Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-07-20
Various Matters.

VRAAV0O &NAekV9O80s
To editor Utarned yesterday morning
frqA vi5k toN pntral Ohio, taking in his
foS Tho litf of Chicago, Cincinnati
~ 81. eai< Having collected few
ho( BY ~ nay, (6ps bank notes, dear
rssdSr,) be pfSP sammins them up
briefly:
The crops in Illinois, Indisna and Ohio
are tolersbly fair. In the latter State, as
in Iowa, the average yield Of wheat to the
Ssrs Is snvtAas great % In soms FORMER
seasons, hut the quality Of the grain is
superior. Corn promises fair also, but not
nsar = good a. In lowe. Anpaverags crop
Of apples will be raised but no peaches.
Times ore harder than they were last year.
The manufacturing interests Of Dayton are
lang,iishing. Most Of the factories are
closed or running with less than half Of their
usual force. %
1--WE stopped several days 10 Xenia, where
everything 10 in statu quo. The town has
net materi lily changed, we are told, in
the hast quarter Of a century, though it
possesses substantial elements Of prosperity
and viii slwsys be an important point. -
\ Much dissatisfaction Is expressed by some
citizens Of the town and county concerning
tho practical effect Of Wherefore Univer.
sity, an institution at that place under
tho patronage Of the Methodists, designed
for the education of the free blacks OF Ohio.
Oontlaryto the expectations Of its benevolent
originators, the school 10 mostly filled up with
the bleachsd varieties Of the African race sent
up by their white paternal ancestors in the
Southern States, some Of whom have bought
land and located their Legitimate offspring
permanently in the vicinity Of the instits.
ton. The colored people of Xenia number
upwards Of seven hundred, or about
one fifth Of the entire population, and if
they continue to increase in the ratio of the
past few years they will soon out-number
the whites. We mention this fact as matter
Of public interest, without presuming to
say whether these complaints are we'll
founded or not. 4, 4e (, Z. - = ts4 ID '
~ Politically, there is an unusual stiffness
/ in the Buckeye State. No excitement,
whatever, has yet shownitself. The Repub
licans, Of course, feel confident of carrying
the State, Notwithstanding the Boosting Of
the Doeglas men. The adherents Of the
Administration sloughed off Of the main
portion Of the party at the late State Conven'
ton and will run a Breckenridge and Lane
ticket. Their Convention is to be held on
the l4th of August. ase52
J There is less activity in trade in Chicago
Cincinnati and St. Louis than usual at this
dull season of the year. Many mechanic:
! in St. Louis would be glad to gel
work at 81 to 81 Is per day. Most Of thu
Muscatine boys who went there for employ
meut are doing we'll, however. Our fa
friend, Tom Farmer, who is acting as dis
charging clerk on the levee tor the Northern
Line packets, Informs US that he has han
died an immense Quantity of Muscatin'
freight this season, and that according te
his observation Muscatins ships more freigh
to St. Louis than any other town on th'
Upper Mississippi. This opinion is corrob-
grated by other rivermen with whom VI
have eonyersed. Our city stands fair in the
estimation Of the business men of thu
ssMound City" and of the pubic generally