The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-10-03

we hase returns, nearly complete, from
three counties, by waltz it appears that on
the first day OF June last, the inhabitants
Rainsey County, (Pekagama and Red
Rock, not heard from,o 22sS
Benton Counsy; 42r
ashisiy,ou, 81. G.l = j. I0SS
Nvabashaw County, (not returned)
iiasca, 6
Wabnahta, !"
Dakptah, Z"
Mahkahto, {"
Peihhins, e." 80
Saltwater precinct, numbers 6S6
ST. Paul, (yilage) 1885
s. Anthony, q 705
A census Of The present population would
no doubt show large increase, since the
lst Of June, at which time the immigration
had but fairly begun. Ii is also certain,
that the prevalence upon the river below
us, of tba. awful seourge, the Cholera, has
prevented hundreds, If not thousands, from
coming in this season, as the sumo cause
also did last year. Ii is certain also, that
much Of the ouiwar.l-bound Gulf-stream of
annual emigration from the states, has flown
across the continent and heen dispersed
over the shining plains Of California.
The land Of gold a!lures more than the
land of longevity. Men ask that the stream
If riches may be quick and powerful and
thousands are now standing half leg deep
in lbe streams Of California. sitting out "a
few grains of gold, who in few months
more, would gladly barter ounces Of il, for
hours, nay minutes, of beautiful existence
ia Minnesota.
We have not seen the census returns yet,
Of even the majority Of the cities Of the
United States. The increase, however, of
Ihe whole country, shows that there has
been every where the most commentable
alacriiy in ot,eying the great command to
''multiply and repieuish the ea,th." This
census will develope many instructive facts
in political economy and the laws Of supply
and population. The editor Of that valua-
bic paper, the Railroad Journal, remarks:
"The present census of the United States
when completed, will show very marked
increase of The Northern States over the
Southern. This disparity will he as great
in the old as the new States. In Massachu-
sets the increase " i'll he twice MS great as
in Virginia, or compared with the area OF
the two, nearly twenty times as great. The
increase of Rhode leland, with an area Of
1900 square miles, will probably be as grea,
as North Carolina with $4,000.
The increase in The oiden Northern States
has not been in the agricultural towns
These have only gained where their growth
has been stimulated by the manufacturing
ar commercial towns in their vicinity. The
increase Of population of the farming towns
G,sdS il for its advantage 10 eunigrate west,
where land is cheap, rather than pay the
price asked al home. The gain is found AS
we said above in the manufacturing and
commercial towns. The latter have grown
from the additional business brought to
them, hy the new facilities for tran>rorta-
ton which have beei opened, which ena-
bles the farmer TO Increase the amount oil
his products by diminishing the expense OF
sending them TO market. i he manufacture
ing towns owe the greater part Of the rapid
growth to the application of the steam en-
gine tn the manufacturing purposes. The
South has not awaited herself of this agen.
cy To any considerable extent. Hence The
difference.
In the direction and application Of hel
industry, the South, as far as great pursuit;
arc concerned, has derived hut Little advan
m Of Aer h,,ls
work is still carried on by muscular power
Now the wealth of a people can he meas
ured very exactly by The extent to which
natural forces supersede muscular action
There is Il limit tn the efforts of the latter
but there is no limit To the extent of steam
power. The steam power of England rep
resen,s the labor of 800 600, 900 men. Com
pared with people who make no use o
this pnwer, she Is as much stronger as
This power Was actually represented by tbi
number of living beings. Compare Eng
land Or the United States with Spain. Tn
power Of these countries bear no ratio {
their number of people, but to the exten
20 which natural power or agents are mad
use Of by each England is fifty time
more powerful than Spain, because be
stean power represents Fifty times NOR
men than Spain possesses.
So long rs one country can mOnopOIis
the use Of natural agents, her gains al
measured 10y the amount saved hy their Us,
because she puts this difference into ht
own pocket. This is true to a less extern
go long as by The negligence, Incidence,
want of skill of other communities, she e,
Joys this monopoly. The immense wsall
of England is owing 10 this fact. For
long time she r,onopo!ised, for manufactu
ing purposes, the steam engine. She cou
thus manufacture at one-quarterthe form
cost aud sell ut the old rates. Nj the wor
becomes tributary to the people who ca
manufacture cheapest.
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