New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-24


i was glad 70 be convinced that in spite Of aP'
nearasoe, mnntb ago the Wheat Crop Of Michi'
gan " u be large. That there will be an a'ei1He
Weld % the acre do not believe bat the 'a'S5s'
Of the Fly have been more limited ana 'e'
structive than was anticipated WINE 'ii' '1'O'.
AHA weather Of the asst three weeks mas caused
Tho Grain 10 head and Oh noby, though the stand
!. ,,;l thin and uneven trust the state IS good
q, .yrou. Of Wheat nearly or quite equal to that
afforded by the great yield Of last year.
The work Of relaying and completing the
Michigan Central Railroad is pressed energeti-
ealy. The grading has been extended consider
ably Westward Of K alamszoo, and Is 70 be pushed
10 New Buffalo, the designated terminus within
year at farthest A part Of the old track has been
reaid with an excellent new rail, and forms an i'd
rnirable contrast % the remainder Of the old road
The Company has been disappointed by the failure
Of It's contractors in three different States 70 furnish
rails, or it would have had the old track read ere
this; but a cargo had Just arrived as ] passed
through Detroit On my return and believe no lar
tier delay il anticipated. Meanwhile, the gigan-
TIC and wellconsidered plans Of the Company Tor a
new track magnificent dep6ts, &c. at Detroit are
being prosecuted vigorously.
-. CLEVELAND is the only point in Ohio that
have really seen during this long journey. II has
expanded very pslpably since last before saw It,
four years since, being the emporium OF a large
Increasing. generally prosperous trade It's best
trait, however, T. a travellers eye is the rare good
aste which has presided over its uprising The
narrow section lying on or near the Lake level,
and wholly devoted 70 Commerce. partakes Of the
sinuosties Of the Cuyabega River, with the steep
high bluffs on either side, and looks very much Ike
n &c corresponding portion Of any other mart but
tie larger aud better portion Of the city IS built on
ne level plateau above on wide streets regularly
r -ossipg at right angles and generally well garnsh-
& with shade trees, mainly Maple and Locust
Right cheerful and cool is the aspect thereby pre-
scented a fresh breeze is generally evoked before
mi dday from the Lake and hardly know city
which appears calculated to afford more healthful
or eligible residences than Cleveland. ERIE Pa.
100 miles Eastward, may vie with 1t IN natural po-
sition and saubrty but is far behind in shadetrees
and their consequences. May the defect be rene
died Erie since the completion OF her canal TO
the Ohio, is improving in business and prospects
- The adjacent Counties OF ERIE Pa. and CHAU-
rAUquE ~ Y. arc alike in soil and natural resour'
ces, and may be treated as forming one district OF
country Each has a strip Of Lake territory, three
or four miles wide and thirty to forty long, possess
ing warn, dry mellow soil. generally fertile and
productive South of which stretches, some TWEEN
ty to forty miles, higher colder, more rugged re-
eion, naturally covered by much heavier growth
OF Beech Maple, Hcmlock. Pine, Elm, Ash, &c
The former strip was settled some twenty 70 forty
wears back the latter has been mainly taken up
much later and is not more than one fourth cleared,
even vet Yet ! think the area Of cleared land
here has been doubled within the last ten years,
while the annual product has been more than
trebled. Yet the population has hardly increased
at all within these same ten years the number
born here or emigrating hither having little more
than equalcd that Of the original settlers and their
families selling out and streaming Westward to
Illinois Wisconsin &c No man can realize with
out seeing the immense and beneiicent transforms
ton which these tea years have witnessed. The
log shanty and few acres Of stumpy, scantlly' ca
prciousy productive hslfoeariDg have given place
to a commodious house and spacious farm the one
woods ranging COW has become goodly herd oil
cattle with a flock Of sheep beside them; extern
sive Diaries arc now common, yielding Cheese and
Butter in large quantities Grain is now exported
whereas it has till recently been imported i'm
proved farms once a drug, are now in request and
understand that more lands have been sold and
more pay old contracts received within the last
year than in the three four preceding altogether
The soil though producing Corn and Spring Wheat
in fair quantities is best adapted to Grazing nine
tenths Of II is probably divided between Meadow
and Pasture and | never saw Grass so uniformly
good as this year in these two Counties-that is In
the upland region, or away from the Lake shore
on which a severe drouth has prevailed. A good
part of the Winter stock of young Cattle has been
sold to the drovers by whom the County has re-
Gently been traverseo, but many remain while the
Sheep are at least trebling every four years Let
the Erie Railroad be completed to Dunkrk, and
Chautauque County will be TO New York what Or
ange was before the Railroad rendered il more adj
vantageous to sell her Milk o1hand than to trans
form il into Butter and Cheese. May the compile
ton of this great work be FASTENED may Chau-
tauque ere many years finish the burdensome task
of paying for her own soil and soon will she take
rank among the most productive and wealthy Agri-
cultural Counties OF our state chhnot say SOou-
by to her without recalling the fact honorable TO
her intelligent Freemen that she gave the largest
majority for Henry Clay against Polk and Texas OF
any County in the State Large as 1t was, think
she could literally increase it the thing were to
be tried over again today. Need | add that IN
every element of geniine practical vital Democ-
racy she is without superior HG
IT, The Express whose instincts as well as
opinions are always ready to be employed in the
service Of Slavery, volunteers an endorsement OF
Judge DAILY decision in the case OF the Brazilian
slaves and also expresses the hopf IA fellow feel
ing with the Brazilian master, making 1t won
drous kind that Judge Edmonds will consign
the slaves 70 him who claims them as goods and
/ chattels We nope, on the contrary, that the ne
groes may obtain the liberty which our Declaration
of independence pronounces the inaensbe right OF s
men, and that before tn Brazilian Captain is allowed
to carry them OH part OF his crew he will be re
quircd 10 furnish documentary evidence that they vol
unfairly shipped on board his vessel In that capacity
Ii is well known that AueoaR slave coming here a;
sailor BY his masters consent becomes Dc faoto free