The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-08-23
rhs Union--Afsw impartial Statistics.

The following statistics, which we ex-
tract from the Boston Post, show the
grounds upon which rests the common
boast that " this is q great country :"
The thirty-one States, nine Territories
and District of Colombia, comprising the
United States of America, are situated
within the parallels of 10 dogs. east lon
gitude and 43 dogs. west of the meridian
of Washington, and extending on the At
lantio coast from 25 degs., and on the
Pacific coast from 80 dogs. to 40 dogs.
of north latitude, and contains . geo.
graphical area Of 3,306,565 square miles
being but one-tenth less than the entire
continent of Europe. They contain a
population at the present time of rs 900,
600, of whom 100000 are whitea-
The extent of its ~sea-eoast, exclusive of
islands and rivers to the head Of tide wa
ter, is 1869 miles. The length of ten
ofits principal rivers is 10000 miles,
The surface of its five great lakes is co.
600 square miles. The number of miles
of railways in operation within its linn
its Is 10000, constructed at q cost of
$500, 000 ,000. The length of its ca
mails is 5000 miles it contains within its
limits the longest railway upon the sur
face of the globeEthe Illinois Central
Which is 731 miles
The annual value of its agricultural
productions is 81, 900, 000, 600. Its most
valuable product is Indian corn, which
yields annually $500, 000, 900; and in
surveying the agricultural productions
of our country, we are not only struck
with their abundance, but with the great
variety. Our territory extends from
the frigid region of the north to the ge-
NAL climate of the tropics, afording al
most every variety of temperature and
every kind ofgrain and vegetables. Her
productions range from the cold ice and
hard granite of the North, the golden
corn of the West, to the cotton and SUI
gar Of the South and nearly all In suff-
Gent quantities to supply our domestic
consumption, and furnish large supplies
for expectation, thus furnishing nearly
all the value aslWell as the bulk of our
foreign commerce; suggesting thereby
the irresistible conclusion that agricul-
ture is the great transeendant interest of
our country, and upon which all other
interests depend.
In AAOoAS VI ESSAcScICu ANU CuEOAIcU
tonnage is 4,407,020 tons. The amount
of capital invested in manufactures is
$500, 000, 600. The mount of its for
eign Imports in 1853 was 1857 ,972. 647,
and of exports $230,976, 157. The an
nular amount of it internal trade is &c.
000, 900, DOC. The annual value of the
products of labor (other than agricultu-
rail- is $500 O00,00Os The annual val
ne of the income Gifts inhabitants is ST.
000, 000, 600. The value of its farms
and live stock is S., 000, 000, 900. Its
mines of gold, copper, lead and iron, are
among the richest In the world. The
value of the gold produced in California
is 500, DOC, 900 per annum. The sur
face Of its coal fields is 1882 square
miles. Its receipts from customs Hands,
&C., IN 1853, was 81 ,327,274, and its
expenditures $43, SAB 1853. Its national
domain consists of 2,474,1s square
miles of land. Its national debt is but
$4,000 ,000. The number of its banks
at the present time IS about LOO, with
q capital of $500, 0OO, OO0: Within her
borders are 81 900 schools, 5000 acad-
emies, 234 colleges and $500 churches.
Only q in twenty-five oft white in
habitants is unable to read and write, |
and nineteen of its twenty-one million
white inhabitants are native born"