Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-25

DR.. :. H. Hunt, a prominent physician
of Long Branch, who is now spending his
vacation in Florida, stopped over in our
city several days while en- route further
South. In letter to the Freehold y. j.
Democrat he gives his opinion Of savan-
nah, from which the MORNING News
makes the following extracts:
The impression the place makes is pc
cuIiar, especially to one coming from
winter-clad country. Here It is spring,
and the streets are thrOnged with cOlored
people, who compose twO-ftths of the
population. The palmetto. the Spanish
bavonet, the magnolia. the blooming ia
pOnica, the aged and gnarled oaks, skirt
the unpayed and sandy streets, while the
business streets are full OF hustle, and in
dictate thrift and prosperity, attributable,
no doubt. to the fact that that wonderful
race, the Jews, are its leading merchants
and the largest real estate owners,
probably more so than in any other city
in the United States, and this is saving
much.
The first spot of interest we visited was
BOnaventure, a large cemetery whose
main drives are lined with aged oaks
whose branches extend across the roads,
and from which there hangs the moss OF
ages. giving it a weird and peculiar APP
pearance. There has been so much said
of the spot made sacred by the past, that
any further description would be tire
some. In another part of the city is To-
lated Laurel Grove Cemetery, nearer the
CITY, and to-day thrOnged not only with the
dead but the living. Its drives and its
walks were crowded by young and old,
and the first thought was a grand picnic
is near by. 1t is the first cheerful, pleas
ant graveyard l have ever seen, and all
the plots were well kept and decorated in
many ways.
Though classed with the unhealthy cit
les. its death rate among the white pOpu-
lation is only nineteen in /, 900 The city
hospital is one Of the best arranged /
have seen. and the endOwments it is con-
tinually receiving insures its successful
perpetuity. The shipping. the large eX-
ports OF turpentine, rOsin and cotton,
would make long letter, but l refrain.
'sThe footsteps of the cyclone in 1881 are
vet visible in many places, and the old
Notifications are vet seen around the city.
In the evening we liStened TO Rev. DIR.
Arson in the Presbyterian Church, which
is a massive granite building of rare
architectural beauty. built over fifty years
ago. and costing 100000 The pulpit is
old-fashiOued and stands fifteen or twenty
feet high, and found one adm1rer in lady
who willed the church 100000 on cOndi-
modern platform. The spire is 225 feet
high. while the dimensions of the building
are about 70 feet by 80, with massive
corinthian columns within and without,
while the surrounding grounds are filled
with sycamores and giant oaks in keeping
with all. An eloquent sermon by the
pastor. over 20 years Of age, an unexcep-
tional quartet aided by large organ full
of volume and reserved power, all CON-
bined to make it one of the most impress
sive services we have ever heard.
Il was the guest Of an old friend, DR..
BENJAMIN ;. Purse, who is an authority
on yellow fever, and several years since
demonstrated that the black yOmit was
caused by congestion of the liver ana the
portal circulation rupturing the capil-
iaries. The treatment adopted by him,
together with his success, proved the cor
rectness of his theories, which the micro
scope has since fully confirmed"