The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-11
Savaunah's Charms.
Correspondence of the Chicago Times. j

SAVANNAH, November 80 There is no.
thing in The country approaching Savannah
TO arouse the enthusiasm OF the ayfarer.
1t is fat, sandy, well wooded, sultry, damp,
and in parts sub-irOpical. A few small
patches OF sugar-caDe, turning yellow, re-
minds the behOlder OF Southern Louisiana,
and what remains Of the foliage suggests
the same region. The long rains have
made the woods swampy, and the season
has been sickly beyond precedent in the
way of malariaI fevers OF all types-some OF
them extremely yirulent-owing TO the eX-
ceptional warmth or last winter, when
scarcely any ice formed in tins lati-
tude. The fall rains, acting on the
decomnosed vegetation, and steaming
from them in the sultry sun, have risen
from the ground IN the form OF deadly
mist, so that Southern Georgia has been
scourged with disease, even among The
colored people. IL is remarkable that all
yeIlow.fever points are also homes OF maIa-
ria, and it is equally remarkable that whereas
quinipe has no eff CT whatever on Yellow
jack" it is tue only remedy recognized as
efficient 10 ieverS ari'iDg from mlasmatic
poisoning. 1t is no wonder that white
| labor should be scarce in The southern
| swamps. What doth it profit man il be
|
| The planters never allow their families 10
remain near The rice-telds until there has
been bard frost. Some of them regret
that they returned from the North 30 early,
| becau e OF the continued rams. which never
fail to produce sickness Of violent kind.
Savannah was fairly crowded with cot
ton. No matter where YOU looked It was
piled in mammoth heaps, for THIS has been
for lou In
nab-tbe most charming Of all the cities OF
Dixie lands ia the full flush OF CONNER
cial happiness. Although the hand OF
gloomy winter IS upon her, 1t cannot alto
gether hide her radiant comeliness, adorned
as it is with moss bearded trees, whose I'M
mense size procams their antiquity, and
laid out as it j. with squares at almost
every second street, affording breathing
places for the people in the cruelty hot
days OF the summer time. In johnson
Square. which is planked by the pru-
cIpal hotels, there stands a plain
stone obelisk, Of imposing height, the cor
ner stone Of which was laid by The MARQUIS
ne LAFAYETTE during his visit TO America in
1925. This monument was to have dual.
ICED, so to speak. the memories OF General
Nathaniel Greene, Of Revolutionary re.
nowu, and Pulaski Sufficient money could
not be raised 10 build the memorial as orIgi-
naIly intended, so the dual obelisk was put
up as temporary affair. and Pulaskps
monument was erected, with the funds on
hand, 10 Monterey Square. on October IL,
1853 Whether the grander memento Will
ever occupy the place now held by its skelc-
tonic representative on Johnson SquJre is
question Of great doubb. Since 1929 Ssvan-
nah has left The thing In its existing condi-
tion.
The population Of the city at the present
time is about 33 900, which Is but mode
rate increase over The last census, as the
yeilow-fever epidemic OF 1876 caused great
mortality. Many people fed the place at
the time aud have never returned. Iu APP
pearance Savannah has many OF the charac-
ieTisfics OF Mexican town-low-bult
houses, plaZls, narrow 'aIeyways, aud
streets Of fair width, running at right
angles for the most part. and arcaded with
rows of liye-oak, magnolia, and other mag
nifcent forest trees. Bay street, lying
along the river, Is the chief business
thoroughfare, and boasts what no other
street OF that character that 1 have seen
10 America can boast OLA growth OF
oaks and cedaIs In It's very centre, near
the levee. II is, taken all in all. an UNIQUE
seaport. Tue police are uniformed like
English Hight dragoons-in blue, with high
boots and helmets. Thew number about
sixty men, OF whom dozen are mounted,
as are all The officers. ana 1t is claimed that
the small force OF cavalry amply pays for the
expense OF its maintenance 10 the ease and
rapidity With WHICH II can maSe aud effect
arrests. 1t looks little bit foreign, but.
then, even Americans nerd not disdain 10
accept some useful hints from Foreigners.
France, In the mater OF taIlnring and mill.
nerys rules with rod OF iron, and we don't
grumbIe. y