INTERNAL luR.jt.a.,i i.

PENNSYL1ANIA
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On the occasion OF hr, svin. up the first spade of
earth III the Delaware Division Of lie PENNSYLVANIA
Canal. Peter A Browne. 80. delivered an address
lie adfered 10 tie resource, ii the State and men
toned The many SUBSTANCE, important to the a,tS,
which are lound IN it. Penn, yl>ania has 47GOO
square mites, or nearly 5J.0UJ.0J0 Of acres. and
has better climate a midpr government, ana a.
good sol as England, winch, on a suprrfcIes If
100000 square miles, malntalfis more ,hal 10 md
Hons Di souls, employs $4,000 Vessels nl 2lUO 900
tons. mpors to the value Of twent, five Millions
aud exports nearly forty. In the n. W. and S. +.
the land Is comparatively level. great part Of the
soil Of the State is good, and some Of it is of a ,u
quality The richest tract in the s. r. lie, on
both sides oi the Susquehanna A large one. lying
between the Alleshany River and Lake Erle. is
fruitful, but Us thlnly settled. la the western narl
OF the peninsula bounded by the North and We,t
branches OF the Susquehanna there is some we
iimbered table land. tit for lilase or grazing rhp
calcareous valley OF the Delaware i produetiyp
and thlckly settled ; and the soil bnuernr ON thp
Ono IS also Fertile. Even in the mountainous re-
glon OF the centre OF the State, rich calcare,ns
valleys intervene.


Nor are the mountains destitute of their Treasures


They enclose mineral, bnundIess in variety. .unIi,i,.
ed IN extent, and Incalculabie IN mnortance:-iron.
anthracite and btu unlnnus c"a!, salt, lime and pyn
sum. Pennsylvania absnuds in iron ore n,rtcu
iaiiY IN the central district. The magnetic nxvde
oi iron. which is the ore from which the much o.,
teemed Swedish bar r,n i made and the red oy.
yde ol iron, from which the f.uallsh plate iron and
iron wire are chiefly matte, are b,,h' found in tht
state. Va the eastern side of he Su.auehanna an


thraeite IS found IN greater abundance than in an,
other part of the slube and the western mart :,


the State IS richly supplied with btum.no,s roal


salt springs are common. The mast productive


are on the rivers Conemaugh and Klskimint,.
4 Here are 81 salt wells, yielding so bushels Of sal
= perday. Copper, lead znc. manganese and ,nn M


lybtena are found aud to those may be added
!, long LIST Of states cays marbles, ii, draulic lime.


suxe,. salts and flag. soap stones, and stones {,
{ urnf.kns aud building. =
= BY carrying into effect the Pennsylyania Gam.
e and railroads. these resources NAV be brouybt in
- action The disadvantages of the mountain h,


rier which divides the eastern from the weste,
! parts OF the State, are by the natural and art6ci
le outlets to trade, leading to other cities than PHI
q, deipha; on the south by the Susauehana 10 p,I
eu more on the west, by the Oho and Mis.issnni
nj New Orleans on the north west, BY Lake Er;e a.
or the New York Erie Canal to Nav York. Rnt
&c the schuylkil and Union Canals, says Mr.. Bruw


the Delaware and Sasquehanna are already come