The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-11-06
From The Washington Republic.
The Census Ofthe United States

ed so ample, so minute, and so accurate Al
array OF statistical lnformatiou respecting an,
country as the present census returns will ex
hiblt. lp countries Of more limited extent
aud IN which sgch duties are performed un
der the direction of single mod, great &C
cufacy sGd pl ecsicn have been attained bu,
even slth tntse advantages. ess perfect plan,
and elaborate methods have prevented the
consimn3len OF The sork in so complete snc
Satisfactory a manuer.
We remember reading in tn. New Tes,a.
@enl ke IL. J iha, "there seat out Dc.
cree from Cesar Augustus ,hs, all the world
should be taxed, or tnroHed, as the or gin
Al reads; and We are lnormed BY good au.
'horItes hat all ;he world "was understood
10 imply only Palestine. and that the eprol.
ment was merely to ascertain the numbers
and property OF the Jews, who paid tribute to
Rome. We read, also, that Joseph went up
from Gallee TO Be ;hlshem 10 be taxed, and
this was suP1osed TO be for two reasons 6tst
y, because he held rome possess,nns there !;
and secondly, because, IN tax ng a Jewish cen
sus, iamihes were always KEEP, dlslinci, and
! he desired TO To registered with his \, ,pdred.
Among the jews these distinctions Of ,r,bes
aud families we're important; but although il
70 OF so amongs, republican Christians, It IS
nsveithe'ess convenient and Geslrsbe 10 ore
serve national record OF all tae American
people, which vii be euud 10 be effected by
the plans now pursued.
TIE schedules s.ed are arranged upop
schemes different ifom any others that exist.
bnu LA "A. r
Information IN detsil and are al he same
line equally simple aud easy to be followed.
Amongst tho Improvements in these we
all name one, and, While it i. so very simple
as 10 excite surprise that ii had not been s
ways observed, We can assure the reader that
It Is but one Ola large number oil Instances o.
like eharscIer la the schedule used IN this
and other countries, in pas, times, 10 each
trade, profession, and occupation colun'o
"as assigned; and as men are usually single
u ihelr pursuits, single score in one of these
columns designated the occupation Of per.
son named. while cont nuous black CT.
ended oter m'ny pages. The improvement
consists IN simI haviHg one column IN which
stngle written word wlll desisn,ie the call
ing. lu like manner, 10 come schedules We
have seen, the names Of all diseases and ecci.
dents occasioning death are given at The heads
OF columns; yet single CO umn at present
att, rds sutiicIent space for The purpose, and
by Us heading guides The census agent sr,ght
n supply the requisite Information.
OF the skull manifested by J. e. c. Ken
nedy, ESQ.,, in con,riv'ng and preparing these
sch'does, nothing need probably be stated IN
addition to the isct that they we're presented
by hun, eompiee as they are, TO he Conetes.
-ional committee, and after the most rgld ex.
ANIMATION, we're adopted with scarcely Elm
gle alteration. No labor had been spared by
that gentleman. and, we may add, no expense,
for his desire TO avail himself OF all know ledge
pos.lb 10 be obtained on the subjac, induced
him to procure from Europe every form to
which he could obtain access.
The information elected respecting osr
country comprehends every thing that II can
interest any ot the Iamtly OF man 10 know
Hereafter, wherever an American NAV pre-.
sent him.elf throughou, the land, the simple
knowledge Of bis name and former abode will
enable any one who has access 10 the census
returns 10 tell with almost unerring accuracy
the names Of the members of his immed,s ate
family, their pursuits IN life, their pecunlary |
cunduon, & To illustrate this We will Sc |
Iect lew extracts, copied from some Of the
feutns VIII CHI the superintendent kindly per. |
muu U. to examine.
We open a, the returns for The 10 h ward |
of Bslimote, and cur eye res,s upon the
l223i dwelling visited, but il is occupied by
-,
far as the deputy marshal had gone in that
ward, there we're 220 nsre families than
dwellings,, and he particular instances 10 which |
a dwelling contained more hsn one family
are shown 10 the places where the names Of
hose fames occur. The dwelling We have
secc ted is occuo,ed bv widow lady, aged 6'y |
years. She owns Sll 600 worth OF real es.
tate. Her daughter, Fanny, is twenty two
years old; her son, William, is II, and
clerk bv rto'esslon. They sro all natives OF
Mar, land. No death and no marriage has
occurred N the family within yoar. They
cen all read ard write, and none Of them are
deaf, dumb, blind, d,oic, or psuper !; nor do
they own any slaves, nor produce any thing
by manufacturing or agriculture. Al s per
cent. their real estate will yield them $3.50.
Here, then, :s a Satisfactory accoun, of the
inhablisn of this home.
We open the schedule in VII ch is written
down The products Of industry. We fud that
firm OF two partners are broom. makers -
They have $4,000 ceptal invested. They
use fifty tons OF broom in each year, for which
they pay S. 900; aud $4,000 handles, the
value of which Is 81 ITO. Their work is per
formed by hand. They have eigh, male op.
erauvss, to whom they pny 5000 per month.
They produce eS 600 brooms per year, the
value of which is SIG 900. All this is gwen
on .hreo lines Of one p,ge. The families of
these two men are also given, with the sex,