The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-08-05


A the season advances tho prospect con-
csrning the general average Of crops i'm
proves. Two weeks ago everything looked
blue enough. But two weeks has wrought
remarkable change. fortnight ago we
passed over the Chicago and Burlington Rail-
road, TO the former place. 1t was difficult,
over the whole route, TO End good piece Of
esrn. 1t looked almost precisely like the
corn No had just observed between Bentons-
port and 0skaloosa. When we returned,
yesterday, it was as difficult to find poor
piece OF corn on the route MS 1t was to find u
good piece when We passed up. We saw some
farmers from the interior Of our own State,
and made many inquiries concerning this
crop, and from the answers received We were
led to believe, as We presumed was the case,
that It had improved as much in Iowa as
through the section We had passed. We
believe there will be nearly il not quite
~ much corn raised as last year; il it
lacks any thing, the greater surplus Of old
cornEill more than make up the deficiency.
The old corn has been much damaged by the
rains, but yet The quantity Of sound corn in
the State, and in>the portion of Illinois
through which We passed, viii be as great in
the autumn as usual, and probably greater.
Wheat is "gone up," as the saying is. There
is no doubt upon that point. But that is not
our great crop. Oats have vanished Also
But the loss will probably be balanced by the
Hungarian grass and the prolific timothy
The hog crop (and corn and hogs are our
great reliance) was never so good. The
number Of stock hogs is reported as greater,
and their condition as nearly or quite rs
good now as on the lst of December last
The quantity Of spare cattle, too, is great,
certainly quite the average, and most say
above it,--and though the price promises to
be low, 1t will s'help out" substantially
Wheat, oats, corn, hogs and cattle, will, we
believe, all together prove quite an average
this year, notwithstanding all the fears in
dulged in two or three weeks ago, and which
We then thought too we'll grounded for our
prosperisy's sake. The brighter prospect
which We now enjoy is pleasan. change
from the gloom Of spring and early sum
mer.
CO Lucius Case, Esq, Of Newark, is the
nominee Of the Republicans for Congress in
the Columbus, Ohio, District.
The Republicans Of the county at large
would have preferred Sam. Galloway, but
will be satisfied to have Cox beat in auv
Case.
Jhe Locofoco State Convention adopt.
ca resolutions acquicscing in the Lecomp,on
swindle, and lauding Buchanan as the purcst
and greatest statesman above ground. If
the opposition cannot carry Ohio against
such platform, there's no use talking abou,
success in the Presidential contes. of 1860.
BLAIR DErEArKp.-Barrett, Democrat, il
elected in St. Louis by nearly 700 over Blair,
and 1000 over Breckenridge. The opposi.
ton was divided, and let in Barrett by q
large minority. The Ne,cs says great fraud.
were perpetrnted by the Nationals.
COLOR AND tALiPoRNIA.-Justa at the Tins
when the people Of California have driver
the colored men out Of their borders. the
golden attractions Of fraxer's River are de.
pleting the State OF its population, and
drawing away the most adventurous Of IN,
miners, who, though they accomplish bu
little TOR themselves, are invaluable TO n,
growth and Development Of new territory
The colored people can well afford to lexy,
California for frazer's River, and Californi,
VIII probably, very soon, be vainly anxiou,
Tor Their return. II would not be strange i,
even the Chinese should be welcomed there
The eiiset OF the drain upon tho population
must be ies 10 the prices Of fast prop erty.-
PROV. Jour.
CIR The Philadelphia Press saws that a.,
editor OF the Washington Union would All
his soul Tor mess Ct Fottage. Ii he aid
says Prentice, he would chea, tho no,,.aa