Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-02-27


harhly reach one million, duats.
- ! nave not time 10 give inll account Of the
proceedings upon the Coying,cn and Ohio bill
ms week suffice ]. To say, tina, i, has not vi
passed. IL 10 now making its third effort
!, IL does pass, the dnouM will h. ut,x,v TO-
aueed. ! must conclude. Your. K.
Census Of the United states.
we take advantage Of the following
synopsis from the Fredericksburg Ns,c,,-.
1t will be read with interest.
As many of our readers have neither
time nor opportunity to look Into these
works themselves, we present the follow
ing condensed Statements-the result of =
careful examination. We should acknowl
edge that no small assistance has been de-
rived from all article which appeased iu
the January Number Of Putssss. Every
sentence aud paragraph suggests reflections
which crowd upon the mfnd aud almost
oveIwhelm us with their magnitude and
mightiness. Truly ours is o Great Couu-
try!
! Our Territorial Extent is 3, 220. 572 square
miles, more THAI 100000 rifles Of this
has been acquired within the last ten wears.
This area is peculiarly adapted BY lis fhys.
lcalieatures to the residence and growth Of
united people. The vast chainp Of Him.
alayas IN Asia separate its Inhabitants into
hostile Tubes: The Alps or p,r,accs in
terPosed in Eurore make enemie. Of ma.
.'ons bp. on :.nis new world vast fertile
PAIRS, n.mberless navigable rivers, great
chains of lakes extending from the eesau
. lar into the interior. afford prodigio4s f-.
cilities Of communication unimyrded 6y
obstacles. Add to these physinal arrange
ment climate temperate and brac;uns Vie
true golden mean, deaaaading aud admit
ing healthful activity, and we have a
just conception of abe real grounds OF our
Territorial emiDerce- We boast no, oftbe
extent OF area b1t ofthe wonderful facil-
tiles ana abSndant means which q kind
Providence has clustered within that area
to make its inhabitants, united, free ard
prosperous people.
be whole number Of inhabitants on the
LIST July, 1850, was 23,263, 48S; thus class
flied; whites 1880 1873; free csIored
42S66l, slaves 8 204, 1913. OF the freq
inhabitants II, 797, sos are natives, and q
21O, 1928 were born abroad, viz: 96Tvl0
ireland 473, 225 Germans; 27S675 Eng.
land; 147,700 British America 1850
Scotland ; "a 069 France; 20,S68 Wales
and ao, VIZ IN all other countries. of fore
'gners. 1865, 518 live in the free States.
and 243, $40 in Slave States. The creates.
ffitfease in our population was between
lsdo-1s5O, and amounted to 6, l94,O35-
or s6.2s per cent. Of this gain the whites
we,e 1928 per cent, the free eoleasd 10. 96
! n has la y
land has furnished the largest number of
emigrants, but for the last three years the
Germans have sapstily increased upon tfAa
Irish and will soon constitute the largest
class.
OF our inhabitants 4, OO0, 600 are .neas-
ed IN eultivating land Lose, 900 in manu-
lectures; 100000 in commerce 100 O0o
in mining go, 900 in fisheries, and 80 900
IN the forests. The total annual product
arising from agriculture is 81. 1872. $50. 042:
from manufactures $1,000, 100000; from
commerce 225 ,000, 900 from fisheries $40
GOO, 900; and from forests $4,000. In all
81, 007, 1888 ,042,
We have 1851 22 acres OF improved
farms, and1S4, 621, 34s, of unimproved, in
value amounting TO SO, 270 1888, 092. The
farming implements and machinery ara
worth Sl5l, 569,675. We raise 100, 500
500 Blu hels Of wheat; 592, 326,612 bushels
of corn 215, 312,710 bushels of rice and
1893. 152, SAG pounds of tobacco. Beside.
other things our real and personal estate il
worth 7,135, 7SO,22S We have over
100, 600 manufacturing establishments con.
Stunning raw material to the value Of $780,
0OO, 000 and using vested cap tai of $500. /.
100000.
We have 1890 steamboats,, measuring
AZ, ZIG tons; 5000 miles Of canals and
1880 miles Of completed railway and H.
6Sl miles in progress. Our lakes, rivers.
canals, coasiing and ralli Dad trade is valued
at 50, 5S8, 539, 372. The value OF. products
and manufacture, exported is $l54,930,-
947. The value of foreign merchandise
imported is 1882, 613,2S2. Our inward
and outward tonnage is 1851 ,O45 tons.
OF which 4, 200, 900 tons is owned at homs.
nearly as large as the tonnage Of Great
Britain.
The number OF children attending schools.
Is 4,0S9,507 New York has the largest
number. Ohio next. Pennsylvania next.
We have 234 Colleges, aud 6O32 Acadr-
mics, aud Seminaries. and SO,991 Public.
Schools.
The United States publish $500 Peri.
odicals which have an annual circulation
OF Az GEO, 900 copies ; Of these, the New
England States have 424; Middle States
$40; Southern States 49, and the West.
ern States 7S4. Other leading States and
Empires, stand thus; Austria 10; Spain "a;
France 261; Portugal 90 Belgium IS; Rus.
STA and Poland 90 German States 800.
Great Britain and Ireland $40. 1t will
thus be seen that the newspapers are pref.
~ good comparative index of civilization.
the United States and Grea. Britain being
first on the lust, Austria and Russia last.
We have SIS, 221 Churches, exclusive of
the Territories and California, or one for
every SAG inhabitants of,he entire popu!a.
ton.
r Mr.. James Frazier aged II years.
and long known to the travelling public IA
the landlord Of the "Star Hotel" Lewis.
burg, died oh the 18th inst. Of congestion
of the cerebelum. The Era saws in al