Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-01-27

NlltS, Stilu fllssUufI W III IlGdi
her 5,0G0OoO acres in vineyards which
yield an annual increase Of 81 900, 600, ,C0c!
From the rapid sale of these lands and
the increase cultivation Of the grape, the
State viii derive more income than the cost
of the survey. The increase Of taxable
property in consequence Of this importal
discovery Of the wonderful adaptation of our
soil and climate TO the vine, must be very
great. s.
If mistake n0t, our State is annually
paying some half million dollars for hydfau-
lie cement imported from Illinois, Louis-
vile. and other points on the Ohio liver
We have discovered as good Hydraulic
Limestone in several counties on our rir-
ers and railroads where this cement might
be made with great profit, our demand sup
piled, and this large sum be kept at home
10 pay the interest on our State bonds
This hydraulic limestone is abundant in
Caiaway and Montgomery counties. 10
Missouri wishes 10 borrow money 70
build her railroads, Her bonds are pre-
sented to capitalists in New York and Lon-
don. The first inquiry of the capitalists
would Be, can you pay? This quest on
was answered by our published reports
This volume was presented as the evidence
of cur ability 10 pay. According to this,
we have II 100000 acres of land, 35,0O0,-
600 acres are most valuable. OF these,
S,OOO,00O are good hemp lands; 100000,
Ihe best grape lands; 20,000,000 are adap-
tea 10 corn, wheat, tobacco, grass, &c., the
common products Of the farm, 2,e60.o00
acres Of mineral lands. ...
The best agricultural lands are underiaid
with IL 900, 600 acres of coal beds, which,
will yield 100, 100000 tons per annum, for
1900 years. One bed only Of tEs many
hundreds firon ore, will yield of the best
iron, l,G00 900 tons ps- nnnum for two
hundred years. en-
Who made this inventory Of your asfi-
cultural and mineral wealth? Our Slate
Geologist. --- .-.. #.
When the New YORK. capitalists wish 10
know the validity Of these reports, they are
referred to Professor Hall, their best geoi-
ogist, who says, dated Albany, 1859
SIN yo=r report alzeady published, you
have presented a sketch of the Geology Of
the State, which is very satisfactory 10 all
persons. The amount of work done. as
exhibited in the report, is greater than has
been accomplished in any Of The State Sur
veys in The same length Of timei and should
entitle you 10 the confidence and support OF
all good citizens whether geologists or olh-
erwise"
'.The prrgress in the chemical work il
equally satisfactory, and altogether, l con-
ceiye That your report gives US more knowl-
edge of the geology OF the West than all
that has been heretofore published, and is
completion in the same style snd in the
same spirit, will render the work Of vast
importance to Missouri in lis pi actica! re-
suits, and the Report a standard work of
the geology Of the State Nearly all the
best geolog;sis in the country bear testimony
equally conclusive.
When the London capitalists wish 10
know the reliability Of these reports, they
are referred 10 the opinions Of their scien-
tifc men, which are equally conclusive
Prof. Ramsey. the director of the English
Geological Survey, says in a speech at
Monirsa!:
Il will say that the names Of Dana, and
Hall and Hitchcock, and Rogers, and Sulli-'
man and Swallow, and your other scientific
men, ara as familiar in our mouths as house
held words. JTe study their books on geol-
ogy, and their descriptive Paldconfologa
and trs consider them equal 10 The highest
auihorities on The other side Of The .4HGntit.
Professor Jules Maroon, once United
States Geulogist. and now Professor of ge-
o,ogy in the Federal POLYTECHNIC School IN
Switzerland. says: ....-
Your Geological Report Of Missouri is
by far the best of til. kind eret published in
America"
nigh! add many other testimonials
pqrally conclusive, and from the first Seien-
llic men Of this country and Europe. They
viii be open to the inspection of any one
who wishes 10 investigate the matter fur
iher. -a-r s2s --~rE
Now, with such testimony before themf
could capitalists doubt the reliability Of our
reports? If, then, these estimates Of our
vast wealth are believed by the capitalists
Of New York and London, who purchased
our bonds. did these reports cause them &"
sell at higher price? Do our bonds sell
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