The New York herald., 1844-07-01
Bloomington.
Correspondence OF the New York Heraldl
BLOOMINGTON. Iowa, June IA, 1874

Bloomington.
Correspondence OF the New York Herald]
BLOOMINGTON, Iowa, June IA, lSf4
Prospects -Irade-Napig igat,or- Western Rivers
Crops Noods-Storms- Hurricanes, &c.
Our country is in prosperity, and this prosperity
has reached the "Far West" There is decided
and perceptbe Improvement this year over last
our produce brings cash, and fair price-our
farmers are doing well-our merchants are selling
large quantities Of goods to supply the necessities
OF the people who had long been In great want.
bushel Of wheat used 10 buy three pounds Of nails
or .iron--now it will buy from eight to ten. II
used TO take three bushels Of wheat 10 buy one Of
salt-now il is exchanged pound Tor pound The
merchants are bulldng-the mechanics are at work.
and all the complicated machinery Of industry
moves on in perfect order, harmony, and happiness
The market of Bloomington IS as good as ihat OF
Cincinnati lie, us make The calculation and see.
The produce OF the Upper Mississippi and Ct The
Ohio goes via New Orleans and the merchandise
is brought back tie same way. The distance from
the mouth of the Ohio to either place IS about OOO
miles, There are the Falls al Louisville, and heie
are the Rapids of the Mississippi, but the low water
never stops navigation here. The natural advan-
tages there is in our favor. do not know what
the price ofireight up and down to CINCINNATI is,
but will give 1t on this river. Freight from iowa
10 Saint Louis per cwt. TO 10 cents; SAINT LOUIS
TO New Orleans, Is 10 25; New Orleans to SAINT
Louis, 25 to SO; Saint LOUIS TO Iowa, 10 ia. A
merchant told me mat ms goods Las, year ,r were
cwt. This year the whole cost OF transportation
was at the extreme low price OF 40 cents per cwt
Speaking OF navigation and ffelghts, bIlngs me
in view OF the political world; and oh! what
world Of woe Of disrust, distraction and disgust
Can it be possible that the wise men who are sent
from the North and from the South to egisate tor
The nation are SO regardless OF me true interest o.
| this commercial country, as TO allow every ton Of
freight that passes the Louisville Canal, to pay ato
of nearly one dolaii! Again, when the Mississippi
over the rapids is four dollars per toni! With The
Louisville Canal, the United States own part
Of the stock and they only rob the commerce
of that amount; while with these rapids the
damage and frequently The total wreck OF our fine
| steamboats-the damage to goods, the time lost,
and the hard earned pay which the boamen get, l.
an immense dead loss TO the world; for this labor
might be equally well paid, if bestowed were It's
benefits could be had after il was done. suspect
the true reason why such important works are ne
elected, is that members are afraid their constiu
ens would think it against their interest II they
should vote for them, and possibly their bright and
beautiful popularity might be soed. But year
after year they vote their salaries without soil
ing their popularity Better reduce the pay. of all
officers, and then look to the engineering and navy
than to let western produce have such rough
passage to market. Our navigation and our mail
facilities are suffering immensely tor some OF this
squandered money. II is not retrenchment that
our country wants, it is REFORM The fault is fhe
| ture time ! will give you chapter on Western
mails.
make these statements Of facts to you, because
| there are thousands who read your paper who are
grasping with all anxiety and interest. whatever
information they can get OF the country, the COM
merce and trade, the crops, the climate and wea-
her the politics and religion, .he health and happl.
ness Of the Far West.
In February it rained great deal-in March il
/ was very wet-April was extremely wet and rainy
May far exceeded anything previous i was
rain and sunshine. rain and storm, wet and cold
storm and blow, shower and lightning, and wet aEu
| rainy. June--oh! give It up now. This the l4f
day; it rained alternately every other day up to The
1lih, and now it has set in Tor a long storm This
| is the third day Of the storm, and the ram Is
pouring down in perfect torrents. The iirs
half Of this month as far exceeds May as
May did the drought of last, year. The leve
prairies are perfectly covered with water, ano
the creeks and slues are flowing full. II i
all day with the corn crop. II the corn fall
this wear il is the first failure since the settlement
Iowa-lO years. The prospect for wheat, oats, poo
tatoes, grass and heef never better But the PORK
crop will fail with the corn crop uniessthey fat,el
on nuts as is often the case The farmers can pu
up any quantity Of hay, and keep their horses cat
tie and sheep well through the winter. Corn u
Iowa is mostly fed to pork. We seldom ship much
The mississippi river continues extremely high
but amidst this torrent OF RAIN, II is falling. -
great are its supplies from It's myriad OF coatera
Sources that 1t roams as though ITS fountain Hood
would continue TO roll on, until II empties int
the Gulf, at the South, all the inland seas of th
North For more than two months past 1t ha
been vibrating up and down, not varying four lee
from its extreme height We can imagine th,
magnitude Of this flood OF waters, even SO hlgi
up as this when we reflect that the tlood-gates o
no less than six rivers OF considerable magnitude
are raised one after another, as the warm seasoI
advances north, and then is added the main river
which comes rolling down the magnificent cata
ract Of st. Anthony But the channel here Is Q
such capacity that its ebb and flow selrom exceed
10 feet, and this year, of extreme high water, /
has not exceeded thirteen.
Il On the 9th of June, tremendous hurricane pass
ed through the northern part of this county, IN
southeastern direction, into Illinois, sweeping be
fore it trees, fences grain helds houses and barns
log cabin stands about strong asa brick house
but the log cabin, and the frame house, were alike
torn in pieces and thrown into the air. destroyint
the furniture and killing and bruisng the inhabl
tanrs We have heard Of five lives being lost. W.
cannot vet learn the extent oil the hurricane, nor III
destruction to life and property. We have heart
OF It's track about eighty miles in length, where
had reached Henderson and knoxsvllle, two Hour
ishing villages in Illinois, which sustained mucl
i damage Another hurricane the same day crossed
the Mississippi 30 miles above the first, in dlrec
ton little TO the north Of east, and crossed
Rock River, near Prophets Town. This coun
try is a little more subject TO whlrlwinds ant
lightning than the East.
Il Yours with respect, Iowa
Hudson.
| Correspondence Of the Herald.
HupsoN, Saturday Morning, June %.
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