Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-12-02
Our Stale and City.

, Our StaiG ana eWy.
~ The Sfatc Of Iowa is u ''young un'' les
than.cight years of age not old enough Il
wear long dresses = yet large enough aat
) strong enough AM racing ahead fast enough
4 for an amazon-evidently one Of the smart
est of Uncle Sam's family.
Z Every paper from the interior has some
thing in it about crowds of immigrants
, wagons pouring along the roads, destined
! forI5wa homes. This is accounted for by
thefacts that our State, as an agricultural
, and producing community, with soil OF
unsurpassed fertility, with less swamp and
, other waste land than could possibly be i'm
: agif6d IN so large an area, is capable of not
only sustaining an immense population
within itself, but of exporting an amount
of surplus produce limited only by the cz-
tent Of its tiboring population.
The present area of our State is nearly
$1,000 square miles, or thirty two million
, acres, of land, less than million of which
is incapable of cultivation. A larger pro-
portion, Of course, consists Of timber land,
but this, when cleared off, is almost as TIL
liable as any. In 1910, our population was
$4,000; in 1850, l92, 900; in 1858, it is not
less than 100000: an increase which has a
parallel only in tho States of Wisconsin
and California the latter possessing ting
attraction Of its gold deposits, the former
of chenp and uninterrupted communication
with the seaboard, advantages in which we
have not hitherto shared.
NTuscatine county is filing up fast new
houses are being built in every direction,
and new farms wanted.
This city, only seventeen years old, and
now having between five and six thousand
inhabitants, is still growing real estate
is advancing rapidly, and will advance more,
and the city will grow faster next year than
this. We alreaiy hear of many new houses
that are to be commenced in the spring.
There is not another city in this State
that will have Mnscatine's railroad and
river advantages, and not another citN
in the State has such n future altogeth.
err, for her three railroads will draw to her
support the richest portions of the State.
With all her commercial advantages there
will be no lack of coal for manufactures, or
of enterprise to build them up, or a market
after they are established. There is plenty
of coal in the edge of the city, and the NJ. &
NJ, Railroad will pass through an inexhaust-
able supply in Keokuk county-distant
about an hour of railroad time.
STAGE UrsEr.-Whie returning from
visitto Rock Island, Monday night, during
the severe storm Of wind and rain, the stage
coach, containing eleven passengers with
oursef, upset, emptying the entire load in
the mud, without, fortunately, doing worse
injury. A majority of the passengers stop
ped for the night when they arrived at Mr..
Silysrthorn's, and came down next day IN
private conveyance. Two mail bags were
lost, but recovered the next day. A coach
onthe same line also upset yesterday morn
ing just before entering this city.
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f LAID UP.-The j. Mckee, Lamartine,
Jenny Lind, and a host of other boats in
this trade, have LAID up, not so much on the
account of the probability of freezing up
as the scarcity of deck ha DIS. Fifty dollars
per month were offered for deck hands, but
they could not be obtained at that. We
suppose that the demand for laborers on
railroads and other works of internal i'm
proyement is the cause. The prices of la
Dor are looking up, certainly.
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paper the first rumber Of which has been received
1t proposes To bsan illustrated record of Agriculture
Mechanics sc;erca and useful Knole9g,, tditca and
published monthly by Alfred e. Beach, NV York,
at fffycsnts va'uun. There are to be two volumes
year profnsely il:u''rated with engrayings. Julg
irg from the excellent plumber now before us, con-
taring thirty-two pages Of reading matter and
beautiful rawlings it is to be ono of the best and
cheapest works We hav: ever seen.
+ dRADING FiNTsn D.--The Davenport G,zste sayA
that the grading on the Chicago and Rick Island
Road Is fnhed and the whole road may therefore bel
said to be near completion. This road will be the frs
to reach the Mississippi, after ALL
~ The Presidents message will be sent to the
postasters Of the most important cities in advances
t, given to the publishers of papers, soon as the
telegraph announces its delivery to Congress.
~ The editor Of the Enquirer learns
from private sources, that the proposition
to ioHn the credit of Washington county to
the amount of 100000 to the Air Line
Railroad, was carried by small majority.
EDlroRIAL CoNvENrIoN.--The Keokuk
DispqfcA favOrs a Convention of the frater-
nifty and mentions Iowa City as the place
and January 9th as the time. Placing it
the same time with the Democratic Conven-
ton will have a tendency to give it a par
tisan effect, but so mr. as we are concerned,
we'll endeavor to be present.-Dap. Gaz.
So will we.
eT Several communications received
too late Cor this issue will receive attention
next week.
pOrk--.'E0 Farmers.
Farmers should bring their hogs to market en- foot,
for slaughtered and permitted to freeze before be-
ing delivered, they loose not less than seven pounds
per hog on an avcrage-be.idea it is difficult matter
10 cure them while in ssch a condition. So much
difficulty has been experienced from this cause, that
the pork operators and comms sion merchants of ST.
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