The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-22
From our Travelling corresp naens.
Ohio River-Cinoinnati
Mountains-New York.

New YORK, Msy 17.-It will be perceived, rom
the hesding Of this letter, that[ have taken 3
pretty considerable leap since my asst. which, it
will be remembered, was dated rom Louisville.
The fact OF tho matter s that your correspondent,
having grown tired Of his Bohemian " Life, and
being particularly anxious 10 get back into his le-
gtimate sssociste-editorSl traces OF the good old
Nrxs ofioe, had suddenly mads up his mind to
take up his line OF march f,r ''home, sweet home"
yet thought IT Just 40 veil 10 choose route (sbout
o half Thousand miles ont Ut the way, more Cor
lsss) that would afford An opportunity OF glance
en- passant ut the Big City before returning homo
~ settle down onoe more. Yuur readers sill, OF
course, be tleiiRhtsd 10 earn that the Quaker CITY.
which leaves here op SATURDAY. next, will number
" Bohemian" among it's distinguished land sea.
nick) passengers,
In consequence Of the fact that since my last
have been Ia state Of confusion worse oon-
founded arising from the rapdty Of my +, ausition
from one place to another, or, more properly
speaki, &. from ons place to several others, my
letter is apt to reflect said confusion and present,
at best, but aconglomerated mass Of Kaleidoscope
views.
left Louisville for Cincinnati in floating pal
ace called the General Lyttlc, at noon on, a Sun
day. At the same hour Ton the same Sunday an
opposition palace, the Wild Wagner, started
from an adjacent wharf, and the two pslaces
forthwith began to run race which Was very
pretty and exceedingly exciting yet dsagreoaby
suggestive of general blow-up. We had hardly
proceeded mile on our way, the broad and beau
tiful banks Of The majestic river seeming to fit
past us with the velocity Of the wind, when OBJ
served that the two boats Tero about to collide,
and Immediately made preparations for cool
bath and display Of sci i.ntifc swimming. They
did collide, but, mtrubRe dicta! no damage was
done, and tho two steamers whilst racing ran
alongside Of each other as closely as though
chained together, and many Of the passengers
(cf course Bohemian" among the number, walked
backward and forward from one to the other du-
ring the exciting race. This heppcned offen,
aud learned from our captain shat the Wld
Wagons. did itpurposely to be drawn, along By
the suction foil wing thus in the wake Of our
steamer. Having occssion to land on opposite
sides or the river we:got out.of the, what I may
call, suction proximity, and we beat the race.
Arriving at Cincinnati, Ihad an opportunity OF
seeing thelongsst suspension bridge in the world
tnot yet quite completely which spans the Ohio
ut this point.
stay Of couple Of hours in Cinoinnsk only
allowed me to observe two things In hurried and
general manner-arst, that it Is q magnificent
aud fourshing city; and secondly, that the break
fasts Ut the Burnett House sre not unacceptable
to the hungry traveller.
Before starting for New York, uta the -,
think il is called Pennsylvania Central or Pan
Handle route-"Bohemisu" insured his life for
forty-cight hours for six Thousand dollars, pay
ment Of forty cents, and then jumped boldly into
the cars.
The scenery along the Alleghany Mountains is
inexpressIbly grand--the broad sides Of the noun
tsins ri.iug in incompatible sublimity as though
seeking to penetrate the canopy VI Heaven itself,
aud raise thcir rugged peaks oven to the side of
the Great Throne blazing in tho retulgent spen-
dor caught from the luminous rays OF million
suns thet light the mansions OF the Great Om-
nipoteut. Here bold and rocky precipices-here
deep r.vines-snd anon We are whirled along the
"Horse-Shoe Gap" which, as It's name implies,
is shaped like horseshoe, where the coup d eil
is so superbly magnificent that no pen (much
less my feeble ONT! can or dare attempt to paint
the sublime picture drawn BY the hand of the
Great Architect hinsolf.
Arriving in New York in duo time-losing the
six thousand dollars and the forty oents for insur
ance premium-I fud this great city ss il ever is,
aud ever sh sll be, tho greatest city on the Amer-
oan Continent. There are m.ny magnificent
cities in tue United States, but New York excels
them all, as does the grandeur Of the majestic
mountain tho pr. tensions Of petty hill. New
York is tbs oity sttor all.