The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-03-06
Curiositics Of the Census.
From the BoS'on Transcript.

While the leading reviews in Great Britain
have contained many able and curioas articles
relating 10 the recent census Of that kingdom,
the elaborate and valuable facts contained in
tie compendium of tho seventh United States
census. prepared by Mr.. Dc Bow, and published
by order of the Senate. docs not appear to cx.
cite the attention Of writer's OF the class CORES
ponding (, those whose labors abroad have
elected 50 much comment from the English
public. With o desire rather TO direct atten.
tion TO De Bows statistical view Of the United
States than to furnish anything like ap extend
cd 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 Of the 1926 counties in the United States
in 1850, 4eO had been created or altered in the
previous ten years; in "a tho females greatly
predomina,e; in lS5 the slaves, and 10 the
foreign born. In AL counties there were few
or no foreigners, and in 20, the native aud for
egn population were about equal. In 1923
counties there were slaves In 1872 no free COL
ored persons. The number of people to q
dwelling in New York city averaged more
than Is, in Boston nearly 3, in New Orleans
6k, in Richmond about 5. II is estimated
that one-fourth part Of the people in the coun-
try reside in villages, towns and cities.
In the year 1900. exclusive OF the army and
navy, there were 3s0G persons in the employ
ment oil the Federal Government in 1884 there
was A,45G, a pine-fold increase--the popula-
ton having Increased about 1ve-told. The
number Of real estate owners in the United
States cannot fall short OF 100000, or ono in
about 3l9 Of the free males over FL years OF
age. Ii is estimated that tho direct and indi-
rect tax paid by each white person IN the coup-
try for all purposes, amounts to s4A. There
are about 100000 Indians within the Terrific
rial limits Of the United States. At the close
Of the revolutionary war, Gen. Knox estimated
the Indians n the thirteen States to number
about 10000 In 1850, OF the 1897 political
newspapers published in the United States, 855
we're Whig, and 742 Democratic papers. Over
two.fi:ths Of the national territory is drained by
the Mississippi and its trbutar'es' The dis
tance between New York and New Orleans is
more than that separating London from Con.
stantinople, or Paris from St. Petersburgh.
BY the land route between New York and
Astoria the distance is equal 70 that between
New York and Bremen. By the water route
the distance Is rs great ns that between Canton
and London
The number Of persons who live east Of the
MISSISSIPPI river, Is tWeiSe tlmcs HrehWf tlon
the number OF those who live west thereof
The non-saveholding have third greater pop
ulation than the slaveholding States. Masa-
chusetts which was the first State, according
to its white population, in 1890, has now be
come the fourth--exactly reversing the course
Of New York. which has become the first from
the fourth rank Even adding the present pop
u'ation Of Maine 10 that OF Massachusetts,
would not alter the position of the latter in its
rank among the States. In New England the
females have always exceeded the males in NUN
bcr. The foreign vote Of the country Is es,i
mated 10 be but one twelfth Of the whole. The
total number Of families holding slaves in 1856
was only 347,52j. II is estimated that OILY
nethird Of the white population Of the SLAVE
States sustain the relation of slave owDers.--
The state Of New York has about ooe-eightf
II the population OF tho Cnioo. Pennsylvania
about one-tenth, and Delaware about one two
hundred and sixty third There is one hcus'
TO every six persons in the country. The Cath
olics have but oneeieventh as many churches
a. the Methodists The Mcthodists and Bap
lists together have more than one-half OF al
the churches, and the Episcopal and Roma'
Catholic are about equal in number. The av
csage value Of the church edihces 10 tbe counir.
is but s2,357; they viii each sea, 37s person
upon the average.