The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-11-07
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| RESOURCES OF
Few persons We susp9E WEST.
alize what are the cspaclIioroughly re-
of the Mississippi. though eTJhs valley
been talking and writing abouItoty has
twenty years. A writer IN the Nelhese
Review sets this matter in a mostark
bic light a. follows:
Look At IL; in that valley are one
million four hundred thousand square
miles, or eight hundred and nine,y.six
millions nf acres. while Great britain,
with al Its island,, contains but about
eighty eight thousand square miles. or
fifty six and half million Of acres. Aud
what is the character Of this vast regiunl
One third Of il. at least. is capable Of cul-
tiFaiiOn. and thick settle neni, and ono
third is four hundred and sixiy.six thou.
sand square miles in extent. about seven
times as great an area as all the avaiIa-
be land in England. Wales, Scotland.
and the islands.
Look q, IL more infinitely. and YOU
find il. from the cleared fielIs of Ohio
and Indiana, 10 the edge nf the barren
praries Of The Missouri. aud from the wild
rice swsmps nt the north, 10 the cypress
swamps of the south. fertile beyond ex-
example. almost level or slightly undulat.
ing. aud accessible in every direction.
Never was there liner county for the
agricuIIurisl; standing al his farm house
door. 10 the inferior OF Ohio, Indiana, or
J Illinois. a thousand miles from The salt
water. he may zee his produce sfoat OH
its way 10 New York, or Europe. In
few years five complete lines Of water
aud railway communication will exist be-
tween the interior Of Ohio aud The ocean;
fur are nov IN operation. Nor 10 that
/ valley destined 10 be less eminenlly ma
nufacluring Than agricultural. The state
Of Ohio. IL we may rely upon her geulo-
gisi Mr.. Mather. contains as much bilu-
minous coal Of good quality aud easy &C.
cess. as al England and Wales; and Ohio
in this respect is, he thinks. no richer than
Western PeunsylVania. Western Virginia
sndKenmcky. Judging from the ll,ls that
j. known. lndiars, Illinois. and Missouri,
are probably underlain tn a considerable
extent bY this same great mineral ues-
sure. Nor j. II cual alone that abonnds
in the west; from the head waters # the
Cumbeil .ud nver. across kenmckv and
Ohrn, extends bed Of iron ore twen,v
miles in width. Tennessee is filled with
/, iron; immense beds were lHely opened
IN lndlana-and who has not heard Of the
, Missouri mopniain nj tina, most precious
, metal Already do P.usbnrgh aud Gin-
, clnnaii. yearly, manufacture some seven
or eight millions Of dollars worth Of iron
articles for export 10 other points; and
lead abounds also: salt IL met with i'm in
exhaustble quantities; lime is universally
Distributed; and the 6aes, frees,ane found
in the greatest proGusion.
Here. then, is land. the soil and eli.
mate Of which favor Village in The highest
degree. The interior of which is far more
easy Of access Than the interior OF any
i, country in Europe, and filled with mine.
: raj wealth. Within its limits, grow maze,
wheat, hemp, FAX. tobacco. cotton and
sugar. II is land which scarce needs
foreign commerce, IL is a world within IT,
self; there is scarcely one considerable
article at commerce, If we except coffee
and some dye-stulf.. which the Missis
sipri valley cannot furnish. The frs
flint glass made in America, was al Puts.
burgh; the porcelain earth found within
the limits Of tina, region. rivals that a
,, China: the lakes abound in fish, and the
, buIrstone Of Ohio, may compare with ia,
:, hes, from France.
:. Now what, in the common course q
things, must b. the result Of this wealth
and capabilitt! A dense population o
not less than one hundred and twenty
!, millions Of people; nay, if we base ou
= calculations on the present population q
= France, of not less than one hundred ant
sixty millions, that is TO say, a popula
ton greater than that now living in Grea
= Britain, Ireland. France, Holland. Spain
7 Portugal. and all Germany"