Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-01-07

POPULATION or rHs UNITED STATES. -
We have rec lived from Hon. Alex ,nder
Delmsr the annual report. dated Nc7em
Der IS, 1868, Of the bayeau Of statistics
to the Secretary Of the Treasury We
ind in it interesting statements both OF
our population and foreign commerce, be
sides many other valuable facts. 1t caves
the folio wing as the results Of the census
Of the population 8. the United States
which WAS obtained By the bureau during
! the year 1867, in accordance with the
practice instituted in the year 1866. The
results have been obtained BY means of in
quiries instituted through the Internal re-
venue organization, tue Jurisdiction OF
! whose numerous officers covers the entire
! srea Of the country The population for
1867 i put dove Is follows
SIX New England States, $50, 391
whites. 80, FOL colorci-3 .5u. u9c total;
five Middle States. 9,Q72 81 whites
! 352 400 o3lorcd ., 425 Il6 o.a!; t.-:r
teen Southern States, S. 164 OBS whites,
/ 8. SS4. 3d., colorcd 10 SO tb1 total !;
thirteen Western end P4ciic Safes, II,
$50 ,09l whites, 3I1 1913 colo1ei-12.
! 667 81 / total nine Territories, 435, /
whites, "a, l76 ooiored--4So, go tcta!.-
Total United States, 81 lu9 So whites +,
colorcd i 633, 37I-.ota!, So, 10, los.
TEis is al increase from the total pop
ulatiou Of 1865 Of : 77,o76, ana = total
increase since lo60 Of 5,29e lis. The
total loFci population (etlve aud free)
in the Southern States N 1850 is SC; down
in this report st 3, $50 0311, aai il 1867,
1854, 532, talIlug OFT OF ), 000. l. con
sulting the census of The United States,
however, VIC huI that il gives the NUN Der
Of colyyud persons lslaNes and trve) IN the
Southern States IN 1869 at t 49, 100, and
i. this is correct the falling OFT Of the col
orcd population of the Southern States
since 1860 shows the large aggregate 81
551,17
Daring TIE tea years from 1890 to 90
pleir increase ~. 80, 81, and cYer5
previous decade for seventy years nan
shown ; s.cady and large !ucrease. The
total population, white and black. Of thu
Southern States has increased from 10
81 or IN 1860 to 10 ,649 4pQ III 1867
The white poru att IN has increased II the
South since 1860, 1893 ,94s, SO that the
numerical ! ssts OF the war IN that section
are moro than compensated. v lilst, ,
however, this - slght gam, notwlth-
standing the lossc. of the war, II Will BE-
sufficient. i'll order 70 estimate what i
check to her progress IL population The
South has received, to remember that the
actual gaia Of the whol2 population IL the
fifteen >lavcholding States from 1850 to
1860 was , .627 600
The value of total domestic exports
from the United States during the twelve
months en- ling Jane 30ta. 1863, Wa
S454lSS. $50 Oftnc~e breads al, we're
/ valued at S6s ~ 34s, Gotten, S152. :
- $40, god aud silver SIS 746, l6l.
The total rc-cxpor;s were So, 1913, 45s.
Value Of to5al import eutgi-s s3-3, to9,
/ AS
The tonnage Of American and foreign
vessels which entered a9d cleared at each
collection dstric, of the United States
from and to foreign c9untrJe, during the
fiscal year ended June 3o-h ISIS was
Eu.er.4, A:leric,.u, ,onuage, ) 22H. 95u,
.orci-u 4,495, t65-total s,o46.ol5
Cleared. American. 3.7l- 956 t0rei5u,
i SOL .V6Q--total : ,274,pi6