The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-28

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against Downoy viii Tn onasbod ,,
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Richmond D,sns,ch.
ma ko,,ucI,. ,rn. civ or ,o,i.yi,c Aria
Down the Ohio Beautiful SCENERY Gayc,v
on'a Stcamcr-Thrcc Brides Among the Pas
senGcrs-A Progressive City-The Tobacco
Trade-NirGinianS Numerous, etc.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 24,1SG7.
Nav D;s,,tcb- i roocbod this boout;
F,,I ,,,r,~o,,'.I;to, ci,, nf Kentucky weston
A.. troc,r,.,I -, r;,,or ro,,to 70 +bot
NV raj; and lad a moet CHARMING rido
Inu, f,n trrLid 0Iio r,,on ono If those
ngo,ir,, ,,,lo,o, d. ,l,. Lotu.oo, Circ;r
natl and T0nisviIIc me scenery now
,non Lotb si5cs or the river is nictnrcsnne
and ;nvi,inc | srent hours mon the bnr-
ricorn dccE viry.inc thr golden wheat and
yerdont corn vast fields of which stretch
ON, !, cvcrv direction Planters who we-c
NV. co,,,.,,,i.o,,,. III, ,,o,,ore s,noL vor,. ON
cnn~acfngi,, or tln nrGsHcct and saw that
II OH Irdiona and TlIiro;s lno untoward
circnm't,nre n'ryentino( tEc Weld will
be abundant.
While without there was so much TO in
tcrcSt and attract, there was also within
much TO please and crafty the passenger.
Oar steamer was fortunate enough to have
among its gay company no less than three
mcwly-marTled couples. Need add that
the brides were all young, bHthe, giee-
some, ana pretty, and that the neWIy-madc
ByncdictS were all that could be desired,
as the most Of good young husbands al
ways are. Cupid could not long be con
tented idle and inactive FcStiesS little god
that he iS), 50 TcrpSichorc was called to his
aid, and for hours the music and the dance
prevailed. Pardon this diversion. 1t was
too pleasant a little episode to pass unno-
ticcd.
Louisville is cmphatiCally progressive
CITY. Its growth is remarkable: and when
! COMPARE II with what it was when | first
SAW il. inst seven brief wears back, its pro-
crc,,iy,.ucss assumes a magnitude which ]
can scarcely realize. It's prominent streets
have been greatly elongated, and houses
have multiplied to an extent not surpassed
by any other city north, east, or west.
What were suburban precincts when last
visited Lou svlle are now dcnScly popu-
lated horizons of the CITY, and scenes then
entirely rur,I are now lust the reverse.
meet many VirriDiaYs here. as | do
everywhere else. Old Virainia God bless
her ! has furnished nearly every section of
tic West and Southwest with many of
1lcir very best citizens, and you will not
accuse me OF oycr-wccning vanity, trust,
when | state that among the most wealthy
and prospcyOUs Of LUuisyillc's public
suiri,cd men are quite number who first
saw the lirLt Of Heaven upon the soil of
the Old Dominion. | never reflect upon
this matter without being reminded of a
remark | once heard from that gifted but
ill-starred and erratic Tennessee genius the
lnmentcd Colonel Hcisken. 1t was in
1874, and at the African church in your
CITY. Your readers Of middle life and
those Of more advanced wears will well re-
,namhcr thc contest for the presidency be-
tween Cl,v and PoIl;. Il was the most
evritirg that ever occurred on this CONT
,nnt a9d no civ horc more monument
,,art tLan Richmond She was Whir to
H., coro and -, Lnr ;nvitotinn CnIonrI
IIo;.l,olI ,I,n,, . ,,,c,nLornf Cnncrnsc came
I'n.n rrn,o Nv; Wo"hins,nm TIc hn;Ii;no wa =
S;.man ir0Ia aoI"d C,jnao, IoiaIj n,onaI
az? p"Ia,'i Ia 'I h ii',sNo';
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