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received 5li vOlss. Slough s)s. Fishers. ma
king ele votes, leaving four votes that were
thrown out as blank or double votes. The
County CLERK and justices 60 behind the GER
tilted slstsmenls and cSun, the tally marks aud
fnd that The Hosea tAlliss lack ten Of
making 5iI. and they therefore allow him but
sol. The tally sheet returned to the city
Clerk from that Ward. contains 5Il tally
marks for Hosea, as certified on both sheets,
and as this number is necessary to complete
the 8I6 genuine votes cast, Mr.. Hosea IN
dOubtedly received them, and is entitled in
these two yards 10 20 more TOtes than we're
sllOzed him by the County Clerk. which e.
lects him by IL majority.
lie will undoubtedly be admitted to bis seat
in the Legislature. and Hamilton county will
not suffer the disgrace Of having endorsed
John P. Slough. It is proper to add that The
ballots given in both the First and Eleventh
Wards have been counted, and found 10 cor
respond exactly. in both cases. with the GER
ti6cates Of The judges Of the election. This
puts the matter beyond a doubt, and makes
the title Of Mr.. Hosea to The seat unquestiOn-
able.-Cin. Commercial
The Columbus Journal, Of Thursday eve
| ming, says Mr.. Hosea reached that city Thurs.
day morning, being on hand TO claim his seat.
II Mr.. Slough claim, his seat on the streng-
III Of the Clerks illegal certificate, the facts
will be referred to the Committee on elections,
when the claims Of Mr., Hosea will be eLdors.
ed, Mr. Slough was expected in Columbus
on Thursday, but did not arrive. II be has
good sense he will not attempt TO claim his seat
under the circumstances. What's the matter
with the S~tatssman's rooster?-CleV. Leader.
POPULATION OF MIssoURI.-A census Of the
State Of Missouri, which has just been taken
shows a total of 9l9, 9O6, divided as follow
Free whites, 8I9. 500, free blacks, 2 CSC
slaves SO, $50. Increase Of white population
in six years. 224. 453, or over 20 per cent. in.
crease OF slaves, 1898, or a fraction oven tive
per cent.
Two c%ouHties re turn no slaves, tw enty coun.
ties report only 1000; the highest reaching
oRly SO. and the lowest having eight.
The extent Of Missouri is about 81, 900
square miles, and that Of OHIO 10000 square
miles, and yet Missouri, with so much larger
extent Of territory, has less than half the pop.
~ulation Of Ohio. The only answer that can
be given to the question, why this difference ?
is The existence of Slavery in Missouri. The
increase ofths white population being 20 pei
cent. in six years, and the increase Of slaves
being only two per cent, shows the natural
Adaptness Of the State 10 a free white popula-
ton and its poor adaptation to slavery. We
have see n it stated that land in Missouri with
in 80 miles of Keokuk. Iowa, is selling at three
dollars, while similar land in, Iowa, at the
same distance from Keokuk, is selling at $50
per acre-a difference Of 1877 per acre. Now
estimating the slaves in Missouri at $500 pei
mean, JnelT WnOle NHIu6 WCuIu D6 HO, UUU, UUU.
The whole number of acres of land IN the State
is about six n %illions. A rise of only eight dol.
lars would more than equal the whols value Of
slaves, and we believe the abolition of slavery
would make more than that difference in the
value ofthe land, Were they to give away
their negroes. then they would bs the gamers
by the gift.
There are 214 insane males in the State,
and 1874 females, of hich number 90 are me-
groes-total insane, 800.
There are 98i blind persons in the State, of
which number I5i are males, and 1870 females,
and 81 Of them are negroes.
There are 1928 deaf and dumb persons in
the State-males III, Females i49, and q
OF them are negroes, and lie Of them have
been taught to read and write.