, 1869-12-24

its bril6lt g., AID sceo1.u odAted 1G2 pupGa: a11
pllSct CDceRe tcoEE1eGsIorsN r<posts genessi
rroFEe+E ID srcsrsc'p, nj has 1eRtstered TOT the
sehotssttc 3eA< Of 1hG9-T0, ~ seueenL. Tha
f*c'cfs nah:re, and slpp!enentA the ptus5esous
cah'At made by the ttsua,.cs Of o1r esmmon
schools.
GkSEltAL EEkoCKcIA
Tic auo5ni Of tie geL*1zl agricultural And
mstulk ctLrttT lrndrcie ot the State, during The
trsr Iow ciosUE. csnIot be ascrftzlned,
bet the lead:nH statiatics for 1850
nf certain special interests have been COL
lectsd. The total snouLt Of luMnes proper n.aa-
uiaetu1sd tn both ptI'usu'as during the Jeas Is
uGuEt 2 q, 600 feet, CT which the value IL
atons ~. .eeaooo, The aggregate value Of the
shingles, iath, lung tmter. stares. eic, mauufse-
tuItd uufipg The same period viii reach Ut l&a5t
.oGe. and tue total Of toe lumber bus1nets OF
the State for 1862 thus CAD be safely estimated At
s34WD,etd. rne salt mslufactured during tsGo Is
estimated at shout 5ss.Uvo barrels, and employ
next has been furnished By q companies - 73l
Zen, and TO capital AUG untuS in the sgEre0a to
about s4soo.ttA The lfon yield Of the Murq7esto
country Ihoto IN ore AID p!s) tAs reached aboat
fsa tonr an 1hcreaAe over the total for 1858 OF
ltsto toIs,, Of the value of ,e sls ian Increase
osrr the 1euTes Of 1868 OF au0ot Il ,9ool The
plaster Yield Of sar State for the eas In the Grand
Rapids acd AlHoaater Dtsl1tcts Vas about ;0,Ldl
tUcs, and nsa Afforded employment 10 shout
saN,vu Of capita. The wool CLIP Of
1859 has b.en es1tmated at lI,ujo.0p1
poutds, and the vAlna OF the fru!s
marketed iron tho Lake Michigan sh7re alone.
al over satn, Con. The copper yield Of the year
will certainly exceed that Of 1865, wnsca footed
1uoe tots; but it, statistics cannot be collect
ed TOT tome tine 10 cone. The increase Ia the
lnnbe1 Auaoets over lhAt for 1868 Il orrr 49, od0
Wt feet. and In sslt, over % 900 b1rrels.
Thtse facts sh0H the rapid growth Of our Ss:,e,
In It's airztn prosperity. although they oey coye1
rortion Of lis many aId d!vefstded Interests,
N FCFCRO.
They 20 more than that; Tor they cast cheerful
rattalce Tar into the future They ptace Michigan
among those commonwcaltrs walch present such
reculMr attractions TO euterr1ts'ng Be.liers- She
IL d Slate whose Al1als are non3gcd with dlscre-
ton. and yet without il!iberaltty: Whose govern
ncnE Ia protection, s1d Yet rot burden: who
!osttrB an educational system That placer The pEt-
n,sIy echrol within the reach OF every home, and
thruws open, without charge, 10 her sops, tue
doo1a VI one uf the greatest ot modern unlverM-
Les, aid who con1aLs H!th1n her borders, rare
nalLrAi refourreB, That tntnItAbfy fewnId energy
ard prfheteranCe With comfort and prosperity.
Encrmous lores,A Of pine sre slt1 atAndlDE 10 her
noItntll cou1tes, con!a'tlpT lumber Of WHICH the
-ret~ssso raiuc, when manufactured, wilt not Le
tcss than satU,N0,G0. superb farming iands are
stlh atfhK settlement, clearing, Ed CULTIVATION.
Her ptsttar deposits are rich. aru 10 nil tntentB
and purposes, 1neIhaEs,tble, and as Jet only nse
trns are working upon them. An entire mcuo-
ta1u range Of iron ore awaits the a.saulta OF the
m'Itrr, aud *lii endure tne1 for centuries With.
cut signs 0i exhaustion. A rast reservoir Of h.1ne
uu'tsIlee the valley Of one Of her zrers, and no
vel has yet been fahlessy sunk in pursuit there.
| q. Fure copper Il It'll TO be found IN vast qann'
til e. IN keEcenaw Point. The entire wcsteEu
ehure Ct her Lcwrr Fenfnsuln can he t.auhformed
into a vast orchard. who4e pro1uctiseoess and re-
liability are without q parallel Fish abosnd tn
| the wa1cra that surround her peutnsulas, and Of
| ther. the raiue Of tho annual catch Ii rapidly
| an.uurtifg 10 an average Of over t61o, ,o4a. HeI
| whea, u the best in the market, and she rantl
snopy lhe 1r1t Safes In wcol.Giow1ng. S1e Il IL
hearty sympathy with al the progress Of the age,
TT her nfty-teEen organized connties, only nlIe
are under Democratic control, and Of her ~
Township Supervisors, SIS are Republicans, Saoe
1856 she has given majority for freedom In eve.J
election. and in Congress hut Two Democrats haze
been nnrubered among het representatives.. Tnere
arc often both poetry aud logic hidden IN dtJ
iacts and figures, and from the statistics nave
thus hr1fny set forth II IL not tlncult TO e1tIae
the combined argument aud the Invitation con
tained tn the motto OF our State: ST quari- penin
| sffiam anendn,, eiSe,lnsptee. sidney.