Daily American telegraph., 1852-03-17
The Census or Maryland.

We greatly admire the manner in which the
returns from this State are presented We have
never seen statistical work produced in more
satisfactory form. We notice in the Baltimore
american" of yesterday q highly favorable
notice: I'VE cannot" that paper remarks,
. but commend Mr.. Kennedy's labors, as ind-
Gated by this specimen of them, to the admiration
OF the country and we give full expression to the
nope that Congress will sanction the publication
OF the Census returns Of the whole Onion, accord
ing to the plan and style upon which these sta
tislos Of Maryland are prepared and given to
the public"
The papers of Maryland, OF all parties, gener-
ally-we believe acknowledgement in this
opinion; and 80 also do very many Of tho jour-
nails we receive from other States. In fact, we
have not in single instance known any editor,
protesting to have examined tho work, 20 dissent
from the general verdict. The Meadevile pa
" Chronicle. a Democratic journal, now before
US, under date Of March 6th says
We have before US the report of j. G. G. Ken
nedy, esq., Superintendent of Census, so far as
relates to the State of Maryland AS we under
stand it, this volume has been prepared by Mr..
Kennedy, under the direction Of the Secretary of
the Interior, with view OF laying it before Con-
gress as the most approved method of publishing
and arranging the Census returns in order to
render them OF the greatest utility. The desire
of the Census Bureau is, not to publish the re-
turns by States, but to publish the tables Of sta
tistics Of the entire country in one and the his
torical geographical and other facts connected
herewith in another volume. In the volume
before US we have Succuact history Of the State
of Maryland, giving, in the first place, its loca-
ton, boundaries and area. Its natural geographi-
cal divisions are next noticed, its climate and
products; then the settlement of Claiborne, and
the charter of the colony granted to Lord Balt-
more, in 1882, in which it received the name Of
Terra Nara, or, being anglicised Mary's Land
now Maryland; this part of the work notices the
principal events of the State to the present day.
"a short article following this shows the politi-
cal changes i'll the government of the State, which
are as matter Of course, in accordance with the
progressive spirit of the age.
ave then come to history and description of
the different counties Of the State, giving the date
of the organization of each their surface, waters,
Soils rocks, timbers, ores, and fertilizers &C., &c
Following this is sketch Of the geology of
the State, which, from the notes attached we see
| is made up from the most authentic sources.
"The remainder of the volume is occupied with
the usual tables of Census, amplifed, however,
over all preceding ones, and much better arranged
for reference.
:" In this manner, Mr.. Kennedy, the abe and
efficient Superintendent of the Census Bureau,
proposes to publish the returns of the Census,
provided Congress will so order it, which they
should most assuredly do, if they have any desire
for the people to be in the least benefited by the
labors of the marshals and their deputies in 1850.
'eBy this means the people Of the Union will
be more fully informed than they ever have been
I Of their natural resources and wealth.
1--WE most sincerely hope that Congress will
second the views of Mr.. Kennedy, who by his
skill is endeavoring to make the Census returns
an aid III the advancement Of knowledge and
scionce-volumcs to be read with avidity, studied
with care, instead Of mere tabular statements Of
uuiuviting figures. Then, indeed win the thou
sands upon thousands spent in the decenuial Gnu
meration Of the people be money most proftably
invested"