The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-23
St. Louis. Mo.

Correspondence Of the Herald.1 q
ST.. LOUIS, May II, 1912.
ASSASSINATION of Governor Boggs- Building of a
Church Business and Politics.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ.,
DEAR SIR,-
sudden and universal gloom has spread itself
over our city. We have just learned by slip from
the Office of the Western Missouran," printed at
Independence, that fatal attempt has been made to
assassnate our beloved Governor Boggs! The fend-
ish act was perpetrated Friday evening between
seven and eight o'clock, and just after His Excel
lency had retired to his room from the tea table At
the time of printing the slip, he still living,
though no hopes were entertained of his surviving.
The weapon used was pistol, loaded with buck
shot, four Of which took effect in the back part of his
head, one penetrating the brain and lodging there !;
the others have been extracted.
No one was in the room with His Excelency at the
moment the fatal act was committed. But it is sup
posed he was reading newspaper, sitting with his
back to the window, through which the discharge
was made, as he received the entire contents of the
pistol in the back of his head. Medical aid was had
Immediately, and all done that was possible. But
the lodging of one of the shot in the BRAIN will in
evltaby cause Inflammation in dayor two at most.
which will as certainly be followed by death
which reward of $500, was offered for the appre-
henson OF the murderer Suspicion yet had not
attached to any one in the place. though unceasing
efforts are being made to arrest the wretch who has
Yesterday was laid IN Tho city will, imposing r-rr-
mony, the corner stone OF the Methodist Episcopal
German Church. 1t is to be very neat and desra-
bic edifce, and will do the German Protestans of
this place little credit They ourishing in an
Unprecedented degree under the pastoral charge of
the Rev. Mr. Jacoby, who labors among them as a
missionary.
There are other buildings in process of erection,
which when completed will greatly add to the beau
ty of the city, well large number of private
which are widening its limits in degree equally sur
prsng to citizens and strangers In few years, ST.
| Louis will be known as the Palmyra of the West.
No stranger who has not visited 1t, can form cor
rect idea of the number, extent, richness and dura-
bility of the buildings erected here yearly. The
der and style of building is strictly New York, and
many of private residences equal to those of
Broadway and the upper part of your city. When
our financial affairs as nation shall have assumed
permanently and trade flow, as ii will, uninter
rupted in Its natural channels, then the greatness of
this city in natural position, extent of commerce. in
terna splendor and general wealth, will show istelf
New York must then hide its diminished head. and
St. Louis become the admiration of the American
the wonder Of the foreigner!
Business here, with the exception Of freightng, is
very dull There is limited amount of trade with
small dealers and retailers; but the large houses are
doing but little, andthey say they do not care to, till
fall, when money will be sound and plenty, and Gus
toners such can be trusted.
The Illinois Bank, at Shawneetown, Miners
Bank Of Dubuque, and Kentucky banks, will resume
on the first of June, by the 18TH at farthest II is
generally believed that they will be able to 60 on
and meet the expectations OF the public.
Politcs here are pretty much "so-so." The
Wings had meeting last week, at the Court House
in this city, to appoint Committee of Nomination
for state and County Officers
The call was for all the Wings of the city and
county too, If | mistake not. About one hundred
attended and splritless and Indifferent crowd
never looked upon before thought of the soul
stirring but departed days of "Tippecanoe and
TYLER too" and all the "pomp and circumstance
of the glorious campaign of 40 and melancholy
sensation crept over me while made the contrast
Speeches were made but not shout rent the
air! Resolutions were offered but how feeble the
response The only sounds that interrupted the
meeting, or broke the silence of the scene, in res
oonse the voice Of the speakers, the click Of
he mason's hammer, as he shaped the huge stone
Tor the new Court House, the rumbling of the car
mans wheels, or the significant chucke OF the loco
toco, as he witnessed the proceedings of the meet
ng turned away, filled with any thing but ardent
,ntcipations for the Wing cause. Methinks a sin
lie barrel of E; but, "no more on that head"
Your paper is increasing in popularity here daily.
The difficulty consists in getting chance to view it
without having h II dozen looking over your
houlders and sometimes the reading OF editorial
ide is torn off and taken away entirely from the
public rooms.
How is little Jemmyl
Yours, &c, A. W., JR.
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