most direct and clear acquaintance with all knowledge; wherefore this charge should also be signified by external brightness. "The judges shall ride on horses of a bright bay color: because the exercise of their office should manifest a zeal of fiery energy; each one fulfilling, in holiness, the duties of his department. The treasurers shall ride on black horses; as the exercise of their office is directly concerned with those necessary wants, which change and disappear like the shady side of life. "The inhabitants of our holy city may not marry: for what true Christian can doubt, that God is able of the stones to raise up children unto Abraham ?" CINCINNATI, June 18th. On Saturday the 15th, we started at 11 A. M. in the steamboat Majestic; and arrived here on Monday the 17th, after having travelled between four and five hundred miles on the Ohio, at an expense (in consequence of opposition) of only four dollars each, including meals and lodging. The boat was admirably arranged. The lower space was occupied by the engine, wood, coals, and articles of freight. Over that, a large saloon and dining room extended nearly the whole length of the vessel. On each side of this were the state-rooms; with one door opening into the saloon, and another out on the open, but sufficiently sheltered passage-way, running round the boat. These little apartments had a warm floor, but were far more comfortable than those in the Acadia. The breakfast, dinner, and tea were also respectable; but as I have an aversion to heavy and highly seasoned food, I contented myself morning and evening with bread and milk. As to the main thing, the journey, it was pleasant and satisfactory in every respect: the Ohio in truth deserves to be called "the beautiful river." In a distance of 400 and odd miles, the forms of the hills, the character of the woods, &c. must of course offer repetitions; but I saw no flat, sterile, tiresome spots. The outlines of the mountains, the magnificent forests, the shady valleys and ravines, and the bright green or golden fields, filled me with admiration and delight. From its many windings, the river often seemed to be shut in like a lake; or islands divided it, and added to its diversified appearance; while the hills that rose one above another formed an enchanting background, that alternately approached and receded from the view. There was always something to be seen; the constant motion produced a succession of changes, behind, before, and on either side. Wherever the river and the hills left a level spot, or a ravine opened on the sight, there might be seen a cottage peeping from the curtain of leaves, with its slope of cultivated ground; while cows, calves, poultry, and dogs, added in their way to the aspect of cultivation. The enjoyment of this scenery, however, did not wholly withdraw our attention from the human beings who formed our companions. Three chiefs of the Seminoles, with their travelling marshal, a negro who spoke English, were on their way from Washington, to their home west of the Mississippi. The most aged of them had once led an attack, in which many Americans were killed; this brought about a war and their final expulsion to the other side of the Mississippi. These chiefs were oddly dressed, or rather ornamented, but only in articles of English or American manufacture. Their stockings were red and drawn above the knee; and they wore colored girdles, but no pantaloons. They had on great coats made of stuff with different colored stripes; their necks and bodies were hung round with all sorts of trinkets; and their heads were wrapped up in colored handkerchiefs. Notwithstanding all the care bestowed on their toilette, they usually lay stretched out in the dirtiest place on the upper deck; and their black attendant once borrowed my umbrella to fetch down one of them, who was lying fast asleep in a pouring rain. Another made a long speech to the bystanders. He spoke fluently; and his gesticulation was so appropriate and temperate, that many a member of Congress might have taken lessons from him. He was not in the least disturbed by the fact that his audience did not know a word of what he was saying. By the way, it is difficult to understand in the reverberating halls of Congress; and many do not even make the attempt. CINCINNATI, June 19th. I shall elsewhere give a connected and circumstantial account of the state of Ohio, and the city of Cincinnati; here I will make but a few passing observations. Yesterday cannot certainly be called a lost day; indeed it must be reckoned among the most profitable of our journey. We drove in the morning with Dr. P. and the Rev. Mr. N., and in the afternoon with lawyer W., through the city and the most considerable part of the environs. The lofty wood-crowned or cultivated hills usually slope down to the banks of the Ohio. But at Cincinnati they recede for a space on both sides, forming a wide circle, within which are situated Cincinnati and the opposite towns of Newport and Coventry in Kentucky. From the rising streets you look forth upon a world of verdure. Most of them are laid out with unexpected elegance, and are full of shops; some are planted with trees, and are now so clean, that Mrs. Trollope's accusations have lost all their truth. In the more remote quarters, to be sure, one perceives here and there a hog, busy with his deep investigations. I saw the same in Baltimore and Washington; and perhaps it would be as well (so long as Major Baier's plan for washing the streets is not carried into execution) if such scavengers were instituted in Berlin. From the projec tions of the hills the finest views are obtained of the city, with the navigable stream intersecting it, and the circle of mountains that shut the landscape in. We dined with Dr. P. The evening was spent at Mr. W.'s, in an agreeable company of gentlemen and ladies. Two of the latter sang very well indeed, and tempted me to put my now stiffened fingers once more in motion. Besides the enjoyment of scenery, we had instructive conversation during the day and evening; but neither prevented me from observing that many fine looking women passed through the streets, and that the young girls were remarkable for their height, shape, and carriage. To-day we went first to visit a court-room; and after that to Woodward College, where I was present at a lecture on spherical trigonometry and one on the Edipus of Sophocles. Both instructors and students merited praise; and I had to read a passage to show how Greek is pronounced in Germany. Whatever faults our pronunciation may have, it is certainly more correct than the English, which gives two or three quite different sounds to the same Greek letters: for example, ae, ü, ii, ei. From the college we walked to one of the common schools, which was divided into a number of departments, where female as well as male teachers were employed. We dined at Mr. C.'s, and after dinner went with him across the Ohio to Covington and Newport; places belonging to another state (Kentucky), but which may be considered as included in the Cincinnati valley. The varied prospects, the farm-houses and villas, the woods and fields, all presented the same charming We left Cincinnati at nine in the morning of Thursday, June 20th, in an American stage-coach, and arrived here to-day at 8 o'clock, A. M. We dined in Lebanon, supped in Dayton, came by night through Springfield, and reached this, the fifth town, in the morning. The nil admirari system (that dry fountain from which so many dunces endeavor to draw at least a show of wisdom) has never been my Hippocrene; and to resort to it here, would be more perverse than ever. Since I have been in the state of Ohio, my admiration, already expressed in Berlin, has been unceasing. So too with regard to the mighty city Cincinnati; though the growing up of a city in a well chosen spot, is not so remarkable, as the conversion of a wilderness into a settled and cultivated country, in the space of fifty or sixty years. Yesterday we travelled over hill and dale, along a good road, the whole day through; passing by the most carefully cultivated and luxuriant fields, particularly of wheat, Indian corn, and oats. There is little barley, and no rye. The bright colors of the fields. are set off by the rich dark verdure of the forest in the background. The weather was favorable, and by way of variety we had a shower; after which the dusky woods were brilliantly lighted up, and a rainbow made its appearance, here a veritable sign of peace and reconciliation. To-day, the 22d, we drove round the environs with Mr. S., who had kindly received us into his charming family circle. The town stands in a fruitful plain; and, notwithstanding its recent origin, is already of a respectable size and well built. The hotel, called the Neil House, is, after the American fashion, larger than any in Berlin. We visited the lunatic asylum, the institution for the deaf and dumb, the prison, &c., of which I shall give an account in another place. LEXINGTON, Kentucky, 26th June. We started in the steamboat Franklin, on Monday the 24th, at 10 o'clock, and arrived at nine in the evening at Louisville. The boat was comfortable and still, without noise or crowding; the fare creditable; and the company quiet. In fact, I needed no conversation to beguile the time; there was so much of the beautiful to be seen, from morning till night. All that I have said in praise of the Ohio and its banks to Cincinnati, should here be repeated. As the beautiful shifting scenery in a certain ballet (I have forgotten its name) presents to the eye in the course of a few minutes a series of charming landscapes, lighted up in various ways, so here we had before us for twelve hours in succession an endless variety of pictures delineated by the fertile and vigorous hand of youthful Nature herself. The evening was, if possible, still lovelier than the day. Soft breezes moved the light clouds, which, invested with gorgeous colors by the beams of the setting sun, had their glories mirrored in the smooth stream. On the opposite side, the woods showed their sombre green, and gave the waters a deeper hue. Fireflies in great num bers sparkled among the foliage; and the rising moon fr әлир !М.. On Tuesday morning, the 25th, at half past five, seats in the coach, and proceeded to Frankfort; anu the railroad to Lexington, where we arrived at six in the even.. At first the coach was not filled; so that two gentlemen sitting opposite me formed a dos-à-dos, and were able to stretch their legs out of the windows. Instead of "sursum corda" (lift up your hearts!), the word here seems to be "sursum pedes" (lift up your feet!). No people raise these latter so high as the Americans; the condition of the soles of the feet, and the quality of several other parts of the body elsewhere kept out of view, are here frankly submitted to public observation and opinion. At last the occupants of our coach mustered as follows: two grandmothers, two unmarried and two married daughters, two suckling infants, a stout old negress, and two gentlemen. We did very well, however; as the coach had seats for twelve. The country from Louisville to Lexington is quite level in the neighborhood of both towns: in the intermediate parts, it is hilly and undulating; and, though not quite as beautiful, fertile, and carefully cultivated, as the country between Cincinnati and Dayton, it is likewise distinguished in those respects. Hemp is generally grown instead of wheat; the woods consist chiefly of tall beeches; on the road flourish camomile plants, mullein, and white clover; and in the gardens are cabbages and turnips, roses and mallows. In the evening after our arrival in Lexington, we paid a visit to General C., and enjoyed an agreeable and instructive conversation. I alluded to General Harrison's order to the Kentucky militia, not to show too much daring and valor in battle against the English; and it turned out that General C. and his men had themselves received this rebuke. A chief cause of our journey to Lexington, was the wish to see again and speak more particularly with the probable next president of the United States, Henry Clay. For this purpose we went early to-day to his country-seat, which is pleasantly situated among meadows, fields, and trees. But unfortunately he had left an hour before for Frankfort, the place whence we |