, 1865-07-13

pager, and contains the names Of s.. 500 PR
sons, an increase Of II see orer 1859: Aver
aging four to q nams-not too mauy-a1d we
have population Of 2l0, 22448. This Il coed
~ showing, hut 1t Is nothing in comparison
years, when the Natter Al C.usus Eiil show
ua tar ahead Of all onpetitors, the great IN
terror city Of the Republic. Here, 1s everJ-
where. the Smith family ptedom :natc, no less
than ss3 re}6ic:bg in that euphonious pat
r.1ym. o. these, thirty asebtessed with the
preti1' Of Jchc, while thirteen distinguished
tcCmtelyts !!on the John H1niths BY d mid
Ole Letter. Neitler the Browns or Jones
c. me next in point of number, as is usual,
hut the Mllcrs, wlo number 236. The john
sens count ~, l68, End the Browns 145. The
Clarks bavc 1II. and The Jones' ll3; the Sui
lvpns IS; the Thompson with ''p" 6. and
without "p'' 8.
The c1a incnmban.s Of the Supreme Dsrech
Is almost as Eef!esh!n in this b.oil!rg weather
asa cake Of Misslssippi Ice. Monday, the
Sd, being the time for opening the summer
te m Gf the Sn; rene Court atJeGerson City,
Judges Wagner, Loyelaec and Holmes were
pre- sent, and immediately entered upoa the
business before them. Mcss,s, Dryden aad
Bay, mindful. perhaps, Of their updignided
exit frCm the court room In St. Louis, did
not preeent themselves, but sent IN excuse
for not attending. 49,
We hayenot heard that their absence, either
from the State or the Supreme Bench, hns
ieIu1sd te 9 the State or delayed the business Of
The great pnblis improvement being made
Of erection nt tbs waters edge, At the foot Of
Biddle st1ett~ It mas NICE front Of two
hundred md fifty feet, extending back
toward Main street eighty-four feet. The
LrpeI5t1uctuTe rests upon mns2lva stone
foundation, which in tuFn rests upon the solid
rock, and is built with view to successfully
rcsfstiu. the pressure OF the current a. high
wafer mud Of floating Ice in winter The
two feet, and an average of thirty. six fact on
the river front. Above this rises the build
ing, which, when finished, will be one hun
dred md seventy feet high, including the
foundation. The first story, sixteen faet
high, Is intended for storage during high
Wnter, whtn the basement. cannot be used,
aEd to the eacklng Of grain. Above ara
eighty -four bins, each capablc Of holding
Is 900 bushels. making an aggregate Of over
1.150 COO, bushels. On the east OF riverside
will be loeate5, In towers pscjectin, In front,
two eleyntols for conveying grain from boats
With lifting capacity Of 100, goo bushels per
day. In addition to these there are ten
tleyating and lowering .gralo, passing vesti-
cail5 through that number Of the bIns from
tup to bottom. Thee twelve elevators com.
bihed will have moving capacity equal to
eco, 600 bushels per day; so thai, while
100, Goo may be conveyed Into th. bins by
Inachfnery, oil equal amount can be dis.
charged.
The lni]dins Is expected to be finished aud
in operation by the Lat OF October next. It's
entire coat viii be about sos, 900, In addi.
ton to the ground which was. bought flor
sst, eco. 4. ". Fasin. Esq., is President Of
the ccmrany, and has spent the greater Dor
tlon Of his tune on the ground since the lust
blow was struck in february, 1864:
The city is full cf returning soldiers, and
the clothing dea1.rs arc reaping rich hay
vest. large numbers Of this class OF meF-
chants belong to the 1srnclit!sh persuasion,
aud With characteristic shreWdnees seize the
present time to dispose Of worthless stocks
at enorm.us r CTS: This they do b5 means
al "runners," Who Lang around the sal1lgrs
when they aEe drawing their pay, and BY dint
Of 1heir Icrse!etancs acd persuasive. e!o-
1ucuce induce them 10 purchase the Aforesaid
Sa,mebts, than whi:h no "shoaly' uni.
forms were ever moro worthless. 4 check
was put to lhsre op:ra'ltns q dag or two
ago BY the provost guard, who made a de-
4ccnt upon the "runn'rsn nnl furnished
abun. dczen Of them with free quarlere
prison. The etrt II Vas but Eomeutaty. h aw-
ever. Tie t. mptation nn1 the profits arc
tco great, ard tLe business will continue uu-
til lie authorities take tte to. IL hand
by rass1pr law requiring "tuatess" 10
take out n license and give security f2l tielr
goo d i,ehA7i'T.
Cut IN thB STATE. uatttTs arpca. t9 b. set
tin. du~ n into qulat mud ptact6blc condl-
tlon. raivate ftu3s there afe and will be for
mary 5t1's. Net seldom some returned rebal
Is sho: auwn by Union ncishbor whom he
has wttrged and outraged !; but this Is nc
morc Than can be expected lnmediat4ly al
tie clofe Of c bittsr c.yl war. It Is perfectly
saft !cr 4Dybody who las not been ident fed
in tic local qua: rels AID st:ilts, to settle in
my 1aEt oi the State. Land Is .ch.ap, and
tm:g. ants IRE coming IL every day. Ia all
the accounts OF murders and robbtTies have
keel-naoy Of which are false II toto, and
NOR, vastly eIaggerated-I do not TemeiubeI
to hare hca,d Or read that my newcomer
has been mo1ested.' In southeast Missouri
perfect quiet prevails, though there is not m
armtd soldier south Of Pilot Knob. DIs-
will through all pslttd Of the country, aud
arc daily mu7ing their families back to their
old homes, and IN nearly all tue couu ties civil
law Ia put in force. Merchants are re-estab-
lishing themselves at their old stands. The
crepe arc good where planted, aud no one
reed ttsr either . scarcity Of provisions oi
Our Paestlc Railroad is now open 10 Big
Greek, Cars County, leaving only twenty
i've nilcs Of staglDgro Kansas City. The
whole line Will he opened to Kansas City dn.
ring tbs month Of September, and trains will
70 to Pleasant Hill this week. During the
pest week We have experienced +. heated
icrn, the like Of which we hare not had for
years. It was intolrraply hot day and night.
The mercury ranged from o5 to l02 deg. in
the shade, and every dag 1t seemed to grow
worse. Yesterday It came TO 40 cud, howey-
er,A htavy thunder storm clearing the at.
mosph.re aid partly cleaning the streets.
could wash the ter clean. Worse than any
4augcan stables, 'twould puzzle even Her
cults 10 clcau them. II the Russian pla.us
should come, PERHAPS our City Fathers nigh,
take the matter in hard and do something, Il
fEey didn't die too soon, or get frightened
aud Iuu away from toe stencil Of their own
making. VIC Gun only hope that 1t will moi
COKE. W..