St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-06-09
ddest6ara tbe Course Of empire takes its dalap.''


are frequent and excessive. For tn
last ten days, however, no rain ha
fallen, and the weather has been clea
and beautiful but at this moment the
lightning CLEANS and the rain begins
to pour
"Don'talways write about the wealth
err interrupts my fair one "why dc
you! Do you think the people always
want to be reading about the weather
and such unimportant and common
place matters ?"
TO be sure do" is my answer
=" l.. 20 +" .""tU>r Or VI ssitG !, ,ouu uvaI
of interest to people in distant coun.
tries to learn how the weather is in
other parts at given times" More es-
pecially is it so with the scientific and
farming classes of community. One
OF the most sure and speedy methods
for acquiring cash among the farmers
OF this county is that of raising
broom Brush. This is crop easily
raised and one that always demands
the cash at some price. Three acres
of land produces, in the ordinary, one
ton Of merchantable brush and this
ranges from $40 to Sis per ton, but
an average price is about $50 to SO.
1t is gathered in the fall, and marketed
for cash before the Indian corn crop
can be turned into pork or beef. The
Aspects of The Wheat crop were never
better. The farmers are cheering them
selves with the prospect of a recove-
ry the present season from the fatal
reverses of last year Flour now
ranges at our mills at $4,25 20 S5 per
Dbl. But another Interruption
Mail Ho!" So the mail stage
trundles up to the gate. l spring
to make the change, and-to the In
telligencer, fresh freighted with sound
and wholesome intelligence. And
here's the " Free South" from Old Ken
lucky +; what a prodigy that such
journal, so pure and so intrepid in the
cause of human rights against slavery,
should live an hour amidst those tigers,
and beneath that Upas' shade 4! Thine
index born on thy front, Indicative of
thy glorious ends-to break the yoke
of the oppressed and shake the citadel
of cruelty, blOod-shed and death to
the earth, enlists our sympathics and
inspires to courage and action thou
sands that would otherwise lie DOR
mant! Success to thy labors, and
Heavens approving smile crown thy
works of love, o, Bailey
The Free South" to which your
humble servant is a regular contribu-
tor, is a bold, stirring, anti-slavery
journal, established on slave soil. Its
ostcnsible purpose is to effect the en-
tire freedom of Kentucky. Its enter
prising and fearless proprietor and
editor, w. ). Bailey, has sustained the
loss, by mobs, of $4,000! His office
and store of merchandise being to-
gethcr, were burnt to the ground. But
through the sympathy and aid of the
humane, he has rebuilt an editicc that
cannot be burned or easily demolished.
May the Free South" live and pros
per though all others fail
Great efforts are being made by the
Democracy of this State to annihilatc
all former differences between the Ad-
mlnlstration and Douglas parties; how
twill eventuate can hardly be guessed.
"Who is to be the next President ?" is
a question asked thousand times.
That, none, of course can tell, but we
hope it will be clear, cool-hcadcd,
and conscientious Republican! May
the God of all wisdom guide to the
right one, and best issues
As ever yours,
A. G. MEAcHAM.