Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-05

fairly be called primary insfruct'on IN inc 'e.,
raj States The medical schools ana 'he
fessors of the healing art are numerous an.
creasiug. There is one perhaps wan'ea - -
~ fifteen hundred inhabitants, and the "u'n ..a
has been estimated 10 amount TO seven '"ou'a"
now in practice. This IS also mcoera'e sr-
cnla,;on The snfferings OF humanity are :,
,.;plv a,neliorated from the advancement "
Iii and science which this profession "a'
~ AIDE within few yearspast The grea' senoo'
or ,nor,ls and divinity, the pupits OF 'nis ~
,rv ren,;re about as many more 2roie D ~.
no rumbrr is not probably so great a. PrF'.".
EY6y y,ars ago. we had but trihins 'o'
.canty agricultural interest; no manu-
c,cur;op establishments; no laoor-sa'n's "'
.h,nss. M canals, no steamboats,, ou' IL" ol,"s
ss-scarcely mine of coal or metals opeEeu' VI !.
science enough to discover, or wofk '"e" !"
d;scovrred-not a mail coach runnihg' "or
,urnpike made. Our commerce is more van
able now than Great Britain's was al iha' per-,
od-snd our agricultural produce Is increases s
twenty fold Our manufacturing estaohs"
ments employ seventy thousand people, anu ."e
labor saved by useful inventions is lncaicuiao'e'
More than a thousand miles of canal comhu"i,
cation has been completed, or nearly SO; anu
more Than an hundred bridges which span iarse
rivers besides countless number OF small ones
have been erected within Fifty years iurhPlkes
n the extent of a number Of miles equal 10 'ha'
from our own country to China have been made
s;nce ,ha, nerind within our limits. FJfyyedTs
non ,bere was not a steamboat, now more IMAM
re hundred of them navigate the waters oil
,nr country ON the sea board and the interior
ro,, mines have become so numerous that tne
nb,losonher no longer fears that the want OF III
=, v,l, rr,ard the progress OF population.
E;Iju ,sors has ,aue hi US that the bowels OF the
o.r;b - full os metals of all sorts for the use OF
civil life. Shafts are sinking IN every parton ou'
country. and in half the term OF hiy years TO
come, we shall no, have to go ABROAD LOT a"!
but the precious metals. and perhaps nor LOT 'he"
Iron and copper he two great metals We , nav
in abundance Our conveniencesI or 'ra'e'""s
have SO m oh increased, that by stage ana s'eao
boat, the number of miles performed III Tue
ni,rd States each day, duIing a consiuera''e
par, of the year, is estimated TO amount 10 ,"'ee
times the extent Of the circumference OF our
globe The value of the building. IN the INT
ed States are worth more than fifty times the
sum they were in l777, from their increased
number and superior structure.
II is consoling to reflect, that AMIDST ms
prosperity and general infl"x of'weaii", 'ha' Oh
fence and crime have not increased, as those
who mourn over the depravty OF the times
would Imagine. Of consicts for felonles or
high handed misdemeanors, there is about one
ye,rly to every two thousand three hundred IN
habi,an,s The capital punishmen,s through
on, hi; United States have not been, Tor fifteen
wears past, more than one yearly TO every NIL
lion of inhabitants, not so many since the hrst
se,,le;p Of this country, as suffered in one
year in England, in the reign OF Henry WI or
Elizabeth. Comnpns schoels and zsaslas i -
lsoSIISe tinight De pursued to great extent. The
man Of leisure should do it, for the amusement,
pride, and bene6, Of his countrymen.