The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-07

This view of the living immigrant population Is impor
corning II, which have attained extensive currency.
Another interesting branch OF this inquiry Is that
which concerns the inter mgrations Of native cit
among the States The tables presenting view Of
this will be most useful and valuable In tracing
the progress of different portions Of the country The
cd Its characteristic and peculiar customs Others
1t Is found that out Of II tree inhabitants 49,
433 have migrated and settled beyond the States Of their
birth Three hundred and thirty five thousand natives
Of Virginia. equal to twenty six per cent Of the WHOLE
have found homes outside Of her own borders South
Carolina has sent forth one hundred and sixty three
thousand which is thirty ELK per cent of all the native c
zens of that State living in the United States at the date
Of the and the very remarkable proportion Of SO
per cent Of those remaining in the State of their nativity
North Carolina has lost 575 free inhabitants equal to
81 cent by emigration Among the Northern states
to the Of other parts Of the country
proportion about % per cent Of their native citizens
you'd exceed perh.P that Of either Of the Southern
the latter admitted element Of the calculations.
But the rowing tendency Of people incident to the
will prove that 1t is diminishing When the fer
tile plains Of the West shall have been filled up and
Of
become comparatively stationary, and countrymen
win exhibit the same attachment to the homes Of their
childhood the want Of which is sometimes cited an
unfavorable trait In our national character.
AND DUMB.
No thing perhaps better the value OF the
statistical details connected with than its eff
cacy in pointing out the number Of the unfortunate who
come within the above designation and who are unable
to make known their own wants Not only does 1t give
the aggregate in each State and in whole country
but lis unpublished details designate and psrticuarize
the deaf In the United States that those who
been led to make their condition and improvement q
special study, have for the first time the to
arrive at the age eek COLOR condition and wants OF
each. 1t will appear from the tabular statement an
nexed that the number OF white mues in the United
States amounts to DOL and the coored to 1872 of WHICH
469 slaves The Of 1870 returned the number
Of white deaf and dumb ut 685 and the coored at 99
The latter amount clearly erroneous and was calcu
lated to create opinion that the deaf mues
much numerous among the colored population OF
the North than among the whites in fact there were
by the of 1870 coored mutes returned for
ties where colored persons existed The proportion OF
white populaton and among the slaves the proportion
is still smaller Among the white population there up
pears be deaf mute each 1851 per.ons Of the
free colored one to each 30 and among the slaves
to each 6,b52
The directors Of several institution, for the deaf and
dumb memoslized Congress its last session to pro
vide for the publication ofa small volume to be prepared
by this office, In which should given the age
United States Such work would be Of great value tt
such institutions but Of consequence to the unfor
tunate class 1t would be specially designed to benefit
would lead to the discovery OF hundreds whose abode
unknown and render available to those unable to pro-
claim their wants the blessings OF instruction In add
toa to its besefcent effects upon the afflicted the infor
nation thus impaired would furnsh many interesting
details, useful in practical point OF view The method
of ceaf mute instruction introduced from Europe
thirty five years ago To study into the improvement
effected there within that time institutions In this
try have sent at different periods commissioners into diff
Tent portions Of Europe and the result Of their nve
cations appears to have led to the conclusion THAT
the matter Of intellectual instruction we have very ts
to learn from European schoos while in the very impor
tant point Of religious instruction they are painfully in