The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-06-27
Col umbus, Ohio.
Correspondence of the Herald

Leaving Cincinnati yesterday morning at eight
O'clock, we came through the whole distance TO
this city, III miles, over a Macadamized road in
Is hours! This is considered pretty fair travelling
here; and it may not be surprising to those who
might otherwise think it {" no great shakes" when
they are informed that we had twelve full grown
I" Buckeye" passengers inside, and " one at the
breast besides five outside, exclusive Of the driver
perry sufficient to fill good sized hay cart! The
stage that :" toted" us thus expeditously IS called
the " accommodation stage;" and is so, In truth,
so far packing in all applicants for passage; bur
this extensive benevoence on the part OF the pro-
letors, is not unirequenty exercised at the expense
and sacrifice of everything like comfort to the pas
sengers. There Is only one stage company of any
Importance, as am informed, in all this great and
noble State; and this company contrvesVp get all
the mail contracts that are worth anything, and then
runs off all opposition lines, aud monopolizes the
whole business, humbugging and cheating travellers
dd hbitAm. This should be better regulated, or the
" Buckeyes" will get bad name by others than
"Boz," the immortal police scrbbler, who, passing
through this same route, and hence TO Toledo, dis
covered, his arrival there, little of himself re-
naming except his boots! Poor Boz, alas! alas!
Cincinnati is a beautiful city-much larger better
built, and more important In point of location, bust
ness and population, than | had supposed II s
upon the fair shores of Kentucky, on the opposite
side of the Ohio, and backed by an amphihe atrcal
circle ofhs, which are dotted over with villas en-
powered in trees. The view from the surrounding
emlnences, particularly from the village Of Mount
Auburn, over the city, and up and down the valley
of the Ohio, is among the most lovely that eau v-
seen flttythree years ago the site OF this tar c,y
was wilderness, and the whole was sold by N.
father n-aw OF the late President Harrison toi : ID :
Truly fifty years in the west is effective in CHASE
and improvements as centuries are in old aEd loae
settled countries. Like vigorous youth, strong,
enterprsIng and ambitious this State moves r wo.
| IV md cceSafulIV Her central and
exhaustble elements of wealth, must even slVe II
great Importance In the scenes to be enacted y the
| republic. This city may some day become VIZ me-
ropos o! the Union, not only as regards The ,oca-
ton OF the general government, but also ii u,
to commerce and the arts. 1t already comprises
| go 600 inhabitants, and the number is daily 10
| creasing. Several hundred new buildings aTe ~ ra-
pid progress towards completion, OF this ycaps.,cc-
ton Business has greatly revived, aod WITT Ii Inc
| hopes OF the most Responding are cheer,d This is
particularly the case since the negotiation by the
fund commission of the new per cen, Stock which
has enabled the State TO pay of the Contractors for
| the public works his fortunate circumstance has
| relieved hundreds from discouraging emparrass-
ments, and given increased animation 10 the bus-
ness and spirits of thousands The little that now
| remains to be done to complete the Mama Exten
sion Canal and other branches of the public works
will now go on without the least interruption. Gin
clnnati has three colleges, thirteen grammar
| schools, and, in conjunction with the rest of the
State, the best organ sed system Of education, pc
haps, Of any State in the Union. 1t comprises srne
| sixty churches embracing almost every denc"ha-
ton ct Christians. The Catholics are erecting an
| Immense cathedral on commanding SIG, which,
when completed, will probably we With The tin.st
| structures OF the kind In this cGDn'ry There ere
two theatres, one of which, the National, l. ieclct-
~ the prettiest have seen in The Thi'ed states. II
Is got up with infinite taste; and hen Completed
ut Is not yet finlshcd) 1t will be ornament 10 the
city The interior arrangement aGL ea0ei',ah rnsns
are after the style Of the French end Italian thea
tres. 1t Is brilliantly Illuminated with gas, and has
asye of scenery that would do crecii 10 any siri-
lar house IN any country. Inc drop scene If
particularly line; all were done bv naive ar
tist and, did they move a little easier. -ey
would be almost faultess. Hacke,t, =. Piac1s,
Mathews, and others, are playing at iris house,
alternate nights with an Italian company. Just arr
we'd from New Orleans | saw Hackeu "a the
cond night OF his engagement, in the Yankee" and
the "French General" He was at home la the
characters, usual, and so were his audience; II,
a "bare wall" affair, till towards the close of the
performance. This was not owing to the play eTs-
they did their doings, as "the Yankee" said,
damned well But the fact is, the hard times
time must shuttle of the reel the good old times
OF two dollars day and roast beef" will "come
back 'agln'" The first night OF the opera did bet
ter; and but for gay and fashionable wedding on
first circles the Theatre would have been, probably,
crowded by the {lite of the city. AS it was there
was toerable house-a well-disposed and intelli-
gent looking people. 1t was remarkable-the con-
trast between this and the rabble audience we saw
at Pittsburgh Here were the exhibitions of refine
ment and the apparent polish of the highest degrees
OF mental culture and clvllizalen-there, the lowest
vugarity! Bellini's celebrated orera OF Norma
was the piece selected for the first night and as on
all occasions where deceRtly performed, it gave
general satisfaction. The company is very fair
and it is to be hoped that, when the novelty of their
appearance of little in Cincinnati they may
wend their way to the East, and take it into their
heads, finally, to charm US a little in New York.
The Kentucky wedding, which is supposed to have
interfered so materially with the receipts of the trea
surer of the National" on the first.night of the
Opera, was brilliant affair The happy couple,
who the occasion of this regret on the part Of
Signor Perozzi Il Co., of the Theatre, was COM
posed of the beautiful Miss D., daughter of
distinguished Kentuckan, and gentleman by the
name of B, respectable merchant of Clncin-
natl. Some five hundred invitations being favora-
bly, responded TO on the Cincinnati side OF the river,
| the whole affair passed off most agreeably. The
lines defining the different casts of society are as
| distinctly drawn, perhaps, in this Queen OF the
West of such recent origin, as IN Boston, or even
"the city of brotherly love-" The Germans com
prise large Industrious and respe ctabe part of tn
population. They generally act in concert on in,-
portan political Subjects and no great pansis taken
on the part OF the true born Buckeye" to break
down the imaginary barriers. that all might mIngle
together without distinction OF caste or country
Columbus is pleasant town, agreeably situate on
the left bank OF Sioto river, about ninety mlles
from the Ohio II is surrounded by beautiful
and fertile region of country as far as the eye
survey. The town is regularly and we II bur
with large and ample streets, laid out h, rishr
angles. The population amounts TO about Elk
thousand at present, and is steadily, lhcu.h mol
rapidly, on the increase. Here are several fipc
hotels but the most comfortable is undoubtedly the
American well kept by the obliging and gentle
manly Mr. Kelsey. Here l was glad to ind the
New York Herald on fle-but, judging from thu
rush that its arrival occasions among ,be crowd,
who would fain get the first perussl, mIght be
induced to believe Kelsey the only who ,sk.s
the Herald in Columbus. The public bdil1nes ol
Iccifu ava M ba ha nd ia ne n
try, and the public charities among he pest and
noblest in the world The institution for the
education OF the blind is well conducted estab-
lishment in all respects No one visit this
institution and witness the surprising profclen-
cy in numbers, music, reading, and even printing,
or perhaps more properly writing, made by the
blind pupils under the mild and paternal in.
struction of the amiable and intelligent Mr. Cha.