The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-03-28

the cabin buj. TOOK fancy 10 y, aud bg'na
tcfebsncp ~ want n jet futh an Anitle' Bot
flowed II dufng NY absrnes ~ that ~ u nay
I inu., Gay that they were decidedly hofa o.
'dnly. unasspmlnf, attentive Get Gall ~ ibfn
whic bye than Tho cell Important imI ulcn
ditkts VIII Il fne about the cabin on THE c'hil
h,ilina susprcl from that bot bed " atoIiioh
,sn, Cincinnati IL this connection. ! mus
mention a little occurrence which iouk pIat,
insi after / came On this boat, whilst II was w.
ing at The landing Of that CITY fofcb'y illus'fa
Ing the change N manners and customs Which
the req on 80 had then reached presented. u
vas Ivying X 'sln exchanged betecen wbiie
sdy aud fglt mulslto Of the feminine fpe.
clcs As the aucr entered the LADY CABIN, hav.
ng Just come on board.
We OF course passed North Bend, sixteen
miles below CmnnuatI. ~ the ngh. ! did
not therefore yet view ol the monslon OF he
late Distinguished resident OF that point--G Gen.
Harrison.
AT an early hour this morning, our company
entered heis nes on the register Of the Mes.
scnger fos Wheeling, and secured rooms. Il
was fortunate for Us that we did tbs without de-
lay for such was The horde of passeng rs wao
focked on board, that we shout otherwise have
been Gu, out Of roams. III ,ught there was
full CROWD on The Queen City; but we have al
most as many again on our boa, at present. We
are literally crowded together until we scarcely
have room TO turn round for each other.
The Messe rger len Cincinnati ab,u, hal.
past eleven O'CLOCK. walked up INTO the town
but short distance whist we remained there
/ is fine looking City, bulk upoa PLAIN with
a noge o! rocky hills rising beyond It, and u
)2t miles from the mouth OF the OhIo and 4S7
below PltIsblg ga. Some fl Ie buildings ne ar the
wharf set off the place to advantage; though
both above and be'cw these, the buildings alony
the nver, as at Louisville, ale poor, giving to
those portions of the town ragged appearance
This IS owing, supp So, to the fac, that a.,
those points the bank is lower and more liable
TO over flow, and to The additional one that The
best improvements next to the shore in river
towns, are general in front of the Seam boat
landing. Ten years ago the population OF Gin.
cinnau was about 3l,00o. Now 1t is put down
at 20 600 Tnat estimate may be full high
bu, it is PROFESSIONALLY pnpulnus, growing
place, and is justly entitled Ia he spprIa'ou
usually bestowed upon lt--,he "Queen c ""
Of the West. Is streets and wharf resound
with the hum and hustle of business, kept alive
by the daily arrival and departure of Stem
boate tre'shed with the rich pTu''u ,tinn7 of this
vast valley, or The goods and wares Of the E,s,
Nor is it only important in respec, to its com
merce II holds no mean rank in point Of man
ufac'ur'ng industry, baing second only to p it,
burgh OF the Cities in the West, and snnuall,
turns out vast variety Of fabrlca,loDs 10 iron
wooi, leather, cotton, hemp, lumber &c.
has also high literary reputation. Covngtor
and Newport are two flourishins little towns Of
the X 'ntucky shore, opposite Cincinnati tn
former on the S'uth and the latter on the " "
bank of the Licking river, small stream wh,c
here pu's into the Onio. These are also eug4
ged to a considerable extent in manufacturing
The products OF the factories of the three place
were estimated in 1895 at 5000 600 wor h
The value of those OF Cincinnati alone cannot
presume, be now much lees than two or TIRE
times that sun.
AT Cincinnati first heard Of the blood
rencounre between Juo H. Peasants an
young Richie. In the death of he former tn
wing pr,y has lost one of its must able and &C
comprlshed editors.
Yours, truly. g.