Year: 1862

Meeting an intelligent man while the cars
waited at station, to. day, l asked him as to
the feeling of the people about paying direct
taxes. "It would come mighty hard" said
he 'ifor us out here in Illinois to do it, but
it must be done. 1 go in for paying as we
90. 1t will be our salvation. II will bring
economy, and that is what we want. We
have got corn and wheat enough to feed all
creation, but we can't sell it. If we could
sell it for any thing we could carry on this
war and lick England into the bargain"


The people of the West are feeling the
war. They have a surplus Of products. To-
day have rode through thousands of acres
| of corn still standing in the field. AT every
station you see immense corn cribs. 1t is
selling for eight aud ten cents per bushel
along the line of the railroads, which leaves
nothing to the farmer who has to move it a
| half dozen miles from his farm. Hogs are
selling for 81 a hundred. The people are
nearly all in debt. They have lost heavily
by the breaking up of the banks. They are
| in debt for their lands, for their improve
ments, for their stock, their Implements for
everything. The Central Railroad has gone
into the produce business, and is paying
eighteen cents per bushel for corn, which is
taken in payment for lands. They prefer
this course rather than receive the lands into
their own hands again.





collect its own portion of the national as.
sessment, and thus save the fifteen per cent
allowed by the act of Congress. 1t is said
that the State will advance the money in
anticipation of the taxes; but the gentleman
before referred to desires that the collector
shall make his appearance directly before the
people. He believes that that will do more
Than any thing else toward awakening them
toa true sense of the condition of the country


ECONOMY.


Economy has commenced already in the
consumption of tea and coffee. To day
heard two ladies talking upon the subject
Said one: 81 shsn't buy any more coffee; i
is thirty cents a pound. We shall drink ryl
coffee st our house" Her companion de
clared in favor of corn coffee aud sassafra
tea. Secretary Chase will not realize grea
increase of revenue from the increased tarii
rates on these articles. Why not have a ia,
on tobacco2 upon every gallon of liquor dis
tlled2 1t is evident that we must come t.
direct excise duties if we are TO carry on ou
present rate of expenditure.


KING COTTON IN THE NORTH.


King Cotton is about to emgrate north
ward. There is great inquiry upon the sub
iect of cotton culture. 1t appears the oil
settlers raised cotton without any difficult
upon the prairies. The actual record out
WEIGHS Ill luCOI'GEs luO OhlJ bulnS hCSuC
is an aeclimated plant. notice that seed
to be brought here from Port Royal. If sue
seed is distributed to the farmers of Illinois
it is within the bounds Of reason to say tha
the attempt to raise cotton here will be
failure Is there any one so little versed i
the habitats of plants as to believe that Sc
island cotton can be grown on the prairieE
You might as well expect the gourd, bi
mama and plantain to grow in Greenland
What Massachusetts farmer does not kno'
that Virginia corn will not come to maturit
on the hills of Worcester County, II GOV
ernment is TO supply cotton seed to th
Western farmers, let the upland seed be OF
tained-that which has become acclimate
to short seasons


The Illinois Central Railroad Company
employing an agent to collect informatio
upon the cotton culture in the State
/ former years.


. Let the proper seed be distributed, and b
fore a twelvemonth will have passed II
mills of Lowell and Lawrence will be hun
ming with Illinois free. labor cotton. 1t is
little singular that the facts in relation
its culture here have so lately been brougl
TO light while the capabilities of Englan
Africa, Asis, South America aud Austral