Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-19
COLD wEATHER-BAD ROADS, SC.

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COLD WEATHER-BAD ROADS, sc.
Cold Weather-No human being, save Mon.
sieur Chaubert, could write other than frozen
paragraph during this weather, and he would
weep icicles the moment he left his oven. Since
Tuesday last our weather would laugh a Lapland,
er out Of c0untenance. For our own part, it
would be great luxury to warm our fingers for a
few minutes at the North pole. A mans ideas
freeze as they fall, and the dropphags of his ina
gnation harden more rapidly than melted lead in
its passage from the top Of shot tower. Any
man that sheds tears now, will cause great dis
be hail Storm And then this infamous inau-
enza! Who in the name of mental and physical
frigidity could be expected to say any thing sen.
sible, while he was coughing with a vehemence
that would do credit to a Ministerial member,
determined to put down an opposition speaker in
Parliament? What ought to be looked for from
the pen of poor devil of an Editor who has en-
ployed a superintendent of his own nose; and
is liable at each paragraph to the danger of sneez
ing every button off Of his coat? The New
York Courier and Enquirer folk have frequently
edited their readers by dissertations upon Gallo
rio and have even been hot headed enough to sim
gle as by an occasional push of a hot poker; but
the public always gave verdict of 'Chance
Medley" which Blackstone say is more properly
shaud medley. They never fairly, either out
burnt US, or burnt us out, thanks to our more
ardent latitude, and we should like now to know
whether they can outfreeze us? If they can, let
them forthwith import an iceberg and cut 1t into
warming pans.-Camden rs. c. Journal.
The Mails.-We learn that the steamboat
from Washington, with the North ern mail, ar
rived within the mouth of Potomac Greek, on
Thursday night, but from the quantity of ice
which had formed in the Greek, was unable to
get up. Finding it impracticable to land the
mail, she put back with the view of getting out
of the creek as soon as possible, and the cart,
with the mail for the North, came back yesterday
and proceeded on the usual land route to Wash
ington. The weather has set in very cold, and
the boat would probably not have ventured down,
but for the purpose Of avoiding, whenever there
was hope Of success, the Serbonian bog, as Mr..
Randolph calls it, between this place and Alex
andria. Many Ofour main public highways in
Virginia, are represented as almost impossible,
and no one thinks of encountering the difficult
ties and perils Of along journey without the i'm
pulse of urgent necessity. We confess we are
piedseu W Sue eullots VI papers CdliuS ue dlleu-
ton of the public to this matter. the facilities of
travelling and Of transporting agricultural pro-
ducts to market, are as important to interests
as to our comforts and amusements. The ne
cessty of reform in the system as relates to the
edged, and is obvious. We have heard num-
Der of defects pointed out, but have not time to
notice them particularly. The Legislature is
now in session, and before it rises, we hope it
will be reminded that the public welfare requires
its deliberations on this subect-that the ineffi-
cheney Of the present system may be seen-and
that measures may be adopted for the more ef-
tectually removing an evil of general complaint,
and of the first magnitude.
Frelericksbug Herald, January Is.
The mails are very irregularly received, and
will continue to be SO, until something is done to-
wards putting the roads in better state of repair.
How this desirable end is to be attained can east
Iy be pointed out, but so long as the views of the
present National Executive preponderate, there
is not much hope that gratuitous advice will be
serviceabe. No part Of the road over which
the mail travels, stands more in need Of thor
ough repair, or, indeed, we may say no part Of
the country needs an entire ne,C road, more than
that between Baltimore and Philadelphia. Who
ever has had occasion to travel over this apology
for road, in the winter season, need not be told
that it is by no means comfortable or pleasant
ride. Yet with the fact staring them in the face
daily, that the mail is and ever must be delayed
beyond the usual time on this road, the members
of Congress. individually and collectively, seem
to use no efforts to remove the evil. Session af-
ter session passes away, and no notice is taken of
a matter which concerns the whole community.
If we are not mistaken. Congress ordered, few
years since, survey ofthe most practicable route
for road between Baltimore and Philadelphia;
the survey was accordingly completed. and three
routes pointed out for selection, but there the mat
ter rests, for no choice has been made to this day.
Extending, as this road does. through three diff
ferent States, neither of which is sufficiently in
terested to incur the expense of making that part
which lies within Retrospective limits, it is GER