The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-09

INV ToRK AND runs SLAyf srA1rs.-1t !
sometimes true that "compafisons are odious.'
The comparisons following, the items Of which
are compiled by the Evening Post, are exceed
ingly suggestive: Hsf q e.i,'s go. ..75ae
The area of New York Is II, oJd square el miles
and in 1850 the population to the square mile
averaged So. The fifteen slave States contain
S56, 44S square miles, with an average population
OF 11.s to the. mile. Maryland, which is most
thickly settled, averages about D23, and Della
ware about 4S. The population Of New York
in 1850 was 3,097, 394-3, 048, 1926 white and 49,
069 colored. Ditto Of the slave States 9,6l2,-
97o-6, 1s4 Al white; 22s, 1Ss, free colored /;
The annual product Of manufactures in New
York, BY the census Of 1850, was $237, 597, 249:
the capital invested, s99, e04 ,405; hands en-
ployed, 1884 In the slave States the pro.
duct of manufactures was sl65, Alb, 027; capital
invested, s95,02s,s79; hands employed, 16l,-
733 ' - ~ 80. s g - shss9A
Bank capital in New York in 1859, Sill, 1884,
9s2 : ditto in slave States, $l24 ,s3l, 345.
- In Post,ofice operations New Moik presents
the following exhibit: receipts, 81 $50, $50 ex-
penses 81, l07, ls7-excess, S445,793. In slave
States the receipts amount to 1895, 166 ex.
penses, 81, 947, 074--defciency Ss,9l0S0s.
The public schools of New York in 1850 edu-
Gated 675,22l pupils; those of the slave States,
6Sl, S6l-a difference of 90, $500 100 gdt
The public libraries of New York at the same
time contained !, 76O, 800 volumes those of the
South, Gas, 577-a difference of !, III ,243 VOL
umes asda9aS hsifa 100 = a;F5l % gc.o
The newspapers and other periodicals pub
lshed at that date, circulated annually l15 1885,
47S copies; those of the slave States, 81 ,0SS,-
1913 copies--a difference of "a, 346, $50. aI
q The number of white adults in New York,
according to the census Of 1850, not
knowing how to read, was 81, 293-23,24l ma
tive and 60, 052 foreign born. Ditto in the slave
States, 5l3, SS2-493, 026 native and l9, $50 for
eign born. The Southern white population, it
will be remembered, is double that of New York
also that the inhabitants who are of foreign birth
are but4a handful. I'd zsaayB ~ iB5f
In 1886 New York east 597,3S es for
thirty five electors of President and Vice-Presi.
dent; fourteen of the fifteen slave States cast
LOCO, 246 yotes for one hundred and twelve cleo
tors. The disparity of electors is twenty-six
electors at large for the. States twenty three
representatives of slaves; and the remainder
for the poor whites who are not allowed the
franchise II s5aal d ha fH as.fg41o
The Churches in New York in 1850 were
valued at S67, 77S,477; ditto in the fifteen slave
States, $2l,675, 5s1-a difference of s46,O9s,-
500. ''s' 90 = 7''9 sl'-.f4 -
For the Bible cause New York in 1850 contri-
buted Sl23,3S6; the South, Sss, 125.,
For the Sunday Schools, New York, in 1851,
contributed $29, 4o2; the South, S9,207.
The number of free white men employed in
the South in agricultural labor in 1850 was $685..
O52; and in other varieties of door labor,
22s, 96s. II -
The cash value Of the farms Of New York, in
1850 was estimated at s576,6s1 1858; of the
slave States, 81, 1885, 74