The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-22

!. = nroye them, and there are some
acul al :. false, that one knows hardly
s g P'l q refute them. This Circular g., is
how : ~ , in good language and with law
Idls n;te sophistry, claiming that its object
yer In reverse of what it really is. 1t
Is uls establish the natural price of cot
woulu nd keep it so, in order that there
TOM a nnt he such ruinous fluctuations. 1t
may hardly ard be supposed that the highly
eau , gentlemen who have signed
i roy naper, expected to accomplish any
,a;ar f ~ it. We should certainly think
nlnI I.b1ored effort to refute the document
apy much like putting on armor to fight a
'oo ,a mil and to abuse it in strong terms
vl nnM be treating it with more respect
HOu 4 deserves. 1t is thing too ridicu-
, ,laa for argument or abuse, and comes
lOa .b ! peculiarly bad grace from south
WIN aen;lemen, who have been contend
en- e. Free Trade until one would sup.
lps s. tbev had learned about its principles
p ri rs benefits. This Circular seeks to
ana under the name of natural a
s s'a,e Of things altogether unnatural; under
s ~ name Of safe, state Of things altogeth-
~ = nrs,fe: and under the name of steady,
= = ;ntroduce the worst of fluctuations
ahe nlan can by no possibility help cot
| -, Am The whole power of the Southern
psnks is already and always devoted to
- support as the great branch of their bu-
:, moss and so are the merchants. The
hanks hanks cannot possibly do more than they
p sar done, and the plan of the circular
would, to great extent, withdraw the
snnnort Of the merchants. 1t would fright
~ r away many other purchasers who will
have nothing to do with market so dan
a rsro,sly situated; it would create needless
;ns,lousies ION the other side,' which would
a. somellarm Every way and in all its
modes Of operation, the plan would do
mischief, and nothing else. After the
vretched results which have followed up
On hank interference in cotton for the last
tive years, it seems that men must be CIV
n over to madness to think Of repeating
such experiments. AS to post notes for
the cotton crop. the gentlemen might
as well talk Of Vincent Nolte buying the
whole with his bills of exchange. Post
notes on such a scale would do to light
ssgars with, but they would be poor things
hr currency or exchange"
"The years 1921 and 1922 were dis
tngushed by unusual drought; the sum-
mers hot and little or no thunder, or brisk
gales of wind to purify the atmosphere.
The rivers and creeks were low, and in
the summer and autumn Of 1922, the O.
lilo was lover than ever before seen by
| The oldest inhabitants. The water in the
after stream was nearly stagnant, except
the heads of the islands, resembling a
| long lake more than a river, and bearing
On its surface patches of mucous scum
Or froth. The shores and shadows were
| lined with aquatic plants and grasses, fol-
many rods in width, as early as the fore
part Of June, whereas in common seasons
they do not appear sooner than August o.
September and coated with green yege
! table matter, lemna minor, which, as thu
water gradually subsidized, or the winds
freed it on to the shore, remained on thu
ssch exposed to the sun. These manu-
Gtories Of poisonous gases, together will
The stagnant waters, exhaled, noisomt
| smell, which was noticed by the inhabi
ats, especially in the morning and eve
| ling, and at all times Of the day, by per
| IONS living on the uplands; the course o.
/ The winds for four months was, with lit
| lie variation, from the south and the soutl
Eess-all which, combined with the pre-
| floas epidemic constitution of the air
must have aided in producing the sickness
| The unrelnitting warmth and aridity o
i the weather, proved wonderful favorable
4 to the production Of insect life: especially
soto the caterpillar families. Every wile
cherry tree, black and white walnut, with
various othertrees, were so much stripped
ftheir foliage, and so covered with the
webs of the insects, as to change theil
usual verdant appearance to that OF gray
o. white. Many other genera of insects
also abounded. The grasshopper, gryll.
US telligonia, in many districts, were SC
numerous as to destroy whole fields Of
cats and grass, in the course of two OF
'hree days; rising in clouds, when disturb
ca, and making rustling with their wing:
which afforded a striking resemblance tt
me locust Of the eastern continent. Ii
Sptember the country was ovcrrun with
nyrlads of grey squirrels. They travel
e. IN armies, and destroyed many field.
indian corn, especially in the newer
cearings bordered with trees. Thei
course of travel was from north to south
10 obstacle checked their progress; pass
ing through or over dwelling houses, ant
uosslug the Ohio river by swimming.
sfemarkable that the same migratory pro
peasty was upon them in the epidemic
@amn Of the year 1907. 1t has BEEF
aOaced as early as the days of Hippo
.laes that great and extensive epidemic
sls often attended with other unusual an,
mnarkable phenomena, which either pre-
ue as harbingers, or accompany the pro
sless OF the disease.