, 1863-10-16


When the proposed enla1 gemen.s Of canals
In New York and Illinois are completed a bar
rel Of flour Gun be carried from st. Louis to
New York fer fifty cents, aud ton from the
Iron Mountain Of Missouri for five dollars
One result Of these facts Is apparent: a gen.
eral famine is impossible; for America If
necessary can feed Europe tor Centuries to
ccme.
The Report continues with description Of
the great metaliferous region Of the Amer
lean farm Union between the Missouri river
and ths Pacific Ocean. T has been
people to carry the machinery Of civilization
westward from the Atlantic to the Missouri,
md q locomotive engine mar now run from
Portland to the Missouri, striking 1t just be.
low the fortieth parallel Of latitude without
Interruption. n TIE tTcnty ysars preceding
length has been constructed, having the tor
minus Of the most western link on the Mis-
ecp1i river The total cost was 81, Isl $50 629,
ct which $S50, 900 .6Sf was expended in the
decade between 1850 and 1860.
The Government. feeling The yital import.
! Atlantic and the Missiteippi with the Pacific,
has vigorously exerted It's power. Nearly
fifteen months after the outbreak Of the H.
sn1rcct1on, Congress incorporated the Pacific
Railway Company: and app1op.lated sec. .o00,-
large grants Of land to lid tie work, direct
ipg it 10 be commenced At 10oth meridian Of
longitude, with four branches, extending
eastward to the Missouri river.
The surveys a1o Eow In progress, and tue
construction at the eastern division from the
mouth cf the Karsas has actually comneac.
ed. By the completion Of this division,
which can easily be accomplished within the
next 3bree years, railroad communication
riu Se ~ established s .hs s,s between ,,au the 9e
~ nh ,tr1r
| duct Of gc1n is from i've to ten millions Of
| de1la,s. When completed It will open the
| way for tuch Nh exhdpB Of miners as the
! country has not teen aiuce the first discoveries
! In California.
| Meanwhile, corresponding movement has
commenced On the Pacific, in vigorously
| prosecuting the construction Of the rail- Tay
eastward from the coast at or near San Fran
cisco, which will croEs the Sierra Nevada at an
elevation OF abou. 7,G00 feet, On the eastern
line Of California in the 1a0th parallel oflonsi-
Nevada at tie itch tllyer mines Of Washoe+
The statistical Fortio1 ct the report cen
| cludes with some statements made by the
Commissioner Of tie Gereral Lsnd Office In
his official report Of tie o9:h Def emba, 1867,
with reference to tie great aurife,ous region
Of the United States, WHICH lies between the
18th and 20,h degrees Of Ncrth latitude, a1a
between tho 1C2a degree OF longitude aud the
Pacific Ocean, and embraces portions Of
Dakotn, Nebra!ks. Colorado, all Of Nav
Mexico. with Arizona. Utah, Nevada. Cali
breadth is ever eleven hundred miles, aadits
length nta:ly equal, making en- area Of more
than n million Of square miles.
After describing the mountain chains which
trayerte and inteTsect these regions, the re-
FORT (of the Land Commissioaer) continues
stocked viii minerals; = gold aad sIirer Being in'
testpeIeet III profusion over this Immenae surface
nd daily brought to light hy new discoveries. In
Sections of ths Whole Iceio5 afe Tich n preeioni
etones marble. eypsnna salt, tin, 9uickailveE, "a
phaltu coa1 iFou 4 eopnes. ; lsaa. mineral ana nee
Il Tie FIELD Of the precious metals alone Of sht:
region viii no. fail below one hundred millions d
The sa w e T
mines will reach two hundred millions of dollar
fe aPa Ell III
poses to euhjecttLeso minerals to a Go7eypueil
ta1 ofeieht per cent and counts upon revcn1
t:c.. @ this sn,,ren os tsse...Are mlnions per m
ate ea ios3eaee il tie ata1s He ads hit th
amount labor relatively equal 70 that expenae1
in California, applied to The gold fields alscnd
o9 & s1s gts4 oi nes s thss a' Of T. eaoshs
: would exceed four hundred millions. In word.
Ea5s hs tse snluc Of these nires Is Aosofntel
!. In view OF the effect y hIch the working o
. these imuersc metaliferous regions Is de-
, | tjned econer or Inter to produce upon th
!. currency Of the world, Nj. R1ggles' Rapor
concludes with the suggestion that q commits
, sion be lpetituted by the body now assemble
, With authority to collect such facts 81 may b
. ! gathered from authentic sources, Ia res pee
to the probable future production Of Go1dau
silver and to present them Tor corsltera!Io
| to the International Statistical Congress =
the next or tome future session.
] S. B. RCGGLEs.
BERLIN, September II, 1868.