Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-11-19
The Future of our Country An Interest
ing Report.
From the washington Chronicle

port consists of five hundred and sew,
enty>siX pages ofmanuscript, besides
a special accompanying document o.
over one hundred pages. In the reg
uiar report the statement is mad,
that about 100000 acres of public
lands have been disposed of during
the past year There is yet the i'm
mense amount Of 1,400, 900, 900 acres
Of public land including the lately
acquired Russian territory. The re,
port is made up to the 10Th day oil
October, which ends the fiscal year.
There are thirty maps fully descrip>
tive OF the States and Territories. to.
gether with the most elegant and
carefully prepared map of the world
that has ever been gotten up in any
country, accompanying the report.
The special paper enclosed with the
report is one OF the most interesting,
instructive, and valuable documents
that has over been gotten up in this
country 1t fully Celebrates on
the mineral wealth Of the United
States, its gold aud silver products,
tho samein comparison with the rest
OF the world, the quantity of gold,
silver and other precious metals ; the
quantities now in existence in this
country and IN the world, and by this
means showing the comparative
wealth of this country. The paper
speaks in detail OF the great Pacific
slope 700 miles long aud $50 miles
vide, with an an ca OF over S31, 900
square miles, or about 5000, 10000
OF acres-sufficient to inhabit 100,
100000 OF people. The great wealth
and increase OF this country and its
future prospects are thoroughly
treated upon. The great Pacific
railways are fully explained, and the
tide of the Atlantic and Pacific are
! shown.
The trade OF the Indies, ofChina, of
Japan, of all the Eastern world must
flow into this country, and through
this country to the rest of the world.
To San Francisco, and thence to New
ork, all the precious metals Of the
Eastern World will find their markets
for the world. Mr.. Wilson shows
now We are now three thousand miles
ahead OF England in our routes to
China and Japan and the Indies. He
shows in tull the diversion Of the
trade 10 this country, and its effects
on our public lands in the Pacific
slope ana the Mississippi Valley. He
gives on the map OF the world every
railroad line completed or in con-
temptation III this country. He
speaks in detail OF the various Pacif.
ic Railroads, announces the fact that
by October, 1869, the main road will
be finished, and the great steam horse
will carry us from New York to San
Francisco direct.
He says there are now 81 900 miles
OF completed railroad in this country,
which since their commencement, is
at the rate of 1000 miles year. He
further says that there are in course
of construction 16, $50 miles of rail
road. For these roads completed,
and for those in course Of construc-
ton, the government has donated ov>
er 184, 500, 600 acres OF land, and to
the Pacific Roads over "a, 600 acres
Of land. He speaks in detail Of the
immense increase Of the wealth Of the
country by the warranted advance in
public lands bordering on all these
roads. Mr.. Wilson's treatise on our
tareign and domestic trade, in these
papors,i is Invaluable to our commerce.
He demonstrates that our present
domestic trade is over S., 900, 600, 600
He shows conclusively that we are
bound to absorb the immense trade of
northern and eastern Asia by way Of
San Francisco and New York. He
gives full details about the Suez Ca
nal; shows how England has been ac-
curing immense wealth from Indian
Professionalism present income be-
ing over 78,000,0 900 pounds in tariffs
for the last year just from that source:
shows how we are 1879 miles nearer
Melbourne, Australia, than England
or France; tells us all about China
and Japan, and our increasing trade
with those countries; gives the names
of the cities for trade, and how the
shipments are made TO San Francis
co, then to New York, and then to
Europe, and through our own coun.
try; gives an interesting account Of
the trip Of the steamer Colorado from
San Francisco to Japan in twenty
seven days, and her return in three
weeks, laden with rich freight. The
same trip for London or Paris wo uld
take sixty days each way. Rapidity
of travel, MIR. Wilson contends, will
draw the travel and the trade, The
teas and silks of China and Japan
must come through us to the rest of
the world The trade was worth
$3.50 600, 900 last year to our Europe
an neighbours Well get this trade
1t is rapidly coming to us.
Mr.. Wilson's learned and instruc
tive digest of the trade of the world
sinre the time of Alexander the Great
up to the present time is altogether
the best written article on the SUBJ
jet We have ever had the pleasure Of
perusing. His description of our
great country, It's railroads, rivers,
canals, and other internal improve
monts; his full description OF the Pa
/ citic slope, with its 100, 600, 900 acres
Of undisposed Of public lands, and its
/ gr At Pacific railways, is State pa
per which every man in this country
DESTROYS Of being informed OF our true
national greatness and prosperity
and great prospects Of the future will
eagerly seek for Mr. Wilson reports
that there is room enough on the great
Pacific slope for forty new states
lie thinks that by the commencement
of the next century we will be uni
ted country of one hundred States,
with the control Of all the great treas
ure shipments OF the world. He says
4 this country has commenced her