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


time will enable US to exercise, prove the returns
Of the number OF deaths, too small, such result
will not affect their value, for the purposes of
of one portion of the country with
another, or cause with effect-the table will pos
sess an interest second to none others, in the
work, and the many valuable truths, which they
will suggest, will be found of great practical add
vantage. Medical men will accord TO the GEN.
sus board, no small need of credit, for the wis.
dom manifested in an arrangement which will
throw more light on the history of disease IN the
United States, and present in connection more
facts connected herewith, than the
united efforts of all scientific men have hereto
fore accomplished.
AGRICULTURE.
The great amount of labor, requisite to the
extraction of the returns of agriculture, will
admit, at this time, of presenting but limited
accounts, though, perhaps to some extent, of
the most important separate interests,
The returns of the wheat crop, for many OF
the Western States, will not at all indicate the
average crop of those States. This is especially
the case with Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, from
which, especially the former, the assistant mar
shal's return short CROP" to the extent OF
ffty per cent throughout the whole State The
shortness of the wheat crop in Ohio, in lS49,
is verified by returns made during the subse-
quent season, by authority of the legislature.
MANUFACTURES
The period, which has elapsed since the re-
ciept of the returns, has been so Short as to en-
able the office to make but general report OF
the facts relating to few Of the most important
manufactures. If, in some instances, the amount
Of "capital invested" in any branch Of manu-.
tacture, should seem too small, it must be borne
in mind, that, where the product is of several
kinds the capital invested, not being devisble, is
connected with the product of greatest conse.
quenca This, to some extent, reduces the
capital invested in the manufacture Of bar iron
in such establishments where some other article
of wrought iron domnates-sheet iron fol-
example. The aggregate, however, of the cap
ita invested, in the various branches OF wrought
iron, will, it is confidently believed, be found
correct.
The entire capital invested in the various man
ufactures in the United States, on the LIST o.
June lS50-not to include any establishments
producing less than the annual value of $500
amounted, in round numbers to $53O,OOO,OOC
Value of raw material 550,OO0,00t
Amount paid for labor 24O,O00,00(
Value of manufactured arti les l,O20,3oO,OOC
Number of persons employed 100000
The capital invested in the manu-
facture Of cotton goods, amtd to 7450l,O3l
Value of raw material "a 835 ,05t
Amount paid for labor l6,2S6,3O4
Value of manufactured articles 6l,S69, 49,
Number of hands employed 80 ,2St
The capital invested in the manufac-
ture Of woollen goods, amtd to 2o,l 1860
Vaue Of raw material 25,755, 9Ss
Amount paid for labor 8 399 28(
" e -
Number of hands employed 39,252
The capital invested in the manu-
facture of pig iron amounted to l7,3l6.42t
Value of raw material 1905 ,2SG
Amount paid for labor 5066,6Es
Value of product l274S,771
Number of hands employed 20,44s
In making these estimates, the assistant mar
shals did not include any return of works which
had not produced metal within the year, OF
those which had notcommenced operations. The
same is applicable to all manufactures enumer
ated,
The capital invested in the manufae-
ture of castings amounted to $l7,4l6,36l
Value of raw material lO,346,35!
Amount paid for labor 7,07SS2C
Value of product 35,lOS, TO-
Namber Of hands employed 23,5SE
The capital invested in the manu-
facture of wrought iron amtd to $l399522I
Naue of raw material E. 9,5lS,l0r
Amount paid for labor 4,l96 62l
Value of product l6,387'O1-
Number of hands empolyed 1905
More minute particulars respecting these in
terests will be found Incorporated in tables A
b, G, ID, Il.
The statistics the newspaper press form al
interesting feature in the returns Of the seventh
census.
1t appears that the whole number of news
papers and periodicals in the United States, or
the first day Of June, 1850, amounted to $500
Ofthese, 2,494 were fully returned, 234 had al
the facts excepting circulation given, and 10 ar,
estimated for California the territories, and fol
those that may have been omitted by the assist
ant marshals
From calculations made on the statistics re
turned, and estimated circulations where they
have been omitted, itappears that the aggregate
circulation of these $500 papers and periodicals.
IS about 5 600 900 and that the entire number o
copies printed annually in the United States
amounts to 422, 100000.
The following table will show the number o.
daily, weekly, monthly, and other issues, will
the aggregate circulation Of egch class:
No copies
No. Circulation printed annually
Daes $50 100000 235,000,00(
T.i-weeklies $50 $4,000 ll,7O0,00(
! ni.weeklies 1875 $4,000 8,3200OC
Weeklies 1000 2,S75,OOO l49,500,O0C
Semi. moths. 80 100000 100000