The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-09-24

WHEELING, Va, Sept. 20. '53.
H'+ceing- Efrc,s cf u fer Icars-Iae Rnii-
yJu& DGiaE-.i C"oi,r0 MampeIe fe"f0H1
E,mUaiaV-. NagniEcent and IdrieI Scenery.
h!N. EllroR:-- Here | am on the banks Of
III, ohio. and Is | "aZr On It's calm current
I'll linz on to mln.l" with the great ''t'ather OF
Wutcrs,' and its pirtutc>qn" nils an! 'aIIlcs,
Nlrmol is busy with thr Past. In my boy
hood : days many were the thrilling stories
heard and read of frontier life here. where the
rec, man cuntrnjrI with the yale face Tor ms
hunting yruNn!a and the graves ol hS fathers.
But huw changed the scene Before the eye
al once. amid the roar ii steam, the black
ell.ukc rolls up from a hundred sinukc-stachS,
:ud the ~hr,i scream u Tie locomotive : WIS
tie yr"rt- ;iIr car. a. the ''iron h0rS"' ruShcS
ON wlIn lightning speed to bis dcsttna'l"n. The
pale face las driven The red man tar to the set
TING sun, and the ploughS!are has nbH,cratcd
his last footprint tron the soil
Starting from Baltimore at I O'Clock p. VI. a
delay Of seven hours by The breaking OF a PIN
in The machinery OF III" locomotive, made it 9
o'clock the mex, morning when we reached
Cumberland, where we concluded TO break fast
n, il would lake seven hours to reach The next
llarr where Il Inrd! could BE- had. Ii was Serv-
ed lip and ready, when we heard that two per-
sons had died in the hotel that morning Of
Cholera that a third was lingering in the last
stages OF the disease, and tina, several Others
had died in the place lhe previous night. The
news spread like wild-frc; such a @0mpeIs as
tnuk place have not lately Witnessed, and the
effects Of the announcement was not much les
senrd. when. as the train was starting, an ell
derry gentleman, just recovering! from an at
tack, supported by servant under each arm,
was carried and placed in one Of the cars. Sym
patty j. STRONGER! than Fear. He was accom-.
panied by his vile, and the anxiety and solicit
tude portrayed IN every look and gesture oi
that wife awakened in the breasts olall OF US a
sympathy that drove away the fear which had
been prevailing.
Leaving Cumberland, the regular engine went
ahead with the baggage, while one of those
powerful! ten wheeled locomotives, used on this
road to take trains up the heavy grades. took
the passenger cars up the ascent. Th'> occurs
frequently between Cumberland and Wheeling,
where the grade in many places is IL feet 10
the mile for miles togeher--more than any
other road in the world-and yet with one Of
those great engines they make Is to 20 miles
an hunr.
The mountain scenery on this road is every
thing the widest Imagination could picture or
conceive. Over wild lavnes where your head
grows giddy as you gaze into their fearful
depths from the triehtlul heights you have at
tanned on the mountain side; dashing along at
brcak-neck speed, you think Of one of those
appalling accidents which but too frequently
occur, and calculating the chances of having
every bone in your body broken and your neck
dsioinled in the bargain, by plunge down
some awful preciplce, suddenly you find your
self in darkness black as that of Egypt, as you
drive in a tunnel through the mountains rocky
heart
AT quarter past eight, p. NJ, arrived
here, and soon found myself, with many Of the
other passengers, at the Monroe house, which
is cheap and pleasant place to stop at. will
have something to say hereafter about 'maiters
and things in general III this city. O..
The CRYSTAL PALACE. The New
York Post says that the exhibition at the
CRYSTAL Palace will close on the 1st OF
December. Notwithstanding the stock
has declined from $3.50, the price a,
which it sold some months since, tc
$7150, the Post says that even with
the present rate of receipts the compan '
is clearing $1,000 per day, while the
value of the building and the lease
which is for two years longer free o
4, q b,l, Il r..