The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-07-31
Original,
Original,
Cincinnati correspondence.
CINcINNATi, July %, 10

The Queen City of the West, is the proud
name by which this town assumes superior
dignity. What its particular qnoerly quail
ties may be, have not yet conspicuously aP-
peared. Great magnfcence and beauty as
a city, it would be folly to claim for Cincin
natl True, there are many things seen and
done here that are not seen and done in your
place or even Toledo (:) but still there are
many, very many characteristics Of the sur
rounding country here that dispel all magic of
eueenly citydom, and force upon the attention
the striking fact that this is city of work
shops, traders in al hog and hominy," shay
ers, market. people Dutch and Irish, and
mcngers cf the rough realities of everyday
life. Little or nothing seems fsiry-hke-ail
is real, substantial, actual. Pukopo!is is Il e
more appropriate aud less poetical name. 1t
speaks homey but emphatic truth.
Cincinnati is generally regularly hi! out,
the streets crossing each other at right angles,
snd the plan extending with exactn''s to th'
streets of Covington and Newport, Ky, the
Ohio, river creating at present but slight
hiatus in their connections. They are all
neatly graded and paved as are the alleys.
They are generally narrow, hut are Il e nore
che aply made and kept clean. The squares
are small, and cut up by great numbers OF
streets, which are kept remarkably clean, at
an expense, as l see stated, of nearly Sl5,-
81 l.,
we'll supplied with gas and water, churches
and church bells, schools, steam fire engines
and other eleemosynary institutions. The
most marked deficiency that notice, is the
almost total absence OF dogs. The rid 'aace
is almost equal to that effected BY s.. Patrick,
when he exterminated the sn ,kes ia Ireland
Dogs are a NUS n :e in any towa A f5=
days ago, a mtnsy cur. su;h as iniest towns
generally, was observed in some "dog ca
per" in the street, when the cry of mad dog
was raised, and some 50 or 100 men and boys
ran after the brute, and soon dispatched him.
The population claim ID for Cincinnati at
present is 200, 900, and, throwing in Coving-
ton and Newport, think that number may
be reached. 1t is large town for its years
and position, being inland and less than co.
But its growth is regular and healthy, based
upon good business foundation and in no
manner speculative. Real property is still
comparatively cheap here, though the up
ward tendency is very fair. 1t is impossible
to see any reason why the elements that have
made Cincinnati what it is, should not con
tinue to forever accelerate its growth. Il
will doubtless soon stand No. 8, among Ameri
can cities, in population-perhaps at the mex
census,
A large town like this presents to the view
at all times the different conditions of human
ity in strongly marked contrast. Affiuenc'
and the most abject poverty and degradation
pass along side by side, together with all th'
intermediate grades. 1 see but little here o
such splendor or display as to excite surprise
but it does seem somewhat strange that in
land Of plenty, where labor is in demand a
good prices and the means Of living ar
cheap, healthy, stalwart men will descend tt
the mean business of rag-picking in tn
streets.
MO-, Sc personal appearance, fashion ,goverl
ana classify the people of the town more thai
athose of the country, and Of the city NOR
than those of the town. This kind of dis
tinction, conferred by dry-goOds and furnish
ing, though childish, is all-pOwerful, ant
must be observed. We may dislike its arbi
trary laws and contemn its tickle follies as W
will, still we feel obliged to follow after an
obey its exactions as fully as our means wi
permit. We may ridicule, but must conform