Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-10

''"'"' W. '''''' was lSSucu promptly un
the iir< OF the month. Its leading paper saws
the \. Y. Courier * Enquirer is upon Com
merce, from the Peace of Riswick To the pre-
sent time. and contains a careful. intelligent
digest oil facts oi very general interest and i'm
poriance, especially To mercantile men. Full
ana authentic tables are presented, showing
among other things that nothing can rctard
the prosperity and success of free and indus
trious nation in its rapid advancement, but a.
neglect 10 foster and protect It's ouR labor. and
that projected industry enables the country
To pay Tor and consume foreign manuiaC lures
upon a liberal scale. 1t appears that the
amount ot British manufactures alone con
sumed in this country during the year ending
June 80, lSi3, was $50 ji1 SO; and that the
value nj cotton exported from this country
during the same time was $50. 5yl ,35l while
all the rest of our foreign exports combined
only amounted In Ss,2O3, 173, of which 81 l6,-
81 was oi tobacco and rice, leaving Tor all
ouragricultural population out of the plant
ing states the small sum of So ,035 .95l There
is, IL seems, in the words of the writer. that
1.-The Northern farmer cannot even exchange
his raw products for British manufactures. 80
that he il actually worse OH than when we
were colonies of Great Britain, for then he was
allowed that great priDiicge which is now
denied him"
Emissions ot Colonial currency is the sub
ject oi the second article, which is confined to
Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
The third is upon the Prussion system Of
Education, and is exceedingly interesting and
instructive. From documents cmbo lied in
this paper we learn that according To the latest
census the population OF Prussia is Il, 726 ,S23,
of whom I,767 or are children under If
years old. Ofthese il is estimated that .Oi3.-
O3O are of AN age to attend school:-and accor-
ding To official returns the number of children
actually attending the Prussian public schools
Is 2,02l AL of whom ,0iI ,36i are bows. and
ST. 57 girls. Thus it is established as am
actual and certainly striking fact, that all the
chil tren of Prussia are not only included i'm
her provision OF education. but actually partakc
of its advantages. There are i'm the kingdom
20 ,6l2 primary public schools, in which there
are employed -, 19l masters and mis,resscs.
These statements are from the able and valu-
able reports of the distinguished French philo-
sophcr Cousin
The C"df ped of Allegheny county, Md.
| IL the subject of the next article. from which
we learn that the field is divided into the M
per ana lower, or northern and southern dis
tncts, covering II and 239 square miles res
hnl ~.
iii'es' or loS,OOO acres, are underlaid with
unavailable coal - yards thick This. in the
common way OF working, would weld 80 900
tons per acre, or b 900 900 OF tons per mile.
"a quantity said TO be greater than the enor
nous annual consumption and waste OF Great
Britain. In all the British mines the coal is
below ground at depths varying from 30 TO
1000 feet; the Allegheny measures are nearly
all above the water level The expense of
working the lattcris, therefore, much less than
that OF working the former.
The next article compares Steam and Va
Ter as Motive powers. Rio Lneiro and the
adjacent country are next described. and then
we have historical and statistical descrip.
ton OF Paterson, N. j., where there are now
rs cotton factories i'll operation, 6 machine
SHOPS, and III other factories; where 1 300
600 lbs. of cotton, 500 900 of flax and hcmp.
600, 600 of wool and IL 900 of silk are ANN
ally consumed; where 81 500 spindlcs are en-
ployed, 81 looms are i'm operation. , .335 tons
OF iron are annual used, 3,137 hands employ
cd, 100000 paid for wages, and ID $50 bar
rcis OF flour are annually consumed. The
population OF the place is | ! ,0S6.
Chicago is next described as having no.
puIaiion OF $4,000, as having exported in
iSll produce TO the amount of S7S5, 50l. and
imported 81 ,636,IlG.
Under the head of orr TrGde NTH For,igu
Nations we have full and valuable tables. of
which the following is general summary.
lie exports and imports during the last wear
to and from the various countries named
were rs fpllnus