Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-07

condition hich ie fsr from Halter Eg to say
the best. The state Of the market is such
that farmers who are not absolutely compelled
to sell their produce ~ get means for the sup
port OF their fsmilirs or 10 aDsssr some pTees-
ing demands. refuse to bring the gram or pork
10 market. The amount received 10 growing
less and less every day. This. as . matter ol
course, has depressing effect upon all kinds
oftrade. When once the trade with the coun.
try is cut down. other trade suf.rs proportion
ally Matters, as they now stand could be sup
ported for . while comfortable ii there was
any present prospect Of = change tor the bet
ter, but as things have become mixed up
( As the trouble is OF q national character it is
7 very dlffault to state when the clouds will
break and roll away. Every day we hear
grumbling among our merchants Of the search
ty Of email chsDge-snd large as we'll. The
general desire 70 keep what one has got and
get all they can lay by r. a rainy day is do
ing n uch to stsgnate trade.
! Tn. people continue TO lose conf lence in
4 he t!mes. 1t has been three yesrs since trou-
ble commenced in earnest, and it was cont
IDENTIFY expected tha, with the incoming Of the
bountiful harvest Of the past sesson that all
the vestiges OF hard time. woud be wiped
out a nd that business would move on untram.
meled. But these calculations, though fou- i
ed in sense and eason. have been pro o.trat
ed by the uprising OF diticultie. heretofore un
I n he fl.Aya ar ff hA
country. Ia this matter, We Of the Wes. are
not the only sufferers. Far from it, T en-.
tire country, from one extreme to tbs other. is
feeling alike tn effects Of tn. rising -;orm. A
gentleman informs us that the very b.s, .ho t
time paper in the City Of New York. Is nego-
tiated only with the greatest difficulty. Good
individual notes drawn by Western men of un-
doubted credit-which a fe mouths since
would have been con,idered stan ndard paper 10
not Dow looked At and what is worse the best
notes Of Eastern men are hawked about the
streets-in the very neighhorhood VIII re they
we're drawn. aud are Of en- di.regarded a, two
and three per cent per month. When such
is the case there, how can it be expect ed
that trade will be otherwise than dull
and dropping 10 the West. The Hon. J J.
i Lindiey, who has ust returned from a trip TO
ST. Louis. reports that huainers of all kinds is
feaIfully stagnsnt-that, in f.ct, such a general
depression on all hands, was never before
known-scarcely ever dreamed Of Merchants
are gloomy and despondng From those Sec
tions where large t.ade was confidently ex-
peeted-where it has heretofore been com
mandei it lie almost suspended Large houses
are feeling the shock severely, and the best
and the most hopeful have fearful forebodinR.
Of the future Manufactures are either entire
Iy suspending "pera,ions or reducing them to
low mark. and al 10, K to the future with feel
ings Of deep solctude.
A gentleman who has lately been East with
view of negotiating funds to carry on a large
business here reports very favorsbly. Though
he could comm nd the requisite amount If pa
per winch 10 good times would be considered
first class. and snstched up eagerly. it was OF
no immediate value now confidence being too
much Impaired to renler it possible to nego
tia,e. This instance alone goes against us, but
it is oaly one Of thousands which are being ex.
p-risncei all over he country.
Where the trouble will end-uhere or when
the stot NJ which is r-ing will reach i,s height
or spend its fury, it is utterly impossible to
prognosticaie Troublous times are upon the
people. 1t is useless to deny It, Time can be
better spent in receiving notes of arnrg. and
making rreparst ons for legitimate defence
Our city has seen trials before, and We predict
that her citizens will face what may CT me now
with manly courage. We have only to work
the harder and be content w ith fewer and lees
buky returrs.
There is in the country-we have among
ourselves, the means to bear up against ain oct
any crisis with which We may be fomentei
SO long as the soil continues to yield abundant
ly-eo long as there comes aeason OF drouth
or other causes iuimlcal to agricultural pur-
suts, 80 long - famine and epidemic are kept
from us, there is opportunity for all to be clothed
and fed. come what else may. Let US hope for
,hs best. and struggle for prosperity and hap
ness Let expenses in families and communi.
ties be curtai.ed, and let economy and indus-
try prevail. This is the best method of with
standing such trouble. The rigid practice Of
such advice will. at all events, do no harm. and
cannot fail OF being beneficial, 10. matters turn
as they may.
EXPLOSION OF A LAMP.-It is generally be.
lisved that ro-ene or Coal oil now extensive.
ly used N this vicinity fo- lighting urpose, is
entirely inexpiusIve aud harmless but u little
incident at Mr. Millers Hardwar. Store, the
ether day, serves to throw some doubt upon
that belief. large hanging lamp. use1 for
lighting the store. was turned down one even
ing last week, when the s,ore closed for
the night, but on opening 1t again 10 the morn
ing 1t was found that the wick had not been
turned q 'wn quite enough to extiugu,.h the
flame, and il had continued to burn little all
night. On attsmpt.ng to turn it down as TO
extinguish 1t, the moment the " ick was ed,
the lamp burst with 9 report loud as pie
tol. knocking it into . thousand pieces, and
scattering them over the room The Oil vac
split on the floor and burned with fash No
damage was done. cave a eight scratch Of Mr..
Aillers sace from one of the pieces of gls.s
We presume the cause Of the explosion was
that the heat OF the burning wick created Q
gss from the oi faster tn il wAs consumed
by the limited fame, and as the wick was
some whnt gammed up and fittel closely where
It Was charred. it could not escape. Tn mo-
Iu-nt the wick sas loose ed. it opened q c IN
munlcatiOn bet " cen the q .me aud heated pss
and caused The sYni,,.,on