The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-10-13
Fort Desmoines, Iowa, !
September %, 1854. I
United Mates.
WM. HENRY LEAS.

A FEw IMPARTIAL STATISTICS. fol-
lowing statistics, which we extract from the
Boston Post, show the grounds upon which
rests the common boast that ssthis is great
country p
The thirty-one States, nine territories, and
District of Columbia, comprising the United
States of America are situated, within the par
allels of 0 degs east longitude and 48 deg.
west Of the meridian Of Washington, and ex-
ftending on the Atlantic coast from % degs.,
and on the Pacific coast from 81 degs. to 10
degS..of north latitude. and containsa geograph-
icai area Of 3. POS, ,S65 square miles, being bot
one tenth less than the entire continent OF
Europe They contain a population at the
present time Of $4,000 900. OF whom p ,000,-
900 are whites The extent of its sea coast,
exclusive Of Islands and rivers to the head Of
the tide water, 10 1869 miles. The length
Of ten of It's principal rivers is 10000 miles,
The surface Of lis fgp great lakes is $4,000
sq0are miles. The numbero miles of railway
in operation within its limits is 10000. con-
structed at a cost OF 100000 900. The length
of It's canals is 5000 miles 1t contains within
lis limits the longest railway upon The surface
OF The globe-the Illinois Crntral-which is
73l miles.
The annual value of IFS agricultural produc-
tions is s., 000,000.000 lis most valuable
product is Indian corn, which Yields annually
400 900, ,000,S and IN surveying the agricuItu-
raj productions OF our country, we are not only
struck with their abundance, but with their
great variety. Our territory extends from the
frigid region of the north to the genial climate
Of the tropics, adording almost every variety Of
/ temperature and every kind of grain and yfge-
tables. Her productions range from the cold
ice and hard granite Of the north, the golden
corn of The West, to the cotton and sugar Of The.
South ; and nearly all in sufficient quantities to
supply our domestic consumption, and furnish
large supplies for expectation, thus furnishing
nearly all the value as wen as the bulk OF our
foreign commerce: suggesting thereby the ire
sstable conclusion that agriculture is the great
transcendent interest of our country, and upon
which all other interests depend.
The amount Of registered and enrolled ton
mage is 4,4070I0 tons. The amount Of capital
invested in manufactures is $500, 900, 900 The
amount of its imports in 1858 was S267 ,97S,-
CAT, and Of exports $3.50, ,S67,157 The annu-
al amount Of its internal trade is $4,000, ,000,-
600. The annual value of the products of la
bor tother than agricultural) is ST., 800 ,0O0,-
600. The annual value of the income of its
inhabitants is Sl,o00,000 900. The value of
its farms and live stock is S., ,0O0, 900 000.-
It's mines Of gold, copper, lead and IRON are
among the richest in the world The value Of
gold produced in California is 100000, 900
per annum The surface of its coal fields is
! l32, 1872 square miles It's receipts from cns-
toms. lands, &c, in 1853 was $6l ,327, ,274,
and its expenditures of243, ,543, ,363. It's na-
tional domain consists Of 2,l74,ISS square
miles Of land. Its national debt IS but $50 0,000,-
600. The number Of It's banks at the present
time is about l,l00, with a capital of $780,
100000. Within her borders are 81 600
schools, 5000 academies, 234 colleges and g.
500 chuIches. Only one Of twenty-five Of its
white inhabitants is unable to read and write,
and nineteen of its twenty-one million of white
| inhabitants are native born