Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-10

and the coasts This difficulty alone OF inland
transportation must contribute to he rise OF the a.
uele.
"Asthe hast settlers cleared their lands. the tim
oee vas OF h,le value except for expo. tation.-
The lumber exported consists OF slaves anL head.
ing, shingles, hoops and poles, boards pan scant-
ii"s and lumber OF various sorts for Inssts spars,
building, Nc" The value oft lumber exported,
icom The year 1905 TO 1897, exceeds or an average
S2,50o,rO0.
.NdsW Sts'eS---sueh sc tar pitch, turpentne and
rosn, were at early day encouraged by boun-
,ies rom Great Britain At present they are prin-
eipaliy produced in ,Norfi Carolina and the lower
counties OF Firsi'iiG. AS the pitch pine is cut
down Ion tIese purposes, the tree will become
more valuable ;--much Of L, which is elsewhere
ievSted Ia subordinate purposes fer cabins and for
fences, VIII &c reserved for naval stores In the
year lI1O, the quantity of tar exported was S2075
barrels. OF pitch Ola barrels, aud of fsfrbe,,ne
- ,Ul4 their otfivisl value estimated at about
o'++'OOo Since the year 1891, the quantity of
these articles has varied almost every year; in 1895
nine thousand aud sxtysix barrels of tar were ex-
pSrte''' During the years 1866 and z. the aver
age quantity OF tar exported, was 64,9l7 barrels
OF tarpen;ine, 74,b07 barrels; and OF pitch, zoos
barrels, and their average value was about
S50O,OO0"
Pot and Pearl .7Siies-whch are OF such ms
r"ense benefit IN the arts, particularly the manu-
factories Vi linen, soap, glass, &c. encouraged
by bounties the part of Great Britain Their
expectation has been cons lerably increased ia
these latter years. In 1870 the value OF the ashes
exported far the American Colonies, was estimated
at about S29O,0O0-in 1907, they had grcwa to
S1,f9o,ooo.
AS the woods are cut down, many of them
are burnt, TO yield these akalies from their ash
es. The back parts OF Vermont New-York and
massachusetts, furnish the largest quantities for
market.
oSans and Flrs-The American forests abound
wita anma's,-some of these, such the deer, the
nnIfl 1a.,.
OF The natives; Others used for rsiment.
odc was the situation of things, when the Europe-
ans came to America. They had made such adyan-
ees III tne arts that uses discovered for pei
ueS' when mad never been thought Of b. the moe
easoncd Savage. Some were thrown into the tan
ner's vat; others, into the hatter's boiler: and
some, Tor coverings of various descriptions As the
settlements receded from the water Wild beas.s
seu with the untutored inhabitants from the ter
ror oil hre-arms Hence, are compelled to
plunge further and further into the West for the
most valuable peltries. The Indian is still in most
Gases the agent ofthe chace he hunts for the white
man, WAC reaps the mort of his labor The reei-
on 10 tne northwest oil the Ohio, to the west ofthe
i'sisslppl, and along the southern line of the u
nited Slatee, is thas the principal receptacle,
waence we draw the furs and the skins of COM
merce.
The value of these exports has varied considera
by " Ia the year l770 the official value of these
articles exported, from all the North Amer;.an
u.
600 The average value, from 1891 to 1905, was
about 100000; from 1904 10 y inclusive. the an
nua' average value was about 100000. 1t is be-
iIeved, that during these years, large proportion
oil the turs exported were brought from Canada,
and shipped at the Atlantic ports
Ginseng, which is chewed in China as q storos-
CHIC and was got from Tartary, (see Sir George
s'annton's Journal,) before they imported it from
America. constitutes but small expor from the
y. States. In 177o, the export was estimated AZ
$500. "ihe greatest quantity sace 1871 was in
1906, being 44s,S94 lbs. and valued at Sls9 900.
Much OF the article is shipped from Virginia. As
The native stock becomes more exhausted, il will
gro" scareer and more valuable.
g OAK and other bark sUood for tanning and
dying. have also become articles Of exploration of
some value In 1908, they amounted to SECS
700 Many of these are procured ia Virginia !;
bat an elegant extract, from the tanning barls cal
led fanntn, IS beginning to be elaborated and ex-
ported IN lieu OF The article itself The ISun,ach
HerFy, corrupted Ike many other words, by vulgar
pronunciation, into Sh0e-nakey's Berry, comes IN
der this class the leaf serves TO impart the brili
ant color to Red Morocco.
The following is the vahIe of all the exports
winch are the products of the forests for the years
enumel-ltel "