'Si I ,oi is r.fn Altos." Our c ciitrni-
porary t tne ..lion iciegrepn nays, that M.t
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l.llllls 1)1711 ulii V mnr Inn. II... I. .In .,1
IV i in' - .' sj
: tlie ilrrml of Uting swallowed up by the ex-1
I mtfidini? errftltirs. nf lh Illinnit .nmnmr. i
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I jinjuj mi (ii v 1 .-m - iii; lll-J'l 9 llldl) 1 IIII3
,;.. cur pbfio sjiiritcd citizens I lave
futiutl menus to subscribe for al least onret-
tin '"" ' capital st.tck orthc St. Lou- j
"'' K'-ad, and thereby j
'
liciitl 01 navigation lor the largest class
boats on the Mississippi river? Is it not the
natural centring point for the trade
of (he Upper Mississippi, and of the Mis
souri, since the opening of the northern
route to the cast 'i We would be the last to
ing or our canal secures to Alton. We
can sec no respect in which the advantages
of her position are interior to those of St.
Louis, while in some they are superior. But
what strikes us as remarkable in this af-
fi'r is that Alton has been solong in finding
it out. For years upon years there was tin
part of the state that fought harder against
thc Illinois and Aicliigan Canal than Aadi-1
"' county, and particularly Alton, nnd
more particularly still, the Alton Telegraph.
