Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-05-28

Sr. Louis, Mo, May 1916.
Mn Epror
It is perhaps fair tresume that occasional hearing
from this part OF the World may be entirely wthou, in.
teres 10 many Of yow readers especially there
hardly town in old INDIAN, out has contributed 10 the
population Of our city.
We in the midst of Spring business, and, not
wiihsandng the upp rivers have continued unusually
law amount Of be- daily rausscng at our land
ing would astonsh n a Boston Yankee Immense piles
ofproduce with here md there passage way for days,
cover the ievee for y a mile in extent; aad when YOU
consider that these Of "aie.ofevery-thinr" arc
constantly Increasing diminishing by the ladag OF dis.
charging Of forty fifty steamboats, that one lot or ship
ment remains sationa but few hours, you may mdqi5e
which cannot adequately represented in words
The best season Tor eating the large rivers s duudx
midsummer, when the swollen by the melting Of snov
and ice in the Last year there was bareyla
covering Of snow, whic prevented any thing like ireshA
through the valley tn season. however, the trappers re
port iair supply, an may look for booming rgets
about the middle Of June.
Our hagor is in sod condition from the cumulsion of
sandbars, and unless succeed in obtaining an appropa
ton from Congress- there fair prospect the chan.
mel will soon form the Illinois side where as a sucker
representative rmstk, when the bill was under discus.
sion God and Nature Intended it. Jimmy Bowlin howev.
has no idea Of sure 1derng the Rubicon repuda-
tors, and stood up uly in defence Of the for our
habo By the by, di you hesr Of the little incident
which christened our river the Rubicon'' 1t this
that he travelled the South and West in the course
OF hs iourneyngs, led this city The Democracy as in
duty bound made ezte sve preparations for his pon
and appointed Jimmy Bowlu to deliver the welcoming ad
dress Jimmy had heara tell about great dimmyerst
crossing the "Rubieon ia the Old world aad thought
fair opportunity presented to attach similar event
the world Accordingly, after giving the disin.
gushed rejected hearty welcome in the the gori
GemocrGcie OF Missouri Jimmy wound up by telling him
that he the first President of this great country that had
ever crossed the Rubeon aud that he from Office
with the unanimous lsent and appreciation of The drEny
cratic people(gteat cleerng) From that day to this the
Mississippi has borne the sobrquet of I" Rubcon = aud
not that the remaining assertion of the western
orator has ever been eontradicted.
You have no doubt the result Of charter election
few weeks since VIII ch " Native" triumph. With
an undoubed majority in the city, the Wing party did not
nominate but divided about equally between the Natives
and Ouiandouersa sure method fselfdestrucion. The
breach between the Hards' and Sofs" is constantly
widening The latter ere determined Bowin, while
die former will vote for Wing Native in preference.
Mr. Clay left us few days since, aaer visit of more
than two weeks He valuable Of land adioin
ing the city, and here with the intention Of selling it,
but on Inspection well satisfied with prospect Of
rapid improvement value that he concluded to hold on
Time seems 10 have ued him gently, for has scarcely e
trace which tells of more than hreescore years lie
of that appearance of excessive Indulgence which so
paPsbe in Mr. Webster, and which, being alone REGARDED
stamps the latter as al least ten years the elder -"
OF the distinguished s. nator brings 10 mind .ofy SIN
siiion Human nature is weak be-
was never accused OF being rery psgn for so skfu
money matters and these considessfn an operation"
Grated, in this vicinity TO suspen said the Doctor,
probable truth falseood of Mr. l. booking at his three
We have intelligence this morning viewed that they
steamer " Boreas No the Missouri .s,yay from
large boat, and bound down with full freight. A..
several Santa Fe uers on board with about s6Ouy y,
SPECIE most of which thrown overheard and will prob
ably be recovered
From all accounts, money matters about the same
here as at the East Exchange the Atlantic cities is in
good demand at per premum for instance one of our
brokers drew yesterday for $4,000 at the above rate.
eternal prairie" have Just returned from excursion
10 the Carnve pra e. which about 30 miles from this
place. in illinois II / now covered with fresh mantle of
green which besro with every variety of wild flower,
but without single tree bush, augh else to intercept
the vision for distan Of % miles entered II at the de-
ghtfu hour Of sunset and being the only passenger in
side the COACH put match to my segar, and having ad
usled my proportions easy position, looked forth up
on one of the most loous and astonishing sights
vouchsaed b. natures God On either hand, herds
Of deer quietly tipping the wid-howers of the prairie,
or startled by pre- senee would bound off to short dis
tanee then gaze the disiurbers OF their solitude
while frequent int rivals prairie chicken would start up
from the road side tn paintye wall quickly vanish
bya winding retreat trough the grass The surface OF the
earth being smooth and unbroken the driver would occa
sonaly leave the be track and gain approach
clusters of deer hioh he would suddenly brighten with
startling whoop enjoy their graceful bounds aud antics
II was enchanting !-one Of those exhibitions OF
which excite intense wonder and adniraton-whch
urge ree ton upon higher and nobler themes
than pertain exclusively 10 time and sense and call forth
lively emotions of altitude the Great Maker Of all things
who has bestowed MS bountes with such unsparng
hand These extensive prairies but little cultivated
except the horde and in the immediate vicinity Of tim
Der lands but when railroads become rife here il
New England may expect 10 the entire waste con
yerted into fruitful gardens After leaving the prairie,
passed through the finest farming region in the State Tn
broad and luxurious lands spread out with beauty an
enchantmen which cannot be surpassed in any other elm
or quarter of the globe and excepting rude log tenemeh
there are none of he usual evidences of recent settlement
Barring fer6r and rBewhch is the principal business u
tended to during tn Falhere is country for armin
purposes like Illinois.
Yours, &c. W. w. w.
ST. have just been informed that the notorious den
agogue VIM H. Seward, Of n " has arrived in our cit
for what purpose, nobody knows unless il is to scrap
acquaintance with our foreign population