The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-24
Cur Cincinnati correspondence.

NiNClNNATl, OCt ID, Ioi1
The Extraordinary GrOrcth Of the Queen city Of
the West--7}areling-- Anmih,latson Of
Space, &c.
l have safely arrived in the Queen City of the
West, and queen it is, indeed. | am daily
hourly, surprised ard delighted at all see and hear
around me. Sir, am enchanted with the magic
prosperity Of thus great city; and the tide of popu-
lstion rolls with such an ncessant increase
that the future bids far to swell to an enormous
extent AT no very distant day, Cincinnati will
have its millions. But fifty years ago. this city had
not It's landmark, and now il numbers nearly
l25,Cc0 inhabitants the jewel of the Buckeye
Stale. The trade carried on here is enormous,
and the interests of its commercial men are SO
closely entwIned with those of your Empire City,
that have been asked here why Cincinnati has
not right TO anook in the great New York Hlraid.
In short, cir, the Cincinnati people demand a
pret entaiion in the "empire sheet" and / am
afraid, IN undertaking IT, that shall hardly be able
10 CO them ustlce tor II is tIiillng task assure
you. Clnclnnaill rs, by railroad and steamers, only
sixty hours distant from New York city. Weleave
here IN the afternoon, at three o'clock, and the
next morning arrive In Sandusky City, on Lake
Erie; A delightful trip of twenty hours, IN one of
the hoalDg palaces OF this inland sea, lands us In
Buffalo. The express train then leaves imme-
diately, and, IN twelve or fourteen hours the tra-
weller is in Albany, ready to take nap on board
The Isaac Newton OF Oregon, and wake up In New
York.
TINS route is now taking hosts Of travellers, and
IL a blessing 10 the commercial community during
the present low stage OF water IN the Ohio.
There has been an enormous rise on freight
from Pittsburgh Tor the last few weeks, and
without the convenience Of this road our merchants
would have empty stores, very few can afford
to pay one dollar per cwt from Pittsburgh 10 Gin
clnLati. ia about one years time, Cincinnati viii
be but Is hours distant from your metropolis; IN
three months the railroad will be opened from here
10 Columbus. and finally 10 Cleveland, on the laGc.
This route viii run through IN two days, sleeping
one night on Lake Erie and one on the Hudson.
Think OF that two days from Cincinnati to New
York AT present the fare by the Lake route ~
81, and there are no hotel expenses the meals
the railroad are the only extra expense.
StennIng on the OHIO has never been more diff
cult then II Is at the present moment all the good
boats eie LAID up, or else fast on sand-bars-there
being but % inches Of water IN the channel be-
tween here and Pittsburgh The fare 70 New Or
leans is up TO S25 including board, It is said, while
iast ON the sand-bars. The travelling public VIII
tocn be accommodated with a magnificent hstsl-
a dcsIdefaium unfortunately much wanted in Cln-
cinnsu. IL will be called the " Barnet House,"
ano Il TO out lleIod the Astor. Furniture 10 the
amount oi 100000 has Just been purchased for this
siUpendous establishment. The German poSua-
ton OF CiLcinnsti Is enormous, being about thirty
thous sand the Miami canal, running through the
Ccntre Of the city, Is Jokinrb termed the Rhine rs
the Germans mostly live between IL and the hills
back 81 the city, which are covered with vineyards
The cultivation 81 the grape is becoming OF inn
Dense Importance here, aud IN my next will give
you some interesting statistics, proving that tie
Geimens ofe uying TO transplant the old fatherlsnd
10 Their new home. CTNCINvATU-