The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-03-16

w SouA4 SoLiuouu VIC COuuucuCC VI
the capitalist and the smigrant. this would s
not be so.
That We have mineral wealth zee know. a
Coal, iron, lead, fine. building stone and slate
are found in abundance, and clays useful In
the arts are extensively distributed. But in
how great abundance these may be found,
and how proftably the capitalist may invest
his means for their development, can only
be determined and made known in man
ner to command the confidence Of the public
ut home and abroad by careful survey I'M
der the direction of he State.
The importance Of these surveys is moro
highly appreciates on this Continent than
with as. Here the necessity Of develop
ing all the resources of the country is felt,
and attention is given TO the subject. II is
this developement and the wealth which nee
cssarily eomos from it, which enable many
of these countries to maintain their position
and influence in the world. Money julie
| iou.ly expended in these investigations
yields a sure return.
In Bavaria with less territory than the
State of Indiana, millions have been expcud- |
ed in complete geological and Typographical
surveys of that country, and for few PEN
MICS every farmer or land owner can obtain
a copy of the survey Of his land, chemical
analysis of its soil, and knowledge Of the
minerals which enrich it.
In Belgium they are excavating coal ut a
depth of 500 to 1900 feet below the surface,
working VEINS only Is inches thick ut an an
gle of As degrees, and this coal too of an in
ferior quality such as we would not use. and
in that country, notwithstanding the amount
already expended, preparations are being
! made for a still more thorough survey.
Might not much capital thus laboriously cx-
fields were their existence and extent known
and believed
But it is not only in the discovery and To-
: cation of lie mineral resources Of the State
d that such q survey would be advantageous.
r 1t would call attention to tho fact that all
J.. these minerals can be orked and made into
i manufactured articles at home instead ofbc-
! ing sent abroad and returned to us at an adj
vanccd price, as we know it is now done no,
only with our pig iron, zinc and other me-
It tails, but even with our walnut and cherry
d. Copper is shipped from Tennessee to Eng
l. land and returned TO us in the manufactured
"a state at an advance Of more than 200 per cent
: believe that zinc il not manufactured in an,
considerable quantities in the Mississippi
- Valley, and yet it is well known among u
~ that it is found in great abundance in tn
rs Northwest, equal to any in the world. Hoy
rs proftably to our people might the money b
IL. expended in manufacturing at home the Yin
We used among us for painting, for roofing, tel
- egraphing and in the daily employmcnts c
our mechanics. But this will not be unit
," the attention of capital is drawn to our re
- sources.
ne 1t may be mentioned as a striking fac
On showing The extent to which we look acros
-. the water for supplies, that in South Vale
and Staffordshire, England, alone, tin plate
=" are manufactured to the amount Of 9Oo,o
ie' boxes annually, to the value Of over fy
It's millions Of money, and that more tina
raj two-thirds of these are exported to the Uni
;cs ted States.
- Such a survey rs ought to be made. woul
exhibit another thing which may soon be
W vital Importance to the State; thing while
hit oor,o. homo-esnoc;allx 70 tho f,,m.r.
RI is we'll known that the supply oil water
ch yearly becoming less abundant. Such
m survey would show where artcsian wei
"a could be sunk, from which never failin
supply of water could be obtained. Tn
-" may be determined by the scientific ma
DIN with as much certainty as the character
lid the underlying soil. A few years ago
IA. Paris, when water was very much needle,
Mt. an artesian well was sunk under the dire
ne ton Of scientific men, and water was four
an everlasting fountain-though it W,
.e' after eight years of labor, and ut depth
ny ] 900 feet.
TX 1t is said that the French in conqueri.
the Algiers took with them men Of science and
the they progressed, they established villag
-, and sunk artesian wells, finding water CIV,
in the desert. The wandering Arab &
Goo claimed, what can we do with q people WI
OF make water rise out CT the ground whercv
In they please. And they conquered pcrha
so "a much by the impressions made by til,
scientific knowledge, as by the force of the
arms.
While there arc many things to conden
in this country, there arc also many thin
!. to admire. One thing in the managcme
ark of the State Prison in this place has stru
less me with much force worthy OF imitatio
ina, While the happiness of society is sought
any the punishment Of crime, the reformation
fact the criminal rs member of society shou
ally also be sought. This can only be accor
nee plished by uniting efforts for his reformati
for with his punishment in such way as not
how destroy the effect of his sentence. The pu
ing ishment awarded to crime should be certai
arm The sentence of the law should be faithful
an carried out. Indeed / have many dout
put whether the pardoning power, however wis
ana ly exercised, is not productive o: more inju
so than benefit. 1t is said that many years q
let in South Carolina, the Executive when ente
few ing upon the duties of his office, put up
re- q conspicuous place ''no pardons granted e
go, cept on evidence discovered after sentence
ner as the rule of conduct which he rigidly o
the .o-.od. AMI; ,;a .aa.a ,h., ,hoxo 7,