The weekly union record., 1865-07-22


shipping from the seas and ap to the chose of the
war CT lSl2 the cry was
. Brittaaa rules the wave
But thai contest aanoun csd to the werld in thra-
der tones that if of the men sailing under the
Stars and Stripes was impressed into the service
Of foreign power, this Government held that DOW
er irresponsible. As if by the power Of magic. from
oGt every harbor sailed new ships and vessels Of
al kinds, until, to-day. the Stars and Stripes can
be seen floating from the mast head of our ship
ping not only on al the broad oeeaHs that encir
Gle the globe. but also upon the nayisable waters
Of every nation under the san. Lately, the gre..
naval powers Of the Eastern world have found out
that with their vast fleets, costing millions and
billions of dollars, they cannot enter even the
smallest of our ports, in time of war, defended as
it seems to them with bat few smoke stacks.
They behold with awe and trembling the Ameri-
cans who at one stroke Of their magic wand, bave
revolutionized the whole naval architecture
Another field Of our great industr nal pursuits can
be found in the manufactures Of this coantry. You
viii reeollect that prior to the close of the Revou
tion, it was the custom of Great Britain to destroy
every thing that tended in any way, to enrich the
people. But if we look al the Census Report Of
lsG0 we shall find the total value OF the naaufac
lures Of this country to exceed the sum Of 81 500
600 600. Stop for a moment and compute, il you
will, the amount that each person has contributed
towards the advancement your country in this re-
spect. If We divide the value OF the manufactures
by the number of inhabitants that there are now
Ia the United States VIC shall find that the total
value is equal to $50 81 to each inhabitant. The
large number of factories that line the banks OF
the rivers Of New England and the Middle States
for the manufacture of cotton goods, speak the en-
ergy of our people in this direction. The quantity
of cotton used in the fabrication of that kind of
goods, in the year 1860, was 364 036 l2S lbs and
the value of goods manufactured, Sis l37 92G.
The raising and bailing of this cotton the conve Y
ing it in ships from the Southern ports to the North
ern and Middle seaport towns, the manufacturing
of II into the different kinds of fabrics has given
employment to a vast army of men, women and
children and called upon our ship-building States
for large feet of their best ships for transporta
ton The cotton manufactures of this country do
more to scatter the money of the wealthy among
the poorer classes than any other branch of busi-
ness. The wooden manufactures occupy ro incon-
siderable place ia the great manufacturing interests
OF this country. The bleating flocks that covered
the hill-sides and roamed through the valleys. in
1850, gave to US more than SO 09e 600 lbs. of wool
valled at $40 $50 500. Since the war has been in
progress, and nearly all the outfit of the soldier has
to he made from woolen, tie manufacture Of " ool-
en- goods has increased at an almost Incredible
rate. I might go on and enumerate others OF the
facture of linen goods, of sewing silks of leather
and boots and shoes. of India Rubber goods of the
great trade carried in cabinet furniture of the
manufacture of musical instruments by the aid of
which patriotic citizens are taught to march to
that good old tune Of " Yankee Doodle;" OF the
manufacture and consumption of gas. of the max
ing and refining of salt, of the extensive fshe les
carried on along the coast, by which our markets
not only supplied with the best fish the waters
afford but also class of hardy mariners are trained
and enured to the dangers of the that, when the
country calls upon them to sustain the honor of the
flag upon the broad seas in time of foreign war it
has nothing fear from the interests committed to
their trust Of the vast mining interests carried
in almost every section of our country, giving en-
ployment to thousands of and yielding large
revenues to Government OF each Of these might
give many facts and figures that would be of much
interest bat time will forbid and pass 10 notice
for moment, new and important natural deye
ment Of the resources Of our country and a vaua
bic addition to its exports. | refer to petroleum
This remarkable substance was first made known
to the white inhabitants Of this country as early as
the middle of the last century by the Seneca In
rbo ~ in, la--r
Greek in Pennsylvania. 1t was first used by the
natives in their religious ceremonies and as a medi
cine to be used in case of wounds. But very little
was done towards its publication until the year
1857, when company formed and a spring
struck at the depth of IS feet yielding four
hundred barrels daily. As soon as this immense
yield became known, hundreds and thousands
rushed to the oil regions. Farms that previously
were hardly worth the taxes paid on them annually
now became worth ten and hundreds of thousands
Of doars-fortunes were made ia a single day and
the widest excitement seemed to sieze upon every
who in the least affected with the % oil
fever As men came in. and prospect after pros
pect was made, it found that the oil region ex-
tended over very large tract of country. Nor is
it confined to the States Of Pennsylvania and vir-
ginla, Dul mere IN the nils ana mountains oi our
own Golden State 90 we hear the cry Of Eureka
have found it-from the prospecting oil hunter
and the reports of some of the most eminent geolo-
gists in the country confirm his words. Some of
the Eastern wells now send forth more than 5000
barrels daily-a quantity great that it is almost
impossible to take of it fast it comes out
of the ground. 1t is said that some OF the half
civilized nations of the East having heard Of the
wonderful success Of the Americans in their oil re-
searches, and fearing lest they in their zeal TO
make money had even tapped the great grease
boxes Of the earth that supply the oil used on the
earth's axis. are about TO enter protest to this
Government against any such proceeding, fearing
that the earth may stop in its revolution and leave
their country in total darkness. But leaving this
oleaginous suhect let Us pass on TO notice, very
briefly, Of those inventions that has done
much to bless our country and the world by making
ii one of the greatest grain producing lands under
the sun. refer to the threshing machines. The
primitive mode Of treading ont the corn upon
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