The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-03-27
Orl0lnal orrrsqonNsncc.
Correspondence Of the Cecil Wig,
R4et,er fEnef IOWA.

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Good Prospects, Sc.
kEoKrH, Iowa, March s, 1852.
Let me now say word in regard to the eli
mate Of Iowa, of which I have net vet spoken.
Summer and Autumn are dcigltlal.-lnr more
50 than in The Last but Winter and Spring are
dsagrecahlc-l might almost say cxccrable.
Not on account of the coldncss of the weather
during those seasons: but because ofits varIa-
blcncss. This Winter has been remarkable for
It's severity throughout the Union; and has been
the most severe one experienced in Iowa for
many years-f not since It's settlement. The
Mississippi iroze over here, and the packets
made their last trip on the llth Of December;
and navigation remained closed till the 9th of
February. The thermometer, during several
days oithat period, ranged from 10 to - degrees
below zero but the greater part Ct the Winter
IL has averaged about 80 above zero. There
has been as little snow in Iowa this Winter as
In any the Northern States and do not lhink
ii has lain more than five inches in depth any
time this scason-which Is much more than
N~''N'''''i !
OF The climate is nothing thought is lis sudden
changes which render it dsagrccablc, if not
injurious to health l have frequently this
Winter seen the thermometer fall from 80 10 lG
in few hours; and have gone to bed often on a
mild, lovely night, to wake the next morning
and find it intensely cold. You will see there
fore it is not the severity, but the variablcncss
Oft he iharI urin, en-
.moat to be dreaded
The climate and soil are both admirably
adapted TO the growth and culture of corn. oats,
potatoes, &C., but wheat is rather an uncertain
crop Time and uliage WILL however, mellow
the climate, and remedy all the existing defects
u of soil and weather, and Iowa will. when she
becomes more thchly settled and better Guilt
waited, make as fine an agricultural State as any
in the Union. AS yet her farmers are content
to skim the surface, and rest satisfied with the
reward a eeming soil, under such slovcnly
and niggard system of cultivation will yield.
Last season, which was as wet in the West as it
was dry in the East was highly detrimental to
:, the prosperity Of Iowa, and retarded her advance
- ment no little. And this year she will be in
MIA. which will be immense. Every town and
. village rings with the note of preparation, and
hundreds OF influential farmers in every part of
the State are sacrificing their farms and property
leaving homes where they are doing well,
and pushing further Westward in the hope of
appeaslng their restless, rambling dispositions.
- and lettering their fortunes. These causes will
operate against Iowa fora year or two, and pre-
vent her growth and prosperity considerably
during that period. But then she will have re-
cruted, and the flood Of emigration which will
pour in will make her rejoice and blossom as
the rose.
For persons in the East who wish to locate in
Iowa no,c is the appointed time. Those who
have the Oregon and California fever are offer
ins their farms for sale on the most reasonable
terms; and hundreds and hundreds of acres Of
cultivated land, which n year ago could not have