Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-07-01

CINCINNATI, ONO,
June 2lst, 1875.

CrxerNxAxI, ONO,
June 2lst, 1875
N. Bsacos 81 haven't left You for
"good and all" but only for . stray
visit, With its business connections.
God forbid ] should ever leave with
out purpose 10 return, or ever forget
my adopted county or our old mother Of
MARYLAND whose genial, noble sons are
ever known, wbereverfound sojourning,
BY the garb of gentleness she has cast
about them ere departing.
Do You want 70 be well received from
home? Let your department establish
your claim to birth-right in old Ma
ryland, and welcome meets the gaze to
the confines of America, and especial
notice taken by the Indians.
After two hours unsuccessful search
mid the business portion of this city,
where are located the chief Wholesale
notion houses, I, in despair, gave over
all prospect of encountering our mutual
friend and fellow.citizen, Brent c.,
who has only recently adopted this town
of sooty particles and swine.
Fortune brought him to view from
out nv hotel window half hour after.
, and at the same moment ] saw him
bow and the smiles Of . fair damsel
that report says has in her own right a
cool siOO, 1000 Brentr' Brent u
| Justify shouted, caused him to '.keaye
to-" and we talked 81 Marr,s after the
| most approved order. But business
of which he seems fillsd-caused a post
nonement of muck that we had to say, un-
iii this eyenins, when We viii have tout.
There a-e q few objects of interest in
.,d ardnd Cincinnati. The lookout
hou,e on jackson Hill," with an eleva-
ton Of 40 feet above low water mark
iof the Ohio River, affords q grand and
extensive view of the City and vicinity.
This building is reached by an incline
plane railway, and the sensations expe-
rienced in ascent, are strongly produc-
tive of an inclination to descend BY some
other means, and save your nickel
The Halls of this elevated building alone
seat 5000 persons, independent of the
shaded surroundings, and on Sundays.
it is unpleasantly crowded. Pause and
reflect on the immensely Of Beer cours-
ing the threats of this multitude, al
most entirely German! The arm al
most constantly raised in answer to a
seeming Unsuitable thirst-giving to the
body of not q few of these people the
rotundity of casks.
Take away the beer from these peo-
pie and howl Of terrible CONSERVATION.
would reach and make tremble, the
"White House" and its occasional oc-
cupant, and reverberate along the peace
full shores Of the Potomac to mid ocean,
there to meet the "mine got in him.
mep' exclamation from Der Fdderlaad :
"Bedlam" would not cover the indescri-
bable scenes that would follow, and
Walker and Webster would have to be
resurrected to coin a word sufficiently
expressive.
The suspension Bridge stretching from
this city to Covington, KY, with one
immense span of l,o57 feet is probably
the grandest structure in the State, and
cost nearly two millions. The Cincin-
natl and Newport r. r. Bridge is in
easy view rs you cross in the street cars
and is itself wonder of mechanical
skill. History tells of the "stalwart
Kentuckians," and my memory from
childhood has held it tenaciously, j. e.
1.-THE small band of stalwart Kentuc-
kians encountered the invading host at
this juncture, and the slaughter became
terrific, and their countless numbers
melted like snow under the influence of
the July sum-" &c.
The car under the draft of the sleek
mules passed smoothly over the beauti-
tiful bridge, but fear l have strained
and injured the retina of my eyes in eff
forts to magnify to historic proportions
the Liliputian objects described upon
the Kentucky shore. They improved but
little on near approach, and l very nat
urally concluded that they were stray
glers in search Of fresh air from the
dense German population of Cincinnati,
and that the ''stalwarts" were still in
repose, recuperating for their gigantic
enterprises Of the week to follow.
Old Jesse Grants p. o. has the out
ward seeming of an ordinary tore-house,
for which it was originally constructed,
but as you approach it bears a favora-
bic comparison to the one at "Great
Mills" though lacking the appointments
of the latter.
Newport, KY. as Barracks" has
in all probability fred its last gun, as
the Government thinks of its removal
to Columbus, Ohio, and old Gov. "Bill
Allen" is going to sweep the Buckeye
State to the sweet music of $4,000 ma
jority. saw him at the Convention at
Columbus the other day, and he is eve
~ inch a nobleman and my minds eve
took in our revered old Democratic
war-horse" who graces Leonardtown,
whenever present.