Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-24

nv recollection the 'sbroad Potomac the sublime scenery
and akeke expanss Of the Hudson the gener banks OF
the Delaware and the Susquehanna, to say nothing OF the
beautiful Ohio the mighty father of waters the great Mis-
sissipp And then your majestic mountains, your broad
spread Valleys your lakes your seams all are deeply i'm
pressed my recollection, and will ever hold place there
and be remembered with admiration and with spirit of CRATE
full hankuness that have enjoyed their beauty and been
improved Q tust by their influence But something too
much Of this !-excuse will not so ansgress again
Your readers are not Of that class who will find fault with
for prasng what feel to be good and delightful here and
there is truly much of BOTH Would that the bright aspect
of things was the more general would that poverty and
Distress that want and sorrow and sickness did prey
hundreds of thousands of human hearts, and that restitution
was not the characteristic of many English habatons
These things ought be often most seriously looked into, in
order that if possible, they may be remeded but would be
ungraeul Providence, and TO society," did not
and then enjoy ourselves with and strive to communicate
to others the impressions be derived from the contemplation
of the beautiful and the happy.
II was lamenabe to hear Lord JOHN RUSSELL state the
House of Commons the other night that short the
quantity of potatoes planted Ireland, there to
believe that great part Of the crop must perish" His lord
ship would have made this assertion but upon the fullest
evidence of its and the Government possess the
ampes of obtaining information. This threatened
scarcity of potatoes leads the consideration of substitute
for them article Of food and where that substitute be
found unless in maize Indian corn There is much pre-
JUDGE against the of Indian meal present. arising in
great degree from the dislike entertained by the uninomed
of the people against adopting any thing which they
unaccustomed there is, however, much ignorance of the
proper modes of preparing it, and much difficulty in preparing
it, either muh, homny, Bread from the of the
fires (coa generally used and from the dearnes of fuel
dwell
who have the GOOD fires of America and the little pinch
ed up coal fires the lower classes England and know the
penuness of fuel in the former country and the DEAFNESS
of coal in the latter one, where is retaed 10 the poor by
the pound weight, will understand this part of the
difficulty in introducing meal unless under the
pressure of necessity into the daily consumption of the Eng
lish poor. ..
Should Indian meal become article of great and
steady consumption in England be by its introduction
among classes who superior in point of the work.
ing people, and who will give time and attention to its pepa-
ration. This, think, they will be well disposed to d. from
desire alleviate the dstresses of the poor by famarzng
them with the of valuable article of food The poor
in England have suffered much from the failure of the poa-
toes but the intense suffering of the Irish has directed
the OF public attention and sympathy in that direction
lately asked working (ho had then constant employ
men what difference the high price of potatoes made him.
He replied Before, when in work. almost always
contrved to have piece of meat Sunday for dinner
but could not manage it the last Sunday, | the
nert. We used buy potatoes at 3D. or Cd 40 or II
cens the peck they cost me Is 3d. CSC cents) the
peck. lido think it hard that zee cannot hare morsel of
meat on a Sunday.'
Indian meal has been more introduced and is cheaper in
Liverpool than in London in this latter place has been SELL
ing 3D. the pound in the retail shops and could not always
be procured at that price, Such price keep above
the reach Of those who most need it.
One thing much against the of meal in the classes
Immediately above the poor the almost universal preference
Of stale TO bread Hot rolls occasionally
used at breakfast, but they from BAKERS and made
At home. Corn cake must be hot and, where 50 It'll
required be prepared breakfast as is the custom in
English families, e trouble" Of baking cakes every morn
appears unnecessary, and would therefore, never become
general in families where the expense of fuel would be ar
objection. The only varieties of bread found at an English
eakst-tabe bread in sces bread and butter and bread
oasted butered dry remember all this bread is day
two old This day after day bill of fare rather trying to ar
American accustomed hot bread in all its varieties and
Shapes, hot rolls and buckwheat cakes &c. But point
vhoesomeness and due regard TO health the English mode
| il perhaps the best
Railroad pecuatons yet leading subject here. Late
accidents have occasoned much be turned to the
cent the Dee bridge has led the consideration of the
sey Of structures supported cast ron The coroner
| jury state in their verdict follows
awe consider should not be doing our DUTY towards
the public If separated without expressing our unanimous
opinion that girder bridge Of brittle and reacherous
metal cast iron Alone though ussed with wrought
rods safe for quick passenger trains we have
evidence before that there upwards one hundred
bridges similar in principle and form the late one over the
Dee either in the of being constructed
various lines of railways. We consider all these unsafe
more less, in proportion 10 the span still, all unsafe
"We therefore, call upon her Maesys Government to in
stute such inquiry into the merits dement's OF these
bridges shall either condemn the principle or establish their
safety such degree that passengers may rest fully satisfied
there danger although such bridges may defect from one
and a half TO five inches"
| correspondent of morning paper, who signs himself
"a Practical Man,, makes the following observations on the
point They appear to be highly worthy of at
tention on both sles Of the Atlantic
"Cast iron is remarkably hard and rigid substance but
exceedingly brittle and though will bear an enormous pres
sure gradually applied, without acturng it will break under
comparatively trifing blow. Now when cason cirder
is used to carry the wall of building placed above it. the
weight gradually laid upon the grder and when finished il
subject particular variation and the girder supports its
burden firmly and securely. But when cast iron pder is
applied carry heavy train bridge, the weight it
has bear very suddenly and with express trains almost
iantaneOusy) thrown upon the gder and suddenly
moved and hence assumes to all nens and purposes the
Character Of blow, and the grer subjected TO a strain
which quite untitled TO bear Roed-iron rails are nva-
uaby made of, because it is wcesabished fact that
cason rails would fracture under the rapid speed Of train