Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-07

Ire Spring Grove Cemetery, embracing five
hundred acres o. undulatIng groand is peeu-
har IN discarding f,nees arouad the lots, or
mounds above the graves. The boundarIes OF
the lots are marked by sunken stone posts,
which are not prominent enough 20 show above
the turf The effect of this Improvement IN
doing away with the disfgurements OF SIM
fences and form 81 mounds of earth IS very fac
Our own Rock Greek Cemetery j. lI,l on,
much on tbts plan
Returning to'Cineinnati by way OF Mount
AuhUrn. down the s,esp hill to the CITY, the
Effect Of q scending iron the pu,- atnosp acre
OF the high ground 10 th- fog Of smoke ilIing
M the valley aud completely sarouaing IN.
city Was very curious; aad when the descent
waS accomplished, the sun, which hat snone
above with the dazzling cearness OF a bri=ht
autur'n afternoon, Row took the shape of Z.
mid lull moon. and the city was lit up with
gas ?s if it was already night
'inciUnat Newspapers.
TIE newspapers OF Ciacinnai rack h,-h TOR
enterprise. Tie Cincinnati cOmmerc.4l. con
Quoted by that wonderful ne Uspaper man.
Murat Ealsfead- probably spends more moaey
IN catering for lis readers than any other in the
country, outsids of New York; aud tue Grssf.e
and Enquirer are publisbet in the same LIBERAL
styi Of fexpenditGre. TIE two eyeaIngpap
the Times, tnd the CiTl aicic-ths latter a new
enterprise with Judge Bsrrett, Of the Pension
ONCE, in its editorial chaIr-s.re also Well. ,ou-
Quoted and successful papers II is pleasant
TO know that tue en;srprse of the Cmc.nnatl
newspaper men Is abuadautly rewarded IN
life, and that they have stately monuments
and much public consideration in Spriny
Grove Cemetery after death. The late pro.
prietor OF the CoHamerciaI-a Mr.. Potter-buried
there, died WORTH won't say how MANY mil
hons. lest all nayUsDapard,r, Sh,nlJ
break Tor Cincinnati, to 60 into business 10 ths
disadvantage of the present deserving set.
The Enquirer (Democratic) has for its noyy
managing editor Mr.. J. b. McCUllagh who
has an interests n the paper. Perhaps the name
VIII not be recognizeo, but ali the country
knows him rs Mack tor many wears the
runSent and racy Washington correspond of
ne CtaTeTcid al. lie is working with char .cter
ls'ic VIM to bring The EnqHirer-Inainly known
heretofore as political paper-up TO the front
rank as a newspaper, and he has already great.
Iy improved its character IN this respect Tue
EHqEiTer has speciality i'll the shape OF an ed.
toriaI writer, named Bioss, whose hand. .wr,ting
Is ofsuch exceeding badness 10 m Axe hilh aa
object Of considerable pride 10 jhAt estah.sh.
ment Ihey VIII tell you exUifingIy ta,i
thsre are only three composItcrs in he u.fcp
"Eo can ceclpher his wiring. and that they
are aole 10 90 II partly through great natural
SIlts and partly FROM close study TO CON.
pensGte them for the trouble of setting un from
such manuscript, they are ALTO 1ed the II, al
Vsriising copy. When Blcss VgTit,s more couy
han the ttree can set up, il IS requisite tor one
oi them to read 1t of to a phoaoS -apber. VINO
copies It out Ir a fair hand.
This remarkably bad wliter covers his page
WIN = set OF Characters iinsrd toce her VIII
cEi an lnteTsticr Ot The s.ze OF pea ra-arnu}ius
IDlbll = so - az n-a
spread over the space Cf ones palm tI..a
iEoIseL1ents Is have been held out to uflD u ne
more paper AID vide ruled fOoIs1ap has os,a
proFIctd in great GCan:I-ies u hrtui-e hIsn
into lefIbIi4ty, but il is no 10. The que~ti1A
Uses Way employ the writer OF such rn.na.
scTipt, and the answer IS th1' "a - q prodigy
II the ..ay OF politl-aI data wal 4inE cycl,,.
ped,a o. political figures. He can writ. "A .yyo
column article bristiing with dguces. ans xiv
lEg tne exact vote OF any township .u he
county for any year, without needing u refer
10 an authority.
lie EHqEtr.r Is soon 10 have fine new OF
fee. The Cc.pA.sTci,j has now probably one og
he most complete and weIl-arrarged Offices il
the country. The cazste. though q very Pres
porous and well &C. nGueted paper, seems 70
rather pr.de itself as our cid Iat.tiipencer did
IL having an of1ce bearing the stamp OF hon
orable old age. Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, b-.tsr
hEO~ % ~ axe. DtQ terPSt d .f
GG.ette bat has recently been enlisted By tle
New OK ITfOl1s cn lis editorial st;,a.
Homeward Bound.
BALTrNOPE ASD OHIO RAILROAD. Oct q
We leit Cincinnati at q. n. yesterday morn
ing, coraIpg To the Ohio rIve; VIA XanesyIIt.
and BelIeaiIe, III eonse uen ce OF the interrup-
uon 70 travel On the Marietta road by an acci-
dent ~ the Pitcher tunnel. The crossing az
BeileaiEe i made by q simple and effective
ferry AND platform arrangement by which the
Tain IS carried over intact, the passengers re-
naming IN their seats. A fine bridge Of 30 ieet
span is now being constructed, which will
make the connec ,ion over the Baltimore and
Ohio road 20 CiCCinnati complete. Oar moon
hight ride last night through the wild and PEE
;LTesque scenery OF the Cheat river region, was
singuiarly fascinsting. After the. for. the most
part Hat and rnoIotonous 500 miles Just z 1ae
Over.I vas Iiise "a new revelation TO CON. upon
This VO.IdeItaIiy Saried aid striking scene,
where Iuountair peak. deep valley, ana siIvery
winding stream comb med Ia one view ali the
ell menrs 9t The grand aad pIclUrsscu
In riding over this road and comparing il
with o;heI roads passed over IL our rav l.,
we were forcihlv oppressed with the er gin -e,.-
ing skill, The energy, and The insomit&o!e pea
seTveIanc &c IeG UiTed TO buiid 4, through thee
--cuntaIEs. Nature mas done ro-ting for IL.
but rsiAer Las seemed to wall NJ any possibi
uack foT re irou horse. The read shows i
continual SUCCESSION of c1'uugs aud filiiugs;
and the cuttings are no hol!day work. tbrough
disintegrated sandstone, b1t are maze through
tough live rock.
II Baltimore diC half the s.bIowing'' for he
road thai other citts DO for theirs of vastly
less importance, At would be considered one Of
the wonders OF the world. The enormoos
damage done from Frederick Junction do gn
10 he Relay House by the great storm, o.
vasT-spout = as many believe IL was, is VET
visible, though the railroad company Win
characteristic energy have rebuilt the entlre
line. g.. 5. N.
EUROPEAN NEWS BY CABLE-The London
Times has editorial on the result Of the Ala.
bama negotiations, which il lnfers from the
speeches Of the American Minister have been