New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-01
CINCINNATI.
of TSs =. Y. rnssss.

uhrr (iist After sald the cSnpanUn "
IN h,u oerih 10 Journey % the Oa'o. Gs' vs. SEW
on, as the seest of the Euehsa ionic Company
n .,u,ore the country snd conc'ate IL savage ~
h.hi,.n,.. He WA Charmed With 4" this most de-
:. b,b,ful country, ""u Of i'tis sre<hs ana nVu'
"le,., vsries BY beautiful IA ;arai pf1r'e' A"a
"sboundioe ate turkey', deer, eik' 'unA4o"N, ""'
|" most sor,s Of game He found cleared n1'as oo
the Grea, and Little Mamie, and went oaeA Z" niS
employers with descriptions OF ,ho r-soo S'ico
aid not rxcesd the truth 10 ITS Daniel B'ooe'
While among the Indians IS captive, eAp'o1'a 'n''
r, gion ana confirmed Ga's description 10 Ho'
Judge Jrhp Clevis symmes, memoef VI nelose
nom New .Jeney, purchased tract VI iand between
the Little and Great Miains, including the Pfeseu.
site OF Cincinnati his purchase incIuded sotne
GuV.I 90 acres. In September, HSo-su mon!ns
after The fret colony landed at hsrietta|h
Drpu,au OF Springfield, n. j., conducted seversI
f,mi,,rs In the immediate viSnlty OF Cinciun'ti;
I,rael Ludlow, . surveyor, Judge symmee and
other, came the same year. II WAS dangerous
p,sition on account vi the hostility vi the lnuiSs
no maj he'd the beginnings of the settlements SNI
b,ood. Anumber of the hrst settlers We're hhi II.
On the 18th of December, l7SS, the settlement
was begun ut Cincinnati, by Israel Ludlow and Hne
tfte,n or twenty Others The first cabin ever
IA
Cist states on Front street, ON the east SIDE snd
mar where Main street enters FrJnt. There are
three distinct rises Of land in the cite OF Cincln-
natl. viz: the Z" first bottom, near the rlVer, tue
s.coud bottom, some fifty feet higher than tie
hr,t AID over one hundred feet above low wafer
n ark iu the Ohio, aDd the third the bis "hen i,sc
sill Lipher ON the north, north east aud west Sues
of the city. When Ludlow surye,ed the city
site il wa. covered with heavy iorests' aud the
survey reached from Broadway u Western no"
and from tLe rave 10 Seventh street!
Rurn.t's Notes On the North. Western Territory
make very interesting volume for one Sno would
conpare the West Of 1896 with the West VI 1910
MI Charles Cist has also comp'ied seve.a' soE
umes @, statistics with annals, anecdotes, &c,
Which are of great value. The Queen City mas
been fortunate in having sucn citizens ID we're
read, t. contribute valuable materials Tor ner MS
tory. Judge Buruet states the tact that III l''o,
tipht Years after the town was located nota
.brick had been seen in the place" In thai year
the Judge was shaking with ague IN rooui III
Griffin lestman's tavern, there being some aitsop
others in the same plight in the same room IRE.
yious TO tbs. goods from the East tor CINCINNATI
| cnme 10 the Ohio across the mountains on PACK
| horses, aud about that time the roads became
pa,ssbc for the Pennsylvania wagons, great
| stride in progress. Goods from New'Orleans
were poled or dragged against the current IN
small Keel boats aud once heard mau VINO ialu
the foundations OF q large property oy posthg' ue
scrbr the excitement Which the ARRIVAL VI ono vi
| m, so boats made ia Cincinnati. 1t was la1ghsble
| Ia hear this aud then compare it with the navios
| of ste,mers which are constantly arriving NJ or
| leaving the same wharsrs On Front street Az
~ . corner Of Train aid Fifth streets was large
swamp or frog POI d, ano that Immensely vaiuaoie
property on Main street between lh'rd ana curtin
streets WIS, rough hill, gained ny rains o'n.s
thu wear 1860 part Of that property, no" worm
hundI ds Of Thousands was offered to man sun
living for 81 300 aud BY him refused as not worth
| the money Judge Burnet de sciibes the frog pond
in All amusing sty lie, full OF alder bushes from
" hich the frogs .erenaded the nelghborhood,
and which was crossed by "a causeway OF ioes.
Mr.. Cist in bis Cincinnati in le4l quotes the
| following official advertisements: May IL, l|9-
observation-disclosures is hereby given that
" Pos, Office Is established at CHELICorHA CHI
"lcothel All pei sons, therefore, having business
| in that part Of the country may now hAYe q
" SPEEDY AID safe conveyance by post tor letters
"psct.t-." &c. This mail was carried on horse
back through the woods by mere trails In those
dsys the eastern mail was received usually about
| -, e. in four weeks and sometimes failed even III
| that time.
II one will be at the trouble of examining the
| bo.ks aheady alluded to. and DR.. Hdrcths
"piopeer History" and Early Settlers Of Ohio,
hr " i'll have the materials for contrast with the
present CONDITION of Ohio For instance, tavern
keeper at ChillicOthe advertised in l179, that
| "trayelers and others will be supplied with every
.,hipp necessary tex their accommodation, and sup
"pled for their Journey through the cilderneS
| E,rty 1--WE miles n,rih Of this tOWO, at Franknton
| near e. luu,bus, LucaG cullivsnt bad commenced
settle nt LIT in 1871, aud excepting this Traveller
in 1893 would hardly have found one village from
| CLillicCthe to Lake Erie. From Cincinnati to
Chillccthe it was wilderness, aud frsm that place
| 10 Marietta il was but little better. On the Ohio
| purchase there were few settlements. Washing
| ton County extended to the Lake. and Hamilton
! County included the mOet that remained Judge
Burnett says that from l79t to 1903, when ohio
| WIS admitted rs Q State the Bar Of Hamilton
County occasionally attended the General court
lat Mari4tta and at Detroit, and during that time
MIR. st Clair, Mr.. Symmes and Mr.. BurDet
ut yer missed term in either Of these Counties"
| To perform these Journeys several went IN com
paDy, carrying their provisions and other neces-
saries TN pack bOrses. 1t was common occur
renee for them to swim their horses across the
streams, 20 that 10 purchasing horse his swim
ming qualities were as regularly asked out M his
speed and bottom. In 1871 Judge Buruet, return.
ing from Court at Marietta, swan his horse across
several streams. Some of the Judges adventures
| were rather too PPriIOus IN be pleasing In his
Pioneer History DR.. Hildr.th says tina, 10 Jan.
uary, 1899, Col. K. J. Meigs and Paul Fearing
| e,q.. the Representatives Of Washington County,
travelled to Cincinnati on horseback Through the
wilderness carrying their provisions aud blank
"ets, camping in the woods part of the time and
swimming their horses across the streams, and
getting along through the forest by the blazed
+" trees or tie compass, as best they could" Fol-
lowing the bank OF the ohio they reached Belpre,
sixteen miles below Marietta, aud from this poin.
to Chiilicothe they found but settlement,
where jackson now is From thence to Cincin-
matt there was no settlement uLtil they reached
1.-The wAters If the Little Miami"
These facts are of .xceedng interest to one who