New-York daily tribune., 1842-07-21
~,heru Judinsn-The Season, Uaryest
pro.pect., &e.-ImProvsTents, Mills,
.-I,ury lay.
C0rrespondence Of The Tnbuae.

CORE spOndence OF The Iubuae.
SourH BEND, ~ Joseph Co, Ia July 2, lsf2
Drar Sir: Long before this reaches your ef
fce YOU viii doubtless have heard many stories re-
larive 10 the funous effects Of the rust smut. Hes
sian hv, Army worm, frost, &c. upon the Wheat
crop Of the West, and in a very exaggerated shape
withal. This season, truly, has been remarkable
for ~, cold weather, heavy acw., frequent irosts,
and sudden changes; but Notwithstanding ell these
unfavoraole circumstance. the Wheat.felds look
FAR better than could have been expected. Last
week spent four or FIVE day, in La Porte County.
adjoining this noted for is Plairics and large
sur u-es OF " heat and every farmer ] conyersed
with there thought the wsuid be even
6eyond me acreage. So it il ALSO in almost all
Northern Indiana. Although some fields have
been slightly damaged by smut, yet, generally
speaking. IL looks we'll and if it passes through
mex. wee, wi,hou, being struck with the ust the
surplus from this section Will le unparalleled.-
Northern Indiana looks with the deepest interest
to the prospect OF the Whcat-crop. All classes,
merchant as well as farmer, mechanic well
miller, tecl directly interested IN ts success OF fail
ure. While on the one hand, It's success would
pienticr and business more brisk on the other
side, ts failure would plunge them into more
embarrassed financial condition. and deprcss every
branch Of business. 1t j., indeed almost our only
dependence in the shape of Grain this year. The
Oat crop looks well, but It's low price hardly re-
pays the farmer for hiring laborers 10 harvest 1t.
The Corn crop looks very uniayOrabe. Nearly
all that the iros; has not cut down, the Army worm
have DESTROYED. | have within ten days for
~ or flty Ids which this scourge Of the farmer
has swept clean, and which must necessarily re-
main Idle I'LL next fall. The grass IN meadows
ha. also been destroyed by them, and ihese armies
of worms, like armies of men, huYe left every
where desoaion and ruin 10 mark the road thoy
travelled During the two or three weeks thai
their star was in the ascendant they did vast
amount Of mischief but their withering and de-
stuctivc influence was seen the NEST in Corn fields
and meadows. la Wheat fields they usually con
tented themselves with trimming the stalks clean
10 the head.
wrote YOU, in my last letter something about
the Improvement, going On IN this young and vIg-
orou, State which majority of your Eastern folks
think i, composed OF a mixture OF dense forests,
impossible swamps and uncutiyated praitles. IN
ic per.cd with few patches oi arabic and, wherc
panihers aud bears promenade III the suburbs oi
the towns, and wolves howl their nightly serenade
can tell YOU cannot imagine fully, oil ths'r reali
~ the rapid strides that the Hoo,er State is TAX
ing towards greatness and power. Even the man
ula.turing establishments Of Northern Indiana |
would not suiier If placed in comparison with the
Eastern Our Asheries, Carding Machines, Dis |
teres Furnaces Forgcs, sc. have spoken of
in former letters, but | have not alluded 10 the |
Mil. IN this thriving Town Of South Bend }. d. |
DEFREEs. Esq. owns two. styled tie hanhahee |
Mil, enc. with two pair ef Burrs employed III !
custom work alone, the other in Touring. Both |
are propelled by water brought from the head
waters OF the kankakee "a tributary Of the Hi
nois) through race four mics long, which, with
the Mills, cost $36 900 The Merchant Mil con-
tans four pair OF Burrs, with most excellent ma
chinery, finished of well. and manufacture
200 barrels Of Flour per week, running but -
hours per day. The Flour has passed inspection |
in your city, and been pronounced of the FIRST |
quality Attached to the Mil i- "A machine for |
drying Corn, which dries 200 bushels per day, |
conveys !, 10 the Mil, where il is converted into
Indian Meal and shipped to The Eastern Cities
Fifteen hundred barrels have been forwarded this
season. But this is only commencement. fl |
the times improves the good citizens OF tins Vi |
ciuiiy intend danmiug the ST. Joseph River, upon
the bank Of which this Town Is situated, and
which Is here l30 yards wide, with an average
current Of FIVE miles an hour. At this 'Bend the
current is very swift, forming rapids, aud 3 feet
fail can be obtained The damned race will cost
$50 900. and the race Is partly dug now If TIN,
undertaking is ever completed there will be al
most boundesS supply Of water-po~er for every
description of Machinery that can be used adyan-
tageousy ia the Western country
The demonstrations in favor of Henry CLAY
throughout the Union are cheering indeed. In
the West the Great Wing Party losk to no other
man but him a their candidate To him who Of
all others deserves from his fellow citizens gratl-
tudc confidence and esteem; TO him who has never
facrcd noI feared in the darkest hOur-whO has
stood mistaken and fearless in the most trying
crisis--who has always hattlcd against Executive
usurpaton, and who, disregarding temporary popu-
larty or transient fame, has had for his sole aim
his Country welfare and prosperity to him. who
has remained faithful to his principles when fair
weather politicians qualed before the opposition
arraved against them-when obloquy and calumny
were hcuped upon him with unsparing hand
when the Vals of wrath were poured out upon his
devoted head, and public foes and private enemies
slrove 10 blackon his character and mar his use
iunc.s by base lander, and unlounded charges
lie has served his country faithfully and ably, with
"a fearless and patriotic mind and ever faithful
he has been to her. She, bowed down as she i
now with degradation, looks 20 him alone with
confidence 1t i 40 wonder that the shouts for
Henry CLAY, and him alone, are heard from all
parts of the Union, and are echoing from the
forests Of Maine u the bayous of Louisiana, and
from the everglades of Florida TO the prairies OF
lowa--thai State after State City after Cily, and
County aiter County are at this early day, pro-
claiming that they will rally for him in l844-lhat
the enthusiasm in his favor l. Increasing and Wi
dening, asd deepening every day. and that while
the opposite party are divided among their a.pir-
ants to the Presidency. the whole Whig party look.
to HEXKY CLAY alone. When treacherv in high