Long before the reign of merchant princes began, stately churches, colleges, and commodious dwellings had arisen, and replaced the hut of the early settlers, so that Cincinnati, with the exception of Philadelphia, is become the most regular and beautiful city of the Union. The scene of the accumulation of large fortunes, cultivation has followed in their train, so that it is difficult for one who first visits it from the east to realize that he is seven hundred miles from the seaboard. Fulton had by his discovery overcome the difficulties of communication, and opened a market for its immense products; but yet another discovery was to contribute to its prosperity. By means of the magnetic telegraph communication between the seaboard of the Atlantic and the lakes is more easy than between New York and Brooklyn, and with the whole west Cincinnati has acquired new importance. It can not but continue to advance and acquire yet more influence than now it has. CLEOPATRA. BY ELIZABETH J. EAMES. Enchantress queen! whose empire of the heart With sovereign sway o'er sea and land extended, Whose peerless, haunting charms, and syren art, Won from the imperial Caesar conquests splendid; Rome sent her thousands forth, and foreign powers, Poured in thy woman's hand an empire's treasures; Was _Fate_ beside thee in those gorgeous hours When monarchs knelt, slaves to thy merest pleasures? When but a gesture of thy royal hand Was to the proud Triumvirs a command. O, bright Egyptian Queen! thy day is past With the young Caesar--lo! the spell is broken That thy all-radiant beauty o'er him cast; His eye is cold--wo! for thy grief unspoken! Yet thy proud features wear a mask, which tells How true thou art to thy commanding nature:-- Once more, in all thy wild bewildering spells, Thou standest robed and crowned, imperial creature: Thy royal barge is on the sunny sea, Oh! sceptered queen--goest thou victoriously? But hark! a trumpet's thrilling call "to arms!" O'er the soft sounds of lute and lyre ringeth. Doubt not thy matchless sovereignty of charms, But haste--the victor of Philippi bringeth His shielded warriors and lords renowned-- With spear and princely crest they come to meet thee, Arrayed for triumph, and with laurels crowned, How will their stern and haughty leader treat thee? He comes to conquer--lo! on bended knee The spell-bound Roman pleads, and yields to thee!