The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-07

the insurrection existed in fact, and before IT was
declared TO exist by proclamation SO as TO authorize
the uteyposition OF State military force. IL Is
proper TO inform the Legislature that was absent
from the capital at the time Of the outbreak and
murder, and agents sent by the civil authorities OF
the county to invoke my action, were delayed seve
raj days to await my return after which time,
considerable further delay was occasloned, to en-.
able them to return and furnish TO me evidence OF
the facts alleged to exist, but without the evidence
oil which did not feel authorized to make 30 re-
sponsible declaration. From these causes twenty /
days interviewed between the insurrectionary assem-
blaee and the proclamation and during all that time,
as am informed and believe, the sheriff was EN-
p!oyiog 2 very large mounted posse, and results
showed that it was very energetlcally and efficiently
employed. II was lhs developments consequent
upon these exertions, exhibiting the fact that insur
rection did exist on the 7th OF August which iaid
the foundation for procaiming its existence In con-
formty to law but the interposltion OF the State
could not he retrospective, and therefore the ex-
pense Of preserving the peace, sustaining the law
and experimenting the guilty, during these twenty |
days. was thrown exclusively upon the county.
According to the requirement Of the constitution,
censue of the people of the State has been taken,
during the last year, in conformity TO the provisions
of the lew oil the last session, directing the manner
Of taking y. The returns have all been made to tne
Office OF the Secretary Of State, and the report OF
that officer will, at early day In your session,
place the results before you.
The entire population OF the State is shown to be
26O4, 495, being an increase since the census OF
1910, taken in obedience to the constitution and
laws Of the United States, OF 1854, little more
than seven and half per cent for the five years.
This rate ofincrease much less than has marked
the growth OF our population, for the previous poi
tons of the present century and shows that emil
grafton from the State is much greater than to 1t
The enumeration was taken as OF the first day OF
July. The number OF births IN the State, during the
year ending that day, was 80 755, and the number
Of deaths 81, 2S4; thus showing an increase OF the
births, over the DEATHS single year, OF IS, 47l.-
THIS ratio of increase, for the five years, would
have added to our population more than !oVOO souls
beyond the present actual number; which simple
comparison establishes two important facts, lst
That the natural increase Of the population Is heal
thn and rapid and End that the emigration from the
State is greater by from 10000 to $4,000 annually
than the emigration to it, Another fact appearing
upon the face of the shows the description OF
this emigration. 1t is, that the increase OF popula-
ton is confined principally TO the cities and large
villages thus proving that the great body OF the emf
grafton from the State is from the agricultural dis
tricts The increase Of population, for the five
years, in the four cities OF New York, Brooklvn Al
bany and Buffalo, makes an aggregate OF Ia, 767.
The number Of persons liable to do military duty
is ~, Up, ind the number of persons entitled to
vote for all officers elective by the people, Is $780,
$40
The statistics Of the productions Of agriculture and
manufactures very full and cannot tail to possess
great interest They will receive too careful an ex-
animation at your hands, to require the brief refer.
ence to them here which this communication will
permit. The improved land in the State averages
and there is produced from it. OF wheat, corn, rye,
and buckwheat, bread stuffsl proper, according to
our classification, fraction less than thirteen and
one-hrd bushels to each individual Of the popula-
ton Of barley and oats, fraction less than eleven
and one.third bushels of heans and peas, about
ihree-fourhs of bushel and Of potatoes and tur-
nips, they being the only articles given Of the root
crops, fraction more than nine and halt bushels
The mulch cows are more than one to three persons
and the butter and cheese, together. average more
than forty pounds 10 each person. The neat cattle
are very nearly one to each soul, and the hogs more
! than one to two persons. The wool and fax pro-
duced little less than six and half pounds to
person, and the cloth manufactured, IN families
and in factories, is more than seventeen yards to
each soul.
| population, whose own industry produces this
amount annually OF the necessaries and comforts OF
| life, and affords such surplus for exchange, may
truly be said to hold the great elements Of its indie
pendence and prosperity in its own hands; neither
OF which can be destroyed, or dangerously impair
ed, while such ratio of productive industry is d.
rected by virtuous and patriotic impulses, strength
ened by the universal diffusion OF education.
| The law Of the last session directed the Secreta-
nv Of State TO appoint marshals to take census Of
"the Indians residing on the several reservations IN
this State, with such statistical information as 1t
should be IN their power to collect, and as the Sc
marshais give the means Of comparing the condi-
ZION of these children Of the Forest as they
ally termed, with that OF the general population OF
the State, in many OF the particulars above emu
strong interest, as in some respects It VIII present
| melancholy evidence OF the reduced state, and
now almost literally diminishing population oil these
once powerful and proud nations. The enumera-
tion embraces what are usually known the Sene-
ca, Oneida, st. Regis. Onondaga, and Cayuga In
dams, within the State. The whole number OF souls
Is 1853, and the number Of births, in the year end
ing the first day OF July last exceeded the deaths
| by q single one.
minute comparison OF the statistics returned
with the census Of the Indians will show that, in
improved land and articles of food, their condition
bears creditabe comparison with that OF the white
| population. In manufactures, and especially of the
necessary clothing, there is an almost total def
cheney.
II is hoped that these people will institute these
them that the lands ,hey possess, i as well worked,
are capable OF rendering them as comfortable, and
as independent OF want, az their white neighbors,
which should stimulate them to still further, and
more valuable and more useful improvements.
The people Of the State have, with unanimity al
most unknown in the history OF our elections decid-
ed In favor Of the proposition 10 hold convention
ito consider Of alterations and amendments TO the
Constitution" Of the State. This decision will re-
eve the present Legislature from mass Of RESPONSE
BILE labor, which has consumed much time, for &C.
veral OF the past years. Important proportions to
amend that instrument have held prominent places
upon the calendars Of business Of both Houses for
many consecutive sessions, and have given occasion
for elaborate Investigations and protracted debates
This whole subject has now been referred, by the
people themselves, 10 u convention, anu AZ WOuiu
be highly improper In me TO attempt to press upon
your consideration questions thus wisely disposed
Of, so tar our agency is concerned
Upon this Legislature, however, is devolved the
constitutional duty OF re-apporoning the represen.
tation in the legislature according to the returns OF
the State census just completed; and as the election
TO choose delegates to the convention Is TO be held
the last Tuesday in April next justice TO the peo-
pie of the counties, the representation OF which is
to be increased by the change of population, would
seem to require that the apportionment shonld be
made in season to permit this election to take place
undsrt No injustice will be done, by this proceed
ing, 10 the counties, the representation Of which is
to be lessened by the new apportionment, as they
will still have, in the conventions that
to which their population entities them, while the
other class Of counties will have no more.
Justice to the whole population equally requires