Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-08-21
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
BArrrnonE CRY, August IA. 1877.

BALTIMORE CITY, August ii, 1871
Mr. Huinex 81 am still on the wing
Four weeks ago to day left Charlestown on
one of my summer tours from Alexandra
sent you letter. which you were pleased 10
publish, which the Gozeue OF that city did
me the honor to copy in part My trip will
have e M braced town country and city in their
variety of scenes ADD living-when blended.
a very pleasant experience in realization, and
a goodly past picture To trace in memory in
the hereafter For the past week have been
rusticsting in fuct. enjoying rural life in re-
aIitv. near the centre of Howard county. Md
at the hospitsble residence of Reuben Dorsey.
ESQ. gentleman of the Old Mary land stock.
Far from railroad. town and city, qnietness
prevailed that was refreshing to the spirit IN
contrast ever with the stir of a town. Nature,
So still in herself, was the more enjoyable he
cause OF it. and wooed the spirit TO communion
with her in her soitarness that was READILY
accepted. found this immediate section nt
the county to soil to be very good, the
prime val growth Of timber being of that kind
that indicates richness; whilst the fields OF
corn, without the use of the modern fertilizers,
so luxuriant in growth and quality, established
the fact The corn was equal to that "f our
own highly favored land For the successful
cultivation and yield of wheat the fertilizers
have to he used Being within few miles
of the Wesley Grove Camp Meeting, mine
host took US to this gathering of the saints,
and sinners too Being in receipt of the Free
Press Of last week read a short but graphic
description of the camp and the preaching Of
the greater lights in the early part "f the
meeting, to which might refer yonr readers.
Ny visit covered TWO DAYS, Friday and Sum
day succeeding The big guns referred to by
800, ,or(rora h,d unD. hnt tho reCerhpra.
tions of their heavy metal were still heard.
and We, other prnjectiles of large caihr" we're
on hand for Sunday work. Rev A Wilson,
whom our people know to he Jnhter tonam
as A preacter discnurse3 on Sabbath morning
with great power IN christian thought center
ing in Christ as supreme over all other. dwarf
ing all other thought, and destined to live and
breathe and burn with eternal radiance and
brightness when all other shall have rnssPd
away For more than an hour he held the
listening throng 10 silent awe. AT night the
Rev. Mr.. Biting. Baptist. clergyman Of
this city. preached with great el"qurnre. force
and effect. Somehow the methodist clergy
are proverbial for an impetuous, fiery zeal,
but here was a case in which they were
egualled. ii not surpassed. ''liernd was out
Heroded"-a FIRE, an euergv of thought ana
manner that not even "mUrh ,cnter' had nr
could put out. 10 all there was no rant or
excess, no cracking strain. all within the
bounds of rule-a great soul in great earnest
Just gave him my heart and hand on the
spot No rain had fallen since the camp
began and much of dust was about These
city people have way at doing up these
meetings with great comfort and they are to
them a source of delightful christian rerrea>
ton as we'll as Of eslth The rustic sim
Io If no MI do mo
is not +, und now in coDnexon with those held
near our large cities yet it is to be hoped
that much good is done. In noticing partic
nlarly the two eminent ministers in this letter
1 would net have your readers think that
others did not presch well and eff ctively |
heard none who did not do so.
| am writing this from the great CITY nf
Baltimore a place Of $50 thnuSaud inhab>
itants. | find it com parativGlv pleasant a. to
the weather-n"t crprcssivelv hot a. the don
| zeHs of the mountain night sunro'". Wv
place of stopping is in an e'cv"trd rart vt the
city, the Southern end of Townsend st not
far from the suburbs whore the fresh, rnre
air reaches within sigl of Lafayrtt" square
one of the lunys-rhc hrrr thing places for
the people where they can walk and SIT and
look upon the green grass. where flowers fresh
and beautiful are growing, and ch"ic" trees
give shade, and fountains of water IN l't-
throw out the crystal element. and littl" birds
hop and chirp unaSturbed. This i me at
the beauty spnts Of the city Bn, there is
Druid H Park comprising several hundred
acres, by nature made heauri'u', hut added
thereto every Attainment of art--ana s'ill
others in process Of preparation for the
bcau'iiying Of the place and health Of III"
people She will one day merit the name,
'City of Parks" She has been called the
City Of Monuments The grand shat over
look ing the city, to the ilustrou- Washing>
tn, and the Battle Monument cnmmemornt-
ing the victory of North Point, have won
her This last title. CITY Of Churches. ri Q may
he ftly called, too. Ofthese there are doubt
less hundreds large and spacious in sittings
ard grand and imposing in architectural
Then her public schools, the buildings for
which are among the finest of the citv. giving
shelter to thousands of children in pnrsni' OF
know ledge, the brightest gem in the city's
cnrnnet The city grows and EXPANDS amnz
ugly, to justify and sustain which. there
must be a corresponding growth in trade and
business, and her future. if we judge from
the past. defrs our conception Our section.
30 intimately identified with her in trade
bur rej"ice in her prosperity. Quiet reieps
in Warsaw" The emuet of tho strikers ia
among the things that were, the show and
pageant Of the military Withdrawn Nav the