The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-01-19

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lakes and the st. Lawrence to the Atlantic
ports, and to all parts of the Old World
1t may be that that Yankee schooner shall
turn out to have been the pioneer in an ex-
tensive commerce in wood, which our for
ests supply IN such boundless variety, and '
wnlcn Europe is beginning to feel the nee
OF for every purpose, from saip-buil' II
Gown to fancy work and toys for - -Aing
only let us be cautious not to - lildren.
serves to the same necessity, ; educe our
ish and needless destructi) ~ the too Law
forests, which feed our in of those noble
US from the steriJ;' rivers and preserve
nave betallen O. -.cy and drought which
famous for r. ,aaca and other lands, once
dEs' .leir luxuriant fertility.
a Ian MINES AND OURS COMPARED.
few evenings since, at a meeting OF the
geographical Society, a lecture was given
upon the resources of Arusberg, a small Rhen-
ish province about the size of one OF the
largest counties in our own State. Deduct
ing the farming and woodlands, the terri
tory devoted to iron and coal mining, Is,
perhaps. equal in extent to your county OF
Perry. During the year 1856, the value of
the products of these mines amounted to
twenty-one millions of thalers, averaging
about eleven hundred thalers to each miner
Now, these Arusberg mines, need scarcely
tell you, are vastly inferior to our own
Hundreds of feet under ground, half doubled
up in low gallaries, where the seams OF MIN
eral hardly average three feet in thickness,
the German miner picks his slow and labor
ious way, while the expense of working so
far beneath the surface, the expense OF raIs-
ing the heavy products of his labor to the
light of day, adds considerably to their mar
ket price We are scarcely credited when
we tell these people that in our own country
we have immense coal fields, from six to
nine feet in thickness, lying near the surface
and in every respect easy of access, with
iron ore, rich soil and inexhaustable timber
lands, all in close proximity. But let us not
accuse the Old World of blindness, nor laugh
at her for grabbing away five thousand feet
under ground, as some Of them do, while we,
neglecting all this mineral wealth, content
ourselves with scratching the rich soil and
wearing it out with unscientifc cultivation
It is nv firm belief that the iron and coal
mines of Perry county alone, if scientifically
worked, would yield an annual income
greater than that of the Wheat crop Of the en-,
ire State; and am sure there is not g
wheat raiser in Indiana, who has not an equal
and think l may safely say far greater
interest in the development of this minera
wealth than in doubling the crop of whea
or other grain. .---
TRUE NATIONALITY. tt
think it may be confidently held
that the development of the natural re
sources of our extensive national territory
extending, as it does, from ocean to ocean
and embracing almost every variety of eli
mate within its limits, will gradually lead t
the grand result of which l have alfead..
spoken, and which l solemnly regard as tn
main basis of our Union in the future-th
elevation of State legislation, and the full
free and cordial commercial intercourse c
the several sections of the country. Coz
grant that our wise and good men, instea
of allowing themselves to be misled by
specious feeling of nationality, and, pei
haps, an unconscious underestimate of th
dignity and importance of our State Coz
ernments, may give their time and though
and labors to the development and aggraI
dizement of their several States This
true nationality; for it is the surest an
speediest way to secure the permanent wei
being and prosperity of our whole Unto
QssafstJ,H SttAveae"~ise fSttI9s2' 99a
not change. The central State of our va
Republic, across whose territory the car
commerce must pass for all future tim
Indiana may attain, if her people will |
wise in time, social, political, and CONNIE
eial dignity and Importance, commensura
with the advantages of her geographical pt
sition. With our farming lands, our 70
ests our inexhaustable Mines and our qua
ries of stone and marble, our water powe
equal to that of the Merrimac, but scarce
known beyond the sound of its falls al
rapids, we ought to rank with the gre
manufacturing as well as with the agricu
tural States. And if we rviU we can. L
our State be thoroughly surveyed, the r
suits published in a cheap and compendio,
form, and scattered not only over the Unit,
States, but translated into the languages
those countries, all over France and &c
many, and venture to predict such an il
crease of population through emigratio
such an addition to our wealth through Il
enterprise of cur citizens, new and old
never yet has been witnessed, even in Am
RIGA. May that good time be near at han
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