Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-04-04
VOL. XIX. NO. Is

0fttg Aat hteNaagANs " ltu luE Jay MUIA
is ended. aud the professional man. when
relaxation from toll is required, eau find
repose and food for the mind. This ought
not to be so, and public library in Terre-
Haute should be one Of ihe frst objects Of
her citizens.
St. Louis awoke this morning from the
repose Of the Sabbath, full OF renewed life
and energy. The sound Of the cars rat
Ting over the stony streets-the hustle aud
jostle along the side-walks--the hun Of
business aud rush by which every ose
seems to dash up and down, over and
along every street, tells that this western
city is. indeed. "wide awake"
PLASrERs HOUSE,. ST. LOUIS,
March %, 1860.
One thing particularly will strike the strsn
ger in this city as rather odd-there are DO
old men here; that is, If gray hairs are the
true evidences Of age. There are many
whose faces are wrinkled, whose step is
slow. and whose form is bent, but the
moustache is black, the whiskers are black,
and the hair is black. What magician's
/ spell so preserves the hair, and causes it 10
retain the semblance Of youth, let those
dying men answer. Another peeulisrity is
the number Of large men-men over six
feet in their stockings. The beard is al
most universally worn-worn. too, 10 ali
imaginary styles. Why the men in ST..
Louis. as general thing. are so large.
puzzles US 10 know, unless they are tbs
remains OF those who came West at an
early day-the weak ones having been un.
able TO endure the tolls Of frontier life,
and only the stalwart form and brawny
muscle surviving. These having raised
up families Of children, their sons are the
photographs Of their fathers.
We spoke, in former letter, Of tbe i'm.
provements going on in the city, aud
among them all, none is so imposing as
the new Northern" Hotel. now in an ad
ysnced stage Of erection. When il is en-
ished it will be altogether the most mag.
nifeent structure in the city. il not IN the
entire West. Its front, which is OF iron
aud stone. reaches from one street TO
another. aud the building occupies almost
one entire block The architectural beauty
Of this building is unsurpassed by any ir
the city, and when completed, will be i'm
posing upon grand scale. BY The way,
speaking Of this hotel, reminds u. Of a
conversation which occurred at the table
few days ago, between two southern
gentlemen, in relation to It.
Mr. A. says to Mr.. b.. IL have been look
ing at the Southern Hotel. 1t will Ger.
tainly be one Of the most splendid build
ings on the continent. and when II is COM
pleted DO hope it will be kept by South
ern man, in Southern style, and upon
Southern principles. / do not want 10
see Northern man have anything 10 do
with it,
Mr.. replied, "You know. Mr.. A. that
am Southern man-was born aud
raised and live in the South, but tell you
that you cannot find Southern man Of
energy, industry aud determination
enough TO take that hotel aud start it,
AS sure as il goes into the hands Of
Southern man, so sure will the whole
thing prove a failure. You must get a
Northern man 10 take IL, or il viii fail as
rapidly as it Is opened
I A. rather thought this might tetras. but
at any rate he was opposed TO a Northern
man beiug the landlord. Mr.. A. however
will be doomed to disappointment, for
Northern man will have to open that
house, or the house will remain shut.
We see here. every day, evidences Of
pettish Southern feeling; rot, however, on
the part of Missourians. but FROM men re-
Gently from the further South, and who
are still residents there. They growl, and
snarl, and snap at Black Rspublicanism." !"
and seem TO feel a kind Of earthly contain
ination. because they are so nigh freedom.
and because st. Loris Is so rapidly becom.
ing free city. Their patriotism never
reaches north of Mason & Dixon's line,
aud to many OF them the visible circle
treme. They go upon the principle that
Northern men aro all AbOlifioRists, aud
that AbOlitionists are just waiting for the
moment when to pounce upon the South.
aud give freedom to all the negroes. a
thing that Northern men would, perhaps.
be less willing to have done than the
Southerners themselves: thing that
would certainly redown TO the injury OF
the North, much more than TO the injury
of the South; matter that would be q
God-sen TO the South, but terrible ca
lamity 20 the North; movement which
we do not believe fifty men in the entire
North would engage ia. movement never
contemplated by a Northern man, and
never believed by az intelligent SOutherner
They snarl at the idea that all Of our vasl
e public domain Is free, and ridicule the doc
trine that the STAKEHOLDER has not the
+ right to take his negroes into the Terrific
ries, Yet, with all their growing, the
6 whole vast ublic domain is, and Of right,
ought To be, free. and the owner Of human
slaves have 40 right, no natural, legal OF
constitutional right. to take has bondmen
one inch beyond the limits Of the States
where Slavery is recognized by local Law
Such is the true American doctrine, and
SO Will 20,OO0,OO0 of people, living in the
free States. shape the policy" oi this gov
ernment. H.
N
d MCGEE CAroHISG.-The Evansville En-
l. quirer considers niger catching as meri
IS torous a. catching white rogues.
II We suppose it is very fit business 70
s Northern Democrats to engage in. Som
have been engaged in worse business; an,
, then they must serve their drivers, tn
;. SlAveocracy Of the Soath, who look upoI