The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-11-12

ty-eght hundred and fory-one miles Of railway, 20
complete which for public use il is estiaated that
three millions Of tons Of iron will be necessary and
this year that body sanctioned forty-seyen hundred
miles, which viii require supply Of fvs wiiiors u
tons! Is not this terrific feat for the iron manufac-
tnrers IN America Verify, they have much more
10 apprehend from the temptations 10 capitalists 10
engage NTH industrial pursuit at home, than from
foreign composition In the midst of the distress 10
Ireland, IL is gratifying to know that 10000 hands
are employed upon railroads, TO whom $3.50 600
(k26,O0O) wages are paid weekly In England,
railroad travelling, although exceedingly expensive
for FIRST places s. per hundred mes--is vastly
more comfortable and speedy than anywhere else
From London 10 Exeter, via Bristol, 22O miles, the
distance, including stoppsges, Is regularly run over
London, the line is about the same length, and the
express cars 90 through in about SIX hours. In.
comparably the most pleasant conveyance that l
have ever enjoyed, land water, is The eOupse Of
the royal ma-eoaeh on this route. IL contains seals
for two persons only, but they, with the apartment
are so spacious and neat as 10 afford an agreeable
contrast 10 the transatlantic voyager, even thous h
the steamer, from which he has just debarked, be
the bsst-aPPonted Of any that rides upon the ocean
wave. ~. Co. ... '... ...r
The manufacture Of cotton in England last year
was to an unprecedented and almost incredible extent
An authentic statement before me, shows that the to-
tai quantity srpoied-to say nothing OF domestic con-
sumpuonof iohis plain eottons, was 676, AIS 780
yards and the value 80 66l Ola; Of printed dyed
cottons, 4l5,27O,2 69 yards, and the value Is, $685.
79i; and OF hosiery, lace, and other small articles
TO the amount Of e. 1877 ,2S6 The quantity of twist
and yarn exported, was 1875, la, 365 pounds, and
the declared value $685. 35 The total exports Of
cotton goods and yarn, Of British aRd Irish manu-.
facture, reached, at the declared value, the round
sum of k26ll0,33l, or in American currency to
$3.50 55l ,635 And where were markets found
for this immense yield Of manufacturing industry
frnu nuK afa Nnu eli Ia, D.. al.
amount Of kI,073 500; in the Hanseals towns, %
Is 100 s34; IN Holland, TO 81 ,3i2 1885, in Belgium
TO t576,579 in Portugal proper, to k6ls 6S2; Ia
Gibraltar-chiefy for Spain, while Spain imported
directly ell ,7S7-to f529,857; in Italy and the
Italian islands, To GLASS, SOC; in Turkey, to 81
S2l ,2S2i in Syria and Palestine, to f609 9ls; in
Egypt, TO tl37 032; in western coast OF Africa to
t223,93O IN Cape Of Good Hope, TO kl74 SIG; in
Maurltlus, to tl35, 065; in British East India to
"a 2lO, i23; IN Sumstra, Java, &c, To f409 224; in
China, TO 81 735, l4l; IN Australia to f224 774 in
Brazil, to 81 429 500; in Chill TO e602 255 in Peru
and Bolivia, TO f4l9, 776i in British North American
eooaIes, to S7i2 ,225; in do. West Indies to f60l,
OBS in Cpba and foreign West Indies TO k60l O25; 10
Mexico, 10 f2i4 S45; and in the United States Of
America, To FL 056, $40. The organ Of the British
government, in most illiberal leader a short time
since, remarked: "The Americans have only to oc
cupy Two or three points in the interior, and few
upon the coast, (of Mexico,) and they are masters
OF rich and varied country, out Of which eight or
ten new states may be ereced-an area equal to
that Of France, Spain, and Great Britain combined
They will hold this until peace is negotiated, and
that they will extor it from Mexico as a condition
Of peace, is evident from the tone Of the press and
their popular hanngues. II then only remains for
them to flch from Mexico her mines, WHEN THEY
WILL BECOME THE MASTERS OF THE SPECIE AND THE
COTTON OF THE WORLD" II is humbling enough
10 the pride Of Great Britain to be dependant upon the
United States for the article which she prohtably
manufactures for expectation TO the amount OF 81 30
$50 635 annually; but when to this will be added
her dependence for the specie necessary to her
wants, and The extension Of her power, America
presents to her bewildered imagination a spectacle
Of terrific grandeur. Scientific discoveries, too,
within the last six months, have given potency to
cotton for other purposes than clothing that never
was anticipated by spinners and weavers 1t is des
tined to exercise undIsputed agency in making
justice the standard-bearer throughout the universe
Yours, truly,
AMERICANUs.
2. s. The secret for preparing the gun-couon,
through the skill and vigilance of German chemists
has been found out at Brunswick, Dusseldorf, &c
The article is in use Everywhere, and bales of the
raw material are consumed daily. The first exhibi.
ton of its properties that witnessed convinced
me that the invention Of Bartle Schwartz would be
Of little value hereafter