The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-05-02
Harper's Magazine.

Harper Ndagaz1ne.
There are one or two articles in the
February number which are exceeding
ly useful to all classes of readers.
"-Glances at our Moral and, Social
Statistics" is a clearly arranged com
lPeEd of volume from the pen of Prof.
DeBow, and of which Congress has or
deres the publication Of hundred
Thousand copies.
From this interesting article. we take
the liberty of extracting the flllowinS
statistical information, land of presenting
it to our readers in as condensed form
as possible.
AREA OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Superficial area is 1868 ,666
square miles Original territory, 62O,-
$50 square miles. Increase, more than
three-fold. Area of the country is three
times as large as France, Britain, Aus
tria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Belgium
Holland, and Denmark put together
Area of the states is l,46l, los square
miles; of the Territories. Az, ,062.-
Slaveholding States and Dist. of Colum-
bis have s5l, sos square miles non
slaveholding, 6l2,597.
GROWTH OF THE STATES.
The least growth in ten years belongs
to Vermont, the greatest to Wisconsin ;
the former having a gaia of 7,59 per
cent, the latter 686.S3 General growth
for I84o-ls50. is 35,87 per cent, and
the increase is the greater in tho slave
holding states.
MALES AND FEMALES.
Number of white males, I0,026, ,402 /;
of white females g, $40, ,666. Excess of
white males, 400, 1856. White femalos
III New England are always in excess
All other parts of the Union give an ex-
cess to the males.
FAMILIES AND DWELLINGS. a
Among white and free colored popu-
lstion, there are 3;598,l 1875 families and
3 3,362,337 dwellings,
UNION CEAIENTING THE UNION.
Number of those residing ia their ma
tive states, 1864 4,797; of those living
out OF their native states, 4.lI2,68I.
g More than II of the free persons
born in the Southern States have re-
moved to other sections one-sixth have
left the Eastern, or Middle States one
tenth the South western, one fortieth the
Northwestern and the Territories
Among those who live in the slayehold-
ing states, 726, ,450 are natives of non
slayeholding states. aad 332, liz of those
residing in the non-slaveholding states
arc natives Of eslaveholding states. Any
one must see that this extraordinary
system of interchange must have po-
tent influence in making the. various
sections of the country. better acquaint-
ed with one another, in correcting errors,
and eradicating prejudices, and above
all in establishing the closest bonds of
social union.
REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.
Valued at 81, ,o6o, 500, ,9e6. Real,
greater than the personal estate, by As
per cent.
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP
Buildings for this purpose, 58,183,
which are capable of accommodating l A.
270,I39 persons, valued at s87,446,571.
The Methodists have one church for eve
ry 1888 of the total population; the
Baptists, one for 2,478; Presbyterians,
one for 4,769; Protestant Episcopal,
one for 1874; Catholics, one for 49,
COL; other sects, one for 1928 =
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
=. The Federal Government has granted
over 49,e0O,O0O acres of land for school
purposes, and over a 600, 900 for univer-
stiles. More than 4,O00,0 900 of children
attend school Colleges. Theological,
Medical, and Law Schools number 2l5,
with 1875 students Ratio of native
born citizens over twenty years of age,
who cannot read and write, one in 22 !;
of foreign bora, one in IL.
STATISTICS OF THE PRESS.
Number of newspapers, 2,f26-; circu-
lation, 5O0,O0O,000 copies; e55 are
whig; 742 democratic; Literary, sos
Religious, III; Scientific, So. About
$I5,000,O00 are expended upon the
newspaper press; and if the whole issue
for one year be estimated, it would cover
surface of 100 square miles, OF form a
belt, thirty feet wide, around the earth.
PAUPERs.
The whole number of paupers, sup
ported in whole, or in part, in the differ
eut States, is-native, 66, ,4S4 foreign,
68,538; total, 134,972. The annual
cost of support is nearly S3,ooo,ooO."
We have thus attempted to give
compendium of the compendium in Har--
per.
There are other articles especially
worthy of comment, in the number be-
fore Us, but time will not permit.
A census of ST. Helena, taken in the
year l849, showed it to contain popu-
lation of 5,94O persons, of whom there
=