Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-20
NEW roaK conHesposDEncE.


 Just al this present time of wiling New yotk E full ofstreasuress trepsares of the heart and treasares of the head -ireasures moral. intellectual. poliiicai. physical and financial Miss Alice Agnes from Four- teenth street. has come home from New !, port with new charms and new trophies. ] and ihe scalp of the man she conquered at Saratoga wiii flourish it's locks in her draw- ipg- room two evenings in the week during ihe winter, unless she ashonld sooner braid tie hair with her own for life.
 ', The hotels are filled xith treasures. male and female, returning sonshward from their annual northern re-polishing. Merchants from the ruralities are bringing tteir conn l try shillings and sixpences to pay old city til3s and make new ones. s Lnais Napoleon has lent ns his ..Rachel'' treasure. and she has brought here a whole host of Jewish hrott~rs and sisters, and cousins, all very much like the old gold the Israel;ies borrowed of the Egyriians.
 Then We have fngitivps from the Norfolk feserf li.ical snb-co.n,ni,lers at il,e Astor and Irriag soIdiers frour BufTalo--railroad lmsn frons,ie Wesl--nigsers from the South blythe underground railway .drp Gayazzi from l,aiy aud tue Minking virgins on the way fn,m Rome Treasures all. New. York deeis rich. Who shall say she is not the Metropolitan city the great centre to gather d.e seau,y. ihe glory and the inlel- feet of sihe land. Yet even here amid the beauty and ahe splsDdor the pail Of suffer- in. and death casis ils shadows. New Jrr- sey Is close by.and it's railroad massacre has filled our homes too with mourniag. The King of Terrors will ihis year nav. a hand ia fodl,lg up the Camden and Amhoy {f,sialislics and the dividends will be recorded in red. Philaaihropis,s and Legislators have a wide iiesd of duty before them in urging forward new provisions aud appliances of safety on railroad travelling. Governeur Norris & Co, have ju,tappli-d new sys- ,esn Of car-hreak to the cars of the Harlem Railroad. They are regarded as entirely successful and may be valuable preyea,ives ef disaster. ]. B Bacon, civil engineer of s'sis city. is also maturing d plan Ly which accidents resulting from collisions, dis place. n.ent of rails or switches draw bridges, etc. may be prevented at q small addition to the cost of ,he engine. Attention to remedies for the breaking of axlrs is also demanded from our inventors and engineers. True economy requires from even the companies themselves additional ouilays fofmesea,ioa a acciJents
 Now iai US return 10 $ Rachel,', fef she is the peculiar city sensation just now. The question of her success or failure is preuy evenly balanced. The returning ari ssocra- cy may give Ter a new impulse. hut 1t will hardly hold out long. Oar arisiocracy are dreadfslly ignorant, and no species of en- testaiameas So painfully exposes their igno- rance as the i,nperson.,ions ofGlsachel. The applause in the wrong place. ,i,e turning of q leaf out of lime, the vacant stare of those who are guii,l-ss of French. are So many slight but coastan,ly recurring iweaks giv- ea to the nose of theis vanity, that they will soon sigl, for Pyae aud Harrison's English, or at least for an Italian. ihe music of whlcl, they can understand II they caaao, the lan- guage. Rachel has offended some of her cosintrym-a here by refusing 10 sing the Marselllaise. The truth is. she dare not, as she is < servant of ahs Emperor, who don't like the chorus "march on al hearts resol- ved on Liberty or Dea,h." So Rachel mus. strike that from her rewetere until the mex, revolution.
 The miileniam of politics seems to have arrived, when the democratic lion shall lie down with ihs Mhig lanh, ,aasl a soii shell child shall lead the,n. IL may he truly said that so far as the leaders are concerned there are no principles or parties. It is merely coniesi of mss fof place. \ whig candidate attends dsmocra.ic msr,ings to gp, vo,ss,
 
 and U,ce rersa Oas oE the most despicable pieces of trickesy. however, is one whi h has oecnssssl ia one or two in~lancps, where . an active member Of know Nothing lodges appears in denuneiation of his brethren, and clai'ning 10 be only whig or democrat. AL legiance to truth is het,er than .ricksIy. Ia many cases in ihis city the present incam- bents of office are desiross of re.elss:,ion. The whole political campaign wilIbe no,h- ing hut the appearanceos os troupe of slump. ! candidates. caring nothing tor principles, .aking si'e nomination of any and every . party they can get, and going in for them selves alone. Alter tlry arc in, silsp0b.ic goose must atfofd the feathers. M Aupew and prosperous season is arra- ren,ly about 10 be inaagnra,ed here, to sue ceed the sssgnani period through which we have passed. Heaven grant that it may