St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-09

also 10 pass through RuShvlllc, and,
connecting the two points, and inter
secting the great North and South
Central road, as also one leading to
Tcrrehaut, Indiana, and SO on to the
East" The Rock Island and Alton
road is to connect the two places. This
is to pass through the Military Tract"
from Rock Island southwark, crossing
the two other roads at Rushvillc and
the Illinois river at Bcardstown, and
thence to Alton, connecting nearly or
quite all the county seats on the route.
1t is in rapid progress of construction.
The Land-hade in the Military
Tract has been subject to considera-
BILE embarrassment arising from sol
diers' patents !; many of them having
fallen into the hands of spectators,
and others belonging to minor heirs,
which have impcded to a considerable
extent the settlement Of the country.
But that obstacle is now, in n great
measure removed In the north part
of Schuyler, and the south part of Nc
Donough counties, embracing the trib
utaries of Crooked and Sugar Greeks
is section Of country which has, till
within few years past, been over
looked AS a consequence, the lands,
though of good quality, and with Il
healthy climate, range in price much
below what similar lands do in almost
any other quarter of the West. From
three to ten dollars per acre is about
the average price at which the lands
are sold in natural state, and from
ten to twenty for such as are i'm
proved.
Emigrants in thousands have passed
over this region in quest of homes,
and have settled III far worse places,
and those possessing fewer advanta-
ges The intrinsic though apparently
latent wealth of this country in soil,
timber and minerals, is now about be-
ing developed, since the excitement
occasioned by the rail road enterprise
is waking up the energies of the peo-
pie somewhat, that are here, and bring.
ing in others already upon the spur to
make capital to themselves of what
has so long been neglected.
THE Season and Crops-Rain, rain,
rain seems to have been the order of
Providence throughout great extent
of country the present season. No
more than a week, or ten days almost,
of fair drying weather has Providence
seen fit to dispense to us, in course,
since the opening of spring. As a
consequence, thousands upon thou
sands of acres lie waste, no sufficient
opportunity having been offered for
seeding. A considerable amount OF
spring wheat, however, was sown, but
perhaps not one tenth part of it is
worth harvesting, and very many
fields are left to replcnish the soil, un,
disturbed. Winter wheat falls con-
siderably below an average crop. Corn
will come in heavily in some places
where it has been well attended, but
in others it will be only a medium
crop. 1t is thought the corn crop,
with the old corn on hand, will be
scarcely sufficient for home consump.
ton.
Trade anil Business of almost all
kinds are nearly at stand in conse
quence of the scarcity Of money.
Very many of the merchants have not
been able to replenish their stocks, as
nothing but cash would buy goods,
and the farmers unable to obtain cash
for their produce, the necessity thus
created has forced upon the people "a
course of retrenchment and economy
seldom known. 1t is to be hoped that
lesson of practical wisdom may be
learned by those who have seemed to
know no bounds, heretofore, in expen
ditures for luxuries and fashion AS
to the
Aspect Of Politics it is asserted that
Senator Douglas and his political op