The Cecil Whig., 1853-01-22


and among the rocky peaks of the Allcranies,
brought 10 mind poem in our drawer, hy on,
ofour eslimabe correspondents, whice we prin,
here:
Far The Cecl H'Lg.
TEOuchtS OH board the Cars.
Swilter than sound or the whizzinc arrow
Shot from the strong and lwanging bow;
Away. with q mulIlrd roar Ike ihuudur,
over the crin"ing rails We 60.
Stranger heavens are hrndinr ahoye me,
lhknuwn >i,t anus air windm" hrluw;
Many a mile they ar" Weeping distant,
The eyes that blr>t me an hour ago.
Right in the face Of the clouIiug dust
Less lIk" li- than Il it.Etlul DREAM
Through sweet Snnli.ht. rira wing the sha lows,
Chasing uul ltalcr, the Rying Steam.
Now like giants the wnnnhed mountains
Lt"k on cur speed with n nod aud irown;
As only waiting III" call Of ZEPHYR
To roll them smoking and crashing down.
Now where the rooted and ruubling bridges
Dip our eyes in Il Sly san gloom.
Away, away like m army q; sprcirrS
Down to the doors OF the nuisouc totnb
Now throuchSle dismal Gorge we ,uule,
New we swing "'cr the black rnvnc:
Below. the stream like hnrnislcd sickle
Flashes the ia. "cd rocks between.
Her" like storm We roll. we thunder
Sheer IN the rock rlrripir' Us edge;
Iirir the waterfall diZZtly ylun.rs.
Kissing and white iIrm the nossy ledge.
N'w in The silent and dusty village.
Our Stcth must slMu,hrr q molnrul's SIact:
Another. roaring. iaIlling, flashing
On in Il wild and biidlike Iacc.
Thus Ger lilc's brief way We hurry,
Over lis deserts. snow and enun,
Catching only beautiful .lim,scS
Oi It's vtrdurc b, auiy and bloom.
While far brhinh in Ihr land nfshadow,
DImly hover ON youthful Years.
Where Memory puurs nT the tomb of Love,
Tier vain regrets and useless ,rarS.-T.
t<5- Vim. Pinhnry Erinr. Esq. la, dissolved
his editorial conn"Nlon with the Cincinnati
Daily Atlas We shall next week publish an
article from his pen on "Splri, Rappinss."
A FINE PICTrRE or GEN. PIERCE, hanging
in tie office Of Major Avery. at Cincinnati. il is
stated, suddenly fell. and was broken in pieces.
nj the exact time that the General aud his wife
were made chIltIlr>s by the fearful accident at
.Andover--a coincidence which Is invaluable to
the lovers Of the maj vcll"us.
United Service Journal states that the court
martial which sometime since tried Capt Geo.
hlcLane: Of the Amy, iul the assault upon Il
superior utfcri, gIGwing ont OF the publication
relating TO Cen Piece, sentenced him to be
cashiercd. hut by virtue of gallant services and
Recommendation OF the members of the court,
Individually, the President has cornmutcd the
sentence to u suspension and stoppage of pay.
WHAT THEY EAT IN New YoRK.-Some Of
the beef and mutton statistics of New York are
rather astonishing. We learn from the Home
journal, that the people Of that city devoured,
during the year 1852, one hundred and five
thousand bullocks, five thousand six hundred
calves, three hundred and twenty-lhree thou
sand sheep. For the plea of doing this,
they pnid more llan five millions and half Of
dollars.
The Pacific RAlLwAY.-LastT Thurs
day Mr.. Gwinn, Of California, made an
elaborate speech in the United States
Senate in support of his plan for grand
railway to San Francisco. Briefly his
] Ian is a grand trunk line from Mem
phis to San Francisco, 1000 miles long.
Diverging from this at different points
are five branches, one to st. Louis, an
other to Dubuque, (owa,) another to
Matagorda Bay, (Texas,) another to
New Orleans, and another to Fort MIS-
qually IN Oregon.
The last is to leave the main line at
San Francisco; the others near Arkan-
sas. In all, 5.ll5 miles of railway are
contemplated.-The expense is propo-
sed 10 be met by grant from Congress
of97,536,000 acres, or 1872, 400 square
miles of the public lands of Louisiana
Arkansas, Iowa and California,
and an appropriation for constructing
the line through the territories. But of
course all estimates of expense can only
be vague as yet. A survey might throw
rome light upon IT, and a knowledge of
the parties who are to build it, and their
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