The grain and other produce, which had been kept back on account of low prices in the fall, could not be brought to market in the spring on account of the bad condition of the roads. At this time, however, the streets are crowded with teams, fair prices are paid for produce, debts are being liquidated, the merchants and mechanics are busy and satisfied, and every interest is reviving. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: On the 17th August, this office was destroyed by fire. The building--a three-story brick--in which it was situated, was owned by J. L. McCormick, Esq., and was the first brick building erected in the town. It was built in 1839.] CHAPTER X. Census--Occupations--Schools, Churches &c.--Business Houses --Grain Trade--Ice Trade--Coal Field--Peru Coal Shaft-- Advantages for Manufacturing--City Debt--Review of the Census--Bridge--The Future--Moral and Intellectual view-- List of Early Families--Character of the Inhabitants-- Unenviable Reputations. We will now examine the present condition and resources of Peru. The following is a table of a census taken 20th August, 1858. Whole number of inhabitants, 3,652 Under ten years of age, 1,175 Under twenty-one years and over ten years, 561 Over twenty-one years, 1,916 Males, 1,876 Females, 1,776 Born in the United States, 1,841 Born in Germany, 1,118 " " Ireland, 489 " " England, 87 " " Scotland, 24 " " France, 27 " " Russian Poland, 27 " " Sweden, 17 " " British Provinces, 19 Negroes, 3 Born of foreign parents counted as Americans, 869 Number of deaths in 1857, 48 OCCUPATIONS.