The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-04-06


cousins and widowed friends, and
place them in her house as renters
others hold as devises of somo rich
uncle or bachelor brother. Others
hold tho property as in their own
right by cstate-tail; all dressed in
black as the certain evidence of the
great mortality that has so feariully
visited this people. Another rich
thing that was visible when first
camo here, was the attempt to assimi-
late themselves with federals, by cloth
ing themselves as much like North
erncrs as they could. TO do this, they
doffed their Southern gray; rumagcd
the garret, turned over the pile of old
clothes to see what could be found
that remind them Of "Auld lang Syne'
and Yankee notions" Those Of our
town-lolk who have witnessed q mas
qu6rado party can form some idea Of
what this people looked like from
grandmothcr's bonnet of "twcnty
years ago" to grandady's hat; not
forgetting the live Yankee, represent
ing "what n beauty l did grow
This has in measure passed away,
owing to the liberality of Northern
philanthropsts, and to the freedom
enjoyed under federal rule. This is
the name given to tho poor country
citizens who form the greater class Of
refugees. Of all the squalid misery
congregatod in free country where
we have free water and free air, with
plenty of soap, these beat all have
ever seen. New York has its sinks Of
vice and its garrets or sorrow, and its
corners Of filth, owing to its congrega-
ted mass, but tho South has all these,
with ignorance, dark, bcnighted igno-
rance crowning all. One wonders
that God has not long ago palsied our
land with all her resources, seeing that
so much ignorance and indolence are
found, upon which designing man
could operate.
Savannah is beautiful city, and
with the activity of our city police, un'
der the orders of General Grover, we
may hope to have it healthy this sam
mer. There is considerable trade
here but that has been oyerdono, and
owing to the scarcity of money, as all
want to sell, and opposition is the life
of business, prices are moderate.
The Government has not yet paid
the soldiers or the employees ut thl'
place, which, when it is done, will
stop many a pressing want. The city
is well supplied with water from the
t river by means of water works. The
, reservoir is a largo iron tank, built ir
q circular form upon stone wall 81
feet high and 10 feet in diameter. Tho
. entire cost was $4,000. They have
G in the large park Of native trees {
p. beautiful fountain casting its waters
T into a large basin built OF stone, from
the horns of four hunters, above whom
are the drippings from the face of {
S stone urn, out OF which rises the body %
q Palmetto tree under whose foliage
!, arc two large cranes of life size. TIT
:, palmetto is covered by o base sup
porting lady with her left arm cir
= cling across her neck, holding rod
1t through which, as well as through th
c right hand, water is spouting; alto
d gothor forming a magnificent spoct
aclc.
" The park contains about four acre
} enclosed by high iron fence, beauti
1t fed with ovcrgreons. The citizen
D. have spent much in making this cit,
,e a pleasant place for winter visits 70
- Northern families with leisure an
" money; but four years Of war ha
Is played havoc with their calculations
$ which is fully illustrated by Burns il
d the following words:
h "Thc best laid plans Of mice Nndmcn
Gang aft aglce."
> Yours truly,
EN'L. .GlEsY.