The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-02

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exclude Hawaiiaus, The humber re-
ported in each State was as follows ::
Arkansas, 96; California, 49,3l0 /;
| CONNECTICUT, 2; Georgia, Illinois, !;
Iowa, g; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana,
II Maine, / Maryland, 16i Missouri,
/ 8; Nevada. 4, 1872; New Jersey, Is;
New York, % Ohio, 1 Oregon, 1880;
PennsyIvania, "A; South Carolina, l !;
Texas, 25; Virginia, 4.
The " Indians not taxed, !" excluded
by the constitution from the repre-
sentative population, has been ta-
ken to mean those which still re-
tain their tribal relations. The broken
bands end scattered remnants of
tribes still found in many of the States,
being in such legal relations to the
States IS to be liable to taxation If
property, have been enumerated
with the following results: Delaware
is the only Stale in which no Indians
were found Alabama 90, Arkansas
50, California 7,24I, Connecticut 235,
Florida 2, Georgia 30 Illinois 90, In
diana 240, Iowa 49, Kansas 9I4 Ken
lucky los, louisiana $780, Maine 400,
Maryland 4. Mississippi 800, Missouri
75, Nebraska SO, Nevada D, New
Hampshire %, New Jersey Is, New
York 439, North Carolina 1,241, Ohio
100, Oregon 3IS, Pennsylvania 35,
Rhode Island 154, South Carolina 124,
Tennessee 70, Texas $40, Vermont IA,
Virginia 229, West Virginia I, Wis
cOnsin 1905.
The effect of emancipation h as been
" to add 3 90 per cent. to the otherwise
representative population of the South
ern States, and 4.60 per cant Of the
otherwise representative population of
tiOual population are, by the emaRci-
patton laws, for the first time in our
history, equal to each other.
The true population of the country,
as distinct from the constitutional
population, embraces, the popu-
latiOn of the territories, the p0pu alton
Of Alaska, and the number of " In
diaus not taxed" These two vast
elements are estimated from the last
data to be mad, their determination
not being provided for by law. The
table of true population thus paadeu up
gives an aggregate of 3S ,923, 2l0
TO the whole country. Alaska is eS-
timated to have a population OF 70, ,481,
and the " Indians not taXedH are put
down at 367, 286. OF the probable
population of the country but for the
war, on the 1st of June, 1870, the re-
original statement.
"But for the war, and for causes
which, whether due to the war or
not, came IN st nearly the same time,
the population Of the United STATES
might have been expected, according
to the ascert2iued rates Of increase,
to be in the neigh b0rhOOd of forty-one
and q half millions on the Ist Of
June, 1870. The rule Of geometrical
progression has, indeed, been involved
by some to prove that our population,
but for the war, would have reached
fOrty-tWO and a half millions. Geo
Uetrical progression is, however, at-
tanned in q few things human, and
maintained long in none. 4 better
rule for finding the population Of the
country would have been by the use
of the mathematical principle of diff
ferences, second differences being as
sumed constant The following table,
prepared by z. 3. Elliott, Esq, Chief
Clerk Of the Bureau Of Statistics, eX-
hibits the true projection OF the pop
uiation OF 1870, according to the line
of ascent from 1880 to 1866:
POPULATION.
I530 iStl $50 sd = lsla
ist dif7ces. 4@5,I58 g,I22i s,2974zl l2,sg,-19
'ExcIudins Indians, as previously"
The popular expectation was that,
il spite of the retardatiOn of increase
by the war, the ninth census would
show a population of 40, G00,000. The
report considers the operation of four
causes growing out of the war, which
are ample to account for the loss of
8, 100000, which make up the differ
eDce between the actual and the pro-
jected population. TAese are, first, the
TetardStioH OF increase in the cOlOred
population, which is only 43O,
against ], 1,O00, coo, which might have
been expected. Second, the direct
loss from wounds and disease, which
is claimed as q moderate estimafs
makes 500, coo IN the united armies.
The Confederate loss Is also estimated
at 800 900. Third, the indirect loss be
the war, from the withdrawal Of .
body Of men averaging I, 500, GOO in
number, between the ages of is and
10, from domestic life, and the coBse-
Quent decrease in the number of mar
rlages and children begotten. The
loss by this cause must have been Very
great, but no numerical estimate is
given. Fourth, the indirect loss Oc-
casiOned by the check given to innIi-
grafton, which is .recb0ned at $50, 00J.
/ The notorious falling OF IN the num-
Der OF children born to American
parents ia the Middle and Eastern
States, since the early days Of the
country, is alluded to as q fifth cause.
The substantial correctness of the
enumeration of the people at this cen
| sus is claimed, and it is believed it bas
been as honestly and carefully per-
! formed in every part Of the country
as at any time before.
/ The real faults of the census are
those not generally complained Of.
| They are due to the practiced system
| of enumeration established by law.
! The period in round numbers is cue
hundred days which the law allows
| assistant mGrshals ia COMPLETING their
| returns. Now, where the eaUalera-
I ton of 3 people is extended over. such
a period If time, q de factO- enumera-
ton is, Of course, impossible. The
I country must be content with an emu
meration which affords, in its very ma
ture, but an approximation, more OF
/ less ineXact, to the real number of in
] habitants.
After full review of the facts adj
/ duced by experience, the report de-
/ cides in favor of 4 system which shall
provide for complete enumeration Of
/ the whole county ia single day, ex-
cept the purely agricultural districts
I ia three days more, with an exten-
sion of thirty days for certain portions
/ OF the mining States and territories.
The liability of duplication under
/ the present system is noticed. To
| test this liability the catalogues of g
! large number Of Institutions of learn
I ing for 1859 60 were recovered, and on
/ comparison with the manuscript re-
/ turns Of the eighth census il was found
1 that large number-O the students Of
] the country were taken twice, and
I some Of them three times. They We're
taken once at the institutions when at
I school, and once with their families in
4 the towns where they resided, and in