, 1841-11-27

49, 1eaRaaaa TAT rsf 81 Ia md rwrtnure Ii ns4d yc-
H. will soon render it the most important sta
Re OF the West. According to a statement '"ur-
hlshed the editor Of The Republican, by a rouse
IN st. LOUIS, extensively engaged in this trade,
it appears that the export of this criticize during
the last year, has amounted to about 5000 hogs
heads, of which $500, have passed St. Louis
This has brought TO the State but little short Of
100000. The quantity raised will now in
crease in a much greater ratio than the increase
of population, or of any other article of prcduc-
tion. The enterprising spirit a the st. Louis
merchants, is already directed TO this subject
and the city authorities hsve taken steps to Sc
cure this valuable trad to her merchar's. We
observe in one Of me city papers, the rstort of
a committee appointed by the city e2Wcil, l. re-
Port upon the propriety Of bpAaiShg a warehouse
for the reception Of tobacco. The Report ad-
coates very strenously the policy of encourag-
=. the trade, and recommends the building Of
sch a warehouse, as will be adapted to the i'm
~portance of this product. This will attract the
agents of foreign governments, and other plrcha-
sers, to St. Louis; and, while it will materially in
crease the trade and business of that place, it will
be equally beneficial to the producer. He will
have the opportunity of selling his own crop
thereby saving the heavy commissions nov
charged by those who make sales for him; ant
the difference of time between the shipment and
receipt Of sales would be greatly diminished
Wise and timely measures by the city authon-
ties of St. Louis, on this subject, must add mTh
to the business importance of that place.
Beautiful Extract.
Hon. B. F.. Butler, late Attorney Generl 0.
the United States, delivered an address before
one of the Literary Societies of Union College,
N. Y, short time since. The following closing
appeal, is as beautiful as it is true.
Gas a sure guide in the discharge Of all your
functions, take the Bible as your chart. IT'S
the best manual for the statesman, as well as for
men of every other calling. Fear God; reve-
renee the institutions of your country; and cher
ish, as above all price, the union of the states
the object of so many hopes and prayers; the
fruit of so much laborious toll, of such consul
mate wisdom, such fraternal concession, such
exemplary devotion to the public good. He
who dashcs a costly mirror, in a moment of
wantonness and folly, TO the earth, will strive in
vain to reunite the broken fragments; but from
each he will see reflected the regrets, the self
reproach, and the despair which the conviction
of his folly will stamp upon his features. This
is but a faint image Of the ruin they will effect,
who shall bring about a catastrophe SO fatal as
the destruction of the Union; of the agony they
will suffer, when reason regains its throne, who
shall have part or lot in a deed so awful. Shrink
with horror from the first approach TO such a
crime. Obey, in all things, the injunctions OF
the Constitution and the voice of conscience;
and, having done so, commit, with unfaltering
trust, the issue CT your labors and the interests
of your country to the providence of God, and
await, with cheerfulness and hope, the awards
of the final hour when the rulers of earth shall
account for their stewardship, and when each of
YOU shall answer for the talents committed TO his
keeping"