The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-08-15
WHOLE NO. 1S9.

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identity Of appearance different from that Of Gin
cinati. Beyond the Court House, in the Queen
City, you hear more Of the German language,
particularly on Sunday, than of your own, from
the passers-by in the streets. Their very clothes
you see were made in the old country. and scores
Of them have just arrived. Their friends who
are walking beside them, and pointing out appa-
rent objects with great volubilty, as you can see
have been here a little while before them, as
g. 81 .4rerr monuments anIJd are
Americanized show. In fact. the German non
ulNrlOn nave that part Of Cincinnati almost
entirely to themselves, In Louisville you
see comparatively few foreigners, it has the look
Of Baltimore. Louisville in population and
character resembles Baltimore In Baltimore
however, there are fewer dandies-I mean fash
ionable young men, young men who seem to have
nothing TO do but to dress themselves foppishly
and idle about-than in any other city This i'm
preston has frequently occurred to US; and while
the Baltimore women are remarkable for their
beauty, the men certainly are not remarkable for
their personal appearance
We believe that there is more social equality
in Baltimore than in any other large city in the
Union. The mechanic here stands higher, and he
is more conscious of the fact. Many of the
highest public offices here are filled by mecban-
les. As class, here, they are very intelligent
and very independent in their bearing-none
more So One Is struck too with the prevalence
Of Methodism in Baltimore. Methodism thrives
better in the South than in the North its warm
and trusting faith, so full Of sunshine and hope
suits this meridian, and is compatible with the
comparative equality which prevails here.
Xau do l.. a.
as formerly and there are not so many of them
oss,vsl have not looked at the census to test
this fact, but TO the eye il certainly appears So
IL Baltimore has not her public squares like Phil
adsNpHsa, hlled with trees, she has her mouu-
ment squares, and her city springs, la all Of
which Cincinnati Is 80 wofully deficient The
only thing like public square in Cincinnati is
in Eighth street, five remember rightly and there
half the time in fine weather the inhabitants
round about are kicking up a dust in the way OF
cleaning their carpets. The dwellings in Cinciu-
natl are extremely neat, and you see at once that
white labor has had the care Of them
Recurring to Methodism We 90 frequently TO
the Light street Methodist Church, whittier we
were frequently led in our boyhood by our good
old maiden aunt, and where, too now we are
met by the spirit of improvement, at least for the
better arrangement Of the church. If not In the
spirit of the worshippers THE old " bird.nest
pulpit" Is removed, and a more modern and
roomy one substituted. And, by the bye, IL has
often occurred to US that those abird-nest pull
pits as somebody calls them Of the olden time,
must have been great foes to the display Of elo-
quence. Perched away off from the worshippers
the preacher must have felt himself with them,
bat not Of them--hs n,arasss to his congregation
must have been lessensd in them. We do not
wonder that Wbiteheld preferred preaching In
the open air, with the heavens for a sounding
board, as he said. With all his powers, he must
have felt himself cramped in one of those pulpis,
with the sounding board, looking like an extin-
guisher, raised over his head "Mother, why
don't they let that poor man out ?" said little
child to his mother, who had taken him for the
first time to a church In which there was enc of
those "brd-nest pulpits,p where the urchn
thought the preacher was Gagged, and, by his eager
gesticulations In the situation Of Sternes starting
Light street Church Is generally filled on oc-
casions Of worship, and we shall never forget our
good aunt's taking US there when child, to hear
Mr. Summerfeld preach to the children. That
SANITY apostolic pale face is before US now, after
'~T hs heb BODY , Of The church xs. crowded with
children of which crowd We formed one We
noticed, even then, that not . sisl- played with
her neighbours riband, or her own snd that the
boys entirely forgot their mischief and were won
from their general lstless indifference in church
while all gazed into the face Of the preacher with
deep earnestness. One Of his remarks we shall
never forget IL was something in this wise
Little children, he said, "if you were away
from home, snd your parents-your father or
mother-should write to you, how eagerly you
would open that wished-for letter, would you
not7 And how eagerly you would read every
line Of IT, and how you would treasure their ad-
mentions, their good advice, in your memory
You would resolve to do what they wished you
to do--juHt what they desired. You would resolve
should be your steady aim, and again and again
you would unfold that letter in some quiet room,
or when you were apart from your paymates, and
read and reread 1t to yourselves, that you might
know 1t all by heart, and do just ss they bid you
You would remember how that dear parent loved
you, how much trouble and anxiety he had felt
when you were ill., and how affectionately he had
watched over you Yes, yon would think of all
this, know you would, for you look like good
you are here In church to-day, and
that is another proof that you are good children.
Yes, you would think 80 much Of that dear let
Ter. Well, little children your Father who Is In
heaven, your Heavenly Father, has sent you q
etter Also and here II Is In the shape Of this book
which hold in my hand, and Of which you have
III heard-I mean the Bible" And, SO speaking,
he explained to the children the character Of
Christ. What | remember most distinctly,
hough, is that passage, and such n manner.
With the capital improvements in Light street
,hurch, while my taste could not but admire IT,
own longed for the old appearances Of things,
hat might call up the more wildly the spirit Of
hat eloquence, now gone, which 30 interested and
,harmed my boyhood. have just been reading
Summerfeld's Sermons and Sketches of Sermons
and in doing so have been trying to recall his
manner and tones ms he stood In that old pulpit,
and account for the effect which he produced In
their delivery for they are certainly not remark
able sermons In matter, and ! can In a measure
realize their effect. But II requires one In doing
no, to keep constantly in the "mind's eye" the
living, breathing utserer OF them, to their very
Baltimore is called the Monumental City II
might also be called the City OF Societies For
scarcely q day passes that some one of these nu-
nervous bodies do not turn out, often alas to bury
their dead. But In country like ours, such
societies flor they are almost all Of them Of q
benevolent character) do inoalculsble good In the
example which they set Of temperance and phi
lanthropy. And ns man is a social being, these
associations bring men together without the need
Of their resorting to the bar ROOM or the theatre,
to crafty questionable socisbility and love Of
excitement.
There Is one kind Of Association however,
though may be the most useful Of all in our Cities
which IT, nevertheless, the source Of great
many outrares. We ailude TO the different FIRE
companies. Powerfully, Philadelphia Is the city
Of brotherly love, ION paper), and Of Firemen's
most unbrotherly riots In fact. They arise
in the first place from emulation among the ire
men, but they end, like emulation In all other
places, too often In strife, bloodshed and murder
Here, bot the other evening, Fire Company was
outrag eously assaulted, In returning peacsably
from fire where they did good service, and II
Is shrewdly suspected that the assaulters were
members Of another company. There was no one
murdered, but limbs were broken, and other Sc
we're injuries inflicted These matters are dis
grace to civilized community, and there seems
40 likelihood Of an end being put to such pro-
seedlings. II strikes az thAtit would be well II Lone
hut aDOointed and Maid 6remen selected bv the