Daily national Democrat., 1860-04-14
ST. LOUIS CORRESPONDENCE.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-. March 91st

~' ONOiot oAO.J NlhTcn 2ls6,
In my last expressed the belief that Judee
Douglas was sure to be the nominee of the
Charleston Convention, and that Bates could
not possibly get the nomination of the Chicago
Convention for the reason that he is no.
sound on the goose question" SO termed by
the Sewardites, Chaseites, DC. AS | have
before said, Douglas stock is rising. Demo-
Gratis are becoming more and more sanguine
OF his success every day, and have but lit.
tie IT any doubt on that point No man in
the Democratic party since the Days of Jack
son, has stood so fair before the people as Mr..
Douglas. He has the hearts of the people
with him-their sympathies and their conf
dence, which is enough to elect any man.
On the other hand Edward Bates of this
CITY, seems to be the man among large class
oi the opposition, The Express of this city
mas declared its preference for him. 1t is on
foot here to have Bates nominated at the
American Convention and then have the
nomination endorsed hy the Chicago Conven.
tlon, and thus make very fair show for a
nice "lltte fight" with the "little Giant ;
But aPprehend trouble at the Chicago Con
vention, as the Seward men will want fin
ger in the pie, and will be apt to have 1t or
bake one of their own.
Our city is beginning to be all astir with
trade. The merchants are as busy as nailers.
The clerks are as polite as two or three bas-
kets of chips-all having "the best selected
stock of goods on the market" The mer-
chants, as general thing, do not | believe
anticipate SO large sales this spring. as some
former seasons, yet apprehend very rea-
sona6le trade notwithstanding. The country
is in very healthy financial condition, and
merchants have, for some year or so back,
been more than ordinarily cautious in their
finances, and have got somewhat "straighten-
ed out" Ofprevious difficulties. caused by the
last panic. Great preparations are being
made for building, and in short time houses
will be going up in every direction The
Southern Hotel, on the corner of Fourth and
Walnut streets, is TO be pushed toward COM
petion, and will be magnificent structure.
1t will occupy more than half square of
ground and is to be six stories high The
Lindell Hotel, occupying three fourlhs of a
square, on Washington avenue between Sixth
and Seventh streets, is advancing rapidly. 1t
is to be six stories high and is estimated to
cost one million dollars, when completed and
furnished. l will endeavor to give you de
scription of these two buildings in my next.
They are both built by incorporated COM
panies.
The most interesting theme of conversation
in fashionable circles is the breach of promise
case of Miss Etiie Carstang VS.. Shaw. The
cnse was tried last Spring in the Circuit Court
and the jury awarded the injured lady the
sum Of one hundred thousand dollars. Shaw
obtained a new trial and the case is now
progressing in the same Court. 1t is thought
the lady (who by the way, is very homely)
will not get quite SO big figure this time
But we shall see what we shall see."
The execution of Stephens and Hazlett,
the last of the Harper's Ferry revolulionists,
took place at Charlestown, Va, on last Fri
day at noon They refused to have any re-
ligious exercises at the galows, as they were
Spiritnalists, and had peculiar religion of
their own, which enabled them to meet their
f,te with cheerfulness and resignation Their
bodies were forwarded to Marcus Spring,
South AtnLov Now VorI,
Saturday, St Patricks Day. was observed
by large portion Of our Irish Catholic fell
low-citizrns in an appropriate manner. The
day was fine, and everything passed off in
very satisfactory style to all concerned
The Administration appears to be really
anti -Douglas, even after the great demonstra
tions made by nearly every State in the
Union in his favor. 1t is reported by tele-
graph that all officers and employees in the
Custom House in Baltimore who voted for
Douglas delegates to the Charleston Cunve en-
tion have been dismissed. What will they
do next They can't kill off Douglas in that
way, but make him more friends in the
operation.
There is good prospect that the newly
proposed telegraph to the Pacific will be
built Congress is likely to do what is neces-
sary to insure its success. The gran. of land
to Alden q Eddy for line thther was found
to be inadequate.
The Georgia Democratic Convention ad-
journed sine die on the 18th inst, after re-
appointing nearly all the old delegates. The
December resolutions were vetoed-by 1862
to ia No Presidential candidate was re-
commended.
The street Railroads here are doing fine
business. They are grand institution, and
are becoming more and more popular every
day,
The weather is fine, and navigation of the
rivers good. Every boat that comes to our
port is louded to the guards, and those leav-
ing are well loaded, Yours, J.P.W
FIxIsHED.-The S. F. Call says: " The
magnificent Panorama of Cali ornia, painted
by Mr.. Tirrel and owned by the artist and
Mr.. Hagermnn, was completed Yesterday at
neon. The artist commenced his drawings
for this great work nearly three years ago,
and commenced the painting early in Janu-
ary, 1859. This stupendous work of art