, 1864-09-12

STERLING, Whltcstde County, Sept. o, 1854.
! The meeting held in this actlre, 20 ahead
little city to-day while in no sense atailure, does
not assume such huge propsrtisns as those
| that have preceded 1t. This dropping off Of
Plumbers is attributable not to falling of of
enthusiasm, but to the fact that similar
meeting WIS held yesterday At Dixon, twelve
miles cast. and TINT another will be held to-
morrow at Morrison, the shire town OF
Hhltesi1te County, fifteen miles west Il
was not expected th.t this would be a lsrne
gathering. 1Ldced In the first Instance r
believe it was intended that there should Ae
no day meeting at all In sterlisg, but the an
nounceucat OF large number Of speakers
caused the Committee slightly to vary the
programme.
The people OF Sterling nre noted for their
business activity and enterprise. The CITY
numbers scarcely four thousand inhabitants,
and yet in point Of business transacted, tts
merchants c]sim that it is the second citv in
this part Of the State. Freeport being iirst.
eln portion Of the State to admit the iu.ticc
Of the claim, I am free to acknowledge nv
establishment at the figures related to nae.
There is aE immense farming country lring
adjacent and seeking outlet ut Sterling, q
country unsurpassed in fertility, and the esle.
mcuts et eucct sstu1 business.
The traffic In agricultural Instruments and
lumber is very large and reMuueratiye. The
same mny bo said Of the milling interest,"
two thousand bushels OF wheat are daily
consumed BY the two establishments now ii,
operation here. Rock River, which here has
fall OF sixteen feet, and Is capable OF being
increased indefinitely, furnishes the 1notiye
~ NIL a3S *1.n
privilege ia the State, and I do not sec why
there shoult not spring up here an important
manufacturing city. The town ia one of the
Oldest In this section Of the State, but has
been thrifty and growing only since tho con.
etructiou Of the Airline railroad.
LOCAL POLITICS.
Whiteside county Is overwhelmingly Re-
jor,ty for the Union electoral ticket. In 1864
her majority for Butler, the Union candidate
for Treasurer, was 1,151, and for Conoreaa-
man at large, l 162. She has sent to tie field
1000 men, or nearly two fn1l regiments; but
It Is supposed that those who have since
more than make up tue drain upon
her voting. population. Assuming TINT
this be true. she will give an Ia
creased n.joritty in 1864 for Mr. Lincoln.
From the indications which are patent to An
observing mind, feel warranted in promis-
ing that glorious old Whlte6idc will pollx
majority vote OF from coo to 5000 for the
Union State and National tickets. In the
little city Of Sterling I know Of forty.one
men who have heretofore given their suf-
TRACES to the Democratic candidates, who
will In q body vote ior Lincoln and johnson
ard Dick aud the Deacon in November.
What 's true Of Sterling Is true Of almost
eyerg other town mud precinctin the county.
Sterling can be relied upon for from two
hundred and fifty to three hundred majority.
aDy time. She will give fully that In No.
vcmber.
Whiteside, with Carroll, JoDayicss, Lee,
Ogle and Stephenson are the couut,ea that
form the Third Congressional District, to
represent which in the next Congress. Hon.
E. B. Waehburne 10 the Union candidate, The
following will be about the najoritiea he
will rcceiye: