Demoine courier., 1854-10-19

He DeSClny Of our country,
The following statistics, extracted from
the Boston Post. presents. in a compass
and compeadious form, the astonishing
exien, of our country, Its beunaless re.
sources, and iis wonderful development.
In view Of our recent origin and unparah
leled advancement, in all that constitutes
national greatness, il 10 no, wonderful
that the nations of Europe. that for a lorg
time looked upon US with indifference
OF disdain, should now regard US as the
great and growing power Of the world.
Who, save omniro.ence, can Iimi, u,,
and who, save omniscience. can tell the
surprising grandeur Of our desiny-oi
the American Republic! Let il guard
against assaults from within, and j. can
easily shield itself from all external ene-
mics.
"Thirty n States, nine Territorier.
and District Of Columbia. comprising the
United States Of America, are situated
within the parallels Of 10 east Longitude,
and AZ west Of The meridian Of Washing.
ton, and extending on the Atlantic coast
from rs. and on the Pacific coast from
80 10 40 Of nsrth latitude, and contains
a geographical area Of 3,3O6.s65 square
miles. being one tenth less than the en-.
tire continent Of Europe. They con.
tain . population at the present time Of
$4,000. 900. Of whom 81, zoo, 600 are
whites. The exsen, of ito sea coast. ex.
elusive of islands and rivers 10 the head
Of tide water. 10 $4,000 miles. The
length of ten Of its principal rivers 10
10000 m,les. The surface of It's fye
great lakes 10 90, 600 square miles. The
number Of miles of railways in opera
,ion within ito limits 10 10000, construc.
ted a, a cost Of COCO. 900. 900. The
length Of i,s canals il 5000 miles. II
contaius within iis limits the Longest
railway upon the surface OF the globe
tho ILLINOIS Cenial-.which is Tar
miles.
"The annual value Of its agricultural
productions is %, O0O, 0O0. 900. It's most
valuable produc. is Indian corn, which
yields annually 400, O0O. goo; ard in sur
veying the agricultural productions Of our
country, we are so. only struck with
their abundance. bot with grea. variety.
Our territory extends from the frigid
region Of tho north TO the genial climate
of the tropics. .ffording almost svery
variety Of temperature and every kind
of grain aAd vegetables. Her produc.
tons range from the cold ice and bard
granite of the North. the golden corn Of
the West. to the cotton and sugar of the
South; and nearly all in sufieie guam.
titles TO supply q domestic consump-
ton. end furnish large supplies for ex-
por.aiion. thus furnishing nearly oil tho
value as well 40 the bulk of our foreign
commerce; suggesting thereby the IRE.
sistable conclusion that agriculture is the
great Observation-Disclosures our country,
and upon which all other interests de-
pend.
"The amount Of registered aud enroll.
ed tonnage is 4.407,0iO tons. The
amount Of capital invested in manufae-
tures is 5000. 0O0, 900. The amount Of
its foreign imports in 1858 was s267,-
s7s.847, and Of exports S25o.776.i57.
The annual amount Of its international
trade 10 $1,000. coo. 900. The annual
mount Of the products Of labor {otker
than sgricul.ural) is $1,000. 600.
The annual value Of the incomes Of its'
inhabitants 10 . I ,0oO. o00. 900. rhs val.
ue o. it's farms and 1--we stock is95.000,,-
100000. Ito mines Of gold. copper.
lead and iron. are among the richest in
the world. The value Of the gold pro-
ducsd in California 10 800. 600. 900 per
annam. The surface Of iis coal fields
il l32,l32 squars miles. It, receipts
from customs. lands. &C.. in 1859. was
e6l. 326,274, and ito expenditures sl3.-
543.26S. Its national domain consists
Of 2,l74.1ss square miles Of land. Ito
national debt il but t50.000.000 Ths
number Of IL banks q. the present time
10 about 900. with capital Of e30O. 0OO.-
900. Within her borders are $1,000
schools. 5000 academies. 234 colleges,
ard $500 churcbes. Only one In TWEEN
ty-two Of its white inbaSiMnts 10 unable
TO read and write, and nineteen Of ito
twenty.one million Of white inhabitanis
arc native born"
A CHlNEsE AMERICAN ClTlzRN.-
TO day. there was issued At the State