Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-05
STATE OF NEW YORK.

Manuel the state IF -Neqv York,
which comprises within So pages great mass
Of Information Very interesting to those whom
business or speculation requires to attend to
its interior concerns. If we had similar
for each state in the union, it would
add much to orr stock of geographical and
typographical knowledge of our own country
in which at present We are generally very
dehcent.-Nat. Intel.
"lm 1871 this state contained 10 counties
and only 50,291 souls--in 1771, same coun
ties and 1888 souls--in 17C6 (S5 years a.
go) ID counties and 259, $3.50 s9uls--1f9l, sig
teen counties and $40, 100 souls--andin 1850,
thirty counties, sos towns (inciuding cities)
and $4,000 inhabitants Now (1S11) the
the state contains about 500 villages, Of from
Is or 90 but generally from so or 10, to 500
houses; 452 towns Gncluding 4 cities J As
counties; and lin 1870 100000 inhabitants ;;
giving an increase of Is countless, III towns,
and $4,000 people in the last 10 years !
And the militia ofthe state regularly cnrcl-
led amounted to 102,O63 in 1859.
In Manufactures the late census has
furnished data for the following state
Looms 50, o6S ;yds. cloth (all llinds) 9, 0oo,
70S-value S 5000 SOL: So Fan works 667
val. of leather dolls. /, 2o9 $40. 10. Distile-
ries sol; val. dolls. 1,6S5,794: 90. Brewe-
ries ~; val. dolls $40, 765: e3. Pulling
Mills tS7; enhanced val. of cloth dolls 679,-
1915: 81. Paper mills 28; val. dolls. $685.
26S: co Hat factories 124; val. dolls. 249, :
055; CO. Glass works 6; val besides bot
ties, Scc) dolls 7f6,eC0': co. Powder mills
9; val. dc,ls. 10,4oo 90. Rope walks 10
val. dolls 5SS,000 90. Sugar houses 10;
val. dolls. E20,7C6 co. Oil mills %; val
dolls. 1928 rs. Blast furnaces II ; val.
Ill OAg mn A
156,720 90. Cut nail factories II val dolls.
276,9sa 10. FORCES 4s; val. dolls. 1920;
90. Trip hammers 70; val. return CT work
from two ofthcm only) dolls. 1000 90. Roll
Ing and sitting mills /; val. dolls. $3.50:
Total pulle-tlolls. 12,0e5, 525 60. Also, 4l3
Carding machineS--vaiue included in cloth a
bove; and 20 cotton factories, not included
above, the cloth there mentioned being the
manufacture # families only. The above re-
turns Except for Ontario, Columbia, and
Washington Counties) are moreover believ-
ed to be short Of the real amount-no tow
cloth was returned, except for two counties
instead OF one there arc ter or twelve roll
ing and Sitting mills in the state-the nail,
hat, paper and rope factories, furnaces, &c
much exceed rfe number returned. All the
Wooilen factories were omitted. The single
county of Rensselaer, will this wear manufac
se' - w S'A> s'o'NC Vic NdiuC Ol QDtlS
100000, though returned last year ct TOLLS
45S,000. And many new factories, in Onei-
da especially, and in the Western country
generally, are just going into operation. So
that 1t may be safely affirmed that cur pre-
sent annual value of the above named maAu-
features exceeds dolls. 100000!
There are now made annually $4,000
bushefs of salt; viz. in Onondaga $40
(though in 1900 only 1854 y Cayuga 81, 0OO
tennessee, 400; Seneca (at lcast) %, 600;
and Ontario about 8,T6O-total value at the
works dolls. 147 900: In Cayuga 2,240 skeins
OF silk. To all which may be added dolls
6O,0OO-the value of articles annually made
by convicts in the State Prison.
have not sufficient data to calculate the
quantity CT the ashes, maple sugar, -four, &C.
made, or the grain, cattle, sheep, beef, pork,
&C. raised annually, so as to make valuati-
On of our products or lands. But as the sheep
returned for Duchess were 83,e55.-Alba-
ny 34,342-Cayuga 49,e72-Onondaga a.
l93-aDd Jefferson 20,0OO-we may con-
Guide, Judging from the population, (exclu-
sive Of New-York Coz that the whole state
contains J, 100000. Dstchess contains ID, 341
horses and 51,650neat cattle, which in like
manner (N.Y. omitted) gives 247 900 Of the
former, and CSC, 900 Of the latter but pro-
baby 10000 horses and 100000 neat cat
tie would be nearer the true amount in the
whole state.
The provisions made forroads and BRIDGES,
besides the numerous roads and bridges au-
thorIsed to be laid out, made and built, at
the risk OF individuals or expense of the
counties, the state, or the lands benefited
there5y-are So bridge companies with dolls.
$4,000 stock, and IS turnpike companies
with dolls. 7,553,000 stock, extending their
roads over length of $500 miles, about one
third of (which is completed.
Inc capital stock of the several incorpo-
rated banks is dolls. 100000. The fund
set apart by the state FOR the benefit of Com
mon Schools now amounts to dolls 433,326
last years revenue of which was
dolls. sc, 427 64--besides which 514, no acres
OF unsold land still belong to this fund.
lhe ReUeHHe and Ez,Ienditures of the |
state are, in the abstract, as follows -
Lands, about ,00o, 600 acres unsold and state
funds dolls. 4, 1903 IS (in l80O'about dolls.
100000 COY the annual revenue OF which |
is now dolls 27S, 4Go 96--besides which the
receipts at the treasury frcm various other !
sources were, FOR the year 1910, dolls. 60
042 Is for 1871 dolls. III 649; for 1900 |
dolls. 192,02S 71)--and during same time
we're paid outdoIs. coo 328 % On 1871 dolls. |
l43,417 Ga; and inl8C0S 261 ,765 O3.) Fs-
Gmated expenses for 1911. 6 268, 366 %. |
Debts which the state owes, besides some
small Unliquidated demands, g $4,000 (in |
1900 & CdE OCA 90 NNLs-h z