New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-12
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LETTERSFROM THE PEOPLE
"MAKING OR TAKING MONEY OUT OF n,
TREASURY"

r, n, rSi,,, Of The n y. T,'6Sne
s,r. Your Albany correspondent IN an saics pl
r.b.d in Tny TRIprsr on the 9th ui., 10 stteuaS,
70 s,umera,e the literary abors and esro,ay.ofh
EIarklin Il. Hough during the lat three yesss, n
s,ue, into several errors which il is desirable bs
rect for no sensible person in the least degree fsass
with statistical lsbors can beere tie statements tis
made. without st,rbuting to the dcctonan saesa.,
spplicaios and industry altogether beyond prece.s
or psrs,leI.
Tha, be published histories OF three or four of
>o,.h.,, Conrfies ia true; and we have the evAs,
~ the literary critic Of THE TRprTE. AID other x
IL =. we'll a numerous testimonials OF prccass
,,;,sns oS these counties, that the work was faHx
i. n,ecuted II il understood that these hbou, =
-, IS favorable recommendation a. IL nutmeg
Ied 10 his employment IN the Secfetsry oucenh
Spnpe OF 1854, upon labor quite distinct IRON y
census, and nearly year before rs .vmIMe 's
nrripe this time he prepared, under the drectsss
the secretary, among other things the hist s1cs a
mares of psuperism and crime, so'ne 0, tne lnr
extending through nearly W year,, Puo"ee
Reports of 1850, and since fa'orapp no'eN
several European and American journals
The doctor is charged with the heiuoas Vneisf
studying conomy in the Office labor OF the eeusnl&
if this be crime. be is undoubtedly guy, iTh
work done under his direction, 10, SiV,VvI wa
have cost, al the rates paid by Tue % SSOtsn
m
The charge Of inaccuracy is entirely undeserse.
may he easily proved by comparison WITH ne org,
mails in the State Library. The system OF checkH
reyisious that were introduced, "ouo fen'er u qut
improbable that discrepancies or eo'S VI any cons
ouence coulc occur.
The classification Of some twenty different iar
oopce,nirp about three and halt millions OF nsau
constituted less than half the labor oi tbs ceosa
The summaries of agriculture and Inanuiactures,H
,endiug everywhere TO millions OF dolsrs 10 yls.
H. ,,istics of marriages and deaths, OF chguAo
and schoo. houses of the periodical press aud d u.
Indian census and what is OF stu greater value IN
elaborate summaries of the Introduction, emorxs
computations and comparisons extending tnrougatN
centf,ries. constituted the heaviest portion Of III
- II we consider that il would be nearly syenl
lsbor for Que man 10 transcribe the text and uoe
of this volume filling six hundred iono page, w
needless 20 meet the sneer1ng insinuation ,ns' w
good accountants should have done the wofA ~ ks
Than six months and the charge that the WORK w
nuyssd along eighteen months from the time Whee
tnrns were received. The returns embracing We
suits OF the census of 1871, were published thF T
and five years sfterward. 1t proper 10 remsrkne
the work of computation OF the census VI J"nc,esS
was completed in 1886, and the work 81 10 vPa
Julv 49, instead of near the close OF the year
lonr informant does the Doctor more tnsn IusM
in describing his elegant quarto volume Oh mSe'so
oey of 500 pages, rs " foho book OF u .ivussae
nsges of solid rule and figure work, but ems u
fine when he saws that the laborious deduction,
that volume were made in the intervals OF rciaAsts
while upon the census. lie should have known tM
this book was commenced in Isi9, aud accepted B,
DR.. Beck as finished IN 1907. .,oo
He is also in the dark concerning slOO PAID y The
SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruction ior sefe, o.
tables prepared for showing the statistics OF ourass
system through d period of fifty years, ana agsmer
inst in not bringing down the Ciyll Lust 10 ioS1a
stead of 1850, and IN emitting To notice Una. 'ne ~
cellept manual has gone through three eullioas, We
last in 1853.
OF the $500 supposed TO have been received fos
the Maine Historical Society, the lions ss..s. ~.
have gone to the printer a. the edition is said 10 s
been some $40 eople<, beside 30 on fine paper, vii
ornamenied title, 1t is needless TO inform the hst01t
reader that not page line of this book is iron u
Broadhead Papers, as your informant asserta n
your correspondent IS quite uncertain 81 oN MAJ
- other discoveries of a like nature he has made ~
equally ignorant people we would advise bn u
omen correspondence with the officers and menbes
OF the Historical Societies at Providence and Newpa
at Hartford and Philadelphia, aud he would find isa
with each Of these this busy antiquarian has beei
communication; that the New-Jersey Historical Ss,ef
has lately printtd the journal Of expedition no
Western Pennsylvania in 1894, furnished by him sd
that he has prepared since 1854 several articles iG
scientific journals.
Your informant has omitted to notice small qsato
volume Of some 200 pages prepared by DIR. hough
intervals when he had nothing to do, within IN
last two years and printed for gratuous distnbuta
under the patronage OF discriminating and hDsn
gentleman of Albany. who holds q prominent posltn
in the Board of Regents as Chairman ofthe &rs
Library Committee. The materials Of this yosr
were likewise drawn from the "mine of wealth" o.
braced in the Secretarys Office and relate to fosgprs
events connected with the island of Nantucket wa
attached to New-York
Finally, We cannot omit 10 thank the publishers
THE TRIBUNE for their notice of the volume pos .
press on /" Indian Affairs " Philips War 1861 NJ
only wish to add that it is to be cap quarto, dtU
hundred pages, beautifully executed in Munseln bes
style, in antique type, with illuminated initiA NJ
he8y pieces that the edition will be but one handn
copies, and the price 81.
1t is indeed doubtful whether any person in al b
Departments connected with the State Governs
has more entirely occupied every moment of time Us
DIR. Hougb We are not informed how many olk
books he may have written during the last two yeas
but understand he has made beginnings upon sevsn
and that he has one, the result of great labor sr
advanced stage OF preparation. When we copsb
that he s now but some tbrty-tive years of age 70
vigorous constitution; with habits of study acqLsx
in early life disciplined by years of appcationwss
tistica and historical researches and especiaky th
he unites with bis industry energy and pefsss
ance orthy of imitation, cannot doubt but ths.s
future success will correspond with his past lsbors
Albany, Feb. }, 1853.