The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-10

Utah 1898 -
Nebraska l36,700 -
Indian lS7,l7l -
North West 5s7,564
District Of Cola go 5l,oS7 S6l45
From the location, climate, and productions,
and the habits and pursuits OF their nhabit
ants, the States Of the Union may be properly
arranged into the following groups =
Area in Popu- No. Inhabt-
Square iation. ants 10
Mules. Square Mile.
N. England states(6) 63,226 2,727,597 43O7
Middle States ,lnclud-
ing Maryland, Del
aware, and Oho,(6) l5l 100 S,Oo3, il3 oi.UZ
Coast Planting States,
including S. Caro-
lima, Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama, Mis-
sisspp, and Lou
isana (6) 2S6,O77 1857 1889 1886
Central Slave States:
Virginia, NJ Caro-
lima, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas(6) ,2lO 5,l6s,OOO 1915
N. Western States
Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, and Iowa (5) 100000 2,135,0O0 1922
Texas 237, 900 $4,000 SO
California $4,000 10000 .S7
There are points of agreement in the gene
raj characteristics of the States combined in the
above groups, which warrant the mode of ar
rangement adopted Maryland is classed, as
heretofore, with the Middle States, because its
leading interests appear to connect it rather with
the commercial and manufacturing section to
which it is here assigned than with the purely
agricultural States. Ohio is placed in the same
connection for nearly similar reasons
There seems to be marked proprety for
N, 4. otto Of he
Northwest by themselves, as preliminary TO
the comparison of their progress with other
portions of the Union. The occupations which
give employment to the people of the centre
range of States, south of the line of the Poto-
mac, distinguish them TO some extent from that
division to which we have given the appellation
of the coast planting States. In the latter. cot
ton, sugar, and rice, are the great staples, the
cultivation of which is so absorbing to stamp
its impress on the character Of the people. The
industry of the central States is more diversi
fed the surface of the country is more broken,
the modes of cultivation are different, and the
minuter divisions of labor create more hume
rous and less accordant interest SO far as
Texas is settled, its population closely assimi
lates with that of the other coast planting
States but it would obviously convey no well
founded idea of the density Of population in
that section, to distribute their people over the
vast uninhabited region Of Texas For the
same reason, and the additional one of the iso-
Iation of her position, California is considered
distinct from other States
Taking the thirty-one States together, their
area is ,4S5870 square miles, and the average
number of their inhabitants is l5.48 to the
square mile The total of the United
States is 8 400, 900 square miles, and the aver
age density of population is 1919 to the square
mile.
There are as assigned to those States and
territories in which public lands are situated, are
doubtless correct, being taken from the records
of the Land Office but, as to those attributed
to the older States, the same means OF verify
ing their accuracy, or the want of it, do not ex-
ist But care has been taken to consult the best
local authorities for ascertanng the extent of
surface in those States; and rs the figures adopt
ed are found to agree WITH or differ but slightly
from those assumed to be correct, at the General
Land Office, it is probable they do not vary es.
sentially from the exact truth.
The area of some Of the States as Maryland
and Virginia. are stated considerably below the
commonly assumed extent of their territory,
which may be accounted from the supposition
that the portions of the surface, within their
exterior limits, covered by large bodies of water.
have been subtracted from the aggregate amount,
This is known to be the case in regard to Mary
land, the superficial extent Of which, within the
outlines of its boundaries, is 1883 square miles
and is deemed probable with reference to Vr.
GINA, from the fact that many geographers have
given its total area as high as $4,000 square
miles
It appears from the returns that, during the
year ending on the first of June, 1850, there es-
capped from their owners one thousand and eleven
slaves, and that during the same period fourteen
hundred and sixty-seven were manumtted. The
number of both classes will appear in the fol-
lowing table -
Manunutied and Fugitive Slapss-l550.