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Show EASTTBN MOTES. S-v. r.d iioi.",uithy it.-ni- failed to i'l ' fiv.' all'-ntion in the recent E lit )-i )-i .ai Corn spor.deia. c, wr'.Ue-n ilurir.L' a luiniyl trip ea.-t, wliich yet claim iii ntion. Tie; leading direct routr between t f.j.aha and I-oiiis is the St. Louis, Kai..-.i.- City and Nortia rn Kailroad, over whieh run the most luxuriant imaeinablc of I'al'man sleeping ears: ami on the line the conductors ned i mploye- are-courteous and gentlemanly, gentle-manly, while the regular passenger i ..rs and their equipment are comfortable com-fortable and convenient, making travel ;l pleasure in-tead of a discom-f. discom-f. rt. In St. L.jiiis, while there are many holds, the 1 ailing one is undoubtedly undoubted-ly the Southern, J.aveille it Warner, proprietors. It is a splendid building, with rooms capacious and finely furnished, fur-nished, po-esessihg every aceonunee!a-tien aceonunee!a-tien of a first-class house. C. Wil--on, the experienced receiving clerk, is a gentleman of culture ami ability, j who makes it pleasant for the bund- red.-- of gue-ts for whom the hotel is constantly furnishing a temporary l , Leaving St. Louis, a ride of two hundred and seventy-live miles brings one to St. .bfceph how their saint-ships saint-ships are commemorated! where the Utah immigration from Europe and the Eastern States used to leave railroad travel to embark on the old, filthy and badly managed Missouri steamers we 'speak, now, relatively, having reference to the genera! treatment treat-ment of immigrants. Here also Change has been bu.-y. A magnificent magnifi-cent railroad bridge spans the river; the Missouri appears innocent ot the society of steamers; the o'd freight shed with adjoining offices, and the "ehrtlevee" from whieh the gang planks reached lo the freight decks of the steamers, have all disappeared. The city has a thriving, appearance. It contains a large number of pretentious preten-tious buildings, with a capacious new city hall in course of erection; the Press is well represented by the (' :-:,, :-:,, H mhl, Cor.t.iicrsial, and other p.'.pers; and altogether St. Joseph presents pre-sents a picture of enviable prosperity, with sonic thirty thousand inhabitants. inhabi-tants. Hero wc met and had a pleasant pleas-ant conversation with Colonel De.ni- i phf.n, nephew of Cencral Doniphan, t whose name appears conspicuously in , Missouri Mormon history; the Colonel having numerous leium'scenecs to recall. Traveling on the Neirthern, or St. Joseplft Council Bluffs railroad, one passes through a county rich by nature na-ture and inviting the agriculturist to independence by labor. It has been a favorite topic with a certain class of writers to disparage the efforts of the early settlers of Juh, and to speak of the log huts still standing in difier-ent difier-ent settlements comparatively with the neat-looking New England cottages cot-tages whieh arc the result of two centuries of progress. But in this Northern Missouri, peopled by staunch Democrats, and in the Iowa adjoining adjoin-ing it, where Republicanism holds supreme sway, and on a soil that might be madca paradise while canals were bchrg dug to water barren Utah, ' can be seen the dingiest, dirtiest .least comfortable-looking and most poverty-stricken poverty-stricken appearing huts that wc remember re-member ever to have seen anywhere; while long stretches of luxuriant ecru fields reach - away on either hand-, except where the river approaches ap-proaches close to the railroad track. Is this the result of ""'monopoly?" or of the laziness which is too often associated as-sociated with an exceedingly fertile soil? Whatever the cause, tau fact exists, and is a subject that would hear thoughtful investigation. An incident of a ride on the cars, ui tne sh i pe oi an aeciuentai meeting and an interesting conversation is worth rcconUng. In the ear coming west was a gentleman from Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, aged eighty-three, who was on his way to visit his son, a prominent promin-ent Californian. He had attended iie funeral of the great and patriotic Washington; hael years afterward commanded a repre:cntative company com-pany of militia that paid honors at the tomb of that immortal chieftain; had been a soldier through the war of 1.S12; and had lived during the ad- ministration of every President that t has occupied the ehief magisterial ' chair of this Republic. It was more . than ordinarily interesting to listen to ins numerous anecdotes and remembrances remem-brances of by-gone times. During the course of conversation the present political outlook was considered ; and it would be difficult to forget the impressive im-pressive words of the venerable man, as he said : "Sir, if General Grant be reelected for a third term you will see such a revolution as this country has never witnessed. It will be lather against son, and son against father; townships and counties will be div-ded, div-ded, and war will be carried inU every man's home. And this thing is not impossible. The country has lost its patriotism; it has become extravagant ex-travagant and corrupt; its leaders are mere politicians, and the prev-pect ahead is gloomy indeul !" Wc cannot do better liiau close '.his article with the forgoing grave utterances. |
