, 1861-01-24


IuHt .p9w the men, the interests and The
policy Of the two States here named stand
FGfg prominently before tho public; Georgia,
NJ those who profess to ,rcprescnt her, being
outraEeopslJ violent In hostility, not only to
1linots 2nd hsr representatives, Int 70 ALMOST
merit nnd great strength Of the doEmas
.Toomhs and Cobb represent, and. what have
they done for the State of Georgia itself! =: 1t
happens that the results Of the census Just
taken IN these TWO States were given to The
public at the- saHae time, anu within the past
week The cQnparison by counties for both
statea and for every county Of each bettEeen
1850 and 1860, is now before Us aud VIC extract
some items Of infbrma!ion which" men of ell
PARTS of tho country will do well 10 consider:
Illinois has m area Of 8, $4,000 acres, and
.Geofyia 37,120.0o0 acres. In 1850, Georgia re-
Ported 0s7s ,oco 'aetes improved" while
oceupatiqn: Goorsia Lad thsn han .so5 lis inh.b'- T.
tauts and 1llinois 65l, l,740. A the unoecupied
portion OF Georgia embraced The best lower
Counties. admirably adapted to cotton tn all
cases, andin many lifted tot sugar planting, It
would be but reasonable. to suppose that it
Quite % Is $ sM fast a iIinois; whIie GeoiEia It'd It
that timo also developed O fnr greater amount
Of manufacturing than existed In Illinois, and
.fery T1Eth was hoped Of its future in that de-
partment. Upper Geo1gia has reputation for
energy whlch<gninet 1or it fne nane OF me
EmpiIe ssa":ol t9e Svato: ana nomner ol
Important Sna ptoAtah4e ra1foaaa were aiseaoy
openeh. Ten yea:s have now elapsed, and
their result, so iar a5 popu latlon is conserned,
ia before n. GeorSfa has gained bdt 189, ,ss92
tnhahltanta~ or LESS: than u sper cent. of the
fatal fbr 1e6Q; .whlla- 1lipais: haa gained ESQ.,
e W ihaaoltan.s, o. ~ peI ce41. o. 4sf la1al FL
ata u !rst M ~ .l.ies a r.s a. ~ taat ot
tne sase o. 1oeMns aaa G9eo. z,..,o...
tae Msa cat niye1 " ea9 lne1eaaa u tae Faab
veg yeals = IN stasss: iAG ioMer eq4nues-
mcn a.e ~ oai5 ~ iatse -
I nase ealne1. lh nne> tns g,eat oouy oi
nc central eonnufs ~ W nayo ,galnea notaango OF
co1stqnents:9- X 1enaa9eAvte ta. ~ Sea:
IN coaatn'sLH1cn T Son.a.n " sises q ~
u ana LaanMnase @ eo not onG ga,heo ne tmG Per
csut " y popua*elo1 " s9ot Jug leaaiuns
eain oFl9s y tuG 1ss3tn:ekoHMn4 colnueo Jhet
nqatn ,ol tne laltloau unSa' ara N ou4 Ie Moua-
ossin1 s y. tG ronn,ie. ha4n o.4 ~: nc \. the
cities laented il: them hare gained, the gain
i!se31 9elns smatst aaa 9e9rlng 70 gropo!uon
~ me EfoHlaof cilies N Illinois. 70 one O.
the towns gains more than Tour OF tive thou.
sind, and Illinois has now dozea counties
which exceed 70 Ropnlatton the largest and
The Heeade juseTaesed,, it must be renlen-
tered, Is the croHpfnE TIME Of cotton prosper
III for Georgia: Il cotton Is king, and 20 be:
T nedceHt he well as po Werlnra ruler as We have
bcsn informed, why do ten. Jea1s Of unlnter.
rnptedly prosperous. rnls give to GeoRgto bat
ten per cent u growth apd that ten Per cent
only IN snves: Why arg there not at Least
two hundred thousand Of pEosptrouA Whites
added tn4his period which gives almost nine
hundrdai thousand to llliunis2 Thete do not
appear to be so many a. ten Thousand whites
added tothe Empire stata Of Cottondom In
the lat ten years Of It's existence, though we
are not yat informed what the precise number
il and get II. cotton is 50 powerful ~ va
have been Informed, it ahoulI haye doubled
the pottr Of, -,Georgi1 in these critical ten
ycaxs Hereafter, the lands will waste fastert than
the new lands will: be opened, aud the official
historian will come to that part Of hs work