The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-02-01

nave Decl Tepeultu III OuucI ulTIiic'o'
The extension of the illiteracy
schedule to ascertain the number over
ten that can not read and write. In
stead OF over twenty, affords the ma
terial for o table which will show the
number of those from ten to twenty
who may yet be benefited by legisla-
ton directed to their education. The
total value Of farm productions is &C.
cured by another important change.
4 division Of inquiries in the manu-
featuring schedules has resulted In the
collection, for the first time, OF mate
rials for q report OF the steam and
water power employed in manufac-
turing Of the whole country. In the
schedule for social statistics the COL
umn for seasoDs and crops was replac-
ed by one for "public debit OF towns,
cities, counties and States, as being Of
great Importance at the present time
Of the public credit.
Some of the defects Of the law cam
not be counteracted by any efforts Of
administration. With some OF these
defects, however, there he's been q
hard struggle, resulting in some evil
dent improvements. In the returns
of occupations this has been especially
marked.
Similar efforts, with like good re-
suits, have been made to improve the
statistics of mortality. "The unknown
causes OF death returned at the pres
ent census aggregate but l7,169,, being
3 67 per cent. of the total deaths, not
violent, reported. The unknown
causes Of death reported in 1860 were
80, 7O7, being 8 81 per cent Of the total
deaths, not violent.
The manufacturing statistics have
been correspondinyly improved by the
| instruction to enumerators. In 1860
only shout per cent. Of the returns
of "kiuds and quantities" could be tab
uiated. The result Of administrative
efforts has been to secure so much inn
provemcnt in this particElal as to in
sure that from $4,000 to 100 600 manu-
featuring establishments will be tabu-
lated, with all the fuIlness OF informa-
tion, in respect to materials, machin-
cry and production, which could be
desired. The information thus obtain
ed is not only important in itself, but
il st the present tiIac exceptionally
desirable on account OF the disturbance
OF value and exaggeration Of prices.
The results of the ninth census will
under authority Of the joint rosolu-
ton Of April 13, 1871, be published i'll
three quarto volumes. The number
OF volumes thus authorized corres-
ponds to tho most obvious division
Of the statistics OF tho census, viz: I,
Population; III, Industry; III, Vital
Statistics. In the publication n great
deal OF space has been saved by print
lng in double or treble measure tables
which before have occupied whole
pages. SO that, while the tabulatioI
of results is greGtly in excess Of any
census before, the bulk Of the volumes
will;not be more than two thirds Of that
of the four volumes OF 1860. A re-
publication OF the results Of prior cen
suses in table I and II WAS found to be
desirable, and the totals have beer
compared with and corrected by the
manuscript returns deposited in tht
census Office. A curious result of this
examination is referred to in the re-
port, as follows:
"a single result OF these examina-
tons into the earlier censuses has
enough Of curious and perhaps of SUBJ
stsntial interest to be noted here. The
State Of Vermont was, III the pubIica-
ton Of the first census, that Of 1890,
put down as numbering among its
| l. l. =. ,iS Il In p,,l,,
quent publications this number was,
by clerical or Typographical error,
changed TO seventeen; but with this
accidental variation, the statement of
the first census has passed unchanged,
and antiquarians have even taken
pains to explain in what manner it
was that this small number Of slaves
should have been found in q State 9TH
erwise through all its history q free
State. The rc-eXamination of the
original census roll Of Vermont at the
censu. Of 1880, for the purpose. Of this
republication, brought to light what
had never before been suspectad-that
these sixteen persons appeared upon
the return Of the assistant marshal us
free colored' By q simple error OF
compilation they we're introduced into
the column for slaves; end this error
has been perpetuutcd through nearly
the Whole history Of the Government
until corrected in the accompanying
Tables"
The report gives a history of the Or
ganization Of the census office, which
wa. also embodied in the report of ex-
Secretary Cox year ego. AS evil
dence of the value Of appointments to
the civil service, besed, it may be
mentioned as an additional contirma-
ton, in - high degree, Of tho accura-
cy OF the test above detailed, that of
the sixteen applicants who passed
upon examination above 760 (that is,
the seventeen highest), and were ap-
pointed to first class clerksbips, thir-
teen have since been promoted to
clerkships OF the third and fourth
classes, RlliTg more than half of the
clerl:ships Of these grades in the office.
OF the three remaining, one has been
promoted TO the second class one re-
signed before promotions were gener-
ally made; the third, although not
promoted above the first class, owing
to the very limited number Of higher
grade clerkships authorized for the
census office, is recognized rs one Of
the best clerks OF his grade in the Of
fee. TO give its due significance to
these facts, it needs to be stated that
promotions we're in no case made
with reference TO the origiEa! stand
ing OF the clerk upon examination,
but Holeiy from considerations Of the
ability aud efficiency developed under
the teat Of actual service from month
10 month.
IN closing his report, the Superln-
tendelt expresses his commendation
OF the clerical force o. his office, men
tloning by nanlo his chief clerk and
the chiefs and assistant chiefs Of divis-
ions, and his obligations iOr courtesies
from various persons outside the CELL
sus Office.
The Speaker Of the British House
of Commons has n magnificent resi-
dence, finished and kept in repair ut
the public expense, and containing
one hundred rooias. He receives
salary Of So, 900, .nd On retirement