Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-17
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We nsds the rus fire. N<bik = sbisisity. in
the ans. nsw steamer fs.x<ses. b twsaty-'vo
hours he kss made itinsldsoI swsnsy-ops hours.
Let me sdviss yosr rsadsFa rho coatemplats
trp TO Eew York 20 take oss Of this iias Of stea-
mers. They ere soumsdisus. su1ueessable, swirl
and safe. Passengers, Ahojsk Rishnond BY the
inland route at the name time that the Yorktown
did. reached here only few hours ahssd Of us.
Besides this, nothing eau Be moro delicious, at
this season Of tbs year. than travelling by sea.
Dat npon the bosom Of the broad ocean, when the
weather l. Cue, and your steamer IL walking the
water like thing Of iife," ycu fed IN agreeable
increase Of animal spirits and your blood courses
tbr ugh your veins with sensation that is indie
scribably pleasant No wonder such . theme in
spire1 Byron with some Of tie best poetry he ev-
or wrote witness the Corsair, and some Of the
closing cantos of Chlde Harold.
Tho Yorktown has been lately put upon the line.
making three steamers that now ply regularly be-
tween Richmond and New York. She il com
handed by Captain PAgIsH-a model Of sailor,
ns he is also gentleman. Tho purser, WILLIAM
o. Sn,ru. maintains the high reputation for civil
~ and courtesy that he earned whom pursor upon
tho jamestown. In short. in all its appointments,
tho Yorktown is a magnificent ship. For myself,
I would be entirely willing to cross the ocean in
hor'
was surprsed IN soc the heavy freightase bu
ainess that this line does. ] noticed packages on
board fnr such distant point. MS Huntsville, Mem
phis. Montgomery. and Oxford in Mississippi.
These goods are led nt City Pint. AMI thence
carried to their respective destinations, hy the
Soutbsi.lc, the Virginia and Tennessee, and the
roads connecting with it in The Southwest. They
are mostly sont by express. The business is rap
idly increasing--and in u few years, Dick Phelps,
instead Of sending one car Of express goods to the
West, will have to send half dnzen. Tho bust
ness connections ofNew York with tho Southern
States aro growing in Importance every year.
Norfolk ought to have the trade, and might have
it il she would. But Norfolk pursucs "idissez
fare policy, and seems contents to eat her fine
oysters with serene Indifference everything else.
New York is the same New Ynrk that she al
WAYS was--nose hustle, confusion, aud m inter-
minahlc chatter upon tho streets This immense
caravanserai the st. Nicholas il filled with stran-
gers from top to fundamentally from the South.
Some lends who were with are were put in the
top s,ory--but the clork at the Office. in tender
consideration of my size, and the difficulty of my
climbing half mile to my room. was kind enough
to put me on the second floor. | shall ever have
u warm place in nv affections for that clerk
One disadvantage only attends my proximity to
tho ground and that is, can hear NIL the organ
grinders for two squares around. Ono Of them,
with dinhlcnl maligni,y, ia now numbering An
ME Laurie beneath my window. | shall bride him
with quarter to go away.
There is nothing new in politics. The Demo-
cratic State Convention il now in scss ON at Sy-
racuse, and they are having warm time Of it.
A deputaion Of shoulder. hitcrs" and 'roughs"
has gene up from this city, and probably the Com
yentnn will break M in general POW.
But Truce to politics. never feel like writ
ing politics when | ann from home. During the
late war in Europe. a gentleman in Paris gave IN
entertainment at ks house. and endorsed upon
each cnrJ, "On ne pa,ie,a pas de Ia guerre."-
lie wished to have no dsputa,ion at his table
In like manner. dislike to introduce politicc
when nm away from home II trip of pleasure
Tomorrow go to the land of steady habits
Connectcu,--my first visit there. Aa.,cror!
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