The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-11-07
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0het Stste Hoeee. SosuQae -. III II
The result Of the late election seems t
work upon the nerves Of the Reporter. Tha
ssindi Herent pile Of brick" at Des Moines
troubles the Reporter man, and causes hin
to lot his littlensss peer forth prominently
A political victory in this State. would hss'
had soothing effect upon tho izritabiiity q
our Contemporary, and We should not hav'
been treated to such contemplate fling a
the magnificent brick structure at De-
Moines, at this time. An s'indiderent pill
of brick" forsooth! Why, my dear fellow
you cannot boast of better building, ever
in Iowa City, excepting of course, the Uni
versity building, than this same s'indifferen
pile of brick, !" you affect to sneer at. Yot
pretend to be in favor Of sspopular sover.
eighty, !" and the people have twice declared
through their representatives, and at ths
ballot box, in favor of the location Of thu
Capital at Des Moines, and there is neither
consistency, sense nor justice in this contin.
uous snarl about "fraud, bribery and cor.
ruption," as affecting this matter.
Hard Times In Minnesota. e E
The following paragraphs from the St.
Paul Times, Of the 2lst Of October, are
quite conclusive that the Melancholy days
have come-the saddest Of the year--that
Minnesota is reaping the harvest she has
sown: q -.. 49, =
Can anything be done to relieve the COM
munity Of the present financial cramp2 II
90, what is it2 Can an extra session OF the
Territorial Legislature relieve the people OF
the weight which is pressing them down II
so, will the Governor call an extra session
ut once? Something must be done! Five
thousand dollars in currency is going out of
this city every day, and in less than thirty
days, If the drain continues, we shall not
have bills enough to do our marketing with.
Gold cannot be procured. Whatever there
is, is locked up in the vaults Of banks, in
old stockings and between feather beds. No
money is coming into the Territory-all is
going out. The weight is pressing down
upon us, tighter and tighter, and unless re-
lief is had by either currency of our own,
q stay law or banking system, financially,
we shall all be crushed to death. s.. .
Many of our merchants and others owe
honest debts East, debts that will be paid,
and debts that were contracted merely on
the basis of confidence. We should make
every earnert and honest effort in our power
to liquidate these debts. But at the present
depressed financial condition of our country,
it is impossible to do SO. Exchange cannot
be procured at any price-money due from
men who three months ago, were considered
worth their million, cannot be procured,
and in this dilemma, with long and cold
winter before US, the question GENES home
-"What shall We do9 We answer, take
care of ourselves irst-our Eastern creditors
next. There is no other alternative but
and this no man will allow who
has family on his hands. Let there be
concert of action among ourselves to take
care Of ourselves, and then let us do what
We can to take care of others.
A committee appointed by the merchants
and business men generally, waited upon the
to urge him to call an extra ses-
sion of the Territorial Legislature. The
Governor declined moving in the matter
The Times, of the Oath, in view of this fact,
gives the following sensible article:
Go TO THE CouSTRY.-In times like these
every man with or without family who
can possibly see his way through the winter,
should by all means go to the country, build
n small but warm and comfortable cabin,
Law in stock of potatoes, cabbages, &C.,
purchase pig, and if possible COW, and
do what you can, before winter sets in, to-
wards breaking and fencing your land. 1t
will cost you much less to live there than in
our city. Potatoes will not command more
than thirty cents per bushel, and twenty
bushels will suffice tp carry you through the
winter, and then in the spring 60 to work
like men, pillow up your land, put in your
seed, and bountiful harvest next fall will
place you beyond the pressing want which
will force many in our city to the very verge
of starvation this winter. A farmer nova
days is comparatively II wealthy man. He
can sit in his farmhouse and enjoy the pro-
ducts of his toll. Not so with the banker,
the merchant, the mechanic. The first two
have no means, the latter has no work. Go
to farming-get you home-invest in soil
banks-plant corn, wheat and potatoes in
your vaults instead of gold, and our word
FOR it you will never be called upon to sus-
pend until grim Death suspends the vital
tide of life! g.. a=a a,.7f %as5 ,f.' eE-s
An Incident that will Survive the CRISIS.
One of the great embarrassments of the
manufactures in obtaininp hank