Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-01-08
pITrssuaa CORRESPONDENCE.
PlTTsBURG, JAN: a, 1858.

4 w W. hi w unlioS ehu 'S"' - JSso
1ngi solrows--its excilements, per-
plex;ties, aud anxie,ics.--it is now
numbered with the mighty past!-
It opened with eminoi po;tents
iofforeisn ontanglemcnts, but The pop
ular will has Gained the rufiled wa
tiers. Tho mission of Kossulh has
been ended, and, thanks to the sound
sense and foresight Of our country
men, he tarriel with US long enough
to see the faror which his presence
inspired die away-and Il, see also,
ere he left our shores, that the.warn-
ing voice Of Washington, asst looms
up amid the proud historic ,recpllrc-
tons ofour early republican existence
is ye, needed, aud that we are dispos-'
ed to vencrate his memory by prac-
Using his illustrious precerts. 1t was
natural that the presence of kossuth,;
coming as he did from the field Of
his fame fresh and gory," the champi-
on of Hungarian Liberty, should rally
our people to do him honor Our
sympathies would lead us to do So
1t was natural, too, that the people
should, for time, be led away after
him, especially when he added to the
charms of great personal renown un
eloqnence that commended itself in
iflhoupbts that breathe aud words that
bum" But when he had fully unCol-
ded the proposition. which il we had
accepted, would have placed US at
war with the world, and at variance
with the only true policy Of republi-
Gun governments, it was right that our
people should withdrawthat "aid and
comfort" which might, under less aus
picious circumstances, have led to
} fatal acceptance Of that proposition.
But wise councils prevailed, and the
peace Of the past year has not been
iuptured by "entangling alliances
with foreign powers" ] consider it
a theme for feliciration, that in tho
year SO our nation has furnished this
Wholesome precedent, hence | hive
said thus much as the thoughts came
up in my retrospective predictions
, OH entering upon a new year.
While the past has been year of
peace, it has too been one Of sorro'o
{ to our people. Henry CLAY ard
DANIEL WEBSTER, fair stars ascend
ant in our bright constellation. have
fallen, and there are none 10 fill tho
places which they adorned. Who but
can feel,hc weightier responsibilities
) that have fallen upon those who are to
guide the ship Of state in its career
onward. Clay aud Webster in ono
year! "bcrcaved Amelica!'
! Messrs. Eds, perhaps am travel
ling out of the path assigned to cor
respondents of treating in brief the
, news and passing events ofthe day.
f Well, to tell the truth news items aye
scarce hero at present, unless ] goio
the watch-llouse and police calendar,
the ;theater programme, ETC., etc, but
{ such dish would not set well on top
the turkey and holiday knick-knucks
upon which your readers have SO late
" been luxuriating! s9I
Senator Houston passed through
our city on Friday night last, 3lst ult.
I He stopped at tho st. Charles Hotel,
]. where, during his stay, he was called
on,by alarge numbered persons. Flo
lis afine looking fellow,-louks about
as " independent as wood-sawyer,"
to use an old "sap." s
l said, l believe in my last. that the
presentincumbent (MrGu,hlie) would
receive the Democratic nomination
for Mayor. He has got IL We are
going 10 have pretty kettle q fish,
Of the Mayors election aud be who
can tell how the different candidates
stand at this writing carsee farther
through milestone llianil claim cred
it for. Its a "little mixed"
!. Isee it stated that the Japan expe-
dition, under Commodore Perry, was
to sail about this time for Jedlo. Tile
squadron will comprise some thirteen
I vessels, 2O6 guns, and 3045 men-to
which are 10 be, added 700 marines,
: which, with the complement Of the
store-sl,ip, officers, scientific corps,and
others attached 10 the expedition, will
make 1000 men all told, and above
$50 guns, mostly heavy ordnance.
The;great Railroad Jubilee comes
otfat Wheeling, on the 10th proximO.
| suppose they will have considers
BILE demonstration, judging from the
note Appropriation that is being SCUM
del. Our city will berepresented on
that occasion by considerable num-
bcrof The sightseeing curious, and-l
suppose old Monongalia will not DO
unrepresen'el. y a1,1IfT Ia :
eNours. .n sDUQUESNE.
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