The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-06-15
Wheatland, June 10Th, 1850.
Correspondence of The Cecil Wing.
BUFrALo, Pa, June 8, 1850.


DEAR RlcKETTs:-Yesterday NOR uing
We ros. with the dawn, and majority
of your readcrs-in Elkton at least
were snoring away. left Columbia and
after walk Of about an hour arrived at
Marietta, town extending 9 miles along
the rivers edge. The houses on Front
street are sowed along thinly; and have
a large garden or potato patch between
near y every one of them; but on Back
street there are some very fine buildings,
and the town has quite respectable APP
pearance. After taking breakfast here
we started out into the country. The
first place We reached was Maytown
pllce not worth a notice--lhe next
Elizabethiown, village whose houses
are all new and streets old. and the next
Mlddle,own, one Of the preItlest little
towns I ever was in. The buildings and
streets are all new and clean. Tie in
habitants look tidy. and about every
thing there is an air Of neatness and
sweetness which Is fascinating. Middle
town is a perfect little gem of place
Pm in love with it, and had great
mind to stop and spend week in It,
After taking good view of it however,
and determining to visit it again shortly
we walked on and put up for the night
6 miles before we came to Harrisburg.
The country from Marietta to Elizabeth
town is hllIy, but We'll cultivated. Be-
tween EliZaoehlown and Middle,own it
Is broken and very stony and the soil Is
light and yraveIly; but around Middle
town and on to Harrisburg it is gently
unduating and in the highest state of
cultivation. The f- Ids which are thick
ly dotted with locusts in full bloom, look
like gardens, and the hoWses and barns
which are airy and commodous present
a very imposing view. This morning
We walked INTO Harrisburg and strolled
through thecity, the Capitol and public
grounds took a peep at the Senate
chamber, the Hall OF Representatives,
and the Public Library. The keeper
was very polite, and we examined the
whole building; and then assembled TO
the dome and had fine view Of the
surroundings country. We passed
the Governors residence on Front street
"a street running along the rivers edge,
and one of the dirtlest in town. There
Is nothing grand about HIS Excellency's
mansion, and 1t is scarcely, if at all distin
guishable from those adjoining.
From Harrisburg upthe rive. to where
J am now writing the scenery Is very
tine-much finer than We have vet pas
sed. For miles tract of cultivated coun
try spreads out as far as the eye can
reach, then succeeds cham OF mnun-
tans, broken IN lodges and running in
every direction. Some OF these lodges
are four and five hundred feet high and
present in some parts a rugged front Of
rocks covered only with few stnted
pines and cedars-at others an almost
impenc'rable wall of green leaves.
The "blue Juniata'' is quiet, lovely
stream not over 10 yards wide, and flow
ing along as calmly as a poets dream
The scenery along 1t is not so awfully
grand as along the Susquehanna. The
surface Of its waters is not disturbed or
rullled by single rock; and as it poured
along through cultivated fields and slni-
ling meadows couldn't but think OF the
beautiful song about the Indian girl
"bric hit Alarato'"
The country about the junction Of the
Susqnehanna and JunIata is lovely, and
with some far lassle ! wot Of for COM
panlon | could live here quite happily.
Above the junction the mountains on
either side OF the Susquehanna gradual
ly fall away, and the river becomes
smooth.
The houses and barns are not so large
in this county (Dauphln) as in Lancas-
ter. There the hous es are large; but the
barns much larger. have seen several
barns With no less than eighteen windows
and doors in one side. What use they
are you must guess.
w.