Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-04
LETTER from Cincinnati.

SIons-Sald to be laSflng-niaue upon your cor
respondent, Of Cincinnati, are nat favorable. ln
the first place it Is long way off, aud, notwith
standing the era Of fast lines and lightning
expresses, the journey is tedious, and often
attended with vexatious delays, caused by acct
dents to machinery, burning tunnels, e., &C.,
which, while they vary the monotony of the
ride, and make it sometimes exciting, are still
especially when the ascent or descent
of mountain, in dust or mud: inches thick. is
involved. Then too, the fare by the way
side" IS "positvely shocking, and the TWEEN
tv minutes allowed for meals Insufficient to
nlasticate mouthiul of the meat, served up
in style. that would challenge the extracting
powers Of Hodgkin's toTctps My experience is
that the locomotives on the b. IL y. H. Il.
want overhauIing; the Cincinnati and Marietta
Railroad wants rcconsIructing; the cars on both
roads should be supplied with ice water, in Or
der that the passengers may mix their liquor,
and that the keepers OF ali the dining saloons
ON the route should be indicted for attempting
the lives Of all who partake of what Is called in
that country butter, but which has no more
similarity to the genuine article than chalk has
to cheese-the thing furnished is not rancid
but worse, in odor aSsimilatlrg .Limhcrgcr.
As to taste, deponent knoweth not
There are more tunnels from the Relay
House to Cinciuuati including the one on hire,
than on any line Of road OF the same length. 10
this or any other country, and Tor courtlug
couples or people just married Is recommended
as possessing unequallcd facilities for kissing:
the only trouble is that there does not appear
to be many such travelling gu that line, aud
therefore the continued plugging into total
darkness Of men engaged in rcallng newspapers
or interesting railroad uovcs, IS decided bhre,
which, however, owing TO the conformation OF
the ground cannot, it Is presumed. be avoided.
The scenery so beautifully and graphically
described 10 the guide books, and gone into OK
racies over by all who have looked upon it. pos,
sesses few attractions TO those who travel on The
';ovl line, and the peerlue gaze Of the inqll'sl-
tive is only rewarded ny having burning crn-
der dashed from the snortlng horse INTO the
eye, efectual,y di>peiEg al! d2-ire, save for re
lief from pain.
But Of Cincinnati Ii is big city-contaln-
ing great many fine houses. and like ali cities,
some that arc not fine. and one Of the most
beautifully designed and executed public toun-
taus in this or any other country, although
solnc OF the figures are rather nude, esleclat.;
the little fellow whose mother has him ty the
ton of the head and IS IN the act or st>lng htln
into the limpid poolat her feet; but the city
was built to contain 50 many peopa, and that
number having been exceeded, the crowd Is
great, aud the best aud prctlest part Of the
city is on the outside, where the suburban resi-
dcnces rival the villas on Staten Island: yet
Cincinnati is essentially a Western city, aud
the manners aud customs OF the people are
Western, and lack that polish and refinement
of our friends in the older settled portions OF
the country. 1t is not considered necessary at
the hotels to have your boots blacked, without
orders, or at the table, among strangers, to
have on the best you have. or be minus craIat
or even collar: nor do the ladies', while having
very fine clothes. make that handsome appear
ancc that we. in the East. are accustomed to
see: indeed the ladies out here as general
thing. do not possess that dellcacy aud beauty
of person, of which We 50 justly boast, but
seem rather to be formed for the useful than
ornamental-large feet and hands predominant.
For large and business place the hotel ac-
commodations are poor. 1t Is sad that there
week, and to Get into the reception room was
as much as could be effected.
The Liberal Republican Convention met to-
day in large building, the tan aud saw-duSt
on the floor of which put one in mind of a cir
Gus. aUu tIleIc "tlC P~'piC ~
it as are generally seen at circus. hat will be
done the telegraph will inform you. q. b.
FAIRFAX County. From the Fairfax
News, Richard H. Lee, as trustee of Sarah
E. Powell, has sold tract of land near Centre
vile, 10 this county, known as ''Saulsberry,
containing S674 acres to a. King Chandler, of
Orange county, n. T., for $4,000 Mr. Ro-
bert I. Sisson has sold lot, containing 25
acres. improved by comfortable log house,
near Fairfax station, to DR.. John I. Coumbe,
of Washington City, for 5000.
There viii be an Association at the Episco-
pal Church here, commencing "Wednesday
next the Sth of May-astipg four days. Off
ciating cIergymen-Rev. r. /. Brown, of War
renton, and Rev Richard Davis, of Leeshurg.
Judge Cockcrille has appointed Mr.. George
Aud registrar for Falls Church Township, in
place OF d. McChichester, resigned.
Messrs Thomas Moore and Thos. K. Love,
commissioners, have sold to Mr.. I. D Richard;
son, the house and lot in this town, occupied
by Mr.. a. JackSo and belonging to the es-
tate Of the late H. r. Monroe, for $50
The wheat crop is said to look unusually
promising throughout this section OF the coun-
try. There are some complaints OF injury to
fruit from the frost Of laSI Wcch, put VIC lilluh
as general thing, but little damage has been
done.
We learn that Mr.. Spcer. present constable
at this place, intends to resign.
CONGRESS-. In the Senate: yesterday, the
Conference Committee On the disagreement of
the two Houses on the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Annronriaton bill, after three at
tempts, succeeded in making a report, which
was coucured in. Bills we're introduced to in
crease pensions twenty per CT, to certain classes
of pensioners, and to enforce penalties for the
obstruction of navigable waters. The Post
office Appropriation bill was taken up and the
amendment increasing to $1,000, 900 annually
the subsidy to the San Francisco and China
steamship line was adopted. La the House of
Representatives the report of the Conference
Committee already agreed to by the Senate
was concurred in. Debate GA the Tariff bill
was closed at three 0 clock by speech from
Mr.. Dawes. Mr.. Richie presented bill to
give military telegraph operators land boun-