Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-03-25
cone.ponaence Of ,he rhrnlr.

Sr. LoUis, March, 1917.
Mr. Editors As much as we were annoyed by failures and
delays in the arrivals Of the mails during the last
three months present condition is worse-lhc
tractors o. Hinton Co.. having finally dissolved all vol
uniay connection with Uncle SAM and turned stock
coachcs crockeIy crates and "fSngs generally, Tot the
benefit Of their creditors. We thus relieved from dis
agreeable suspense--exPecng nothing and receiving ditto
Under the circumstances has been natural 10 wish that
Mr. Cave johnson had sought glory in Mesea instead Of
being content with presiding over the Post Office Depart
ment however he has idea u being ovcrakedi but
determined get noiorcy II not glory Admitting
that the Postmaster General Is liable to be deceived to
the responsibility Of and their securities only
evnces his mprudencc and 10 letting twelve OF
fifteen hundred miles Of mail routes the party h
il s certainly within limits say, that o fnlnns & Co.'S
contracts that extent The failure Of the eonifae
tors would have ocessoncd only temporary interruption
the mails had their securities bcen sufficient for the lat,
self protection, would have made speedy arrangements
20 continue the transportation until the rele;
hut IN his esgefness reduce the expenses Of the Depart
men, Mr. Johnson appears 20 have lost sight Of the old
maxim, "7lc greater hsse the hess speed or somehow
SOY, for he cVidenty esug al the lowest bids and
questions asked ilc is in fair way be satisfied
that little and vigilance in making contracts
will beet subscrve the interests Of the Department and The
public. The direct mail is via Terra Iauie
indianapolis, Columbus. aud Wheeling herslieI and
I'll contracts effected the nails coming vest will
be diverted Columbus, 10 be- forwarded from thence via
Cincinnati aud Louisville Our Postmaster who has acted
with great promPaess throughout, absen, eomplei-
ing the arrangemen,s in tho meantime, our suerngs
in,olefable."
The Anniversary Of e founding our city was eelsbra
ted this year for the Gr time the day pleasant, the
people willing, business dull Mexico oil SHf whipped
aud there seemed 10 be nothing else 10 do but have
jolly good time. The affair opened with grand Proees
son composed Of the Military public and select Schools
Common Council Fire Department, Societies and Orders
Masquerndcrs rhi indians and Crrns in carriages and
horseback the entire Inc stretching distance Of
miles in marching order. Amer marching aud counter
marching pretty eS,ensiveiy the procession was Dismissed
and the crowd Immediately assembled to hear ,e oran
which delivered from stand erected In front Of the
Court House; unusay interesting in historical de.
tail, and whole very efcditable 10 its author The
dinner ample fepat for fifteen bundled eNlraord.
nary eaters but enjoyed b oRy four Eve hundred
moderate eaPsots passed on with and speeches
usual But the gem Of the whole $50 the ladies' say
the Hall the Planters House" at which there was
gathering Of eight ten hundred persons less
the large ball foou well every other spacious
the house, slled TO overlooking very early hour
and the later arrivals obliged the ysslbues
their only chance TO shake heel" They certainly did
dance all night hl broad daylight" for the echo Of
last "MaEarkA only lost in the hat irsd
&C the breakfastgong.
On the 18th Of February, I7Gi Pierre Lgvesc Laeede
under authority Ofihe French Governof al louisiana land.
ed 4, this Po;n and marked the boundaries town
which he nained in honor OF Louis XIV Although the
country west Of the Mississippi had been transferred by
France TO Spain yeas previous yet until
i76S that the Spanish Government exercised authority il
retroceded 10 France in 1900 and sold the United
States in 5o3 The old inhabitants much attached
the Spanish Government and deeply geited the transfer
To the United States but many Of them have lived forget
their Sorrow and 10 bless the day which gave them 10 our
glorious Republic Laoede died more than fifty years since
being at the time on voyage 10 New Orleans be bu.
ried the banks Of the Arkansas river mouth.
Pierre Chouiesu ST. the President Of the Celebration is
the only nhabhant who looked upon the face Of
eede he is 20 years Of ago. and has witnessed the
growth Of ST. Louis from the it the trading post
OF single individual In lie present Importance The fol-
lowing statement Of the population different periods
10 lsiO, 1900 in saO, $685. in 1890 5s52 in Is4O IG
459 in is45 10 5 in Isl7 census Just taken) $50
It is perceived that the very slow unul s
when the town numbered less than GOO inhabitants about
that tune however, the beauty Of its situation the CON.
meicIa facilities afforded by ia position and the exceeding
richness and vast OF the tributary county,
cd 10 attract universal attention. and during lat seven.
teen Yeas It's growth ia population, wealth aud commercial
importance is without parallel
The Mississippi and Atlantic Railroad b referred 10 in
my last was Loaf in the Senate Of Illinois, and thus ends
the project for the present Had been proposed TO ter.
inmate the road al Alton ieTe would have been no diff.
Guilty in procuring charter consequently the interior
section Of the State is sacrificed the pafy consideration
Of building up that plsees miserable hole to look upon
ss Disguised the eye Of Christian ST. Louis will
suffer least from this dog the maneer policy, for she 10
bcrsly supplied with natural channels Of
which, with other advantages will give her preeminence
in spite Of the world Not with the vast interior section
Of Illinois without artificial facilities Of communication il
be cultivated inhabited but with them, il is
capable Of supporting increase Of population equal TO the
most exirayaglnt antcipatons Of Gen Cass II depo.
rabe that such rich and uxuran region Of country should
be suffered to continue in and nrgleei-and all on
account Of the pitifu Town OF Alton which,
has sufficient influence in the Legislature 10 prevent any
system Of internal improvement that is mne
connected WITH and tributary 10 that place. right Of way
was all that asked and lis refusal under the circum
Stances would utterly disgrace any respectable Legislative
body but the Legislature OF illinois has been long and
thoroughly disgraecd that the ilbcnsl and
deestable action is the only result anticipated from s
sonswhch, luckily for the Of deeeney, biennial
instead Of annual
We have just received the melancholy intelligence Of an
nsurreetion Santa Fe, which resulted in the death of
Gov. Charles Bent, and several other Americans The sit
uaon Of scattered forces in New Mexico
as exceedingly critical Yours. &c, w.
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