Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-08-30
THE UNITED STATES.

We are indebted to the Boston Post for the follow
ing instructive and suggestive statistics:
TIL. thirtyone States nine territories and District
of Columbia comprising the United States OF A.leri
ca contain a population at the present tune Ol 20
OOO OoO of whom 81, 100000 are whites ea an
nual value of its agricultural productions Is S2ooo
100000 Its most valuable products Is Inoah coril'
which yields annually $4OO, ooo, 0oo. :;
a 4n7 OIO The amount of capital invested IN manu-
factnres il 5000, OO0, 600. The amount OF foreign
imnorts in 1858 was $267, 97s,647, and OF exports
Aoeo o76 III The annual amount OF Its internal
trode Is S6. OOo 900, OOO The annual value OF the
products of labor (oher than AGRICULTURAL is Slooo
900 OOo The annual value of the incomes 0. i its
inhabitants is 81, coo, 100000. Inc Value Oh ns
farms and live stock is S., O00, 900 O00 It's mines
If Gold CONNIE, lead and iron are among the richest
in the world The value of the gold produced In
California is 500, 700 per annum Inc surface
of its coafeldsis 1885, 1872 square mics. Jus recelPts
for customs lands, &C. in 1858, was SOL, 35I,o14'
and its expenditures $43 543, 263. Its national 90
main consists of 1884, l9S square miles OF lanu Hs
national debt is but $50, 900 600 Inc nu on o.
its banks at the present time, is ABOUT loO WIN
= con;tal of $500 900 900. Within her borders are
a 600 schools 5000 academies 234 colleges and B.
90o churches Only one in twenty-five OF Its "h'te
inhabitants is unable to read and write, ana nineteen
of its twenty-one millions of white nhaoltahts are
native born Its mountains arc among the nlShest,
ond its nrairies are among the most beautiful ana
extensive upon the globe.
So much for the present greatness OF our coiiieu
racy; but unless the people be corrupted or lea as
trv by selfish dcmagogues or wild fanaucs, IL Is ues
tined not only in physical and moral wealth, but In
the higher triumph OF refinement anu ART " e4ual
the first "powers" in the world. An article on the
Emigration to the United States in the July num-
her Of the Edinburg Review does justice to the Ell
forts made in this country for the amelloratlon OF
the condition of the emigrants and conGluoes VIII
the following eloquent remarks upon the 1~e"e
North america: ~
II cannot be doubted that versatile as they are,
no sam attention to Art winch
thew now give to more solid but less graceful mat
ters The incorporation into the community OF SO
large an amount of emigration from continental ctes
educated in the arts of design and contrlouslS ny
the mcneil and the chisel to the national love OF show,
will hasten such result When, in no very distant
day. the praries of the Lake country and the Vaiey
of the Mississippi shall be peopled with nifty ml0nS'
gathered from all nations but guided by the Elsnsn
race and governed by English traditions; when the
slopes of the Alleghanes and the Green Mountains
shall be covered with sheep, and their vailcs neu
with the best bred stock, when the plains OF inc
South shall be entirely devoted to the prooucuoh l
cotton when the higher and more delicate branch
es of manufactures shall have taken root IN Massa-
chusetts and the mechanical arts found stay
in Pennsylvania; when the white man snail nave
driven the buffalo from the fields which each setting
suns shadows with the peaks OF the Rocky NOUN
tans; when cities shall fringe the Pacific, towns line
the banks of the Oregon and farms dot the surface
of California and the Valley of the Willamette when
skill shall have subdued the mineral wealth. OF Lake
Superior: when commerce shall whlten every lake
and ascend every river of the country and shall car
ry its productions to every cline; when railroads
shall unite the Atlantic with the Pacific, and bring
every part of this vast nation into close contact with
every other, when opulence shall have given home
to Art in their Cities and Literature shall have Gre
ated the traditions which they lack; what specta-
Gle may they not present to the world, II oespsihS
the allurements of ambition, and disregarding the
erroneous advice of interested leaders, they are con-
tent to reap the rewards of their peaceful industry
and to enjoy the blessings which Providence pl0es
within their reach.