The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-09-23
Scraps of Travel.

and truly, a more flourishing inland city
have not seen since the commencement
If my travelling tour. Tho grea! COM
peii,or Of this city is Syracuse, aud the
rapid advancement Of that city, IN build
ing, progress, and other improvement,
makes !. place Of much importance,
both in common wealth Of the State as
we'll as 10 the private interest Of her own
citizens. This city also appears TO be
rapidly building, and among the now
progressing Improvements, there are
many fine specimens of architecture
A splendid work is now advancing on
Genesee street, the City Hall, which,
when completed, will compose prvmi.
nent feature Of lha. part uf the city. The
manufactures are carried on 10 large
extent here; an enormous cotton factory,
deriving its power from one Of the most
beautiful steam engines tina, ] ever saw
in motion, is giving employment, to many
hands, and turning off hundreds of yards
daily,-also magnificent establishment
for the manufacture Of the various woolen
fabrics, and containing some of the mos,
splendid machinery which art can de-
wise, is in full operation on Columbia
street, filling that part Of The city with is
,leafening noise end almost ceaseless
din, yet, just step in that massive build.
ing, and for momen. view the clock
like operation Of The machinery, and nc
celebrated speed Of those e.giving pul>
leys! Look at tia, snowy hvece--now
those steel fingers are seizing and twist.
ing i. into all manner OF sizos and shapes
now it is liberated, and flies to another
pari o! the building, before you can get
there 10 watch it--aeain il undergocs o
similar opera,ioD,-and again, until
finally il is finished, and like man, a. the
close Of long and siorm.tosssd life,
comes forth from The great mill o. human
en,erprze and improvement IA regen.
Grated piece Of original design fitted
for q higher and more moral use. Now
stop your ears close, and ascend here,
among those rows Of mad. like aud ciait.
ering looms, under the guidance Of two
hundred female hands, and you will ack-
now!edge that tho SELECT" is more
"noisy" than the cause, il no. greater, in
its character, for while her ponderous en-.
gine exer,s power equal to the united
strength Of 200 horses, there is as much
ease and freedom OF motion as there is a
lack Of deafening noise in the engine
room. There are also great many fac
tories in this vicnity-a. Clayvllle,
Cassville, and the country intervening,
the combination of which constitutes one
Of the most manufacturing portions Of the
State. There is in this city a free
school, deriving its support from the
State, wherein any pupil may gain ad.
mission, after passing examination by a
board Of trustees, appointed as officers ol
the institution. All ihe dead languages
are taught in this school by competent
teacher, Of whom there are some A or 5
in the teachers department. But among
the institutions Of the Empire State
there are none that can boast Of greater
humanity Of design, or beauty Of archi
lecture than the estate Lunalic Asylum,
erected in the western end Of this CITY,
Yesterday visited the Hon. C. A. Mum
one of The trustees Of the institution, ant
from him obtained q permi, TO sisi, il
Arriving in front Of tho building, th'
prospect is grand and majestic. l, face'
$50 feet font, with wings extending bacl
$50 feet, which are reunited on ,h'
back ground, The whole building en-
closing a court, or space Of A acres. Or
ringing bell at the hall door, one OF tht
attendants soon appeared, who showed
me through all those parts OF the ins'i
tuition which visitors are allowed TO in
spect: and certainly the interior of ih'
edl6ce il worthy of the prepossessing ap
pearance Of The exterior. To each stor!
there is division of cells on each sid
Of long and continuous hall, tho foo
Of which is Of snowy brigltness-also
large library 10 each hall, together with
spscious cupboard arranged with IL
crockery, cutlery, &C., in the most ad
.mirable precision, giving you an idea o
the utility of "order" IN practical appl
cation as essentially necessary 10 tn
comfort Of the institution. After ascend
ing S or 6 flights Of stairs we u, last cam
10 the cupola of the edifce, from which
magnificent view Of the city was opene'
10 US. The lofty spires of The churche
were faf beneath us--ihe Cathedral O
81. Patrick, and the First Presby yteria
church, look far above the other spires O
the city churches, and impress one
mind with degree Of awe no, often in
spired by earthly scenes. Returning, w
, were shown the heating and venlilatin
, appara,ds-lhe heating agent is steam
, which is sen, from an apparatus, nov
being constructed under ground, tbroug
5 the whole building. This maenifcen
ediice is erected in the Doric style c
= archileciure-with SIX monstrous pillar
! in front Of the central part, eigh, feet i
, diameter, at the base, and elegant
Auted; the top Of which are surmounte
by poriico Of fifty feet in length. Fac
: one Of these columns, ! was informed
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