The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-09-20
THE CECIL W HlG
To Il leaders and Corresponds ntS

C-y-A number Correspondents and Others TO
whom we personally mail The Wig did not
receive it last week, owing to our absence.
GIVE publish quite a number OF inter csing
letters this week from various correspondents.
There iSa fine original poem on the first page,
and the article by a. Furmrr," will demand the
attention of the politician ana general reader.
C5-We find on our table a large number IF
letters and communications which we will an
swer and dispose Of as fast as possible.
IrJ-S"vcral Tens "Rcportel'' for the Local
column have been crowded out this week. Some
of them referred TO the approaching fading of,hc
woods
"And Autumn laying here and there
\ fiery finger on the leaves;'
very scasonablc, and we regret we could not
print them.
We give in this place the following letter from
a new correspondent.
letter from Alexandria.
Correspondence Of Tie CELL Hhtg.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Sept. 10, 81
Beauty of tie Scenery around the city It's gr3,r-
ing Enterprise aad Hmtori0nce--G Cas- " dcr,
DC, &C.
Mn. EDITOR As kind Fortune has favored
me with little respite from business engage
ments, | have concluded 10 employ the time in
manufacturing u few phrases for your columns;
that is, If the intensity OF the heat does not con-
duce to the dissolution of the requisite mental
and physical nppurenances; of which there is
perhaps som" danger as sold Sol" is dispensing
&c 1.
auspices q of the raging ..Dog-sar," causing
"Damc Nature" to appear,
"I.ike love lorn bride all slghted.''
Oh, for the pRiree of old Autumn. in ..sobcr
livery claI," with his train oirool. and delight
full Winds 1t would be treat indeed TO feel
their freshness.
Have You ever visited our good old town Of
Alexandria, Mr.. Editor: this home Of sterling
courtesy, and whole soulcd Hospitality! Ifso,
You will doubtless acknowledge il one Of the
most delightful sections Of the ''Old Dominion. >
Language cannot suffice to adequately portray
the magnilicence and grandeur Of its natural
scenery. On the east in quiet loneliness the
blue Potomac gently slides through gorgeous
valss, and HIGHLANDS nantled with majestic
groves. rnped by the very breeze that duled
Ger the immortal remains of the PNtcr P0iriGc.
On the north in full view, and standing on, in
hr! relief the mammoth residence Of :" Gacir
S'ni' appears, a spectice ms grand as great;
where illuminate the intellectual bolts that Vi
brate most powerfully from pole to pole, and
where ,hrobs. as il were, the great heart of this
mighty Republic. On the west, the country un-
dulatcs; hill rises above hill as YOU advance un-
Ill they merge into the towering mounts, s.uhose
lofty tops" as the novelist has beautifully ex
pressed it "scem 10 hold converse with the clouds,
and beneath whose side lie in splendid reposc
all that delight the vision of the enthusiastic
Our city too bids fair to become The cifv o!
Virginia. She has for many ycnrs lain in Il state
Of quesccnrc, but lartcrly she has aroused. like a
lion refreshed by his .umbcrs. crushed her
"mnstrrly inactivity" and is beginning to ex-
hht the huge proportions of giant in enter
prise, and commercial Importance.
Many are the great improvements in progress.
here. all steadily tending TO conSummntion. In
few weeks We shall be delighted by the intro
duction Of gas which
VIII glow upon he gaze intense,
Like all the starry hosts
Had bounded from the blue immense,
And pcrched upon the posts.
And water too will soon be conducted INTO
our town from pure stream meandering some
three miles distant. Weare all on the Oui rirr
for the epoch to arrive when we shall be priyi-
Ic"ed to moiSten the cavities Of our mortal Chm
sails with copiouS libalion of the pure fresh
water, gushing Ger in rich prolusion from the
fount. Who cnn estimate the advantages ac-
crung through plentiful supply Of the clear
drops which Nature sheds! We are able fully
to appreciate especially this LATTER improvement.
as our water heretofore has been obtained in
llml"l portions from rar's, or aS witty gentle
man d"nolninated them ''a1uedurts on wheels. =
Bat lrsl should become tedious will draw this
cplsll" loa r!oNc. 'promisn". iiaerceablc, more
connected AMI entertaining No. ..
Yrs kr,p'v BrN Prnnrrp