The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-12-28

Iowa. Georgia, and Florida, are the mos
favorable to health. A result agreeing shg'
ularly with the late Investigations upou|
" The relations OF Climate TO rubercular
Diseases, put forth in the Boston Medical
Journal
In these tables, the average for Minnesota
and Oregon is very large double that OF
any Of the States, But we may conclude
in such distant aud unsettled territories, the
returns would hardly be exact enough. TO
draw satisfactory conclusions, Yet, there
can be little doubt but that the climate Of
our Pacific coast is much moe favorable, on
the whole. to heath, than that OF our At.
lantc coast.
As regards the Press, the result of the
Census speaks well for the intelligence of
our people The whole number of papers
aud periodicals. in the United States ia June
|, 1850. was $500, circulation 5.000,0O0
aud the number Of copies printed annually,
422 600 900
For tue very important statistics of man'
uiac;nres aud agriculture we can give but
brief space.
he eutre capital Invested in the manu-
features IN the United States is estimated in
round numbers at. 5 $50 100000
Value of raw material, $50 ,OO0 900
Amount pald for labor, go 100000
vaueof manufactured articles 020 800, 900
/ Number of persons employed ,050, 900, 900
1 In the manufacture of Cotton Goods,
/ Massachusetts stands first New lamp
shire second, aud Rhode Island third Penn
sylvaniR following next.
/ In Wooen Goods, Massachusetts first I;
New York second Connecticut third and
Pennsylvania fourth.
III the manufacture of Pig Iron Pcnnsyl.
wanna produces IN value about half the
whole production OF the Union. OHIO stands
second and Maryland third.
In castings New York produces the grea.
test value ,hen Pennsylvania, followed by
Ohio and Massachusetts.
OF wrought Iron Pennsylvania works ra.
thcr more than halt the prodncl OF the whole
Union followed by New York, Virginia,
and Ohio.
In the production Of malt and sprituous
liquors, New York has the greatest capital
invested /; the next Pennsylvania aud the
next Ohio.
\ In agricultural production, Pennsylvania
produces the greatest number Of bushels Of
wheat Ohio, aud then New York, aud
then Virginia. closely follow.
The iFst wool producing State is Ohio,
and next, New York
OF live stock, New York has the great
est value; next, Ohio; aud next Pennsy-
vanla.
! Ohio produces the most wine, followed
/ Ivy Pennsylvania, and then Illinois
/ Ia hemp Kentucky leads followed by
Missouri.
OF maple sugar, New York shows the
greatest production, and Vermont the next
In cane sugar, Louisiana produces nearly
three~qHarters ot tho production of the
whole Union Florida IS second.
4 In house manufactures, Tennessee leads
The Abstract is probably only an inns
/ perfect specimen Of the Census There are
evident defects in il Of arrangement. Still
/ It shows very gleat research and patience
of investigation, for which all gratitude
should be shown. There has becn IN our
country a narrow prejudice against extend.
ed Investigations ol this kind We hope
this is past. A nation IN the position of ours
1 both for the sake OF the historian aud for
the interests oi scieuce should allow the
most inmate reseatch iuto every particular
OF its ondenuI resources and ils mater Al
progress. Many vital question IN medi-
cal economical and political science, may be
settled by these laborously gathered stats.
tics.