New-York daily tribune., 1843-06-26
y-YOfsK MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, ls43.
Michignn--Crops--Pr OF
the Country-Facilities OF Travel, &C. &C.
DErRo1r, Mich, June II, lsl3.

interest IN the prosperity ol Michigan, am III
duced to inform you of my observations made
during trip in the interior, from which | have
Just returned. As we are now large exporters OF
Wheat and Flour. the prospect of oar growing
crop Of wheat is Of no little importance to your
City as we'll as to our State. Wheat, though
backward, owing to the late spring: Is looking
finely in all the interior and Southern Counties,
and unless injured before maturing, will yield
large harvest Some few complain OF It's beng
winter-killed and of destruction by the worm; but
such complaints not numerous, and taken as
a whole the crop is fine. Corn is ver3 late, and,
in addition to being small for the season. looks yel-
low and promises badly. Good weather, how
ever, may restore it and yet ensure good yield
From the appearance OF the towns throughout
the interior one would hardly suppose that hard
times had ever reached them. In every village
new buildings are gong up, and among them
noticed many churches, and some of them very
beautiful buildings. Many new mills are also
being erected Go where YOU Will, you will see
evidences Of enterprise and Improvement either IN
building or in the clearing of new land. 1t ap-
pears almost Incredible as you pass the numer
Gus highly cultivated FARMS extensive fiour-mills
and hourishing towns, that it is but very few
years since the country was first inhabited by
Whites. The size and beauty Of ipsilanti, Ann
Arbor, Jackson, Marshall and Kalamazoo, are as
tonishing when you reflect upon the brief period
in which they have been built. While viewing
! Marshall from the hill to the south Oft was IN
! formed by citizen that thirteen years previous
he pitched his camp upon that hull near where l
Stood and that there was not then single build
ing to be seen or found IN the vicinity. Now
/ there can be seen a spacious brick Court House.
two fine Hotels one a large and beautiful build
inc built of brick; four churches, and IN all a
town of about fifteen hundred inhabitants. Over
30 miles west of Marshall is kalamazoo, which,
in point OF beauty will favoraby compare with
any town of its SIZE old or young, in any part
of the country. In settling the place. instead of
| telling the trees, as is too customary the resi-
dences were erected in beautiful grove of oak
| openings, and so much does it add to the beauty
and admiration OF the place, that 1t must be
! long time before Improvement can remove these
trees; and should the chopper carry his axe
there for that purpose trust the fair sex will IN
terccde with Woodman, spare that tree
1t occurs to me- that many Of your citizens
who take their annual summer jaunt might with
great pleasure and proht-in increased lnorma-
tion-quit the empire State for few days by
taking boat at Buffalo for Chicago, where they
can find an excellent Hotel the City Hotel and
without going farther have view of a western
prairie. Four days and half Of time and four
teen dollars would carry them from Buffalo to
Chicago, giving them a view of Lakes Enc,
st. CLAIR Huron, and Michigan, and the beauti-
full views of Detroit and St Clair. From Chi
chago, two days and half and eight dollars fare
would carry them to Detroit-and a more de-
lightful route for the distance | know not Of
From Chicago to St. Joscphs, distance OF about
65 miles, YOU cross Lake Michigan in a steamer,
inside of seven hours from st. Josephs to Jack
son. distance of 100 miles, you travel by stage
in abut % hours. and a handsomcr country than
most Of it to use an expressive western phrase
g does not lay out of door" The roads are good
and the route passes through Paw Paw, kalama-
ZOO, Battle Creek and Marshall TO jackson, be-
sides sundry small vlllageS-at jackson you stop
over night, and IN the morning take the cars 1or
Detroit, a distance of eighty miles, passing by
and stopping at Ann Arbor and 4psllanll ana
several villages From Detroit boats leave daily
for Buffalo, and run down in about 80 hours at
charge of seven dollars and found. Ten days
time and forty dollars expense can show them
the exterior and interior Of our beautiful PENN
sua. Yours, NC
TRUE Sources OF AMERICAN INDErENDENCE.-
In the report of Mr.. Webster'S great Bunker Hill
Grafton first published the following pregnant
passage was omitted. 1t is worthy TO be written
in the records of every American family
1t has been said with very much veracty that
the felicity Of the American colonlsts conslstedm
their escape from the past. Tins Is true, so 1ara
respects political establishments, but no farther.
They brought with them full portion OF all the
riches of the past in science, iii art, in morals, re-
ligion and literature. TIE BiJie came withthem.
1nditis MT 10 be douJted thatt0 the free and uni
rersal reading of the Bible, is to be ascribed IN
that are that men uere much indedted for right
ricus of ciri liberty The Billie is a book Of
faith, and a hook of doctrine, but ii IS also
book ,chich teaches nun his own indiOIdaat re-
sponsijiHtv, his oun dignity and his equality
,cuh his telior man.
Bacon and Locke, and Milton and Shakespeare
also came with them. They came to form new
political systems, but all that belonged to cutiva
ted man. to family. to ne!ghborhood, 70 social re-
latons accompanied them. In the Dorc phrase
of one of our on II historians they came to set
tie on bare crcation;" but Their settlement IN the
wilderness nevertheless, was not a lodgment OF
nominal tribes, d mere resting psce OF roaming
savages. 1t was the beginning OF permanent
community, the fixed residence OF cultivated men.
Not only was English literature read but English,
good English, was spoken and written, before the
axe had made way to let IN the sun upon the hab-
itations and fields of the settlers And whatever
may be said to the contrary, correct use of the
English language is, at this day. more general
throughout the United States, than il is through
out England herself. But another grand charac-
terstcristic is that in the English colonies, potl
cal affairs were left be managed by the colonsts
themselves This is another fact wholly dlstln-
gushing them in character as 1t has dlst'n-
guished them in fortune, from the coionlsts OF
| Spain. Here lies the foundation OF that expert
cncc in self-governmcnt, which has preserved or
fnp nt