Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-12-29
. NHEEEINGsVA. MONDAY. MORNING, DECEMBER 29 1852

that of New York waa s2.s2 per cent, and
Virginia 1913 per cent. -f
Our war taxes may be very great, buI
the tax of slavery is far greater, aud the
relief feom il, in a few years, will add mnct
more to the national wealth than the wholl
deduction made by the war debt. Our to.
tai wealth, by the census OF 1860, being
by table s5, $I6,159, ,6I6, ,o6s, Que per cent
taken Rpnualiy to pay the interest and
gradually exhuguish the war debt, would
be Sl6l, 1876, l6O; whereas, judging by Viz,
ginia and New York, the diminished in.
crease OF the annual product of capital, as
the result of slavery, is 2.s per cent, OF
S452, ,469, ,250 uPer Annum, equal in a de-
cade, without compounding the annual re-
suits, to $4,624,692i50o. lgir ssa5
By table SO, p. 1876, of the census of
1860, the eash value of the farms of Yir'
gipia was SAL, ,096,2ll; being $1l 95 per
acre, and Of New York $s03. 843, ,593, be.
ing S3s 26PeF acre. Now, by the table,
the number of acres embraced in these
farms of New York was 20 ,992, $50, and il
Virginia $3l ,Ol4, $50, the difference of val.
ue per acre being $26 &c. or much more
than three to one in favor of New York,
Now, If We multiply this number of acres
of farm lands of Virginia by the New York
value, il would make the total value Of farm
lands ofNew York ST., IS6, 942I36, ,andthe aG.
ditiondtValI caused by emancipation Ssl5,
s45, ,s25. Now the whole number of slaves
in Virginia in 1860 was 400 1856; multiply
ing which by S3O0as their average value,
would be $l47, 900 500, leaving $66S $50,
425 AS the sum by which Virginia would
be richer in farms alone, il slavery were
abolished. 1r ~
By census table SO, p. 1917, tue value in
1850, Of the farm lands of all the slave
States was 50 $40, ,466, 1856, and the number
of acres 245,72l,OG2 worth $40 46 per
acre. In the free States, the value of the
farm lands was 81, o67 ,947,2B6 and the
number of acres l 6I ,462, ,OOs, worth $25 10
Now If, as certainly in the absence Of
slavery would have been the cases the farm
lands Of the SOnth bad been worth as much
per acre as those Of tho North, their total
value would have been 50, ls9, ,7l3 ,b51; and
deducti1g the present price, the additional
cash value would have been $3,6l9, 9,246,-
6l6. lq slailfoti 10 ssOi sdi sI..
BY census tables Of 1850, SO and 80. the
total value of the products Of agriculture,
mines, and fisheries, in the free States, was
81, lO0, 900, 900, aud Of the slave States.
$I,lb0, 900, ,00O-makiug the products OF
the free States, in i $50. nearlyl4 10 i of
the slave States, aud S2l6 per capita for the
free States, aud for the slave States $94 per
capita. This IS exclusive of commerce,
which would greatly increase the ratio in
favor of the North; that Of New York alone
being nearly equal to that of all the slave
States. % 7adF '5ra1o. us tasiea.ae1fi sf
Now, multiply the population of the slave
States by the value of the products per
capita of the free States, and the result is
$2,64l, ,63l ,O32. making, by emancipation,
the increased annual prodGct of the slave
States 81 li4sl 1881, ,o52i and in ten years, ex.
elusive Of the yearly Accommodations, $l4,-
ole, 6,3l0,3 $40. .ist- 3. ~ gsrqI ni 1rfi
By the table 80, census Of 1860, the total
value of all the property, real aud personal,
of the free States was $40, ,s52, ,Osl ,69l, and
of the slave States So, ,225, ,3O7 ,O34. Now
the product, in 1860, Of hefree States, be-
ing 4, 100, 900. 900 dolls, the annual yield on
the capital was 38 per cent? aud, the pro-
duct Of the slave States being l, 100, 900, ,0OC
dolls, the yield on the capital was 20 pei
cent. This was the gross product in both
cases. -aaa.i fl1aF7 6ss -.. 14IL'ls f.H.
RAILRoADs.-The number of miles oil
railroads in operation in New York in 1860
including city roads, was 9, ,s42 miles, cost,
ing l3s, ,055 dolls; aud In Virginia
It'll miles, costing 64,95s, ,s07 doIs.--
| Census table of 1860, No. 3s, PIP. 23O aud
2s3.) Now, by the same census report, p.
IO5, the value Of the freights of the New
York roads for 1860 was as follows: Pro,
duct of the forest-t0ns carried, 973, ,424
value per ton, 2S dolls total value; Z, 462, /,
4s0 dols.i ofanimals-s95, ,5l9 tons val
ne per ton, 200 dolls; total value, l 70, 103;
800 dolls. Vegetable foOd-l;lO3,6 $40 tons
value per ton; 90 dolls totai-VHlue, 55,,
1S2, 900 dolls, Other agricultural products
l43, ,2IO tons value per ton, 10 dolls; totA
value, 2,l4s, OBS dolls. Manufactures
51l ,916 tons; value per ton, 500 dol; tota
value, 39I, ,965 500 dolls. Other articles
$50, pa tons; value 10 dolls per ton /; tota
value, 9. .sO2, ,440 dolls, Grand total, 4,14I,
773 tons carried value per ton, lea dolls
ttotal values, 773 0S9, ,275 dolls. DeductiaE
one quarter for duplication, makes 3,556,
I'339 tons carried on the New York road
in 1860; and the value, b79, ,6sl, ,790 dolls
The values Of the freights on the Yirgipir
roads, as estimated, is 10000 900, givint
an excess to those Of New lYoFkaot 6I9,
6sI,7so dolls, on the value of raflroa,
freights in 1860. The passenger accounts
not'giyep, would largely increEse the dis
parity In fayor'oi' New 7 Yotk.- - =
| fio1kLIs.-Ths num6eF Of miiesIoF eapal
In New, York isil,03sJ and their epst 67,
b61 ,9Iz dolls. In virginia, the number o
miles is lTs, and the-eost 1917 900 dolls
Census table 80, p. 23s) Tbe, estimate,
yalhs Of Iffeigh on the New York canals i
IS times that of the freight on the Virgins
enAls. (Census. ~ 4 = %
ToSNGdE-TheItounag Of vessels bull
10 New York in 1860 was 81 ,93e tons, ant
in Virginia 4.372. Census p. 1917 'it
SBM4g+The number Eof banks in Ney
york i'd 1860 was sos; capital, / n '44l ,32t
dolls; loan, 200I35f53s2 dolsf specie, 20,
s2l,5 $40 dolls; circulation, 29,s59, ,5O6 dolls
dePositS, 10. o7O i27slIoISS Sqd,ie yFsili.
the number was 65; capital, 10, ,O05, l56 dolls
loans, z4,9T5,7o dolls; specie, 2,s4s, ,65:
daEs eirehlatiou, e, 81 p la7 ddlsSl deposits
7,729t ts52 dolls. 4, liable ~, p, 1893, Census
ISsUR6NcE GoafGaIEs.- 1.-The risks takeI
In NeWlYork wsrsT Tsles4 s4I4.95s dolls, or
nearly one.third Of those in the who'll
Union. Virginia, estimated at lot, 900 .ooC
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