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and ornamented with evergreen fruit and forest trees, plants and 

 shrubs, and a large conservatory with a fine collection of choice 

 flowering exotics. An artificial lake is being constructed, fed by 

 several excellent springs of water on the College grounds. The in- 

 ternal conveniences, and outward adornments, are calculated, not 

 only to secure the health and comfort, but to refine and cultivate the 

 taste of the young ladies. No pictures or descriptions can convey 

 a full and accurate idea of the College and its surroundings. They 

 must be seen, to be appreciated. 



CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CINCINNATTIS. 



BY PROF. A. WOOD, OF THE OHIO FEMALE COLLEGE. 



Savannah, March 28, 1857. 

 On the Savannah River, eighteen miles from the Atlantic, this pleas- 

 ant city is located. It enjoys a more elevated postition than is 

 usual in this flat region, being some sixty feet above the waters of 

 the river, and the low rice-lands on the opposite shore. Its site is 

 a sandy plain, like all other lands for hundreds of miles north or 

 south, once covered with the pitch-pine forests. The river is always 

 muddy, and about as broad here as the Ohio at Cincinnati, forming 

 a harbor wherein vessels of the largest size are always seen. The 

 streets are regularly arranged, crossing at right angles, forming 

 squares and parallelograms. Nearly every alternate square is re- 

 served for a park. The shade is abundant not only in these parks 

 but in most of the streets, some of the broader having a central row 

 in addition to the borders. These trees consist of the Live-Oak and 

 China-Tree almost exclusively, with here and there a Ma;^nolia. — 

 But I would boldly afiirm that the Maple and Elm of the North are 

 trees of far more beauty and grandeur than these famous southerners. 

 As to pavements — there is but one paved street in Savannah, and 

 only one planked. The balance are as heavy as the loose native sand 

 can make thorn. The business streets are closely built, but these are 

 few, while the private residences are separate, generally, each oc- 

 cupying its own square or quarter square, with abundance of garden 

 and shrubbery. A good proportion of these dwellings are tasteful, 

 some being " palatial." A piazza is a universal appendage. Two 



