The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-05

that she never thinks Of the scepter being wresfed
ironi her grasp. While her nvals have been
asleep, she has been strengthening her power;
and now she seems TO have nothing 10 Do bat
deck iefselfwiti The tributary icsgch whicllihey
| lay at her feet. Like other great queens, too,
she Is inordinately vain. She is a second Eliza
beth in this as well as in other respects. With
submissive kings, and with the other TO hear the
| on batteries Of obsequious courtiers.
did not begin this letter, however, with the in
tcfiion Of giving description Of her majesty.
Ny friend c. resolved that should see some
hing outside of Cincinnati. AS had never seen
angling ofthe interior Of the great State OF Ohio,
viii the exception OF a mile or two in the neigh
| borlood Of Cincinnati, was well pleased TO fol-
low his suggestion. Weaccordngly enteredthe
Hamilton omnibus. The omnibus proceeds for
soma distance up Mill Greek, which c. per
sists in calling by its Indian name, Mahketewa,
andthen ascends Pleasant Hill. The vanity Of
| the Cincinnatians is so great that did not like
| to express the feelings excited by the scenery Of
| these hills. could not help acknowledging,
however, that these rising grounds were very re-
spectacle efforts, and as such deserved encour-
agenient. In your private ear viii say that the
scenery around Cincinnati is glorious. Some Of
it seemed to me as beautiful as Sponsors visions
Of Fairy-land. From the top Of Pleasant Hin,
there is fine view Of country stretching away
to the east, beautifully diversified with woodland
| and country seats. and enclosed by the distant
blue as with magic wall.
We LEFT Cincinnati at O'Clock, p. NJ, and
reached Hamilton, which is twenty miles from
the city, in time for supper. C. took me
after supper to seethe canal basin, which is said
to be the most beautiful in the United States.
The next morning. we walked Out before break
fast TO examine the town. We met with Cover
nor Bebb, who kindly offered to be our guide
With him we went up the hydraulic canal, and
visitedkome ofthe manufacturing establishments.
Hamilton contains between four and five thou
sand inhabitants, and is steadily increasing.
The hydraulic canal is simply the Miami rivel
turned from its channel about four miles above
the town. A fall Of twenty eight feet is thus OBJ
tanned, and the power is SAID to be sufficient for
one hundred and sixty run. A power equal to
twenty-five run is already used. There are in
operation two cotton factories, two machine
shops, one saw mill. one gnst mill, two foun-
dnes, one stone-cutting and one wood-tuming
establishment. Two paper mills are in course
of erection.
There is something great in man. He takes
large tea-kettle, calls it locomotive, klndles q
FIRE under it, and dashes Off with winged speed
the mountains sink before his car, aud the val
leys rise to meet it. He makes the lightning as
tame as the carrier pigeon TO convey his mes
sages. The riyer gods Of the olden time become
servants to labor in his mills. Science is the
wonderful lamp with which he holds in subjec-
ton the mighty genii Of the elements He has
called "spirits from the Vastly deep and they
have come at his bidding.
Butt must be Of to Dayton. NIB.