Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-10-30

which reused me from my slumbers
before daylight this morning, there
has not been excitement enough here
since my arrival to mar the cogita,ions
of slumbering flea, or disturb the
equaniRity Of the most m Inc nervous school
miss that ever wept oyer the suffer
ings Of a novel heroine. Therefore,
you see i am driven to my pen from
sheer necessity, asithe only means left
to shake of this horrid ennui; and as
l have been writing considerably
through the day,you are the only re-
maining correspondent Ithink ofyou
must therefore consent to be pictim-
issd. One thing you have to thank
your stars for. ifmy communications
become too frequent you still have
.t1at stope as resort. So much by
way of Introduction; now to the re-
sumo Of my journey. I'd
I, On Monday ! was compelled to
leave, with reluctant heart, the kind
friends we had SO Unexpectedly found
at Fros,burg, and once more take to
the road. Having business which
called me from the main route, i here
parted with my companion and pursu-
cd my lone way down the valley Of
Georges Creek. Here there is a
very fair illustration heyast results
that are being producedby the enter
prise and go.allead-atiyeliess Of the
American people: z, '''3
x Georges. Creek is a little thread
like stream, possessing little body but
tremendous fall, givingit motive pow
erlsufiicient for almost any amount Of
machinery, but hitherto unimproved
10 any considerable extent. The
country aroundis akind ofcompound
externally. halfhills and half rocks-.
quite picturesque and attractive to an
ardent admirero Of Nature, ,likeimyself-
but Offering about Us much promise
for cultivation as the Arabian Desert
would for Tsoas Fis1isg. For years
this land has lain in almost its primi-.
tive wilderness, although a few far.
seeing men had settled in itsmidst,
patiently enduring Inspirations, and
copfidentlyiawaiting thea" good time
coming" Nor have they waited in
vain, The Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road came creeping across tho lower
end oftlcir valley in its onward march
for the Pacifc! The triumphant
shrek Of the "IronSH Horse" was re-
echoed from the lonely solitude Of
their gloom-clad hills as he flew on in
his demon.like career, and the hurry,
hustle, shout and clangor Of business
mark the spo. where erewhile the
!" wild fox dug his hole unscared" and
tho owl hooted forth his dismal song
at noon.day. Then men began to re-.
alize that in those frowning hills lay
concealed a. mine ofiwealth as pro-
ductive, though smayhap not as attrac.
tive as California'sg glittering goldbeds,
and spectators hurried to possess
themselves Of the Coal Lands Of
Georges Creek, a, almost any price.
Mark the RESULT! There is now in
course Of construction, a Railroad
throughtlie whole length ofthe valley,
to connect with the Baltimore Il Ohio
Railroad, which will enable them to
bring their Coal into market, to com.
pete with any and all other sections
ofthe country; and I anticipate the
day is not far distant when the valley,
now almost sublime in its rugged SIM
plicity, shall become far-s,retching
village, and the banks Of Georges
Greek but continuous Mill.seat, the
fame Of which shall extend to every
nook and corner Of our land.
Real Estate is now selling there at
enormous prices, which q fow years
since might have been bought for a
mere song. The gentleman with
whom staid over night (and he is a
geatleman) pointed me to tract of
lsl acres for which lie paid ffy cents
per acre, but had refused, one Aundred
dollars per, acre, holding it at one
hundred and fifty! Yet there are
men who, foramere party purposes,
will, in the face ofsuch facts as these,
boldly array themselves against al.
mos. any. and every internal improve