New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-21

tus ,rutbiully made reply, w mentioning the name
Of this village. From Suheld. quoth ST. Peter,
| in tone Of YeproacLfu surprise; why, what 90
earth did you come away from there for 60
back, 20 back, eIhcrted the worthy saint, whose
| cboleric temper prompted him 10 use language
which, il the ghost addressed had been wn'e
spirit would have been some what too oblurgstory;
60 back Won foolish Niger and stay there just 40
"lorg as you can. II isn't half 90 pleasant coun-
"try up here"
don't vcuch for the truth Of this story; never
theless must confess 10 a suspicion that t1ere Is
nvihing improbable about it. 1t may be that tue
| suburb Of the New Jerusslen, set apart pr the
eternal abode OF sainted spirits OF coor 49, on tne
whole, more desirable place of res1epce 'han
SDtheld is; but certain am thai.
There i. not IN this vide world valley 90 sweet"
as the Connecticut Valley Some other time, III
give you a set DESCRIPTION which | have not room
for in this letter, unlsss leave out all the news
have got to tell, and which dare not keep over t
next week, le.t The Times twit me, again, OF send
ing musty intelligence But, If any vi your readers
Of the Quigley turn of m0d would like TO see this
valley 10 its best apparel, they had better come
now. Barkbsmsted, Wood-tock and Union, doubt
lees, kok well this westher judge, then, OF the
beauty of this ma msgri6cent valley in the golden days
Of this glorious October, and In the silver nights OF
| the bsrvest.mOon. / suppose you have the same
sunny skies and balmy air in the city that We have
here; and verify, the bankrupt merchants ought TO
be thankful for having such charming weather for
failing But the gorgeous splendor of the landscape
which lies in view from my window, as write, can
be en- ONLY here. There have been no hard frosts
this Fai TO turn the leaves, in single night, from
| Summer green to Autumn hues; but tue cnange
| has been slow and gradual, so that the different
Kinds OF trees have yielded in turn TO the influence
Of the season. and the meadows are as verdant as
they were in June. 1t is easy to distinguish the
sorts Of trees from each other even at the distance
tf miller by the different iints and cOlors OF their
| foliage. Motley the only wear with the woods
lust low, though green is sill the preyaen. color OF
their gay livery. But it is not that deep, almost
| son Der green, which they wore month ago. The
leaves even Of the most hardy trees, have altered
more or LEES in hue and the effect Of the change IS
most brilliant orange green, forming the ground
tint UPON which the other variegsted cOors are dis
| play ed. The elms, towering by the roadsides,
wear golden crowns upon their still yerdant heads
The branches Of the hickory shadetrees LII the pas
tures seem to be loaded with treasures OF shining
yellow guibeas. The naples everywhere show like
scarlet spots and crimson stains upon the landscape
| The wooded bilsides of the Talcott range, four
| miles away from where / sit are mottled with
| gau3y fues-ereen, gold, yermilion, orange and
| dyes that have 10 Dame Even the wayside hedges
are arrayed as was never Solomon in all his glory
The sumacs are clothed in Tyran purple. The
| spotted alders and dogwood shrubs are hung with
| coral beads. The spiders webs aud gossamer
threads are strung with dew.drops, whose luster
outsbines the most costly diamonds that queen OF
empress ever wore and even the humblest thistle is
clothed with down, softer than that which grows on
the cyRnet's breast. Poets are wont to sing the
praises of fowery May and leafy June, but for my
part give me the ripe resplendebt glowing charms Of
mature October. Come, o Quigey come quickly !!
and view the rdescent landscape, ere its splendors
fade NV word for it, you will oegin at once to ask
the price of land per acre and the cost of building
materials in these parts.
After all, shall not be able to tell you my budget of
news this time, having filed my allotted space with
| idle gossip about the weather. I'm not sure that
the tidngs have been saving up for week are not
stale already. You have heard dare say, that four
Of otr banks have come to grief and that mourners
90 about the streets in search Of places where the
obliciDg sbOpkeepers take their bills at par, in ex-
change for goods. The other banks hold their
ground, and will continue firm. hope. A run upon
the State Bank was checked the other day by funny
expedent, devised, doubtless, by knot Of wicked
| Young lawyers who lie in wait for victims in the
chambers Of the building where the bank is located.
| A crowd # people had collected on the wide side
walk in frort Of the bank when suddenly, from on
high, pack Of lighted fire. crackers dropped u the
midst. The crowd dispersed ncontnently. l COM
mend this story to the notice of banking institutions
| in straits throughout the country. 1t would be a
pity to break for the lack of shillings worth of
| Chinese crackers.
The returns from our ''little town meetings" this
year. attract 10 great attention The newspapers.
according to immemOrial usage, print the names of
the towns in parallel columns; and, as ever before
| the Democratic column in The Times is q good deal
longer than the Republican column, whereas in The
| Cosrant and The Press it is considerably shorter.
Most people feel more interested in looking at the
lists which contain the names Of broken banks and
bankrupt traders.
| The County Fair was held in Hartford last week.
| l sp net informed concerning the weight and erth
| of the biggest pumpkin. Neither am | fully ad-
vised az to the result of "trial of speed which,
| | understood, was to come off last Saturday at the
1.Trottipp Park" Probably one of the horses,
either Flora Temple or Lancet, came out ahead
| and if so, the other doubtless fell behind: