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paired of electing their favorites, and the proba-
BILE result will be the speedy election Of Henry s.
(whig of St. Louis.
os OF PLANK ROADS. 6aIJfIt
The Ste. Geneyieye Democrat says, that stthe
late meeting held in that place, such proceedings
were had as will insure the constsucticpf q
plank road thence to the mineral region: we
too, that the people efg Randolph and
Howard are in earnest with their plank road pro-
iect from Huntsville via Fayetts to aistgow.-
What are the people Of 'Libsrty doing Have
they not enterprise enough to construct one to
the river, a distance Of only four miles Z 9 And
canno. the people Of Sparta run ore to st. Jo-
seph? OfPlatte city to Weston, or some other
point on the river? OF Richmond, to the land.
ing opposite Lexington OF Carroll, from Car.
rotten to the river? OF Saline. from Mandall to
Arrow Rock? OF Charlton, from Keytsville to
the mouth Of Charlton river? OF Boone, from
Columbia 70 Rccheportf Of Galloway, from
Fulton to the river? o. Franklin, from Union
TO h s1Sivef?" OF Montgomery, from Danville
to the rivere or Warren, from Warrenton to
the rivef?i OF Pike, from Bowling Green to
Louisiana? OF Rails, from jacksonville to the
river? And Of Marion, from Palmyra to Han
lnibal? All these, if constructed, would be but
first links which every season would have 9TH
Iers united to them from the counties immediate
lily back Of them, and the benefits resulting would
be incalculsble.
The above article we clip from the St. Louis
Times. We are right glad to see a spirit of i'm
provenent manifested by the people Of different
sections ofthe State, even il we are left in the mud
in Old Pike. The subject Of an improved road
from Louisiana to Bowling Green, we have on
more than one occasion endeavored to bring be-
fore the public, and shall not yet despair of see
ling the people Of this county awake to this i'm
Ipoitant matter.
While our more enterprising neighbors Of the
South. East are in full enjoyment of Telegraphic
facilities for news, they are still pushing for
ward with q laudsble energy more substantial
Improvements in the form of roads, stretching
like arms into the interior to gather the harvests
of the country. A plank road is determined up
on by the people of Ste. Gensvieve, thence to
the mineral region Of the State. The people Of
other portions Of the State are not less active
Our nsighbOring city Hannibal, while she is in
the full enjoyment Of q system Of improved roads,
pouring into her lap the products Of the country
"a part of which legitimateiy belongs to Louis
|iana--is stretching every nerve to connect
herself by Railroad with St. Joseph, traversing
The interior of Northern Missouri, and ~calcula-
ted TO turn a still greater amount Of our trade to
that point. a1 .,. ,
The wsrks Of enterprise and improvement
that vitality interests Louisiana, do not stop here
the people Of Randolph and Howard are in earn.
lest with their plank road project from Hunts
wills via Fayettet to Glasgow. This road, in con.
junction with the Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail.
road, will circumscribs the trade Of all points on
the Mississippi south and east Of said road. and
eneroaeh upon that trade, unless facilities for the
outlet ofproducs to the Mississippi is offered
With this state of facts staring u. in the face
I've ask, how long will the people Of Pike. ant
lof Louisiana, remain Indifferent to historical
facts, and the prosperity Of the city aRd countyi
We are fr behind the spirit Of the age, and IN
less We arouse ourselves to our duty and our in
~terest, we must be content to see our trade stol'
en- from US, and our at present thriving city ones
more run to decay. Louisiana possesses a IA
vorable situation for health and trade, and, not
withdrawing, her total restitution Of improves
road facilities, she has bafled the lethargy o
her people. aad in he last five years her rati'
Of improvement outstripsd any Missouri point OF
the MISUNDERSTANDING in that time more thai
doubled her population and business capacities
With q prudent system Of county improvement
from Frankfort, Prairievills and Ashley vi
Bowling Green to Louisiana, which we shsul'
have for the convenience of neighbOrhoods. tn
trade of the latter place would be increased, W
believe, 20 per cent.
The subject Of a macadamissd or plank roa'
TO Ashley or Bowling Green, has been discuss
ed before, and meets with every appreciation, ex
Icept metallic ones. Such a road would shorte'
the distance from interior points, and cOunterac
the influences Of the Hannibal Railroad and Glas
gov and Huntsville improvement.
We throw out these remarks, hoping .soE
Iona more comnetent will take hold of the sub