The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-04-08
IMl0R'lANls NATIONAL
STATISTICS,

FACTURES---I he Report OF j. C.'G. Ken
nedy, ESQ.,. the Superintendent ofthe Census
is one of the most valu bic documents of
the day. 1t "bounds with fcts and, figures
on important subjects, derived from the most
authentic sources. We proceed to notice
some of the most interesting: 81 .
The Popy,dtiGn t|th misunderstanding
| the popul:tion of C;ltornil. to be 10000,
| (Which we do partly by cs;mate,) and omit
| ting that of Ut h, cstim&rcd ;t $4,000. the
tot,.l number of inhbit nts in the United
Sttcs was, on the lst of June, 1850, % 246,-
! SOL. The absolute mere So from the lst of
! June, 1910, his been 6.l,GSiS. end the &c
tu.l H.c;c"sc per cent, is 36.lS. But it h. $
been shown that the prob bic amount Of
population cquircd by additions of territory
should be deducted in making q comparison
! betty cen the results of th, present md ST
census. These reductions diminish the to-
til population of the country, - q b. sis OF
comp ,rison, 10 23,07I 3Ol. qd the increase
ITO Goo 0i,SIS. The rel tive increase, after
! this allowance, is found to b" SOL per cent
Il hc aggregate number of whites in 1850
l9.Gl9,SGG, exhibiting g in upon the mum
| Der of the same class i'm 1870 OF j.IS3.37l. .
and rel tive incrc-Sc of 1929 per cent
But excluding the I33 600 free p0pul ton
/ supposed to hive been ;cGpirch by the :: d
dition of territory sincc 1870, the g in is
j.27O,3 ,37l. and the Increase per cent is 37li
The %arcS.---I he number "rsl yes hy thr
present census Is 3l9 29S. Which shows an
increase of7ll .OS5, equal to $3.50 per crot
If we deduct 10000 for thr probable slave
population of'fcxts in 1870. tho result of
th@ comp rison. Will be slightly different
The absolute incry So will BIZ 692,OsJ, and
The r.tr.pcr cent. 1888.
IHc Free Coioyv,l---Yhc number Of free
colored in 1850 WIS 52S G37; in 1910. 1885,
2l5: The increase in this cl.ss has been
/ 1882, or lO.95pur cent.
The incr60Se.---trOm 1880 To 1870 the in
crease OF the whole population WAS al the
rate or32.67 per cent At the same rate of
advancement, the absnlutr g,in for the ten
wears last p%st Would have been 5G1S,333.
or 1868 less tn n II h = been, without in
cluding the increase consequent upon addi-
tons Of territory.
Area oftic Sio'ns--Taking The thirtv-onc
II tcs together their rca is | 1875 go square
miles. and tho aver. &c uambcr of their ir-
habit.nts is 1879 to thr square mile. The
tot j arc, Of the United St tcs Is 3 22o 600
square miles, and the average dcYs.ty Of Pc.
pulation is 7,2lo to The square nil,
THS Norlal'y Of thc IHi1l.---Thr 4 lis
tics Of mort litv in the c.r,Gs yc.rrrprrsrnt
.
year as 320,I9i: Ii, Tito being - one 70
726 Of the living population, ar 5 ten TO
each 726 Of the population. The ratio OF
mort lity in this st..tcmcur. krna, whole,
seems 50 much less I'll = th.t e. .uy portion
Of Europe. thst II must. 4 prescnt be re-.
ceivcd with some degree af lowancc. ...
l. The HinWftc',o~rs ----Thr vntirc capital
invested in the various NJ: uuf5rmrcrS in tho
United States on the st of June. lSJO----
not To inrludc. any establishment producing
! loss than the annu ! value Of fS5U0--amouIni-
"a IN round numbers 20 S53n 900 600: s'pr
of tho riw mntcril s55nOOb 600; aulonnt
paid Tor labor S2iO OOuOm; value 81 manu-.
fcct,Tcd articles s O3O 800 O0D number Of
., persons employed loo, coo. ~
ii I%c Ag7Trr'',,r"--VSIrc If frriinr i'm.
lplcments ssl5IS2O, ,273; live stock 5537O6.
= 23S bushels wheat IG4 7sa 230 Ind n
corn 59l5oG OJ3 pounds or tGb Geo Ia9.
63a,d0E, ginngd cpiteni JAes, 2,i74,2I4
pounds OF bntt"rs Il2, ,2O2.2S6; pounds o
cheese IJ3H s1s6S5 tons q hav J6UJ '3sl
tons ofhemp 62IS2 h,Ishcls of tiax seed
jG7TI9 7po JBCls OF mnpie sugar 81, ,I59.463
hhls. of can" su""r u" G4E home-n:.dG
manuf ctuses S2E525,sI5.a ..-s-a,gT
I'd, Cr"o2 G6'dS of he Gni"n.--CAjff9I ia
Vested S716ol,0ai vsluc Of rw material,
! 50 IS3j OJ6 m.le hmdi Employed 30 $50
ransle ditto 90, l36 value Of entire products
81 SG9,lSi.
'Yaoseal Gieo}s sqjsIfs Gaio,.---C Capital in.
gco,cd S2NIlS 60; pounds Of wool used
20 So 800 tons Of co GS7O yalGc of III,
r.w mtcri ! S23 75j oe9 male b nds cm.
ploycd 30 G7S; IN !, ai'to iG,37f; valuc
of entire products $Sia oO7,555.
Trc I'm TnL1 0rE~ fDiD.-Capit in.
stvert"d IN pig iron $l7,2iG4n5; raluc + en-.
tire products l2,-is IT: .i'.u' invested in
\ retings l7,IIG 3GI v"lur e .uI;rr rrc.
ducts 2j,l0S,l55 cspit,liny, sied Ia wrough,
ron ii,i9522o; y,lIe of hrcntirc pro lrcts
IS 67iT,07i. r.
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