The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-02-16
A LETTER FROM THE SEA COAST
CITY.
SAVANNAH, GA, Feb. IA,

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streets and pretty trees, with her
and monuments, with her
parks and her surroundings, yet, her
embrace wants that je ne san 1uos
which makes me feel at home; mo-
where does the sun shine brighter or
the sky wear livelier hue than in
Marietta.
Savannah stands upon an extended
plateau forty feet above the low wa
ter mark and eighteen miles by the
river from the ocean. The city was
settled in 1888 by Oglethorpe whose
game with the Indians was to conclli-
ate them and keep at peace, and, IN
pursuance Of this policy, be carried
| five of the Creek Chiefs with him to
England. Cobb county was laid out
| in 1882 and so Savannah hss claims
to more dignified length OF exis~
fence.
The reaction from the terrible ep-
idemic of last summer seems to sit
as an incumbus upon the city; the
dull and stringent times are all at
tributed to this scourge which took
off more than 1000 out of q popula>
lion then hero of about 10000. Sa-
| yannah however is very important |;
she pays about one tenth Of the en-
tire State tax and is the fourth cot
ton exporting port in the United
States the harbor during the winter
or cotton season is crowded with
shipping.
squares which lend so much to Saw
annah stands the Pulaski monument.
This is fifty.6ve feet in height and
except the lower part is of the finest
and best Italian marble. It was erect
ed in 1854 at cost of $4,000.
Count Pulaski was young Pole who
having lost his kindred in the hope
less struggle at home came to Amer
lea to fight for liberty and after a
glorious career fell MORALLY wounded
at the head of cavalry charge in
the dirgo of Savannah in 1873. He
died at sea and was buried in the
Savannah River.
There are several popular resorts
in the vicinity Of the city. | had
had my ears pelted with Thunderbol'
and Bonaventure until it was monot-
onous and SO armed with an umbrel-
| la and ticket over the Horse-Car-
Coast Line Railroad | determined tc
fathom their claims to SO much "gab'
and so found myself aboard the boss
car with my teeth clinobed for a five
mile Jog to be intersperssd with solo
Of "g'lang dahl"
Thunderbolt at last. Before IL
rolls Thunderbolt rivera dull, dir
ty, sluggish, nasty stream; il is one
of the delta of the Savannah river
and forms part OF the great inland
route to Florida. A half dozen UNI
savory fishing smacks make up the
tlotills of this little burgh. Gen.
lOglethorpe says that Thunderbols
got ito name from the fall of thund-
erboIt there whence issued spring
which still smells of the bolt. | got
enough of the place without Whit
from the aforesaid spring. | saw
nothing down there to even justify
the construction of boss Il. r. to
bind it to the remainder OF the world.
did it up in ten minutes stay and
so when the engineer on the hoss-car
blew his whistle Chose that didn't
know would call it cracking his whip)
| waved Thunderbolt with its sloughs
and fens hearty adieu and solemnly
thought that if | ever saw it again
| it would be in the future when it had
| at least few attractions.
One mile back to Bonaventure.
This is . cemetery which belongs to
private corporation and | make no
hesitaucy 10 saying that it is the pref
tiest place | ever beheld too, it is
historic ground. This was originals
| IL the seat Of Gov. Tatnall and when
Campbell took Savannah during the
revolution he executed flank move>
mert upon the Americans in this inn
mediate vicinity. He fell in with q
negro by the name of Quamino Dol
| ly who led him and detachment of
his Highlanders by path through
the swamp to the rear of the Ameri-
cans and thus contaminated what the
English were pleased to term "glo.
rious conquest"--the capture of the
then capital aud more than 40 men.
All speak of the beauty of Bonaven>
ture aud when ! glanced up the long
avenues of like oaks swaying their
messy boards in majestic silence and
seeming to lock their gnsrled knotiy
massive boughs in fraternal embrace.
| | knew that its beauty was more
than that of the stereotype caste
just such q sylvan scene once gave
birth to new specie of architecture.
In the background swept that same
turgid stream. The day was dark
and the scene seemed impressive to
me; l remembered the lines of
Campbell:
aye. half hear the painting spirit sigh
II is dread and awful thing TO die!