Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-01-08
oleaninea fTern the Census.

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Itseems at first view singular that the deaf and
dumb, the blind, the insane, ana ldlouc' shonla
bear certain permanent proportion 70 me resi- o.
the population, as it has been agcertainea by emu
meration of the people that they do 50, But It -
more ext taoSddary than the wonderful adaptionto
each other Of The sexes showing by their substan.
tial equality, that ptlygamysan unnatural lnshtn-
ton, which ought not especiall thin the bounds
of the United States to be toleraeds as II Is ny the
Mormous at this late day.
As to the deaf and, dumb, it appears by the
Census thatth white mutes amount to 9091, while
the colored only h32, of which 459 are slaves,
making one deaf mute among the whites 10 2'lo!
persons; of the free coloIed, one 10 5000; and
among the slaves one TO $50 singular diversi-
ty. The blind exist in similar proportions. In all
they are 9,702 of which 1897 are white, IU6 are
c0lored; and 1,2t1 of these are slaves. bIlndneSs
prevails most among our foreign population whicn
has been attributed to home sickness, change OF
climate and hardshipS, known to occasion insanity,
If they do not blindness,
The number of insane persons Is almost equal 70
the other two classes put together. It l4,168 Of
slaves-being one to 1920 among the whites; one
free colored to 1888, and one slave to OlOar re-
markable exemption from this calamity in that UNI
fortunate class. $50. 49,.
There are is, 706 idiots; of the whites i4,2Soi-
free colored 436; slaves ,o10. This is one white
idiot to 374 one free colored to 9S5, and one slave
to 3,0sO-a considerable difference in their favor,
though not so great as in the case of the blind.
No Stale is without is paupers; the whole NUM-
Der of whom is 1892, about equally divided be-
tween Americans and persons of foreign birth
The annual expense Of these is 1884, 8O6 dollars.
The total expenditure for the poor IN England and
Ireland in 1912 was S42, 760 600; and for the space
of seventeen years the enormous sum OF S426,6OO
600.
There were in a year, ending in une, 1885, about
$1,000 persons convicted of crime; about half oil
them of foreign birth. The whole number in prs
on on the LIST of June was about 6, 700.
About eighty six millions OF dollars are invested
in churches one half of which are owned in Massa-
chusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. The lar
gest and most valuable are in Massachusetts,. There
Is church for about every 64s ofinhabitants, and
each will accommodate on an average 3S4.
The real and personal estate OF the Inhabitants
of the United States on the LIST of june 1850, was
seventeen thousand millions of dollars OF real, and
six thousand millions of personal estate.
- The first animals brought into the country from
Europe were by Columbus in 1893. The first hor.
ses we're landed in Florida by CabeZa de Vaca, IN
1921 The Portuguese took cattle and swine to
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in 1868. Swine
were brought to Acadia by French lawyer LES
curbout, in 1904, which multiplied with great rap
idty. In the United States, there are now 1855,
1898 horses; $50 229 asses and mules; %, $3.50, 14l
horned cattle, including 1852, GA mich cows and
1697,2 PAL working oxen; 81, ,8l4 sheep; and 80
3l6;609 swine. The mule is saidto be better adapt
ed to the South than the horse, as he can suffer les
from heat.
New York is far in advance ofany other State
in the pToductiveness of its diaries. They yield
one-forth of all tie butter, and nsarly onehaf Of
all the cheese produced in the Union. In 1850,
there were exported from the United States 1884,
$40 pounds of butter, 10 1851 1s9 pounds of cheese
the value of which as 81, 121, $50. F
There has been diminution of sheep IN some OF
the States, particularly the New England and the
five Atlantic Middle States; in Others, there has
been an increase. In New Mexico, there is the
extraordinary number of 377,271, more than six
sheep to exery inhabitant, proving it to be well
adapted to this description ofstock. Between 184O
and 1885, there was increase OF 309, los in the
number of sheep, and large improvement IN the
wool, for which great efforts have been made in
Vermont and Massachusetts,. The weight of the
fleece has been raised from ess than two to nearly
three pounds.-Neleark Advertiser.