Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-01-24
miscellaneous.
The Census Report.

The Philadelphia N. Americn publishes
some very interesting tables compiled from
the report of the census commissioners, from
which we select n few facts worthy Of notice
and remembrance.
INoREAsE OF TERRfTonY.-The seventh
enumeration of the iDbabitants of the United
3. exhibits results which every citizen of the
country may contemplate with qualification
and pride. Since the census of 1910 there
have been added to the territory Of the Re-
public, 10y anexntion, conquest aud purchase,
63j,9S5 square miles, aud our title to regions
covering 3il ,l63 square miles, which was
cuned aud partly occupied by foreign
power, has been established by negotiation,
and it has been brought within our acknowl-
edged boundaries by such means, the area
nf tie United States has been extended dur
ing The past ten years from 2,0jj, l63 to o.
22l $50 square miles, without including the
grent Lrkes which lie upon our Northern
border, or the BAYS, which iudentate our At
lanlic and Pacific shores; all which has
come within the scope of the seventh census
INCREASE OF POPuLATIoN.--Assuming the
population Of California to he l65 600 (which
we do partly 10y estnatel aud omiiting that
of Utah estimated at $4,000, the total num-
ber of inhabitants in the United States was
OIL the list of June 1850, 23,2i6y30l.
The absolute incrcuse from the first of
June, 1910, has been 6l76,S4S aud the actu-
nl increase per cent, is 36,lS. But it has
been shown that the probable amount of
population acquired Ivy additions OF territory
should be deducted IN making n comparison
between the results of the present and the
last census These deductions reduce the
total population of the country as a basis of
comparison, to 23,074,30l, and the increase
10 O,OO1,S1S. The relative increase after this |
allowance, is found 10 be 3j.l7 per CENT |
The aggregate number OF whites in 1850, |
was l9,Gl0,366 exhibiting gain upon the
number of the same class in 1910, OF 5.423.-
III, and relative incrensc of $500 per cent.
But excluding the $4,000 free population
supposed 10 have been acquired by the ndd-
ZION of territory since 1870 the gnin is 5.25O-
37l, aud the increased per cent, 37.l4. The
number of slaves 10y the present census is
2,l9si29S, which shows an increase of III
OS5, equal to 2SJS per cent. Ii we deduct
l0-000 for the probable slave population in
Texas in 1910, the result of the comparison
will be slightly different. The absolute in
crense will be 6J2,OS5, aud the rate per cent.
21S3.
MANUMITTED AND FUGiT1vT SLAVES IN
Io50.-lt appears from the returns, that dur f,
ing the year ending on the LIST June, 1850
there escaped from their owners |, oil slaves, :
and that during the same period ,lG7 were =.
mauumitted.
STATISTICS OF MonTAMrY.-The s,n,is-
tics OF mortality for the census year, repre- :
sent the number of deaths occurring within
the yeai at 320,20l The ratio being us | to
20 OF the living population, or as 10 to each
T2Oo the population. The rate of mortali-
~ in this statement seems so much less than {
that of nny portion OF Europe, that it must ,
NJ present be received with some degree of {
allowance. ,
THE AGGREGATE OF MANUFACTURES, is as s,
follows:-
Capital invested, June |, 1850, $53OOOO,OoO
law material consumed, 5j0O00000
Amount paid for labor, 2i0OOOOOO
Value ofnnnulnclured articles, 020,00OOOO
Number OF persons employed, l,050,000.
NEWSPAPERS AND PERroDIcALs.-h ap-
pears that the whole number of newspapers
aud periodicals in the United States on the
LIST Of June, 1850, amounted to $500. OF
these 2,494 were fully returned, 23l had all
the facts excepting circulation given, aud ~
nre estimated for California, the Territories.
and for those that may have been omitted by
the Assistant Marshal.
From calculations made on tho statistics
returned, and estimated circulations where
they have been omitted, il appears that the
aggregate circulation of those $500 papers
aud periodicals is about J,C00,GOO, and That
the entire number of copies printed annual
~ ~ Tie United States amounts TO 422G00,-
eco.
424 papers arc issued in the New England
States, $40 in the Middle Stuics, 7l6 in the
Southern States, and 7S4 in the Western
States.
The average circulation of papers in the
United States, 1885.
There is one publication for every 7,l6l
free inhabitants in the United States aud
Territories.