Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-02-05
VIRGINIA STATISTICS.

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the Census, from tho Richmond Times, and propose
giving here some statistical facts, which, though for
the most part of no political Importance, possess
degree of interest 10 most readers
As is generally known, the slave population is We
ry unequally distributed in the State The greatest
number is found in the Piedmont District, in near
~ every county of which there is an excess of this
class of population. In each of the counties of A.
melia, Nottoway and Powhalau, the number of the
slaves is more than double that of the whites. The
county having the largest number of slaves is Hall
fax, in which there are 10000 whites, l4426 slaves
and 552 free coloured people. Loudoun has the
smallest number of slaves, in proportion to its total
population, of any county in the district, viz: l5,-
066 whites, 5,64l slaves, and 1873 free coloured.
In the Valley the ratio Of The slaves to the white
population is about to A. In Roanoke the slave
population is more dense than in any other county
Of this district; The population being sob whites,
2,5l0 slaves and l54 free coorred. Augusta has
the largest number of slaves, viz: 5,057 while in
Shenandoah the ratio is slave 10 ID whites, and in
Morgan only to q.
! The Trans Allegheny district has population OF
33l $50 whites, 24,436 slaves, and 2,4S2 free ne
groes-!he ratio Of slaves to whites being about to
12. Kanawha has The largest number Of slaves of
any county in the district, viz: 3,l40 slaves 49,
007 whites. Hancock has the smales! number VIZ {:
slaves 10 1853 whites. Seventeen counties in the
district have each less than 100 slaves eighteen coun-
ties less than 500, and The remaining fourteen coun-
ties over 500
The great bulk of the free coloured population is
found in the Tide Water District Accomac county
alone has 8 l54 free cooured people, to 9720 whites
and 1887 slaves.
The number Of horses in the State is 3lS203-
Augusta has the greatest number, 9,0le, and Rock
ingham the next greatest number, 7,075.
The number of Watches in the Stale, on which
taxes are paid, is 29S52. The two eastern districts
have nearly twice as many as the two western uni
ted
The number Of Clocks, in the State which are as
sessed, il. 74,lS0-32496 in the east and 4O6sO in
the west.
There are 1,400 Coaches, or Carriages, in the
Trans Allegheny district, Of which Ohio county, in
GLIDING Wheeling, has the greatest number l3l, and
Nicholas and Wyoming none; 2,24l in the Valley,
Of which Jefferson county has 365; 6,454 in the
Piedmont district, Of which Loudoun has 527; and
6,963 in the Tide Water district of which Henrico,
including Richmond, has 57S-toal in the State l6,.
O6O.
OfCarryals, the Trans Allegheny district has %
many counties Of which have none; The Valley has
$40, of which Rockingham county has 100, Angus
Ia Al, and Boetour, none; the Piedmont district has
434, of which Louisa has As; and the Tide Water
district has 926, of which Caroline has $780,
The Tide Water District abounds in Gigs, having
1855. The other Districts united have only 325
Accomac alone has 4S3, being emphacaly the coun-
ty of gigs and free negroes.
The number of Planes in the Trans Allegheny
District is 3l3; in the Valley 533-of which Jefer-
SON has 100 and Augusta u; the Piedmont District
l272-of which Albemarle and Campbell have each
100; and the Tide Water District lSl5-total in the
State, 1888, Surprising each one to have $500,
the amount invested in these musical instruments is
Sl,l79,9OO.
The number Of practising Attorneys in the Trans
Allegheny District is 26S, OF which Kanawha has
10, Harrison II, and Wyoming none the Valley has
1851 which Augusta has 81, and every other
county in the District more than except High
land, which has only one; the Piedmont Dislric, has
349, of which Campbell has the largest number Al,
and Dinwiddie the smallest number 2; and the Tide
Water District has 1872, of which Henrico has los.
and York and Warwick counties none-,ota in the
State 1892.
The number of practising Physicians in the Trans
Allegheny District is 372-of which Ohio county
has % and Wyoming and Raleigh none the Valley
has 27O-of which Augusta has 49, and Jefferson
%; the Piedmont District has 63l-of which Hall
fax has "a aud the Tide Wafer Distrc. has $50
of which Henrico has 93-total i'll The State 1866
Augusta county has population of 1908 Whites,
5057 Slaves and 566 Free colored,- total 24,6l6-
The total amount Of revenue tax paid by the county
is $l3 1926 30 (of which the town of Stanton pays
$2547 52) more than any county in Western Vr-
glnia except Ohio which includes Wheeling.
A SLIGHT MIsTAKE.-The Editor states in the
last number, that the indicator contains more read
ing matter than any paper in the State, except the
Richmond papers. Now in this statement there is
slight mistake, undssigned of course, which il will
do no harm to correct The "Staun,on SPECTATOR
its next door neighbor, is somewhat larger.-
On the outside Of its last issue are six wide columns
OF reading matter (ths usual number) 10 six Of his
narrow columns in the last issue, which is the num-
Der usually found on the outside Of the "Vindicator"
and on the inside seven columns and three quarters
Of reading matter divide columns) to six and half
OF the Vindicalor (narrow.) True we use larger
type in several columns bu. this difference is more
than made up by the space which is wasted week
~ IN the composition of his matter The last is
sues we take to be the average amount Of reading