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mus occupied are VIDE hnQ sunk some -hree
feet below the natural surface and ale planted
from end to end viii trees most Of which have
attained large growth. The houses occupy
IN elevated position abOut twenty or thirty feet
frOu the street, enclosed with iron ratings, sst
in cut stone walls. And the lots are traverssd
with shell walks, towering shrubbery, ever
greens and ssatuary.
Louisville is situate on bsautifhl plain o..
paciOus enough IN extent 10 accommodate q
million Of inhabitants; but il hAs not the ele.
pents Of growth and greatness Of Obcinnati,
in our own State. There Is plSinly pereepdble
here, an essential difference in the habits and
customs Of the people Of native birth and sdu-
cation. A want Of physical energy, lAssi.
tude, and trusting to others 10 do the work,
which can only be done timely and well by
themselves The master is not in hurry,
and in this the slave is like him. Business is a
secondary object. The thing mainly sought
after is ease and pleasure. and there are found
in fine houses 6ne dress and 6ne travelling O.
quipage. Innumersble carriages Of the most
splendid make, are constantly rolling through
the streets, or stand in waiting at the doors Of
the little palaces of the grandees who can
scarcely walk the length of a square to call on
friend, but to conform to the established eti-
quette must recline on the velvet cushions of a
$1,000 carriage, and be handed out in due style.
There are very few manufacturing establish
ments in Louisville of any kind, and no
rail road terminates there but the short and
unimportant one up to Lexington. In these
essential particulars this city is clearly behind
the age. and negligent of her commanding po-
sitiOn and best interest. BY the grand system
Of mGin stem and branches, the Cincinnati
ans are just now pushing on through the Co.
vington and Lexington road to Danyille, Knox
vile, Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans,
thus sweeping the vast trade and travel of the
south west for the present and all time to come
from Louisville And all this Cincinnati will
be very apt to accomplish, though Louisville is
one hundred and fifty miles nearer to il in di-
rect line. and that by the river. .......t
We spent Saturday and the Sabbath at Lou
isvlle, and at noon on Monday left on the
steamer Southerner, for Smithand, at the
mouth of the Cumberland river, three hundred
and fifty miles below. The Ohio, below the
falls. is deep, vide and naVigable. believe at
all times, for steamboats, of the largest class
ILis very broad from Henderson as far down
as we went averaging as suppose, nearly or
quite mile. We reached Smithand the next
day at one O'Clock, P. NJ, travelling at the
tate of about fifteen miles an hour running
time. Smithland is an unimpOrLant town. We
got our dinners here, and this was quite a big
JOB for SO small place, for our party had
been constantly increasing so that we now
numbered about one hundred delegates, min
listers and elders
The Cumberland is very narrow, deep and
long stream. think it is not one hundred
yards wide, and yet for most Of the year it is
navigable, by pretty fair class Of steamboats,,
for six hundred miles. Nashville is two hun
dred miles from its mouth. We had. while at
Louisville. arranged by telegraph with the
owner Of boat at Nashville to meet us at
smithland at three o'clock on Tuesday. But
the hour came and passed and one. two and
three others without bringing the boat, SO we
we're compelled to take passage on a small boat
which happened b come along 1t was only
calculatedto to accommodate City passengers and
there were sixty on II already, so that we. had
a surplus Of one hundred and ten on board,
and such crowd aud such leveling Of dig
nifty scarcely ever happens. Reverends, Drs.
of Divinity, Hon. Judges Of Courts, and other
hOnorables we're as glad to get the length and
breadth Of themselves on the cabin floor at
night, or an empty chair at the Gtsh table as
the humblest layman, 1t is true the first night
there appeared to be little reserve. but the
second night found all in prOmscuous pile in
the embraces Of the sleepy god.
The only town of importance which VIC
passed was Gainesville, SIS miles below Nash.
vile. tits said to contain 5000 inhabitants
and is place Of considerable business. The
great iroA region of Tennessee is below Clarks.
vile, on both sides of the river, and we saw
quite number Of the furnace landings as W.
passed up. On Thursday morning, the l7lh
at o'clock A. NJ, we arrived IN Nashville
and put up for breakfast at the Sewana House
1 and then proceeded to the fast church, D
: Edgars, and were shown by him to the prince
n ly residence Of Mr.. James B. Craiehead
9 which had been assigned to four of US, as GU
r quarters for the two weeks Of the session.
: Mr.. Craighead and his amiable lady treated u
with all that kindness and hospitality, for Whicl
d the south is so famous. and to which We shal
n ever recur with The most grateful and livel
9 recollections.
a On this day, May l7tb, at liza. NJ, the As