The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-02-20
GEORGIA CORRESPONDENCE.
SAVANNAH, March 9th, 1873

last in the Forest City Of the South and
without exaggeration, it is, SO far as we
can form any judgment, and compare
between cities through which we have
passed it is the most beautiful.
Delays are numerous, at least on this
trip. Yet they have furnished opper-
tunity for observation, and conversation
with citizens. The country over which
we passed lie one vast yellow aud pitch,
forest, and the principal business is the
man ufacture of Spirits of Turpentine,
Rosin and Tar. The manufacture Of
lumber is beginning to form very i'm
portant branch of industry, and along
our line of travel we sawa gerat many
ties, and large quantities of very fine
looking lumber made of the yellow pine
timber, The soil is sandy with clay
sub-soil, and is easily brought to a very
high state of cultivation, and there was
but one report CO this subject and that was
that the land would yield bale Of cot
ton to the acre on the start which could
be increased by the use Of fertilizers,
nor is land higher than liz the Western
Section of our great country. ranging
from S5 to $40 pei acre, 2ccording to To-
cality and quality, or rather timber.
The country is not without marshes,
the largest we noticed being those form ed
by the Big Peedee, Santee aud Savannah
Rivers, and especially that formed by
the Santee River, requiring ten miles of
trestle work for the Wilmington and
Charleston Rail Road. Men everywhere
said "give us good energetic Yankee
farmers, who will buy the land in small
parsels of 100 to $50 acres and work it
and we have no fears for the future of
our section OF the nation" So far as
we could determine, whatever of preju-
dice and hatred for northern men that
may have existed in the past has quite
entirely disappeared. There are those
who are dissatisfied and erumble, but
the number of these is small, and grow
ing less, and are of make up, and be-
long to that class who sswould not, or
could not be satisfied with any thing in
heaven tosay nothing OF earthly things.
There are men here from many Of
the Northern States. Some mere visit
orS, others prospecting for future homes.
We said in the outset that Savannah
was beautiful city. sud We made the
best Of our time here 10 day, and s;rolled
over & considerable portion of the city.
Among the places Of note is'the Battery,
where there is one company Of artillery
stationed, and here on our uucle's
ground We saw, for the first time in
many years, viz: orange trees with ripe
fruit. The park IS also visited by
everybody who comes 70 Savannah-a
place Fhere = man can spend az hour
or tvoa' pleasantly IS anywhere -s have
ever been Pulaski Monument Square
is small, bat both beautiful and interest
ins as an historical association. The
monument stands in the centre Of the
square, enclosed By an iron railing On
the panel facing the East is carved in
relief, statue Of the wounded General
falling from horse. West is the follow
ing inscription, "Pulaski, The Heroic
Pole who fell nortally wounded, fighting
for American liberty at The Seige of
Savannah, 9th, Oct, 1770"-Above the
North aud South panels is simply the
name Pulaski.
During our stay so far we have been
stopping at the Pulaski House, and a
better and more accommodation stopping
place is not easily found anywhere, aud
the ADVOCATE may say to its friends
coming South, don't fail to stop at the
Pulaski House, and every want will be
most promptly and kindl met. To-mor =
row we are off still southwark bound
and more again.
Yours as ever,