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our CREDIT AND KEsoURcEs.7'


Amnreyed article Of the NJ y. Herqld makes
the following condensation and summing uP Il
Virginia credit and resources from The able pub
LEGATIONS on that subject Of Governor FLoyp and
Tie Washington Republic:
One of the best, and, by lfodds, tie cheSbes,
State stock the market At this gromeBt IL That
Of lbss Stats. Ok Virginia. Sales have > centfs
been nade Al premium Of five and six peT ,.ebi
and IaeTe Is no reason ia the word WIN Sspg
ssan' dfpe enc lfac...cn below The SIX per eey.ls
q The general government, or Of aBy other State
IN the Uuion. The securities ne allade loaEe
coupon bonds having thirty Eve years 10 run in
ieFest p3fabie senannually. The agrepl,l.yaf,
manufacturing and mineysiresourses Of yirslua
arc greater aud superior 10 those 6f any otser
State inihe confedefaty Her territory is larger
than thai Of any other State east Of the Rocky
Mounsa:Gs, except Texas Lead isfound within
Der limits, ia ab1ndspce. Besides the mHerise
salt regions Of Kana9Nh2, there arein Southwtsf-
etn Virginia inexbaustble stores OF tins vafuaBle
mineral The salt water found in Washington
county il stronger Than that Of any other county.
Fossil salt, the largest, il not The only depokjse
a TIE kind discovered in the United Staiesrls
found near the salt bills above noticed, aud his
been bored nio 81 least fifty or one hundfe5fesl
and without going through i. Gypsum, orr Pfab-
ter 81 Paris, Of the purest kind, exists inlgteat
abundance in connection with The fossil sal -
Fitete afernany depnsites OF iron ore, from wkeas
refined & hammered iron can be made, which viii
rival tie best productions of Prussia and Ssie-
den. Porcelain clay, as fine as any In France,
4 ioand near Farmyille, and in other seclibps pf
Virginia Tie granite in Richmond is eqnaF iii
quality and beauty TO any in the United Siases.
The sale on Slate river is better Than the Welsh,
being harder stronger, aud mere free from eatlRy
hatter. Marble and soapstones abound id maay
parts of the State, Of good quality and greatak.
riety. Water lime, or ceIneat, is found ldnHthe
James river, Of very superior quality, and has
been found 10 besdecidedly superior 70 The bast
English In the same region, limestone of stbe
pnrest qualify also abounds There are alko
great quantities Of 6feetoue and freclay on James
river and near Richmond. Gold, coal and e1b.
per are lound in abundance east Of the BiRe
Ridge Besides the coal of the east aud Sike
southeast, The kanawha region possesses an ill.,
exhausilole supply. An enormous vein OF can.
Rel coal has been discovered within wear III
two past. in Kanawha- This is the most beam
tliu and valuable OF all coal. Ii Is also aisepsd
that weol grown IN Virginia. from the best5 tDs
proved sheep, IS better IN many cases thanttfb
finest Saxony, and rivals the best Australian 80.
duction. II is believed thai the climate III VIII
ginia is superior to that Of either ofthose coun4
tries iorthe production Of lie finest wool, IA
State with these resources must, as-bopulSfS@n
increases, become immensely wealthy, and THE
time is not far distant when its adyanis &c WILDE
clearly demonstrated
q The Direct Trade Convention Of virginia
assembled at Richmond, on the 10Th. Full ae-
Legations from numerous places in the State
and from some pf lie adjacent points in Moth /