Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-19

dad in IN. al, their Names ages ssS, color. Stale Of free
dom or seEy, OF marriage Or widowhood, place Of birth,
month DEATH proession, occupation trade, disease and
rr Of days i'll. Il anticipated that these inqures
I'D not be answered with sufficient degree Of accuracy,
the result has proved quite otherwise The statistics Of
oraty said to be nearly perfect except in Of the
Cities whse the population fuctuaes The combination of
facts in this schedule exhibit the influence Of climate on health
and longevity, and will assist the immigrant in the selection
Of healthy place in which pitch his tent In connexon
with these facts is obtained Of the character Of the
rocks, minerals Marshes rivers, timber, water, and other
features in the natural history Of each part of the country the
uses Of which are too obvious to render necessary that
should indicate them. }.>
The fourth schedule relates to agriculture and includes the
number o. acres Of land cultivated Wild their value to-
se.ne WIN ne value Of the farming implements and sgr
cultural macnne, the kinds, quantity, and value Of the
1--WE sock ana enumerates thirty varieties Of agricultural pro-
ducOns, Of which each farmer was expected to render an
account and has rendered accordingly with perfect good will
Inc nn schedule relates to manufacures It consists of
"a columns IN which are contained applicable to-
every branch OF manufacture not only from needle 10 an
anchor" but from pin to man-of-war' In the CEN
Of l64O the tables for manufactures occupied about ZOO
columns. and were arranged such tables are generally by
placing at the head the columns each branch Of industry
and the Of each kind Of manufacture This
ment was found frequently not the information re-
qured, while it loaded the enumeratoTs with cunbrous
supply Of FORMS in which whole schedule would contain
but single item Of information. BY the late arrangement
the first column requires the of the manufacturer the
second, the name Of the article produced the third, tho
capital invested the fourth. fifth, and SIXTH the quantity,
kind and value Of each article used in the process Of manu-
facture SEVENTH the kind Of "motve power, machinery
structure other resource, these terms embracing water
seam horse and wind, and applicable to ships mines
manual labor Columns eight and nine contain the number
Of male and female operatives employed and eleven give
the wages paid in each branch Of industry and welve hir-
een and fourteen give the quany kind, and vsae Of each
article produced. XXI F
The sixth schedule is framed for the purpose Of showing
the value Of property the extent of axaon and also Of
literary, educational, and religious estabshmen Of pauper-
ism crime and wages throughout the Union. The returns
show the total Of every kind Of tax paid in the va
rous townships They give the kind Of each educational
tablshment which may be college, scsdemy,
mon school, female school, theological institution, Civ
ing the number Of teachers and pupils the extent Of endow
men and the amount raised for its support by taxaon a.
well from the pupils other The public libra
ries return their number kind and number Of volumes It
appears that in the State of New York the number Of schools
10 700O free supported by the State, and that the num-
Der Of volumes in the Libraries 10 l,l4O000 Under the
head Of newspapers and periodicals" there return Of
published Under the head Of churches there is the num-
Der, denomination, and value Of each church, chapel
meeting house, and the number each will accommodate.
There is given also the number Of paupers and criminals
whether native foreign, and The Of support Under
the head Of wages included the average Of wages
different classes of what should call servants, fam
hands, female domesc and the price Of board to labor
ing men per week.
rly to the marshals of each dsct-persons whose Office
nearly resembles that of high sheriff in this country This
officer appointed persons take the each county,
where necessary in smaller subdivisions To these
ssants the blank schedules furnished together with
copy Of instructions from the superintendent from the Office
in Washington Each assistant before entering his du
ties required to take oath that he would perform them
in accordance with the law and his official Instructions The
persons selected assistants in instances required
to be acquainted with French German, and other languages,
to meet the Of settlers from foreign countries In all
they to write good and egbe hand and may
be mentioned that the in which the schedules have
been filled up, of which in this country shows
how we'll this requirement has been fulfilled This assistant,
having gone the ground and made all the inquiries
signed to him, had make two copies Of his schedules and
the original being filed at the proper office In his county, be
to lodge the copies with the marshal by whom
to be transmitted the Legislature of each State, and the
other to the chief Office in Washington.
The marshal received payment for bis duties in proportion
to the population enumerated by his assistants they
ceeded miop be received 4s 3D. for every 1000 persons
if less than milon 81. Cd. per lOOO The assistants
paid for each enumerated and for the distance they
had to travel Il would be superfuous give the results Of
this great undertaking, they have already been published
II may. however, be interesting to our readers to know that
the gentleman by whom the whole has been superintendent ID
visiting this country, and is about travel in other Eu
opesn States, for the purpose Of collecting information
the different methods Of conducting operations and
assisting construct plan which will aid Europe and Ame
ca In the comparison Of results relating to this important de-
parnent Of economical science. ftasA