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of these public squares are adorned with monuments. That in 

 memory of the brave Pulaski, is exceedingly beautiful. It stands 

 about seventy-five feet in hight, of pure white marble, an entab- 

 lature mounted by a pyramid, all exquisitely wrought and inscribed 

 to the "Memory of Pulaski, the noble Pole who fell in the Siege 

 of Savannah, fighting for our liberty." While g:izing with admira- 

 tion upon this noble structure, I remembered the saying that " Re- 

 publics are not always ungrateful. " The churches of this city are 

 generally large and costly. The Episcopal, St John's, is grand, 

 having a chime of eight bells. The Independent ( Congregational ) 

 is also a noble structure, built of granite, of vast dimensions. The 

 Presbyterians are now building a splendid church on the monument 

 square. Baptist, Methodist, etc., have also large churches, so that 

 I judge that there are church accomodations for nearly all the 

 whites, which constitute nearly one half the population. For the 

 blacks I saw several places of worship, humbler, and doubtless occu- 

 pied by worshipers devout, and as acceptable to Him who "knows 

 the proud afar off." There are numerous other public build- 

 ings of interest to strangers. The Custom House is a chaste 

 and elegant structure, built wholly of the celebrated Quincy Granite, 

 imported hither from Massachusetts ! 



The Pulaski Hotel is the most noted here, and is usually crowd- 

 ed. Many invalids from the North are staying at this and other 

 houses here, as the climate is remarkably mild. The charges at the 

 above named Hotel are magnificent, not a whit behind those of St. 

 Nicholas, N. Y., while the accommodations are said by those who 

 have enjoyed them, to be hard. I have myself enjoyed the hospi- 

 tality of a good private house. 



Last Monday I sallied forth on foot for a botanic ramble in the 

 suburbs. Taking the route of the Central R. R. and the canal, I 

 soon lost sight of town, and was alone with nature and nature's God. 

 The trees are yet naked ( save the evergreens, which are here few ) 

 and only a few herbs are yet in bloom upon the ground. Beside 

 the R. R. the yellow Krigia Virginica, and Oxalis stricta bloomed. 

 Aside the canal I plucked a single specimen of Pyrrhopappus Caro- 

 linianus. Both these flowers resemble our dandelion (Taraxacum). 

 Entering a swampy woods, the bright yellow " butterwort " (Senieio 

 lobatus ) met my view, and a running vine which I took for a Pot- 

 entilla, with ternate leaves and yellow flowers. This plant proved 

 to be Fragaria Indica, described in De Candolle, but in not one 



