The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-13

sus, which is filled with curious andlnterestine
facts We know Of no book more deserving o
public attention, and none which should be
so deeply studied by an American. We CLEAR
from it that, the cost of taking the census O
: 1890 was S44 ,577; of 1910, 1855, $40; ane
3 in 1850, 81 1862, 500, exclusive Of final print
. ing. Over $500 persons were employed in col
Letting and arranging the facts given in the lat
ter. The area of the United States has in
creased from $780, 628 square miles, in 1888 tx
1906 in 1854, being more than third o
the area Of North America. LILY, 500 mile:
of this territory is in the Mississippi valley, anc
! 10000 on the Pacific. The main shore line
of the Union, including bays, sounds, etc, i:
> 12 500 miles, of which 1851 miles are on the
!. Atlantic, 1891 on the Pacific, and 3467 on the
} gulf Of Mexico. Of the continental shore line
9O7 miles are on the Atlantic north and 1856
south of Virginia; 1864 are on the gulf; 134s
on the Pacific. The distance from New York
RI to New Orleans is equal to that from London to
Rome; and from New York to Astoria, by wa
ter, equal to that from Liverpool to Canton via
f the cape Of Good Hope. The total length Of
shore Of navigable rivers is 40, O65 miles. The
frontier line of the Union, on the British pos
sessions, is 1903 miles, on Mexico, 1856 miles
Nebraska constitutes one-ninth of the Union;
Texas, one twelfth; Virginia, one fftieth; Rhode
Island only one two thousand three hundredth.
The states and territories have near an equal
area. The saveholding states cover 851 ,5O8
square miles; the non-slaveholding, 612, 597;
! ,97O,0 miles are north, and $780, O89 south
Of latitude $50 80. Six states and territories
are larger, as large, or little less than either
Of the powers of France, Great Britain, Aus
tria, Prussia, Spain, OR Turkey. Eight of the
largest states are equal to the twenty three 9TH
ers in territory. The states, according to Mr..
DeBow, should be classed thus: 1. Eastern or
Atlantic. 2. Interior or middle. 3. Western
or Pacific. The northeastern would then com
prise New England, New York, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey; the south eastern the remain
ing Atlantic states, including Florida; the north
western, Oregon and Washington; the south
western, California, New Mexico and Utah; the
northern interior, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio,
Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Mnneso-
ia; the southern interior, Kentucky, Missouri,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Kansas and the Indian ter
ritory. There are now forty states and terri
tories. The most wonderful thing in the book
is the tables showing the increase of population
in the Union. In 1901 there were 262 900
souls; in 1749, ,O46,OOO; 1875, 2,8O3, 600;
1890, 5,929,827 1900, 5,3O5,925; 1910,
1888, 9l4; 1920, 9,638, 1871; 1880, 12, 866 600;
1910, 1909, 453; 1850, %, 1O1 1915; and in
1854 it is estimated that we have 26, 500 900.
The number ofpersons to the square miei the
United States, in 1870 was 479; in 184O 955;
in 1850, 100; Al per cent. of the population
resided, in 1850, in the Mississippi valley and
the gulf slope. This region Of country, which
had in 1890 only 221, I'll inhabitants, in 1850
contained 10,345, TAG; yet, strange to state,
president Pierce believes that it is unconstitu-
tlonal to improve the navigable streams of this
noble valley. Ifas densely populated as the
southern states our territory would embrace
$4,000, 600 of souls; as the N. England states,
1873, 900, 600; as the middle states, 40 900, OOC;
as Great Britain, $50 ,0OO 900; and as Belgium
1,I50, 100000. In 1900, 152 members repre-
sented slaveholding states in congress; and 81
onl y the anti-slave states; in 1890, there were
Is states and territory; in 1900, Is states and
3 territories; in 1910, II states and terrific
rles in 1890, 90 states and territories; in
1880, "a states and territories; in $780, 26
states and 8 territories; in 1885, 81 states and
territories; and to-day our flag floats over 81
states and organised and unorganised terri
tories. In the last 10 years, the increase of
white population in the slaveholGing states, was
1926 per cent; in the non-slave owning states
about 49, The greatest increase in 10 years
was made in Wisconsin, which reached 99l
per cent. between $40 and 1850 The excess
of white males at each census over females, has |
been about in 1OO the females being always
in excess in New England The white males
of 21 years and over in 1852 were 1928, 314.
The popular vote cast 3,17O,OO0. There were
37l ,939 foreign born voters. More than half
of the whole population are under 90 years of
age. The free negroes, who in 1900 had in
creased 81 .63 per cent. in 10 years, in $50 had
increased only Ill per cent. in the same time
The corresponding figures for the southern
states were 57.33 and 1907 Increase of the
whole colored population in the slaveholding
states, 27.4O per cent; non-slayeholding states
1888; 1890 free negroes were born in foreign
countries; one-ffth of the free negroes in New
York were born in the southern states. In N
Orleans, one eleventh of the free negroes were
employed in pursuits requiring education. The
mulattoes are one eighth as numerous as the
blacks; the free mulattoes are more than half of
the free coored 10000 imported Africans
survive in the southern states Near 9. 500 600