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IMPORTANT NATTONAI. sTATIsTIcs.--
4 AGRICULTURE, POPULATION AND
MANUFACTUREs.

MANUEAtI OMN1e
The aReportp ofJ. o G. Kennedy. Esq, The Su-
rer;n,enaent of he Census, Is cf The most val
uah,e documenss 81 the day. L abounds with facts
ana figures on important subjects, derived from the
mos, authentic sources. We proceed 70 notice |
some al The most Interesting:
T.,s pepulatien 81 tie misunderstanding the p0- |
uulaiion OF California 10 bel65, 900, (which We do
nartly by estimate and emitting thai OF Utah, est
mated Al y O0e. the fetal number u ipnaoiants IN
he United States was, on the LIST Of June, 1880,
"a 2l6 SOL The absolute increase from the Isl Of
June. 1870 has been 6,l76, SIS, and ihe!actua in
crease per cent is So 10. But 4 has been shown
thai the probable amount Of population acquired oy
additions Of territory should be deducted in making
eomparison between the results Of the present and
he lasi census These reductions diminish the To-
tal population Of the country, as BASIS 81
isan 70 % ORA 30i, and the increase 10 6.OV4 eio
The relative increase alter TINS 9
10 he IS III per cent The aggregate number OF
whites in 1850 was 1869 sec, exhibiting gam
upon the number OF the same class in 1910 of . AsS
3il and relative increase OF IS 20 per cent but
excluding Inc 1853 600 Tree population supposed Y
have been acquired by the addition OF territory
since 1910 The gain is 5a70 3Tl, and the increase
TSe Siares-Fhe number Of slaves, BY the pre-
sent census as 81 1875 29S. which shows an increase
of III .OS5, equal 10 . So per cent II we deduct
10 900 for the'@prebable slave population Of Texas
in 1910 the result Of the comparison viii be silga
ly different The absolute increase will be 6Os Uco,
and the rate per cent 81 s..
me Frec Eolored-The number Of free cciored,
in 1850 was 42S 631s in 1910 $50 2l5. The In
crease in this class has been II 92, or l0-9o per
| cent.
The I4eytae.-From 1880 TO 1910, the increase
| of the whole population wss at the rate OF 81 %
| per cent At The same rate OF Announcements ths
| absolute gain for the ten years last past wouia
| hage<been 5 57s 333 or 4s6,5l5 less Than II has
been without including the increase consequent
/ upon additions OF territory.
/ Ara Of The Substituting the thirty-one States
together, their area IS AS S70fsquare miles, and
the average number Of observation-disclosures is LBS to
the square mile The total area OF The United
States is 800 coo square miles, and the average
density Of population is i2l9 10 the square mile
/ The Mortality Of lie Uaion.--The statistics Of
mortality for thegcensu year, represent the num-
Der of deaths occurring within the year as 500
/ The ratio being as TO 726 of thediyng popula-
/ ton, or as ten 10 each I26 OF the population Ihe
rate of mortality in this statementtaken as whole,
seems so much less than that ofaRy portion OF Eu-
rope, that must, at present. bs received with some
i TRe Manufactures. The entire capfal invested
in the various manufaclukes in the United STATES,
ON the Isl OF June, 1850 mot to include any esao-
j lishments producing less than the annual value OF
| S500-amounted in round numbers to $3.50 600 600;
/ value of the raw material, $4,000 900; amount
paid for labor 2I0 900 600; value OF manufactured
articles, lO20, 100000; number Of persons employ
| ed, Iu0U,uUU, =
| TIE. AcricGHsre- of farming implements
i St5l. $40 273 live stock, 552, 105, 2lS bushels
wheat, l0I 100 $50; Indian corn, 59l $50 05S
/ pounds OF tobacco, 100, 532 1871 ginned cotton
| bales 247i 2li: pounds Of wool, 50 422 I9I; gal
lions Of Wine II 295; pounds Of butter BE 2G2 2s6
ponndsto cheese, 103 TSf 5S5; tons OF hay, 1900
\ 3S4 tons OF hemp, 81, 1885, bushels Of daxseed
SGT 7i9; pounds OF maple sugar, b $50 300 bids
Of game sugar, 3ls6ii; homemade manufactures
i S2I525 5i5
z Cotton goods Of he Jaion.-Ca plal invested
KS1t sol e3l; value Of raw materials $3l $50 93G
Il mape hands employed 80, $50; female do, So, l3G
value Of entire products, 81 ,sG9lsi
JToolen Goods of Tie Iaioa.-Capial invested
SIS, $50; pounds ofwool used 20, s62 500 ton
of coal, IS so; value ofraw material s23 755 9e8
male hands employed, - 67s; female do.,, e 57i
varue Of entire products, Si3 POT 555
The Iron Trade Of NE Uaioa.-Capital INVESTED
in pig iron SIT $40 425 value of entire products
1918 717 capital invested in castings. SIT, ZIG,
3Gl; value of entire products 25I0s 1856 capita
invested in wroughtiron IA 495, 220; value Of en-
tire products, l6,7iT074.
PETERSBURG BANK DEFALCATION.
The Petersburg Ihtcligcncer of the 9th inst, ha
1 the following: Ill
We regret to learn that Samuel W Nor
gan, Teller Of the Exchange Bank in thi
city, has proved defaulter to the amour
ofSl0000 The defalcatien was ascertaine,
from the rYQ(Aptary confs6Siog IF tbs eIeIle
rffecTUr aud informed them of the fact
He then made deed of trust on propert,
to the amount of about or $4,000 TO pro
tect the securities on his official bond, ant
on the same evening, with his family lef
the city for the residence of his father-in Law
in Greensville. On. Saturday, police of
Ger was despatched in pursuit of him, ant
he was arrested, brought back to Petersbur.
early on Monday morning, and lodged ii
Jail The Teller, in his confession to til,
Directory, admitted that the defalcation hac
been going on for several years, and explain
ed the devices to which he had resorted i,
escape detection at the quarterly examina
tlons OF the money on hand. Tie vas exam
med BY the Mayor on yesterday, and full
committed