Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-05-29
THE RICHMOND WIG.


It is only by gmpes tt.t ne can o. yet get view OF
the state Of thnss asccrtalcd by tie late Census bu.
soue Of the rctu5I, have already b,sl published and
IN, .ec.s disclosed are exceedingly clruu, though Ly
no rrntlll,. We may venture 10 preGic, upol
tie whole that the popll;ion w. be found 10 have H.
creased ~ The anticipated c hui il clear al.o that
TIL il,r,a.e is tRprc.,u.iy distributed The di-paue-
m.ut 10 ic, OF tLe population is likely 10 be rem4 Ia
bl, Owing no doubt 10 TIC facilities ot ocUu otou
provided y railways, OBJ; r'CtItols OF people from o O.
rl.c, TO AL her have been coidu,.d cu al unuu ri
So h. and though The b4 a.oC in TIE aggregate sill tc or
,Le rbt side OF c sheet, th, decline Il The returns from
CERTAIN ds,rics Will b' what surprising At % $
~. l.ct w. lave statistics before which toug tiag-
m, v Al mleriect, trLg Interesting iuior-
mauou hon III NOIt, Tie East aad Tic West We
get general view Of Yorkshire, gups Of Somerset
Shire and li.l!c us 81. iLo Tie klsetu cCuut,s As
uight have been ,2prc cd, the manufacturing districts
Gtt pCC.ly the rlge toMLs, iO.ld gam the
xpsu.e Of he agricultural GsIcjs With their c'uded
y g,s CT stlCuant bcro' sh- but h,re ud ,.iCus
of other j. nu-u,,s less Obvious than that Of trad,
Tu,e Lot uiaty tO"ie oil note in YORKSHIRE where
fLr LCpia ion las is' tU e rate OF Increase
is very & o. rti b. .IrEt QulItCIs lOk iist. ha7
u,r a.,d %, about 10 pr cu., ban. Rotterdam by l,r
Der cert Le, ds AID Sa H ia have aGta.c,j .apcl, l
rug bef. Iorcastcr and d i.N naLca ytv cCoI show
ia, 50 scio-d and W-ha.d there has been less po-
crcss KuaI, borou and keg ale Lbcu; sti,o' a-,
-Firtou ai j Nor-naltT,Cu t9e -liu, Beverley shows
mall edyaIcc BId.i On CCLs G,I-hl- oLc. In the
West 90 Ergsld, Bi Cd IS hloSn TO have made great
stride aread, 'hJugI Te u-ls Yet CCmpl Il;
3u. Frouc {. cu.h buy place in lis way, has lltaor
fallen Cf A. general cetuci-n il ia clear that town.
and trade carry lha DAY ga'u.t losudry; bu il is Iot
every trading town that is tAiNi: < Nuca he s;uU.-
r'cs are complete Shalt YrCCauy tt au2 C.. e-rl-E
a the .act, Of aIy qU.Lcc, and 10 moT2 Oh the
les-,u they convey, A pr,seut tha, '~i,utu-
COB districts are G cilu iu population, LotE-ts.4nlI
.l .rfs. ,I .e+.f # I Of 4.rr D.
;ut.j products ',v examples ircm the E-scrn Ccua-
tel viii make this pair.
Ltuon i. . -.rseeu Cambrdge-hi-e vi g, which,
10 local estimation, JrcDt,y p-zses 70. towI l. lad
pcIuuou # lo' ia l>' and has lost 2np Ct 1t a.
the ., suit of ten yeafs' HU:E Niidcu d.t-tesby
md conveniently brrRe,n suut Jurisdictions that /. il
i,yCre lesoIt for 'thc aTcy wh,u pf.z' fight Is u
c,me Of. lu how nsny %! the Eeascrn counties It II
situated cannot oXlcv say but eyeu ia aCgommo.
dating ctracte; could Lot save 30 from The blight OF
he district and 1t has lost some $50 out Cf ouO il-
hab,aufz. Stranger sill, However is Tie case Of New
market Ctutaiu',. EcIauhet except 90 intervals Of
-pa,modic animation s not lively toru sud girss
vigorous fort Of the ig lgi1aOu TO rCpeCpe u 9th
,Ue br. lait e. on ds described by Lord &4cauay /,
hard 20 walk along s dreaIy street even race day
aud b l.eye that was rat er more fashionable
chan E.th ulI,r Eesu Mast tat the heath formed
only cus yt it7 atuaGo.si aud that thc Luu'i1g
havk king, and cCtS-rg niy tr'" al u.e nobility
o. ly couatfy ia'o u puclt- despite the Sc i)us pcfs
li The read Sill NCsmfiLs % las 10. changed oil late
s races continue 10 te the best RACES ia gaud and
one would have thought that It's population, however
special iu 90 .haraOss, would at ,as' have remained
stationary Yet Il is not So kcstub. nas loo. near
y a round hundred from the moderate tale OF i.s Ium-
ner- end even tie amo., heath fails % keep up 20 r.
mark b., strongest Of all is the cAamll. OF Csm
bridge This might hav been r,,kouc3 as tie pro-
t,cei spot OF thc '-toru ca1.ic. I l.y r-I'y I- Do
h,i I.put., ui t.r -uatnr %. traditions ui u,t p.c.
have suicri asay. io counted .ituC" au Eng,'4' t
mc-picr, ssi ura.uUetsc country Nrver.leie7s, Cam
bridge Instead Of adding .u1u co. $4,000 {, its Yopuh-
ou ta-lo-t 800. IL i- possible that the neub.- OF
he Uii.c--,y-a mi ilrt0ry holy-Rerc iuc.udci D. one
req - st rot in the other but suspect that L,isls
. real failing OF, and that people with .hc Iscals Of
moving are r,solu.oly set rgulIlg away from the
eastern cou.'i'--c.eu tie easter" cculi,s rtiv'v
We observed, however, that there eas pn .uitr
lueucc liscmblr IN the f,cen movements Of the POI
u4.ou, aud 10 il moro curious than he attraction tAetcd
t.aGe. No'hj'g can b.; c grer than that fashion ard
,a-urc are -rOagy 40 work d. drawing people from one
p.tre o another Wherever 'he ai5 or the sea- or o.
view gycs prrrise OF recreation there r"2sarc-sceFI
.5u.t,.at ard there iOr the accommodation Of these
yi-i.or- hou.S III up and new poplA.on gathers
toyethrr Scarborough for b. stance Is pleasant spot
Tie air OF the Eat cJls iadc'd, is rot exactly "ha.my
,,d there are, psrp rather more points oi ci-T'rc'
h- Scarborough iiiy aud the NlY OF bapr- than
Yoh-hremeu would ike 70 orn. y % tue III te Is h;cN
situated the Laddotks are good and h' ylw- beau
fGI The Consequence is that Scarborough has Increased
more rapidly than D0gct-ftr or Ii.l', or even J. eds
That little Oi-hshouCd ruTe which sas the scene Of
Sheridan comedy has been m1tered by pes OF terraces
aud miles OF suburbs aad the town s TOW more popuon-
than Wakefield H. the West it is just the samr. Ga
the Somersetsh stands te Town called Weston
supor-Mare though ambiguous and shifting ia the
%, Lcath il that naughty pee pie have cars,eLed II
W,ston-super.Nui Il always had a sprat hery, but
spras did little for the place till somebody discovered
that the view across the open Severn was something
t,if oh min Hp. tpI
a, "this fashionable watering place, the tiny village
grew and grew till It became ~ times the size Of It's
original self In the year sol It hal is inhabitants; II
has @ 900, and the amount has been doubled even
luce the last Census. Clifton 10 in similar case Il Is
fashionable and popular aud cons q1snty Il is popuIous
too. Apparently il possesses some attraction acting
specially upon ladies' for the iemas population is yearly
twice as numerous as the male popualio1-l3 603 10
~ Yet sll this while there is the ancient aud de-
ghtfp CITY of Bath in the same district with what one
would imagine must be at least equal attractions, doing
nothing 20 the way of progress aud even dropping cH
There Is 10 town in Europe with better houses or more
beautiful country round them than Bath, aud yet Bath is
comparatively flsaken, ls renowned springs are beat
en- out Of The 6ed by the uo Wells Of Cieu, md many
place with not half as Much TO recommend it is far
more rtQueuted. Bath has lost ntaIy 1000 OF us num-
bcrs since lS5l.
We believe that the three points we have indicated
will be found furnish the leading features OF the pro
sent census. The population has been drawn aw from
the purely Agricultural dis rcts oi The county lGuy by
emigration resource 10 shch farm lboreis pecL
ary apt to lcok-aud partly by the prospect of better
earnings in manufacturing towns which railways have
enrhled them to reach Tbs movement. Of course rel
iered manufacturing towns more popuol-, a1d the mo
uey gained in tade is spent so freely in recreation
that places OF recreation have risen almost rapidly as
places of trade. That We t'k. il, is the deduction
be drawn from general survey the more curious and
exceptional characteristics Of the returns will probably
become ,a.e,, ghle a. our iaioInaiioa s es.eLded.