The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1857-05-28
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region lies, if we may so speak, in triple
strata-the forrest; the virgin soil, which
plough never yet has broken; and tba
literally inexhaustable mineral treasura
which underlies it. We do not, however
desire toeonvey the idea that the sagacitv
of business men and capitalists has entire.
ly overlooked this teeming country. On
the contrary, men of means from our own
and the eastern States, in particular srA
reaping large revenues from its coal mines
and its forests Our present object is to
indicate to those in pursuit of shadows at
remote distances, that much more tano;.
BILE results may be obtained within sin.
gle days journey from this city, provided
the acuteness of other settlers does nat !,
anticipate them.
The counties We have named are stu,
ate in the valley of the Susquehauna on
the line of the Sunbury and Erie Rail.
road completed as far as Williamsport,
the county seat of Lycoming. In a very
short period, these counties will be the.
principal source to which the entire coun.
try must look for any considerable supply
of lumber. The forests of Maine have
now nearly disappeared; and like the
wild pigeons which traverse the country
in search of their favorite mast when, the
present supply is exhausted, the eastern
lumberman are fast possessing themselves
of the most valuable of our Pennsylvania
timber lands. The fact that those upon
the Lehigh- and'the- North Branch of the.
Susquehanna are rapidly being exhausted ).
tends only to reduplicate the value of
those which remain intact. To quote the
phrase of Professor Roberts. of this city,
these lands constitute one vast "pine,y,"
though large part of which, perhaps.
no. human being, save some hardy survey
or, orhunter, ever made pathway. The
timber is, of course, of first growth, and
consequently of great size, most tempting
to the practised and professional eye of
the lumberman, who as he scans it takes
no thought of the grandure and sublimity
of primeval forest, but sees before him,
as it were, a vast plantation of bank mates g.
Let US exgmiae what these lumbermen
have already accomplished towards fore
stalipg others in securing the usufruct
of some ofthcse timber bearing counties.
The Yankees, who had foisaken the de-
nuded hills of Maine, have introduced a
system Of extending booms across the riy-
Ell, s. that logs thrown into it at points
as far as a hundred and fifty miles above,
are. as cetaih. to. be caught as though
thrown into the straam within mile dis
tant. Every owner marks his logs with
peculiar cut of the axe, and when the
river becomes sufficiently high, gangs of
men Dive them down the. stream, dis
lodging them as they stick upon the
margen until they are caught by the
booms. At these points are erected
mammeth gang saw mills, propelled by
steam, the slabs and saw dust furnishing
ample fuel. These mills run from 12O to.
100 saws eaoh, and each produces from
the rough sticks from so to 100 NJ every
twenty-tour hour Gang mills are those
continuing rows Of saws, as many as
twenty-eight being secured in one frame,
and cutting the largest sticks into planks
or boards by once passing through the
loGs.-PhHddeiphid North american.
! RsgThe Harrisburg HcroJd edited by
John j. Clyde. who is also President of
the AlMelican State Council, and YVES a
straight out Fillmole man last November,
says,:--"A, few stl4igat out Americans;
who, fo1 reasons best known 10 themselves, !,
disapplove ofthe Union movement which
resulted In. the nomination of David VII
mot for Governor, have issued call for
an American State Convention at Ian,
caster on the 25th of this month. There
has been no response TO the call, except
lii one or two, counties, the mass OF the
Americans deprecating the movement as
one designed to divide and distract the
Opposition, and give aid aud comfort to-
the Democratic, an,i-American pro-slave-
ry patty. The Anclicans Of the various
counties were fully and fairly represented
in the State Convention-their delegates
went there in good 18th, prepared to
abide the result Whatever it might be
and casting aside all personal preferences,
the Americans of the State generally cor
daily endorse the acti,n OF the Conven-
ton and will give ieaIty support to the
nominees. The evidence of this may be-
found in the action of the State Council,
and most OF the subordinate Councils
Many honest Americans were misled last
year, and made to play second fiddle -
to the Democratic party and their foreign
Romish allies. They will be careful not
to make similar fatal mistake this year
The tone and temper OF the American
press throughout the State indicate that