The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-07-15
crops---Notes by a Traveller.


Tie following is from the Boston Tran
script-a neutral paper in poltics-the nllu-
sions therefore to politics in the article are
TO be taken as the conclusion of u disinterest-
ed mind. '.' ..t
a friend, WHO has just returned from n
journey Of forty days through the South Wes-
tern and Western States, has communicated
TO ms his opinions of the crops from actual
inspection. His route was from Boston TO
Buffalo by railroad. from Buffalo 10 Saudus-
ky by steamboat, from Snndusky to Cncin-
matt 10y railroad, from Cincinnati 10 Vicks-
burgh by steamboat. Thence he returned by
the way ofSt. Louis and the Illinois river by
steamboat; by canal boats through the Illinois
and Michigan canal toChicago;by steamboat,
across Lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie.
to Buffalo: by canal TO Utica, and from Utica
home to Boston, by railroad
"A pretty good forty duys work! Our
friend rode through many thousand acres of
cotton and''corn in Mississippi aud Arkansas.
The crop promises abundantIy. 1t was in
blossom tho 10th of June, and appeared
healthy. The corn was generally from ten
TO twelve feet high, the eurs already "formed
aid silked," and very promising. lie had
"roas.iug ears" rs early as the first week in
June. i,e wheat crop, all through Ohio,
Kentucky, tennessee, Missouri, Indiana, Hi
nois and WiscoH sin, was pretty generally
reaped, and an abunCent crop it was, and of
good quality. Potatoes, g~ass and fruits OF
all kinds promise well. The wheat, rye and
barley crops throughout the State OF New
York arc reaped or being reoped. We need
have no fears ola famine this year.
With regard to the political complexion ofthe
people Our traveller says there can he no
mistake. Nine tenths ofaI he met seemed
TO be Taylor men. We are aware that it is
not safe 10 draw general conclusions from the
experience one meets in travelling. The
travelling community" is always Wing by n
large majority. But our friend did not draw
his conclusions from the opinions he heard
expressed on board steamboats, and in rail-
road cars. lie went among the people at
their own homes-taiked with all--asked
questions Of everybody. awaiting himself TO
the utmost ofhis Yankee privilege. Men,
women and children, with one accord answer
ed "Taylor' TO the inqury,"who do you wish
to see President" Thousands, who had
gone with the Democratic party ever since
they had vote, would not hesitate now to
throw their infiue nee for Taylor. All the
returned volunteers were in his favor. Hi
nois would go for him by n large majority.
The army of foreign laborcrs on the railroad
in that State have struck their shanties aud
departed. The mormons are gone. The
new constitution restricts the right'of voting
to American citizens. All these causes were
favorable to the Wings.
in Ohio, where the disaffected Wings have
been represented as so numerous, the indi-
cations in favor of Taylor are hardly less por-
tentous and decided. Everywhere, Though
out all the States, the utmost confidence in
his success seems to prevail. At Cleveland
and Cincinnnti.at Detroit, Chicago and Peoria
at Louisville, St. Louis and Memphis. and
throughout the great State of New York,
public opinion and enthusiasm seemed TO
tend politically but one way. Our friend
communicates this declaration as the result
of careful, unbiased inquiry, and not under
any sympathetic delusion in behalf of the
candidate ofthe Wings As faithful chron-
iclers we give the statement, even as we
would have given counter report, if the re-
suit of his experiences and inquiries, on his
long journey, had been favorable to the pros
poets of Gen. Cnss.