The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-03


this retreat. The number OF such cases is gradually
decreasing, but rs reliable data SHOW there thirty
either wounded ohcrsisc permanently disabled Is
yet too early TO set the limits TO the length Of time Assist
ance win DO needed by this merorlous class.
II Is understood thai during the OUR M year the plan
OF the general gorernment for tho relief OF Disabled sol
dcrs sailors will be far perfected that the State
may be renewed from tho OF those who 30 per-
mancntly injured that with the liberal pensions now
allow ed are unab 10 for Themselves while II Is
not believed that the present or prospective necessities
OF these require the institution OF permanent o.
Enlistment this State the continuance Of The mill
tary agencies for long rerioi have no hesitation In
recommending liberal appropriation for Their support
during the current year.
POPULATION, MANUFACTURED AND AeR'cuIrunK;
The report OF the census OF 1886 Is completed, and
will soon be spread before you comparison OF tnis
with the Of 1855 shows that IN ten years the pop
ulaion Of the State, now 3,c2.sis has increased s,
3el Coz This growth Is greatest along the ptn ipal
routes Of travel and in commercial and manufacturing
districts; but counties Of the state, howeye have
failed TO contribute degree. Tho popusa on OF
agricultural counties has for many years bcen
nearly stationary tendency to Western emgra.
,on and the rapid nroduciion 81 improved =
otter farming counties We may expect therefore, ihat
the marked increase Of population Tor many years 70
will DO confined mainly TO large villages ana ciucs
where manufactures and commerce will employ the sur.
plus labor 81 the rural districts
some changes occurred In the proportion OF the
dIn.rcnt classes OF population 10 which may refer
The civil through which We haze passed VIII ~
great account for The number o males OF age,
liable TO military service being relatively less than icn
years ago Tic naive citizens Of the stale are OF -
er cent OF the population, increase OF % pr cent
and there is during the sane period campcmenta'
decrease OF every foreign elem Mt except the sean
These talles give tho number or voters at 81, STD
| an accession OF 170.b5l, traced u largo 20
| gree 10 tho naturalzed citizens vs. DOUBT
| iess attributable to tho law or 1852, when
admits an alien honoraby discharged from tbs
amy az the United States To the elective IRAN hse All
residence of year. As the report Inc udes no IA y
OF later occurrence than Jane l. 1865, fais 10 iarnss
a complete record Of all persons who have entered 'h'
army and navy from this STATE siil the inlary ssa
Italics obtained with great particularly, ana lresanst
In various cobinatans, are OF value az data LOT con
pason aud deduction, and as material LOT the nse c "a
historian and economist Tho negro ropuation, nov
| numbering 44,0Sl, has been gradually dminishia
during tie last twenty-five years, While the indian
| living upou reservations have steadily increase
without being Indebted 10 inning ration for the result
This growth OF the aboriginal race Is opposed 10 the 10
vorlte theory OF their al extinction and Their grad
Improvement in intelligence aud hrif even induces "
hope that Whenever they sbnil have conformed 70 w
usges Of civilized people In respect 10 the marriage ree
on they will be prepared TO receive Their common land
as individual property and the principal OF their annu
ties. The motives which nclie men 10 acquire weast
and inhorence for their families would operate IN q ~
with appropriate feet and they night feiy receive an
assume all the privileges and duties q The szen.
IRE census Of 1850 reported - ga manufactures nav
| Ing a capital of &l7o,se5,eo2 aud = product
/ sS7Sss0 dgp The present census furnishing we ~
tscAcs 1894, embraces returns from 24h2I estsoisI
ante h,vag grita of f22T 0If,iS1 md pfvdlct
sfe2 cD3e.7 Thus, after an interval OF only I'VE year
lsWe IcN$sd an increase ln sapila d more wa