The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1851-02-21

BELLEGRoyE, November 9th. 1850.
From the Concordia Iatelligencer.
The Increase of Population in the
World.

No subject is more important TO The Political
Economist, as well as the Phanthropist, than
that of the increase of the human race. So un-
deniable has been the rapid multiplication of the
human species in all nations except perhaps in
the Turkish Empire and in Spain and Portugal,
that Philosophy begins to contemplate with won
der the causes that have led to such results, and
to ask what will the end be? what can be done
to assist the augmenting growth of the human
race? what new duties are imposed upon the
forecast the providence and the wisdom OF sages
and the organs OF governmental power by the
immense growth of the human family?
We contemplate this subject, and calculate its
results, only as connected with the half century
Just completed Fifty years ago the United
States did not possess a foot of soil west OF the
Mississippi and had but one State that touched
upon the Mexican Gulf, which was Georgia, then
the owner of that part of Mississippi territory
that is now laved by the Gulf of Mexico. Flor.
ida was then territory of Spain. Then there
were but sixteen States in the Union, with a
population of only five millions and three hundred
thousand; with all extent of territory embracing
only One million of square miles. Now we have
Thirty one states. population of Twenty~three
millions and halt, and territory of Three mil
lions and two hundred thousand square miles.
Has the United States increased equally in
the productions necessary to support life? Let
us see. In 1900, the total value of all kinds of
production and manufacture in the United States
was One hundred millions of dollars. In 1850
as shown by the census, the amount will be six
hundred millions. Ip 1900, the domestic ex--
ports amounted to Thirty one millions and eight
hundred and forty thousand dollars; the last year
they amounted to One hundred and thirty six
millions, nine hundred and forty six thousand
dollars. Then the export of cotton amounted TO
about Five millions of dollars: last year it a.
mounted to Seventy millions of dollars. Then
the Lake trade was nothing; now ii is annually
Two hundred millions.
Thus we see that the Production in the United
States has an immense pronortionate gain over
the gain of the population, as great as that gain
is. The conclusion is that population will not
be starved out in The United States for want of
sufficient production, The latter being more than
equally prosperous as ccntrasted with the
former,
Next to the United States, Great Britain has
made the greatest gains in population in the last
half century. England has sweled from nine
to seventeen millions; Scotland from million
and half to three millions; Ireland from four
and half TO eigIa millions; the Canadas from
one hundred and ilty Thousand to million and
half To her Indian empire Great Britain rules
One hundred and fifty millions
France has increased in population but slowly.
In 800 she had Twenty seven millions of people,
and now has Thiny-six millions. In France in
1900, the number Of iIlegitmaie births was For
ty-one thousand, and last year One hundred
Prussia in ffty years has doubled
her population from Eight to Sixteen millions.
Austria is a slower nag in the great national race
OF population. Russia, in ffty years, has i'm
creased her population from Thirty 10 Sixty mil
lions. Turkey is decreasing in population; so
is Portugal and Spain. with tie single exception
of the Island OF Cuba. In 1900, this island con.
tained Three hundred thousand inhabitants; now
One million three hundred thousand It's great
production Of Sugar. Tobacco and Coffee, have
almost been entirely produced within hal5 a CEN
tury. Hayti, not worthy the name ofa govern