The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-09

Stzr Spangled Balaer." q song familiar 70 everv
American.
On Saturday / was busy sight seeing. Went
first to the Washington MOnumeAf from the top
Of which had splendid visw a the City OF
Baltimore and vicinity. Visited also the Pea
body Institute, Q magnificent marble structure,
erected by the muni6cence Of the late George
Peabody, for the benefit Of this city. The library
and galleries are the finest l have yet seen, not
excepting the Congressional Library At Wash
ingtOn. There ID . hall Of statuary, picture gal
lery, musical collections and other apartments
devoted to the fine arts visited also number
of fine churches, as the n. e. Church st Mount
Vernon Place, which is magnificent indeed, cost
ing $3.50 900; the German Catholic Church, the
most beautiful in form and finish ever saw; also
the old Catholic Cathedral, founded in the time
of Lord Baltimore, and in which was married
Miss Patterson and Jerome Bohaparte, during
the golden days of the first Napoleon The his
tory of their marriage and early separation is
familiar to many of your readers. / saw the
former residence of this distinguished lady, now
the property of one of her grandsons, who is a
member of the Baltimore bar. In the vicinity
0lC q uuuDcI Oh tHS nnC8t EcSf0e1Cc9 IN the CITY,
the owners of which are millionaires but some
of them l learn are not happy they are tor
mented with the gout! Have visited the City
Hail. perhaps the finest building in the CITY, cost
ing more than $2,271 ,O00 The chambers for
both branches of the city council are simply
magnificent, as is also the mayors Office, and in
deed every apartment and room of the structure
No capitol l have yet seen, except that of the
Q. S. al Washington, equals it. That of South
Carolina would have excelled il in size and fn-
ish, had it been completed as originally designed
Have visited q number of the public parks, as
Druid Hill and Patterson Parks; Green Mount
Cemetery, the largest and handsomest of the city;
also the small monument erected over the re-
maias of Edgar Allan Poe, author of the BELLS"
and the Raven" 1t is in the Presbyterian
church yard, corner of Green and Fayette streets,
of this city, and has this inscription Edgar
Allan Poe, born January 20, 1909 Died Octo-
ber Z, 1s4s" Here rest the remains of him who
sang /" The Rare and Radiant Maiden" but who
will sing again, "Qaoth the Raven, never moretr
Yesterday | visited old Fort McIlenry 1t is
about three miles from the center of the city, on
point between the harbOr and PatapscO river
and commands fine view of that stream both
above and below the fort. 1t is much larger
now than in the war of 1912-14 During the
late civil war there was no engagement here,
but it was a camp for soldiers, and some of the
Confederate prisoners were confined here About
two companies Of U. S. soldiers are stationed
here now, and saw them on dress parade dur
ing my visit. The only visible memento of the
bombardment by the British is an unexploded
shell thrown into the fort in 1914 This she'll
emptied of lis powder and destruciible elements
is kept near where it was found soon after the
action in the year named above.
Baltimore has the reputation of having many
pretty ladies, and from personal observation am
disposed to believe the report we'll founded but
while passing through many of the streets l saw
many very homely ladies, some of them very DID,
and more children in the streets than ever saw
in any other city.
l leave this afternoon for Philadelphia whence
| may write you again. J.V. D.