Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-04-28

dations of the New York Chamber of Commerce.
regarding the commercial statistics is not deemed
practicable. The Importance of information about
internal commerce is fully appreciated by the Gen.
sus Bureau, but no method of collecting that which
is reliable through the census, has been discovered
The multiplicity of exchanges which products and
manufactures undergo in the course Of SALE resale
and transportation from one end of the Union to the
other, renders an exact computation of the value
OF domestic commerce impossible. 1t is estimated
that cost of taking the census this year will reach
fifteen hundred thousand dollars, and the enumera-
ton will exceed thirty million of people Super
intendent Kennedy intends to have returns complete
IN less than three months from the LIST of July
They will be laid before Congress next session. so
that an appointment law may be passed at once
This, however will not be in to act upon the
ratio for the Thirty-seventh Congress, as majority
of its members will have been elected previous to
the commencement of the next session, but it will
enable those States whose Legislatures meet bienn-
ally to apportion their districts in ample time for
the election of members of the Thirty eighth Con-
gress.
CENSUS OF 1860-oUEsT1oNs TO BE ANSWERED.
On the first of June, the work of taking the
seventh census of the United States will have COM
menced 1t is desirable that it be taken with great
accuracy and to enable the Assistant Marshals who
will be engaged in the performance of this duty to
have their work well done, it has been suggested
that the publication of the questions necessary for
all heads of families to answer, would be of great
benefit. With this view, we publish the following
list which We believe to be correct.
That the correct population of the States may be
known, as well the various subdivisions, it is alb
solutely necessary that the name of each man who
resides in the family on the LIST of June be noted
The age of each and color whether white, black
mulatto.
Profession, occupation or trade of each male person
over fifteen years of age
Value of real estate owned.
Place of BIRTH naming the States Territory
Married within year.
Attended school within the year.
Persons over twenty years Of age that cannot read
or write.
Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic,
pauper or convict.
Name of owners agent or manager Of the farm.
Number of improved acres.
Numbers of unimproved acres.
Cash value of farm
Value of farming implements and machinery.
Live stock on hand June first 1860, viz number of
horses, mules, and asses, working oxen, mich
cows and other cattle, swine and sheep.
Value of live stock.
Value Of animals slaughtered during the year.
Produce during the year ending June LIST, viz: num
Der bushels of Wheat, Rye, Indian Corn, Oats,
Beans, and Peas, Buckwheat, Barley, Irish Pota-
toes, Sweet Potatoes, pounds of Wool and pounds
of Tobacco.
Value of ore-land products in dollars.
Gallons of Wine, value of products of market gar
den, pounds Of Butter, pounds of Cheese, tons
of Hay, bushels of Clover seed, and bushels of
Clover seed, and bushels of Grass seed, pounds
of Hops, pounds of Flax, bushels of Flax seed
pounds Of Maple Sugar. gallons of Molasses,
pounds of Honey and Beeswax, value of home
made manufactures
Name Of Corporation, Company or Individual pro-
ducino articles RI the animal valup of S500
Name of business, manufacture or product.
Capital invested in real estate and personal estate
the business.
Raw material used including fuel, viz: quantities.
kinds, values, kind of motive power, machinery,
structure or resources.
Average number of hands employed viz: Male, Fe-
male average monthly cost of Male labor, average
monthly cost of Female labor.
Annual product viz: quantities, kinds, values
Names of every person who died during the year
ending June /, 1860, whose usual place of. abode
in the family, the age sex and color, whether
white or black, or mulatto married or widowed,
place of birth, naming the State, Territory or
Country, the month in which the person died,
profession, occupation or trade, disease or cause
of death.
In addition to these, there are number of other
questions, the answer to which can be obtained now
even with little trouble. 1t is hoped that every
person who sees this request WILL the first day of
June, make out the answers and in case of absence,
leave it in such place and condition that it may be
placed in the hands the officers when they call fer it.
BY the act of Congress providing for the taking
of the seventh and subsequent Census Of the United
States, and to determine the number of the men,
bers of the House Of Representatives, etc, approx
ed May 23d, 1850, provides, section II, that the
Marshals and their assistants hereby authorized
to transmit through the post office and papers or
documents relating to the census, by writing there
on official busness-census,' and subscribing the
same with the addition to his name of Marshal, or
Assistant as the case may be.
That no unnecessary delay may happen to CON-
munications addressed the United States Marshals
in reference to taking the census, the press will do
service by the publication of these facts, for the
information of post masters throughout this State
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.-From the measures
agreed to at the last meeting of the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company, in London, there appears to be a
reasonable hope that the efforts to be made this
summer to realize this important undertaking will
be successful The company are going to underlay
the cable at both ends, and with this view, have
purchased and sent out Deal tub boat, under the
command Of Captain Kell with instructions to pro-
coed with 1t to Newfoundland and raise the wire as
far as possible in Bulls Arm Bay. Should he find
it perfect from any point where he may test it, his
orders to join the piece of new cable to it and
C rry the end to New Perlicon, at which place he
would find soft bottom and convenient place for
landing. In the event of his finding the cable in
deep water imperfect he is to recover all he can of
it and abandon the rest $4,000 have been sub
scribed amongst the directors themselves to carry
out this operation, and they propose to raise
500 900 more to put the whole line in working
order, in case they able to discover and repair
the imperfection Of which they have sanguine
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