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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-11-07

The German Agricatturist saws that
great portion of the fine flavor of
fresh butter is destroyed by the usual
mode of washing, and it recommends a
thorough kneading for the removal of
the buttermilk, and a subsequent press-
ing in linen cloth. Butter thus pre-
pared, according to our authority, is
pre-eminent for its sweetness of taste
and flavor, qualities which are retained
a long time Toimprove manufactured
butter weare advised by the same au-
thority to work it thoroughly with fresh
cold milk, and then to wash it in clear
water; and it is said that even old and
rancid butter may be rendered palata-
Bile by washing it in water to which
few drops of solution of chloride of
lime have been added.
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rae Horse Epsaes.ir in Ghsesgs

Ths Horse Eptaessic IN ChAesws.
CHICAGO, Oct. 81.
Doubt no longer exists that tbs
horse epidemic has appeared here and
is rapidly spreading. Such is the as
sertion of two veterinary surgeons
who have examined horses in several
stables. There are forty cases in Pow
ers' livery stable at Evanston. DR..
Rauch, sanitary Superintendent, has
ordered all stables in Chicago 70 he dis
infected.
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PHILADELPHIA. Nov.

-NOv'
The horse disease is rapidly inereas-
ing. There are very few teams OH the
streets, and q large number Of stree,
railroad carse have been Withdrawn
Nearly all the ears will he withdrawn
Tomorrow to rest the horses and ena-
BILE resumption on Monday. a wag-
on appeared ON Chestnut street drawn
by men. The store keepers have great
difficulty in delivering goods. :
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-11-07

The San Francisco Chroaicte argues
wen for the health of one part of the
state by saying THE only doctor in
Alpine county during the past four
wears, and came there within the last
three months, is now serving term
OF Imprisonment in the county Jail,
having been convicted ofpetty larceny.
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When Mr.. Lincoln was questioned In
regard to some of the witticisms attri-
buted to him, such as Grant and the
Whisky, &c. he laughed and said -
That papers make me smarter than I
am; l have said none of those things
with one exception. l did say, when
! had the smallpox, Snow let the of
fice-seekers come, for at last I have
something / can give to all Of them
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w. w. Henry, Esq, Of Charlotte
county, q grandson of Patrick Henry.
has sent to the State Library for pres.
ervation the original parchment COM
mission issued by the Committee of
Safety in l775 to Patrick Henry, as
Colonel of the First Virginia regiment,
and commander-in-chief Of the vir-
ginia troops. This document is dated
at Hanover Town, Hanover county.
September Is, l775, and is signed by
Edmond Pendleton, John Page, Rich
ard Bland, p. Darlington, Thomas Lud.
Lee, Dudley Digges, Carter Braxton,
James Mercer, aud John Tabb.
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"Now JOHNNY" said venerable old
lady to her six year old nephew, who
was persistently denying an oflense of
which she accused him, II know you
are not telling the truth; see it in your
eye" Pulling down the lower lid of
the organ which had so nearly betray-
cd his yeracity. Johnny exultingly re-
piled, "You can't tell anything about
1t aunty that eye always was little
streakcd.r
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A Detroit family undertook to marry
their daughter OF fourteen to man of
sixty. The ceremony was about to
take place when the girls big brother
appeared on the scene. hoisted the an
cient lover ont of doors and over the
gate, and gave him, as parting attcn-
tion. some very different booty from
what he came for.
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The Miners Journal says opropos Of
the offer made to Mr.. Colfax OF the
managing editorship Of the New York
Tribune. "it is very certain that unless
that paper passes into some such hands
after the election its power and infiu-
ence as an exponent of Republican prin-
ciples will have passed away foreS er."
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WHIST q rAsss

~ WHIST ~ TAatf Aaa
Tiredl well, and what Or thasf
Uidst fancy life WAS spent on beds OF eaee
E1utterng the rueele6vee scattered BY ne breAzes
Come, rouse thee! work while it b called to-day:
Coward, arise, 90 forth apon thy wHyi t
LoneyI ana what Of THAR
Some nrust be lonely: Ills not given " Al st.t,
To feel heart responsive rise and fall:
70 blend another life into its own,
Work may be done In loneliness; work ou!
Dark well, what OF that7
Dfdst fondly dream the sun would never set M
Dost fear to lose thy wayf Take courage get.
Leam thou to walk BY faith and not by sight, y
Thy steps wiz guided be, and guided light.
Hardi well, what OF thats
Didst fancy life one summer holiday II
VITA lesgon none 70 ieaFA, and nau9iit but piay.
60. get thee to thy taAk. Conquer or die asss
1t must be learned, learn II, then patiently,
No helpi nsy, tis not 20:
Though human help be far, thy God Il nixt,.
who feed the ravens, hear1 HIS chidrens cry;
Hes near thee wheres0eer thy footsteps roam
And He VIII guide thee, Light thee help thee home
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The Peoria Rerie,c thus corrects a
story of the Missouri Democrat, about
loo sheep who leaped through the
window of a covered bridge near Pco-
ria: This story is very near correct
There were, however, only $50 sheep
in the drove, instead OF 1000. The
bellweather did not see the open win
dow. 1t did not jump out of it. The
flock did not follow it. There is no
window in the bridge. The drover
did not drive his sheep across the
bridge; he crossed at the ferry, three
miles higher up stream. If the bridge
was 500 feet above high-water mark,
the present piers would have 10 be
heightened 460 feet, in order to reach
the bridge. There is not a covered
bridge with 100 miles Of Peoria. With
these typographical Inaccuracies the
the romance is correct.
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The Chicago Hal says Henry Clay
was the best President, save perhaps
one, We ever had" This is the Mdils
view OF 1t, and of course it has right
to its opinion but there are those who
believe General SCOTS Administration
was equally successful, as also that of
Daniel Pratt, peanut merchant. Pits
burg Commercial
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The officers of the law a few days
ago broke mp swindling insurance
company in Chicago, and found the
cbncern entirely destitute of assets and
the Office in charge OF, as the Times
says, graceless span Of scoundrels. .
Among the list of Directors Of the in
stitution, as published, the only one
whose name CLEANS with the brilliant
prefix of "H0norable" is our own YER
liable and soothing j. B. Grinnell.--
Nerily our Iowa Liberal Ref0rmers
are unfortunate in their associates
Register.
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The 0ssAe DAseose - sAe 10esease.
PHILADELPHlA, Nov. ..
There were about 1900 developes d
cases OF horse disease in the principal
stables yesterday. The indications a,r
that q majority Of all the horses are
now more or less affected.
The Second and Third street Rail-
way Company has Withdrawn three
fourths of their cars. while forty 20 fif-
ty cars have been Withdrawn on other
lines. All or nearly all will probably
stop running.
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PRESCRIPTION NO, 2,


10 the People Of tho State Of IosCd.;
Whereas, The time approaches which
custom has determined as o proper oc-
casion for all the people of the Nation
publicly to acknowledge their depen.
dence upon the Supreme Ruler.
therefore republish the accompa-
nying Proclamation of the President
'of the United States, cordially adop-
ting and approving its expressions of
the grounds we have for thankfulness
to Him who is Lord over all and
commencing to the people of iowa,
who have certainly enjoyed full share
of the blessings therein enumerated,
the recommendation to meet, on the
2Sth day of November, "A. D., 1872. in
their respective places of public wor-
ship, to join in Thanksgiving to God,
that he has so blessed our great Ma
ton; and that in his bounteous CIV
ings, in addition to the good thincs
named by the President, our own Stale
has been SO largely the subject of Di-
vine benefieence in her material, edu.
cational, benevolent and moral enter.
prises.
In testimony whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused the Great
Seal of the State to be affixed, this Both
day of October, A. D., 1872.
IL. So G. G. CARPENTER
BY the Governor:
Ed. WRIGHT, Sec. of State.
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The Presidents Proclamation has
heretofore been published.

The Liverpool returns show that dur
ing the months of July, Aug.'t and Sep
tember the departure of ships for the
United States have averaged more than
one per daylHhile the emigrants have
fiocked westW Ard at the rate of 1000
per month, or $4,000 per year. Eng
lish artisans and laborers are beginning
to count largely in the emigration, and
1t appears that they avoid Canada, as
affording fewer inducements to the in
dustrious and enterprising, than the
free and independent life ofa Republic.
Compared with other periods, as well
as the preceding quarter, the increase
of immigration is enormous. Ninety
nine ships left during the three months
for the United States, with 36, ,491 steer
age passengers and nearly 6,OOO in the
.abin. Seventeen ships left for Canada
carrying 5,607 persons. The aggregate
number of passengers was 5O,3S5, Of
whom the greater proportion uS,279)
were English, and only s. ,l04 Irish
The most notable feature of the quar-.
ter's return is the sudden access of
Swedes, Danes and Germans to the
emigration from Liverpool, no less
than 1883 of the whole number hav-
ing been drawn from the Scandinavian
and German countries. coming by way
Of Hullto Liverpool and thence to the
United States, in preference to shipping
from the Baltic direct, by the Brcmen
German Lloyds' steamers. These ves-
sells, however, have also brought large
company ofimmigrants.
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Col. j. NJ. Shelley is a roaring Lib
eral and violent anti-know-nothing
candidate for Congress, in the Keo-
kuk District. The Irish, Germans, &C.,
are expected to rush up and vote for
him, notwithstanding the following
good certificates, made in 1868, taken
from the Gate City.
KEoKUK, Oct. 18th, 1868.
l met r. W. Claggett several times in
know-Nothing Lodges at Keokuk.
j. M. SHELLEY.
KEoKuK. Oct. IA, 1868.
EDITOR GATE CRY: You make me
say in your paper this morning that
had met T. w. CIaggett several times
in Know-Nothing Lodges in Keokuk.
This is a mistake. / met him only tn
one Lodge, the precise number OF times
| cannot say, so many years have clap
sed. Please correct and oblige.
Yours, j. NJ. SHELLEY.
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MICHIGAN.


DIrRorT, Get. 81.
A tire At Grand Rapids last night de-
stroyed three hloocks on Pearl and
Canal streets. Loss $2OO,O01 mostl,
insured. One million and half fecf
OF lumber, owned by Jerome 4 Co..
was burned st East Saginaw last night.
Loss, 10000.
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TesrAhse l'lssd I'm lsasy.
RnNH Oct RI

Dispatches from Turin report no
abatement OF the food in the river Po.
Over fOnr thousand men are erecting
barriers TO prevent the further progress
OF the water. The daIi6age to crope
and. property are beyond calculation.
In Farrana alone. over 10000 persous
are homeless. Assisfance is being for
warded rapidly from all points, 10 tAe
entering,
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A WyaDdotte man appeared at the
Detroit and Milwaukee depot, with o
large mirror under his arm, and while
waiting for the train, he sat the mirror
down against seat. A big dog own
ed by a saloon-keeper wandering in and
out soon caught sight of the ugliest and
meanest dog he ever saw, reflected in
the mirror, He arched his back and
rolled his eyes, and the other dog did
the same. He showed his teeth and
lifted his back little higher, and the
other dog followed suit. At length,
angered beyond control, the dog gave
a howl and jump, intending to get the
other dog by the fore-paw. There was
a smash and crash, a time of cursing
and kicking, and the Wyandotter went
to see the chief of police about having
some one shot.-Detroit Free Press.
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VOLUME "a.
Hrs. HORACE GREELEY

q
Mrs. Horace Greeley is to be buried
at Greenwood Cemetry to day, in
New York. Her funeral sermon 10 to
be delivered by the Rev. DR.. Chaplin,
the eminent Universalist Divine, and
her remains win be followed to the
grave by an immense dhrong Of sym
pathizing friends.
Her maiden name was Cheney and
she was teaching school in North
CarolinS when she married Horace
Greeley.
She has been sorely afflicted for
years, which . recent visit to Europe
failed to alleviate.
In the face Of this great calamity,
which makes tho whole world akin,
the Philosopher, Of the Tribune, will
not only have the coincidence Of all
good men and women, but will have
an immunity from many of the
envenomed shafts Of the Journal
lit, and the invcctives of the ora.
tor, who invariably make an aspirant,
for any great office, their legitimate
target. Daily NdU. LIT.
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Hon. D. F. Murray don't like Texas,
and will be at home about the first of
January. He 10 the Senator from Mad
ison county, this State.
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WssdAaal 4 tlaaia CssA~ u sasier.
New YoRK. Nov. 2.

Victoria e. Woodruff was arrested
this morning, on q warrant sued out
by A. NJ. Challis, charging her with
gross libel. Warrants were also iss,sed
against Mrs. Woodruff, and her part
ner in business, on complaint of other
parties ON like charge. Wnotlhull K
Clafiin were also arrested by the T.. 5.
Marshal on achargc Of sending obscene
publications through the ina,ls while
they We're in carriage preparing for
night, with copies OF their publications
in the carriage with them. On being
brought before the L. 5. Commission
er the Assistant District Attorney
charged them that they were also gull
ty Of nbelling people all over the coun-
try. The Commissioner decided to ad-
NIT the accused to bail in 5000 each.
but no bail being furnished, they were
sent 10 Ludlow street Jail.
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The Jesuits Of New York propose
to build q third church in that city.
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The Chinese Free-masons Of Oregon
City have lodge Of their own.
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Tho woodruff Clafiin weekly is re-
vived with . circumstantial account Of
an alleged Unlawful intimacy between
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs.
Theodore Tilton. The account says
that this intimacy has been continued
for years. We have not the least doubt
but that this 10 the grandest piece OF
attempted blackmailing and of slander
than has been perpetrated in this coun-
Try for years. II frst-class demon is
desired such On article may be found
in supcrlauye degree in woman
who abandons every shadow Of purity
and rides exultantly upon the wave Of
sll the vices.
The Jexebcls, Victoria Woodhul
and Tennie Clafiiln, we see by our tel
egraph dispatches, since writing thu
shove, have been arrested upon tn,
charge Of printing obscene publica
tions, and falling to give bail, hay,
been confined in the Toc.nbs.
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. -. -7--T-'F7l7"
This terrible malady is liable to be:
come National. II Il making sad hav.
A. thronohor, ~. r..sa~r s...s. :.
s',.e .0's s' A1'ln S'a'es. =
may, III iew weeks, oe among rs, and
for this reason we give from the Mon
treal 4Gdsette. Canada. where this dis-
.. .;~;s ~ .... -,
S"'o osa ''o "oa''nen. thorc
used and found beneficial. The Gazette,
after stating that the sick horses should
MT he taken mt IN wet westher and
- .as,.. ~
...a' u'ey snouia oe icu y. On ioou easily
dlgested-such % oat meal cruel, boil
ed oats and barley, or bran-with fre.
onent snono;po of the noetr;,s .ra ~.
,,
ouof'zing tne s1aoic WIN carooilc
dfsinfectant Gays:
Prescription No. 2 Given below
should be administed every morning
ana evening. ~ the tnroat should be
sore--Whlcn can 1e ascertained by
pressure ol Tue nano upon the iarynx
auous ~ .w1 .a1le m sPoonluls M Q. prescrlP,
uon NO. ! !aiso gwen peioW) snoqid
a. oa~Snad - .ho Il r,,s~ 81 thaa, . = A.oaso '..
little danger. but II 1t descends to the
lungs, which will be indicated bv the
continued standing nm of the animal
cold extremities and labored breathing
"a half pound Of mustard should he
mixed with two ounces of turpentine
and water to the consistencv nf th;cL
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on1lIlllllyyIlEIz
ADovT 1K1 rsnAELI1EA sa
Perhaps no slander sbout Gen.
Grant, has been adhered to with great
or pcrtinacity, than the one that he is
hostils 70 the Israslites, and with him,
the Republican party also. sThe lie has
been stuck to.worthy Of better cause.
II has grown ont ofthc fact, that dur
ing the crisis Of the war, when General
Grant and the army under his com
mand was etrsining every effort 10
subdue the rshelliois an order in the
Aeld was hastily issued BY Adjutant
General Rawiins saying that the cot
ton trading sJsws, who asA class are
violating all orders Of the Military
Department should b expelled"
Every man who vas IN the service,
' knows thatthe army was continually
harrssssd In it, operations, BY an army
ofvultures.who were lowering on its
'front.' rear and hank, to gobble up cot
ton by "a sorts Of illicit means, not
hesitating to trade powder, lead, per-
cussion caps quinine, or anything else
invaluable 70 the enemy, for Il. They
were constantly subsidizing weak and
leaky commander on our side, and
conveying information to the enemy.
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an.mv TN. Ia. q hn,,,,.,... 80.
thievs1 .na uncopscior .hra = =. v.r.haas. & [
vara a .rmv r.r,.n.. .,..sss =
lot. arava Mt h.c.,.. .h.- -. ~
Israelites bv .nv me.r. s.- .u 49,.
exoent the resnect.hl. 80. .,..s
ran,esspt.a .mon. .,... .....-s
bnt fbr the re..on th.t =. aa..e
coussut the entire on,ft LA Como "a
~ asss...t.a \. ~
much tha sams I. ~. ..,n 80 L,
ealled .syanr.n "a - -
.Johnnies ~,
Thev vera nnt ~ ,~,.. rn.;, g.
hear.ncs h.A $3.50 - -.
vASr {. h.To-. s...s., g. 80.
Th,af. ~ 49, - -. - go =. -. w
-. h.a ,,',t - - ~. ms.
- =. irv.,,a ,..r"s ..Ss. ..a
r = them sii ontsids a. one I I;ras "a
aaa using the ready term ..Jews. > be,'
Il h.d hecoms .h.,- .o,.nn,,..
ana ~,thor. ! 80. .,,.....- r.
th.t a.. = - 80 . .ssss.: As - n.au
49,. 90 ..-,.,- .. ess. .pon ~.
T.,..,,t.. .hs ...,..s s'"'s y
A. 80, - - :. S.0 ,.
-. ...... ~.s. o'o'0u ,na'
"a ofEsns,va - ,hs Isr.s,,,.s :. ,a...
and Z. eoon !. i 80 ..,,.a = ~
tent,or ~ " T;n.o,n e a;.s...s
revocat,or - W.. or...,-s 49,,
A.. o.a.. ~ S'ua0 :"
~.
~ ~ ~ !. 0ous.usrou ina ispen.
az .,,...s 80 : ~sa..0 = 'ne army ana
!. .,..-s = 80 Ss.s0. anu "es on'!
.on.trr.a ss, ~ ,e;,e'ionaoe' wne"
nn,,n,.d -,.h ~. .:.......sa. - :.
sasa Ara .h,. 80. - ..s..Ss s...."... :. .ns
and ,or.l I.-..,,.. !, ~ ,ssa e r
.,,.a - r-. ~ . A'."
a.m..a -" = w. 80 Me
Sss.t ..s.,. o ~ NV - 'ne''
NJ Isr.sIsts ~. " -. | sac .
~. .corra,.,. r...... a.. ). .s1 ra'.
Ao S1lsis Ple'chuing " Oeiohe
70 sne'r race, who wero In common
with al other nationalities and faith.
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old appearance. The car companies are
putting OIL more cars to-day. Ninety
horses died during the past "a hours. =
Doctors who examined the bodies OF
some Of the dead horses report symp-
toms OF pneumonia, also signs OF ty-
phoid fever on several smaller intes.
tines -ttssse- y
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SYRACUSE, Oct. 81.
The horse disease is abating here,
favorable weather hayinga goo1 ef-
feet.
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saltwater, Minn., has 25,00O,OOO feet
OF logs to winter over.
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The Chicago 1ri0une contains the

The Chicago Tribune contains the
following:
"Judge Underwood of the United
States Court in Virginia. coniiscated
the hne residence of w. N. Mcveigh,
in Alexandria, and his wife became
the purchaser; which proceeding the
Supreme Court of the United States
pronounced to be - blot upon our ju-
risprudence and civilization Under
wood now refuses to recognize the de-
srse OF the higher courts"
The Tribune should have added that
John G. Underwood was one OF the
Unfortunate appointments which Mr..
Lincoln made; that he has been be-
dragging the ermine of United States
District Judge Of Virginia, in making
tyrannical and unconstitutional decis-
ions, and In delivering violent partisan
speeches for Greeley. He is just now
trying to evade tho effects of his own
acts by hedging on Liberalism.
And he IL . fair specimen OF tho
whole kettle Of prominent Liberal fish
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oyxICn-os tas ossner Market and 80.
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Charles Sumner waited until the
Greeley bauble Collapsed and then
writes the following letter declining
the democratic nomination for Goven-
or of Massachusetts
/" In acknowledging your commun-
ication, ! beg to repeat this declaration,
most sincerely, desiring that no person
should vote for me. Beyond this per-
sonal wish, which trust will not be
disregareded, is the consideration that
IT chosen ! could not serve. At the
same time ] express my grateful sense
ofthe trust reposed in me by the con-
ventions which united in this nomin-
alton. Ny acknowledgements are es-
pecially due to the conventions repres-
enting fell0w-citizens to whom I have
for long time been opposed on i'm
portant public questions. beg them
TO believe that am not insensible to
their good will, which is enhanced by
the sign II Chords that past differences
are absorbed in a common desire to
secure for our country the incompar-
able blessing of peace and reconciliat-
ion under safeguards Of good govern
ment, and with the principle of the
Declaration Of Independence as our
rule Of conduct.
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The experiment ofgrowing cotton in
California, according to the San Fran.
cisco Bulletin, is success. Tho land
selected was at Snellings, Mexico Co.,
an old and prosperous settlement on
the rich bottom lands of the Mercer
river, about eighteen miles from the
plains of the San Joaquin valley, and
within 140 miles from San Francisco.
At Sncllings and its vicinity about 500
acres of cotton was planted by differ
ent individuals. In every planta-
ton il is asserted that no plant
ever grew more luxuriously, while
the amount of growth made in q
single year is remarkable. The
Bulletin says: Many of the stalks are
over an inch in diameter. and from four
to six feet high, with abundance of
branches. The number Of bolls upon a
branch is large, in fact, sometimes out
of all proportion to the size of the
plant, for branches half an inch in di-
ameter are freduently seen broken
down from the main stalk by the weight
of the bolls they contain. After such a
success it is safe to assert that numbers
of other farmers in the San joaquin
will take to growing cotton next year,
as all doubts as to the uncertainty and
profitableness of its cultivation must
now vanish.