The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-07-17

S'Ssy "esss e"~ Fsoss"sos ialr crop, I,
. also beginning % turn. Rye aud o,,.
IRE very rank and heavy, hui huye he..
much lodged BY high winds aud heavy fan.
# rain. One day Of warm sun won,,
most Of il up. OF potatoes. Is
course, li,.io can DO known until we hon;
% dig them. They look very thrifty !.
lar as have been able 10 observe, and ~
s'her circumstances being equal, ! ,b;ot
they will turn out well. Corn thai !, !.
seems TO stand quite weIl-eyeo much l.,
Ter .h,n might be expected. Occssioo,,,,
my eyes wore gl.ddcncd by The .ivh, q ,
large field, where il stood from eiuh,..
inches 10 two feet high-rare SIGH, ind..a,
Mr.. J. e. Cranmore's cornfeId, nea, s,h,
Ia, was about rs 6ae specimen Of N. t.a
.. | saw. Il stands vol, and Is yery c,.,.
pf weeds. ! saw some fields Of Corn :.
oyergrown with weeds and grass, In, !,
os"Ssy ull II
could no, be discovered, excep, B, v.,v
close observation, that there was aOy Thin,
else. Ia fact the ground has been 90 co,a
pIe,ely soaked with water, and ID. rain b.,
been 90 inccssant, that il has been, in M,
ny instances, impossible 10 do apy,b;o,
with it. One thing was glad 10 see and
TIA, is, that, a. discouragiiag as are n.
prospects ot tho farmers, they have ~,
lni,o given up in despair. God speed ,he
plow!''
Wild fruit, (.f some kinds Judging from
present appearances, will be plentiful, bu,
not % abundant Us have known il 10 10
in former years. Plums, think have all
been destroyed ny the spring irosls. Crab.
'ppIcs havo escaped, and the trees are u.a.
ally laden down with fruit. Gooscberries
(~iId) are almost gone, they have Yielded
but scan,ily. Raspberries are just begin
ming TO ripen, but are rather scarce. Black
berries -occaLs Of them sct-bu, whshe,
they will be largo or small--of a 6ae Ga
vor or inditiereai-I am no, able to say.
As for tame fruit, ] observed cores
ponding frui,fulness or barrenncss accord.
ing 10 family for instance, peaches, Killed
by the spring trosts, and apples laden down,
English gooscberries large and Gae,-ba
,carce, and about gone; curran,s abuulau,
and Of u fne quality.
| was pleased TO no,o in my ,ravss
aorth, the rapid iniax Of emigration from
the Eastern and Middle States into CiiiulOu
county. !. is The suffice, of genera &c.
mark among ,heold settlers of that county
that in no former Year has there been pnr
ed ia upon them such vast aud coaau.
Gus tide Of emigration, as during The pres.
en,. The emigration, Too, il Of thai chat
.cier which is calculated 10 elevate aud
give tone to the public mind, and brealhea
pure moral atmosphere abro,d in The CON.
nuniiy into which ], 6o.a. The chi
grants hail from the land of schools, and
Summaries Of learning Of the highest order,
aud we may hence conclude that The Cause
II education win not be neglected BY them.
As the country, so arc the towns Oh The
upper river. Le Clare, Camanche, Lyons
and Sabula, all indicate The progress ofl
provement 10 the country adJ,ccn, TO them
I, needs ma well prac,ised eye 10 discover
with tolerable accuracy, how lar country
has developed its resources, aud what -
tho general distinguishing feature Of is 10
habitants, By the towns aud villages, Of
which they form the nucleus. ! bad 10
tended 10 give each Of these towns A sepa'
rate notice, and speak Of The improvements
If each at length; but my present limit
will no, permit. ] propose, however, 10
some future number Of the Gazette, 10 MAKE
each Of them the subject of more extend
ed comment. Nor will forget 10 MAKE
honorable mention OF Port Byron ia proper
place. Il.
! do not know how can better close 10,
,rlicle, than by giving The reader o''s'
account of what saw from the Iowa sn"e'
IN reaching Camanchc. The h"' lung
perhaps, which arrests the attention =" '"'
traveller, on entering this town, aDd ca.''s
his eyes eastward, to the Illinois o'u'''
group Of Indian mounds, nine 10 llO''''
three Of them the largest when ''''
lee, having ever seen. They appear 70 %
elevated from eigh. 10 'cu 'ee' "DD ! ,h,..
common level. They ere but ball OF ''!s'
quarters of mile below Albany, ano CIV
1 very singular and unique appearance :
the high bluff or headlaud on when ''',
are situated. Several Of these m0u''' :.
am informed, we're opened about ' !'',
since; and in each Of them va. 80,
the remains Of . number Of men, ss''
tic stature, belonging doubtless 70 wv y. :.
a nd generation. the memory Of ~'0''
is,ence tradition has preserved 90 ~ III