Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-04-15
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mise That the public opinion has been pr.,,lv
'nisied, as suppose, by the auditors prpor,-
last. ~e's"Sr
According 10 that report the estima-
ted population of the country east
~, OF The Blue Ridge, in 1879. is s6,7As
4 ne estimated white population of
me country west Of the Ridge, is sia.5te
MAJORITY east Of the Ridge only as aae
ne following statement viii enable ven 10
Juuse now lar has estimate is enutl.d 10 YOUR
commence, by resolution adopted 6cto-
DEF ii'h, TIE auditor was requested 10 "pre-
pare and lay before the conyen,ioa = 80
ment OF the nee white population ne sach
county IN 1879, so far as he eoula a, g,,c.
,ne same ny comparison of the white t,tha-
Dies aud TIE entire white population il, ~.
years $500, lsloand lS2o.n In other words.
,he auditor having, or being supposed 10
hnNs' IN ms ONCE. correct return or ist "a.
VI uic WINE UNA Dies IN tie respective cs.uu
W :" saeh OF 'he years above mentioned.
anu having correct return OF the total !, h;,e
population of the coma,s n, the same ,,ars
matte 10y The United States officers Who ,oaL
The census was requested 10 ascett,;a
inc proportion which the white tithables bora
10 the Whole white population in each of ,sose.
years ana having, or being supposed to
nave, also, correct return or i., ~ ,b..
"hi'e a'habies an each county in 1890. he
was requested 10 state the white NOS, ;o,, D
OF eael county in 1899. by ASSUMING M, Il
bore The same proportion to the white fitba-
pies m 1919. which IL did in the wears lien
me proportion vas actually asccrtnin.d by
Tue census II rs obvious that the corrrcf-
pess OF any estimates formed ia this way.
must uepena on The accuracy Of tie returns
or lists OF iithahcs annually made Ia il,. sn-
ditor That they were not accurate. pieht
have been inferred, py,oyi, from The n,to-
nous caielessness or Incompetence of m,nv
o. the officers on whom this duty is inposed.
put, on TINS subject, we are not left 10 CEN
lecture FOR the auditor himself states in
ms report, that "thc white and slave titb,,b,ea
nave been IN some instances supplied by con
lecture, the returns being imperfect or Alto.
gether wantnga--and shat there arc 81
many probable errors in the data upon which
the population OF 1920 is estimated. thu, he
ehtertains considerable doubts OF its core, Z
ness" u these doubts required any cosroLa-
ration, 1t would be found in the fact tLaf
Loudoun. one OF the most prosperous eonn-
mes ~ the state, ascertained by the census
OF 1870 to have then contained white pop,s
iaton OF i6,l44.is estimated. in 1929, 10 cnt.
tain 1880 only: and in the further fact. III. {
the trans Allegheny country, whose actu4l
increase from 1890 to 1870 was S3s ptr
cent, from 1900 TO 1910. a. per cent, from
1910 to 1870, 27a per cent, and whose ia
crease, IN the same diminishing ratio, frcp.
1870 to 1880, would he 10 lilo per cent ON.
ly, IS EST mated BY the report to have actually
increased SO is per cent in the last nins
years, which is equivalent to about 40 per
cent in ten.
viii not weary you with further details
gong to shew what the auditor himself, IN
effect, adD.ts, and what, Ibclieye, was given
up on all lands, before the session OF The
convention closed, that the "auditor's esti-
mate" Is not ia the least to be depended on.
as showing the actual white population ofti,o
several great divisions Of the commonwealth.
in 1929
| presume that that intelligent and accom-
plished officer. if he had been left to choose
Tor htmselt, the principle on which the esti-
mate should be formed, would have selected.
at least in regard to three OF the four great
divisions of the state, that which am ai,oue
to mention. Comparing the census of 1910
with that OF 1920, and ascertaining thus tho
actual increase OF population in each fivision
between those periods, | assunis that hey
have respectively continued to increase at The.
same rate from 1890 TO 1850. And though
WIS iss edhSN iis buth fOIJtCtuttsit dIiOfGS.
imagine, very near approximation tn the
truth M regard to the three great districts ex,
tending from the sea. coast to the Allegheny
whose respective increase may be
to have been little affected by ina
ginHtion,for many years past, and Effected a.
bout as much by emigration, during the las
Ten years, as IN the preceding ten.
The tide water district, composed of
50 counties, contained, in 1910, of
white population, 1924
II contained in 1920, l6l EST
Ii il has gone on TO increase at the
same rate, il contains, in 1880. I70,565
The middle district, from the falls Of
the river to the Blue Ridge. com
posed of 20 counties, contained, in
1910, 1876 ,55a
IL contained, IN 1920, 1877, lSJ
1t contains, at the same rata of in
crease, in 1880. $50
Total white population east of the
Ridge, in 1850. s5s,sst
Total white population in same coan-
try, in 1sa0, 1881,
Increase IN ten years, il,0tA
The Valley district, composed Of IA
counties, contained, In 1910, Of
white population, 1858
III contained. in 1870, III ,os0
1t contains, in 1880, at the same rate
OF increase, 1865
There is, think, great reason to doul
whether this mode of calculation would le.