The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1864-03-24
Our CITY.


To persons revisiting our city Of late, as
we'll as to our citizens themselves the notice
able improvements IN the architecture, bust
moss and general appearance of Maysville,
has become subject of proverbinl remark,
and It is both gratifying and encouraging
to witness in these troublous times Of agita-
ton and uncertainty, tie development, in
our midst, of such praiseworthy spirit of
enterprise and progress. For a period Of
years back the ill-omenedi Goddess Of mis-
fortune and decay seems to have lowered In
slsepless devotion over all the affairs and
purposes of our city, and the fatal impress
of her whitening hsad is yet sadly distin-
guisbable within our corporate limits. 1t
is enough to dsmpen the ardor OF the most
enthusiastic public spirit, to examine in re-
view the record OF failures and reverses
which we have sustained 10 our attempts at
public improvement and Importance, and
we are ready to turn from the investigation
with the secure belief that we have been
the cruel sport of some mercilsss evil genius
At one time our dropping spirits were elated
with the prospects of a railroad from here
to Lexington, and during its progress our
fertile i'm agination fondly pictured in ad-
vance the immense increase in population,
wealth and i'm .ortance, that would accrue
to our city. We did, indeed, Involve our
selves so for as to erect spacious depot
and machine shop, which the com b!ned
elem ents of FIRE and storm have since de-
stroyed, and we believe the iron horse was
actually harnessed up and driven on a short
excursion out Of town. But fortunate were
they who enjoyed the benefits of the enter
Proclamation towards ompletion, it hope
lessly stopped, and save an uncomfortable
incubus of deb, and few uninteresling
ruins, nought now remains to remind US Of
this most egregious failure. Other equally
unsuccessful enterprises might be cited from
the history of our city but we turn with de-
| light from such calamities to the many i'm
portant Improvements, now under way,
around US and find in them some assurance
to hope for better things in the future. The
! iIliberal old fogyism with which our city
has been so infected of late years, is, we are
glad to see, gradually becoming replaced by
an element of vigorous public spirit, and,
through the enterprise of some of our worthy
citizens, we are about to arise from the social
and commercial stagnation of the past and
occupy our proper position among the hand
some and important cities of the vest
Philanthropy and generosity, like charity,
should always begin at home, and W Q think
our capitalists and successful business men
could claim either Of these virtues with a
better grace. il they would devote some oi
their acquired surplus to improving and
identifying our city, instead of investing il
in Chicago corner lots, or casting it upon the
doubtful waters of promiscucus speculation
The biographer of Napoleon dwels with
eloquent praise upon that quality of his
hero's character, which prompted him to
appropriate all the choice spoils and treasure:
of the vanquished to the galleries and re-
postories of Paris, and in proportionate
degree, do our public spirited citizens de-
serve praise for tho handsome tributes
which they have recently paid to the archi
lecture of our city. We are securely con-
WINGED that the commercial and social i'm
portance of Maysville might be greatly in
creased if little more of this public sP.ri
was Infused into our citizens, aud we hop
, in time TO see a succession of Corinthial
r fronts on every street, as handsome as thos
which now grace Second.