The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-26

81 EST M0SUMEET-SUSFE f0S-BRIDaE.
a correspondence of the R.cpmcni Dispatchl
CIScINSaT1, November %, 1872.
trip from Richmondto Cincinnati By the
4 ,hmond and Fredericksburg route and
sslfimorc and Ohio railroad is MS quick and
as travelling is often made even
h these days Of improvement. 4 sleeping
runs through from Washington to st.
\ ui>. and we hada comfortable trip despite
c snow-storm that was raging as we came
rough the mountains,
We travelled part Of The ~ay with James
ardon Bennett, OF the New York Herald,
Miss Winnie Ream. whose statue of Lin.
N excited SO much discussion several
oars ago. .aSs
she was on her way to Dayton. Ohio. to
rcnd the meeting OF the Society of the
| Army Of the Cumberland and to exhibit
mode! of an equestrian statue Of General
,t-arGc II. Thomas, which she was carefully
ring on the way, and in which, we beard
{ II sly, cher fortunes were wrapped up
, Shc weather here is very cold--tbe streets
<Ng covered with ice-but as the horse
tease has put nearly every one on foot the
ID i not SO keenly felt The epizooty is
,SaC f&arfully, and oxet, goats, and men,
rm 20 be the chief beasts Of burden.
Cincinnati Is unqucstionably great and
owing city. It claims population of
|.i0 900, which Is rapidly increasing. In 1900
/, had only 100 inhabitants, who occupied
different cabins along the banks Of the
MO. is river front is now ten miles In
NTH and its average width abott two
lies. In passing rapidly through the city
..,rrll times. your correspondent had re-
we'd very uufavorable impression, which
: visit has diSsipated. The city is bcauti-
X located. the streets are well LAID out,
nj many Of them very beautiful. The
|5u,> 81 She best buildings are generally Of
me f'rc>tone or sandstone. though beau
Ul white limestone is used to n considers
FL ~Xtcut.
The public buildings Of Cincinnati are
bath numerous and elegant.
The City Hospital, completed in January,
-, At q cost of nearly a million Of dollars,
aQd to have no equal in the country in
.sNt Of beauty, solidity, and convenience.
The Cincinnati College edilice, on Walnut
Y,-ect, Is 40 feet front by 100 deep, built of
aatc limestone IN the Doric style, and is
sTy pretty.
The County Courthouse and Jail, the
IlechanicJ' Institute, City Hall, Cincinnati
,>eryatory, Orphan Asylum, House of Re-
g:e. Widows Home. Home for the Friend
c;,. Custom-House, City Work-House. &C.,
b., all elegant structures, admirably adapted
b, tNcir purposes, while many of the business
houses and private residences are magnificent
b&dlngS.
There are in the city ninety-one Protes-
.art churches. twenty-three Roman Catho-
he. and five Jewish synagogues. Many OF
t3r.c have very elegant houses of worship.
". with all of this provision for the reli-
g.pus wants Of the people city missionary
.a.,l in the National Sllnday-School Con-
i,uticn that caretully.compilcd statistics show
tu, There are at least severity thousand pco'
M in Cincinnati who never enter house OF
worship.
We presume that the non-church-going
,-plc are largely foreigners, who compose q
,,rv considerable part Of the population.
L is estimated that there are over eighty
A,usand Germans in Cincinnati. These
" chiefly in the section west of the
Nami canal, Familiarity called "Over the
|R1nc.' Here they make land drink) i'm
sense quantities of lager-the annual pro.
.gct amoslnting to many millions Of gallons.
l3i'T' tiG HclS tlftIuCtIsC SCihliS Ill SObIC VI
which i've hundred thousand gallons of beer
nay hr stored away.
cincinnati has twenty-five public GENE
nrr,, several Of which are said to be very
nauiifuI: and one of which, "Srring
Gryc," is claimed to he "thc finest in the
world in natural beauty"
regretted being unable to visit it and must
H.l give the palm TO our own beautiful
hollywood. Nor was able to see the Sol
trr.' Monument, erected in 1864, and said
Ii be very fine.
The davidson Fountain" the munifi-
.,Wt gift TO the city OF Tyler Davidson, one
y the great merchant princes, is splendid
work Of art, which cost over 100000. The
gnripai figure represents the Genius OF Wa
'-r. from whose hands falls the eyer-tiowing
rn. which is caught by Il peasant standing
on the right, %aose fields are thirsting for it.
IN The opposite side stands citizen implor-
N. water for his burning house.
Then there are figures of man who, by n
igorous stroke, opens spring for one on
clutches who desires TO drink; a mother
Hading her child to the bath, invited by n
Hrmph playing with the springing jets OF
water. Four jets, two from above and two
from below, add life and variety to the scene.
Near the base are four bas ret,efs represent
in- the utility Of water-yiz., navigation,
bills, fisheries, and steam.
IN the four corners are children suggest
10. The enjoyment connected with water
W., a girl adjoining herself with pearls, q
by fishing for shells, q second fitting on
,,aic>. and third finding corals and crys-
as Near the top of the fountain, just under
b. main figure, is medallion OF Tyler Da.
wilson. The whole fountain is of bronze
w hase of granite and porphyry. The exc.
ca,ion Of the design is admirable, and the
"1pc effect very pleasing.
This splendid monument was given by
NJ. Davidson on the condition that the foun-
@ln should always be kept in good order,
With IN abundance of pure water free to all,
70 he used only for drinking and ornamental
purposes, except in case of fire in the imme-
are vicinity.
Cincinnati has seven public parks, eleven
!Gtlic libraries, and an unusually large mum.
tsr o! societies, benevolent associations. hos.
f!as, &c.
The wire Suspension bridge across the
Ohio, connecting this city with CoviDgton.
which was finished in 1869 after twelve years
Abor, and at q cost of two million do!lsrs, is
oge Of the finest structures in the world. It
i built on two towers, two hundred feet
high; from tower to tower Is one thousand
'ad tfty-seYen feet; the entire length OF the
ridge is two thousand two hundred and
iNy-two feet. and it is hung one hundred
~! above low-watcr mark by two cables OF
"rc
cincinnati is well supplied with private
',aools and colleges, and its system Of public
hools seems to be very complete.
Il is certainly wei! supplied with news
ippers, having nine dailics, forty-two week
l."> two semi-monthles, and twenty month
lie.
am here attending a meeting of the Ma
loalI Baptist Sunday-School Convention