Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-17


roated that one of these beds would pro
duee 25,O0O, 600 600, coo 900 barrels OF Oil
/ In iron, too, Colorado was exceedingly
rich. It WAS found on the plains long
/ before the mountains were reached, and
scarcely had he entered the mountains
/ before he found a vein of iron ore ten
feet in thickness, while the largest veins
he had ever seen were in the mountains
Of Colorado. Lead was supposed 10 be
very plenty In the northwest, but there
was vastly more in Colorado. The Lead
veins there were very wide, and silver
was always found in connection with
them. The completion OF railroads
wonld greatly enhance the lead wealth
OF the territory. The copper lodes, too,
were Of great value. Even some OF the
gold IOdes would pay for working, with
the copper that was in them.
AS a silver producing region Colorado
was looming up wonderfully. In the lee
turer's opinion it was destined to prove
the great silver country of the world. He
would not except Mexico, Peru, or Ne
vada. The late seOveries at Mcclellan
mountain, In the Argentine distret, Of
which he gave detailed account, and
also those made IN the Snake river re-
giOn, would ere long, by their yield, bear
him out in his assertion.
or gold, there was an abundance IN
Colorado. or all the countries he had
visited, its mines were the richest. The
only question was how to obtain it, and
great progress had already been made.
In his opinion nature had herself indi--
Gated the true way, and the lecture Of
this evening would be devoted To the
elucidation Of this question.
POPULATION OF FRANCE.
A report from tie minister Of the in
terror TO the emperor, giving the result
1f the census Of 1866, has been Published.
From this document it appears that, not
the epidemics Of the last
i've years and other drawbacks, the
has increased. In 1851, the
eighty nine departments OF the empire
lum mbered3 81, $50, ,l6I Inhabitants; whereas
he last census gives a return Of 80 067, I
,94, an increase Of $50 933 during five
7ears. This enumeration does not
comprise the soldiers and sailors, who
It the date when the oensa5 was taken, /
Nay 18th, were in Algeria, Rome, Mex |
60, the colonies, or at the naval stations. !
1he population is thus divided as TO sex Il
males l9,0l4l09 and females 70 O52. qS5. [
he latter exceeding the former by %. s76. |
During the preceding period Of i've I
rears-frOm 1856 to iS6l-the increase in 4
he So departments Of that time was 677, /
IS; in ls6G in those departments it was {
73 791, or less by 394i but that appar- /
mt diminutiOn is more than accounted I
or by the soldiers who, being swsy from
france, have escaped enumeration. The /
hree new departments shaw an in (
rease of 7I36 inhabitants, which /
bus brings up the total TO $50 933 as
lready stated. OF the whole number /
f departments fifty-eight give an in /
rease amounting to 7S5 ,392 whilC in the
hirty-one others the decrease is LOG, ,459 /
hat Of the Manche exhibits the greatest
iIling off, namely, OF II, 500, and Calva-
os, Lot Mayenne, Orue, and Var, have
Unfinished by upwards Of 5G0G each
'aTis-tO-wit, the department. Of the
sine-has increased by 197, ,256, the Nord
Y 81 ,C6l. and the Bouches-du- RhOue by
D, 79l. In 1861, forty-seveu departments
hOTed an increase, and twenty eight q
ami the ratio remains pret-
2 nearly the same. The report OF the
liuister attributes the decrease in the
apartments where It exists to the immi-
ration of the population into the great
owns, to which they are attracted by
igher wages and more com Portable con
itions Of existence; but he adds that
lis docs not hold good in every case.
he population of Paris, which amounts
} 1,S25, ,274, has increased by 49,
}3; Marseiles, which numbers SO0,-
q, has 1921 inhabitants more
lan it had in 1851; ana Bordeaux,
.ith 1s4 24l, presents an increase Of
,49l. On the whole, the urban pOpula-
on has augmented by 3lI.9l2. The
linister concludes his report thus
These figures establish the fact of a SEN
ble improvement since 1856. The in
,ese during the last ten years mot reek-
ling the Ehree new departWe has
zen ,358,6Tl, while in the period be-
Veen 1916 and 1856 it was only 72S, SIS. %
he following is a statistical table OF the