The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-02-01
POPULATION OF THE COUNTRY.
Important Facts rnd Statistics-le-
port OF the superintendent OF tie
Ninth Census.

pointed Commissioner OF Indian Al
fairs, end now Acting Superintendent,
has submitted his report to the Secrc
tary OF the Interior. 1t Is cornprised
in forty qrarto pages, and is intended
TO preface the first, or population vol
ume Of the ninth census, of which tho
census Office has all the tables Conplc-
ted, except those few which invOlv9
the tabulation Of ayo and sex returns
in their pgepsratlon.
Tie report deals first with the greet
central facts Of the census, which af-
feet the constitutional population and
political representation Of the country
in the national legislature, and Then
discusses the questions pertaining to
the true population as d!9t!nct from
the constitutional rep esentative pop
ulction, and tbe causes which l.ayc
contributed 70 reduce this population
halow the number which calculations,
based on the increase OF the people
heretofore, had led ncost peraons to eI-
pect the c8psus would exhibit.
The report opens With tho following
clear and brief statement OF the CAUSES
OF delay in the publication Of returns:
"The enumeration 0' inhabitants Ht
tbe ninth cansus Of tha United States.
whinh. bv law, was ccmnonanod on
lst of JuGe, 1870, was substantially
connIated on the eth nfIan1arv, 1S7i.
At that date returns had been received
covering 1858, All per,0ns, le@ying
222 6f6, as was subsequently, determin-
Of whom Is fair TO essnr7e, he'd then
haan p1nmeratnd We. fn" this in-
considerab'a fraoiio7 cfth9 p0ou,ation
thn corrtry wac rh,ic2d I, tvcit gayen
end hpif muatas, On tbs 23d Of
q, brusrv rrirrra haf hesn received
covoyin% cr brt % CcG c,th, DoYyIa-
t:oY. ma last raturpg froYr, any CT
fho fcrf,,er freq E,atcs --cro received
Anil 2. 1871. cnnqrr;s;np OF names
W. anco'oto iha towrrnin cf TcAi,
: .hcna a,ur,v Ohio on tho Qfh NJ
Juna the nyrpber cf 9.rao1g of,H IT, be
rot,,r,al ygra n ROe On tha o9d of
Trns ryfyrna VEN rposiycd frnr1 the
iocI ,ount-, in rrIsaiss;n,j On the
00tb ~ Jnlv rot,rng yyera rncolyed
frnv, tha last couot,r NJ T'eyoa. On
,ho n9d M tunpct Tofrrra VOC ra.
caivcI rroro NJ, townghir ct Povan
nnI TVhcrtnr,s Crao'- Npdiron rorln-
, ~, ,,',cnsos L.0i ncr,as comnl,fino
: 80 nrr,,,T,t;cr
''; irbosn da,nvr most vexotiora cnd
most dis2recit@n'e IN " n@''oHSl work
Of su2E Importance a9 trs census o. o.
the unitec Gt2t@s, we're! aI you "re
aW&ro, &b-o'uteiyn"aVoIu@oio WIfh w ., ek-
iotnG census, machineTy. An me ie
authority and FL the FeaoG,ce9 "hIGh
tk2 lSW intrus,4 10 tr,S oroHaf 1IGS an N n
1ho Gepafslaena na "elo o,, oimnoyeG la,,y' - 1n
aoanGant s'asoh 10 inYe ii , .e3h.ea :;.L, y, :, :
completion OF ,hg ehtire "0tA t, |lI. .,,. ! u
the t'me pFescrieed, nut iof dso tHe 'EefsH.
ich2ls ue,tG'Soi .nS mGt ii.t "l ao3o, ,1iG nnIGt
a,,ion, 49,, w" .ha "o,,s,,s "Ao ". tLa II,itnd
Sto''7' S,tt J tjrroa " bo " +o-n, Wv iT"tii
ths ' law shall vest in the Genartment
tha five san,o control over it9 arei,tl Of the
cnHsw. .H y.hioh "a posspsssi by other de-
rortn nortr,o,, " 10 IN IN rd@nect to tbei- agents
pa, p, Ip,v'iiI ~, l,is ,,onsrtrront IN rHsneot t0
'mu an a,Gar ~ .i',' ,oratiars II will ravnr ha
an a,otioah otca ~ ';ator,oino within six
p,cutio"VlI pp,HntSs tSa na,iod for tha connlation
lGJI','i nf tba aansrp, sr'y nor 10 pr3yid5 that,
w sb1n ' ,bn 9'",,, yo1k N js qunno3ed 70 be fin,
;,ioJ ".j' T,,T aoroa 9' nortion Of the territory
HnII 'SnJi' b. aG, f,,,rd ,yhich wa. nn4 coveTna
,It hr t,n y. .nI,",erstion r,', and in which the
snryino of ,%" rnm't r- "a nrear,iyed 81 The last
Tel ,,,l,,ant ,,." wi ~,itSouH tha rr~neraion
sI''!Nst' aiJ 81 oraat Tss''|G aissGvaninoa Vvjth
a." ,. az > ro"c, hoaC s,,broittnsI i, is n"t
s,lo,' Dt:,,"me tf r~t mation th"t it, i cnn. M
W." NJ J,'il VI = ~ 6.I''' 70 rdil arI sc Ino.oiv
sus a,'oo'" = ;aviteio ~ S ~ ~ thn TTnii4d
] "aeh "a, !, 'IrT.,GD'p y,.,r ~ nro,,i,iona or Of
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'aT: 9io., c,,,o,y, statoment Of the
o,n.,;t,,innoI nNnuia,.on ~ oach Of
c"A7I'!lohai pSpu,,I',Ff ~, :. eJr irn;,n W
1m9 tnu1-iV tit,,ti,i ,5tt,Ii va f,.H ,'ntj,n
ne "no!e ceislI"';oi'1 pT T,'It thnt tc
.l w. Gni'eo '9'.ooo nmI Z Wv, -"
Is, .nniaAs tIs TO-! 'h%cn @"" ,'ro ,n' ,ho in
hah.&nts o. 1oln lna terF!LJT,e$ f1I n'on ,ng
tst 2l June a2u, ~ s"tsy Gst'iT9'g sg ii9 559
ny me Conpicte ce'5,,1' We, %" ira%: -'1,
"si,iTe h, o59 aY' IG9 "an Of % % ,er
cent. or this agggregste o; So So dd8 dll$, .53, : 3