Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-02-12
Saint Ions

ovq William Writ.
Saint LOaS
Promises almost everything. Commenced
in i1Gtbv he French, Il belonged 10 Up
per Louisiana; next /! was IN the LoG's-
lana District, and shortly after in Missouri
Territory. In 1880 it contained nearly
seven thousand souls; in 1870 nearly
twentv.lhree thousand, an increase OF thlf-
teen per cent. per annum. Al present II
exceeds seven,v.two thousand; and at IhIs
rate in 1860 it must number more than
,wo hundred thousand, and be one Ut the
largest American cities. The grounds OF
rbis increase, first, that II is a great COM
mercjal and manufacturing centre; the
heart of country capahl" ut sustaining
hundreds Of millions Win the ropua.
liou Of the rich lands contiguous 10 tho
Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, ard smaller
rivers. HAT of this busineSsicrhpolIum
must increase not, of course, IN equal de-
.gee. but in regular; though diminishing
proportion. The present immigration be-
inc directed more to Iowa than any other
quarter. and the irresistible tendenrt IF
the Westward tides of huihan life being
to the farther shore Of the river, and the
navigation above ST. Louis beng often
difficult and dangerous, the growll Of tie
city appears a necessity of nature.
Then again, 81. Louis has no rival, and
PROBABLY can have none, unlike lhe Al
Iantic c,rcs. Until some vast physical
change llft up another position mo It's
plarc, all Missouri and Iowa, and the
greater part Of Illinois and Wisconsin,, viii
seek their supplies aid bring their ever.
increasing products TO tyis point. For
mcrlv. many an Illinois and Missouri mer-
chan, found it for his advantage o 90 TO
The Atlantic coast, and furnish himself NJ
considerable expense OF time and money;
bat am assured il is not so now and Ihat
goods are purchased about as cheap, and
of as sufficient variety al this Western
depot, as at the East.
And then, for manufactures, 81. Louis
has also its advantages. Coal is handy
and cheap: wood, Of course, the same;
inc most v4luabc minerals for mcchanical
Dnrposcs are easy Of access, and i'm that
inexhauslblc abundance with which ma
ture provides everything in this prolific re-
zion. The famous iron mountain lies
only sixty miles to the South. and yields
the best ore in the world. We suppose
the Galena lead is all reshipped here, from
small boat. 10 large lid might still better
be pr par, ror variojis mechanical pur-
poses, ana transported in less bulky shape
to the East. Very excellent materials for
glass lave been found in the neighborhood
and mention was made as We were leay-
ing of newly ds;ovcrcd marble quarry,
additional TO the frccslone mentioned be.
fore.
THOUGHrs THAT PgPIsH NEyER.-lI IL
held by some mental philosophers rhsino
thought or feeling traced upon the mind Is
ever eT4ced However ihls may be OF
,ho hts in general, there arc thoughts and
emotions which fpm the moment OF iheit
conception or experience seem 10 have
entered into the very substance OF the
mind, ever more To pervSde II VIII sub
iimaling influence. These thoughts and
emotions may hc incommun,Cable 10 9th
e,s it may lie IN m,sIble to express ihem
IN word,. and yrI hey give tone and al
impulse to the mind which affect all its
subsequent acts and states. One whG
sands rpon the submit Of Mount Wash
ing on. there lakes in an idea Of y7stne.s,
suJlimiIv, ald Iuwer. which llenceforth
IS Incorporated ~iIh his spiritual being,
and which ;glI Gfl.lmrs d!lale MS soul
wien he has returned 10 he common level
ol earth. One wno stands "a, the ase Of
Niagara, or peers ih,G is aby.s fom the
oyerhanging cliff, rereiyes an irnpr ssioa
OF lie grand, tie beautiful, the terrible,
which Ihencforlh lives within him and
Feprnduces itself v Ih rs lrsl oeslacy
amid oil the charges OF place and iime.-,
One who gsZes enIaptnrSd UpGus beautiful
picture trans eFS il 10 the texture Of bis
mind, and, whoever MAJ POSSESS IL lie
carries il ever VIII him j. iis cvn aesr