The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-08-02

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! Worsted manufactures OF not
otherwise specified. ...... -. 3 per ct
Worm lozengee SAME Gs "denti-
| fricc.' .
| Writ stamp duty. y.............. SO cents
Zinc manufactures Of not other.
wise specified. ...... ........ 3 per CT
Do. oxyde OF per 100 pounds. 20 cents
Increase of Population ih Ten Years.
| Mr. Kennedy, the Super ntend-nt of
the Census, makes the following prrlimi-
merry report OF the growth OF the United
States, based upon the census returns Of
| 1861:
coMpARIEoSs
"Thus far in our history no State has
declined in population. Vermont has re-
mained nearly stationary, and is saved
from positive loss of inhabitants by only
! one third of one per cent. New lamp
shire, likewise, has gained by slowly, her
increasement being Only S,U91, or Two and
one-halt per cent. ON that OF 1850 Maine
has made the satisfactory increase OF A. llO.
or IA per CT. The old agricultural States
may be sad to be filed up. so far
cards resources. The conditions Of then
Increase undergo a change upon the gen
arena. Manufactures and commerce then
come III 10 supply the mea"s Of subsi-t-
ence to an excess of Iniiabitaits beyond
that the ordinary cultivation OF the SOL
can endure.
- hIs point in the progress OF popula-
ton ha- been reached and. perhaps pass
cd, in most If not all OF the New England
States. But while statistical science may
demonstrate within harrow limits the
number # persons who may extract IA
substance from each square mile oil
arabic land II cannot compute, with any
reasonable approach TO certainty. the al
dittoua! population resident on the same
soil, which may obtain its living by the
Thousand branceS OF artificial n II try
which the demands of society aud civil
zatiou have created. This j. iorclby illus
/ trated by the returns relative TO the three
otlieI New gland -Ma-sachuseti-
/ Rhode Island and Connecticut; which
contain 1880 square miles he follow.
ing shows their population in $50 aud
/ 1850:
Conn . st;.....--.. s55,!:4 t.,lgo
Their density )or number OF inhabitants
to Tia" square IIile) Is as follows:
Masssriuseti. -.....-- -.......... 1874. iaI s.
ConErctIr-t. .---.--.--..-. 1888 Y-,i-
l:hode Island. ................. ,i2s. 10, 63
The aggregate territorial extent OF
Maine, New hampshire and Vermont l.
AZ SO square miles; ; ti!e nunaheg of their
I inhabitants / .2S9 450. or 20 % to The
square mile The stated point OF density
was passed by the three States named in
the table more than h;ty years ago and
Yet they 60 on Increasing IN population
with Il rapIdity as great a. at ,ny former
period OF then history.
SLAVE STATES
South Carolina has gained during the
decade, 81 2ul inhabitants of all condi
,ion., equal 10 D y per cent OF this in
, crease IL So are wit.;rs s,ei tue remainder
/ free coiore'i and slaves 1t i, pei haps, a
I little remarkable that the relative increase
/ of the free coloIed class OF this State was
| more considerable than that o; any otlier
| As their lumber. 9YIi, Is 80 small a. to
excite neither apprehension nor Jealousy
among the white race, the Increase l.
probably due both to manuuI;>>ion and
natural eLuses. This State has made
slcwer progress during the last term than
any otner III the South, having advanced
only from 2T3S to 2S42 isLabiiants 10 Il. e
square mile. --- -.
| Tennessee, it will be observed has
made but the moderate gain of IU 63 per
ceut. TO- all classes Of this aggregate in
crease. the whites have gained 92i per
! cent upon 1850, the free colorel IL 81,
sgd tie slaves IA ID.
| The next lowest in the rate OF in
crease in the list OF southern States is
| Virginia, whose gain upon her aggregate
! population in 1850 was 1862. equal To
! l22s per cent, the slaves 1897, or 3 SS
| per cent. s-E -..
STATISTICS OF RAPID INCREASE
"These ARE the examples of the states
wherein the populate IL has advanced with
/ the slowest progress the past ten years.
1, Turning nov TO the states which have
! made the most rapid advance. we find
that New York has increased from 3,0S1,-
335 to 3,SSU,I35, exhibiting an augnenta-
| tion of 1853 inhabitants, being at the
rate of :e5 % per cent The free colored
population has has fallen off ca since 1880,
| dnIinuticn to be accounted for probably
by tire operation of the fugitive slave law.
which induced many colored persons to
migrate further North.
| "The gain of PENNSYLVANIA has been,
| in round numbers sos 900 In that state
she free colored have increased about 1900.
| The greater nilduess OF the climate, aud
a milder type Of the prcjuai, e. connected
with this class of population, the result of
| benevolent influence aud its proximity to
the siaveholdIng States, may account for
| the fact that this race increases in Penn
'sylvania, while undergoing Il diminution
! in the state next adjoining on the north
| Minnesota was chiefly unsettled terri-
| tory at. the date OF the seventh census !;
! its large present population, a, shown 10y
| the returns, is, therefore, nearly clear
gain ..-r ........... ..
| The vast region of Texas ten years
| since was comparatively a wilderness II
| has now a population of over 60a,OOo. ana
the rate OF its increase is given at lS4 per
| cent. v -..g
| "lllinois presents the most wonderful
example Of great. continuous ana hea.'n
| fnliucrease. In 1899 Illinois con,a'"eo
| 157,445 inhabitants; in lHoo. $500, m III
| 1850, S5l 40; in 1861 l,Iii,v'- me
| gain during the last decade was. therefore.
| S6O,4Sl, or lOI Oh per cent 90 .arse q
E ,.aars bv the regular course OF settle
80, " and natural increase is without
.ail..l The condition TO which Illinois
has attained, under the progress Of the
liast thirty years, is monument to the
blessings OF industry. enterprise, peace,
and free institutions. st :sa $3.50
'.The growth of Indiana in population.
| though less extraordinary than that Of
her neighboring state. has been most salts
factory, her gain during the decade has-
| ing been $4,000. or more than tl,irty.six
| per cent, upon her number IN lS3O
( Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa have
narticipafed to the full extent in the sur
nrisine Developments of the Northwest.
| The remarkable le.chealthfulness OF the
] climate of that region seems to more than
ccmpensate for its rigors, and the fertility
! of the new coil leads men eagerly TO con,
t.nd. with and overcome the harshness OF
.fssnents y Tho energies thus called