Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-11-06

population, wealth, and every ns"ooa'
resource. in oil parts Of the country, be
,~ssn the ,ears 1850 and 1850. The
times were arspicious. Without wars,
or pc.,ilence, or general fioody9r drought.
our people had bnt 10, cell forln }ee'r
natural cuergiee,asd y f1ereiss. me Wy
io1yof The, Ahglo Si4oh sSce in ofdtr
a hrussa IN other people ,n suhe,,e-
@al pilional progress fnd Hhe t''u"ph'
Which are ofpeace.
Accordingly, we 6bd that the popu'
latiou~o f the States and Territories IN
creased from 23,10l,S76 in 1890 81.
AS. Oso, in 1860; tina. tbel number Of
acres OF improved lands went up from
Il2.o32.0l4 10 16526l.3s9; the cash
value of farms from $3.27l,575,426. 10
s6.G50s72 5o7i; Of farming implements
from >l51,5s7 ,6as tos247.o27, 4so; that
ali the pre duc,ions OF our vast farming
lands increased enormously; that LOT
$500 miles Of railway in 1850. costing
*296. eoO,l4s. We had 30,794 miles IN
$50. costing 81, 151,56O.s29; that the
value Of American manufactures m
creased from 81 ,Ol9,l0G,6l6.to 81 900
Ooo. 900 that for e72 banks, with cap
itaI of s227,469,077 and circulation
ofsl55,ol2,Ssl, n 1850, we had 1872
in 1860. with capital If s42l ,s9O,O95,
and a circulation Of $2O7, l02,477, their
specic in vault incrcasing meanwhile
from S4s,67l,l3s, 10 Ss3,564, 52S; the
totaI wealth OF the people OF the coun-
uy, being the value Of their real aud
personal property, exclusive OF the pro-
peuty owned by the federal and State
governments, rose from 81, l35, $50. 22S,
10 $l6,l59,6l6,O68. Such is very
BRET epitome OF the grand record OF
our country's amazing growth during
but ten years of prosperity and peace
a record which abundantly shows that,
bu, for the disturbing element in our
BODY polite, and which is now deciding
n bloody war the issue Of its irrepress-
;tle conflict, we would ere long take our
place as both the most populous and the
most powerful OF nations. With that
dlscordaut element removed, rs happily
we have reason to hope it will be ere
long, the imagination can hardly pic
ture the splendid career which would
lie before this people along the coming
wears.
But we propose now to note some OF
the facts connected with the growth OF
our State-in many important respects
more rapid aud honorable to our people
than the growth of any other State in
the Union.
INCREASE IN WEALTH.
In 1850, the value OF the rca! and
personal property in Iowa was S23, H.
G3s. In 1860, it was s247, 1888, 265,
having increased in ten Yeas 1929.
| G23,627, or at the rate of nearly 943 pc:
ccnt.--a ratio OF increase higher by near.
ly 100 per cent. than that exhibited ~
any other State IN tho nation, more thar
900 per cent. higher than that of Massa
chusetts and Vermont, and about 40(
per cent. higher than that of the most
pr O porous of the Slave States. The
absolute increase Of our wealth for tht
ten years alone, was greater than tht
entire wealth, in 1860, of either Arkan
sas, California, Delaware, Florida, Kan
sas, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire
Oregon. Rhode Island, or Vermont
Florida, older than Iowa as a State by
nearly two years. and with greater area
| by more than tour thousand square miles
augmented her wealth during the de-
cadc but 5O,239.23O. Iowa could, to
day, buy out Florida, bag, baggage, ano
niggers, and still have nearly $4,000,
900 worth Of property left. The rate
IF increase in the wealth OF Wisconsin
was ssh per cent, and in Illinois, 45s
GaowrH IN POPULATION.
Such rapid acquisition Of wealth as
the above figures show, would indicate
intense energy, or rapid increase, OF
both, among our population. Doubtless
our people are as energetic as any other
Certainly we have grown most rapidly
in population. The number Of inhahi.
tan,s in our State in 1850 was 1924
in 1860, 674,94s, being an increase oil
25l.l4 per cent.--a very much highe,
rate than that OF any State, which wa.
a member of the Union when the census
of 1850 was taken. AS regards rapidly
of growth in both wealth and popnla-
ton, Iowa stands first among the States
whose inhabitants were enumerated like
hers in 1850 and 1860. California
Minnesota, and Oregon, Territories in
June 1850, seem to show greater rate
of increase IN population. In 1850
Iowa was the twenty-seventh State in
the Union in point Of population-ir
1860, the twentieth. During the decade
she overlook New Jersey, Maine, Texas
Connecticut, Arkansas and New Hamp
shire, and came within twelve thousanc
Of reaching Maryland, the sixth State
in 1890, and having onssof the large
cities OF the country. We already hav.
about 10000 more white peope thar
Maryland, and in the next Congress vii
have enc moro representative.
In 1850, the inhabitants Of forty -nint
counties were enumerated, that being The
number then practically organized ir
the State. In 1860, all of our ninety
nine counties, except the two extreme
north western ones (Oceols and Bun
combe) were inhabited. In 1850, there
we're but four couptics in the State
DesMoihes, Dubuque, Lee and Van
Buren-which contained more thar
10000 iphabitarfs each In 1ocn +ao-.