Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-03-13
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SURVEYS or VERMONT.

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Eaton. from ihc Commute an Eaucsu7n. ia r.
r, ,,fi 90 ,le Sensir on TIC subcc, # Gcolori
csisnA Topoctspliot, Sat.cy e the Sto'c. II 's /
rau pubI.hcj tocc,ler wth Letters on ibe sub I
eri. addressed 10 Governor Icrsuu by Professor
Grorre w Douel,ci. " Dl'la sion Mr. John John
con ,f Darlington. apd iemes Stevens, Eco. 81
Ne~r ou. r. !. They are valuable do-rmenis.snd
ne ,uhcci eel deserves the consideration 81 eve
N Intelligent cii1en.
f Professor Benedict estimates tho y hole expense
. ~ both sufvcYs--surposiug them &c be done 10
ns-oer worthy Il the ohjcet ond lncluf,ng The
: ntiutinr or the two Rcpors--at S23 coo. The
Nors would require ftom two 20 four yeafs; aud
. the sauusi expense therefore would MT be large.
It Il surrcsicd 80 the Report of The Committee end
by Professor Benedict. that The Geological Survey
might with propueIy be executed fret being 81
more immediate and general utility to oil classes
q citizens IN that case the annual expense Is
es'imarcd at from S2,1O0 to $4,000 year &c
cord,nc to The time employ Tile whole expense
being less than sll 600.
We trust that another tcsson Of the Logisa
turc will not psss away without the necossar!
measures Tor commencing this great work. 1t II
should be thought beet To complete the Geological
Survey first. so be 1t. That would cost only some
FIVE cents cach for the inhabitants OF the State ;
md IT would speedily return To all classes Of cill-
zens hundred fold in actual pccunja1y gain. In
relation To THE point copy two phs from
Professor Benedicts Letter -
Many States Of the Union are turning their at
tention with earneslness to similar surveys, md
some Of them who lave already incurred consider
able expense in making ana publ sblng geologicn
examinations Of their territory, have found such Z
manifest advantage from making their own cilizeht
acquainted with the treasures beneath the surface
. Of their soil and from furnishing inducements TO
O others to JOIN in the participation Of them tha
J., they are incuring additional charges in making
more critical explorations. Multtudes Of our CHI
hens are leaving, year after yoorths State, TO set
tie Themselves 10 what they suppose to be NOR
favored parts Of Tie Union There can be no doub
in the mind Of any competent judge, that a correc
o exhibition Of the true state Of the case will d
o much 10 dispcl this delusion, and show our com
= munity tha, when the are led by one or two in
l., ducemenls standing il strong and decei,ful light
5 to forsatc the green hills Of their forefatbers fo
the prairie soils Of the west, they are leaving be
ID hind ten fold greater aud more numerous adronro
If gcs calculated to make themselves and their pos
c. ierly, prosperous, 'iI,uous and Happy.
o. II the benefits Of an accurate ioDogroplcll sdi
IA iey arc rot so Obvious TO the minds Of all they n,
I'd none Tie less real The Importance of euch
NuIh III HAlr CHGlIlellHp puIlto W I'IcltHNcy ~
in all future divisions Of he State into eilher gre
49, .----t --t.---.. II 49,, Nnnsanupnt saving
BY contention abou. disputed boundaries, the preci
OF ION which ii vi" give, IN fine, to every kind Of q
Fir ograpLical determination, cannot lie too high
en- thought Of, But this is far from icing the on
tn consideration which ought to have weight in Il
cd minds ofthem, who are to decide on the l.easur
o. The durable reputation Cf the State is too deep
M concerned in il, to be overlooked in it's consider
cir ton. IN this aspect, il is not saying too much
ii. assert, that no legislative act could be pas-C
m which would be more deeply engraved in histol
ey than he one which should lead to the execution
to the work in question for the moment it is co
10 peied. the State becomes one Of the few gre
IDS centres in the scientific world and IS connect
al with those in Europe and Asia, in a relation hi
en- can never be broken Up, till The cold fundoliC
1,e Of the earth change their places. II is no, ct
iey 10 believe that, II the people Of this State are
ey- be benefited IN important degrees by the
lie com shments fbo,h these objects. they NO
en-. willingly hesitate in the execution Of them, vi
the entire expense, unless the preceding eslima
prs greatly Too ioto. would not exceed an orer
,ra. Of Gents for each ahdbitdHt Of the expe
, be being, moreover distributed over several years
and