The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-14
sRrrCm or sAyANNAu.

Savannah is the largest and was, previous 70
the completion Of the Davis secession the most
hourshi1g commercial city in the State OF Georgia
lt is the capital Of Chatham county, and was
port OF customs entry before the war. The city
was founded by General OglethoTpc In 1928. IL
Is situated on the right bank OF the Savannah
river, eighteen miles from its mouth, and lies
ninety miles West.southwest from Charlestop s.
g., and one hundred and eighty miles east south
east OF hilledgeville, Ga. It's bearings are lnti-
tude 81 degrees minutes north, longitude 81
degrees minutes west.
The city is built In a sandy plain elevated
about forty feet above lOw.water mark. A
considerable extent Of rice swamp ground lies in
It's rear, the eNhGlatiOn5 from which render the
town unhealthy at certain seasons Of the year.
The streets of Savannah are wide, uupaved AMI
sandy, but laid out WltA.GSaHb 1eaal larity, and
well shaded with treW 4AEW 80 tEenty. four
public squares, each of considerable extent, and
all closely shaded with Pride Of India trees.
Grassy pTOmenades run through the middle of
two OF the streets-Broad and Bay-haying ample
carriage ways on either side.
great number Of the private dwellings in
Savannah are built Of brick. The city contains
new custom house, built in 1850, n city excb anEe
State arsenal, theatre, court house artillery
armOry, jail and other public buildings, Of good
size and very neat design and finish The custom
house is one hundred aud ten feet long and tifty-
two feet wide. II is built of granite and is said
to have cost $4,000. There are fourteen Pro-
testant and two or three Catholic churches in
savannah, Jewish synagogue, and a public
library, which contains between six and seven
thousand volumes.
Savannah city is ornamented with a monument
erected in honor Of the memory Of General
Greene, and another very imposing structure
was going up in honor OF Pulaski in the year
1861, Pulaski fell, as will be remembered, in IN
attack ON Savannah then held by the British, in
October, l779
The city of Savannah is the centre Of a very ex-
tensive system Of railroads. which contributed
vastly to its commercial importance and general
hnfn=n hn fWf pFN Nha boil
spiracy, but which have been chiefly used for mill
tRry purposes by the Southern leaders since the
commencement Of the Rebellion. Thirteen rail
roads, direct or tributary, cOnyerged to Savannah
in 1861, and their united length measured one
thousand and ffty-fve miles.
THE APPROACHES TO SAVANNAH.
The whole space between the city aud the ocean
is cut mp and intersected by rivers, creeks, cuts
swnmps, and openings
Wafs cut is an opening from Port ROYAL into
the Savannah river, with some eight feet depth
at high water This cut opens into the Savannah
river about six mi es above Fort Pulaski, and is
Of course ont of the range Of its guns.
On the Georgia side of the river there are two
openings, known as Wilmington creek and Free
Oornes cut, connecting Warsaw sound with
Augustine creek or river, and from thence with
Savannah river. These two openings run for
some distance through the marsh, quite near to
the main river, say within half mile, and this at
point opposite Wallis cut, and about two miles
from ii.
Skidaway is q large island lying parallel with
the main; it is about twalye miles nom the city,
and is connected with ehe naan land by bridges.
There Is heavy drauehs 81 waser there.
,s TJE SAVANNAH RIVER
is the dividing line between Georgia aud South
Carolina. II is formed by the Tugaloo and Klo-
wee, two small streams which rise near tho south
frontier OF North Carolina, and unite on the boun-
dary between Anderson district, South Carolina,
and franklin county, Georgia.
Flowing in a general south-southeast dircctisn,
il forms the boundaries between those States
through the whole of its subsequent course, and
enters the Atlantic near % degrees north latitude
and 81 degrees west longitude, and eighteen miles
below Savannah city. The length of the river,
exclusive OF branches, is estimated at fourhun-
dred and fifty miles.
The navigation is good from November till
June about eight months In the year. Large
vessels ascend 20 Savannah, and steamboats, of
one hundred and fifty tons TO Augusta, about
two hundred and thirty miles, and smaller boats
one hundred and fifty miles higher.
O On the Savannah river the bodies Of tide swamp
lands are extensive and are cultivated upwards
of twenty miles from the brackish marsh up the
river These lands arc considered the most valu-
able in the State, on account of their growth of
rice. Many Of the rice plantations have pic
turesque appearance.
Fort Jackson is three miles below the city.
Warsaw, not far from Savannah is reached by
an intricate entrance, with ten feet of water on
the bar. The place has no connections nor inn
portance, except its proximity TO Savannah. (
Ossabaw Inlet, off the mouth OF the Osechee
river, has depth of fourteen feet on the bar.
st. Catharino's channel has eight and a half
feet on the bar, and is not more than two hun.
dred yards wide.
Sapeo Inlet has from eighteen to twenty feet
of water.
These three channels lead to Sunbury and
other Insignificant places on the sounds, net con-
nected by railroad or nayigabe rivers with the
int(rior Darien, on the Altamaha river, has a
single inlet, with thirteen feet on the bar, called
Doboy Inlet. The place has no railroad or other
commercial connection with the inland towns.