New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-27
THE FIRST TwIrTER.

The Moonshine Railroad has, through its various
dlgent and disnterested agents PerseyeTingy oeset
cap IN hand various and sundry influential newspaper
establishments 10 become stockholders in that Walk
erisn enterprise OF course, the offer of indefinite
sums of stock therein varying from fifty thousand dol
lars TO miion to individual editors and proprsors
had 10 reference to tie getting good word on OF the
papers approached in behalf of the plan. Ofeourse
nos such ofers were made out Of pure friendship 10
editors and psoprie;Crs. Tie whole project being
founded in generous and patriotic motives and urged
On by those lofty emotions Of the soul which alone bear
forvs ard upon their crested and kyresehng tops the
vast schemes OF benshcent progress which pre-
euineutly cbarsc.eIize cur age and county IL IS not
to be presumed that any gross or sOrid motive could
prompt the sgents and managers OF tie enterprise N
6Hy OF their proceedings Fer progress
was for long tine made in getting members Of the
pIess into tie MooDshiHe scheme. We imsgine il
must have been tie constitutional shrewlness o editors
in stock specul.ions that kept tnem out But tlstey
we lave observed IL few quarters manifest eyi-
dence that = distribution Of stock in editorial h.lds
has begun. some isys ago we noticed taai Tas e.
y5css manifested aEectOrate regard ior tie Moon
shine Rad This honest conscientious. and enterPrs-
inc Journal whom nobody could suspect sf rerenishny
It's tressury BY Any bui the scrupuoas sad lofty
means bad E pat on tie back for the enterprise 50
was il with the excellent C0EncTeiaI 30 again with
that Moderate and forbesrine paper, Tie A1ay AiS'.
And st lergth observe tLsi the unspottei sai ~
useulate New-YoTk eorresponien. OF TAs Loa30a
TiEs cones eos plump AID full on tie sile OF tie
MssissiIT- Secretary and Lis III lstriols eOldjators
In tie sane communication in which ths favor is
shown TO the las. and greatest, anl most fatGent AMI
dropscsi bsnins OF tie great Mississippi fnancier is
most urgen, al Eisnaat TRADE against tie Missis
,ipp rerudstors Is if sny naa in Mississippi ever
went faster N tie times Of tie s5 speeglA,iOas or
stack faster in the ire Of deep and endless and mex
treShe peculisry ebsrrsssmens, than the Aforesaid
Mr. Secretary W1lker. md IS if any Company c0ald
be sss deserving TIE confidence OF capitalists than one
headed By hin.
We have unaerstood il 20 be q rule esiibLsaed in
tie ofEee Of Tie Tfaes, thst rs empOyes shall n9t
eIgsge II stock operations From this We iser that
is American pcodens has neTe- been successful
j. approached by any Of this COmPasys sgeus, or hat
s stock is reckored 70 nothing II ss present
elryEsls state that bis subscription OF hAlf Lion or
millor 70 iis shares constitutes 20 TiOstoa Of tie
rule. Tie e1-Consal is gentleman Of UneqliTocAi
genius IN : certsin line and VIII find 10 oAc1Ay N
showing that whoever else Lay be sedaeed' thsshis
virtue at least is proof against Temptation We cen
gTatulAte tie Company hst il Is gradually coming into
voice To be the Journalism ia interest o. this
side thus far have but few resiers Bai thi. is the
best that could be done. Tie jouras tAss have res
deS having declined to 90 anything al the bellows,
these torpid members Of TIE fraternity were tie oag
reusirDg resource II ycu e.at get In
TO 60 yoar work, sometimes : boz e-n be
made TO answer yOGr purpose after f-lAoa-
But il enlsting the ssr-i weight Of To Tiass cor
respondent something sabs,Ant.l hss been sslieved-
We tkiLk Ar. Walker may after few nocs let,srs,
sgsin venture upon the Lsaiea Ey change Aai tAecs
urIsek Lis kusFsask Of its huge rolls OF MOOas.ias
stock AID soziS Be-; LEI hiA pa or the cap .ad bells
before he s.artE.