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,AssUQlbgevshe nstional ecensus Of June. 1880
pdP siss6f population for the last sixty years
ne,ElE faWFses23 Per sent annually The lassse.
Jicsa aili - tho population Of the Uneed
States since 1880 7,305, $40 souls which WI esve
US in 1860 poaslation for the DATED States OF
N. 6eBoxxsnder whose supervision the coa'pen-
diun Il the laseeenaus wss prepared. says that IN
SEQ the population Of the United States ~al be thus
The population Of the Eastern States
including Maine, New HanpseiFs. Vermont h.Ssa-
.Jersev and Prunsyhaaia, viii be 10, s20, 900; the
nonuiatioa of the 'Northern States to-wit: Ohio,
fndiarA. Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Ninneseta will he 7,525, 600; that OF the Western
St.tea" California and Oregon, will be 675,0OO;'
whilst the population Of the fifteen Southern States
will be II, 600, and Of the Territories $40 OoO
The aggregate population of the free States will
be- according to this estimate, in 1860, 1S,5OOOOO
whist that Of tho slave States will, As we have seem
bei11 90. O00.sa- .s.57e
The ates q Hand belonging to the free States in
1850 Nh te 900 $50 square miles, whilst that OF the
slave Mates win be ssl, 797 square smiles. ls3
Thu valuation of the real estate in the United States
IA 3uaO S29S7 1856 726 whilst their estimated val
usln 1850 is pacedat CSC, 600 OOO-an increase OF
nsfiiy fifty pei. cent in ten years. The compiler OF
this statament Of the wealth and population Of the
listed States believes that it is correct rs he says
it sas based open many past enumerations, and the
best information obtainabe, by the close of the next
yeaf amount to 81, 303, 032 souls. In few years
weswip .surpass France and Austria and all other
coanaries except Russia and China The average
distribution of wealth over the whole country is
over 200. or double that of Mexico and twothirds
that tie British Isles tits $500 in the free States
and 350O in the slave States The highest average
distribution is in Massachusetts,, which is $3.50; the
next in order is Mississippi, where it is $500.
Some Of the States have increased enormously
The population of Illinois has more than trebed in
ten years; Wisconsin has increased five-fold; Cali
forlaixsysvensfold. Among the slave States, little
Florida has nearly tebled aher population; SO has
Missouri, while Texas has quadrupled
The country since 1850 has added to its population
slsee millions of foreigners. These foreigners
brought over with them, an average fifty dollars
each IN cash. which gives the sum Of one hundret;
millions Of dollars brought into the country, and
it il impossible to estimate the increase Of the wealth
of the country which two millions Of aborers have
Secretary Guthrie estimated the wealth of the whole
Union, taxable and untaxabe, in 1856, at 1871
100000 Leaving off the untaxables- the churches,
schools, graveyards, public edi6ces and other public
prsqety-it would be about ten thousand millions
of dollars, and the increase would have carried the
total value above its present value, by one thousand
millions if it had not been for the late financial
crash If our pecuniary progress continues the same
for eleven years. the value Of the country will be
abSst 600 OOO, 600, by our eighth national CEN
The increase in the wealth and population of the
free States may appear rather large but it is easily
accounted for; together with their own increase,
they have received = large external accession of
foreign emigrants.
In the Compendium OF tho Seventh Census, the
population of the United States in 1900 is estimated
by NJ. DeBow at seventy millions. Surprising the
Union continued to exist and no great national con-
vusion occurred of this number it is calculated by
him that twenty millions would occupy the Atlantic
SLOPE eleven millions would occupy the Pacific slope
seven millions the Gulf regions and thirty two mill
lions the valley of the Mississippi
The Average population of the whole country, in
GLIDING the Great Valley, nearly the same as ten
West Of the Rocky Mountains has not an average
population Of one to the square mile. The Cult
cosst has IN average of over four, to the densely
populated North Of twenty five and the still more
densey populated Eastern coast of thirtytwo while
the Netherlands France and the British Isles coun
tries Of equal extent with the Atlantic slope $50 OO0
square miles have population Of 70 900 900 souls
The Great Valley Of the Mississippi, equal in ex.
tent to China proper, has not 1.-THE of its popula
tor, hopgh it has greater advantages Of soil, eli
matss and productions, yet it will become in tn,
fut.ssmoFe densely inhabited, and be the political
agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial centr,
and mistress Of both hemisphere
The population Of the Great Valley is greater BY
nelr million than that of the older States Of th.
Atlantic slope, which has taken centuries where tn,
former has taken generations to become inhabited
anfas power generally goes with the population,
will 5e 80 in this case after the next apportionment
and every year will add to it with telling effect unit
atslast the seat Of the federal government may
found on the banks.o Of the Father of Waters.
We have condensed and abridged this interestin,
statistical statement from long article in recen
number Of Dc Bou's Reuieao, the best publication
itseAksctes m the United States.-Richmond Z,