Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-06
GENERAL NEWS.
What u BuffalOnian Saw in BaItimOre

contributor to the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
in late number of that journal, gives an account OF
what he saw in Baltimore during brief stay here
some time ago. and as he says a great many pretty
things of u.s. quote for the delectation of our read
ers. and especially the ladies, to whom he pays fat
tering and deserved compliment.
During the brief stay which we made in Baltimore
we managed to most that possesses any particular
interest in the city. Our first visit was to the Wash
ington Monument the view from the top of which is
magnificent. The panorama presented to the flushed
and tired pilgrim is sufficiently comprehensive and
lovely to repay him for all that he has endured in
gaining his elevated foothold l make no attempt to
describe it, for l neither poet nor painter but
heartily admonsh those who visit Baltimore to put
themselves in communication with this luxuriant
spread Of beauty-the combined work Of nature and
art.
Druid Hill Park is one of the features of Balti-
more 1t contains six hundred acres and lies about
two miles away from the business portion ofthe city.
1t is yet in an unsOphistcated condition. and ven
tue to say that if art does not spoil the pretty ca
prices OF nature which enter into its composition it
will in good time, be worth long journey to and
enjoy.
Of our sewerage he says:
1t Is. of course, no particular concern of mine. in
what manner city is drained, but claim the right
70 say that the system of surface VIII ch has
been adopted in Baltimore strikes the stranger very
preciate the local logic which champions the system
pqt II fails to convince that the plan is the best
which coul Id have been devised. The raised stepping
stones with which number of the principal streets
are dlshgured look like an advance picket thrown
out by some weary Stonewal for the purpose which
i be disguised, is obviously malicious. grant
their necessity, their iudispensaby in the present
order OF things for it is next to cross one
Of the avenues where they are found. even after a
heayy dew. without experiencing a "dem.d moist.
unpleasant sensation In that portion of tn anatomy
which is farthest removed from the crown of the head
but all this does not that both they and the sys-
TEN they are intended TO might not be abolished
in lump.
But the general air of Baltimore is attractive The
business streets commercially clean, and scores
OF the business buildings splendid specimens of
architecture as one could wish to have rarely
seen private reside ces which expressed more solid
elegance and substantial comfort than those of Balti-
more. Their language is one of rational enjoym ent
They were constructed rather with regard to the
emotions than the eye Indeed. Baltimore, lovely
and pleasant in ITSELF needs but the presence of the
refining spirit OF pure patriotism to render one OF
the most desirable places in which to spend the days
that are allotted to that be discovered after
the most patient and persistent search.
A passing tribute to the beauty of Baltimore, and
| bid it farewell. 1t is my deliberate and candid
there concentrated more female loYelness than is ia
be found in the metropolis of Maryland. Wherever
you are in the street, the church, the theatre-it:
radiance bedazzles you, its weird spell is upon you
IF idol worship ever yet was right,
1t is when Woman ravishes the sight
should be less than human were able TO enter
the charmed circle of Baltimore beauty without
and recalling various voloptuous characters and
scenes in ancient mythology, notwi thstanding the
plain and practical fact that marriage certificate
may be found among my valuable papers, which evi-
IDENTIFY relates to myself and that obliged every
year, to purchase more or less pairs of children: