The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-09-06
The UMitcd States.

The following statistics, which we
extract fom the Boston Post, show the
grounds upon which rests the common
boast that "this is great country:''
"Tho thirty. one States, nine terri
tories, and District of Columbia, com.
prising the United States of America,
are situated within the parallels Of 10
degs. east longitude and 4S dtas. west
ofthc meridian of Washington, and
extending on the Atlantic coast from
25 degs.; and on the Pacific coast from
81 degs. 10 49 degs., Of north latitude,
and contains a geographical area OF
3,3O6,S65 square miles, Being but one
tenth less than the entire continent of
Europe. They ton,ain q population
at the present time Of 25,QOQ,GOO, of
whom 2i,000,000 are whites. The
extent OF its sea coast, exclusive Of IS.
lands and rivers 10 head Of tide water,
is 1859 miles. Tho length Of ten of
its principal rivers is 10000 miles
The surface Of its five grea, lakes is
1000 square miles. The number of
miles Of railway in operation within
its limits j. 10000, constructed at a
cost of *600,O0O,OO0 The length of
its canals is 5000 miles. 1t cont ,ins
within its limits the longest railway
upon the surface of the globe-thc
Illinois Central-which is 73l miles in
length.
:" The annual value Of its agrc,,l ur-
al productions is OO,OOOOOO. Its
most valuable product is Indian corn,
which yields annually 100000, 900,
and in surveying the agricultural pro
ductiUns of our country, we arc not
only struck with their abundance, but
with their great variety" Our terrific.
ry extends f'om the frigid region of
the north to the genial climate of the
tropics, atTnrding almost every variety
OF rcm mpcrature aud every variety of
grain and vegetable. Her productions
range from the cold ice and hard gran.
lite Of the North, the golden corn Of the
Vest, to the cotton and sugar Of the
South; and nearly all il sufficient
quantities 10 supply our d"'mcstic con.
sumption and furnish large supplies for
expectation, thus furnishing nearly all
the value as well rs the bulk Of our
forcign commerce.; suggesting thereby
the irresistible conclusion that agricul,
ture is hc great transcendant interest
OF onr country, and upon which ull
other interests depend.
he amount Of registered and ell
rolled tonnage is 4,lOT,0lO tons. The
amount Of capital invested in m,anutac.
lures is $500, ,10o, ,Gul. Ihc amount, of
its foreign imports in 1853 was S267,.
97S, CAT: and Of exports $3.50 976,I57
The annual value Qi the products of la
Dor (other than agriculturaD is IL 500.
OOO,000. The annual value of its farm
and live stock is S5,OO0,OOO,OGu. Its
mines of gold, copper, lead, and iron
ore, are among the richest in the world.
The value ofthe gol,l produced in Cali
to'nia is slO0,0O0,000 per annum.-
Tho surface of its coal fields is 1873,
1872 square miles. Its receipts tiom
customs, lands &c, in 1853, were
s6l ,337,27.i, and It's expenditures
s43,5l3,263. Its national domain
consists Of 2,l7l,lsS square miles OF
land. It's national debt Is but s5O,OOO,-
900. Ih" ':unbcr Of its banks, at the
present zine, is about LOO, with :.
capital of s3o0,Q0o,OO0. Within her
h"rdcrs are 81 200 'scIr'n!s, 5000 ac.
adictnie<, 234 colleges, and $500
ch" chcs. Only one in twenty-five of
its white inhabitants is unable t. read
and write, and nineteen OF i,s twenty
one millions Of white inhabitants are
native born"
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