The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1857-01-06

CurIosi,ies Of the Cens,;s.

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| 0utof The. l.626 counties in tho United
States in 1860, 4s0 had been created or al
tered, in tho previous ten years; in, 64 the
slaves, and in 1.-THE foreign born. In AL.
counties there We're few or no. foreigners and
in 20 the native and foreign population were.
about equal. In L023 counties there were
slaves; in 1872 no free colored persons. The
number Of peopleto . dwelling in New York;
city averaged more than g.. in Boston 8, ia
New Orleans 81, in Richmond s. tits es-
timated that one fourth. part; Of tho people
in the country reside in villages towns and S
In tho ay Year lsoo exclusive q ls Of the am amy e
I. and navy, there were 1906 in the employs
mont Of tho Federal Government; in 1854
hs pSIst ssss tss Rsa pl SbJHfr JHHfrifs
fold. The number of real estate owners in
the United, States cannot fall short Of 1900,
000,. or one in about 3l9 of the free males
over 2I years Of age. 1t is estimated that
the direct and indirect tax paid by each white
person in the country for all purposes amounts
to 1924. There are about 100000 Indiana
within the territorial limits of the United
States. At Tie close. Of the Revolutionary
War General Knox estimated. the Indians ia
the thirteen States to number about 10000. !,
In 1850, of the 1896 political, newspapers
published in the, United States, 1865 were
Whig and 742 Democratic papers Over
two -fifths Of the national. territory is drained
by tho Mississippi and its tributaries. The
distance between the cities Of New York and
New Orleans is moro than equal to that sepa-
ting London and Constantinople, or Paris
from St. Petersburgh. By. the land route
between New York and Astoria, the dis-s'
tance is equal to that between New York
and Brennan. BY the water route the dis
tancc is as great as that between Canton and
London. ~ ,..I -
The humber Of persons who live east Of
the Mississippi river is twelve times greater
than those who live west thereof, The nom
slavcholding have third greatef. population I,
than the slave holding States. Ahssachn-
setts, which was the first State according to
its white population in 1900, has now be
como the fourth, exactly reversing The course,
of New York which has become the, first
from the fourth rank. Even adding tho pop
ulation of Maine to that. Of Massachusctis..,
would not alter the position Of the latter in
its rank among The States. In New Eng
land The females have always exceeded tho Z
males in number. The foreign vote Of the
country is estimated TO be but one-twellth Of
the whole. The total number of families
holding slaves in 1850 was 3f7,525. 1t Is
estimated that onc-third of the white, popu
lation Of the slave States sustain the relation
of slave owners. The State of New Yorl;
has about onc-eighth of the population Of.
the Union, Pennsylvania about one-tenth, .
and Delaware about one.two- hundred and
sixty-tbird There is one house to every six
persons in the country. The Methodists and
Baptists together have more than one half Of,
all the churches, and the Episcopalians and
the Roman Catholics are about equal in num-
Der. The average value Of the church edi-.g
fees 10 the country is but so,357; they each
scat 376 persons upon an average. -, ~,