The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-14

Wa. cLEsEIAss. TO- } Jan. 9.
it ~as promising yonug city of only .;y
Thousand inhabitsuts; its eommar.a .r..,,, a..
e"'soln mouse, two narrow apartments of a 10
yers ofiiee-large enough, boweyar f,r a. -,
ae's vi the port,its public buld,nps botb sac,Is,
aaa eceissiastiesl, aud its private r.s,asn.as -
very plain, though respectable eLs,ac,ar T....
were lev manufacturing establishments. no rail.
rosos at that time in all Ohio, the Iaka s,.a,aru
ana sailing vessels we're small craft. with E.,,,a1
auu oFainary Recommendations. 1 bnaa oooa.h.,o
10 tue town IN an old fashioned st.gs eo.sh 60.
the ffont door OF On old time hotel. .rsv.,,;.-
over foadsalmost inpassabls with uaud and ho -
ing no source OF consolation excent tn. n,.,.-,-.
complaints Oh one OF tGe passeusers rra,at
fnnct'onary, who Was eternally denonnc,an LII
drivers and agents, aud threatening that he vonI
returned TO The same point behind IT, -.
horse, Tying like the wind aud was Ia,a.d = :. u =
magnfcsnt depot, covering fifty acres fiIisd w;,h
long lines CT stately cars, massive locomo,,xas
81 oaer p,ass ~ofks shining like gold, aud rows
OF freshly painted omnibuses the whole gIjt,arin,
respehdentiy 10 the gaxlixhtsaod iook9,, III, , ,
scene OF snchautment '~o
IL your readers would like 10 know sona,b,rr
oi the go ahead spirit of a Western city. / will
give them some facts of Interest in rsssra ~
Cleveland. 1t is situated on the shara. er -
Efie which spreads its vast expsnse before !, ris
an ocean, aud occupies a position .bout r,iaua,.
between the great chain of Iskes 1t ia 1876 M ies
west Of Buffalo, 40 miles from Uhssi,,a 80
from Cincinnati, by railroad, $40 m,,.s IT,, a..
caual IRON Portsmouth, on the Ohio river 70
Cleveland, distance of sos miles The cir, occu1
p'esa commanding elevation on the sbores Of tho
NH ,she a.ons Nnicn IL extends nearly four miles,
ana Is Two miles aud half wide liz has bsan
called the Forest City, and j. might also bs caIisa
the City OF Gardens aud Palaces. The avsnnss
are magnificent, the principal ones beiu. 1872 feet
Woe, some OF them with sidewalks 20 feet in
"ioth: Lnciid street, ~ miles long and l32 feet
wide Is the favorite street Tor private residancs
ana Is Que OF Inc most beautiful streets In Ame-
rica. Mauy Of the dwellings occupy from ons 10
nve acre lots, aud are embowered in shrubbery Of
every variety, and surrounded by eIu, and manila
trees, whilst the gardens abound with tba chocsst
iruit Il every kiud aud are especially Noted for
the delicious quality Of thsr peaches and cher
RES TEere is wonderful amount of srchitectu-
iai @ ,eau'y Ia me residences which bne this su.
perh avenue. So many fine houses have I,eyer
before seen on one street Indeed I dopb,
whether an Indifferent dwelling can be fonnd
among the lumber. Many are built of the bean.
'iui ciouoed sandstone hat Is found iu the neigh
borhood, and cost from $4,000 10 100000 The
public buildings and churches are noble edif,ces
Among these the new Custom Hozse is conspi.
cuous. This building has just been completed and
contains apartments for the Poet Office as we'll a.
customs, and tor the L. $. District Court Jpdva
Wilson. 1t is built Of sand stone gotten from a.
quarry within six miles of Cleveland, on the CA.
nal, which iS soie aud easily worked and becomes
hardened By time. Much Of this stone il ex.
ported to Canada. The lot in the centre of which
the Custom House stands, is 120 by no. the build.
ing Is lIo by %, three stories high fire proof
n0oTs Of tiles brought from Liverpool. anil foxn,
Gat!ons laid in heavy blue stone aud generate II
cost Sl60 600, and viii be monument to its bnild
er, s1r W. j. Warner. A County Court Honse ia
now Building of the same materials with the Cus.
tom House, and Of large dimensions OF the other
foe public buildings, may mention the u s Ma.
rlne Hospital, the Northern Luuatic Asylum q
large City Hospital, with grounds covering a hum
dred scres; two Medical Colleges one slluusthic
The o her homeopathic; Female Seminary erect,
id at cost of $40 COG; two (four story) bnilduqs
for free schools in each of the eleven wards. ard
one High School, (also iree) in which students
are sdmiIted from The other free schools on pass
ing e4amnatiou-the whole supported by taxa.
ton. There are three Baptist and three Metho.
dist Churches, two Synago3ues Que 20 S Pres
byterian and two New Scuool, two Datch Reform.
ed, six Roman Catholic. and five EpiscopsI
Churches. There are three Orphan Asyiums two
Roman Catholic aud Protestant in one tf
which there are $50 children. There is here a
Roman Catholic Theological Seminary, with thirty
stndents. The population of the city is over
$4,000, about one third OF which is Of German and
Irish birth.
l obyaued from the obliging cficers of the Cus-
tor1 House, Hesrrs. Parks and Cross the following
summary OF The reign sni coastwise irade of the
port III Cleveland tor 1885,
coAslwsE
'sIus OF l65,
l6 81 Sla