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the exception of four silver chandeliers which the Queen of Etruria 
gave to Bishop Fenwick for his church, and a gilded tabernacle, 
a gift from Pope Pius VII. In the sacristy there were no orna¬ 
ments, with the exception of two gilded frames with relics. The 
new cathedral is a spacious and lofty building: they were build¬ 
ing the choir, in which an organ made in Pittsburgh was to be 
placed. There was to be a large vault under the altar, destined 
for the sepulture of the bishops and clergymen. The church had 
not as yet any bells, with respect to these, the clergy expected 
some contributions from Italy. The vicar-general of the bishop 
was Abbe Hill,* he had formerly been a captain in the British 
service, and having become a Catholic while in Italy, entered 
the Dominican order. He was said to be a good orator. 
Deer creek runs into the Ohio above the town—two wooden 
bridges lead over it. This brook was very inconsiderable, and could 
be leaped over, but it was evident from its steep shores that it 
swelled sometimes to a great height. On the other side of this 
creek is the highest hill in the vicinity. From its summit there 
is a delightful prospect over the city and valley, the centre of 
which it occupies. This view, even in Europe, would be consi¬ 
dered as very handsome. I found on the top a great quantity of 
reddish limestone with shells, an evident proof that this part of 
the country was formerly covered by the sea. Among the gen¬ 
tlemen who favoured me with their visits, I remember a General 
Neville, from Pittsburgh, whose father had been adjutant to Ge¬ 
neral La Fayette during the revolutionary war. Mr. Symmes,f 
brother of Captain Symmes, author of the theory that our planet 
is hollow and inhabited, drew very well, and had collected the 
likenesses of all the persons visiting Cincinnati who had interest¬ 
ed him: he had the kindness to include my portrait in his collec¬ 
tion. Some of these gentlemen conducted me to see the remains 
of Indian antiquities which are yet existing, but which could 
scarcely be recognized. We ascended an Indian mound, which 
is about thirty feet high, situated in a garden. One part of it had 
been cut off, but nothing being found in it, they began to plant it 
with trees. I had resolved on travelling in the interior of the 
state of Ohio, in order to convince myself of the condition of this 
country, which has been inhabited but thirty years by a white 
population. I therefore renounced the comfortable travelling on 
the Ohio for the inconvenient passage by land. To be enabled 
to travel at my leisure, I hired a carriage with four horses, at six 
dollars per day, and left Cincinnati on the 3rd of May, at eleven 
o’clock, A. M. We rode that day twenty-one miles., to the 
* [Brother of Lord Hill.]— Trans. 
t [Peyton Symmes, Esq. receiver of the land office.]— Trans. 
