The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-01-04
GONE INrRaHsrrUs racrs RELATIVE
10 rH1 CENSUS OF THE UNITED
STATES.


"a Congress With regard to the Eighth
Census and thus having directed GU,
a,tsat,on TO u suhj-et sh'ch, Of all ia
.he world. would seen, at the 6r-'
glance, to be dry aad unin;eres,ing We
:oaxe been at some pains to look inta
IL; and by SO doing have discovered
some bits of curious iuforma,ion and
Been reminded OF some facts which look
oarerIy enough in 1870. We are r--
minded, after looking into tnt ponde.
rous Quarto, the census of 1864 vol
'ame of nearly u thOussud p.ges-brg a
tie largest sised family Bible-Iha, GU
Nov. 10, 1858, when Franklin PIERCE
sAs President; that the Hon Nc
ClelIand was Secretary Of The Interior ;
hat Robert Armstrong was Pnbiir
Printer; aud that Ar. J. B. D. Bow,
the editor of tha, best and purest sp-ci-
neu Of e Southern Literature" D.
'3nw's Review, was at the head Of the
Census Bureau; and the following lines
fthe closing lines Of his I"troduct"ry
Le.,er) sound s'ngn!arly enough %"
that the rebellion is ended and the
former slaves, whom it was De Bows
duty ns ssa Constitutional Democrs'' to
eaunerate with fidelity T. the interests
Of ..tbs peculiar Institu ion" are vo'
,es citizens. with "A good many newl,
acquired 'rights'' which white men
are "bound to respect" Says he:
In the m ,sni1cen. progress. of The country
Within the past sixty years. ~ elab"rateiy
shown in this volume, in TERRITORY. i" pnpu-
Triton. in industry and in weal,h-bryond
all precedent in history, beyond all the
dreams of enthusiasts-hov much rom 10
there Es gratitude aud pride in every amsri
ean heart. With free sins'i,n'inns: with just
aad equitable laws, melted out with the SINE
hand TO thu INV and TO the high; with virtue
and intelligence, and energy and industry,
.o-xorking harmonioasly t,gether-she many
constituting one; With power Al home and
character abrOad,-who shsH question the
future which is before US? The balance
sheet Of the pas. has been made up The
eecord is presented here. With high n
siderasiuu, YOUR obedient servant.
I'D. B. DgBow.
How true il the remark that morning
new has been said since Sh.k-penre !
Hr. D-Bow's rhetorical flourish NIGH
DOW BE- in:erpols,ed into a speech of
Senator Nye's or Senator Summers. or
ia,.rxoven into one of Fred Douglas
Atlantic Monthly articles: and yet.
when those lines we're written fnar mil
Hons Of our fellow citizens we're in
sondage and . msa sat upon the Su-
creme Beach as its ChIef Justice who
delivered the D.ed Scott decision.
with free Institutions" forsoothi How
tef,Iy doth the sxiIiful iingaist frame
words into sentences that hide ideas!
Sill, Mr.. DeBow couln't forbesr hint
Of his fidelity to State Rights; and so.
n this ie,te-. which might yell have
been left as free from ambitious dashes
1910 the realms of poetry as a cote OF
snnd or . certificate of deposit, be has
:, lug IN bis CaIhounisn, AS ne does, in
he phrase "the many constituting one.
Da, there are o,her matters Of inter-
.st Ia this dry old tome. Uader the
seai Of 1.-The Business, Machinery,
SC, Of the C,n<us Office" Ne 6nd
lie following Interesting s;ateue Il OF
f.c-<:
Tae schedules Of the Census Of 1850
sam prise a5oa. 6i0. Cos pasrs. and will
make, when bound, about seven or eight
bundled compact volu...es. Those OF 1870
are embraced in about SO volumes; Of 1880.
~ $50 volumes. The returns of 1879, 1910.
1900. and 1870, are unhuund. and III great
.onf.,>ien. Three thousand reams OF me-
d,um paper, weighing over loo tins. were
r~ou red 10 p,in, the schedules Of Tire Census
Of 1870, originals aud copi"s. These were
sent BY express to the Uarsha!s, and BY
them Distributed To their depu:ies or assist
ants They were returned, when completed,
Co the Census Office hv mali; the earliest
being reteived IN the 9th of August. 1859,
and the iat-s, California; the i7th Of Fen
ruary, 1852. SIN no instance did return
receive any damage in the mails, though
f-w of them were destroyed by FIRE in Cali
sOrria. The number of mArshals was ID; al
assistant inarshal>, 1921.
About the middle II June the printing of
she pres-u, volume was begun, as eariv as
.1e printers desired; and about the Nth oil
November the last firm was completed and
NJ, to pYess-three years and i've months
from the enhancement of the census. TIE
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