Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1859-03-09

tnouiy tine season f; with dry ~ea'h~r. clear
and cool but not cold. The progress Of the
season is manifested ~ the standing open Of
front doors. during business hours and. al
thor gh /, - yet rarls Spring. some things are
already coming up" The most noticeable Of
which are houses coming up 10 grade. TIE
hsttsscn H0use. large hotel. massive cor
ner block. Is rising in The wcri J. tavern keeping
going on a. usual in IL. Several ,th~r sxtens
i've blocks. in the eeutral portion Of the city
are travelling in the same direction.
The Charter .leetioa occurred on Tuesday.
the result Of which tie wire. have told you
Owing TO some matters pu'ely personal. the
The average Republican majorities are up to
those Of last year. A clean sweep has been
made Of the general ticket. and large major
ny Of the Council This, in the home Of J udgr
Douglass. IL significant His negro-t al
doctrines are bad enough his opular sover.
eighty humbug. but his "unfrie.dly legi.la.
tion ia contemplate. The suec.s.ful dodge Of
the Cincinnati platform seen TO have erobold
ened it's authors to believe that no gull trap
can be made that shall he too weak 10 catch
Democrats The rents aud riffs ia the cinein
natl concern have become 80 extensive. that
Nr. Buchsnan with the control Of the national
treasury. has not putty enough to stop the
cracks. That mkehin~ j. done for, pact 70
dempiIon. Viewing the ling from North OF
South. and at rssp.csfsl distance. 1t had
hat H. ~ ,.-opor,,o, 81
eongruity but What can lie said for a project
which holds that the constitution. The supreme.
paramount Law. may be nullif,d and over.
Turned by the "urfricndly legislation" Of a
body having no pow except what is derived
from that instrument. Great statesmanship
that
recent trip to the Mississippi. through the
Illinois River and Rock River regions. has
given me view If portions of this State had
bot before visited / was surprise, and de
lighted with those ret ions. I have seen moth
ing IN the west to compare with them. The
thrilling interss, Of DeSoio's Florida ca mpsign,
my Companion for the trip.-was not sufiic.
ienily absorbing to withdraw my attention
from the outward world. n we glided through
il. Rolling but not broken. abundan,ly wa
tered with rapid hard bottomed STRAINS. and
stored with mineral, Of which enough only is
yet known TO prove 1t probably exhsus;lc.s.
II Is destined. at no distant day. TO support
population we can at present scarcely imagine
Coal - perhaps shade better than that Of the
Wabash. but no essential difference | saw i |
selling at Rock Islani at 81 CO per ton. fnm
wagons IN he streets That however was not
the usual price The Mississippi was choked
up with ice. but not solid enough to CT, - with
teams consequently the Davenport market
krt, the price would have advanced from 81 to
IS per eent.-abort your prices.
Some Of your neighbors are intcre-is d in H. /.
liaois Central Railroad lands Mr.. CARp,
member Of the British parliament. has sub.
miited his report TO the London committee Of
foreign bonI holders. containing much inter
sstins, and some valuable matter lie says he !
visited the land, in August last. and had very
ample opportunity for inspecting the nature
aud quality Of the soil. and the condition and
l''~t~~t' W Wv S'ttrf> pun IT, " NOllu
s,riks western mind that visit in August"
could no, have given very ample opportunity
to examine body OF land about equal to one
fourteenth part of the entire territory Of Eug.
land. being over two and half millions II
scres. He estimates the whole at SII .439 900 /
in value. which he consider. moderate. There
yet remain 81. ISL 900 unsold, which IL sold At
the former price. will pay the entire debt and
leave a surplus Of sir and a half millions Of
dollars.
One thing. however. is quite manifest. and
that IL. the company has committed a grave
error in selling its lands. They have been 80 I'd
Al foo hish prices and on foo ioss time Ten
years seems very considerable part Of life I
time. wacn we lock forward. Though short
enough when look the other way. } and the
purchaser having so long a time before him.
does not hurry himself a, all. He expects the
land to pay for tself. and a. much more from
its produce This induces speculation, and +
the consequence is a small portion only Of The /
interest Is paid. The company's finances
would have been in bette. condition TO day
bad they sold their lands at one half or three
fourths the prices agreed to be paid for them,
payable in one half the time.
OF the quality Of the lands Mr.. Card speaks
in the highest terms. Compared with the hes,
10 Englsnd aud Scotland. he gives them de.
sded preference He took home with him
four specimens Of SO IL. selected at points 30
distant a. 10 afford an average Of the whole
These wefe submitted to Professor ycelcker.
consulting chemist Of the Royal Agricultural
Society o! Englsad. without any intimation
a. to whence they came. requesting . complete
analysis to be made. which vas done sod
their eenstituent elements compared 9Th those
Of their beet soils tie says: They are
especially rich IN nisrsgenised ors.nie matter. |
that nitrogen which yields the same Ammonia
for which ne are sesdiag millions sterling.
annually. 70 Peru" OF THE indispensable.
element the comparison between the Illinois
Prairie soil and the beat Englsh is a. al To -
potash. I. 90 TO "a.
"Hollasd aud Brlsism." ssys Mr. Card
put together. are not eqasl ia extent TO one
half Of Illiaoss. nor are they equal to her In 1
us,urai quality q sosl o. mineral resources .
one important fact. however. is NO, alluded
20. which needs - be orne IN mind. IN CON
pairing err wheat ssiis ~iih those Il Eurors
aud Africa wh>s; feeds ver.eiossiy upon
glassa. whenever Il - 10 ls found. bat II 10 not
fund IN ear soils. While il 10 10 those sf Rus.