The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-06


apdrFUPeets If the American nation sad degree of
proeIers witnessed which the world furnish para
ri AZ W. review the ~ thai progress Ter
sod suAses,ent srres attention ut step The
pTtsn at occssios, allowing OF n Lngthe.ed REMARKS
may YET pihaps' %iin 81 snort comparative State
eti between important u e'ts 81 nations int rest Is
obey exsted at THAI day. and they exist have
adopted for thi purpose tue tabular form Of statement
ss BENG he most britf snd the most accurate
Coa-AEArrn rAs-r
Number OF states ................ is 81
Repteks natives ana senators in
Con,yrces .,................ ITS o95
Poosistioa d The i siat, 1850 sesssss 232s7GS
Do. Bottom, do isos 1881
Do Baltimore do I2y3 l6g,a54
Dc Phiiadepbia $500 40904j
Do New York. (chy 3l2I 5i5.507
Do, Washington do 1915
Amount Of reoapts into .
AEuourt espepditurss Of : 40 1879 SIS 80 I55.25s
AmosEt u imports, do. 3l,0O1Oo0 IFS l3s,3's
Do. Exports do 70 l0aO Qua 15l .sss 72o
Do Tonnage. do. 5217o4 3 So 4ji
Area q the United states 80ii6i 334 36s
Rsnk and fte OF the ....... 5,t2o 10000
Militia (enroled) .........,.... 2Oe ,4o6
Navy OF m u statcs (sc,..isJ.. None &c
DO. AI,nament, (ofdns nce,) s,ol2
Number "a trrates sad conFen-
tioss with toreign poFcr>..... o 50
Number q iehf house snd
Ex D. ndrures flr do......... Si2l6I s29265
Are Of tbs nrst capitol building
Gin square fvct ............. 1I6H
Do. present capitol (inciudInv
eKtensfon.} ..........-. ...... ~ acres
Lines u rsjfosds ~ Iuiles..... 500
Do Tgiesrs ...... Is O00
npnSr Of post ofnse-.. ..... ~c p ISL
Number Of miiss Of pot route. 5GfI l7s,o72
Amount a revenue from post -
Amo uIt q ~ pt nd tur-- ~ the
Pet Cftcc deoar;pi nt....... rzD+0 6,2l2A53
Huu'b- q n Hes, (msii usD-pof-
t6A,Sol ........s... ...t...... bsll ii23
nlifs Of rzilrs al. ,......,. ..... $50
Pubic hbTari.e ..... .......... IS tgI
NUnler OF volumes i". .... 75yDO 20l6 Bs
SoboSa hbraries. ............... 1900
Humbts q volumes ...... 2OUuOCo
r0tA L.. h.,e tha
Western trade and conn. extracted from al
deer teft-e ttt Historical society ., olie. by william
. Gstisgber, Eco ls4O:-"A ~ hcs sil XXI Bat. ~
veil volume The wonderful rosth ., Western trade
and commerce Previous To the year 1900 ht
trn he'll bssts Of twenty ~ tw.HiJ hvs1"ns each
Smmed all the carrying trade bctwe,r CINCINNATI and
Pittsburgh In lsU2 tbr government vessel ap
peartd Lake. EEie 10 lsli "a. st-amb (ths
OfiesmD VS. launched nj fitt-burgh In a. % IA.
waters q ichiesn first pl~sd by the keel Of
stesDh<st, pleasure trip bay oeing pann ed
and executed in th. 81 thl. year la 1872 n
etehnIboat first AIp-sr-d chicago At the present
dine the tirp nurtr 81 4, runuif on the
hLsssiIti aud Ohio and IN, ir tribuar. Is NOR, pro-
baby over than under bu1ar-d the agsrrgsr ton
Dege n which h not siTt bundr.d aud forty
rh"usauo-s lager Lunlb.t 81 steamboats, than England
Gan ctssn ard greater ttFzu r,in,rcsl
thst ,Dpioyed by Great Britain d-p-ndencie-"
in The Department Il Invention therv hsvs ben
q itu stficstious ~ ScieDo- o. ~uhin the IA
ytars The speci'us bsl Il the ateDt flee Is
the Troatory sad The p9op ot American inventive
ebo gtn'ur Their Terult- Mrr ~ the numrr
iDprusons MT by which human labor l. abridged With
COT going into IL tall IL may H. suBoent say
- 81 ion an
nAINJ"cturts OF vcricity and mas netisn To the pro-
duct on al mr. chsnicHl motion the electrical teie-
Rreph 70 the rxstr- ION II astronomical pbeaomina
20 the st OF multiplying ehgfHviDRs, the intruduo.
tion and impruv,m ns among ~ oil the important
lnytntopad the old wurid striiDgy Indicative "
cbr sovspre % tbs country IN the u-.fvi The
netEors Of railroads and telegraph lines by which
ibis vast country IA rs1icuL.tsd have not only
devsifpcd it. Resources, bat united emphatioally
in nsetnio bonds sl psrts Of the Union Thehy.
dIbulic vorts OF New York IbilndiP hia and 80 ton
surfuss IN Importance thos q ancient ms
h. tint 81 10 fls fNfua
diste application q -,-Jce TO the u-fui art- hAv
enterta the Did Of origin. r,-nrrh ana nav. aired
the bounds Of scientific knwisder Sky year. ago be-
sad~e the brilliant dcoveiie ~ Franklin ei ctricity
scarcely sny bins bad b-,B done suong The way
q uftsiDel invention. our ~ science contsut
With lrPfsting the perments snc difu-ing kno~.
hdge a thr dscoveri'- 81 the Of the odd world,
without attn ptus 70 ada ,ipsle nsu fact prin-
ciFis 60 tho existing STICK viii the Last trsnty nts
on pirty yssrs, remarkable Improvement has taken
place. IN this rn-psc,. Our natural history hA' been
prd IN aD is brrbrhes our grolovy hss been nvrstL
gated With re~t- q the hghst interest 70 practical
and tbeorrtesl soirno- Di-so.eries hare been made
Ia pure ch.mtIy snJ cioctroity, which hav- received
TIL appr,bstifu ~ The uOriu the ADVANCE which has
b'B made I'm msieorrl Wy IA this county within tho
lsst twenty J'ar EQUAL 20 thst made during the
yeriod IN al ths scale o. iiss Ia 1913 there
lot 10 the Jni 90 state in-trument with vbicb
good obwvstsB tb- be- svrnly bois- could be td-
Their instrut q W abingdon Cambridge
and tiucinnSti equal q AZ toe beet European 20
o. rvHirri-s and the o-iEits q --.ver-s In a-rnaapy
rithn the lat i've y'Hrs hi. untry among
most brilliant " he Oar knowledge ~ the guoar.
phJ ana up. rr-thy - ts Au,. cHn continent ha been
rcpidly oKtso.d ny tn sci0noe ofcgsoi
The Unto tsies sfHy rnd dscOvsrs % much interest
in fktsBt have r-ult' from the c1terpris-
rs,y In 1901 uTvsy - The ~ tho United
nod which ~ that time h supposed ID
American ~z competent 10 direct The work hss how
grown wnhi1 the la lev year, under ~
rif fncssg. In importance aud extent beyond any
tsfpris ~ tho kind h-f sttsmpti The-s facts
CuUcusyty pruys that great advance has been made
emnu hot Criy IN the application u science o. the
wants ordinary life bot 81 -cience it-elf In ~
cop -nthu 20 ssisfy the 81 the immortal mind
Ia to literature utst the exception
~ nhg tcc1s and Hbsr school b'-'ks - inferior
chfrrcir, sud th.ol aical tn tbs ~ which
u tEufo u jonathan I'D ~Hrds haze any p"rB.negt
vsre md -yrks history snd pJlLcs, ike
bu'chinhrDs Ma~eachueeits.' Jelfsr-On's Notes
rIrEnin,' the reJ,rrlist" Belknaps New Danp-
tsiF nd Mtrs-'e Gs,graphy.' Aod n fec Oth-rs,
IN lica led pot produced a single work Of sby repu.o
puestt on imported books Even our bibles and tesla
Ht Nefe iDf The mur' pert printed abroad The book
Htvt nov one - the greatest branches o. business
a. nwte OF standard vsun aud q hgh rppuiMtiOn In
sn !" - WI Ne 81 BE- me- have been produced by Anne
- an Buihurs Ia rvtry onpari meut u iers anu lsra
tnfr nile ihe matt "a hAs tsrD expanding IN dim~n-
fidns ~ number, snd TO- reziib government b "A
apphro . we iotcaft 10 the adoption = ne-0essry
nassufer, Wien tbs utiid chan no longer w. al u...
60 UtBieln thf natistsl huuor. whether t, snpr..
yrists dAgisys " Airuad. or W set al ,t,.d
ntsbs n Cefence at home A psvy uhph ~. 30
Cfen nlutrrted cor hstsTy - hefois Achle,-inents
tbt ueb rsttained M pee f1i tune. pIs-s..-r 10
hs ndplrsbss the Of rrcat auI ,tIen
sSpaDsiOb nod n jutuy 0ak upon b. the t.,Y A.
fif riaht Of iis power army stlt snaiiar but
Ioi les t-ffsci IN We detsis when lac may fid
enc q. 81 the WELDON Whicn bsr presided over
AZ O.tfuin-i,o snd government Whfr the gradual
snd p enssrrenr mt % tntse military hss been
rtstisiso ~ tssious wstchfuiuets over tHe pubic
ira uerr hss Beveftb-ie-s been freely given, al
Nat ostdGd 70 perfect their quality ssch affords
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