The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-16
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NEBRASKA CORRESPONDENCE.
NFanAsKA Cnf, Sept. 8, 1858.

His excellency w. A. Richardson, having rendered his
resignation as governor Of Nebraska to take effect on
the first Of January, considerable feeling is manifested
as 10 who is to be his successor The Territory is in
critical condition at the present time. The wholesale
swindng banking system inauguratcd in the eaEly
ganizaon of the Territory has wcll-ngh ruined our
credit abroad and brought great suffering and misery
upon our hardy and Industrious sguatters There was
the Bank of Iehama baptized and brought into being by
the Rev. VIM. Young Brown godfather of the ..repub
lican party ia Nebraska, which did UP its business at
Omaha City, but gave out that located at the cen
terprsng and prosperous village of 1ehana, which to
this day has but low log tavern upon the town site
And then there the Wanbce Bank, similarly located
and ''run in the same manner. And then there was
the Bank of Florence, propelled by citizens of Iowa
and the Fonenella Bank at Frank Leslics Hottentot
towa of Bclleva and the Nemaha Valley Bank and
others--making in all ten Irresponsible wildcat
cens with rlaT histories to that which has just been
recounted. aE ls g5t tst4 al.ayrr Ea.g 81. 4a
This deplorable banking system, in addition to the
fact that have revenue law, criiaa code, col
lection laws has rendered the times almost insufer
ably hard throughout the Territory
But we had hoped, and confidently anticipated that
with Gov Richardson at the head of executive affairs
and with the hearty cooperation of the people, some
thing like order might be restored out of the existing
chaos in which the Territory is placed. Il
Mef H@1 The f. rpcIoNs ss
The elections held on the first Monday in August re-
suited as follows ~ EsfL 9aG
Democrats ----------------- ---------------I 10
Opposition --------r-------------- 3
House ,.,
Democrats ----------------------1
Opposition ----------- ---a--------- -l8
THE Cnors
The crops Of corn, buckwheat, and potatoes never
looked well this Soil that has been cult
waited two years will Yield of from seven
ty to eighty bushels per acre, while sod' corn will
average from forty to fifty bushels per Perhaps the
readers Of the Union not all aware of the cd opcand
of raising what is termed among 'sod'' corn. Know,
then that the wild prares in vernal bloom with thick
waving mat of grass from four TO six inches in height
broken up in the months Of May June from two to
three inches thick the is then planted with
'pclS to secure hole for the dropping of the
kernels, and aftcrward is not touched with plough
hoe till time of reapng ''the full in the shock
The GoLD EXCITEMENT
Within few days great excitement has been created
by reported discoveries of gold at Pixies Peak nearly
west of this city about 500 miles. They be rel
authenticated by the return of mountaineers to st.
Joseph and Kansas city with several of the finest
specimens of gold dust As the American people cannot
afford to go the British possessions for the aulcrous
the discovery of gold fields the highway to the Pa
cc midway between the two empires sprnging up upon
the shores OF the Atlantic and the Pacific.
TnB Lsyp SALES. t.
News of the postponcment Of the land sales In Nebras
ka has Just been received and is causing great rejoicing
among the ssuattcB The postponcment will nure
greatly 20 the benefit Of the settler and to the general
growth and development of the country The land
sharks will be obliged to wait another twelve months
and by that time nearly all the lands will bc taken up
by settlers ~ Ni lnttH af fi.tls1 EN-I 81 II.