Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-02-03

| tht7c VIVID are however, distinguish
ed in the table Of populati0nl, but to
exclude Hawaiians, The number re-
ported in each state was as follows
Arkansas, 9S; California, 1880;
CONNECTICUT, 2; Georgia, |; Illinois,
Iowa, 3; Kentucky, j; Louisiana,
Il; Maine, /; Maryland, IS; Missouri,
Is; Nevada 4,l52; New jersey, Is;
! New York. 20; Ohio, /; Oregon, 1880;
| Pennsylvania, IA; South Carolina, /
Texas, %; Virginia, Az
The Indians not taxed excluded
! By the constitution from the repre-
sentative population, has been ;a-
ken to mean those which still re-
tain their tribal relations. The broken
bands and scattered remnants Of
tribes still found in many ofthe States,
being in such legal relations to the
States az to be liable to taxation il
property, have been enumerated
with the following results: Delaware
! is the only State in which no Indians
were found; Alabama 98, Arkansas
| So, California 72il, Connecticut 23j,
| Florida 2, Georgia 40, Illinois 80, In
diana 2f0, Iowa 49, Kansas 9l4, Ken
lncEy lo3 LOUISIANA a6J Maine 4oJ,
Maryland 4 Miesls.ipPl 6JJ Missouri
| IS, Nebraska 50, Nevada %, New
| |IIamDshire %, New jersey lG New
! York 430, North Carolina l2il, Ohio
iyJ, oregon 6ia5 tehn'yiFAuIa dp,
| Rhode Island l5l, South Carolina III,
tennessee ~, ItAas % vernon, h
virginia ~ west virginia y Wis
cousin I,-oo.s
Inc eile,boi elhahtIp"u1A ~ oeeh
10 &ad y " per ceiit. 10 tie othefTl5e
iePtg.'3eaIHuVe p,opCLaIlon "I the south
! eiA STATES, ana 4uO per cent. or IHe
otherwise IapJesehIja'iVS populatIon oi
.Le ChILeG H,aLes'' ing cohstI.Q-
tolai P,opual,oh afe, ny we eht@I'o'-
patton laws, Iof tAG hr,t Tune ia our
history, equal 10 each otneF'
Iho true population OF the coun!rE,
a5 a,slineJ nom the coAs1lut2nal
! Ip'pHlRuon, embraces, LAe PoP'-
i+,l9u OF the territories, tAnPoPu au'a
ot Alaska, ana tie hlim3cf oI ~ IN,
diaE' not 'aN@i." Ine'a Two y"Hl
elements are estimated nom me r."
9@,A '2 De Ha1' ''e.E 4s'eFnlLHs,lph ,Tl
h1I oo,'lH pI"Vi"ea i'f oy Jaw, ne
table Of true popHiallOA linus llaIe up
gives an aggregate OF oo,'.-5, =I0
to the .Whoie country. A.asaa Is e.
! tlmated t1 nave popuIatlon ~ '0,1oi
and tiN indians no. taxed are P4,
down al 36I2'j. or tie pT00a.ie
population Of tue country bnJ I9r Jhe
W&r, on the Ist q June IS'0, we re-
port contains tue following deC4QedIy
original statement.
" But for the war, GH1 TOR Causes
which, whether due io TIE war oi
not, came in at nearly the same time,
the population OF the United S.2 2a
might have been expected, according
70 the ascermiaed rates o. increase,
to be in the neiEhborAood Of lortF-one
and hall millions on tho I5J o.
June, 1870. The rule OF geJnetuea!
prJggcs ion has, indeed, been involved
10y some to prove that our population,
bit for the war, would have reached
f1rty-tTO and half millions. Geo
motrioaI Progression Is, however, at
taInet in few things human, and
mainlGincd long IN none. a better
,|rulo for finding the population Of the
country would have been by The use
Of t.e mathematical principle Of diff
q IiGaucgs, second differences being as-
s4nci constant TLe following taDIe,
\ prepared by j. b. Elliott, ESD; Chei
, Clerk OF TIE Bureau OF Statistics, eA-
hiDlts the true projection OF the Pop
, giati0n Of 1870 according TO tine line
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