Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-12-03

~. VskALoesA, Iowa, Nov. 10Th, 1887. .
mh. EpifsR "A much longer time has olapped
since my last than intended, yet circum stan ces
sIss. q small have their influence AZ the close Of
atask, Indeed, which the chaotic confusion proirc
90 oJ the existing monetary derangem gu ts renders
indefinite and unjust, at best Iowa like her sister
oIss, SHOWS mo wreck and ruin, bears the burden
aud endures the trial, consequent upon a Guano ia
orns, such az has just swept our eom mon coun
NY; Businoss stagnates; "promisss to pay 20 to
protest merchants aud banking houses suspend and
property declines; real sstato dos itR liner
icai value, and rates more ratios all town lot and
oher speculation ceases; of high preensions and
anucipations, OF rumored great wealth. are content
.oos =, tne populace In fine, all equalcd, level
gu, Of the same Importance Yet notwithstanding
tns crash this equalizer, we believe Isws to be bet
Ter on 70 day than she was six months ago. We oon-
siuer these cramps beneficial to State, country or
nation, suoh az ours- They check our wild keadonR
gait and bring to reflect aud see the errors Of our
course and we rise out of them,-for we cannot be
long Suoduod-botter for the attack, with greater
s'oik OF caution an1 prudence, eesrer heads sound.
or views and more rational de,ires Although trade
J, inactive, our Railroads at stand STILL money with
All IT'S conyenienees ylon oneafabis" yetour oiti
Gems are ion IN their own resources Our hirvests
were ABUNDANT our state is amply allied with wares
ana meohandize, and we have only to retfench our
expenditures and all will be WE'LL we've enough 10 |
sat drink, wear aud to warm ourselves, and where
tore need We Hant. The people Of Iswa have anil
-eipa&a eat storm, aud have been on the alert for
We'll nigh twelve month. Building and spsoula.
tons have been moderately and wisely carried on;
improvements
private, within our limits, have been cautiously yet
Iigbtly and oreditably pushed forward Our tosns
have gradually aud Substantially improved aud ex-
tsndea our farms and factories steadily enlarged in
character as we'll number; our school houses and
churches arisen at the demand Of their patrons and
tnouga tue exoiment of Kansas and Nebraska has
oaIrisd emarants across around and beyond Iowa
Although times are tight" aud these combined In
nuences have kept ani will keep her for time dor.
mant as It were yet her citizens have the basis
me nerve 70 phase her Ia her proper position and at
inc proper Time among the soyersigns of union.
at present the officers arc busily engaged moving
the state archives, cot from the old iowa City, 10
the new (fort DeMoines) seat of government prspa.
rAtory TO tue coming session OF Legislature. Tho
political aspest Of State las you already knosl
u hepnbliean, to witt in Legislature Democrats 81;
Republicans Al; Republican majority in SENATE 8;
10 the House 10; on JOINT ballot i5 Lowe kepub-
lioan governor, by over 1000 majority, yet the Dem
ooratic gain Is great and they consider tue KepuD
Leans u have had their last tsuinph Americanism,
alas! ~ well nigh extinct, n party In I1ha. Im-
migration u modefate and Of tbs right olass, INTEL
llgent, well to do, and permanent. II is now good
time, for those who wish to make Iowa their home,
to come into tho State the land held by
Z 10 the aArRst at low aSqres provisions and grain
20 " 20 Wheat 50 to 90; Potatoes 20 to IS; Coal
oenis per bushel We can cheerfully say " come
along don't be alarmed, W 6rm heart, u stout arm
saa istlo iorbearauce arc all that Is required to
ensure success anda fortune on soil from Ihroe to
eight teet deep. But in coming west you must ex-
poet for while, to forgo many pleasures and IaAu.
RES whish sweet Old Delaware affords her humblest
ollisens. We are now having foretaste Of another
severe winter, we have had several snow storms one
to the depth OF or inches, aud while write ali
IS fresen urhard aud light. The Thermometer has
stood to deg, below 0 already. What think YET
MANY OF our Newspapers have gono by tho board
and others are waning Hoping you and all good
DelawariAns may be able 10 weataer the storm,
We remain yours, 40. JEEMS.
The DISCOVERY OF Com IN CALIRoRsIA.-
me discovery Of gold in California, though
IL mas enriched the nation, has been attended
with disaster to the discoveries. Captain Sui
ter, In whose mill iame the first gold was
found, which gave rise to the California fe-
yer and peopled that region, has been entirely
ruined by the turn that events have since ia
ken. IN an account which he gives Of the
oifect upon himself, he says 1t broke up his la
DORIS, stopped his tannery, left his mills desert
ed, and, from the prospect of being the richest
man on the Pacific, he is now hopelessly ru-
ined. Marshall, the man who made the dis
coyery, Is hardly any better of. AT this very
moment wronged of every dollar and every
foot Of land he possessed, no would not have,
but for the daily charity OF comparative stran-
gers, even cabin in which to lay his head to
rest at night. Suffer says, IL was In converse
ton with Marshall that Hargraves, the diacev.
erer OF gold in Australia, frat obtained the
idea OF seeking for the precious metal in that
country: Mr.. Hargraves, for his discovery,
received rom the British government the sum
OF 9b0O ($26,OOO), and from the Australian.
government 100000 (s5o, OOO) -making $751;
900.
In New York city, on Tuesday morning,
man named Michael Rigley, while preparing
his revolver at his house, for self-defenee N
the election contest, accidentally shot and killed
Ia t.s .0ht waA