, 1875-04-07
THE NEWEST OF OUR NEW WORLDS.

A1exico therefor.
THE NEWEST OF OUR NEW WORLDS.
Wien slALTuus, q quios country Clergyman
in England, published his famous theorom
TINT population increases In geometrical
| and tho means OF subsistence in MI nritli-
1neticnl rntio, and that therefore there would
be Gro long deadly struggle for mere sur
wholly erroneous but blasplenoua. Never
tholess, his views, III n modified form, now
find no opposition, but only support, among
! politico-cconomists. Tho notifications, to
10 Hurc, nro important. Tho a1yanco OF
scienco, for instance, increases in many why's
tie gross product Of subsistence. II il calcu-
latod that the thorough application Of scien-
til1o irrigation in Hindostan will ronove tho
! present causes Of reriolical famine and allow
tho country to support double it's population,
immense rs TINT In now. The increased
liberty and security duo to advance
ing civilization nlso increase production.
There Ia less proportional, although more
absolute, wasto in civilized countries. The
! savage gorgcs himself for q day. and then
starves for week. Again, tho Development
Of tho brain dimin;sEcs tho reproductive
powers, so that population increases more
slowly RS 1t advances in civilization. Finnlly,
tho nrab!o aron Of the earth's surfacc is far
greater than AfALTitus thought it. Not only
has science madc tho cultivation Of Utmost
tlcscrt regions possible, but exploration and
discovery have added millions of square miles
| to the available inheritance Of the nineteenth
century.
| Ono Of the nowost 1ands opened to settle
mont on largo scale is South Africa Al
though it wns colonized by the Dutch in 1862
| and held by them until 172G, when tho En-
gliHh seized 1t, it Is only recently TINT it's
| almost boundless capabilities for tie support
Of human lifo hava haon even suspected.
In 1872, the sen,i-civilizcd country, OK.
elusive Of Natal, covered about 100000
square mics. Its population was 100000,
| &c, ,O10 Of whom were blacks. Natal, which
was Bot OF from tho rest of the settlement
in 1866, contains $4,000 square miles and
population Of 1900 whites and 100000
blacks. There Inns lately been some trouble
between the mindful Of whites aud tho mass
Of semi.subjects, and Mr.. FnoupE, tic
eminent historian, WIS sent by tho British
Government to Investigate 1nattors and things
in general in thas region. Flo returned
short ti1ne since. Tho London Iimes of
| tho 2od ult. contains an account OF conf
| pli1nontary dinner given 11r. FnoupE two
days previously, ut which he gave m interest
| ing sketch Of tho possible future Of South
Africa.
Ho amid he believed that, "both for climate
and natural capabilities, the country was un-
matched in auy other part Of the
world" II contains enormous mineral
woalth. Tho diamond-nelds, unlike those
Of Arizona, are natural not artiti-
| cinl, md rich. There aro vast de-
/ posits Of iron, Of coal, and Of copper, aud
"immense gold-nelds, which bid fair to rival
those Of California and Australia." Tho soil,
he declares, il amazingly fertile. The Sur
ycyor.General Of Natal, worry careful OH
server, calculates that tho rough, wild grasses
which arc burnt over and wastel overy year
would support cattle which would sorye as
food for IL, ooo, ,0o0 people. Natal alone, "if
decently cultivated" could probably support
60, 600, GOO inhabitants The slow growth of
tho country is due to tho presence Of two
rncos on its soil. Civilized white md savage
black cannot agree. Tho natives work only
4one onougu 10 ou5 "'io, ano t"on l''o ~
Tue taooe u sneae Aen''l.'os'a'es Any sa.p1"8
prons Ii in'oseeu.n 'Fosn a1ocA OF "1ses'
ane sma!' eoss u ns'ns caoses IN enormous
,ncroase N 'na r. pop@'11.on; nno n'aasos OF
b'acRa ate "as''he anu o'ooosnilSty. ihoy
lave gr,ns md ammunition, and their fighting
mon are drilled In somo cases by renegade
Europeans. The constant danger Of bloody
warfare checks immigration md the develop.
: u,ent Of the country.