The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-16
FitOh THE WEST.
LETTER FROM Ii. ". ".

! Sr. 1.ouis. MIssJURi l5tiT.
| q" he Eif0f ~ The HdiY Nrrs:
Lta'o spent .:X day, in taking rat,.;tl Survey
"t this great Western city, and am much NOR,
iavorabiy impressed with st. Louis especially with
It's brilliant prospects for ti fnure than with an,
| city West "f the Allegheny. During the four ycars
/ OF desolnting war, the commerce of ST. Louis was
locked, and the koys given TO her rival the Garden
cityon Lake Michigan. Chicago. being one Of tho
UNDERSTANDABLE towns west nf New York, WAS not
slow IN taLinc advantage ui her no ,itirn. Flci
sl'rewd merchant, with the key Of tlisloyal ST
LOUIS III their packets, could get permits to slim
I'M mense cargoei ct merchandise to ani from st
Louis thereb: rcaplEs tho profits that legtimatuly
belonged to tins city. II il snd immense fortunes
were made III this Way and that some armv OH
GERS shared III The spuii-. AZ the people of Mis-.
souri, are no, VI, fully lesonstructe,l allowance
must be made for the stories they tell on their
neIsliIors across Tho river. was amused Ia Wit
ness the rivalry that exists between The two
cities. alssourian wanld as soon invG,t
his moil'H IN the sand banks of Saco Beach, az,
III real eslntc III Chicago, tor they ,lcyoutly he.
lievc- ii not ll"prthat Chicago is 10 receive her
final doom long before the general roniiagratiou.
that slIc is TO b. destroyed by ire but s To lt.
buried beacath the angry lillows OF lake Michigan
Ii the wealthy men OF this city wnUl initiate tho
ward 10 completion their linc OF railrosds, they
would then have less cause to he jealous oi their
energetic anl prosperous ncighbors. Forty years
ago tllc site on which Chicago now stands, was a
wilderness Inhabited by savage Indians. At pres
clit 1t is the centre oil great network Of RAILWAYS
and has Become rich and prosperous city, hav-
na some 700 600 inhabitants, and is one 0f the
largest grain dcpots in lac world.
st. L"iis, however. III destined to l.c the Mem
ork of the West II is built on solid rocl ON the
wesi bank Of the mother of wacla, aingle bran IA
of which Is narigabic up the great Northwest,
$500 miles. Situated 81. Louis IT, in the centre
OF the:Yalcy OF tho mississippi, midway hetwren
the Atlantic and racde Oceans, it is TO br the
commercial heat of North America. Nature hus
niar"tH 81 Louis rs the great inland met trupolis ur
this cuincn, her % an h:ilr- uf iuyiralhr waters
pnniins their rich clrsoes into this mart with
lines OF railroads. which are tn lap the Pacific sur
r'ind"d by one hundred thousand square tnilrs uf
the insrst fertile iatui the lrin.. Viii tilt.s
stream" o gc!d pouring into her, ~. l.uuis must
lOus citca in America. II church. stccpeH any
Indications of the poty Of II city. then 81 Louis
must be c0nsidereda pons city. She has one hun
drcd and fifteen churches, ten ronveuts, unne rous
universities, high schools, medical colleges. ncadc
mics, etc. II has fifteen orphan asylums md
homes for the willows an'l destitute. The Roman
Catholics aro l'nding here one or lht finest cathr-
tiris in tho United States. 81: Louis las iny in
roratcii banks aml private banking houses en-
plnyln& capital ol forty miIlnna dollars. II a!sn
drrd buildings, mostly OF brirl AMI stone, were
erected during the pasi year. Ten daily ncwspa-
l'ers are printed here: s"rns nf them nre ably
editcIl. Tho Merchants Exchange reminded
me ol the world renowned l'oirse or old liam
hurg, in Germany. Al IL O'Clock, The merchants,
bankers and brokera. representing every branch
and dispose III the rich careocA OF tncrchan-
tiizG, grain AMI r'nyisions which are hcme landed
on the spacious crce from he Heating palaces, jnsi
in from the Rocky Mountans or tile tinlr Of Aiexi-
90. st. Louis sold last year more than iNo hum
drra million dollars worth ri provisions aud mer-
chandis; her rndc can be doubled il slle will push
Germans are Ia DO met here in every branch of
commerce and profession and by their industry and
frugality have added much to the wenlth Of their
adopted city. The active, cnterprising Yankees
have also done their share in building ,,p tho com-
mcrce OF ST. Louis. The Ncw Englandors who
come West remind mo OF boy ] knew in the
mountains of Georgia, who destroyed one-half or
his mothers chickens in his impaticnce to have
them ''hnicll' IN less than twenty daYs. Tho
New Enslanders, with their activity and energy of
character clear the forests huild railroads. erect
rude dwellineH lay the Foundation for great ciiiea
hut they can't wait the fnl twenty days. They
are impatient Ia realize, Sell ont and tako noi'l oi
new enterprise. Many fortune is lost much lIap-
piness destroyed, aud many cllckpu killed in tic
"pip' by tIA inlpaont, restless spirit. You might
well expect the watera that How over tho rapids
above tho Falls Of Niagara to flow gently and
smoothly as Tor tho "irrePresslble" Sankoo TO re-
main qnieliy on u Western homo, especially when
he hcars that tlicrc are richer lands few ludrod
miles further Wosi.
Tho mountains OF IMMORAL wealth Which ii0 nt
tho very doors vi ST. Louis will necessarily mako
1t groat manufacturing as well ma groat COM
e n hose to s Ts mnss OF s9a
st. Louis Possesses tho clements OF greatness in
having au abundance Of cheap food, cheap fuel,
and cheap transportation.
1go tomorrow to Iron Mountain, and then fur
ther West, on the Pacific Railroad.
II The Indians don't scalp me, YOU may hear
from me again from tho Western Wilds.