Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-02-07
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE POTOMAC.
sr. MAnY's County. MAny1As

ST.. MARY's COUNTY, MARYLAND,
Near Potomac Pavilion, January 20, 1852
AS the ice embargo laid at this time on the Potomac
river has cut off all communication between you and this
section OF country by steamboats,, &c. have thought
that sooner than not hear from ALL you would be
willing to have report by land in the old way by regu
lar course of mail 1t is with this feeling and under this
condition of things that take up my pen write you
tonight Not for many long years have had winter
as cold as the present; all ice rivers and
creeks all 6rged over without any appropriations from
Congress the State Legislature that travel
about in straight lines without hardly knowing caring
whether we are crossing field creek
We have had great abundance of wild ducks for
raj weeks past driven down by the ice from the upper
part Of the Potomac but within the last few days they
have left too and gone suppose down the bay towards
Norfolk to seek open water the river being closed to
its mouth took excursion this morning down to
Of our best shooting points, gun in hand, expecting
usual great sport but sadly disappointed The ducks
as before remarked with the exception of those that had
been wounded had all gone and these poor things
sitting about the ice and being either able to fly
or to dive taken up pleasure by the eagles In
the course of half hour three taken up in this
way and carried off, to make dinners, suppose for
many hungry eagles.
On my road to the point named, had distant view
of your avorie watering place. the Potomac Pavilion.
You may be certain that about this time it looks lonely
and out of At the Point Observed for the first
time in my life that the river frozen in ridges
waees showing how exceedingly cold it must have been
This may perhaps be in very exposed situations
and in climates usually much colder than ours, but
do not recoect having heard of it before Opposite the
mouth of the ST. Marys river about half way between
ST. Georges island and Point Lookout observed top
sail schooner fast in the ice should suppose her to be
in rather critical situation knowing gentleman who
with remarked that from her appearance she
dopn-easr; and he went far to guess that it
your old friend Major Jack Downing, who his
way to Washington with cargo of Goldfish and potatoes
for the Kossuth Congressional dinner but had been pre-
vented from getting there in time by the ice Should it
prove be him. will try and take of him. your
account well as his | also in of our
creeks two three oyster boats with full cargoes
board, bound to Washington You need not however,
pect any of these vessels very soon old boea
both determined and able to enforce his blockade for
least month longer. You may, however, expect them
by the beginning of lent and you disappointed
in getting the fish and oysters to feast on, you
viii be very thankful to get them to fast on.
Notwithstanding the Inconvenience of cold winter
also expect from it benefits cold winter is gene
rally followed by good crop year and good fruit year
One crop have already savedthe crop of ce that
this item viii be charged in the between
and Boston friends for the present year, and will
therefore extent help keep the balance of trade
in our favor
If you have objection will close this commu-
nicaon with few remarks the Kossuth Intervention
question: and tell you what the plain agricultural and
working people in this section think of it, We are not
politicians and know but very little about such
We, however, love country and its institutions, and
having got along thus far very well by attending the
admonitions Of Washington by minding business
and interfering with the business of others feel
very much disposed adhere the good old adage and
let Teu enough alone" We most cordially approve Of
the views you have expressed through the columns of the
Integencer and especially do approve of the rebuke
you gave certain judge of New York for his interference
with the business Of the people Of the District of Column
bia We also entirely satisfied with the resolutions
passed by the House of Delegates Of Maryland nothing
could be better We also much pleased with the
illusions of Gen. CAss in his speech at the Congressional
dinnerthat he is willing to leave the question of inter-
vention to succeeding generations and circumstances
they arise. This postponement to posterty is exactly
the thing want for at least three good The
first is that should get clear of ourselves the second
is that children will be stronger and able to meet
the consequences than are the third is that it is
be hoped there viii not be much noise and confusion
in the world that time there is and that they
viii therefore be able to take it up cooy and decide it
upon the proper principles Of right and justice
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