National Republican., 1880-08-14
Some Figures from south Carolina.
Total otal....,..,......,7O9gsi gsi

Total. tal........................7O g3l 525,7S0
This is q clear gain of 1871 45 more than thirty
flye per cent In 1870 the population OF the re-
manning nine counties, from which no sufficiently
correct returns have yet been received, was lsO3Jl
Al the same rate of increase tho population ofthese
counties will now amount to 2i3,i76. This VIII
give tho state total population OF 053,il0 by the
now census or a gain In the last ten years OF 2lI'
s0i. Far from losing q congressman, South Caro-
lima will retain her ivo members II the opportion-
ment for each district be psed as high as 10000,
aud by the present apporiionmcnt 13l i25 the state
will gain at least one member.
We copy the above from the Meas d'id CoT-
iSr of Charleston, S. @. That paper received
the figures from the supervisors Of the census
in tho various counties of the state. They are
the official figures, SO far as tho enumerators
of the state arc concerned, and are identical
with those sont to General Walker. In going
over tho additions horo in Washington 1t is
quite possible that the girls of the census bu
reau may find that Darlington county has
only 81, 1T inhabitants; or II may prove that
Edgefeld las 45,d15 persons within its doect.
able limits Such errors will be corrected in
the official document sent 10 congress. But
for all practical purposes the figures arc the
ones by which South Carolina will, as tho
two in congress and an additional electoral
vote. Wo make this statement advisedly, and
we know that General Walker has no returns
in his office moro trustworthy than those we
present to-day.
The same is true of the returns presented
heretofore. General Walker can La,oC if hc
chooses that these tables are as much TO DO re-
lied on as are the universally accepted state.
ments as to the populations of New York,
Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati St.
Louis and Washington.
In tho table above given tho Ne,rs and
Courier is content for excellent reasons to COM
pare tho results of 1880 only with those OF
1870. This comparison presents features re-
markabe enough to excite tho suspicious OF
even so unsophisticated q man as General
Walker, but to ono rendered hard and dis.
trustful by familiarity with southern political
methods they carry a confirmation of fraud
strong as proofs Of holy writ or tho "ollciap
stamp of census superintendent. Take, fol
instance, the county of Kershaw. It's increase
from 1870 to 1850 is 9,427, or eighty por cent
In ton years. Only ono railroad touches this
county, and that until lately ran one pnssen.
ger coach evory other day; there is no factory
or mino in the county; 1t is purely az.
ricultural in its industries, and its largest
town, Camden, q place Of about one
thousand inhabitants, half of thom
white is, perhaps. tho sleepiest place on the
continent. The growth Of the county in the
past fifty years has been backward instead OF
forward. In 1880 it contained 1856 persons
and in 1870, fifty years after, it had but II :
754, loss of 1,79l. But from 1870 to 1880 il
springs to 211sl. Ifthese figures do not ex.
cite General Walkers suspicious they will
certainly excite those Of tho country We
would like to rest our case upon Korshaw
county. If General Walker will furnish the
men and means wo will undertake to prove
within ten days that the census in Kcrshaw is
bold fraud
Another county may be taken in connection
with Kershaw, just to show the difference
between an honest connt aud a fraudulent
one. Richland county contains the capital
city of South Carolina-Columba. This city
has more appearance OF prosperity than any
in the slate. In il are congregatCd United
States officials, and many active and intelli-
gent republicans. In these facts will bo found
reason for its exceptionally fnr census. 1t lies
Immediately adjoining Kershaw. 1t has the ad
vantage of being traversed by no less than
three lines Of railway. 1t supplies q city OF
10000 inhabitants, has tho pcnitentiary,
lunatic asylum and other state charitable in
stitutions, all Of which draw population and
keen 1t employed.
Ifany county in tho state was expected to in
crease more rapidly than another, Richland
was perhaps that county And yet her increase
Is only 1916 in ten years, or less than seven
per cent. against KershGw's eighty por cent.
Now a comparison of growth in tho past Is as
favorable to Richand us it is fatal to Ker.
shaw's protonsions. Richlaud increased gradu
ally but certainly every decade from 1920 tC
1870 at nearly uniform ratio Of 60 per cont
In order that our readers may see tho incon
gruities of tho South Carolina figures th'
more clearly we print the subjoincd table, Al
the figures except those Of the column uude
1850 were taken from tho tables Of the ninth
census, of which Francis G, Walker was super
intendent.