Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-08-01

bushels its ability to ship in ten hours
100000 of bushels. In 1860, its grain
shipments were between 35,000,000 and
10000, 900 of bushels. St. Louis, Gin
cinnati, Toledo, Cleveland, Detroit, Buifa-
10, and Rochester vic with the Illinois
commercial capital in this vast domestic
and extensive grain trade. The agricul-
tural products of the Union, for 1860,
have been estimated at Sll6, 900, 600, and
the fertile fields within the Union are ca
pablo of producing hundred times that
value. The increase in the population of
the Union has been, since 1870, four times
greater than Russia, six times greater
than Great Brtait, nine times greater
than Austria, and ten times greater than
| France.
The farms and plantations have reached
from the sparse settlements Of 1890, in
the year 1850. to 2,l50,000 farms and
plantations. The dwellings, from 250,-
600 in 1870, worth $50, 100000 to L.
$40, ,O00 houses, valued at l,500, 100000
the increase of population demanding
yearly the erection of 100000 new houses
while 10000 churches. erected to the
worship of the Most High, attest the
widespread religious feeling of the Am
erican family The average OF our do
nestle exports to foreign countries, from
1850 to 100, was $22,000.00o. In the
year 1869, our exports were 500, 100000
The value of our manufactures in 100,
too inconsiderable for estimate, were, in
lS2O, 72,000,000; in 1913, $1,000,
900, 900; in 1SG0, $4,000 100000.
The navigation laws, taking their date
from the protectoratc Of Eng gland, re-
stricted the importation into that island of
imports from Asia, Africa, or America,
except by British vessels. The retaliato-
ry laws Of our constitutional government
forced treaty Of equal rights in this re-
spcct still further libcralizel by extend
in. the privilege to American vessels as
carriers 10 British Colonies, thus di-,oy-
me- the exclusive system of Great Britain.
The fruits and wines Of the Melterra-
mean, valued annually at 5 100000 en-
ployin. GOO vessels, have now a compcti-
Tor in tha lure supply from California on
the Pacific, which furnished in l>60 4
s,.,,, cra5 -yalu,l at $4,000 600. The
,,jn.. .,a54izf.fi1s Of threc counties alone
/ +, nh, St,tr. Vhen f,,ly developed, it Is
Er.t;,n,t..3 NH l.. over loo 100000 OF
,,tr.ns NJ a4agm. In I16f. our cotton
..x.,,rt ta C,rsat Britain was fSa,3l5 lbs.
IN $500. lI.aa H00, ,0oo, whist 500 06a
lcitizens WIN went to the Pacific twelve
,..,rs asa. have 4,nt back $500 100000
+ IN t',,. lrFzajgas mgtal.
To these results may be aided the ar
gre,1ta total Of imports ami exports re-
soortiysly for the seventy years that sue
Ee.,l.l the adoption Of the Constitution,
at sS,00o,aoa.oo0 to $500 600, ,0o0
(which represents the Industry OF the
c,uptrv. S1ch is but an imperfect out
line Of IN, Growth and progress of the
NmoricaD pco9Ic under their Constitutions
Al Government, as founded in l7S9.-
Sprealine from the Atlantic border west
IN the Pacific. our population first reaches
,he central region between the two great
oceans the immense valley, starting from
the hichest latitude within our limits
down to the Gulf of Moxico, divided by
thc mighty Mississippi, which waters n
rc..ion Of a million and quarter square
miles. or seven hundred ami twenty mill
i.ns of acres and with its afilucnts, COM
- 33,n,inans line Of more than ten thous-