Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-03
ollR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE
NEW YORK, Nov. %, 1853

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quickly following one another' nave
been a wet blanket to tho hopes OF Pc
destrians for two weeks past, and nave
also materially contributed to increase
the "horse distemper," as the influenza
is sometimes iuelcgan,ly denomina'ed
by the fast men" of Gotham Such
weather is destructive to gai'er boots
horrfying to tho wearers of long sNlF's'
and dampening to the ardorot maiden
hood. The bewitching faces of our Ia
dies are now only 10 be seen peePing
from parlor windows, looking as DIS
consolate as ifthey had lost their heau$'
| Now that the excitement of the late
election has passed away, inactivity is
mastery everywhere, If except the
preparations that are being made Tor
thanksgiving. There are already apps,
rem, however. symptoms of what VIII
soon grow into an ontspoken anxiety
IN know what is to be the fate fthe two
great political parties; and it is thought
that the course pursued by the incoming
Congress will, in a great measure, de.
eide the question. 1t is thought by
many intelligent persons that there will
be tendency among honorable men,
bcrs to look with contempt upon old
party lines, and that new issues will be
created.
Perhaps the most important subject
that will come unde r the consideration
of Congress. will be the great Atlantic
and Pacific Railway, the most gigantic
undertaking of its kind ever projected
in this or any other country. The con.
s,ractiou ofthis road was thought desir-
able years ago; and it is now regarded
as an actual necessity, and mSH soon
be commenced and finished, with or
,sitkom the sanction of Congress, be-
cause the people want it, and ~iH have
it. When it is considered that we have
q surface of country, between the old
States and California, without q paral.
lei, for the construction ofeasy grades,
and that the time required TO reach San
Francisco by the present means of ira.
vel is so unreasonably long for this age,
the advantages Of railroad to the Pa
cifc become obvious to every Amerl'
can mind. There is growing disinc!i.
nation to remain contented with the tie.
dious routes by which alone San Fran
cisco can be now reached. To goround
Cape Horn will never do for Young
America" TIE overland route is yet
more tedious and dangerous. And the
Aspinwall and Panama, and Nicaragua
routes, although much shorter, do not
by any means come up 10 our present
ideas of perfection in !ocomOlion, to
say nothing of our being obligedto pass
through foreign territory. There arc
SO many more aud equally cogent rea'
sons why we should have a railroad to
the Pacific, that feel confident the Ad.
miuis,ration and Congress will not fail
to see, that, if they refuse the mail con.
tract to the lately incorporated Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad Company, they
will slip an opportunity tina, may not
soon occur again, of making posterity
look back upon their brief reign over
the dsstinies ufIhis Republic, as one Of
the most glorious and benefcent recor.
ded in history.
The amusing canard got up by the
Cleveland Plaindealer, about alleged
interviews between Senator Douglass
and the Emperor Nicholas and between
the same Senator, and the Empress Eu
genie, has not only been very generally
copied in American newspapers, but
has been translated into the French
Journals; and from conversations with
a number of persons, find i. is actual
ly believed 10 be truthful narrative
How astonishing it is ;ha, people car
be induced 10 believe such absurd ant
incredible stories Nothing seems TOT
extravagant for creduli,y, provided it i
in print. Therein lies an element o
the power ofthe Press power which
has, indeed. grown mightier than TIT
sword-a power, which, when used fol
base purposes, is as dangerous to thu
MUD, as tho subtles, poison that chem
istry can devise is to the body.
Writing Of hosxes calls to mind a
invention hoax, of which news comes t
a.. G,,,, En.lnnl 1, "a sa;I ,i,nt w;