Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-13

Your attention t. tlIc above will place many
phF:cI.s under many obligations to you.
Respectfully.
ic;r ai.Tt ~srr"ant,
". u. HALEY.
Points Ga Interest I'm the West aud North
west.
Wc find in a paper before lis The following
! article credited 10 the Atlanta (Ga Common
wealth. The reader will fEd it interesting and
! valuable for reference:
Jefferson City is the CAPITOL Of Missouri
1t is situated very near the centre of the State,
On the right ~(;out!;) bank Of the Missouri river,
: ldj miles by the rive, from St. Louis, and $50
miles from Washington city. The situation
IS >ai! 20 l.: elevated srI picturesque. The
population iii 1Si", va, abuut 1000.
81. Louis Is The iucst Important c;ty i'll the
State. and in that section IL The old Unin% -
Il IS s::ilstsd "a the ri:ir: (w'St) iask q; tina
Mississippi ris2r, a5ont OH tiiieS trlYw the Faila
! CT ST. Anthony, uaout - niles iIrlow inc juno
;:nn II the Sil~eouri un4 Mi.ai.iippi, and about
Us mif%e !tr"c the moaln nf the Ohio. and
; 1000 iniles ah1c" Nan Orleans. Il j.; located
III tmn p%|air.u&, 0:c abuui 20 feet and the
other at,un. 81 fer a,orc tic iD~!5 Of the
! Mississippi Il was ti5s. selected by Laclede,
u trarpe7, for trading post, il February, 1851.
ant! contains q population TOW considerably
over loo, Geo.
Sprinield j: the county seal OF Greene cDu7-
: II anil IL situated in lhr Southwest corner Of
! Missouri, about $50 mics Southwest Of .Jefiar.
! son city, 300 miles from 81. Louis, 30 North Of
The Arkansas line and - East of Kansas and
! Indian TerrilGGy. The situation is high and
healthy, aud lile ropIis;in o: the place is
, , 1000.
RJ!ia is sinai pa i.:.i-.i ii y! r,raG tlr
; present terminus Of sta South Western branch
uf tiy Pacific i, ,i!roal, abont 10 miles South
cast cf Jefferson City, and iGG EiileS Ne3t ol
Snuih. wcss 81 St. I.nni;, ir IL" h;:cat;un Of
Springfield.
Pu;nsi Is lir: COuE!y seat "l Washington
,e.uiitT, situated a5on! 80 miles Fast If l.olia.
; and 20 miles S1a,i OF Sou,il.wcs Of S.. Louis.
R:c:i minas Of i.a;i and Of iron are worked 10
its Immediate vicinity.
Ifcn Mountain is ali elevation 800 Irel
! high, with y b:rul hiSs, and Is said to be
! nearly pure iron. 7; is situated a!,oni 81
miles from s.. Louis, AID about 20 Southeast
d po,csi.
Pilot kiob is az e~lselt;"n IA feet high, said
w W. C'.up'SCt u HSCtlj hii' - ieS hoIiL
10 miles south Of iron Mountain.
Cairo Is situated in tie Southern extremity
of Illinois, at the junction ofthe Ohio with the
Mississippi, distant rs miles south ofSs. Louis,
and only about 40 mics nor:l Of the northern
boundary Of TcnnesSee.
New Madrid, TIE cariial nl New Madrid
County, Mo-, is situated Oh lie RICH: (wcsiJ
bnnk 81 the Mis*issigp;, aleu-. $50 tai!es South
cast Of Jefferson CITY, i25 miles sonth-eas! If
Piict Knoh, 200 south 81 -. l.@uis, and 10 $,
s. Il. If Cairo IN lilih@:s,
Charleston is the r1uf:r saat OF Miss:s ;ippi
county, No, about six miles from the Mis-.
s%l$aiDri, about 10 mis- from Cairo, ami be-
tween View Msdril and Cairo. There l.; anoii:.
or town by tHc sane naI12 in Ike =. ". part
OF ihr :,:xt;.
Cape Gifarie1u, tie. cao:tai Of u c3uGLy in
aiis.rr,i Ct l#e sal6a rsn!e, is situated on the
ligh: hank OF the Miss;s:i:.p! aoou: o miles
north west Of Cairo, and anaut IS n3rth Of
New Madrid.
Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, is sill
mated on The right (snuthl ban!: 81 tie .Arkan.
sai river, abou. 500 miles from lis mouth. $50
miles n little san;h west of Memphis, and ] ,Gij
miles from Washington City. L; IS situated
2n g rocky bluff, about 30 lee! higil, command.
Ing :: fine. viu9: Fl the surrounding country
rs paiu!a:!oa IL about 1000.
F.,i Srliti, is si,!,,tcd in Sebastian county,
in .ha Forth We; ;s.rt Ct Arkansas, MI the
Tieh, banl; II iha Arkansas river. Il was a
military post, arcuEG which 2 furnishing Gown,
dung j prosperous business with the Indians,
has sprung up. The population is about
2,5G0.
Fort flllino,e is i: military post in Arizona
Territory, situated on the left bank Of the Rio
(irondr; about Sc miles NORM of Ell Paso, and
near where Arizona, Texas and Mexico corner.
Fl Paso is IA important place on the right
(wc,lcrr) bank OF the Rio Grande, on Mexican
soil, and III the extreme Ncrth east corner.--
IL /; siinalrd abrut 1850 miles from tue inUuth
Of tic river, Is distan; 1900 miles from Wash
ingtyn City, about SEQ miles WtE: Of Shrievc.
port IN louisiana, and f4n :ni,c; from the Pa.
citic Ocaa,i. II is on the route from Fort Smith
and Shreveport TO Fort Fillmore and California.
aud tn" p~topnscd route Of The Southern Pacific
Railroad. 1t is properly n line Of settlements
in g narrow fertile valley, sith a population Of
about G610 Sonls.
Santa Fe, the Capital Of New Mexico, is
situated on Il small tributary Of the Rio GEandc
about 800 miles North ni Fort Fillmore, and
between 700 and 500 miles from, and south.
vest II Jefferson City IN Missouri. For forty
years it has been the great emporium Of the
overland trade carried OF Nth Missouri. The
population Of Santa Fe IS about 6003.
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