Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-03-22

1 THE NEXT HARvEsr.-The next har-
vest in Scott county will be anxiou.ly looked
for. Upon it depends the financial salvation Of
many men who have by great exertions pro-
cured extensions on their paper, which fell due
last fall. The amount of land that will be
seeded this year. will far exceed any former
season, and should the crops prove good, and
prices fair, the Indebtedness Of our farmers and
business men will be pretty uch extnguished.
Thousands of dollars of this indebtedness has
been wiped out from the proceeds Hast years
crop, and what remains can be liquidated,
should this season prove prosperous one
1t will be many years ere this community
will fall into the errors Of 1855, SO and 81
In those years speculation run rife among ue,
and everybody anticipated making large for
tunes with but a small amount of exertion. -
And some Of our citizens did make fortunes,
but with mad spirit of speculation and an
intense deeire to swell their .pile, they ven.
tured too far, and when the crash came, they
were among the unfortunates found in the gen
ersl ruin. 1t is not more than five yesIs since
one Of our most industrious and enterprsing
men had SO much money that he knew not
what to DO with it. In the late crash he fell and
we now find him at the foot Of the ladder, pre-.
pairing TO again commence the arduous ascent
His courage is unshaken, ard he sure to rise.
but the lessons he has learned will be remem
hered to the latest day Of his earthly existence
here are numbers Of similar instances that we
might enumerate, but they are all we'll known
to our citizens, and have been talked Of
thousand times
Act with more caution in future if you would
avoid being wrecked. Leave speculating to
those who are anxious to get rid of their sur
plus cash Do not hope to rend r yourself in
dependent without great deal Of labor and
toll, and If by stroke of fortune you do be
come suddenly rica, You will have the satisf.c-
ton of being agreeably disappointed.
Ponce The examination of John
lam, of Princeton, charged with larceny, was
set for two o'clock yesterday afternoon, but
when the time arrived, owing to certain in
iluences which the knowing ones vel! under
derstand Mr. Uan did not make HE ap-
pearance. He was in the custody OF Sheriff
Ihorington on Tuesday afternoon bat we
could not learn that any one had charge Of
m yesterday morning. 1t is said that he
went down the river on the Grey Eagle. The
ficts We gather them are these: A Mr.. II.
S.LIa,f.llt afN Eal1 y,,,
tice Claussen as Trustee for Frank P.ummer
and Peter Lau, Esq ., chattel mortgage on a
large amount of property, among which were
two horses and mule. When the mortgage
maiured, Mr. Plummer took possession of the
property and removed it to the farm of Mr
nruse, who afterwards allowed Sehlotfeld. to
use the horses and mule for day or two. and
while using than to stable them in his (Schlot !
fe1t'-) barn. The night before the property
was to be sold under the mortgage, Ulam |
went to Schlotfedlt's barn and taking the two
horses and mule, took them to Clinton county. |
A nj hit or two afterwards, he conveyed one
horse and the mule to Illinois, where he at |
tempted successfully to dispose of them. Mr. |
P!ummer soon after ascertained their where |
abouts, and succeeded in rec, vering them
The other horse is now in Clinton county, in I
the possession OF a man to whom Uam sold !
it. Several circumstances pointed suspiciously |
towards L lam as the thief, and by little dex
ferrous management, he was led to confess that
he had taken the horses, with the view of
raising money enough on them to carry him 10 /
Pixies Peak. He was then arrested. Ulam's
friends say that he was hire! ty Schlotielit to
TN off the pronerty. but that Schiotfeldt en-
pbaticslly deni4s. At any rate, he knew that
there was a NOR, gage on the property. Thing,
lave come to pretty pass in this county, when
criminals are permit ed to go at large, though
nominally in charge of officers of the law.
!. H.,