Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-12
COMMUNICATION.
ron THE NATIONAL rsrELLIoEscEa.

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VIEW OF THE POPULATION OF MARYLAND, WITH
THE EXPECTATION OF LIFE FOR SLAVES.
The statistical returns Of the United States assume
the presen time higher Importance as the exponents
population which, in connection with this race In gene
raj destined to stamp the peculiar impress Of
genius its opinions and government upon the future
course Of civilization.
II has been observed that just appreciation OF satis
tics guides even unconscousy in many cases. to correct
principles Of action the subjects to which they relate
Records Of trades and professions Of agricultural and
products Of education and emigration, of
mortality, crime and pauperism, will thus be found to
nomprehend the valuable elements of information
whether national, commercial scientific moral 1t is
to be regretted that the American in its earlier
periods had not been more full and explicit particularly
in the registry Of DEATHS which would have doubled the
efficiency of the Of population The returns
Of 1850 might thus have been rendered satisfactory
by comparison with previous returns The question whe
ther the standard of life augmenting deeriorang
would be determined and the progress of society more
definitely chroncled groundwork Of observation has,
however been laid and and those who after
us may reap its benefits and be securely guided in
the social and internal improvements which progress
siyely demanded.
In viewing the population of particular State in rela
ton auence the extent to which the powers of
mutation have been carried is strikngy exhibited in the
from its central position and proximity to the seat Of
vernment.
The whole amount Of "rsal and personal estate re-
turned in Maryland is 800, 1857 523, or upwards of
two hundred millions Of dollars. IL wCAow divide this
large by the contemporary number 0f !" families,
including white and free coored enunsratedn the State
which is 1884, general average viii be found of
$2372 or nearly two thousand and four hundred dollars
to each family Which may be regarded as an ex-
ponent far relates fixed capital of the abundance
of for commanding the comforts and
of life.
With respect to the palue Of annual products the
turns though fully complete win yet be Of important
in ascerainng inferior limit above which lies the
true value calculation too long to be here inserted of
enumerated agricultural products at average prices and
of manufactures above cost Of the material as
turned by the census marshas gives for the annual in
come, in round numbers thrtyhree millions Of dollars
This will be understood refer articles of di
rect production only without including the profits from
extensive commerce. where the from customs
during the past year upwards of $780, O00 from in
terna trade from lines Of public conveyance, other
miscellaneous sources.
Recurring now from production to accumulation from
the gross to the nett of the State many causes, in
the peculiar nature of the case make it impossible to
certain precisely its value There is also for wide
variation in this particular but for approximation,
let that the nett profits above expenditure and
working charges for the State at large average with the
legal interest of money at six per cent The returned
capital n the State improved this rate yields clear
rental or nett income above expenses Of between twelve
and thirteen millions Of dollars for reinvestment derived
from the numerous products of manufacturing industry
from mines and fisheries from the garden the field and
the forest.
The continuance Of this progressive accumulation
through series of years will be contemplated with salts
faction for it records efficient in operation for ad
vancement to any assgnable degree Of wealth. Had any
OF the early settlers at St Marys in 1884 after viewing
the wilderness with its majestic and prmeval forests
which darkened the waters of the Chesapeake during
the years of civil discord which unhappiy followed pro-
phesed OF the suspicious age and the stupendous change
now Witnessed under the reign of peace and the law of
liberty it could then have been deemed wild specu-
laton Perhaps equally the present time would be
the prediction of the greater change which hundred
years to come the close Of the nineteenth century,
viii present and towards which, under the continuance
OF tranquility and the blessings of Providence, all the
elements of improvement strongly and necessarily
tending.
With respect professions occupations and trades in
Maryland, the whole number of persons enumerated un
der this title is 910 Statiss observed a
gregates of this nature do not materially differ from the
census OF males above twenty Of age since compa
ratvey few under twenty have engaged in fixed
and distinct occupations In applying this test to the pre-
sent the number aged twenty years and upward
is found to be This indeed is somewhat less
than the former number; but if from the former
duct the probable number Of minors engaged in occupa
TONS including such portion of the 3,256 clerks
under twenty the correspondence will become sufficiently
exact So that even were slight mperfections of
detail to exist the proportions win be found in the main
substantially correct
marshals have returned the of 8747 But by far
the most class is that of farmers" plant
ers, gardeners, and florists" comprising aggre-
gate of q 2l1 persons with these we include the
great Of slaves residing in the farming sections Of
the State, with portion Of the laborer estimated at
one-tenth of their number and of country nnkeepers
and Others who also cuvaors of the SOIL obtain
total of fifty thousand male adults engaged in agrcu
tural pursuits The result is otherwise indicated in
the large expectations of tobacco grain and flour, for
which the port of Baltimore has long been celebrated
The schedule of the "piace Of Nativity exhibits re-
markedly complete conjunction from the different nations
Of the earth; and they likewise point to reunion or
blending together Of its different families comprising in
large proportion those of Teutonic and Celtic origin
brief abstract is subjoined, as follows:
Residing in Maryland.
Born in Maryland. 594
other parts Of the United States.... 1922
Total born in the United 916
Born in Germany
lsoof
England 34of
France ........ 507
twenty six other countries 1888
Total of foreign birth $3.50
Slaves before included 10000