Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-24
NEW YORK cORREsPoNDENcE.
 NEw YORK, January 18th, 1856.

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 NEw YORK, January 18th, 1856.
 The late .cold term" may be very pro- perly named also .s the term of sorrow" for it has brought mourning to the hearth stones of many happy family in this and other lands. The storms which ushered in the year have strewn our Atlantic coast with wrecks to an amount unprecedented. The shores of the Long Island. and New Jersey are almost as fatal to the hardy sai- Tor, as the uninhabited and desert coast of Africa. Notwithstanding the appropriations of money by Congress. and the efforts of the Philanthropists of this city. The great Ocean, in it's wrath, mocks the appliances and equipments of man, and yet it seems as though mans genius, hitherto so triumphant over the elements, might yet discover some mode of lessening the dam gers of shipwreck upon the sandy beeches of our Eastern shores. But few hundred yards of safe transport from stranded ves- sel, and many a valuable life would be preserved. There is a noble field here for the exercise of the inventive genius of our land.- and appropriate incentives would develope its energies. Those who live in the interior, afar from the !" dangers of seas," can scarcely feel the full meas ure of the terrible anxiety of those who re. side here, and whose dear ones are rovers on the deep. It is to be hoped that our Legislators, both State and National, will remember the dangers of ships and seaman as they approach their native shores, and will act with energy in providing them the means of rescue and salvation, from the raging storms of the Winter.
 The supply of all sorts of wild game to the markets of New York is very large.- Venison, bear, moose, and all the large and small birds are in abundance. In fact, every article of domestic consumption, is so abundant that prices are tending rapid ly downward. Board is considerably cheap CT than it was six months since, and the year is opening with every prospect of plen- ty and prosperity to all interests.
 Our model Mayor is in danger His bad tember is about to spoil his good char acter. The Board of Supervisors did not choose to elect him their President, and he throws himself on his dignity. and will not assemble them. Great men should never let their angry passions rise. The wheels of government should never be clogged by the interference of private feelings.
 The epidemic of Legislative disorgani- zation. which has attacked so many of our public bodies during the Winter, is happily subsiding, with the exception of the Con- gress-a few days will probably witness a union of discordant elements there in the election of a Speaker. John Wheeler of New York, is spoken of, as one who will be likely to surmount all the difficulties of the case.
 The glow and the flow" SO eloquen n,ly and prophetically written of by Eternal Meriman, the clerk of the weather, have not yet been realized. When the glo,c does come, we shall have fow with d vengeance. Our streets are yet full of snow, and sleighs are running, though not so merrily as at first. The horses are giv- ing out, the pockets are coIlapsing, the shouts are feebler, and satieiy has worn of the edge of enjoyment. So welcome " the glow and the flow !' And then welcome sweet Valentines day, "when birds begin to mate," and then the drying winds of March, and soon tie showers of April, and the flowers of May, and thus we shall be ushered again into the warm sunlight of glorious Summer.
 The American party ofNew Jersey, have just held State Convention, and haveput in strong cancat against the nomination of George Law. "Live Oak" however, thrives in New York.
 The total immigration to this port from January list to Jan. l6ih, was l296. Dur ing the same time in 1855, 1t amouated to 5555. It is probable that the same decrease will mark the balance of the year. Europe needs her sons at home, and America can get along without any additions from abroad.
 "He lives by his wis., is remark no, intended, by any means to be compliment tary. and yet how large proportion of mankind might truly be said to live by their wits. Tue enierPrising merchant, the keen lawyer, the successful polite ian 1! as we'll as tke sharp fnancier, the shrewd speculaior, and the great contractor, belong 10 this class. The great leviathans of suc- cess, boast of ability" and irnpute "wit' only to the small fry who are maintaining doubtful struggle for life and position FK rx 11