The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-12

Total number, 81 ,903; value, Sl26,s33.
OF manufactures and other valuable products at
Ekaternebcrg, Simpson, while there, wrote as fol-
lows
:" IL has iron foundry, mint for coming cop
per and silver and various establishments for cutting
and polishing marble, porphyry and other precious
stones. The nclghboring mountains appear 20 be
natures richest repository OF minerals, yielding, in
great abundance, diamonds, amethysts, topazes,
emeralds, rubes, sapphires, jasper, porphyry, maa
chite, gold, silver, iron, copper, platinum, &c.
These inexhaustible treasures chiefly belong TO
Count Dcmidof and M. Jacoblef. The former il
married TO n daughter Of Jerome Bonapartc, and is
supposed to derive about 50 900 000a year from his
share Of the spoil The latter, may add, from
another authority, Is the richest man in the Rus
sian empire.
"I purchased some vases Of cut crystal, for which
the workmen Of Ekaterinebcrg unrivalled. In
fact, afterwards learned from an English jewell
Ter, that nothing Of the kind could be finished in
the same beautiful manner in London"
Al Kolyyan there are other large establishments
for cutting, polishing and working in various ways
the precious stones OF the neighborhood. The re-
cent compilation Of Palmer, printed by order Of
Congress, furnishes the following:
"Zlataust, a large town in the Southern Uralcan
mountains, is celebrated for its manufactures Of
steel Its damasked cimetars, as we'll az every de-
scnption OF ornamental steel are said TO equal, il
y Captain James ABbOt BrtisS U oee sope
marks: The general fault Of European blades is,
that they being forged Of sheer Steel for the sake
OF elasticity, they are not susceptible Of the keen
edge which cast-stcel will assume. The genius Of
Anosof, Russian metallurgist, has triumpbed
this objecton-not in hardening the soft steel,
but in giving elasticity TO the hard; and IL may be
doubted whether any fabric in this world can COM
pete with that Of Zlataust, combining In an equal
degree edge and elasticity.
"Zelminsky, about forty miles from Irlyutsk, con-
tains several extensive factories built Of stone for
the manufacture Of cloth, cotton glass and paper.
The machinery for the factories has been constructed
the spot after models imported from England.
The glass ware and cut glass made here arc of a
superior quality.
"At Irkutsk, there is an immense brick building
containing cloth factory, and workshops Of the
cxcs in which joners, carpenters, carriage ma
kcrs, sadders, backsmiths, and all sorts of handi-
craftsmen, are busily occupied and provided with
comfortable apartments, clean clothing and whole
some food. The cloth IL made of the wool and hair
Of the Burat sheep, camels, and goats. There arc
also manufactures Of linen, and other piece goods
glass, hate, soap, leather &c, and IL Is the resi-
dcncc Of numerous citizens In the different trades
common in Europe"
Our limits do not permit US 10 speak Of the man.
ufacturcs OF other towns. The population Of Sibcris
is rapidly increasing both by emigration from Rus
STA, To which II stands in the same relation as tn,
great West does TO us and also by its natural aug
mentation. Altogether, the above facts give us
large view ofthc importance Of that country, anC
10 us II is especially interesting fronting fhe Pa
cihc opposite our own Oregon and California, will
which It's commerce on the ocean will in time b,
chiefly carried on.