Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1849-08-10
CORRESPONDENCE.


Me,srs. Editors 1T has been sometime
since my gray goose quill' has been sum
moned 10 spaak on paper the "passing records
Of each day. But | have mol forgotten the
(" Chicken or the land of its birth. There
are many recoleclions still fresh on thu tablets
Of memory OF happy days spen, in the " Dia-
mond Stata and it - i'll be long ere they will
be bloited out. These remembrances are week
" revived by the appearances Of the " Chick.
en-" speaking usual in its manly iudepen-
dent tones.
have thought perhaps you would ike to
publish some correspondence from tho west :
il might be exceptable 10 your readers, and moi
unwelcpnle 10 you, ii it should so prove, we
may occasionally favor you with short aili-
Gle, not Of Esprit stirring song but plain
simple prose.
Ii is very seldom that we invoke the muse
of late, or touch the harp "lhat mouldeing
long hast hung" but rather cement our
selves with simple, matter a. fact prose. Nor
do we find il unwelcome. The wanderer in
the snowy Alps would not long admire their
gdLy heights if at their base b. found no
quiet vale. So it is with the lover Of song. II
he mounts his Pegasus and rides away into
the land of Imagination and fancy. mid visions
OF brightness and beauty, his ioamng ST. ed
will soon weary unless permitted to Tambl-
gently in the fllwry plain. presume there is
hut little local intelligence here which would
be OF particular interest to your readers. There
is, however,, one topic which has become the
theme Of every tongue throughout the land,
viz the Chalera.
Truly the "pestilence walketh at noon day -
and the people are filled y ilh fear. Will
neighboring cities are smiiten with the scourge
Rochester has thus ia. comparatively escaped.
The cases are very few and confined almost en-.
Iirely to the lower and depraved classes.
For the last three or four weeks there has
been few cases, perhaps from one to three a
day on an average. The city in other respects
was never more healthy than at the present
time, nevertheless the decree has gone forth
into the country that the Cholera is in the CT
ly" and The effect on trade and business is
truly astonishing. One of the proprietors OF a
heavy dry goods establishment, declares that
he does not lave twenty customers from the
country in week. The case of course is n
fear of the Cholera. We need not wonder that
people are afraid of disease in so dreadful a
form. We are all more or less excited when
death approaches on his shadowy wing, but
when he comes bearing on his pallid front the
seal Of the pestilence, when he comes wasting
The earth in his course and scattering terror,
anguish, and despair, then it is that we dread
Its coming
There Is however bit little to fear at present,
and the general health. and cleanliness OF the
city are causes Of sufficient importance to dist
pate all lear for the future.
The crops in the adjacent country are unnsu-
ally good. Wheat was never better, and old
Genesee bids fair to sustain the high repula-
tion it has won for its "prime -four" The far
mers are just closing up their wheat harvest.
and if they have toiled and sweat truly, they
have been cheered with golden visions. The
season has been remarkably fine for gathering
in the crops-the weather warm and dry.
Political excitement has pretty much subsi-
dea and the masses are generally sinking into
the belief that Taylor is Wing in spite Of
his anfi-election letters, at least some of the
Locufoco Office holders are fully convinced
that such is the fact.
The great wheels of government roll on from
year to year, with but litte change apparently,
and many seem satisfied that all is working
well, and yet there is mighty revolution eff
locting in the public mind as to the true inter
ests and probable destiny OF this government.
Il needs no prophets eye TO penetrate The veil
and lock beyond the present and see the hand
writing on The crumbing walls OF time, and
there to read its import. But il is not my pur-
pose in this letter 10 discuss this subject or to
expe ss an opinion. 1t may be proper theme
hereafter.
1t is often remarked by Editors thai short art-
rles are more acceptable than long mes for the
columns ola newspaper, if so, we shall GER
lainly please you in one respect and that is
lbreriiy.
Yours, respectfully. D. c. E.