Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-02-28
From the Boston Transcript.
Curiosities of the Census.

While the leading reviews in Great BIZ.
ain have contained many able and curiou,
articles relating to the recent census If thr
kingdom, the elaborate and valuable fact
contained in the compendium of the sew.
enth lnl.ed States census, prepared bv Mr.. +
De Bow and published by order Of III. f
Senate, docs no. appear to excie the atlel. 3
lion of writer's If The class CORE spondinr
10 those whose labors abroad have elici.ie1 .
so much comment from the English pub =
lie. With desire Ia her TO direc; The NJ.
tention 10 De Bows statistical view # Tie
United States than 10 furnish anvthin" like
an extended review of the work itself. We
propose to treat the returns in similar STYLE
to that Which the British census received
in the Household Words.
Out If tie 1926 counties In the United =
States in 1850, $50 had been created or al
tered in the previous ten years In 81 tie
females greatly predominant; in 155 iL~z
slaves, and IN seven the foreign born j..
AL there were few or no foreigners, and
in 90, the native and foreign population
were about equal. La 1903 counties there
were slaves: in 1879 no free colored per-
sons. The number of people TO dwell
ing IN New York city averaged more than
Is, in Boston nearly 3, in New Orleans 81.
iii Richmond about 5. 1t is estimated that
one fourth part of the people in the whole
country, reside in villages, towns, and
cities.
ln the year 1890, exclusive Of the army
and navy, there We're 1896 persons in the
employment Of the Federal Government:
in 1854 the number was 30, 456, a nine
fold increase--the population having in
creased about five-fold. The number OF
real estate owners in the United States
cannot fall short of 500. 900, or one j.
about 319 Of the free males over 81 vcsA
of age. Ii is estimated that the direct and
Indirect tax paid by each while person in
h. country Tor all purposes amounts TO
$i,24. There are about 4UO, eco Inoians
within the territorial lini IF Tie United,
Sta:es. \! the close of t.e Revold ionafT
war, Gen. Knox cs. mated TIE Indians in
Tie thirteen States to number about rs COO.
In 1850, of the 1897 poll zeal newspapers
published in the Uni.cd States, $50 were
Wing and 742 Democratic papers. Over
two-ff.hs of the National Territory is
drained by the Mississippi and lis tribuia-
rics. The distance between the cities Of
New York and New Orleans i, more than
equal To that separating London from Con
s,anlin"ple or Paris from ST Pc,crsburyh.
By the land route between New York and
Astoria tie distance Is equal 10 that be-
tween New York and Bremen. Bv tie
water route the distance is as great as that
bctwecn Canton and London.
The number of persons who live east Of
the Mississippi river, is Twelve times great
or than the number of those WHO live west
thereof The non slaveholding have \
third greater population than The slave
holding States Massachusetts, which WAS
TIE first Stale, according 10 is white popu-
lation, III 1890, has now become the fourth
-cXac;ly reversing the course cf New
York. which has become the frss from II -
fourth rank. Even adding the present
population # Maine 10 hat of MassacLu-
sets, would not alter he position of lie
later in | : rank among lie Safes. In
New England re females have ALWAYS ex-
cceied he males in number Tie fo,,i.p
vote OF the couH:rv y estimated io be bur
one twcls.i, of the whole The total num-
Der of families holding slaves IN 1859 WAS
only 347 525. Ii is estimated that only
one-thiid of the white population # tie
slave Safes sustain the relation of sL,xa
owners The state If New York has about
one-cight oi the popula: Ion of the Union.
pennsylvania about onetcnth. and Della
ware about one two hundred and Sixty
third. There rs one house to every SIX
persons III the country. The Catholics
have but one-elcyenth rs many churches
rs the MeIhodis;s. The Mcthodists and
Baptists together have more than ore half
of all the churches. and the Episcopal AID
Roman Catholic are about equal in num-
Der. The average value of the church ed
ihces Is but S2.357; they will each seat
$40 persons upon tie average