Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-09-06
August

Westc1n Siate&-The unparalleled IN
crease OF population in the Wsst-the
mildness OF the climate, and fertility oil
the soil, have long attracted the atten-
ton and admiration oil our Eastern neigh
bors. Since the b%egInoing OF the pre-
sent century, the tide OF emigration has
silently poured its thousands into the DO
som OF the wilderness. The forest has
disappeared under the blows OF the
sturdy backwoodsman, and gay villages
and titled telda have arose On every SIDE
TO break the long chain of savage life,
and to establish in its place the social
peaceful habits OF civilization.
The six Western states were settled
at different periods The French made
the first settlement at Vincennes, in In
dianna, as early as 1880. Illinois was
next settled by the French at kaskaskia
and Cahokia in 1856 The first perma
nent settler ent ia Missouri was made in
l76s by the French of Kaskaskia and
St. Philips, at St. Genevieye AMI Bour.
bon. Kentucky, then a part OF V'rgl-
MIA, was settled in 1873, by Col Daniel
Boone. Tennessee, attached at that
time to North Carolina, was settled a.
bout the year 1875, OHIO was the last
Of the Western States in point OF settle
ment. A company e~migrated to 1t from
New-Eugland in 1888; and formed the
first regular settlement at Marietta in
the spring Of that year.
The population Of the Western States
in 1900, may be stated in round num-
bers at $4,000. In 1920, the popula.
ton amounted to l,sS7,e0e, giving an in
crease unparalleled in the annals OF any
country, Of more than i,450.000 inhabi.
tants in 90 years-nearly four fold. The
population Of the Western States at the
present time must be near a,500,000.-
They contain 100000 square miles, At
the last census the average wanted a
fraction of being seven persons to a
square mile. This average speaks a
volume concerning the population the
Western States at a future period may
contain. From the fertility of their soil,
they are capable without being burthen
ed with an excess, of supporting a po-
pulation OF $50 persons to the square
mile This state ment is far from being
in excess: Wurtumburg in Germany has
a population OF I75 persons to the square
mile--Great Britain and Ireland 1871
the Italian small states lS7-Netber-
lands 2i4! Sc. AT this rate they may
contain at some future period, more
than forty million of inhabitants. We
shall continue this general view Of the
Western States in our mex number.
Il curious Record. In 1876 there
was a Country Conventional Leicester,
in Worcester County, Mass Atthe
choice of a delegate to this Convention
from Marlborough, the town instruct
ed their Representative to use his in
tluence III demonstrating TO the General
Coult-
"That the whole order of Law.
yers be annlnilated; for we conceive
them not only to be building them
selves upon the ruins of the distressed,
but said order has increased, and is
daily increasing far beyond any other
set or order OF men among us, in
numbers and ai1uence; and we APP
prehend they may become, ere long.
somewhat dangerous to the rights and
liberties of the people"
INFORMATION FOX MANUFACTURERS.
Boring Pumps-An Improvement
in this branch OF hand labor has re
Gently been effected. Scott s. Clarke,
Pump and Block Makers of Boston,
north end, have in their establishment
a machine, worked by horse power,
which will bore a white oak pump of
ten feet ia taoelue minutes, nearly, we
presume, a days labor by hand
1t will also moriice a ships block,
rs of an inch wide and 1.2 long,
five inches through, inone minute, fit
ted to receive The shive or roller. The
boring and fitting of a cog, on which
the roller turns, can be done in holt
minute This machine is applicable
to the operation of turning lathes of
any kind.-The work is executed
with as much neatness as despatch
A number Of these machines would
supply the demand for pumps and
blocks in any commercial cly. We
are not informed whether Scott &
- H. ,af-r1 or ratlt Dc