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Melone, H. & H. C.
330
Coleman & Co. Thomas
390
Merril & Bulleu
ib.
Coleman, Ward & Co.
371
Murphy, Evans & Co.
ib.
Conant & Co. J. L.
367
Moore, G. J.
365
Cooper, Samuel
375
Morton & Smith
366
Cutter & Co. B. G.
382
McGrain, Thomas
391
Crow & Co. Edw.
377
Newcomer, Mullikin & Co.
330
Crozier & Co. C. W.
371
Niven & Blancagniel
373
Denny & Colston
386
Nock & Rawson
392
Dickson, M.
385
Oliver, Lewis
365
Ely, E. B.
365
Pearson & Anderson
381
Ewing & Cromey
378
Phillips, Reynolds & Co.
374
Fellowes, W. & C.
378
Piatt & Bucklin
367
Fetter & Co. George G.
371
Pomeroy & Hartshorn
374
Fletcher & Reeves
385
Pope, Davis & Co.
374
Fonda, A. & G.
383
Praigg & Co. J. G.
387
Forbes, Charles
378
Read & Son, Thos. J.
374
Forsyth & Co.
371
Reinhard, Fitch & Co.
381
Forsyth, Thomas
382
Rice, Jr. James
366
Garvin, Carson & Co.
379
Rogers & Dunham
374
Gay & Gray
372
Rowland, Smith & Co.
375
Gore & Rogers
379
Rudd & Martin
363
Grainger, Wm. & F.
392
Russell & Co. S.
381
Hall, B. P.
390
Rust, Jolın
384
Hardy, Nathl.
384
Schnetz & Baldwin
392
Heran, David
372
Smith & Courtney
351
Hill & Co. II. B.
ib.
Smith, Richard E.
335
Hite & Co. Ormsby
379
Smith, Riddle & Co.
375
Huie & Co. James B.
372
Stokes, E. & W. II. 359
354
Johnson, McGinnis & Co.
373
Sumner & Co. S. B.
368
Jones & Co. II. H.
32
Talmage & Co. E.
383
Jones & Orth
379
Taylor, Horning & Kinney
391
Keller & Co. Jacob
373
Tod, W. F.
355
Kellogg & Parker
366
Vernon & Tibbitts
375
Laue, Anderson & Co.
373
Weaver, Jacob M.
367
Leary, P. & C. L. L.
387
Webb & Nisbet
375
Lemon & Kendrick
3S5
Wells & Buthmann
353
Lewis, George A.
376
Wilson, Doct. Thomas E.
376
Lloyd & Co. Wm. H.
387
Irwin, James S.
ib.
Stout & Richey
LETTER XXI.
Passage from Louisville-Entrance upon the Mississippi-Arrive at St. Louis-Foundation and early history of that city-Its incorpo- ration-Statistics-Resources-Number of hogs slaughtered in the Mississippi valley-Manufacturing and mercantile operations- Cards of Merchants and Manufacturers. . 393
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Index to Vocations .- ST. LOUIS, (Mo.)
Auctioneers and Commission Merchants, 405
Booksellers, Stationers, and Printers, 405, 406
Boot, Shoe and Leather Dealers, . 406, 414
Clothes Dealers, 406
Commission and Forwarding Merchants,
407a413
Druggists and Paints Dealers,
417 Dry Goods Dealers, 413a416
Furs and Peltries Dealer, 421
Grocers (wholesale) and Commission Merchants,
407a413
Grocers and Liquor Dealers,
422
Hardware and Cutlery Dealers, 416a420
Hat and Cap Manufacturers,
421
Iron Founders and Engine Builders,
424
Jewellers and Military Goods Dealers,
418
Provision Dealers and Ship Chandlers, .
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422
Queensware, Glass and China Dealers,
420
Saddlers, and Dealers in Saddlers' articles, 419a421
Stove Dealers, and Sheet Iron and Wire Workers,
423
Tanners, Curriers and Hide Dealers,
422
Index to Names .- ST. LOUIS, (Mo.)
Allen & Dougherty 405
Labeaume, Theodore & Co. 409
Amelung & Layet 407
Lec, John & Co. 410
Anderson, Thomson&Streater 407
Manny, Lyman & Co. 419
Baird & Farrell
413
Mead & Adriance 418
Banchor & Cleveland
413
McGunnegle & Way 410
415
Buckley, James M. & Co.
422
Nye, Saml. & Co.
406
Burd, Tilden & Co.
423
Pease, J. S.& Co.
419
Burnet, Isaac & Co.
413
Powars & Randall
421
Burrows & Jennings
422
Powell, Lamont & Co.
415
Child, Alonzo & Co.
418
Powell, Peter, & Co.
420
Clemens, James, Jr.
414
Raborg & Shaffner
422
Corse & Anderson
417
Reel, Barnes & Co.
410
Crow & Tevis
414
Reiley & Chouteau
410
Cutting, E. & Co.
406
Rhodes, C. & Co.
411
Davis, H. N. & Co.
407
Ricketson & Holt
413
Dinnies, J. C. & Co.
405
Risley & Martin
422
Dinnies, Van Pelt & Co.
403
Russell & Lindley
411
Dixon, E. W.
405
Samuel, Jamison & Co.
411
Edgar & Forsyth
414
Savage & Austin
405
Farwell, L. & A. G.
40S
Smith, Brothers & Co. 412
416
Garvey, Christopher
409
Spooner, Thomas & Ford
420
Gaty & Coonce
424
Taylor & Holmes 420
416
Guelberth, Aug.
418
Townsend, B. & Co.
423
Hempstead, Beebe & Co.
409
Tracy, E. A.
412
Tucker, Nathl.
406
Homer, J. & T. J.
115
Von Phul & McGill
412
Hunt, Ridgely & Co.
409
Walsh, J. & E. & Co.
412
Hunt, Wilson P.
421
Warburton & King
416
Johnsons & Lott
417 Wilson, Mark
413
Jones & Bacon
417 Woods, Stacker & Co. 423
Keemle, C.
106 Young, John & Co.
421
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Finney, J. & W.
403
Smith, W. & D. & Co.
Grimsley, Thornton
421
Taylor, Sinclair & Co.
Hendry, Charles F. & Co
419.
Bemis, Kingsland & Lightner, 424
McKee, Stewart & Lind
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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
THE compiler of the following pages, acknowledges, with feelings of deep sensibility, the favors he has re- ceived from Merchants, Manufacturers, and other Busi- ness-men, in the cities and many towns, in the valley of the Mississippi. He went amongst them a stranger, and left them, with an attachment of feeling, as if the liga- ments, by which he had been bound, were of years' forma- tion, rather than the gossimer fibres of a night. This re- sult was beyond his calculation-indeed the idea never occurred-for his object was to visit the west at that sea- son, because it was at the close of one, and the beginning of another, year-THE WINTER-a season when those, with whom his business was to concentrate, would have more leisure to converse, and to impart information : he was choice in his company, as the CARDS OF ADDRESS, which follow, to those acquainted with the names, will shew :- and he was equally circumspect in receiving in- formation of a historical or statistical feature-his autho- rities, therefore, in the general, he designs to give, before he closes these brief remarks.
In the progress of collecting materials of the character hereto attached-subject to the caprices of one, and the incivilities of another-for occasionally, though very sel- dom, he met with one of the latter-the enterprize of- tener than once came near being defeated : but the re- flection, that some of the best men in the west had alrea- dy lent it their sanction ; had admonished the compiler of such an opposition, and cautioned him not to faulter, but permit it to serve as an incentive to renewed action ! the recurrence of the friendly advice was seasonable; and
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accordingly, instead of yielding, or settling down under the pressure, he " buckled on his armor anew, " and stood forward, with a determination to accomplish his object : He has accomplished it. He visited most of the places originally contemplated: he satisfied himself, that there were greater facilities for the enjoyment of life in the west than in the east, presuming the physical exertion to be the same : that the markets were as near and as cer- tain, for agricultural products, to the western as the eas- tern merchant : that at Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis, silver money was below the value of American gold, and the notes of the Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York city banks, by two per cent, and the notes of Wheeling and Pittsburgh, by one per cent. ; and that southern bank notes were 5 to 6 per cent. discount :- he collected and now presents the Cards of business men, and such historical, topographical and statistical sketches, as his time and circumstances would permit ; with the distances, whether by stage or steam boat, and expense of travelling, from one place to another ; and such other information as he deemed useful to strangers-being gov- erned throughout with a strict regard to the principles of verity ; and in that humble garb, he permits this little volume to be ushered into the world, as better adapted to his object, than if clad in theatrical or holiday drapery, even were his abilities adequate to prepare such a light material for it.
This work comes before its patrons, however, at a la- ter season than was expected ; but the cause could not be obviated. It was thought in the incipient stage of canvassing for it, that it would be distributed in the cities and towns where it would owe paternity, during the spring-season of business ; but the compiler was not then
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aware of the dimensions of western cities ; he could not have been induced to believe, until " time and circum- stance" proved the fact, that within so short a period, since those cities sprung into existence, he should have met with a people, of manners and habits, so interwoven and attractive, and so much to his liking, as to real- ly have given him pain at parting with them. This is no flattery : he spurns such venality from his soul ; but it is a tribute he owes to those of whom he speaks-they it were who approved and patronised his enterprise ; who aided him with their counsels; and contributed, by col- lecting and furnishing the materials which he now returns to them, in this book form-with thanks.
These causes, with another-that the printer must dis- pose of previously-engaged jobs before a new one could be taken in hand-protracted the time beyond the period contemplated for the issuing of the work from the press; and with an enlightened people, the compiler hopes and trusts they are sufficient. While he asks for their in- dulgence in the above instance, he will at the same time ask them to pardon him for any errors which they may find in the following pages: that they will find some. may be expected-for, with such various matter, notwith- standing the caution and care which its patrons know was observed to guard against the misfortune, errors may have got in. But with reference to other matters-there may be some instances in which individuals may think the compiler of this work has not been sufficiently reserved ; -- perhaps he has not -- it is difficult to admonish even with a friendly motive, without incurring censure -- but he started upon the principle of "calling things by their right names," and in no instance has he otherwise written, he firmly believes : those who may complain of him were
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probably the tempters; for many men in business really think they are acting correctly, because they are never in- formed otherwise. It is only necessary, in all their trans- actions, to apply to themselves the good old biblical max- im, " Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you." In whatever the compiler of this little volume has written, he has been governed by a motive to do a general good -- and
-"Nothing extenuate,
" Or set down aught in malice."
To those gentlemen, whose CARDS are evidences of their liberal contributions towards the support of the " Western Address Directory," and for the statistics and other matter presented, the compiler returns his warmest thanks: for the friendly notices of the enterprise, publish- ed at the time, he makes his acknowledgments to the editors of the Gazette and Advertiser, of Pittsburgh ; to the editors of the Times and Gazette, of Wheeling ; to Adam Peters, of the Ohio Republican, of Zanesville ; to Colonel James B. Gardiner* and Judge Bailhache, (the latter now editor of the Alton Telegraph, Illi- nois,) of Columbus, (Ohio ; ) to Edward Hamilton, Esqr. editor of the Tribune, of Portsmouth ; to R. N. & W. F. Comly, editors of the Dayton Journal ; to E. D. Mansfield, Esq. ; to Charles Hammond, Esq. of the Gazette, and Messrs. Looker & Ramsay, of the Re- publican, Cincinnati; to W. HI. Webb, Esq. of the Re- publican Banner, and Messrs. W. King & W. Benson, of Madison, (Ind. ; ) to the editors of the Journal and Advertiser, Louisville, (Ken .; ) and to the editors of the Missouri Republican and Commercial Bulletin, St. Louis.
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Route from Baltimore to Pittsburgh-that part from Chambersburgh in an extra coach, or stage.
I left Baltimore for Pittsburgh, on the morning of the 16th Nov. 1836, having paid $5, the fare to Chambers- burg, in Pennsylvania. The morning was cool and sky overcast, but the coach was comfortable, and in every respect adapted to seasonable travelling. There were nine inside and one out passengers.
We passed Pikesville, the handsome location of the U. S. Arsenal, at 8 miles distance, and 9 farther the di- lapidated village of Reisterstown. At 2 o'clock reached Westminster, a distance of 28 miles from Baltimore. and all (10) of us dined at Hunt's tavern, paying 50 cents each for our dinner. This was a money-making land- lord; as what had probably been intended for four, fed ten ! It was a single chine of beef, baked, and a boiled fowl. The dessert was a non-descript dish, and tasted by only one man, whose opinion all of us confided in. [ wish here to remark, that a small portion, and from one dish only, serves me at table. It may not be the case with every person ; at all events, I think a landlord should make it his study, as it is his duty, when admin- istering to the appetites of his guests, to give value for what he receives ; and where his guests are numerous, that his dishes should partake of a greater variety, although peradventure some of them may not be touched.]
The northern part of Baltimore county presents truly a specimen of poverty-the land is steril, and therefore not worth enclosing; and every object which attracts at-
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tention, is in keeping with the land. The country about Pipe creek, in Frederick county, presents a great con- trast with that just left-and the Pennsylvania farms are known as soon as we come upon them-they look well.
We arrived at Gettysburg, the seat of justice of Adams county, at 6 o'clock, P. M., and stopped at M'Clelland's-distant from Westminster, 25, and from Baltimore, 53 miles. The atmosphere was cold, and some particles of snow had fallen ; but in a comfortable room, at a supper table as well set as I ever saw, abound- ing with those necessaries, (not luxuries,) for which I had before heard it proverbial, we felt rather a reluctance to leave at that hour, and travel 24 miles farther to find a dormitory. We paid our 50 cents, however, and at 7 were rolling again out of this pretty town, as I have been informed it is, but which I had not the pleasure of seeing. We passed two or three villages, and at 113 o'clock, arrived at Chambersburg, scat of justice of Franklin county, 77 miles from Baltimore, and were driven to the hotel, to which is attached a stage office, kept, as I after- wards found, by one Matthew Simpson. - The following incident, of stage scene and trick, ought to be known ; for although personal as to myself, it is general in charac- ter-and stage-travellers ought to be put on their guard.
Four of our passengers, "higher learnt" in stage tac- tics, as I afterwards discovered, than some others of us, immediately withdrew, after getting their baggage into the house, and were absent half an hour. I had applied for a seat in a coach to Pittsburgh, soon after entering the house, and was informed, that if the stage, which was to arrive at 8 in the morning, was not full, a seat would be for me; but as the line by which I had come,
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terminated here, through passengers, from Philadelphia, in that line, would have a preference. This was a cus- tom, I knew, every where established, and a very proper one-and I slept well upon it on a good bed, and after getting as good a breakfast, and paying 75 cents for all expences, the coach drove up. The way-bill was exam- ined, and there were three unoccupied seats. Our four passengers had secured seats in another line, the night previous, knowing, as they stated afterwards, that "tricks" were sometimes practised to delay passengers, and their business, which was in Tennessee, would not admit of their incurring a risque, by waiting till morning, if they could do better at an earlier hour.
The landlord, on perceiving there were vacant seats, handed me the way-bill to enter my name, which I did accordingly, and returned it, at the same time handing him $8, the fare demanded, for Pittsburgh. I did not look after the other passengers, with whom I was to tra- vel, as I presumed they would be in time, and it was probably fifteen minutes before I found them, and then, around the corner of a house or stable, at another coach which was nearly ready, with " Pilot line" in shining letters over the door. On enquiry, I was informed that was the vehicle which was to convey them, towards Pittsburgh at least, and was just ready to start. I inform- ed them of the arrangement I had made, and they had been told the other coach was full, and that we were to journey in this. I had some little misgivings, and en- quired of a man who appeared to have authority, what were the circumstances, and his reply was in accordance with the passengers. I told them I had taken a seat in the other vehicle : he replied, yes, but it had been chang-
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ed. I instantly stepped around the corner to the other coach, and desired the driver, whom I saw have a paper, a sight of the way-bill. and found that my name had been erased, and another's substituted in its place. " I felt a little rily," as Maj. Jack Downing would say, until I was assured by the landlord, who was approaching, that the mere change of coaches was no change in the line or regulation ; that other passengers had unexpectedly come who wished to be together ; and that the " two stages would run together, and both arrive at Pittsburgh, the . next evening, together-that although " Pilot Line" was marked on the coach, it was an extraw of the " People's line," &c. I was overcome by the eloquence of the style, and the serious manner, in which the gentleman spoke, and made no farther objection.
The two coaches started within a few minutes of each other, ours leading the way. There were four passen- gers of us, one of whom was an Englishman, who had two dogs ; and they, with an occasional touch upon his sea-faring life in the East Indies, and now and then an anecdote about poaching, before he left home, kept his conversational organs all the time in operation, and it therefore befel our lot to listen or be rude. There was a good deal of drollery, particularly in the manifest in- terchange of sympathy between him and his dogs; which were acting assistant postilions to the driver ; but, when after travelling about fifteen miles, he discovered he had left his watch, which " cost him seventy guineas," at the house at which we had stopped, his paroxysm of drol- lery reached the climax. Ile at length consoled himself with the reflection, that he would write back by the dri- ver, for it to be sent to Bedford, as his journey would
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probably end at that place, where he expected to find his " uncle."
There had about an inch of snow fallen the previous night, but the day succeeding was pleasant, after 10 o'clock. At 8 miles from Chambersburg, we passed through the village of St. Thomas-6 miles farther, crossed the west branch of Connococheague, on the west bank of which is Loudon Town, where the waggon and whip-making business is carried on very extensively .- This stream, which is a tributary of the Potomac river, extends northeasterly, interlocking a tributary of the Juniata, for twenty or thirty miles ; in some places, near the source of the latter, they are within two or three miles of each other, and yet their courses are diametri- cally opposite : a spur of the north mountain divides them. Numerous furnaces and forges, so abundant is iron ore, are situated on the various streams which water this part of Pennsylvania. The appearances of the vil- lages along the road, are unfavorable indices, according to my opinion, of a fertile soil ; and the sparse farming population, farm houses and barns, in the distance. strengthens that opinion.
We crossed what is termed Cove, a spur of the Tuscarora mountain, by getting out of our coaches and walking to its summit, which is four miles from its base, or Loudon Town. The snow was three inches deep- several waggons of German emigrants were ascending at the time. Here we overtook the stage which contained our four seceding passengers-" Good Intent Line," was marked on the door of the vehicle. The view from this summit, as it is sharp or pointed, was beautiful. To the west bounded by Scrubby Ridge, was a richly settled 3
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valley, destitute of snow and vapor, extending far to the north and south; in the centre, and through which, we were to pass, was M'Connelsburg. To the east, was seemingly an unbroken level, occasioned by an exhala- tion, probably, or smoke, which pervaded the whole sur- face of the earth as far as bounded by the horizon; it then extended southerly, and embraced the valley, un- til intercepted by more elevated lands, above a spur of the Blue ridge of Virginia. This eastern view, taken as a whole, appeared like " old ocean ;" the spur of the Blue ridge, " a cape," and the valley, " a bay," or estuary. The time was noon ; and for such a scene, there could not have been a more favorable day. Our descent down the mountain was with more haste than we ascended, and I thought with more danger. The declivity is precipitous, and when a vehicle once gets head-way on it, especially in winter, when " the road is all of a glare of ice," " look out for breakers." We had not such apprehension, but where shewn by one of our gentlemen, where a waggon under such circumstances, had been precipitated from the road over the bank, breaking waggon, boxes and crates to pieces ; in fact there was a " general capsize," and strange to say, neither the driver or a horse killed.
McConnelsburg, which is in Bedford county, lies about two miles from the western base of the Tuscarora mountain, the summit of which divides it from Franklin. It is 22 miles from Chambersburg, and 99 from Balti- more-contains about 40 or 50 families, and 3 or 4 re- tailing stores. It derives considerable advantage, how- ever, besides what is conferred by the immediate vicinity, from manufacturing establishments at a more remote dis- tance-for, down the valley, from 7 to 12 miles, are ex-
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tensive tanneries, iron works, &c .; and frequently it be- comes a depot for butter, pork, lard, and other produc- tions of the western counties, until the proper season for sending them to market, or a sale is effected on the spot.
After crossing the valley, we struck the base of Scrub- by-ridge, and in ascending, saw a man cutting a log with a double-bitted axe-the term implies, that where in ge- neral the poll is, there is a second bit. To me, the sight was novel; and I could not well perceive the economy, unless his log had been placed under a tree, that, with the descending blow, he could cut it, while, with the ascending one, he might manage to prune the tree. The passage over this ridge was long and tedious; and over Sidling-hill, more precipitous and dangerous : but, by dusk, we reached Sprout's tavern, $5 mile from Cham- bersburg.
Our coaches had run together, and ahead of the Good Intent, until we arrived at this place; and here we were to dine, and change teams; for these coaches are permit- ted to stop only at certain houses. As we were on the eve of starting, a gentleman, (who had come into our coach at McConnelsburg, ) after a long conversation with the landlord, which was noticed by some of us at the time, took his saddlebags from our "extraw," and went into the "regular built Peoples' line"-at the same time one of our passengers called to the driver, whose name I afterwards found was James Strong, to "hurry"- meaning, before the Good Intent, which we heard com- ing, overtook us. The driver replied, in a very imper- tinent manner, " you will be in a greater hurry than this before you leave Bloody Run." We thought nothing about its having reference to any matter in particular at
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the time, as we had found that the drivers, in general, through the day, with only one exception, were rude and ignorant. At the distance of 5 miles we crossed the Juniata river, on a covered bridge, and kept along its banks for several miles, passing one or two iron works, and other establishments-7 miles farther, we reached Bloody Run, where there is not only a considerable of a run, with a good stone bridge over it, but a village, also, of the same name. We stopt before the door of James Jordan's tavern, and our fellow coach was alongside in a minute, and anon the Good Intent: here, the latter, which carried the mail, stopped a few minutes, as there is a post office, to have it changed-and here our driver jumped off his box, and observed, in rather an inaudible voice, that he "should drive us no farther," and began to unharness his horses. I did not understand him, un- til some one asked the question, what he said? He re- peated the remark. I enquired, " can you not drive us to Bedford?"-the distance was 10 miles-" I could if I would," was the gross reply, continuing to unharness his horses, which he soon accomplished-led them to the stable, and then returned, and took a seat in the tavern, alongside the stove; leaving our baggage on the stage, and the way-bill in the box on which he had sat, any of them subject to be removed by whosoever might feel dis- posed to do it, whether lawfully or otherwise. I took off my trunk, and carried it to the house ; and another pas- senger took charge of the way.bill, as it was the only document we could produce as proof that we had paid our passage to Pittsburgh .- [As passengers do not know into whose hands they, or the way-bill, may fall, while travelling, "it will do no harm" if they take a receipt
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