Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-12-16
From the N. Y. Tribune e, Nov. ii.
Thirlie,b CODgrcSS-Th9 ll0uSC,


Thirlie,h COngrcSs-Th3 House,
When the present Congress first assembled las!
December il was politically divided as follows:
Wings. lI5: Administration, llO; Abolition
CTuck). / Native LEVIN, l.
Since then two Wings have died. and the place
Of one John ". LlornbccG. Of Lehgh county.
Pa.) was supplied 10y the election OF -brIa4 s.
Adm. Wisconsin likewise elected Two 'cmO'ra,s
after its organization rs Il State, swelling the As
niuistration strength I3, while the dcaIhs OF
Hornbeck and John N. IIoliey Of llis State, la
reduced tho Wing force TO exactly lh0t uumbet.
But the seat Of David :. Jackson. DEM, of this
State, was varated foA undue rcturn by vote of
the House reducing the Administration force To
li2. Oue Administration member from South
Carolina died, but was succeeded by aHnther Of
like fti.a; making 10 change. The session closed
lI3 Wings JucIuIInL GHlings, Root. Pafrey.
iinpIIcobly hostile to Taylor, and not counting
Tuck aud Levin either way.) to liz Democrats,
including Vi iimol and three four Proyiso men
from tins State. ~ the recent election in This
S,ato Horace Greeley OWhig) was chosen from
the SiN,n District in place Of David ). Jackson,
Dem, and Esbon Buckmrr. (Whig) from the
Twenty Seventh, in place Of John VI. iocy.
deceased. This increases the Wing strength to
llJ, the original number. The boilers from
Cass and Taylor, rwCvcr, are so Numerous that
no party has a clear majority. The Van Buren,
Free Soil men hold the onIanco Of power.
PRoDUcrIoNs AND CApirAL OF THE UHiTao
STATEs.-A recent number Of the New Orleans
C0mmercjqL Times contains an article of great
value, and the result Of much labor, the pro-
ductionS and capital of the United States for tho
year 1913. !, is p7d3 up by taking tre returns
OF 1910 and adding % per cent. for the Increase
cf the past eight years. TIE prices Of the pru-
cipa! articles Of production assumed follows:
Cotton at 6 cents per pound; sugar, I rice, 3 /;
tobacco. 7 whoat 80 cents por busbeI; corn, 80 !;
barley. 30; oo's 25; rye. 40; buckwheat, 80 /:
aud potatoes 30 cents. Hay, SO, and hemp aud
fax, so per ton.
According to these es,imatcs. all the crops Of
the United States in 1913 will be worth, in roul q
numbers, S59I.4gOO0 OF these products. the
New England States contribute only SIS, 900 900:
PENNSYLVANIA S55.O0O 0C0; Olio $4,000. 600 :
and Indiana $47O0O0G0. These are the great
producing States Of the Union.
Tho whole iuvosgm"ut.in manufactures in the
United Su!as is set down "a, S3I3. 800 600. OF
tajs, New England furnishes nearly one third
viz: Sl09 0OG000. Massachusetts stands second
only in the United States as manufacturing
State, having $52 600 600 invested ia Tins de-
partneut Of industry. while New York has EGg.-
OOO.UO0, aud Peousy yIvania $50 100000.
Indian corn appears TO be the great simple Of
the country; the whole quantity for the year
InI set down "a, abou, 412 CO0OOO bushels, valu-=
at Sl4lJIoUUO. The hay crop takes the mex.
place, and Is cslim2tei to b. worth 3l2S 900 900
Cotton stands next. being estimated at , 400 600
bales, worth SjI,SGOOO0. The whra. cron tnis
year Is supposed 10 b. equal 20 lO5. SIS. 900
bushels, aad is valued at 3G3 $4,000. Tho pro-
ducts Of the GARY il is supposed viii b. worth
Sl2,3GO,0OO; aud the potato crop crop $4,000
coo.
rom these estimates some opinion may be
formed o! The praiue-.oIs OF lae United States.
and The means winch Pr".iian.a has placed IN
our hands for tho empioymaut and sjs:-uaure OF
oar ',"'He"~' 'nd rapidly Increasing population.
Ani when u is considered il5t our country - "a.
Yet comparatively uucI.iiyaisI. onI is resources
bat very partially developed, 10 oae can. fail To
be impressed wIsn the enormous clplb. G.ns OF
tho country. We have heard il stated by an la-
eiII3ul Western member of Congress, TINT lha
single S.a.e OF IulIant could rglss 5r4ad-.lt'.
enough 10 supply The entire pJp4ta.oa Of the.
United Sutes.-Dgg'gl JJYraa