The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-30

tercst No State has declined in popu.
laIion Although Teas aud Mime
sofa, from having been unsettled terri
tories ten years since, by comparison
over their condition when possessed of
little or no population at all exhibit
growth Of lSi per cent. in The former and
nearly 300 per cent, in the latter. Illinois
takes the lead in fertility OF population
aud resource, having risen from a popu-
lation in 1880 of l5T4i5, to l,7ll.9jl in
habitants IN 1860; being a gain or-lU2
per cent .r. H..'..
Soiarge a population, more than doub-
ling itself in ten years, by the regular
course of settlement andnstural increase
is without a parallel. The condition TO
which Illinois has attained, under the
progress Of The last thirty years, is 4
monument Of the blessings of industry,
enterprise, peace and free institutions.
The growth Of Indiana in population,
though less extraordinary than that Of
her neiehboring State, has been most
satisfactory, her gain during the decade
having been thirty six per cent Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, have partici-
pated to the full extent.in the surprls-
ing development of lho Northwest The
remarkable heallhfulness of the climate
of that region seems TO more than COM
prnsate for its rigUFs, and the fertility Of
the new soil leads men eagerly 10 contend
with and overcome The harshness Of the
! elements. The energies thus called into
action have, in a few years, made the
States of the Northwest the granary Of
Europe, and that section of our Union
| which, within the recollection of living
men, was a wilderness IL now the chief
source of supply in seasons. Of scarcity
for the suffering millions of another con-
! tinont. New York has increased from
! 2097, 1914 to 2,SS0735, exhibiting an aug
mentation of 1884 inhabitants, being
at the rate of % per cent. The free COLI
ored population has fallen OF 81 since
1850, The gain OF Pennsylvania has
! been in roundnumbeTs 595 600. In that
State the free coIored have increased
about 5000 ...- ...., ,..... .'..
Vermont has remained almost station
airy, having gained during the last ten
years but oue-third of one per cent
New Hampshire 2% per cent; Maine,
E774 per cent; South Carolina has gain
ed 527 per cent upon allits population,
white and Colored, the increase of whites
however, being but I6,825, and the re-
mainder free ColOred and slaves. There
are in that State 99l4 free colored in-
habitants, and, fhe rate OF increase
among them is larger than in any Other
! State. South Carolina has made slower
progress during the last term than any
other III the South, having advanced only
from 27.27 TO 28.72 inhabitants ~ th,
square mile. ".'''7
Tennessee has made but the modetat,
gain Of lC,68 per cent. for all classes. o
this aggregate increase the whites hav,
gained at the rate of. 924 per cent. upol
1850, the free c0lorsd 1857, aud slaves
1914. .. ..,. ...-l ~. -...- '..-'..- -.
The next highest in the list Of South
en- States is Virginia, whose gain upol
her aggregate population in 1850 wa
i cqut to 1929 per cent. Pho white elias
gained lH06 per cent the slaves SO
per cent '"" -"'e.
Looking cursorily over the returns, i
appears that the fifteen slaypholdin
Sia tes contain 1920, 600 inhabitants, O
whom 9,O39, 900 are whites, $4,000 FRI
| GtlOTPN DCfSOUh, ana D. doNsgIb iliG sthN CT
The actual gain OF the whole populatio
in those States from 1850 to 1850 wa
equal to 2733 per cent The slaves al
vanccd in numbers 23.44 per cent. Th
nineteen free States and seven Terito
ries contained lS,20l, 5I6 persons, {
whom 1886, $40 were white and 237,
2l8 free colorcd. The increase of bot
i classes was l.24 per cent No NOR
satisfactory indication of the advancin
. prosperity Of the country could be de
sired, than-ihis general and remarkabI
progress in population. lois due TO eau
I dor 10 state That the marked dispropoi
ton between heTate Of gain in the Mort
and South respectively, is TO some cxteI
caused by the large number of iDlm
a grants WHO settle in the former scctiol
: on account Of congeniaity of climat
! the variety OF occupation, toe = dignit
= whcrewithTesp ectable employ is il
vested, and the freedom Of labor.
= The following estimates have be,
/ computed on the assumption that Il
a rate of the last ten years, 2l.9, shall con
, tinue twenty years longer, after Whit
the rate is diminished to 200 until Il
j close Of Che present century, for the CO
ored population -.a .. ....... b.. s,,..g ,
PROBABLE FUTURE PoPpLATI0T oF mi
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