The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-08
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The Know Nothings and Census or the United

The Know Nothings and Census OF the United
States.
from the London News Dec. 90.
The United States appear to be on the eve OF be-
coming second China; at least such is the infer
respondent, which wa publish toby. Toe K,ow
Nothing policy. as be describes Il, app ara to be
neither more nor less than one of the periodical
snrns OF tide in popular opinion. Too much was for
time expected In America from large and indts-
eliminate encouragement Of immigration, and now
men are running to the other extrems they Will
como right In time; sney viii discover that the re-
sources CT their immense an rchlyendowed coua.
try are not TO be developed by discouraging immi-
grafton aid paIayziDg trade; but they will profit
by the lesson experience has taught Of the danger
they can possibly know anything Of their trust
wOrthiness for its exercise.
The free nst,tu ions Of the United States may
present few barriers to keep the people out OF po
lsical blunders; but Ia compe ,satoa there are no
barriers to prevent them from backing out of any
b.uuder they may have fallen lpt0. THIS Ia the
cret Of the rabustloas bee tn OF the republic There
is this, moreover, to be said, VITA especial refer
snce TO She Know Nothin lhas they appear to be
purifying the morality o. tue political atm5s thereby
discardirg TIE mere stump oraoss on tbs one
hand, and tie WHY, why, protest. nal politicians
OF Washington, on the other. There Is q freshness
and novelty about American politics which con-
trast strangely "ith the m.Eoonoas stereotyped
procedures OF the Old WCri1 Know NotninQsm
In the Eastern States-rac kless passion, and em7n
cpasi0n from all the decorums OF ii ,iized life In Ca
acknowledgements, vito rs valgay uDintellectaal
supe,stitons and Keen tenacious hold OF the goods
of this world, astTde of tae mountain range which
separates these tSo regious-wnat will come of the
juxtaposition Of sucn hetetog sneoas elements
simultaneously with the curious and importan,
letter OF Our correspondent we receive an interest
ing statistical documeas from America. Professor
DE Bow, OF the Census Bureau Of the United States,
mas published an append x to the census Of that
country, from which the folio ia Is are culled
We take the liberty, however, of changing the Pro
fessor's figures into round NUMBERS, as being moro
striking aid more easily rem smbered the ssarcher
AFTER complete accuracy must seek elsewhere. The
whole free population, then, wh,ts and coored, ma.
Live and foreign, amounts to about &c, 900 900, Of
whom IL $50 900 natives, and $50 900 foreign
eTR or, at rough approximation, out OF every nine
Tree persons is foreigner. We gather from other
sources that the slave population )unts tn some
100000. As to the distribution of the TO- eiga
population its less than ftieth of the free popu
lation in the South alb out oae tw anti.th in the
Southwest and 0Ee fifth In the mi idle States. In
the Easttrn and No thwestern States the proportion
IL about the average o. the W lole Union. Since
1870 about 100000 foreigners have arrived in the
United States; and during tns last five years at the
rate OF sboui $4,000 year. As contrast to this,
IL may be observed that the emig' alton from the
United Kingdom, bet Teen 1921 aud 1851, amounted
10 $50 74T, pna bstween 1871 and 1851 t. wards
of 700 600. In 1850 the number Of free maleI
above LIZ years Of age the Unled States amounted
TO shout 400 000 the statistics Of taer various
pations are before Urder the he Of farmers are
ranged about 400 900; isb amounting 20 abou.
100000. There are above 900 soldiers, 20 900 ma
liners, 81 500 boa'men 1000 boafbuiljers, 1880
shipcarperttrs, 1000 pilots, ard 100 ringers. As
to literature here as few selec ,ons authors, 81
boOkbindefs Ala booksellers ,720; eii,os, 1872;
nswsmen, 200; printers, 4,700 As drinks, there
are about 500 Dark epers aud 500 brewers ard
disterf. Colt, Bo vie ard Il IBIS lead us 20 look up
guTsmiths, cutters bell hangers, AID lock,miths:-
their numbers re spt ctiysy 1900 1872 ani 100
Lawy eIg--"wce uuto theu" aud their country =
reach - ,93a; we give the exacI ga 'es nsviug tho
Tear OF the Law IN our mud. For i line, tind
apolhecaiits. 600; chemists, 465; SURGEONS, l9l
physicians. 40 500; b, yrs III ,de OF L icuapias,
We ask ysr pardon, We viii Dot menton taera
EeIe-let Us ward of your anger by inserting razJ,
makers, $3.50, nu nher easily rccJllected And now
we may venture 10 gay thai ,rbers amount TO 000
and considering TIA, the aumbsr OF mate -dllt Guns
must be sons Six hi Ions, including those of sayes
we have bstbtr to every IN nsaad barr pro iuclns
CHM; ths!e for, as lew Amer c3ns wh) can pay
bai bee shave the nseves, .e may cSocuoe that tho
beard movement ~ going ahead Cergymen stand
al 26,SlU, sTj Professors at 900. raere are 522
cotton manufacturers, AID nearly 1000 faS-
tory hants, 5000 spipness, 1000 fisher men,
5000 florists AID gardeners, 6l9 hunters,
SrappCfs and rangers. Tharo ID no trais
she nsme O which osgps with X. Tn, teachers
amount 20 29.5e0. T,era up Yards OF 900 to-
ocoLists--shss Is, about 10 every 60 psrsoDs
Gat uerTeotypis.s, md very gooi tley ere. The
United States and State officers smoudt to 10 ,2Gs
ana tie city, COUNT, ed town officers to IL 500.
Ard nov a. beg our Ies3e a kind a.teHN1n, snd X
pose ole Their expianston as - she mystic occupa
IRONS Of G. sale us makers. aDa 5ii 6tsyedo.es-
the latter ret unIsown ii Fog aud, ous quite un
Known to ary Ecghshmin of our scqn slntance.
SlSncillers a,e the fewsss there being only 4.
lastly, lUs most certain Of doing stable basDe as
orc fnj urdertaksrs; and II take the proportion
of annual d3aths to tue population nj per cent
pe shall have al undertaken TO every 400 ceasns
With. The yer; or II ali $40 died we're buclsd By
uuoertakefs aai al undertzkers were equally en-.
pl0Jeo eac1 you'd Jury about four bo3ies d-y.
,hyet o,d,lg Is rot considered an "occup4iGn,"
hut the llmbtr of masters hooirg one, five, ten,
&c, up ~ 900 slaves and 40 we, il given. There
are abou' "a, 500 Shareholders in at, of whom two
hold at1se 600 saves nine hold BET geen 500 and
1000 The holders Of me slave ale 63,520, eud
these who have tetveen one and five slaves e ms
Moet rumeICus, bsirg los 6S3. Each nj .ster holds
On tho average niue slaves.
The lard upcer cpitivstson am unsed in 1850 T.
ll3000000 sres, $1,000 900 producing ladiau
corn, 600 cottc1 100000 tobtcco, 100000
sugar, 10000 rice, 600 b-inS vineyards, an
10000 600 pasture lanSs
The value o. the wrole annual agricultural pro.
ducts Tor the year 1854 is estimated st but $50
million pounds steIligg, or exsc,ig at 800 miuon
dollars. The value Of the sg cnl.arsi products IN
in 1890 WIS 1921 million dollars the c)so1 pro-
duccd ia that -ear be'og valued n 90 ailon doaa,
tobacco at u million, hemp ~ N llion, rice ~
million nj arsss 500.up maple sugar 100000,
wine Af0 0b0 wheat 100 millions, SIX coc13as
642l: live stock, over ore year Cd annual pro
dgctiop, (not iEclaoiIg negro BABIES, We supDoSe)
lI5 million dollars; hsimals slaughtered 55 million
dollars, and pO4try - Ulon dollars. Here,
however, We stop; or, instead OF an)r5ng dGdsse-
2icnf, We shall he becomirga bore--tGe worst un-
criminal character there is.
Struggle hctween Br.fish nad American Inte-
rests In IRyti,
TFrCm the London Shipping Gazette, Zee Q.
We tccs occasion recently :, direst attention 10
the growing cispCg Ion Di American policy T. Ia.