Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-10-29


ted me from the scene Of my first impress
sions and early joys, allow the voice Of my
manhood to be heard, through the col
umns of your paper, in those same valleys
and on those same hills.
Perhaps your readers would like a brief
description of the Smoky City. Well, it
is situated on two rivers. Muddywster and
Clearwater. Part of it is compaetIy built
aud contains some princely palaces. Some
Of the streets are very narrow and unpleas.
Antly filthy. The first sight a traveller
sees, on bis arrival here, is smoke, and the
last thing he sees, on leaving, is smoke,
and the intermediate ones are smokey
The first sound he hears is the rafting Of
an omnibus, Ginning with the ear-stunning
rOise Of wagon laden with sheet.iron;
or, perhaps, shrill voice crying out in an
octave-"Paper, sirl Chronicle second
edition=-all about the murderl" or, "Dis.
patch, sirl--steamer ariyedP
1t is, in fact, mechanical city, and for
this il is famous all over the Union. In It
live old rogies and "fast" young men; Sc
date matrons and young ladies whose
dresses are more expansive than their
minds. In the city and vicinity are some
places Of interest. Here is the site Of Fl :.
Du Quesne, which the French occupied in
Il755. And iu the vicinity is the famous
field where the brave Braddock led on -
not to victory, but to death.
A short time ago | took short trip on
the Central r. r. 1t is one Of the best
| ever travelled on. The cars roll along
as il the rails were laid in solid adamant
and then they are so comfortable inside.
What a luxury to ride, even in daylight
lin a sleeping carl And what is so graft.
flying to travellers, in this "last age, when
Lets be getting on" is expressed in ev.
cry couutenance, they | mean the through
trains, stop only at the principal stations
After had gazed with intense interest fo
a few moments, as we rolled along, OF
those spurs of the mountains, through
which the Conemaught rolls its limpid wa
tiers, the cars came to stand, the doc
opened, and shrl voice announced
yoNsrowNl" Wishing to 60 t3 fnrth
er, took up my travelling sack and lef
the cars. ...
Johnstown is built al the confluence O
two small streams, at the foot Of the Ale
gheny mountains. 1t contains about 10,
900 inhabitants. The Cambria Iror
Works are here, which give employment
to large number of operatives. But Tho
, mountain scenery around; how grand !
Up shoots mountain peak, as it were The
finger of nature pointing to the dwelling
of the gods. And then those evergreens
clingirg to the spot where centuries arc
they stood, and bearing the marks of hav
ing braved the Borean blasts Of unto!C
winters. seem to say, "mmortal younth i,
the reward of those who stand firmly Ia
their posts" Why, sirs, there's poeirv in
those mountains, as we'll as coal and iron
Yes, poetry enough to set up dozen
bardsI But duty, whose voice am wont
to heed, bade me return. Reluctant tc
leave the mountain scenery, / seated nv.
self IN car and soon the uprollng col
umns Of smoke and clatter Of vehicles
announced the smoky CITY.
The murderers, Fife, Stewart aud Char.
J lotte Jones, whose crime, apprehension
trial and condemnation you were called
upon, some months ago, to notice in you,
} columns, Nre yet in custody, anxiousl,
, awaiting the decision of the Suprem,
> Court "a to whether they shall have a new
J trial. Perhaps before this reaches you /
, will be determined and their fate sealet
forever. visited Stuart (who, you know
formerly lived in Carroll COUNTY, few
= days since. He looks we'll and talke
) about things in general with a freedom
did not expect, He protests most solemn
ly that he is innocent Of the crime 70
which he is condemned 10 die. Fife. VIII,
: neither pleads guilty nor innocent, appear
! ed regardless Of his impending fate. H
seems to act on the old adage "Dum Vivc
mus gipdmas." Charlotte Jones keen
herself shut up in her cell, and It Il sal,
that she is becoming religious. Ther
; are, in all, now in this city, ia Jail for mur
der, thirteen persons. Three Of these ar
very young men. and were eommilte,
some two weeks since for the murder q
y ap old man of seventy,thrce, While he, il
: his age and decepitude, attempted to nrc
tect his daughters chastity from their out
: rageous lust.
: A large corconrse Of people was attract
! ed on either side Of the Allegheny rive
|, aud on the bridges, week ago last Sal
: urday, to witness race, for wager Of I'll
!. ty dollars, between two skiffs, the Buckey
and Flora Temple. The Buckeye cam
ont about two lengths of herself aheat
amidst the shouts of lookers-ou, VIII
would have made as much noise bad tb
other beaten.
Monsieur GODDARD made successful as
cension in his mammoth balloon on Ia.
Saturday. After rising over five hundre
feet he was carried by current Of air n
north easterly direction. He passed ove