New-York daily tribune., 1842-08-17
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of a parallellogram, being about two hundred
miles from North to South, and about one hundred
and seyenty-fve miles from East TO West, and !:
about the size of the State of Maine. IL is wei
located for commerce and navigation, and unri
vailed in its position for the Fisheries, being boup
ded South by the Bay Of Fundy, and last by the
Gulf of ST. Lawrence, both OF which are among
the best fishing grounds on the coast The land
skrting the Bay Of Fundy is sterile and broken;
but improves towards the interior, and is excei-
len, ON the rivers, particularly the st. John,
which extends through the whole length of the
Province. Il being surrounded on two sides by
the water, the atmosphere is moist, which hts 1t
admirable for raising grass, potatoes, and some
kinds of grain There is much excellent land at
the head of the Bay. Here is situated the Great
Tantamar Marsh, SO called, which is diked in, and
is upwards of fifteen miles in length and about
four miles wide in its broadest part. When the
Lovalists first came to New-Brunswick in 1888,
for number of wears, corn mpened well and was
the staple production, since which 1t has failed SO
often that the cultivation OF 1t has been nearly
abandoned. But small portion OF the GrovlEce
has been settled, and but little attention paid to
farming, the principal employment being hshlpg,
numbering and building vessels.
The present population is about one hundred
and sixty thousand There are several causes
which seem to have retarded the growth and set
element of the Province. The system OF making
large grants of land to individuals and companies
has tended to enhaRce the price of the land to the
settler, and to lock it up from the market. The
Colonial dependence upon Great Britain, although
in some respects beneficial is in others most in]u-
rious to the best interests of the Province In
travelling through New England you will find a
succession of thriving villages, and if you seek
for the cause of their prosperity, you will generally
find it to arise from the encouragement given to
manufacturers. When small manufactures, such
as tan,leries, paper mills iron works, hat making,
&c are established, a good market is soon opened
for the products of the soil, real estate rises in
value. the various artisans find plenty OF bust
ness, and the prosperity of the neighborhood IS
advanced. Every thing is manufactured IN Great
Britain for the Province. Even the shoes and
nails for their horses and cattle are imported, and
as natural result, you find but few villages in the
Province except such as arise from numbering
operations. There is also great lack OF enter
prise and energy among its inhabitants, arising In
part, probably from the character of the French
and emigrant portion of their population, and IN
part from their form of Government. With less
natural advantages, Maine has far outstripRcd
the Province in Wealth and population, and will
continue to keep ahead of her. until there shall be
a radical change from her present condition IN the
character of her population and the form CT hel
political Institutions
The mineral resources Of New-Brunswck arc
very great. There are large beds of gypsum Al
the head of the Bay and also on the river looiaue
Sandstone abouEds in several places, irom wtlci
grindstones are quarred. Limestone OF the pes
QUALITY abounds in almost every section OF the 70
vince. 1t is manufactured into lime near the Cit
of St. John and at a place called lie Etang, nea
the Bay of Passamaquoddy, from whence 1t islm
ported into the States in considerable quantities
Iron ore is found in many places, and near Wood
stock there is an immense deposit, sufficient, 1t
said, to supply all North America for centuries
but the great mineral resource OF the Province l
found in her immense field of bituminous coal
According TO Dr. Gesners account, here is foun
coalbed exceeding in its dimensions any fonn
in Great Britain, aud is one of the largest ever dis
covered on the globe. II lies in the shape OF
triangle, beginning on the west side of the 81
6 John River, near the Oromoto Lake, and shenc
continuing to widen cut TO the east line OF the + re
. vince. when it embraces nearly the whole shore
the Gulf, and containing an area of about eightee
thousand square miles, and covers about one-thir
of the Province. A large portion Of this exter
siya field is accessible to vessels from the severa
rivers and bays with which it is penetrated IN va
rious directions. Ii is worked to some extent /
several places, and the coal is found to be sinaa
TO that of Neva Scotia.
AS much of the Province yet remains in a-wi
derness state the price of wood for fuel is cheap
and as coal can be imported from Great Britain .
little expense, the timber ships being desrous {
taking it for ballast, there has not yet been suff
cient encouragement to work these coal mine
extensively. The time, however, is not far idi:
tant when this coal viii be wanted, and when tn
mines viii lse extensively worked, and will ad
immensely to the Importance of New-Brunsw'cl
S CCor. Bangor Wing.
r S.sREDFIELD, Bookseller and Sta