The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-24

CENSUS RESULTS. s.-Such returns from
the census as havo found their way into
the newspapers Indicate that the local
estimates of the population of our large
cities, and of many of the second and
third class, have been much too large.
1t is feared, however, rs n great many
vacant houses are reported, that many
have been passed over in the cities. New
York, which some Of it's citizens sup
posed to contain /, 500, 900, will fall short,
it is believed, of 100000. The aggre-
gate population, however, of the United
States, by the census superintendent, is
estimated ut over I0,000.000, from the
returns received. The cities and large
towns Of New England, generally, show
IN increase, but those States, in their
aggregate population, appear to have
gained littlo or nothing since 1850, the
gains in their cities being offset by losses
in their rural districts. Even the State
of New York, above Wcstchester and off
from the Hudson River and the great
railways, will not show much advance
mcnt. The ratio of increase in popula-
ton will doubtless be better in rennsyl-
vania. All the East, however, has suffered
hy drainage to tho West, and from Ohio
"a comparatively light increase in Ohio
the increase in people goes swelling till
it eliminates in Minnesota. The great
Southwestern State of Texas, however,
will probably show an increase since 1860
i'll actual numbers hardly excelled by
Minnesota. California will not show
anything like the increase for this decade
of that from 1850 10 1860. The rush
there is over.
There is nothing as yet from the CEN
sns marshals to Indicate the growth or
decline of the States and cities of the
South i'll population, white and black.
The ravascs of the war, covering rs they
did nearly the whole surface of the
Southern States. and involving it's entire
white inhabitants, must have diminished
largely that clas3 of the population, and
the subsequent emigration, either from
Europe or the North, can scarcely have
been sufficient to fill the gap. In udli-
ton to this there has been large white
emigration from tho Southern States to
tho North and West. Besides, there are
numerous reports, though it is difficult to
speak Of their reliability, Of the rapid
decay Of the Southern blacks since their
emancipation. If, under such drawbacks,
it shall be shown by the census that tho
South has not considerably declined in
population, it will be an astonishing fact,
and demonstrate degree of vitality, and
extent OF resources in that section full of
promise for the future. 1t is of great i'm
portanco that the work Of the census of
1870 be carefully and thorouhly done
Its full returns, reduced to an intelligi-
bio compilation, will be, politically, So
cially and commercially, Of value and
interest never equalled by any similar
publication in this country. There are
limitations of manipulations in regard
to political and sectional interests, rs the
future representation of States in Con-
gress has necessarily to be based on the
returns, but we can hardly suppose this
to be tho case however imperfect the re-
turns may be from any other cause.
IBalimore San.
A good Dinner, at half-past 3 o'clock.