The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-11

on the same land before au,anns frost.
ny drawing a line from the Atlan,
due wes, TO The Rio Grandc, 70 as
have 3o0.o0O,000 acres south Of il, O
every arabic acre two crops Of our mo-
valuable breadstuHs can be harvested !
n year. ALLOW one-,hird OF this are
for forests, The beds of rivers, and irr.
: ciainab'c surface, and there are lei
200,0o0,oO0 acres for cultivation. q
the supposi,ion that The south had
population adequate 10 demand sue
crops. l0O,00O,00 acres nigh, be drill
ed with sced.wheat in November afie
corn harvest, putting half Iihe nccdf,i
fertilizers in with tie seed. and sowin
the balance broadcast in February. %
March, after the English and Belgian
practice.
With skillful cultnr. and feeding. M
average return Of 20 bushels per ncr,
may reasonably be expected. producn,
An aggregate crop OF 2.0oo, 100000 o
bushels. This crop would be harvest
ed between the 10Th May and 10Th o
June, after which crop Of corn mo,
be grown. With dense popula,i n, a,
IN Belgium, Froncc, and mauy parts D
| China. there can never be real lack oI
fertilizers, SO that 60 bushels of cort
can be produced on every acre OF arabic
surface in our thirty States. BY this
estimate it is seen that the same land
which had produced 1000, 900, 900 hush
els Of wheat, might, so far as the
climate is concerned easily yield G,000,.
| Ouo,o 600 bushels Of corn in season 10 seed
with wheat again.
Governor Hammond, of South Caro-
lima, estimates the present capacity Of
the slayeholding States as equal to the
support Of 100000, 100000 Of inhaLi-
iants. To give Virginia as dense pop.
ula'ion as Belgium has. (Which exports
FAR more Of human food than Virginia
docs,) would require all the people now in
the United States TO reside in the " An
cicnt Dominion"
OF the other 100000 acres Of
arabic soil, one-half may be planted in
cotton, and enriched no more than TO
give an average Of n bale of 400 lbs. To
the acre. This will secure an annual
crop twenty times larger than is now
grown in the United States, and fifteen
times larger than the consumption Of
the whole human family. There will
still remain j0,000,0U0 acres adapted
to the culture of sugar-cane. rice, tubac
co. and other important staples.
The United States possess terrific.
x,I
acres, more than moie,y Of which is
susceptible of ,illagc. Taken as whole,
the country has climate whose mean
temperature and fall of rain greatly favor
the production of human food and clothing.
As we arc now engaged in laying the
foundations of an empire such as the
world has never seen, nor scarcely con-
ceivcd possible, every advantage of soil
climate, natural product and such val
liable trees for timber, fruit and fuel, "a
may be protiiably cultivated, should com
mand universal care and study.
CONFESSION Of rROF. JOHN ". WEBSTER.
Irocecding> beIorr the Governor and tount IL.
S1AIfNENT w XIV. bN. bf''N'E rNTNNN.
The Committee on Parlons, Of the Gov
ernor and Council, met at the Council cham
ber in the State House, on Thursday fore
noon, July >, for the purpose Of consider
ing the case Of Prof John W. Webster.
now lying in Boston Jail under sentence Of
death for the murder Of DIR. George Park
man. on the afternoon of Nov. 90, ls49.
A petition for remission Of sentence, aud
full pardon on the ground Of entire inno-
cencc, had been put into the hands Of the
Executive by DIR. Wele'er's friends--sul,-
sequcntly withdrawn by the advice Of Rev,
Mr.. Putnam. This petition was drawn up,
the mos. part Of il ly friends of the Pro-
fessor's family, who until la-s week did not
entertain the slightest doubt Of the com ,letc
and portec, freedom from guilt of the father,
husband and friend The sta',Incn, whici,
WAS made Ia them at that time ia the most
decisive manner, swept away from their
trembling hopes, the hs, refuge. The cont
il possible. than any in all which they have
been called 10 pass through, in this dread
ful history, and made - deep an Impress
ION upon then, that the rcyela,or Of the
tragedy declares it j, the most distressed
family in the world
Dr.. Putnam If RoShuTy, the cho-. n
spiritual adviser and guide oi the pri.' ncr.
was the only individual who appeared in
hshslf Of Professor Webster. Without any
preliminary remarks hc proceeded to read a
now petition which was drawn up and sign
ol by the prisoner, which is as follow -
PETITION oF pR. WFalsTEE:
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John White Weh.'r-. . ecuy'r'. pntrr tcuteace
af !ra.hS n l--'nr taj, W irssi 81 % meet aHi
Il s ~Ifc and iis cllilircn, respectfully pe''''as
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