The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1853-02-15

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North Western States, l,24 to sc
United States, total, l,38 to73
Of the free inhabitants of the United States
ll5736,792 are natives of its soil, and 2,2lO,92s
were born in foreign countries; Ireland furnish
! ing 96l, ,7l9: Germany, 573, ,225, and England
27S, ,675 of these. In regard to the migrations
OF our people from one section of the couutry
t. another it is found that out Of 1876, 1872
FREQ inhabitants, 4, IL, ,433 have migrated and
| settled beyond the States of their birth. Three
hundred and thirty-fve thousand natives of
Virginia, equal 10 twenty six per cent. Of the
whole, have found homes outside of her own
borders. South Carolina has sent forth one
hundred and sixty three thousand, which is
thirty six per cent. ofall the native citizens, of
that State living in tho United States at the
time of The census, and tho very remarkable
proportion of fifty per cent. of those remaining
in the State Of their nativity. North Carolina
has lost 36l,575 free Inhabitants, equal to 81
per cent by emigration. Among tho North
orn States, Vermont and Connecticut have con-
,rbuted mo largely TO tho settlement of 9TH
er parts of the country. Their proportion. n
bout 25 per cent, of their native ctizons, wod
exceed, perhaps, that of either Of the Southern
States already mentioned, were the number of
slaves in the latter admitted as an element Of
the calculations. -.....a
There arc 9.O9l white males in the United
States, and 632 coored, ofwhom 4S9 are slaves
Among the whito population. there is one deaf
mute to each 2.l51; the free colored, one to
each 3,O05, and among tho slaves, one to each
6,552. There are 9.7O2 blind persons, of whom
1887 arc white, l.211 slaves, and 494 free COL
ored persons. Among tho whites, thero is one
blind person to each 2445; among the FREQ
colored one to each SO; among tho slaves, one
to each 2,635, Ofinsane persons, tho whole
number is 10, 76S, of whom 1876 are whites,
32i free colored and 29l slaves. Of idiots,
there are whites. 1920; free coorcd, 436;
slaves ,040. With the white population in
the United States, there exists ono insane per-
son for each l,2S0 individuals; among the frse
colored, one to each ll,OI0 With respect to
idiocy. the white population presents one TO
each 1,374 persons; tho FREQ colorcd, one 10
each 9S5; and AMONG the slaves one 10 zach
$3.50.
Tho whole number Of pdupers in tho several
States is returned at 134 9T2, of whom 6S, ,53s
wero of foreign birth, 66,434 natives: tho entire
cost OF supporting them during tho year was
S2,954, ,S06 Tho number OF paupers in Eng
land and Wales from 1910 to iS4S. was l.6I9'-
l7s per annum, and the total expenditure for
the poor in England and Ireland. during the
ycar 1s4s, amounted to S42, 100000. The
whole number of persons convicted of crime in
tho United States for the year ending Juno I,
1850, was about $4,000. OF those, 1900 were
natives and 1900 foreign born The whole
number in prison on the first day of June was
about o,700. 900 of whom $500 wcro native and
2,460 foreign.
Tho valuation Of Real and Personal Estate
in the United States for tho year 1850 amour
ted to over serea thousand millions of dollars.
There are 36,0l1 churches in the several
States and 210 in the District Of Colombia and
the Territories. The total valuation of church
property in the Union is ss6, $3.50, Of which
one haifis owned in New York, Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts. There Is one church for
every 557 free inhabitants; tho average num-
Der tho churches will accommodate is 3S4. and
their average value, o., 400.
In regard to agriculture. IL is ascertainod
that the average quantity Of improved land is |
about "a acres to each inhabitant. In the Now
England States. the average for the whole pop- |
ulation is little moro than acres TO osch per.
son; IN New York and Pennsylvania 6,lo