The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-07-05
Glorious Phoenix City.


Editor Rerublicsn-Seeing In your paper q
| letter of u Nodaway correspondent descriptive
of fhmuix City, and believing it not sufficiently
elaborate, You will much oblige your present
one, and perform a duty to your numerous
read.rs, by giving this n spare corner.
''.ome was; 1ti-bes wss; Sparta was: thou
wcr, and art still" \ stranger meeting an,
adds: ~ would like TO gaze on It's battiements
and its towers it, csthedrals and its t%urrcts, its
capitol and ito pablo -.raares, ia parks and It's
fountains, for It's u city / am told, of wondrous
beauty.' ''Nhrr. have you lived, or from
what remote par; did you come, that yOu ere u
stranger 70 al t;ie fair sights, even the way that
leads TO our city? For 1 can Enthusiastically
eNciaim: Rome was; Ticbes was; Sparta was;
ih'elix Ci,y wac and is still. Come with me-
said 10 The s;rahSer, TO yondtr lowering
terry HUI tbccsusr. Of IA NUMEROUS ndiaa
Ersres.) Fr1mtl It point y0.i can md d
view 81 all The Gig 1s and is suburban Tes rish ,s
alacrity OF an ear,r chiid a1 desire to behcfs, II
sight 50 ravishing. On arriving at the top, per-
.iaps come 80 icrt above sei-heyel' he couid SO
longer RESTRAIN his en- lti0uS, he fairly laughed
outright. IL took him quite a time 10 regain his
cpmpJsrrc. After giving him some lime to
TAX IN aud impress the picture of all that was
visible, his rcs,acy cpnled Gown sufficiently 10
suiis-rse hts reason. l yrntured Ia remark that
l would point ont and paTtlcuiarize each place of
notc, at least the m 81 ceirhrated localities and
buildings OF the city, ii he desired II. lie
III irksu M, and stated with evident earnestnesS
In nj ii | would iar;hrr indulge him Till he would
satisfy himself by gazing yet longer on the gor-
geous sight, would much oblige him. '.In
fact, " hr sayS, II am too much enrapiured with
this enhancing picture to Ice able 10 Withdraw
my mind TO contemplate particular places 80,
chaSIn,ng ely ui the Missouri bottoms; %, beauty
of venice: a. maSnificence OF ancient Babylun;
o., rplrudOr OF ancient Palmyra; yc are here
s~rycraily revived and suhiImcd! q, Er.indeur
beyond earthly grandeur; %, Piiot;iiN City,
! phpniN Ji;y, PhrniN CITY, he steutoriously
vociicrat-d. l began To think the ravishing
beauty Of the city and Its surroundings had
--F ~. -. s.l .. Is.t--H ..r,a - all
returned with a burket OF water; he was then
| lying PROSTATE on the earth, the word rhanix
! qu,yering in u death agony on his lips. dashed
inc contents of the IT. Ike; IN his fcvrrish had,
| In u little while his excited brain grew cool.
and he subsidized into a comparatively quiet
s~lunjer, Whispering the wont fhaniX, how
sufficiently calm to listen 10 ME when l pointed
out and described The places oil interest. First
~, l remarked, You see tina; t0riuons river
vending its way in Il northwsstriiy direction,
on WHOSE banks a.e growing those large trees
richly clad with foliage. That Is that ecblc
stream, the Nod ,way. Ia days gone by, along
its banks might have been seen the cainp-fifcs OF
the r.i IN ~, ald On its pacific waters softly
glidcd The light canoe; the shouts of victory and
the war dance rang along. those valleys and
those glldes. But here the Westward movement
of civilization has already wrought its changes;
the industry, energy aud intelligence Of the
| white man have transformed tile faee OF nature;
the W wilderness Is made 10 blossom like TIE reese.
the laNIries aud rciincinentS OF civilized lie
have supplied the savage canntbdliSm OF the In
dian; the red right arm raised 10 shed the white
mans blood has fillei, lif.less to his side, and
Ills wild and flashing eye grown htr. 1hosS
| grand green woods skiriing the river no longer
afford him shelter. Eyen 10 this sacred spot of
his wherein We stand, beneath whose turf the
bones of hts ancestors lie crIimbling, he no lon
ger returns to pay his tribute of tears and laInen-
cations and 10 wall his song of sorIow over the
| mighty ones Of his race. We might reasonably
| inquire: Is there one to return? No, not one.
| Time fed, and on the hallowcd ground his high
EST pinr lies low.
And cities smile where forests frowned two
hundred years ago.
Looking further out to the southwest, you be-
hold that majestic river, destined 10 be the high
wuy of for all Western North Amer
lea: a thousand steamboats, careeu over Its sur
face; along its banks are springing up large
cities. great centers of enterprise, speculation
and trade. Millions Of free sons Of Adam live
In plenty and elegance along the immense valley
fertilizcd by its all ien, waters. Tint Is the
M Ma,iS T YIN Ihs , +, sT 81 h. .1 Ianatsaps. s aR1s
ing the horizon, are seen the well cnlfivatet
fields of Kansas. and her cities standing forth
prominently TO view, with yiStas OF farms and
farm house nesting amid the gay green woods.
Withdrawing your eye from the distant view,
on your right and almost 1T h1nd You behold
that stupendous structure over the Noda%sy
river called Nodiwly Britgc NJ present. The
municlpal authorities, I learn, contemplate the
changing of the pnmc, and In solemn conciavc
will decree and Of course publicly proclaim.
That whereas Il has been ci.ied~N oliwty Bridge
! ling enough, the nuI.uritieSO %: P1eniA tily, In
~
their good pleasure, and by virtne of their high
comm ssion, hryr consented u call IL Fhrnntx
| CITY Uri.iyr; therefore, let this b. its nsm..
The t,csin will sou III the ALARM. All the b i.,l,.-
nrents VIII proclaim the decree 10 the world by
tie discharge OF is heaviest ordnance. II Is
! r,,T,rnrd that .mc Kansas City, st. Joseph and
| t,uuncil Bluffs Railroad Company are wire
| working strongly 10 bring thi. aiput. Money
| /, said TO b. freely circulated from thst s,urcl,
however. 1he aStonished stranger nisnas gel to
eSclsim: How awful" YOU have heard OF
the bridges Arcala and Lodi, where Napoleon
Bornparte f,ngi,ttwo gieat battles; ofihc bridge
| of Venice, called the hiait0, The pride oil the
Yenctians; OF the Niagara Suspension ByIdSr.
| rem alb a. n mR,lrnrIt "f the skill and
boldncss nj the architctti but here Ia u bridge
besides cNscting your admiration az n ptccc o.
architecture. is rendered historical by It's fai; u
would say ccrtainl prospect OF h.inT incorpo-
rated and brirIus the en?iiOnipns title OF Pin
nix City Bridge. The stranger here drew uu'
/ his sketching materials and made "a elSbara,,
drawing Of IN. bridge, look cut FIR Fraud
Leslie and other pictoriat-l, Ills eyciten,en
was noticeable. tlose by thu bridge you ere
iliIt MODERN -pccimcn Of Gothic architecture