Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-02
plTTsBURa CORRESPONDENCE,
PITrSBURG. JrYr %. LEE.

PGTTSBURG. JryE %, 1853.
Dear M&yor;
was usi now coaly seat.
eli in my noon day rrtEea:, discussing !!ls
question as TO whether M inc!iualUr TO
take a scntcrl "snoozr," .. 10 redeem my
promise to keep up correspondence with
your readers, wrro the better way 10 pas,
an hour. My iarIinations certainly lir;a.
ted tho former; md were i: not for the
fact that !! nm suhjcc. to a su;, Of period.
ical eat0ethts stribsuii. the probability i.
that a communication from tie Iron city
would not have bothered the hrsi..s Of the
compoSitor for ono week q. least.
Bu, what shall write about. This
time last year nigh, have discantrd
lCarncdly on the signs Of the political 20
6iac-mght have pcnacd largely uror the
brilliant prospects ofGen, SCOTS election
and the after irposSibili,y o; elccting Mr.
Pierce, or shown how BADLY Mr.. Scott
would be beaten. and The glorious success
awaiting General Fierce but tha: matter
has been long uso settled. and with is
sll:lemcn, politics ha, fa',rn clear bel7w
zcro. Jus. look at it, No; q ripple dis.
lurbs tho peaceful &a Of politics. Y
breakers that rolled high and iasl q
ously u,e stiiled; the craft ,vAiprasA sl
lately nAoui fighting the lpeeo iu,rodush
still, not sail sprcad 10, rnast'sssss snof
But there is suhIim.;y III shia The ve.
ry revolution which our gorenrnen. hos
passed through, anil om people acquiescea
in as necessity Of our compact cor.
sidefcl in The vnstnes3 Of tia eiTac!s, and
the immense patronage which has chang.
cd hands, the ruler Of yesterday being
made the citizen Of .o'dsy-such revolI.
ton, say, on ilr other side Of ihp allan.
tic, woald have Redeemed many field with
fralcrnal blood. aHL exhausted ;a!iiigns OF
treasure III the den:h.graHplo FOR powell
It is only when $50 compare ouf fee in
situations with llloso sf o'her but less "a.
vored Iands tbs! wc are prepared proref.
" to appreciate them.
The Crystal Palace o; Ncw York .shich
was to have been opened early this month
for the exhibition Of The prcdncts OF The
art and industry OF The ditIe,sn, nations,
is not yet prepared io' the object Of its
erection. have an idea III reference to
! this affair; which ia that believe It to bc
one Of the grandess kanlbug, or sSiss!es
ever propaga,el,un this Continent. New
York hns al Ubjrc, in ric# in this teten.
ton, md it is ,ha; she mag JGsses those
who hare gone there with "sools. wares
and merchandise FOX exhibition" and sho
will play her part,
! A German, who had baon engaged in
digging we'll, IN this city, one day last
week attempted 10 90 down into it. AZ
Ter descending pat Of the way, he let 60
his hold Of the bucket, and fell 10 the bot.
tom, exhausted. br- raa,un nj iha-ie.! air.
in The we'll. II was, o. course, impraci;-
cable Tot any one to 60 down to his aid,
but an cspctlisnl was tsso:tsl to 10 save
him which may be useful 10 be Known
Jets Of cold water containing Ammonia III
The proportion of an ounce Of the latter
to gallon Of the former, were thrown
down, which 50 revived him as tina, no
caught the bucket and was brought upa-
live. "An ounce Of prevention is better
THAI pound of cure" md l would sug-
gcs, that before descending into well n
lighted candle DO let down. II tho airs
sufficiently pure to support life it will
support com bustion. In this case the test
wa, reversed, its capsbility 10 supportlifo
being first tried, thcn the lighted candle
was lie, down, which Of course ceased TO
burn on bsing lowered but few feet.
believe have no local intelligence out
of the regula, enthusiastically mons
tina, would inter es, your readers.
As ever, yours, DuQUESNE.