The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-09-16
LETTER FROM CINCINNATI.
The Weather and Crops-GrGpe Cuitue-Th'
ELectionS-Seoond Of August Celebration
Colored People of Cincinnati.

The Heather and Crops-Grape Cuiture-Ihe
ELectionS-Seoond Of Augua CeieJration-
Colored People Of Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, August 81, 1852.
To the Editor of the National Era
Since the LIST of this month we have had I'M
usually mild weather for this season, in this city
and vicinity some of the nights having been
quite cool The month Of July was as sultry
as usual but this should Judge by our feel
ings to have been the mildest August we have
had for many years. Our citizens who have
been at the East, at Niagara, or other places
for relaxation or health, are returning and
soon the hustle of the fall business will be
heard, and merchants from the country towns
be thronging the city for their fall supplies
The crops, on the whole will be very good, ex-
ceeding in the aggregate those of any previous
year. The extreme cold weather of last JAN
uary killed much of the fruit and we have
no peaches, or the same as none, for common
use. A few which | saw in market last week,
of middling quality, were selling for five cents
each Apples we have in abundance, as well
as plums and pears, and all kinds of vegeta-
bles in the greatest profusion-more indeed
than can be used by the inhabitants Our
markets just now in variety and amount of
edibles may challenge comparison with any
in the Union The harvest is over. and the
rich abundance of the Miami valley unsur-
passed for fertility, is pouring in upon us.
The grape is not as was feared, injured to
a great extent but the vintage will not be as
large as last year Much attention has been
given in this vicinity to the grape culture for
some years past, and several gentlemen OF
means and enterprise, among whom N. Long
worth and r. Buchanan are conspicuous, have
done much to improve the quality of the wine
made here, and to call the public attention,
| through the press to the subject The conse-
quence is. we have in this vicinity the purest
| and best wine manufactured on this continent
| As this branch of culture has risen to some
Importance, propose devoting a separate arti-
Gle to some details of its history, extent, and
| value
The approaching State and Presidential elec.
tons are exciting some interest. but there has
been failure to get up anything like an ex-
| element such as that of 1910 or of l84S, or
anything approaching the deep feeling exhib.
tied in 1914. The campaign will be compare
| lively quiet one; the people seem disposed
to give more attention to their usual avoca-
tons than to politics and party excitement.
The truth is, neither of the leading parties
have put forward candidates of much personal
popularity, or in whose behalf much enthusi-
asm can be drawn out And as read the his
tory of the past, the less there is of military
enthusiasm and high excitement in the canvass.
the worse it will be for the Wings There is
more interest here Just now in our local poll
tics. This Congressional district has been d.
vided into two, and in such way as to secure
decided Democratic ma jority in each-which
| suppose may be considered fair enough, as
the party have a majority of from 1000 to
$500 in the county d. T. Disney is the Dem
ocratic candidate for reelection in the first
district and F.. {. Roll in the second, both of
whom are sure of an election.
Our colored friends had very appropriate
celebration of the anniversary of West India
emancipation on Monday, August I'd, the exer.
cises taking place in a grove some miles dis
tant from the city, which they reached by the
Dayton railroad Delegations were present
from several of the large towns in the State
north of this, and some of their best orators
were present, and made addresses, which were
interspersed with excellent music The Order
| of United Colored Americans, dressed in Their
regalia, marched in the procession, and made
fine appearance The train which conveyed
those wishing to participate in the celebration
was the largest passenger train which has left
about 1900 persons.
A few evenings since, the col0red people OF
the city held a meeting of which John Hat
field was President and John Gaines, Secre
tary for the purpose of appointing delegates
to the approaching Cleveland Convention ant
expressing their views upon several subjects o
deep interest to them A series of resolution
was adopted, urging the getting up of peti
| films for tho rapaal of tho Rio oh a,rs ro,oa;n
ing on our statute books; and demanding tn,
right of trial by jury of their peers, anc
of the elective franchise recommending tn
encouragement of learning and the diffusion
of intelligence among the colored people: pro
testing against Stanly's Colonization bill in
trOduced into Congress- as an invasion Of thei
rights, and rejoicing over the liberation O
Drayton and Sayres.
The colored people here are to great OK
tent an intelligent, enlightened, peaceable par
of our community, and for some years hav
been making very laudable efforts to educat
and elevate their children Under our presen
laws they have the privilege of public schools
of their own, where they pay taxes enough t.
support them. In this city they have two dis
tricts, and a school in each, and vote annually
for their trustees They have four churches
| two of the Methodist and two of the Baptis,
pcrsuasOn,) which have substantial brick ed
fees, all built or bought within few years
past; several benevolent societies: and, as a
class, are as sober, orderly, and free from vice
in proportion to their numbers as the white
citizens. At their second of August celebration
| it was remarked that there was not one drunk
en- man on the ground, and the behaviour for
so large an assemblage was quite AZ unexcep-
tonable as any similar one among the whites
would have been Indeed, it would contrast
very favorably with some of our political gath
erings and fourth of July celebrations.
| 1t is seldom that correspondents of the Era
have to complain Typographical errors but
there is one in the last line OF my last letter,
dated July 30, which deserves correction lest !
| be made to utter nonsense. cannot now re-
member the term used, but am sure that such
an outlandish word as neurological" could
never have entered my mind The idea was,
that the subject should be discussed in a less
desultory and illogical manner-a more sys-
tematic and convincing array of the doctrine
and proof on the points in question presented
all OF which will come in due time
| Yours, =.
VOICE FROM WISCONSIN.
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