Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-21
From our Regular Correspondent.

NEW 1ufths f7fIl. - ~ W.
Just at this present time of writing New ork
is full of treasures; treasures of the heart and
treasures of the head;treasures moral, intelleetu-
al, political. physical and financial. Miss Alice
Agnes. from Fourteenth ST., has come home from
Newport with new charms, and new trophies,and
the scalp of the man she conquered at Saratoga,
will flourish its locks in her drawing room two
evenings in the week during the winter, unless
she should sooner brad the hoir with her own for
life
The hotels are filled with treasures, male and
female, returning southwark from their annual
northern re.polishng. Merchants from the ru
raities are bringing their country shlings and
sixpenees to pay Old city bill, and make new
ones,
Louis Napoleon has lent rs his "Rachel" treas.
IRE, aud she las brought her II whole host oi jew
ish brothers and sisters and consins nil very
much like the old gold tho l-rnelitcs borrowed o.
the Egyptians
Then we have fogiiyes from the Norfolk fe
ver.polilical sub committees ut the Astor and
lrvnE-soders from Buffalo railroad men from
the West-nigger- from the South by the under
ground railway -Padre Gaynzzi and the Wink
ing Virgin on the why from Rome i-Treasures
ali New York feels rich Who shall say she
is not The Metropolitan city, the great centre 10
gather the beauty, the glory and the intellect of
the land.
Now let us return to i" Rachel for she is the
peculiar city sensation just now. The question
of her success or failure is pretty evenly balano.
ed. The returning mistocracy may give her n
new impulse, but it will hardly hold out long. -
Our nrstocrHcy urc drendfully ignorant, aud no
species of emit 'ranment - Ia thluy express their
Ignorance rs the representations of Rachel. The
applause in the wrong place, tho Thinning Of
leaf out of time. the vacant stare III those
who are guillless of French arc So many slight
but constantly receiving tweaks giro1 10 the
nose of their vanity, that they will soon sigh for
ryne and Harrison English, or Mt least for our
ltnlian the music of which they can understand,
if they cannot the language. RAehcIhas offended
some of her eountrymcn here, by refusing 10
sing The Anrscillai,e. The truth j. she dare not,
rs she is servant of the Emperor, who don't like
tho chorus. "march ON all henrts resolved on
Liberty or DEATH 50 Rachel must strike that
from her repertoire until the next revolution.
The millennium Of politics seems TO have arfv-
ed, when the democratic Ion shall Ito down with
the whg lamb, and soft she'll Child sha lead
them. 1t may be truly said, that 50 far az the
lenders are concerned, there are no principles or
parties Ills merely contest Of men for place.
The whig Candidato attend, deuaeralie meeting
to get votes, and riee rszsa Une Of the mo-t
despieabe pieces of triekery, however, j. one
which has oecuHed in nuh or two instances,
where an active member of know-Nuthing lodges
appears il denunciaiion of his brethren, and
claiming to he only whig aud democrat Ale.
glance to truth sbrtter than irickery. In many
eases in this city the present inenmbents of Of.
fee DESTROYS of reelection. The whole po-
litical campaign will be nothing but tho appear.
ance Of troupe of stump oauliditos, caring
nothing Tor principles taking any aud every
nomination. they can get, aud going in for them
solves alone. After they are IN the public goose
must afford the feathers.
a new aud prosperous season Is apparently
about 10 be maugnruted here, to succeed the
stagnant period through which we have passed.
Heaven grant thet may be 50, fer the records
Of last year show tho sacrifice of many n noble
and good heart upon the altar of poverty, neg
lect and sorrow How many trne talo of sui
ferng, death and suicide has filled the columns of
our journals How many a spectre ofthcse trag-
edes of real life has stalkod into the balls of
wealth and pride 10 wake them from their sleep
of ease. Shall these ghosts of sorrow be forever
unhceded. or shall not rather some new Peter the
Hermit arise and breach new crusade against
The heartess fashions.