The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-05-10
ON tn T. r O A D /.
Correspondence of Che Californian.

Cleveland, where nv last communication
left me, is busy: thriving city, at the mouth
of the Cuyahoca river, on Lake Erie. The
Depots of the Cleveland & Erie, Cleveland
Columbus, and Cleveland & Toledo r. R.,
are contiguous on the shore Of the Lake on
the eastern sid" Of the river, excep: that the
Cleveland & Toledo have also a depot on
the west side, affordinQ good accommodations
for passengers. The city itself is on a high
ground on the east side, and commands fine
view Of Lake Erie towards the setting sun.
saw one steamer in the distance bound for
Detroit. as now april ~ here, and to the
n. f. as far as Erie, the lake is clear of ice,
and steamers will commence running gene
rally in about two weeks. There are some
nice hotels in C., got up expressly to accom-
modate travellers, Judging from what saw
IN my short stay-tor at this place leave for
time the Great Western route, and 30 a.
cross the State to Cincinnati
The Cleveland 4 Columbus Il. r. follows
for short distance the valley Of the Cuya-
hosa, ascending by an easy grade to the lev
el above, and :hcn the traveller can Just be-
gin to learn what Ohio is. On every side,
as far as one can see for wood, the land mic hit
Compared to VermonD he called level, 50
hnont,fu lIV- 1.soc
hand, as hour after hour you are whirled a.
long There is Just swell enough to drain of
the water, and no more and it is no wonder
to me now that there are so many railroads
in this State for they can be built in any
direction, in all the middle and northern see
tons, without the question of grade once
coming into the account Indeed, saw no.
thing descr,n. the name Of hill north Of
Nenia. The State is much better wooded
than | anticipated but YOU see no evercrcens
the pine, spruce, hcmlock, and fir of the
New England States are '.nowhar" here. but
chestnut, oak, and whitewood take their pa-
ces. and these grow to a large size. The
soil seems adapted for everything which man
needs for food Wheat, corn. indeed all &C.
real gralrs. grass, escuent roots, apples.
peaches. ?lums, grapes. hogs, horsts. cattle.
sheep and poultry can be produced in album
darce, AMI there is so little waste land q
have not seen an acre YETI that believe the
whole existing population of the United
States might be sustained on its soil. if it
were as well cultivated as is Germany. No
wonder the Dutch ike Ohio. But | see a
great mary things to remind me that | am
not in New England miss first of all the
church and III" school house. In the r,Ira
districts the houses are not very near each
other, and are built mostly of logs. the crew.
COS Of which are filled with mortar made of
mud and straw, with a wooden fireplace and
chimney hu. : outside at one end. Burns
are few and far between, and generally moth
ING but crazy LOG shantv at that and was
told by one " no got into the cars above Co.
lumbu>, that their cattle suffered terribly du
ring the past unprecedented winter
The people in the northern parts are iu>t
removing the corn left in the fields during
the winter, preparatory TO blowing. and in
IN the southern part are husilv engaged in
getting the corn into the ground The wealth
cr is cold. however, and have not seen a
day vet when fire was uncomfortable. Win
ter wheat is now ust the ,recnc>t of green
ia: d is in this vicinity some four inches hicl
This city is well situated for a business
place. and there seems To- hr plenty of it
HE OHIO Is pretty well up, with l.; feet of
water in the channel and of course boats and
tOatmen have enough TO DO Tie house at
which ] am stopping Spencer IIou>c) front,
the landing. and the whole of the broad riv-
er front is packed full of steamboats,. head
to shore. destined to all places up and down
the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers
These boats are all thrcc-deckers, with the
officers stat.rooms and the wheelhouSe above
all, and some Of them have four decks
Great placard on the front of the promcna lie
or ''hurricane deck announce. perhaps
that 1.-THE Europa will leave for ST Louis and
Dubuque, Iowa, this day at 1 =. NJ, precise.
ly,"bu if You intend to 90 in her YOU need
not harry on hoard, for rest assured she will
not depart as long as she can take another
bale on her, or espy another passenger CON-
ing along the landing. On Sabbath I at
tended church at the LIST Orthodox Concre
gational on 9TH ST., Rev. Mr. Storrs Ga man
by the by very much like Mr.. Blodce:t of
your place.. He is sound and animated
preacher. Cincinnati is not in New Eng
land, as Sunday alone conclusivclv tells
IT'S true the draws are not busy, but the
boatmen are taking in the freight crowded
to the landing on Saturday. the railroad Off
ccs are open, express wagons and omnibuses
are full of business and people, and what NAV
sound strange to Vermont ears, while in
church a procession of Odd Fellows passed
along the street with band of music in full
blast, drum and ALL
There is Of course no Maine Law here
"whiskcy is cash." and | should Judge BY
advertisements ] see every day, that two
thirds of all the ''pure brandy, rose gin and
Sch'edam Schnapps" Of the Eastern cities
was manufactured from this same Cincinnati
whiskey.
But enough-you NAV hear from me again. /