, 1860-07-24
UKNsUs OF l660-wEsTERN CITIES.

E1H DafGF WIG AV1!RA *AA0s eAAl$ eAN AOs
made without sufficient authority.
oENsUs OF lseo-wEsTEnN CITIES.
In a fortnight more the census Of the West
will he taken, and many people will be disap.
pointed at. the figures that will be exhibited.
This will be particularly the case in the towns
aud dties. The falling of from previous cal
cu]ations will astonish many sanguine indiyid-
uals. The Vest as whole, will be million,
ut Least below the numbers usually assigned
to it. And it is probable that the Eastern
States will foot up considerably higher than
has generally been anticipated.
The truth il, there has been, comparatively
speaking, but little increase Of population in
any Of the Western States since August, 1857.
The commercial crash Of that year, arrested the
emigration that was pouring into the West
from Europe and the Eastern md Southeast
ern States, in prodigious food. Tens Of
thousands Of new comers, finding them.
sslves out Of employment or bankrupt,
and all kinds Of business proetrated, has
tIy beat q retreat, aud returned whence they
came The hard times has checked European
emigration to the West Most Of that which
asrivas a-our .shoresr6nd employment in the
Eastern States, where the demand for labor is
good, in consequence Of returning prosperity.
Very little Of tie foreign emigration Of this
season has found It's way to this section, but
has been absorbed in the cities and towns Of
the seaboard and manufacturing districts.
The population of Chicago has been estima~
ted at 10000 by SON and BY others as high
al 100000. Previous to tbs election last
March l20, 900 was the estimate Of the best
informed persona But the remarkably large
vote cast at that election, led many to suppose
that the popula ion Lad been underrated. The
number Of votes polled was l8,818, which at
the ratio Of seven inhabitants to ons voter
would give population Of l31, ,72e. But the
ratio Of seven to one will prove too high, At
tbs Marshall informs Us that the population o.
Chicago ID more likely to fall under 10000
than to 60 over it. The cauBe Of the enormou.
vote Of last Spring can be accounted fol by ar
inspection Of the facts. j.. In the first place
there were over $500 naturalization paper.
taken out; secondly, there were extensive Demo
cratic colonizations from the surrounding
country; thirdly, excitement ran high, ant
every man voted, Three years ago there va
in Chicago a large floating population" Hun
dreds and thousands Of laborers, artizans an
J speculators, Aocked here, attracted BY th
J plentilulness Of money and the demands {
} trade. But the business paralysis. tha
followed drove most Of them to seek subsisl
enoe elsewhere. 4 great many Of the doatiu
population, have gone away this season; som
7 to Pixies Peak others South; others into tl'
country, while the arrivals have been ligh
b There is ]ess building and less public improv
ments going on than in any year for the Ia
e halfdozen. Property holders are taking q res
Is Settling up old scores and getting ready for
fresh start, is the order Of the day.
s. The vast railroad system Of the West VI
e built between the years 1850 and 1s5
f. Within that brief period more than o,ot
= miles we're constructed west Of the Ohio rive
- a,,.,,.~,a,t - -a,;n,ants If 1ahore,
>. r..,dred. # towna and v;1,aoea
r. spring forth IS if by mag.c Chicago Wps
, focal point Of one-fou1th Of The whole "este
y system, and consequently Was enormous
, stimulated in business and population. Poop
n rushed hither from all quarters Of the Uni,
"au e1tope| 'eae' VIC n'u .ue popu'As'
>. s1s s5 s ~ Aa' ]''..' ~ 30
- 0o'ooo Al 1o''' ''D4 ~ "as ploDa.' 10o'o
= "noA ',40 s1aen e.s. e'Afo - 10s "Ai':4 '4N
N fa'noa'1 o'..'os, enes ~ ''a.a0 euol
y e'oeeo D..'Ae''<.' @.'>aA4 eeo tao0'e'S .
- i'se'a .es. "Ao e1p''0sa sp',uAA'sS.
/: ."e'n .o'o A"o ''''' noA 'ess '''an e'sn' Il
.lon' VI eoDnS p7s 9ea' were Sen' i'o'n
~ 1a7' aAo eApel''sa ~ tnl" ''A.e III 'ne ou'
g lug o. 'au'foaas 'na oief equipments u
u, 'nea mas'ol .oa1 Immigration snoulo 'an
- "nen 'aoaa o'''ulng u 'efm'na'eo
~ ou' eo'cago wal no. lnark 81 n'gn Oh
.. CENSUS ns'a as peop'e nao 'oae'neo' some Il
eo oes1ee consolat'on IN the equal olsappo'ntm
" Of their neighbors. Neither Cincinnati
Of st. Louis will begin to realize the estimate
.pe their newspapers at d real estate dealers.
me Cinclnnatians have been insisting upon it t
lar. | +hav rrnlo-oa osnncn urhan ,v,u,d
:, ~'o'o'o "'1
the tall single cat" But the U. s. Marshall
the forms them that he cannot find more i
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