Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-18
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II all Glasses ofEeades. ~ she Pte5ellN Hs
Il cal condition Of the epqpic, tns sHa
A riety ofis resource utes Mnol sst.e
to correct many erroneous Impressions ou 'n ~
points, and INV 'Aos'ste suSs
have as YET fecelveu ase''e e ~. e a.
The rate Of increase OF the population ot the
i United stateS'sduItn yeatss mas eeen
about 81 per cent. PEI aPppm thSt Eot t4Ieqf
TAIN me lest ~ ysal, lsol leL eent.. ny
j Irelands from 1s2l tpl the lnerenGe Eaaabone
the rate OF per cent Per annpm, " hlle during the
ten succeeding years gre was a decrease at the
rate OF q per cent par assnum. From 1880,
the population OF the Stats yapereayeh from
somewhat more than oo0, 900 tpoyer q, 600 600,
OF over 50 per cent; te increase IN Great Bntan
leaving Ireland out OF yeW belng atthe rate oil IL
per cent. - .,ss.yyf
In the United statsss the houses occupied oyi
Britain amount to s,sss, 81; Belgium, with 20
pulaton of about five millions, has about $4,000
houses. y lis4 ssS 5s..s5. u. !..-g.1.l
1856 1872 are natives oEthe boil; 2,21O, 1913 were
born in foreign counties; and there are 1925,
whose nativity has not been ESQ rtalneds The pro
pbft IN Of foreign Born persons is therefor much
beng, IN fact but 1l.96 per cent. OF the whole
free uonulItion. The whole natives of Irelandin'
this country, in 1880, was 96l,1i9; OF Germany,
II 573225: of England, 278,676 of British America,
IN 7O0 Of Scotland, 70,650; Of France, 54069; Of
tWaleS 90 $685. OF the foreign born inhabitants,
,5189sae in the treeS States, and 245,s10 in
the slave Stales4 No less Than 4, free per-
sons have migrated from the States of their birth
4 and settled in others. Vermont and Connecticut
have contributed most largely to the settlement of
other parts ofihe country Virginia has in this way
lost PSI ,576, and South Caroliha SO per cent. of
her free population.
There are g. 9I white mute IN the United States,
and $50 colored; 9,702. btini persons, OF whom
,705 are colored 49, 76S whoare insane, including
II whom 436 are free coIorei and O40 slaves.
The paupe1s are set down at 1874, 972, of whom
q, 6Ss we're of foreign birth large number ofthe
others teng,free persons of color. The entire cost
nrecedinr June $50 was So 95lsSO6. The mum
Der actually receiving rs lief on the 1st of June,
was 80, S53. r'aIt
The criminals convicted duIing the same year
numbered 81 UOO 5000 being native and a, 600
foreign born.
About 4, 100000 youths SVete receiving inStruc-
ton on the LIST Of June, 1885, occupying nearly
100000 colleges and sc hools and employing more
than II5, 0Oieachers. f.5.t - .s.4 ngl... ls'
TIL: average annual. mortality IN the United
States is 1.S8 per cent, ,bengin the ratio OF 4 TO
10 of the number living. The New England States
give ratio of mortality in the Aumber liYiEg OF
to 81 the middle. States, with Ohio, to 70; the
central slave States to 10; coast planting States
1 to 20; Northwestern States, Ito 80. We do not
accept these figures indicating precisely the Tea
tive SalubritY OF the different portions oil the Union
The new States are settled chiefly by persons inthe
prime of life, while the oIdergS States compare
r iayorably simply because of the emigration from
the tanks OF thelr yOuthtuls population. laNn6
the data as given, the annual deaths per cent. in
Massachusetts, ON an avcraga Of all ages is slightly
i more than that in England in Maryland, the
! average is less.
The real and personal estate owned by residents
lin the United States is valued at more than ST.
1888 369. 525. Tae wealth OF New York is estimated
at 81, 090 309,2l7; Pennsylvania, S722,4s6, 100;
Massachusetts,, S573 342 2S6; Ohio, $500, 726, 100;
Virginia S436, ,OS2; GeoIga, ;Ken-
lucky, 1901, 63s, ass South Carolina, $685., 257,-
sos; Louisiana, 1898 1908, 764; Mississippi, $685.,
e5I 80; Alabama, S22S, 304 1872; North Carolina,
i S226, s00,472; aryland, 2l9, 2l7,3t4; Indiana
3 1901 $3.50, 264; Tennessee, S20I, 246, 6S6; New
Jersey. 5000 000, 600. The other States range from
Sl56 26S DOS (Ilihois) to ,652 053 Delaware
the District Of Columbia having S14,01s,s74 ass
. signed toit. -
Il The churches in the several States number &c.
oil, and there are 80 in the District Of Columbia
and the Territories; the total value OF church pro-
perry being $50, ,639, half of which is own
n ed in New York Massachusetts, and Pennsylva-
MIA. Indiana, FlofidE, Delaware, and Ohio have
the greatest number of chu rches in proportion 10
the population, while the proportion is least in
: California, Louisiana and Iowa. The average
i number that ach church in the Union Will ac-
\ commodate is 9S4. s5 ,i.f q! .fra. if @ ~.
4 The cash value OF the farming land in the Uni
ted States is So go s3, o9S, and Of farming impe-
) ments and machinery Sl51, OOO, OOO. ihe aeg[e-
gate Of improved land is 11S,46T,622 acres. IN
New York and Pennsylvania there is an average OF
little less than four acres to each person, in the
New England States a little more; in Tennessee,
4 five acres; in South carolina, six; in VeEgina, sew
; en-; in Kentucky Twelve.
Turning to domestic animals, We find that then
are, altogether, $780, 600 horses, or about one TO
five inhabitantss There, were SOC, 600 horses less
than in 1870. OF asses and mules there aso59,-
O7O all but &c, 600 ofwhch are in The South. The
neat cattle show IN increase in ten years of about
II 2Oper cent, thenumberin 1850 being 1855, PSI
The ploluce of Butter in that year was 3,994,542
lbs. the average product appearing to be about 40
bis. per annum % each cow, with 1G 2-3 lbs. Of
cheese. The Increase Of sheep has been. only IL
per cent. during the ten yeaTs, but owing to i'm
proved breeding and other causes there has been
4 their f1eeces The increase in the number of
sheep has been in the States south. Of Maryland