The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-29

| The Wests.Its Crops aAA Trade.
The present aspect Of affairs in many OF
oar principal Westsrn cities, and the distrust
with which Eastern merchants look spon
trade from that section, are suggestive q
what should be the policy Of farmers q The
present time. The folly OF boarding crops
in she expectation Of future rise in prices, -
think. has been fully demonstrated within
the past two years. 1t has been injurious to
the farmer, because in nine Gases ont Of ten
the producer cannot afford to aot ~ specula-
tor. II has been injurious to the trader, be-
| cause from the proceeds OF the farmers crops
alone could he expect to obtain payment for
his goods; for the various causes which in
ducsd extsnsive emigration 80 the West some
years since, sent there : GLASS OF people whose
ready capital was exhausted ia their land
purchase, farm stock, seeds, stc. They saw
bat ons side OF the pioture-that which re-
vealed 10 them goldso visions Of large crops,
and an unlimited demand. But the Oalifor-
MIA discov sries, the Crimean war, stc.-which
creAtsd large foreign, and tho mania for
railroad building large domestic, demand
ceased and with this cessation Game q reac-
tion in prices. The ssseven plenteous years"
had gone, ths formers wore unwilling to sell
Ct diminished Dpricss, and BY ono dodge and
another, with the aid Of spectators, succeed
Cd in producing fictitious panic, hoping
thereby 30 advance prices, but the immense
crops OF this year, with tho large surplus
stock that cannot be longer concealed, has
taught them BY bitter experience the folly Of
such q course.
1t is msnifestly, then, the true policy Of
the Western farmer to send his crops to mar
ket even il be does not realize more than the
cost Of producing them--rather than follow
the course pursued in 1857 and '58.
There 10 nothing in the present or pros.
high prices and BY realising the present val
traders, and the traders are enabled to set
tie with their Eastern creditors.
In 20 doing, credit IL restored; the products
Of the country are on their way to the sea-
board, to supply the Eastern demand, and
for shipment. There 10 another suggestion.
Let the West take the initiatory ateps in dis
couraging tho foreign importations by per-
sistently refusing to buy. just so long as
they purchase foreign fabrics, without any
foreign market for their grain, just so long
will they remain in debt, and keep the cur
rent Of specie setting towards Europe, while
American grain waits for buyers and CON-
sumsrs.--[ Boston Com. Bulletin.
New. Ohm IL McCtunk DrOWD Cd.
Dispatches received at Louisville announce
the death, by drowning, Of Rev. John A..
McClung, pastor Of the Presbyterian Church
at Msysville, KY. This event occurred At
Niagara, where MIR. McClung has been spend
| ing the summer. No particulars have reached
US. Mr.. McClung was the son Of . celebrA-
| tod jurist in the early annals OF Kentucky,
and his mother was sister Of Chief Justice
l a.. tad fo~ - =:
afterwards studied law and became politi-
cian, and then resumed his profession as .
clergyman, preaching in Louisville, at In
disnapolis, aud at Maysville, near which
place he was born. He was brother Of Col
McClung Of Mississippi.
The following particulars of his death viii
be read with sorrowful interest, by his nu
merous friends:
; Mr.. MoClung left Maysvil'e about the 81
inst, with view to visit the Water Cure es
/ adjustment near Cleveland, and other places
in quest Of health. ltsppsars, however, tha
he stopped on the 9th, at public house il
Tonawanda, village in Now York, on the
Niagara river, eight miles above the Falls.-
II is evident that he intended to spend som,
, time at this place, recreating in name,
best suited to his feeble health. How soor
after his arrival 1t was that he took the fata
stroll, We are not informed; but it seems tha
his continued absence for several days in.
duced the landlord to examine his room anc
. carpet-bag, which resulted in deceased',
name and residence being found on the Rly
, leaves Of two books contained therein.
The landlord at once addressed letters Of
inquiry to the authorities of Maysvlle, sta.
ting the circumstances and his fears. Friend
started Immediately for Tonswanda, and nf
ter thorough search, the clothing of Mr.
J McClung was found on the shore Of the rive
near the village, rendering it evident that tn
deceased had gone into the river to battle
and ignorant Of the power of tho stream, ven
tured too far, and thus persisted.