New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-10-03
Western Pennsylvania.
Editorial Correspondence.

Western Pennsylvania.
Editorial Correspondence.
ERIE, Penn. Sept. IS, 1913.
| spent three DAYS in Pittsburgh, and found, as
| had expected its vast Manufacturing capacities
in full activity. Pittsburgh is the Birmingham
of America and destined to maintain and perfect
its asccndancy, being situated at the confluence o.
two noble Rivers already navigable to some ex
tent, and easily rendered far more SO, with two
thousand miles of uninterrupted steamboat navl-
cation below it, forming the common centre OF a
greater aggregate of Internal communication than
exists on any other quarter of the globe. Sltua-
ted at the head of the rich and fertile OHIO Val
lev. with inexhaustblc hills Of Iron Ore and BIZ
tumenous Coal on every side, she only needs a
wise and steady policy on the part ofthe Govern
ment to render her growth rapid and long contin-
ued. At present, her works are generally active
| and prosperous.
Trade, however, is rendered dull IN Pittsburgh
by the very cause which has made 1t remarkably
large this season in Newly ork: viz. the Western
merchants, who have of late been content to exc
out their old stocks with few hundred dollars
worth Of new goods bought here, have now near
ly all gone to New York and purchased by thou
sands of dollars worth, instead of hundreds.
should like to be able to believe that nearly all the
goods bought this Fall in the Great Cities would
be paid for, but | cannot; and | find great
many throughout the West who are Of my opin-
ion.
From Pittsburgh to Erie through Butler,
Of 100 miles, which | have Just run over In 80
hours. straight ahead-a little less than miles an
hour That part Of the Counties of Allegheny, But
Ter and Mercer which we passed over before night
shut us in is generally billy, white oak region,
with rather light SOIL sometimes stony, and
every where chequered by mines of Iron and Coal.
The latter is raised so easily that little else IS
burnt, where wood is abundant and of barely
nominal value, There arc but few Iron Works
off the large streams, owing to the difficulty OF
transportation /; but let the Erie Extension Of the
Pennsylvania Canals to this point be completed
(and the work already done has been gicen d'cay
by the State to g Company on condition OF Its
being finished) aud there will be extensive Iron
Works established all along it at once, and a
heavy export Of both Iron and Coal through this
port both up and down the Lake. This work
ought to be done at once.
The Fall Crops through all this region suffered
and were put back by drouth, but have been
helped out by the warmth of the Fall. There
had been no frost bat quite hot weather OF late
up to this week. On Monday evening it began
to rain at Pittsburgh rained good deal Tues
day; held up cloudy; cleared of, cold yesterday,
with singing frost at night, which put vegeta-
bic matters at rest completely. Potatoes were
frozen stiff above ground, and are generally light
Corn is also light, but has had tine to ripen.-
Buckwheat ditto
The lands along the French Creek through
Crawford and the South part OF Erie County are
very fine, and the uplands stronger and less hlly
than those below, but often cold. Near " ater-
ford as miles South of this arc some OF tho
finest intervales ever saw. There Is great
deal OF un,mprovcd land yet through all this re
gion, and some OF it equal to any thing this side
of sunset-to be had cheap, too. Those locking
/ West for future home would do well to stop at
this port and look Southerly a DAY or two; then
90 farther, II they saw fit c.