The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-05-08
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Sr. LOUIS. April 81.

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The sensation of again finding ones self
in busy, bustling, noisy city, after three
years comparatively quiet life on the from
tier, is more strange than had imagined.
You may think have not paid due atten-
ton to our readers, by SO long deferring
to write. plead guilty, but it has not
been my fault. have, with the aid of
the miserable weather which l met on the
river, and the yellow ingredients of the
Missouri water, managed to spend sew
eral days inthat quasi state between sick
ness and health, when one is too ill to
attend to any business, and to we'll to
60 to bed and take physic. I don't ex-
pect to feel right till l get home.
In progressing thus far down our great
Valley, l found no more signs of vegeta-
BILE life at any point above the lower rap
ids than was observable at St. Paul when
l left. Below Keokuk, green buds were
to be seen and the grass was beginning to
put on its spring costume. Here every
thing in the forests, fields and gardens
shows freshness and beauty. Still, for
some reason, we find few of the lovely
"garden truck" upon the tables. have
seen nothing but lettuce and pie plant,
(rhubarb) not even radishes. The vicin-
ity Of St. Louis must be behind vastly in
this matter of kitchen gardening. We
warrant in cities of the same latitude east
of this-Cincinnati and Philadelphia for
instance-cucumbers and all such pleas
ant edibles are plenty.
The growth Of this city during the past
few years, is truly beyond realization
One who was here ten years since can
now recognise nothing old. l had heard
this change all talked of, but it required
to be seen to be realized. If St. Louis
remain true to herself, nothing in the
world can prevent her reaching destiny
equal to any city on the continent. In
two things essential to her continued pros
perity she has suffered herself, in former
years, to lay behind somewhat. We re-
fer to railroads and manufactures. For
merly her leading men appeared to think
if they could continue to control the vast
trade of the upper country, and the region
which by location is rendered tributary
hereto, it was all that was required. But
they have now found out that as essential
as commerce is to their greatness, it is
only one of the elements thereof. So we
now find that manufactures are largely on
the increase. Until but recently, Cincin-
natl supplied most Of the household fur
niture demanded by this market. Now
change is rapidly taking place. Com
petition In the manufacture of chairs, bed
steads, &c., enables purchasers here to
buy at Cincinnati prices, and thus the cost
OF transportation and the tedious delays in
cident to the Ohio river are avoided. St..
Louis has also found out that to hold her
position, she must have railroad east
In coming to this resolve she has been
somewhat slow; but the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad wiV be built, and that
within three years. Every foot of the
way between here and Cincinnati is un-
der contract, and the engineers are pre-
pairing the line for the work as rapidly as
possible.
have never been in city containing
SO many fine looking and in fact really
handsome men, as this. You scarcely
meet with one in days running about,
that would not pass master in court of
beauty. l cannot say as much for the St.
Louis ladies, take them as body, as you
meet them at church of Sundays, or upon
the fashionable promenades of week DAYS.
We have had delightful weather for the
past four days; and if there are any hand
some women in St. Louis, l should think
they would be out these bright afternoons.
have seen scarcely any. 1t may be the
article of female beauty is so rare here,
that it is kept as close as mammals sweet
meats. The handsomest ladies l have
seen' are from up our way-Galena, and
other points along the river. And could
certainly pick out twenty or thirty finer
appearing ones in our small population of
OF st. Paul than have seen in this whole
city among its inhabitants. / expect to
get "raked down" by some of the editors
mere for what l have said upon this head !;
out can't help it. The truth must be
'old' 1t is also perhaps well for me that
i never expect to marry in this town."
O.