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duty, 30 per cent., is decidedly below a revenue duty; were it $20 

 per ton, which is nothing beyond a fair revenue duty, and that con- 

 tinued for five years, we should be able to bid defiance to the world 

 in competition. Mr. Cooper, we are told, is now ready to produce 

 10,000 tons per annum; others would soon be in the field; the in- 

 genuity and skill of our citizens would cause their own iron moun- 

 tains to flow and congeal in small unbroken streams, from point to 

 point, from town to town, from capital to capital, from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific oceans, to accommodate their intercourse with each oth- 

 er, and add a giant's strength to our Union in every foot of their pro- 

 gress. 



We have here before us a specimen of bituminous coal, from Tio- 

 ga county, Pennsylvania. The position of this coal is such, that the 

 cost of mining will not exceed $1 per ton. From the mine, it is car- 

 ried forty miles on railroad to Corning, thence through the Chemung 

 canal and Seneca lake to Geneva, thence to New-York, through the 

 Erie canal, via. Albany. The whole cost of mining and transporta- 

 tion to New-York is, at present, $4.76 per ton, although it passes 

 through a distance of 340 miles. When the Erie railroad is com- 

 pleted, the distance will be shortened 120 miles. The agent informs 

 me that he furnished the Great Western steamer with a quantity of 

 this coal, and that it was pronounced decidedly the best ever tried on 

 this side the Atlantic, although the specimens were from the " out- 

 crop." The quality will be vastly improved as the mine is worked. 

 Strike down the mechanical and manufacturing industry of the coun- 

 try, and such treasures as this will remain as useless as when the 

 fields were roamed by savages alone. ^ 



We are proud to point you to the representatives which Georgia 

 has sent to this grand jubilee of the arts and industry of the country. 

 There are specimens of Georgia plains and woolens, with striped 

 cotton osnabergs manufactured in Augusta by George Schley, Esq. 

 This factory turns out 2C0,000 yards of the former, and 100,000 

 yards of the latter per annum. They have been pronounced vastly 

 superior to any of the same fabric which has heretofore come to this 

 market. To them we say, in the sincerity of our heart — God speed. 

 We regret that these articles came in too late for competition, ac- 

 cording to the rules of the fair. They are, nevertheless, entitled to 

 the highest commendation. 



There is another specimen from Greensborough, Georgia. It is 

 cotton yarn, manufactured by JNIessrs. Curtwright & Co., and has 



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