The New York herald., 1851-12-06

.4yea in Popu- No. Laha5i
Sgiare iOt'OH' tanii 70. 70
New England States. ,(0 632l6 2727;te7 1901
Middle statee, including
Maryland Delawaresnd
Coast Planting states, IN
cluding South Carolina,
Georgia Florida Alsba-
Louisiana. t......SG 2sso57 a,Ss7,oss l2ss
Central Slave States: Viz
gnia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Kentucky,
Missouri. and Arkan-
North western states: In.
witconsin, and iowsC57 2soooo 27s6coo Ios2
csliforn: $4,000 ie5SCo 81
There are points Of agreement in the general
characterstics Of the States combined in the above
groups, which warrant the mode Of arrangement
adopted. Maryland is elassed, as heretofore, with
the Middle States because its leading interests sp
pear TO connect II rather with the commercial aud
manufacturing section to which 1t 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 prepriety for setting
OF the new agricultural Statee, Of the North West
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 central range Of States sonth Of the
line efthe Potomac, distinguish them TO some extent
from that division to which We have given tho sp.
pellation Of the coast planting states. In the lat
ter, cotton, sugar, and rice, the great staples
the cultivation Of which is absorbing 10 stamp
its impress on the character Of the people. The
industry OF the central states is more diversified
the surface o. the countfyis broken the modes
OF cultivation are different, and the minuter divis
ions OF labor create more numerous and less accord
ant interest. So far as Texas 10 settled, its popula-
tion closely asamlates with that of the other
coast planting States; but II would obviously convey
no well founded idea Of the density Of population in
hat ihufa thatr
uninhabited region Of Texas. For the same reason,
and the additional Of the isolation Of her posi-.
ton, California is considered distinct from other
States.
Taxing the thirty one states together, their area
,N1sIO square miles, and the average number Of
their Inhabitants Is Is iS TO the square mile The
total area OF the United states n 3,220,O 900
sqnare mles and the average density Of populstion
h I.2ls to the square mile.
The areas assigned TO those States and territories
IN whicn public lands are situated, are dsubtless
correct, being taken from the records Of the Land
ONCE; bnt, as to these attributed to the older
states, the same means ofyerfying their accuracy,
OF the wsrt OF II, DO not exist. But has been
taken TO consult the best local authorties for
tsang the extent o(surface In those states; aud
the adopted are found TO agree with or differ
hut slightly from thoss assu med 70 be correcat the
General Iapd Once, is probable they do not vary
essentially frsm the exact truth.
The area ofsone Of the Eta'es Maryland and yrxi
ns, sre stated considerably bsow the commonly assumed
extent OF their territory which be accounted from
The ,uptosiuon tiat the portions oftbs ,urfsce within
have bees subtracted from the Aggregate amount This
known 70 bt The care in rt-d TO Maryland the super
fetal extent of vhich within tn outlines Of ts bounds
res u ~ ste equsre iles and IL deemed probable with
refereeoe 70 Virginia from the that many geoeraph
tsvs given ts total area high So eco square miles
~ APPEAR nom the returns that during the year end
ng en- the hrst of June 1880 tber escaped from their
owners one thousand and eleven sav, and that during
nc sshe eloo fourteen bundrsd and sxty-seven were
2 napunitt.d The number Of both cL~ses will appear
IN the following table,