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CENSUS OF VIRGINIA.

Tae ezEesas statement Of the seventh census OF
Virginia prepared u the Censas Bureau, has late
II teen published in the Washington papers. /,
divides tie State into two sections The Eastern.
coaapossa III sixtv-nine counties has total pom
laiibn oi So COS, 81 which 4e9 2e5 are slaves ana
is Sedegal representative power Is s9a $50 The
wsssera, composed Of sixiy-etgh4 counties. has a
totsl population Of 66l 9t3. Of which Cs ~ are
slaves and its federal representative power is 5e
e6a T9his gives total population for the STATE Of
lisi66s, and total federal representation q
/ ;s.sa CD Unaer the new superintendent here
fore our Representatives in Congress viii Be mir
teen, shsuingla loss Of two.
There are in the S,sse l6e,sl5 dwellings; 1e7..
$50 families; 45l $50 white males; AS. 75o vhi,e
temsless sos 304 total whites; Is SIS free coipred
mates n $50 tree colored females: 9f33 fetal
free population; 47a52S slaves Deaths during
the year ending Jnlv j, 1850 1888 Farms in
cultivation - 0l3. Manufacturing establishments
prbducieg annually $500 or upwards 433
let Us aok at the statistics of the counties Gem.
posing This Congressional district as well asoae or
two others ne ighboring Frederick has 325 dwell.
l;ngs. So families, 3s4 whtemales. 1885 white
females, 4fa free colored males 500 free coored e-
males !. total free population 10 6Si; ? a9s slaves
There aefe l3s deaths in the year. The farms are
/ 055, and the manufacturing establishments So
/ Clarke has Csc dwellings ESQ families s55, white
males 100 white females, 6S free tcolored males,
So free celofaa females otalfree populaJ6n 73s
I slaves 3 Std. There were IS deaths Farms els
| manufacturing establishments H. Jefferson has
/ $40 dwellings 300p families 5 453 white males
os3 white istaales 2S6 free coofed males 5Ifr
colored temalcs total free population ll0l6, slaves
/ 1911 Deaths Isl. Farms Al, and manufaciqr-
/ ing establishments l65. Berkeley has Cos dwell
lings leS iamilies 975 white males 4 50 white
females 1873 free colored males, ll6 Tree coorei fe-
males 9sl5 total free population a56 Slaves =
/ Deaths l6i Farms $40 and manufactures ST.
Morgan has sos dwellings, COS families, 1853
/ white males. 1878 white females / tree colnred
maea free eelorea females, total free population
1874 slaves 1873 Deaths 10. Farms 9l0 and
4 30 manufactures iHampshire hasa OBS dwellings,
( 2035 families, G 523 white mal@s, 5 S66 white
| femalss iai free colorcd males. 90 free eoored
females total free population II 500, slaves ,433-
/ Deaths ISL Farms 063 and mannfactories 81,
/ Warren has 82s-dwellipgs 9l9 families , 2S2 white
I males, 80 white females lSS free colered mfles
l7a free eoored females total ffee peaulation $50
! Slaves. 40. Deaths 1863 FIar4a$ 39f and manu-
factories o. rage mas iVoJLtlWFt' lhsS HoJ llln-
+ ilies, is5 white males 3 l46 white females l4s
tree col6red males l63 free colored fcmales, total
! free population 6i3, slaves 957 Deaths rI3-
/ Farms $50 and manufactures - Hardy has
327 dwellings, j $40 families, oa2 white males,
! s3} white females, 1873. free colored males 10
tree coioged females, total free population s2s3
slaves eco Deaths ll3 Farm, 723 and manu-
factories 40 Shenandoah has , l+3 dwellings. p.
l63 families. 22i white males, 6 31i white fe.
males, 30 free coL6red males, 1872 free coorea f..
makes, tp;aI free population u ST., slaves Oil 4
! Deaihs l15. Farms sol aud manufactures
Fredsrick has the largest population Of any of,he
| counties abovc-named. The curious win discover
thaiClafke, Hampshire Morgan and Page average
| a dwelling to each family. The other counties
boast more families than dwellings Warren ha
! niuety one more families than dwellings, and i
ahead Of the Others in this respect Ia this county
the white females only exceed the white males b,
one, whilst the free coored females exceed,th fire.
colofed males by sghty-eighr The largest mum
Der Of deaths for yke year occurred in Hampshire
Hampshire hasthe greatest number Of farms
beaing This couaiy by eight. In the number .
manufacturing establishments, Jefferson stand
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