The New York herald., 1851-12-06


pers The advantages Of such q plan would be
somewhat analogous TO that in practical operation
in England, with respect TO the OF their
deaths, births and marriages. Names to the num-
Der OF l40OO 700 have there been registered during
the past twelve years, in the ordinary course OF
events, in Que office alone. The returns are rem.
dered the more valuable for future reference by the
incessant vigilance exercised to the detection OF
errors.
The utnos. care has been exercised to ensure
correct returns, and the of taking our CEN
sgs has been calculated to ,efec. such a result.
N connection with every variety of statistics given
the name OF each person to whom every entry on
the tables applies, has been furnished In sll cases
wnere error or Inconsistency could be detected re
or Imaginary, the individual has been written to- in
order that theidiscrepancy might be corrected Tne
replies have been, for the most part, prompt and
satisfactory. It has been necessary 10 only three
cases. to call the attention Of United States Dis
trlet Attorney to require enforcement Of the act
Congress for refusal to reply to the inserrog
of the assistants In all but one of these cases re-
turn has been eventually made, without the neces-
sty OF making costs to the partes-n that excepted
the Individual paid costs before appearance, and
made satisfactory return to the office. These facts
speak loudly in favor Of the general intelligence OF
our people, and their difference TO the laws and
prove that, as liberty and intelligence difused,
these Investigations, made for the benefit of the
people, cease to be deemed inquisitoral Here no
fears OF an excise duty or tax deters individuals
IRON contributing TO stock Of knowledge, the dis
semlnation Of which ust lead to the benefit Of all
L nc etNcnlu euume r6LiOu OF tEe lundDttaDS& OF
The United States exhibits results which every cti
zen OF the couhtry may contemplate with grati6ca-
ten and pride Since the census of 1910 there ha ye
been added to the territory OF the republic by
nexatlon conquest, and purchase, 81, 500 square
miles and our title to a region covering 3il, 1853
square miles, which, before, properly belonged to
Us, but was claimed and partially occupied by a
foreign power, has been established by negotiation
and Is has been brought within our acknowledged
boundaries. By such means thearea of the United
States has been extended during the past ten years
from 1900, LOB to 22l $50 square miles, without
including the great lakes which lie upon our north
ern border, or the bays which indent our Atlantic
and Pacific shores; all which has come within the
scope OF the seventh census.
In the endesvor to ascertain the progress OF our
population since lSi0, it will be proper to deduct
from the aggregate number of inhabitants shown by
the present census, the population Of Texas in lS40
and the number embraced within the limits of Cali
forpla and the new territories at the time Of their
acquisition. From the best information which has
come TO hand, it Is believed that Texas contained,
in ls4O 75,0 900 inhabitants and that when Califor.
MA New Mexico, and Oregon, came into our pos.
session, In 1916, they had population Of 81 900 II
thus appears that We have received, by accsssions
OF TERRITORY, since lsO an accession Of 900 to the
ramber Of our people.
The increase which has taken place in those ex-
tended regions, since they came under the autho-
rlty OF our government, should obviously be
reckened as a part Of the developement and pro-
gress OF our population nor is it necessary to com:
rIcate the comparison, By taking into account the
probable natural increase of this acquired popula-
tion, because we have not the means Of deter
mining the rate of its advancement, nor the law
which governed its progress, while yet beyond the
influence Of our political system. The year lSi9
rather than the date Of the annexation Of Texas
has been taken for estimatisg her population in
connection with that Of the Union, because it may
be safely assumed that whatever the Increase dur
ing the FIVE intervening years, may have been, it
was mainly, If not altogether, derived from the
United States.
Owing to delays and difficulties mentioned in
completing the work, which no action on the part
Of this ofsce could obyiate, some of the returns
from California have not yet been received. As
suming the population of California to be los 600,
(which we do partly by estimate,) and emitting
that Of Utah, estimated at l5 O00 the total number
of nha bitants in the United state. was On the st
Of ane, 1850, %, ,30l. The absolute increase
from the lst of June, lSi0 has been 81 ,4S and
the actual increase per cent is 36.ls. But it has
been shown that the probable amount of popus.
tiok acquired by additions Of territory should ho
deducted m making q comparison between the re-
suits OF the present and the last census. These
deductions reduce the total population Of the
try, as basis of comparison, to 23 30I and the
increase to 6,00i sis The relative increase after
this allowance, is touni to be 35 IL per cent. The
Aggregate number of whites, in 1870, was l9,6l9,-
80, exhibiting gain upon the number Of the same
of y 20 per cent. Butcxcludng the i53, 600 free
population supposed 70 have been acq uired by the
addition Of territory since $50, the gain is $780,
81 and the Increase per cen. 81 IT,
The number of slaves, by the present census,
is 3, lse, ,2es, which shows an increase of 7llOe5
equal TO S s. per cent. II We deduct 1900 for
the probable slave population Of Tezasi lSiO the
result Of the comparison will te slightly dife-
rent. The absolute increase viii be 692, ,0sj, and
the rate, per cent, G.s3.
The number Of free colored In 1850, was II, ,637
in ls4q, 1921. The incroe<e Of this class has
been AZ ,St2, or l0Y5 per cent.
from 1880 10 lSi0, the increase of the whole
population was ~ the rate 81 80 67 per cent. At
the sse rate Of advancement The absolute gain for
the ten years lac. past would tave been 5,57s y33,
or i2o si5 less ttan II has been, without in sudng
the increase consequent upon additions Of territory
The aggrsgsse Increase CT population, from all
sources, shows relative advance greater than that
Of ary other decimal tern, except that fren the
second to the third census, during which time the
country received an accesscn Of inhabi ans, blythe
purchs,e Of louisiana, considerably greater than
per cent Of the whole number. Rejecting from the
census Of 1910 45 per cs1t for the population Of
Louisiana, and from the census of $50 per cent,
for that OF Texas, California, &c. the result k in
fsvor OF the last ten yes-, by abou. fourteenth
Of j per cent the gain from 1sO0 to 1910 being
300 per cent; and frora $50 10 ls,9, 35 12 per
cent. But without GOING behind the sum Of the re-
t1rns II appears that the increase from the second
70 the third census wac thirtytwo hundrsdths Of 1
per cent greater than from the sixth to the seventh
The rehtve progress Of the several races and
classes Of sbe population is shown ia the following
tabular statement -
IS,hEAsE FRA cEST oF sacs Class % ISHAm-.rrs ~
1HE USfSun sr.Iys Fos sury Ys,Hs