The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-07-19

ruthless bull dog. I refer to this the
more especially because We were told
by our gentlemanly driver that such de.
lays were frequent, and sometimes much
longer 70 the great annoyance and dis.
comfort Of passengers. Now, the stage
company, or the people Of Des Moine'
ought to correct this needless-indeod
provoking annoyance. Ir the passen.
gers arc to be kept waiting, ono OF more
hours, to cross the Reacoon river, they
ought to be permitted to have breakfast
before taking the stage. The evil exists
and if il be a matter Of too much deliea.
ey to compel this drone Of a ferfyman tO
Be prompt, and especially to treat pass
engers with eivility, surely some other
person ought to be engaged 10 this i'm
portant service or a bridge should Be
speedily constructed to obviute all delay
and difficulty on the subject. The good
citizens of this beautiful city Of De'
Moines, full Of elastic energy, and enjoy
ing, as I an assured, much wealth and an
enviable reputation for intellectual and
moral attainments, cannot but upprecl.
ate in its true light, this vexatious ineon.
veniencc as one, although Of minor i'm
portance, we'll calculated to divert travel
aud prejudice public sympathy in its be-
half.
Wnterset is the county seat Of Madi.
sor county 30 miles from Des Moineu
and contains about 1900 inhabitants. II
is situated on the open prairie rather too
level at and Immediately around il but
Il is iiourishng, with good timber In the
vicinity and an abundance OF limestone
and building materials. The county Is
generally undulOting and unsurpassed in
the quality and fertility Of is soil, and is
regarded as among the very best in the
state for agricultural purposes. II is
well supplied with timber mostly bur-oak,
interspsrsed so as TO be accessible with
little inconvenience. The water is ex-
cellont and in quantity sufficient for the
public want aud well distributed | had
no opportunity to use 2rtain the udvanta-
ges which Wintersot enjoys for religious
educational, moral and industrial pro.
gress. It is settled principally by emf,
grants from Indiana, but there are some
from Ohio and other places.
Fqptinelle is 81 milos from Wintcrset
and is the county seat Of Adair county,
thinly populated and with little timber,
but it has fertile soil, much rolling prai-
rie, and is we'll supplied with good water.
The town is small but well built with
frame buildings painted and presenting o
neat and comfortable appearance. Ithas
one store and one large hotel, two stories
high, the "Pacife House" which is re.
we'll kept Quincy, tho county
seat Of Adams county, is s5 miles from
Fontinelle, and 80 from Des Moines. 1t
is small, commencing in 1868, and in the
heart Of an excel Mt agricultural county.
Timber, water and stono quarrics, are
abundant, and very equally distribute d,
with the exception of timber, which IL
considerably less in the cast than in tho
west half Of the county. The motive
power for machinery is very plenty, and
the prairies are high, dry aud rolling, and
veins Of store coal are numerous espec-
tally along the Nodaway.
There is greut excitement in Northern
Missouri and indeed throughout that
much abused state. Col Curtis has Just
sung a sw ct lullaby ofreposo to the moi.
sy and clustering secessionists at Savan-
nah, Ia miles north Of St. Joseph. A
decided majority Of the inhabitants OF
Missouri, are loyal to the national govern.
ment, but they are generally property
holdors-and property is always iimid
because exposed to destruction, in revo.
lutionary times, from aruthless mob who
then seek opportunities for devastation
and plunder and not unfrequontly with
the expectation that they will find apollo
gists for their conduct in unprincipled
parasites and mousing peculators. This
explains briefly the reason why a majori-
ty are necessi:ated to succumb to the in
tolerance Of lieentious minority
Were it not for the famous leaders of
that State who have control Of It's govern
ment there would be little or no difficult
y J but they had been elected without a
suspicion Of their disloyalty among the
great mass of the people who acted in
yood faith under the leadership Of that
POLITICAL gulleatc4sr, the "M.ssouri Re-
then enjoying a very liberal
patronage and extensive circulation and
ulminating forth the pfs-emlnenco of
.ackson-showihg hers + Odd whig head
md body dyed IN he ipool, there is fap.
ling democratic wings, aud anon is
quivOcal secession tail. These leaders
iaving secured their official position
brew oft the mask underwhich they had
sen disguised aud moved heaven and
arth 10 foster mischief and raise storm
a behalf OF disuaion which they could
ot control nof quiet, nor had the man
ood or courage 70 repress,
Il is hoped that their career 10 nearly
I an end, Tor the concentration Of FEEDER
! troops from Illinois, Iowa and Kansas
pom the borders Of Missouri, wouldseem
D justify that inference. No State has