Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-06-20
TIE WEST.

Al hcIS ~ any ouC lcciiilSS tuOTo tHuu
another, calculated to inspire the mind Of
the patriot and phiIanthropist with pleasant
reflections and future hopes, il is the pros
pect that is spread out before his gaze when
standing on the roxy barriers Of the ALLIE
ghanies, and overlooking a portion Of his
beloved country, that contains within itself
all the elements Of moral and political 9reai-
ness, The west, the bright,lhe glorious west,
is pictured out in tadeles' colOrs before his
contempiatve eye, and Thoughts unuttera-
Bile will crowd upon him while reviewing
one Of the fairest spots the God Of Nature
has allotted man--the garden Of a conti-
nent--the Ell Dorado and ASYLUM Of peo-
Pile from every nation and corner Of tho
earth--who will leave the worn out lands,
and the monarchical governments under
which They have been reared, for a distant
and better home, where a little labor will
ensure themselves and chldrena competen-
cy through life, and where every human
being is as free as the unclaimed breeze
that waited them to this land Of promise!
The past history Of the West has aston
ished--absolutely amazed the people Of 9TH
or portions Of the Republic, and Of Europe.
Prophecy could never and has never for
told its extraordinary march to greatness
its unparalleled prosperity its insxhaus-
table resources. The widest schemes and
predictions o.: the visionary have failed
utter, W filled in the picture bis fancy drew
half "a century ago OF the future Of this de-
voted land--and the calculations ot the phi
losopher and political economist, no matter
how carefully made, have proved erroneous
in every particular. Our resources have
been eveloped-popuation increased
commerce expanded--and all the elements
Of society brought into action with u rapidi-
ty fhat never could have entered into the
minds of men, and which no other country
under the sun affords parallel.
Nature has done much for us--shc has
given US fields Of unrivalled fernlity--riv-
ers that traverse our whole couotrv. and
hear upon their bospm to the ocean The
wealth Of world. She has placed within
our reach mines that are as inexhauStible m
the Ocean--forests that stretch from everv
point OF The comp iss---all that can make IN
great and happy she has showered upon IN
with muni6cent hand, and, to add to our
felicity, she has given as a climate unsur.
passed for salubrity
Our future history none have courage
enough 10 predict-no one can raIse the
veil of tuturity and have glance at the
work Of another half century--the chan
yes that will be wrought from natural and
uncomfortable causes are far beyond the
pale OF human concept m, and should this
glorious union be perpetuated, and which
we trust IN heaven il will bet must be
tnes onvictIOn Of eyefyreflecting mind, that
IN time, the centre and commerce and arts
---oi science and iegislaiion-and the bull
wark OF liberty in the new world, win be
The 'broad-ihe grand--fhe glorious WEsr!'
population OF the new states aud territo-
rles created out OF the public domain, was
in 1850, 6O,O0O--in 1870, ,390,00O-and
at the present time il is set down in Mr..
Van Bnren's message at over three millions
and half
Ia 1918 there were but three vessels ON
Lake Erie. At this time, The amonp, az
tonnage employed on this lake is estimated
at one quarter of that Of the port Of Phila.
delphia!
Inc hrst steamboat on Lake Erie was
in 1918. From that time TO 1924 but one
was bull, IN 1882, ten were built. The pre-.
sent number is ffiy.
In 1911 the first steamboat was built on
he Ohlo and Mississippi rivers--at present
the number is 63S-besides 5000 fiat and
keel boats employing $4,000 men.-Cin.
cinHdtidR.