New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-08-04
Correspondence OF The Tribune.

Dear Sir: Since wrote you from e'ehs a''s
on the 18th inst have traversed The greater pa's
of Warren and Washington Counties IN our o"'
Stale, passing through all the principal towns ana
villages, and have progressed thus tar INTO q
mont. The crops throughout every section %
country have passed are promising warren
County is but ths!y settled: The face OF the couh-
try generally is such, in fact as to render II inca
pable of cultivation. rs Agricultural interest :
not extensive. Its rugged mountains present
,ery formidable aspect TO the eye OF the agIlcui
turist. There are, however, some sections u
which the farmers prosperous and wealthy.
A range of coantry, of four or FIVE miles IN extent
Northeast from Glens Falls principally occup'ea
BY Quakers, gives evidence of fertility and sooe
cultivation. There is also a tolerably good asri-
cultural district in the vicinity of Chester Tue
LAUNDERING business predominant in this County
Great quantities of live timber are :; upon Tue
borders of the Schroou and Brant Lakes, and along
the streams which flow from them, and ttoated
through these lakes and streams into the hudson
and down TO Warrensburg end Glens Fails. Some
Of the timber is sawed at Wnrrcnsbarg and coz
veyed by teams to Glens Fails, distance OF tlteeh
miles. but the greater portion Is sawed ut ''iehS
Falls and thence shipped South
The appearance of Washington County Is very
different from that of Warren, and gives evidence
of being, what it in fact is, an old and Popaions
County. There are in it no extensive forests the
greater part of the soil is under cultivation or used
for meadow and pasture. The face of the country
b,trn
growing is extensively carried on in this County
Its numerous hills afford fine pasture ter sheep
and in ordinary times would doubtless te more
productive, used for that purpose than II under
cultivation. | was told at Salem that one mer'
chant there had in one year paid out some S2oo,-
600 for wool Argyle, Union Village and Cam
bridge. in this County are small but neat villages
From what saw at Salem and elsewhere, | am
little fearful that Temperance has net made as
much progress in the County, and particularly in
that tswn as it should have done. ! was senslbly
struck with the contrast in this respect between
Washington County and Rutland County, Vt. Al
| Casteton, n town of considerable Importance and
rcpute the seat of u highly respectable Seminary
and Medical Institution. no strong drinks are soid
at either of the three hotels, and there Is but one
place in the town where they IRE sold, and there
bv the gallon only. Formerly there was dlstll-
el.y in almost every town, and In many cases two
| or three now there is not one in the County. SO
extensively was the business Of dstillation carried
| on that much of the coarse grain raised By the
farmers was sold to dstiIIcrs instead of being used
| for bread siuhs.
Vermont in proportion to its extent OF Territory,
is probably the greatest woolgrowing State in the
Union. 4 traveller in passing through 1t will at
once remark how little o! the cleared land IS UNI
der cultivation great portion of its mountains
and hills are in pasture Wheat was once extern
siyely cultivated in this State but ofate years not
more than one-fourth Of the requisite quantity is
| produced for home consumption. The Hour used
is mainly imported. 1t was fol, nd more profitable
to stock the lands with sheep than to use them Ia
raising whoa, and other grains, WHICH could be
bought cheaper than they could be raised, But
there is this year greater quantity OF wheat on
the ground, and it is in better condition than Tor
several wears past. The wool business like every
other branch of business, upon which the North
has expended its capital and energies tor years, Is
now completely Frustrated. Many woo-growers
have on hand the clips of three or four years, wait
ing for IN improved market The best qualities
| of wool, which encc brought from 40 20 cents
| per pound cannot now be sold for 60 The manu-
! facture of iron and marble ii also an important
branch of business in this part of Vermont. The
ore and stone are found in considerable quantities
in its mountain At West Rutland, about four
miles from this place, there is quarry of beautiful
| white marble. combining fneness OF grain with
! purity ana briiliency Of cclof.
So utterly at a stand is every kind of business
upon which the Northern producers and mannfac-
turers rely-wool, iron, lumber, marble, &c, aud
so deeply convinced are intelligent men that this
.tagnation is the result of Executive misrule and
the want of adequate Protection to their Labor
and Capital, that so far as have been able to as
! certain, there IRE but few ii,dependent-mind
| men in this quarter Yhe do not concede the inn
peratye necessity OF Protective Tariff The
conduct of The President is regarded with the Bit
terest Indignation. The prospects of Mr.. Clay are
brilliant and cheering. There appears TIC be no
thought of any other candidate for the Wing party
but him. I have no doubt he will be supported by
large number Of the friends of Mr.. Van Buren's
Administrations The vote of Vermont promises
| to be as strong Tor Mr. Cley as it was for General
Harrison in 1910. Yours truly E.
That Mermaid
Has arrived in this City on its way to the Brit
ish Museum, and We were Yesterday gratihed
with q private view of il We tried hard to de-
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