Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-10

looked at that. Ii - an odu i00klhg conCeiu,
part church, part gaol, part bank, and part dwell
ling house-wanting just enough OF each 10
be--out of shape-withOut fOrm or comeiiness.-
No wonder the Cincinnatians stared when such
a structure Sas thrown up among them. 1t !" de-
serted now, and az the ancients speak OF Cieopa'
tra's Needle, SO we may call this Mrs. Trollope',s
Bell tap, for the cupola is in the shape of bell.
Mrs. Trollope 10 well known here. They say
she was intelligent, skilful in sketches, and cor
responded with distinguished men abroad, out
wished 10 figure here; but she was a vulgar wo.
man, gross in thousand things, with so much %,
the eauivocal in her character, that she eou'a
seldom or never meet with the good society OIL
Cincinnati. The people amuse themselves VIII"
and laugh ct her accounts. They Prooao'y ne
yer made a person angry, which, OF course, isthe
best way to receive all such hrs. :,
Iwent on Sunday morning to the Unitarian
church. small but neat building with an organ
~ .ome mower. The church was full. The
nre.cher was the Rev. Mr. Peabody. who, though
q xoung man gave a sermon OF uncommon abii'
~. such as l have not heard since ieit my
church at home. His subject was" the dan
gers that surround young men in cities'-and he
applied his remarks to the peculiar circumstances
Of Cincinnati, where SO many young men are ia
ken from their friends in other States, and from
the ave and the influence which the presence OF
friends always eXerts over their manners ana
morals. A good sermon is good feas'-on any
creed, or from any BODY who has rls''t I" SER
mopize at all; but, spare me, spare me from 'he
hundred and one sermoniZers who iorce the pun
I ic to hear them two or three hours week. u l
had time and space, and this was the place. l
would write an essay among these, NY pictures
Of matters and things in general, attempting to
4, 4 a., tho
iessness, the audacity which ventures to speak
with nothing to say, drives more people from the
churches. than all the alurements OF all the Vi.
ces.
DR.. Beecher commenced on Sunday evening
re.deliyerv of the course Of lectures which he de-
livered in Boston. He is u great man, ct great
power both Of thought and language, and is IN the
pulpit what Mr.. Webster is at the bar. lie is
as positive. as earnest, as commanding. as dicta.
tory at times, and as impressive. | never
lose an opportunity 10 hear such man. aud
through the darkness Of Cincinna-
Ii streets, l aided in filling MP his church.
an elegant church BY the way, this evening quite
full to overlooking The matter Of the lectures
we have heard much about at home. Let US
speak ut the manner.
DIR. Beecher is roughhewn orator. have
heard him speak better than he spoke Sunday
evening. but then, he was powerful alwa,s, and
able at times He deals too much occasionally
in the earthquake, the volcano, the thunder and
liphtnine-ln his oral dlscourses aud his written
sermons Uor have read them all)-these are the
old clap.traps of all orators--any body can have
lots Of them in their speeches, from the square
yard to the acre. DIR. Beecher is thinker enough
to forye meta phors OF his own. There are crca.
tons enough in his own brain, which will leap
to life armed aud equipped as he directs. But
this is little fault, only 10 be mentioned by
grumbiers, az . bad example 10 the school boys,
who take him for model. DR.. Beecher Is clear,
distinct and energetic in his propositions. He
puts what he has TO say in the strongest point OF
view. He takes a bald, comprehensive view of
his subject and is often frank and liberal to ex-
cess in his concessions to all adversarv's argu-
ments. That throw Of his sprctacies which
he has, that hint to the audience Of s'Now give
me your ears am going to say something good"
is peculiar to him at this time. Fisher Ames had
some thing Of the sort. And something good he
does give. His bead IS up; his eye iishtens; his
arm is 10 motion; his intoBations alter from the
dull reading on, ddactic note. to the threatening,
ominous, touching, or overwhelming notes Of &C.
nuine eloquence.
d.. Beecher is an orator, but like all of ouF,
orators, CLAY except, whom nobody can initiate
10 his great efforts. and whom nobody should I'M
tate in his faults,--a dangerous model, one to be
admired but not copied Ohe jam satis-what
proser have become.
left Cincinnati yesterday morning. The
river was rising rapidly. The current was as
Stunning force and power, and the Ohio, usu.
ally so gentle and SO clear, VAS becoming
turbid, eddying, and full of drlt,stuf from
the rivers which flow Into it from Virginia.
Above Cincinnati is long line of settlements on
the banks Of the river, extending from three to
four mies-steam mills, toundries, factories Of
various kinds, country -houses-in short, the be-
ginnings Of great city, Of little London, to CO.
yer the banks Of the river, and to be bounded on.
ly by the range of hills 10 the rear. These bills
are often large, sometimes covered from the bot.
tom to the top by stout growth Of trees land at
other times partly ared,-with some beautiful
vallies, in good state Of cultivation. On the
Kentucky side Of the river, the hills sometimes
assume the appearance Of a muuntain whose base
is washed BY the Ohio. On the other side there