The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-30

W. l'"' eN-PIesi1cnt James X Polt "a,
guest az honor In tho civ
ihc hrsi issue o. the Morning Nov,s
Atf+"feI Jan 3d. 1850 with tha motto
N,lli'H.'t Independence aud Industry f"
IN 'N"N'H.n'r ot tro same year georria
N'' uiAi' q separate diocese OF che Ro-
man catholic Church called the Dioce.e
Garland us p.shop
Tho First Volunteer Regimen, u,s ar
fanlzed in 1872 under act of the I~gfsla-
lure WITH A. r. iaWton s- colonel Er-
PRESIDENT Fillmore visited che city in 1851.
Hiln was the guest ot honor
ne year 1854 ia memorable In Savau-
nan annals os one of plague and ue..
Thence. of ihc tpu who remained In tho
. eiy after tlr yellow fcycr broke ont in
August 1869 died. while nearly everyone
was stricken With the disease The sa-
Nann1n Benevolent Association was or
ganlIei 100 October following this
epidemic sept s. % the same year
another hurricane came along causing the
/ destruction of much property. aud the loss
{ oi many hsrs. Iu the same year. too
90" mobile monument to Count Casimcr
/ tu''rhi tIa brave Polish general was
erected Beg Monterey square In 1857 the
anuuol exports had grown 60 s.. 5onUn.
/ The Saw iurlh. Albany ard Gulf Railroad
Wa completed TO- Th0masvi.e .n lSH.
in iNH began tho most memorable pei.-
I od 900 800 Savanuah's history az well as
+ thot OF ihs S0utr. one within the reeol-
I lccilon ot many of those row living Toe
secession ~ South Carolina was followed
I by meetings here 90 raufy thtt action.
I Events leading up 10 tae war followed To-
. rapid succession. Jan. Do. l,si. tho ord'-
I nance ot secession was passed aud on
March thc Confederate flag wss hoistei
over iHe custom House. col. Francis $
I Barlow killed ut BHu Run was buried
ni Laurel Grove. july o. ISL. Thirty
I cisht companies ot militia were a.sel
in savannah during tlc year Gen. Robt.
j.. De-" visited savannah. Nov ~ and in
spr-fsd Fort Pulaski expressing the h,--
iief 't could WITHSTAND an attacks hy
the enemy April % 1852 just six MONTH
later. Fort Pulaski surrendered after
bonn lulmcut. Fort McAurter was sur-
cesstc.r attacked ir the latter part OF
's-. ana the carly part OF 1853. but q
witHsfo1i every assault.
Tae1 came sherman on his march 20
the sea. With 1000 men. the defense Of
The city by Gen. Hardce's Corps
OF ioW1 and the final evacuation of the
elty on Dec. 90. lssi by the Confederate
fof es. ana tho surrender the DAY follow
ine. Ou Christmas Day o. that year.
Sherman established his headquarters in
tho citv
JON. a. 1866. the pesilence OF war was
followed ny one OF FIRE. over io0 buildings
Boo Nsmscrsw having been burned. AMI
several people Killed ana wounded by ex-
plodng ammunition.
THE pursuits Of business and trade fol
lowed the war. and during the next sew
srli years q number Of Snvanuah's prom
IHeut institutions were organized Th-
Confederate monument was unveiled.
Arri -f 1915.
Tho second Eres, yellow fever epidemic
came in 1876. the total number Of deaths
being sia
Boz 1900 Gen T.. $ Grant. ex-Presiden,.
visited savannah In the same year the
eoruer- tone Of the Jasper monument was
l5l iu Madison square and later. IN ISIS.
Mrs Grover Cleveland during her visit
wlta President Cleveland 10 Savannah.
unveiled the monument during imposing
ceremonies.
Iu Is,3 the sesqui- ceuteuuial Of the land
ing of Oelethorpe was celebrated. In
April ~ the same year President Chester
s. Arthur visited the city az the guest
OF hts relative Henry r. Bolts. The
cha. ham Artillery celebrated the first
century ot its existence in iSs6. and ex
President a. the Coufeieracy Jefferson
Davis assisted in the unwilling OF the
Ue1uze tablets on the monument to Gen.
Greene. tne corners ioue of wAieh was Laid
during fafayette's visit
& now form OF pestilence came uron
tho clty iu issG in the shape OF an earth
quake. the sicsmir disturbance which dd
- much damage in Charleston. Several
lighter shocks followed aud much alarm
vas caused throughout the city though
Nfrfo damage WAS done.
The Tynee Railroad was completed IN
iSs7 Or James J Waring, VINO ORIGIN
,fal the system Of drainage for Chatham
sosutv. which has done So much for the
health ~ the community. died Jan. $ ls>e
The total shipments OF cotton in iss h'd
reached seS.102 bales.
Tho great fire 81 1850 started IN me
store ~ Daniel Hogan on Broughton
street swept tine city in a southeasteriy
direction ana destroyed the Independent
rresbvterian Church. Guards Arm
orv. Odd Fellows Hall and many
other important bulldings There were
several other disastrous fires during tho
s,ne wear. including the lower whnrves
ami two cotton congresses. the total IRE
losses Tor the year aggregating nearly
s. oo00oo
Cardinal Gibbons visited Savannah jar.
a. 1880 Vice President Levi y. Morton
snenf the day here March Z. iS9.
The record Of important events IN the
closlnf- decade OF the century Is familiar
10 au citizens. The Central Railroad
won't into the hands o. a receiver March
lSs2 causing widespread sunerins
arnorr charitable Institutions and Others
,,bo reid AIS stock The next disaster
as the cyclone % Aug . 1855. which re-
e,,r,e5 In the loss Of many lives ana the
s.str,ictlon OF much properly IN ana
,round Savannah, Events OF importance
.,tio,,cd rapldlv ln the early years OF the
...aae The clty's limits were EXTENDED
.1,,.uf a mile TO the south, the City grew
r,,f8ty an every direction, it, commerce
..t t,,,strrss fncreased year By year, new
49,. - railroad were constructed, ana
,,,. new enscrnrses We're set on foot
.,,d carried out. The harhor was given
a. rrssont depth ~ twenty-six feet, ana
.to r,urtnartinl OF the engineer ofhceF
-, s,peryisei this work followed close
upon its comploiiou' .. a.,
re- last great event IN the century W.
s,,4npah was the assembling mere o. VOC
Z -,.rpfh Army CORPS under Gen fitzhleh
49, iu the latter part of i've ana th.
,,,scoueut visit 20 the city Of fresln'h.
,f.t.i,,fe,. members OF his cabinet anu
,,.,or monument officials and army Or
Ecers. .--- .....t,h have
t.-t tbe pro,.ress and growth or the
't. trriur tho last 100 years anu .'htI
.,i0i-,,i,ies with which the neo..e heNe
, y. .,rterd but the foregoing are
49,, which most impressed the'hF'l't
49,, tbe minds ~ the people. IT. u 80
"i'"" ~. ..t..4 mems souls. hut NhoNe