1879.
The city ofSavannah is the center OF a
very extensive system OF railroads, which
vastly to its commercial i'm.
portance and general prosperity before the
initiation of tho rebel conspiracy, but
which have been chiefly used for military
purposes by the Southern leaders since the
of the rebellion. Thirteen
railroads, direct or tributary, converged to
in 1861, and their united length
m assured ore thousand and fifty-fiv
miles.
THE APPROACHES TO SAVANNAH.
The whole space between the city and|
ccean is cut up and intersected by rivers,
creeks, cuts, swamps and openings.
Wallis cut is in an opening from Port
loyal into the Savannah river, with some
eight feet depth at high water. This cut
opens into the Savannah river about six
miles above Fort Pulaski, and is of course
out of the range Of its guns
On the Georgia side ofthe river there are
TWO openings, known as Wilmington
creek and Freeborne's cut, connecting
warsaw Sound with Augustine creek OF
river, and from thence with Savannah riv-
taroe 1nese TWO openings run for some dis
~ A>v 4.
man Iiver-say within half a rnile--and |
m az 2 point opposite Wallis cut. and
about two miles from it.
sAaa"ay is large island II ing ga, allie, !