Wilmington journal., 1871-01-13
WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE.

tedium of railway travel in a great meas |
ure dissipated by the absorbing interest |
arising to US from the study of the phys
iques OF our fellow passengers, judging
the salient points of character thereby, |
and inferring their circumstances and his
tory therefrom. We remember very we'll
ore of the first romances we ever conceiv-
ed was evoked from such observations. |
The subjects were two beautiful women,
one blonde, rivaliDg Miss Evans pic
ture of that "modern Micaria," Irene
Huntingdon
Perfectly beautiful, let it be granted her;
Where il tho fault?
Faulty faultless, iciIy regular,
Splendidly null.
Her our childish fancy invested with
the sceptre of heartless queen of hearts;
the other, with soft, melting dark eyes
and full red lips, was young wife, fond
and true, ond pining over the excesses of a
wild, unprincipled husband. He ap-
proaches her occasionally, his breath hot
with the fumes OF whisky aud his gait cor
reepondingly unsteady. They were about
the same age, but one had married in her
! teeLs; the other had triumphed over i'm
pulse and reached twenty-five, mistress of
, the art of winning. So. mindful of the
old-time beguilement, when we. in our re-
. cent journeys westward. tired of the mo-
notony of our car window glimpses, turu-
, e1 to our neighbor travellers for amuse-
r ment. Near US was q venerable. hoary-
headed man, whose dignifed demeanor
stamped the title of "Judge," by which
we heard him addressed, as no misuomer.
Two fair-haired sisters sat In front Of US,
living illustrations of Madame Demorosts
fashions; richly trimmed skirts, iaunty
basques, immense coiffures of golden
curls. and hats big birdsnests. There
: is pleusant-faced woman with a pretty
baby, that crows over the 4" lady finger +"
apple we place in the tiny grasp. A
young man saunters carelessly through the
car; out Of the corner of his eye he
sees everything, casual is his glance
appears. She drops into seat in front Of
a green looking youth, whose verdancy is
| quite palpably written in the vacant eyes
/ and meaningless smile. The former, whose
q face now shows cruel lines, and the oblique
glance certain CLEAN OF greed, shake,
out his overcoat folds it IN front of him,
g as if in idle play. Directly another gen
g tleman of the ring lounges up and takes
Z a hand then another after game or
. two 'green-horn" is invited to join. Poor
boy, We mutter, you are gone up, certain !;
" lost, unless we warn you but no-look !
O He has actually refused, and continues to
a refuse absolutely, even when bulied by
the gambler. How Las he escaped tbs
snare Who has warned him ? We fancy
u poor Christian mother at home, igno-
t. rant, uncultured, little ver5ed in the way
,r of the world, perchance, but Bible taught,
II wise III the love that is opposed to gam
bling, drunkenness and all uncleanness.
i There's where he got a horror Of the
r greasy pack OF cards !
D. "Thohe men are regular blacklegs," re-
70 marks an acquaintance to us. ''ln an
~ English coach they would be arrested i'm
III mediately. 1t is surprising that they are
to allowed to carry on their Infamous prac~
7e tices 50 openly. What difference there
90 is in the management of public affairs
:: under a government with sovereign
IL head. Continues our friend, (who calls
l. himself subject of Victoria Regime,) in
England railroads are ten times more sub
- stantialy built than in America, and the
oversight kept upon them is perfect. The
10 consequence is accidents are rare. The
IL rate OF speed is much greater, the stop
n pages bgiefer, and, instead of great big
. locomotive of immense prOpelling power.
IL Another advantage is the door and plat
form at the end of every seat, which en-.
At ables the human freight to disperse without
= confusion. In b republic what is every
a body's business is nobody's business and
so it happens that hinges and wheels get
le rusty, machinery awry, and things gen.
as orally out of fix.
~ Northern Georgia produces corn, sor-
- ghum and good stock. It is not much Of
" a cotton growing region. Among the
r, spurs of the Blue Ridge mining is carried
on to a considerable extent, iron and Goa
i, abounding All along the railroad We
IL saw quantities of the former awaiting
OF transportation, and numerous evidences o.
" wealth in the comfortable residences with
nj their tasteful surroundings.
Tennessee is q great hog-country, the
y men are proverbialIy moon-faced, broad
r. shouldered, "good - to drink their gallor
~ of buttermilk and to eat their shoulder o.
q. mutton at a sitting
nr On the evening of our approach to Chat
" tanooga, the sky was overcast with thin
e. hard.looking clouds and good wind. too
We cool for comfort, blew down from thG
q. mountain top. We had wished much tt
y, make this trip in the Fall, under fai
skies and golden haze and amid the glorie'
> of the golden and crimson hues of the
most poetic season, when nature in he
1t tAmo VI maiIouaBo Is DIV ner loVeA4eSt, UuI
70 instead, the shadow of the Great Rocl
W that looks on Chattanooga frowned gloom
," lily upon us through the dreary waning
? light of chilly November evening, anG
a. in the sobbing wind we seemed to hea
or only the requiem of departed hopes
Scattered about the base of Lookou
'ss Mountain, Chattanooga made us think o
be ant-hills round a Spynx-foot, SO insignif
cant appears the work of man compared
with Gods work. It is q rambling arra'
ls' of white washed, low-built houses, appar
he emily strong, but quite innocent of de
ol- Isign. At Lookout Moun ntain Bragg wa
air fanked out of one of the strongest position
r. a General ever had. Chattanooga is saiC
l to be doing quite a large manufacturing
business. There was a crowd of emigrant
bo at the depot, some bound for Mississippi
= more for Arkansas. About s o'clock thu
," train on the Memphis and Charleston