Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21
Editorial Correspondence.
WINNIE HOUSE, CINCINNATI, (
! June IA, 1853. {

June IA, 1908,
Siung in the reading room this morning,
we picked up one after another Of the daily
papers in hopes Of finding something ofin-
terest 10 The general reader. Never was
there more general drought. No accidents
worth recording; no excitemen,-polilcal,
religious, or miscellaneous. Nothing but
old stories, recipes for making soft soap, the
proceedings Of some hugeoIslu benevolent
society Of male women, and few penny.a-
line local items Of mad,dogs, hot weather,
and injustice.
From all this, wicked man that we are,
we derived, much consolation. Our sub
scribers, thought we, will lose nothing by
our absence. So we resolved 10 make our
self easy on that score, and having done
so, we. feel much better
Coming down on the steamer Ohio last
week we occupied stateroom with gen.
lleman named Beatty, formerly Of Lancaster,
O., who visited Cincinnati TO purchase ma
terials for publishing Democratic paper in
Athens. lie appears like gentleman and
scholar, and will no doubt publish good
paper. lie is the author Of an elaborate
treatise on Agriculture, and The treatment Of
Domestic Animals.
The Ohio was crowded with passengers,
but, having secured slaleroom, we expert.
enced no difficulty, except at meals. Either
the table was TOO small, or there were too
many passengers. However, we generally
managed 10 get seat at The third table,
Had the table been slightly elongated, it
might have improved matters somewhat.
Burlington, al present answers well Gold
smiths description of the Deserted Village,
while lronron is rapidly becoming great
city. To perceive the cause of this, one has
only TO examine the map and consider the
disadvantages Of the former place in poin,
of location.
IA few miles above Portsmouth the. boa,
stopped an hour or TWO, taking on iron. We
embraced this opportunity of visiting for the
first time an iron furnace. 1t was 10 us u
curiosity indeed. One thing, however,
seemed unaccountable, - the extravagant
waste of siliceous or CLASSY substance which
rises 10 the surface of the heated ron In
one instance we observed that it was used in
filling up large ravine. 1t is also used in
making The roads near the furnace. In
England, we understand il is extensively
used in making black porter bottles and it
is surprising that In this age of invention,
some Yankee is not making fortune, by
turning the immense quantities found at our
furnaces 10 good account. A gentleman of
our acquaintance once talked of paIen,ng
an invention for making glass roofs for
houses. This material might answer that
purpose excellen'ly we'll,
Cincinnati is truly great city. What
strikes US as the most remarkable feature in
its growth is the rapid increase in wealth,
luxury. and extravaganza. The most prince.
ly mansion this city contained ten years
ago, now looks like diOpidaled one.horse
country tavern, compared with the magnif.
cent palaces which surround it. An instance
in point is found in the fact that The great
Bazaar, built by Madame Trollope, about
which SO much wus said at the time, is now
used as kitchen and dining.room for the
Winnie House, al which we arc writing.
Ten years ago, we viewed with pride and
omazement The banking. house of the Ohio
Life and Trust Company, which overshad-
owed all the other buildings near the corner
OF Third and Main streets. Now, man
who formeriy peddled bad whisky at three
cents glass, is orcc,ing an ediice in lis i'm
mediate vicinity, which as far surpassos it,
as ii then surpassed the rickety old shanty
on the opposite corner; and wo are told
that the Trust Company intend soon 10 pull
| il down, and build one which shall be in
character with the age. On this subject, we
might say much more, if time would per-
mit Other things, however, claim our at.
tenlion.
The increase Of luxury, extravaganza
and vice Of every kind is truly alarming.
Although familiar with Cincinnati for many
Years, we have been surprised beyond mea.
sure during the few days of our stay here,
at sights we have been compelled TO wit.
ness And here we can now clearly trace
an intimate connection between The recently
accumulated wealth and extravaganza Of The
city and the vice pracIiced here. Many,
very many, Of those who are now making
great display of wealth, ten years ago were
engaged in occupations which we should
blush TO name. Alas, for the rising genera.
'ion--'he youth Of the city Most of this
wealth has passed through their haDds-h