The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-06-23

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promise slt down q write yQu ten lines,
tho have hardly lime to 10 is lel
zoo cily With tie intention of apailing
ysell 81 the polite invitation of Capt Nil.
Pei &C 3 Ward o 90 I.ouisyille 81
his boat but alserrea Bin ieksburg was
induced by many friends 10 change ny
cenrs and ca tle Steamer Michigan foI
Isl Louis have had eyerg reason q Be
/ glad came this way The Michigan Is 2
fne boat and manned 81 careful and po-
lite officers Capt Reilly Is really AMMAN il
i thousand. and # had ifty Grips e make
q New Orleans and back, ! would SO With
him every time.
This oily is crowded viii travellers going
on ia The East and North. There seems TO
be q lack 81 Hotels. as many find great lrou-
bic IN slting lodgings. The Planters
where I stay IS considered The best and j.
crowded It's ven kept, and IS ii every
respect FIRST rate Hotel The Southern
Aiiohigan routesis The one that IS most tray
eled, as I found out BIZ asking ladies which
way they were going. TITS the route adj
vsrtised in the .sWhig by Major n G.
Watts Of Vicksburg The fare On the
Michigan IS but $4,000, and through to
New 1ork from here it IS but $4,000 if
YOU eel 1 through ticket / have looked
about ST Louis some little, and as I never
look with my eyes shut, ! viii give some little
item Of The business and prospects Of this
great Emporium Of the vest.
The city of ST Louis i built On rock
bound shore which aseends BY natu-
raily gentle elevation to the topof the bluff
terminating At Forth st. which Is the
Broadway Of elegant refnements, The
Planters House, Court House, Sisters Hos
pital and Convent Of TIE Sacred Heart are
on this street. occupying nearly whole
blocks By themselves. On and near this
street are also Yerandah Hall, Wyman's s
Hall, Odd Fellows Hall and the Nerean-
tile Library Hal. each one displaying in
It's structure iiberalily Of PUBLIC spirit,
and eultiYation of architectural taste.
o. this street and near the Planters House
is the large and elegant music store of
Bolmer ee Weber, who are extensive
publishers Of original popular Musical
compositions. On the block beyond IS the
magnificent wall paper establishment Of
Geo. B. Michael, and on the third theI
richly diversified and SKY lighted dry goods
store Of Hubble q Hunt, Opposite to The
last mentioned, whole block Of immense
buildings. Ia massive iron fronts are now
rising to meet the demand for additional
and finer stores The next block South, IS
Just finished with four story buildings, some
Of stone and bbricks some Of iron and brick
and some Of solid marble. The marble
building embraces three large stores two
Of which are already occupied, JacerdsI
splendid Jewel j being il one and Leitoh's
Apotheeary establishment in tie other
This building is one Of The most brilliant
ornaments Of Tie city, and was built of
MissolIri marble Of which there are mex
haustible quantities Of great variety and
beauty, One quarry being il the city ana
numerous others IN and adjoining The so1n-
II. One specimen was shown me taken
from q bed Of marble il the county Of Sc.
Louis about ten miles from the city which
has beautiful buff colored base diversified
81 a variety Of iong and winding, white cor
ii shells 1t IS called coraline marble, and
would make beautiful mantle piece spd
table ornaments
The block next South 81 the marble build
inc IS filed with picture stores, cenfection-
arr and fruit stores md stores Of various
fancy articles, and on the next block, being
the one opposite The Planters, besides sboe
LAT, furnishing Ind book stores, with beau
iiul show windows Al tracing tie shopping
goer, is seen the rich AMI crowded jewelry
of q D sullivan q 90:
Railroad Officers for tie Wess tie East
and Che Eorth are il la FIRST story the
Planter 5. where Il !. hoped that IS soon
he New 0Flesns Jackson and great 1Eorsh
81 Railread and the Louis end Iron
connection Is finished. there Pill
So BE- Railroad flee fos TIE South
But d iTnpo ole to give ID adequats