The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-05
From the Savannah News, OF Monday.


The Charleston .Snoose, of Saturday, has a
very lively article setting forth the peculiar ad-
yantaaes of some of the sea-coast cities as sum-
mer resorts, in which Savannah figures very
prominently-so prominently, in fact, that we
are of the opinion Charleston will suffer from
the neglect of the editor OF the Saooze. Alter
passing In review the comparative attractions
Of other localities, the writer comes to savan-
nah.I We quote:
mThts reducesthe list to Ssvannah-an obscure
hamlet indeed but sill undenla5ly IN existence.
We can vouch for the fact, having seen man an
informs US that the place was originally named
from q large meadow, haif.drained swamp or rice
neld, through which ran gushing stream some
two feet and Q half wide, very bold but too mud.
dy for good leech fishing. Heavy cat 1sh, SIX
inches long, can be caught there after every
shower and the pln.hook sporting Is not excellsd
elsewhere In the United States.
.TreeS as stout aB mans arm are planted
copously at intervals Of half mile, aTlordin9 re-
freshing shade, and the sand OF the principal
lane. and also OF the main alley, is as fne SAND
to two blacksmith shops, one wheelright's bazaar
half grocery end are thinking seriously OF build.
| ing church. Board Is cheap. There are sometimes
| three hundred people IN the place at one % time:
Newspapers FROM Charleston can be had twice
| month, and religious services by accomplished
Ecircuis riders half as often. Fleas, dies and
candle bugs are relatively few. The ci'ler lectu-
lariuS, terror anu horror OF unIanililar peas, IS
is not In the wide world. We advise people to 60
to Savannah"
While we are very jealous of the reputation
of Savannah, we are not willing that Charles.
ION should be entirely overlooked in behalf OF
our city. We desire that every corporation
shall have its due-we desire TO see merit,
however obnoxious 1t may be, recognized and
appreciated. If modest merit had Its due.
Charleston would not to-day be the deserted
village it Is.
AS summer resort, the town presents at
fractions which can be found nowhere else IN
the South. An excursion party OF sections or
undertakers, for instance, would find her
funereal lovelness to be in strict accord with
the sombre cast OF their minds, and much mel
ancholy pleasure might be pumped up 10 that
way. The objects of interest around the City
are varied prominent among them being the
ruins OF the great fire Of eighteen hundred
and-well, we won't trust our memory on that
point. but.just refer you to the record. The
presence of these relics is not by any means
due to a lack Of enterprise or prosperity, but
to taste for the antique. These ruins are
very attractive indeed. They appear to be
nearly as venerable as those OF Pompeil.
Skirted by charming hedges of fragrant
the beautiful Jamestown shrub, they present
decidedly picturesque appearance, and
are>calculated to inspire feelings verging on
the sublime. Here, too, the exotic dog-fennel
sheds Its perfume upon the post-prandial
zephyr, and here the festive lizard gets up
and hustles. The traveller who can stop at
these relics, and not shed sympathetic tear,
ought to be compelled to stay in Charleston
In Charleston hotel, In fact-a whole week,
and be furnished with nothing but the Daily
Snooze. After Serving out this sentence, ne
| would be able TO weep coplously that ts If he
survived at all. Charleston is also watering.
| place, as Is proven by samples OF her milk and
uyhf w
| her distinguished professors OF guano. They
also have fine water view from the vacant
! wharves in Charleston, and at high tide have
abundance OF salt water On the oar fCc small
| craft, and of the Battery for bathing purposes
The drinking water OF Charleston is not OBJ
tained from running streams or springs, but
| falls from the heavens. and though not re-
| markable for its mineral properties, Is so very
| precious that 1t Is kept in clsterns, which
serve the double purpose oi reservoirs end
| rat-traps.
Charleston is reformed" city, too. From
plain white municipal government she now
boasts Of picturesque mosaic OF suffrage.
| singers, carpet-baggers and native scalaWags.
Eycursionsts and base ball players, who have
visited that city and escaped the highly-color-
| ed citizens who swing the batOns OF policemen,
| say it Is nice place. Bowen was nourished
| there. and there made his thirteenth invest
ment in matrirony.
lNe uedllI vi SNdTleSLOQ Is always SOOQ.
| With the trifting exception OF twelve months
in the year, there are no malarial influences.
The town is reared upon the secure basis Of
| 8 mud-fat, and Is therefore both eligible and
airy, subject to partial inundatlon, only when
high spring-tides and strong northeastery
winds prevail
Ornithologlsts visiting Charleston have op-
portunities enjoyed In no other city, Of study:
| ing the peculiar habits of the turkey -buzzard
or Radical eagle, which is domesticated there,
and is no less useful than ornamental. Like
the party whose heraldic emblem it is, it sub.
sists on garbage and thriVes upon corruption.
They perform the scaVenger duty OF the city
gratis, and are regarded by the CLarlestonlans
IS sanitary and economical institution.
We have had barely time to collate lIese
facts. Ii any other evidences of the health,
eligibility and attractions of Charleston are
needed, the tourist has only to seek them In
the numerous halfcultivated swamp planta.
tions In its vicinity. If he is not convinced
then that that city is not only summer re-
sort, but the last resort, we will be one OF nine
hundred to subscribe sixty cents apiece for the
purpose Of sending him on a pleasure trip to
i tho Dry T0rtT1oaa