The Republican journal., 1873-04-17
Letter from Georgia.
Correspondence Of the journal,
SAVANNA 4 nril

SAVANNAH, April Z.
| left Jacksonville in the first inst. at Z
a. m. and arrived here at 10 p. m. |
make note Of the fact because it is the
frs time within my experience when the
locomotive on a southern railroad fulfilled
the promise of the timetable. That por-
ton of the road that passes through the
northern part of Florida is entirely devoid
al interest, save to the man who fancies
the odor of pitch and turpentine, or who
has an ear for the music of steam saw
mills. OF who is fond of indulging in
mathematical calculations as to the money
value of huge piles of hard pine lumber
Soon after entering Georgia one begins to
be reminded of the North plains of sand
begin TO give place to rolling ground; the
train begins to rush through deep cuts =;
clay and reddish loan begin to crop ont ::
symptoms of thrift, energy, business vi
tallty begin to exhibit themselves; and the
lStleSS mind of the traveller is aroused to
the consciousness that he is within the
limits Of the empire State of the South.
Such Georgia is; her present is full of
promise ii is safe to predict for her Il
glorious future Like the strong hearted,
brave man, she has wasted no tine in
moaning over the ''lost cause, but has
Haninlly accepted the situation, thrown
IF her coat, rolled up her sleeves, and
gone ~ work. God bless and prosper the
old wing State of Georgia!
Savannah is the most beautiful city
have seen at the South; it is the best ven
u.ated city have ever seen; ii has that
ia which our large cities at the north are
almost uniformly deticient-a bountiful
supply OF lungs. 1t has been called the
Forest City Of the South and richly merits
the appellation. 1t is so crowded with
Trees that onc coming from the interior is
tempted To call it n village, although
rather 81 large one--its population being
aoJpi forty thousand rather than a city
Ii streets are broad. all but a very few
unpaved. densely shaded by ornamental
trees. the beautiful Pride of India. the
evergreen oak, the glossy leaved, flower
crowned magnolia, &c On two of the
princip streets there are four rows of
trees: between the two inner rows is a
broad promenade; outside of them, on
each side. IS a broad carriage way and
sidewalk a row of trees dividing the
walk from the way The whole arrange
ment of the city in the matter of streets is
on the broad gauge principle; in fact
there is nothing about it that savors of the
narrow gauge.
It would not be inappropriate to call
This city the city of Parks; for it contains
thirtv-two OF them, located at convenient
intervals and All ornamented with trees
and shrubs. atfording a series of delight
FIJI promenades. | stop frequently in my
rambles through them to look at the healthy,
hearty little Young Americans trundling
along in their little carriages drawn by
the omnipresent Dinah, or tumblng on
the grass, and find it difficult to rppress
Tie wish that was the owner of a dozen
eft them. more or less-the little ones |
mean. not the Dinahs-and that I lived
In Savannah. | can hardly conceive OF
bette locality for raising children, outside
10 the broad, open country where there is
uo stint OF sunshine and pure. invgorat-
inc air
Opposite the Pulaski House, at which I
am Stopping, in johnson Square, in which
there stands an obeliSk erected to The
memory of Generals Greene and Pulaski,
ot Revolutionary fame, the corner stone
OF which was laid by Lafayette during
hi- visit 10 This country in 1925. 1t bears
no inscription, is made of marble not OF
the pureSt qualify. and IS about fifty-three
feet high embracing pedestal and shaft
There Is another monument to the men,
esv Of Pulaski, in Monterey Square
erected in 1853 1t is of the purest white
Marble. standing on granite base, and
Is most beautiful specimen of monu-
mental architecture. On lis summit is a
statue of Liberty holding the national flag
on one side Of it are two Shields, clntched
iv The American Eagle on which are
-7uIpinred the Arms Of Georgia and
Poland II f. about fittv-tive feet high.
and cost a. nm informed twenty-five
Thousand dollars, gold. On one of its
panels lis a representation of the hero.
wounded and inst falling from his horse;
un th- one opposite is the inscription fol
lowing
PULASKI.