Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-23

NAL" This he spoke without any diff
dence or smile. saw at once that his la
Dor was valuable as track repairer. bus
brute socially, and devoid of a soul This
is the average opinion among she Sherman
chased rebels Of the South.
At Charleston had two hours in look
ing about before leaving for this city. The
main portion of the city is well built and
handsome, while on the outskirts most Of
the houses were built scores Of years ago. I
did not see any effects of the lombard
ment-new buildings being built over the
ruins of those that were destroyed.
At 9 o'clock in the morning stepped
aboard the ferry-boat and was soon trans
ferred across the river to the C. & S. ears
for this plaes-a distance Of l07 miles. The
same fiat. pine-covered country is seen
most of the way, except an occasional cy-
press swamp, some of which are miles
through them, and the R. R. Co. is OBJ
liged to build Westle work, in some in
stances, for miles How Gen. Sherman.
with his large army, marched through
these cypress swamps as well as he did,
is somewhat mysterious to me. Savannah
is reached at p. m, and I am driven to
the Marshall House. 1 consumed all day
yesterday in viewing the sights about the
city. There are many public parks here,
very beautifully decorated with shade
trees, fountains, statuary, &c. There are
many monuments erected in different parks
about the city. The first and oldest is to
Pulaski marble work, about 80 feet in
height; on one side is the General in the
attitude of falling from his horse-having
received a mortal wound; on the other is
engraved. "Pulaski-the heroic Pole, who
fell mortally wounded, fighting for
American liberty at the seige of Savannah,
Oct. Z. 1871" The next monument is one
of fine. artistic beauty, dedicated to the
Confederate dead; this monument is about
80 fl. in height-on the top is Fame, look
ing cheerful, while underneath is Liberty
sick abed! On one side of the monument
is carved these words, ITO the Confederate
dead-1861-1S65 On the other side is
Come from the four winds, breath, and
breathe upon these slain that they might
live" The land on which this monument
is erected was given to the government by
the city. The city, to remember this act of
generosity, erect this piece of work to the
memory of the Confederate dead. When I
find in many of the southern cities monu-
ments erected to Stonewall Jackson, Lee
and others. and hear of the treatment that
union men are receiving here, I am satisfied
that another day of reckoning must come.
Last night I met prominent gentleman
from Brooks Co., Georgia. he was once a
rebel Colonel, but now a staunch Republi-
can-the only white man in his county that
dared to vote for Grant in 1872. He said
that the memory of the lost cause is cher
ished, and even the school children are
taught to despise the radicals ana their
children. While this hatred to the union
men of the South exists, no peace can en-
dure, except one that is made by force. l
am 10th to believe the stories told of men
claiming to be American citizens. The
conciliatory measures of Prest. Hayes are
regarded here by white Republicans as
surrender of the whole South to the mercy
and whim of the bulldozer No Republi-
can organization, I am told, can exist in
the South longer. Ttere can be no foun-
dation for the assertion that the carpet
bagger is b4rnacle to the good people of
this State, for nine-tenths of all the federal
offices are held by Democrats. The post
master at this place is a first class Demo-
crat and always was; the deputy P. M. is
son of Herschel V. johnson. Let us
watch and pray that President Hayes
policy may bring order out of chaos.
There are many objects of interest to
write about at this point which have not
the time to devote just now, for the steam
er San JaciRtO lies at the wharf, bound for
New York, waiting for passengers to get
aboard, among whom is your friend
Savannah, Ca, Mar. II, n. HANK.