Year: 1873

Iarrival, and came up the river I
| Paducah.


CAVE-IN-ROCKS,


as it is called, is between Cairo an


Paducah, on the north side Of th


Ohio. 1 have never seen it noticed Il


print, or heard of it before. 1t is


hole in the rocky bank of the river
the banks should Judge from


hasty glance as we steamed past it,


were at least sixty feet high, perpen


dicular, and this opening is large


enough to admit a lumber wagon
loaded with hay, it runs back hun
dred feet, with an upper apartment
or chamber, the sides Of the opening
are smooth and look as if arched
over.


PADUCAH


is place OF ten thousand or perhaps
more. There are many fine residen-
ces back from the river, hut the soil
is of that nasty sticky clay that
makes it very unpleasant in spring
or wet weather. That part Of the
town near the river, land it is the
business part looks as if it had
had a severe stroke of paralysis
that no remedy could relieve. Pop
ulation more than half eolOred, the
balance of mixed nationalities
Alter trying to awaken them to the
necessities Of mending their ways,
and of providing some way to cross
the river (Styx) l left for


HENDERSON.


This is the county town of Hen
derson county, K. The city is built
on light sandy soil, and is \ very
pretty city. There is a large amount
of wealth here, but 1t is ia : few
hands, their sympathies were on the
wrong side of that little unpleasant
ness, and they have suffered in con
sequence. Here you can see the
two extremes in marked contrast.
The very rich and very poor. Here,
as in every other place, I was cordial
ly received and kindly treated BY
all the officials, but as / could not be
Of any immediate benefit to them
they bade me hearty good by.


oWINGToN
is another rich town on the river.
Its principal business is in the pur-
chase and manufacture Of tobacco
and whisky; population about five
thousand; about the same kind as
all the Kentucky towns are, so far
as l have been.


LOUISVILLE.


This place is 50 well known to
you and in fact to almost every one.
that shall not attempt a descrip.
ton. 1t is sufficient to say, it is the
principal city in Kentucky. Its
business men are mostly from the
north. Taking the Nashville r. R.
here, soon found that my German
friend was right, there is no mistake
about it, it is the "vorst road as
never vas" On this road We passed
through several tunnels. Tie prin-
cipal one is that at Montrose hill.
asked Of q gentleman sitting near
me, what the distance was through
It, and he said it was fright smart"
It looks as though it was solid stone
all the distance.


The next thing of note is Horse
Cave. This they tell me takes its
name from the fact that a man in
riding over the place saw the ground
giving away under the horse, and
'pringing from the saddle, had the
good luck to light on the solid earth
while the horse went down, and that
vas the last he ever saw of the
horse. The hole IS there, (he did
lot draw it in after him but the
people of that vicinity have no de
sire to get near enough to the hole
20 make any examination OF the
case. Still further on and we came
10 Cave City. This is only seven
niles from the famous Mammoth
ave, but as our society had no
branch there, | did not visit it. (My
visits were those of business, not
pleasure or curiosity, at some fu-
ure day 1 may do so.


At Bowling Green, q point where
he two eontending parties tried
heir strength during the rebellion,
he earth works are yet to be seen
short distance from the town, but
ny time would not permit my visit
ng them. F.P.