Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-04-23
Rail- Roads.

Rail- Roads.
Having got home yesterday morning, the unenvla-
bile nossessor Of q very bad cold. which offer to
disnose of ON accommodating TERMS find ourselves
totally incapable of falling at into the traces
After having ridden two consecutive nights, we are
still conscious of kind of rumbng in ears, &C.
casionally diversified by the musical shrek of To-
connective, and pleasantly mixed up with tremulous
motion generally Out of the fullness of the heart
the mouth speaketh, and we have only followed the
direction of our ideas in the caption of this rambling
paragraph,
The smOothest running on any portion OF the line
between Wilmington and New York, is accomplished
on the Wilmington and Raleigh Road and OH the
Road from Petersburg to Weldon. The latter
road is in better order than it ever was before Per
contra the toughest road-the slowest running,
and the flthiest cars the road from Philadel
phia to Baltimore. This monopoly does not even
take the trouble to have its coaches swept out prop
criy and the slightest motion the particles OF dust
fill the atmosphere. We learn that the present legis
laure of Maryland has granted the company the
right to construct bridge the Susquehanna Riv-
or; at present the boat crosses at night, and
udicrous incidents or accidents take place. An old
lrdy and three four daughters serve up coffee and
oysters to the passengers on board the boat On
Friday night the boat, in rounding into her place,
struck the pier with considerable force and in poet
icaI phrase upset the applecart;' this deponent,
with several other semi-somnolent gentlemen being
sent flying. while in the act of imbibng hot coffee,
one unfortunate person, with beard and moustaches,
hal dish of stewed oysters spread over his counte-
nance and dickcy,
There is one fact for the existence of which vari-
GUS reasons might be assigned but which is itself
apparent. The conductors on the Southern cars are
ten times more courteous and gentlemanly, than
those North This is felt instantly the traveller pass
es Washington City. To this latter City, it would
be hard to assign any position. 1t is nominay slave
territory but the number of slaves SMALL and the
few that are, generally in private families,
that hardly ever sees a slave at the Hotels in
any public place. STILL the presence of Southern
men, and the close neighborhood of Maryland and
Virginia, give smoother tone to free niggerdom,
and render the white hackmen and walters more po-
lite and accommodating The hackmen in Philadel-
phia are the most unmtgated rascals of their class
with whom it has been fortune to meet anywhere.
By the way. talking of Philadep ha hackmen, brings
us to the City in general which is now occupied in
cIHnging quite much as IN groWing. Augustus
Caesar boosted that he had found Rome brick, and
left it marble; time, without any imperial
sistance, is rapidly working great chance
in New York and Philadelphia. In 1910 the
principal business streets contented with
three or four story brick houses-in 1860 they
will be filled with six and seven story ornamened
sand stone and plate glass. The great appreciation
in the value of ground has something to do with
this as although man may own lot having only
twenty feet in front and sixty feet depth, he still
owns it up to heaven if he can build so high. One
Of the handsomeSt of these ornamented sand stone
fronts is that of the Grard House Hotel in Cbes
nut street, PhiIadelphla-a perfect gem of house
which has been opened about three months. Per-
haps this house is conducted in accordance with the
proverb which says that q new broom sweeps clean
at any rate they certainly do things up in the finest
style. The only difficulty is that they send single
gentlemen leetlc too near heaven.
The Quaker city folks feel good deal irrtateC
at the attempts of New York to get their Mint from
them, and the Pennsylvania delegation has cerainly
exerted active influence against the Collins lin
of steamers.
Coal is the great back bone of Philadelphia ship
ping business, and every Cape Fear man who passe
through should visit the depot of the Reading Rail
road at Richmond at the upper end of the city. Thi
mining business has enabled Pennsylvania to .keel
pace with, and gain upon, New York in tn
matter of population, shown by the ne'
apportionment which gives Pennsylvania al
additional member. while New York loses one
If one-fourth the advantages can be reaped iron
the coal business by North Carolina, and tn
Cape Fear country then, indeed new day is abou
tn dawn upon us.-DaHy Journal 10Th inst.
BEzg~The object of editor is to make a pape
which will interest his readers, either by conveyin
information which they feel anxious to possess,
such articles as may commend themselves to thei
attention by their style of writing, by the prime