The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-02
SIGHTS IN S1H4NN4H.
A Pleasant Trip-Suburban Rides
Bonaventure. ThuRderbolt and White
BIuf-A Curious Cotton Press-Nilsson
a Cool Business Year.

Bonaventure. ThuHderbolt and White
| BIuf-A Curious Cotton Press-Ntlsson
"A Good Business Year.
rERoM ouE OWN CORRESPONDENT,
SAVANNAH, April so.
For those Who are weary of the monotony
Of the city rounds of Charleston, and seek for
rest and recreation among other scenes, no
jaunt could possibly be more delightful at this
season Of the year than visit to Savannah.
Taking either the Dictator or City Point On
their appointed days Of sailing, you pay two
dollars as fare, with the privilege OF returning
tree during the week, and, in less than eight
hours, you will be gliding up the Savannah
River among objects Of interest on either
| hand; past Forts Pulaski and jackson; past
great batteries, now crowned with rerdure,
where once thundered Confederate guns; past
obstructlons whose ugly heads still proruding
from the water, seem to say, 10. people, We
have been your faithful sentnels u past mills
and factories busy with life; past great ships
living in the stream, or being toWed 10 the
wharves; past the huls Of negroes and the
| warehouses Of merchants, until nnally, amid
tangle of masts and rigging, you obey the
| welcome "all ashore" and set toot on the SOIL
of the Forest City.
Breakfast-then a drive in the fresh morn
inc air. There are parks by the score-lhe
most beautiful breathing spots that adorn a
Southern cty-streets up and down, which
you may look as through an arch OF green; pub
lie buildings that tell OF the progressive spirit
of the people, and private residences that lndl-
cate the taste, culture and wealth OF lhe lnal-
It;u 1pil mnnnmp0tS
which perpetuate the memories ofthe first Tevo-
luton; names repeated in public places which
are older than the State itself, and other signs
and symbols that carry the thoughts away
back to the beginning OF a century. The gem
of Savannah, however, is Forsyth Park--a
| lovely enclosure, in which the very fowers
seem glad 10 thrive, and the great trees nod
stately benedictions. There are friDses OF
shrubbery, finely gravelled walks, cemiortaole
seats for the accommodation Of visitors. q rich
" carved fountain and basin. and from morn
ing until night groups OF nurses and children
playing on the lawn lend picturesque charm
10 the place which makes an idle lounger as
happy as II he were in the Garden OF Eden.
Many OF the love matches OF the young people
are made on this spot. II Is place TO provoke
frst-class affection. Sighs are indigenous 10
the locality; words here become things, and
hearts become trumps.
A popular and pleasant drive is that to Bona
venture. The shell road is in excellent con-
tlitop, and the end Of the journey, among the
grand old live oaks, well repays visit Time
was, when standing in the heart OF BonaVen-
turp, yen could almost imagine yourself in
sombre cave, where avenues radlated In every
direction, and the labyrinth seemed hung with
beautiful stalaclites Of pendant gray moss.
But there has been change in the place SIEGE
the war, and the attempt 10 Improve upon
nature has been loss 10 art. Leaving Bona
venture, Thundsrbot !sa neighoorinS point
OF attraction. Man and beast here hnd re-
lreshment, and the cool brceZes from the river
that flows at the foot OF the bluff fan you into
content with yourself and the world. Still
another of the exquisite drives in which Savan-
nah abounds, is on lie White Bluff Shell Road.
And if you have the good fortune 10 secure a
seat behind Colonel Tom Nicierson's pair OF
bays, who do their mile in three minutes, ana
take the dust from no other team in the city,
you will probably say you have had the pre-
MUM ride of your life. For eight miles the
roa, Is like floor. There is q long vista IN
front OF you; another stretching fur TO the rear,
while on either side the luxurious foliage
reaches mp and twines the green arch beneath
which you are whrled along to your Journeys
END.
A place not TO be forgotten in visiting Savan-
nah is the cotton press Of Colonel White. The
process by which sixteen hundred bales day
are compressed is familiar enough to Charlesto-
mans; but the beautiful machinery by which II
Is done-a lady's sewing machine is not more
highly polished-the indescrbable neatness
and silence that marks the operation, the in-
geZuity with which "a stream Of water, no big
ger than mans finger, is made 10 apply a
pressure Of hundreds OF tons to bag of cot
ton, squeezing the air from 1t until il crackles
like breaking bunch Of sticks, all this is loo
interesting 10 be ignored by sight-seer.
There are pair Of evils in Savannah, how
ever, to which one does not take kindly who
is not ito the manor born." The tlrstis streets,
that are worse than sand-bar to your feet;
and the second is the water, which makes a
sand-bar in your throat. You always feel,
while drinking, that you are swallowing
several small Georgia islands in stale OF So
luton But they have remedy for it here.
Between six and ten in The morning you may
hear the bells ringing all over the hotel, ac
companied BY echoing calls for ',Llppmann" or
stairs "what it meant" Sure" says he,
'tLhey're ashking for bitters TO kell the damned
animalcules in the wather."
Among The ex-Coniederate Generals from
other States, doing business in Savannah, are
Joseph e. JohnstoE-who, by The way, looks
also the home of Generals Anderson, Mercer,
Lawion and Henry R. Jackson.
The concerts OF Nilsson during the past week
called ont the beauty and fashion OF the place.
The theatre was well filled, and the fair canta-
trice evoked the usual enthusiasm which MARKS
her appearance everywhere. The receipts for
two nights are said 10 have been upwards Of
five thousand dollars.
The bnasness of the city during the past sea-
son has been remarkably good, and the build
ings going up especially on the outskirts. with
other signs Of investment. Indicate prosperity
and growth. SojOurners in Florida are rapidly
making their way homeward, and the hotels
have been thronged. The "Screven" is SO
still. Colonel Nickelson our old host OF the
Mills House, presides there with all Of his ac
customed grace, keeps the Screven in such a
style as 10 leave nothing TO be desired, aud is
reaping the reward TO which he is entitled by
his experience, enterprise anl healthy age.
Chariestonians always find welcome under
his roof. DAISY.
THE NATIONIL BLACKBOARD.