The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-01

Our deposits are being continually
developed. The coal fields of North
America exceed q million of square
miles, while later discoveries indicate
that China alone possesses at least
1000 square miles. These facts in
dictate that the coming chapter of civ
ilization will be intensely industrial.
If England, with workable area of
about 5000 SQUARE miles, has been
able to exert a dynamic power of
machinery equal to the entire muscular
power Of the human race, what may
we expect when the resources of the
entire world are developed
A very modest and unassuming
little man is DR.. Hayden, the Super
intendent of the Geological Surveys
of our Territories. But few have ex-
hibited more intelligence and energy
in great enterprise than he. His
last report on Montana is especially
valuable, and is in process of transla-
ton into several foreign languages.
Many new and important localities
were discovered and their characters
FIRST presented to the public in these
reports. The influence of these great
areas upon the development of our
nationality can not fail to be very
great. Congress is now considering
the propriety of charging the APP
preparation to this work, in order that
it may be still more efficient.
The people here generally support
the demand of the President that the
organic law of Utah shall be so amend
ed that the territorial legislature shall
no longer have the power to thwart
the anti-polygamic legislature of Con-
gress. AS q consequence the Saints
are agitating the matter of removal,
and propose to buy up one of the
Sandwich Islands. A theocracy is no
longer tolerable in the present age of
free thought. The foolish experiment
of lust and tyranny inaugurated by
Joe Smith is very nearly played out.
The exports Of treasure from San
Francisco, by sea, during 1872,
amounted to S29, 1916, 433 against Sl7,-
253, 346 during the previous year,
showing an increase of over s12, 0OO,-
600. The production of the precious
metals on the Pacific coast has been
gradually declining for a number of
years. The above figures show re-
action against the downward move
ment, which is especially encouraging
in these latter days, considering the
heavy balances Of trade against us.
The difference is to be made good in
spondulicks !" it is very assuring
fact that our production Of the latter
is so copious.
Our home production of railroad
iron, during 1872, reached nearly a
million (975, 0OW tons, while the for
eign import was but little over half
as great-29, 591. In 1850 the i'm
ported iron was nearly three times as
much as the domestic product. During
the current year it is estimated that
home production will enlarge to L.
100000 tons, while the import will
scarcely reach half q million. The
chief source of our foreign import is
England, where the iron industry has
become seriously deranged of later
years by the enhanced cost of pro-
duction. Pennsylvania produced about
half our aggregate in 1871, but the in
dustry has been rapidly developed of
late in Illinois, New York, Ohio,
Maryland, Wisconsin, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Maine, Indiana, Tennessee,
New Jersey, Georgia, West
Virginia and Kentucky. Illinois is
rapidly oyertaling Pennsylvania in
this production-a fact omincus to
free trade dogmas.
For several years project has been
pressed on Congress for
IN appropriation to assist in the great
silver mining enterprises located upon
the Comstock lode in Nevada. Adolph |
Sutro, a German engineer, has en-
yineered this movement with great
oertinacity, and, is said to be fully
confident Of putting it through this
session. The ground upon which
Congress is urged to interfere is, that
,y the increased production Of silver