POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.* 233,141 1840. 1850.† 1830. 399,955 501,793 583,169 269,328 284,574 317,976 280,652 291,948 314,120 610,408 737,699 994.514 1790. 1800. 1810. 1820. 72,674 72,749 North Carolina, 737,987 753,419 869,039 South Carolina, 581,185 Georgia, Florida, Alabama, 20,845 127,901 309,527 697,897 893,041 1,191,364 1,538.064 2,009,031 2,487,355 3,204,313 For any later returns of the population of the States and Territories, see the several States and Territories. No slaves are returned in the Territories of Minnesota, New Mexico, and Oregon; in Utah 26 are returned; for their population, see page 214. Apprentices by the State act to abolish slavery, of April 18, 1846. XXIII. POPULATION OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES,* According to the several Censuses of the United States. IT is lawful for any person to bring to the Mint gold and silver bullion to be coined; and the bullion so brought is there assayed and coined, as speedily as may be after the receipt thereof, and, if of the standard of the United States, free of expense to the person or persons by whom it has been brought. But the Treasurer of the Mint is not obliged to receive, for the purpose of refining and coining, any deposit of less value than one hundred dollars, nor any bullion so base as to be unsuitable for minting. And there must be retained from every deposit of bullion below the standard such sum as shall be equivalent to the expense incurred in refining, toughening, and alloying the same; an accurate account of which expense, on every deposit, is kept, and of the sums retained on account of the same, which are accounted for by the Treasurer of the Mint with the Treasurer of the United States. J. R. Snowden, Officers of the Mint at Philadelphia. Director, $3,500 James C. Booth, Melter and Daniel Sturgeon, Treasurer, Salary. 2,000 Refiner, $2,000 2,000 W. E. Dubois, Assist. Assayer,” 1,500 *If there are later enumerations, see the several States. ↑ By the State census of this year. 1,500 Including the County. Officers of the Branch at New Orleans, La. Salary. Charles Bienvenu, Superint., $ 2,500 A. J. Guivot, Coiner, Officers of the Branch at Dahlonega, Ga. J. M. Patton, Sup. and Treas., $2,000 John D. Field, Jr., Coiner, 1,500 Officers of the Branch at Charlotte, N. C. Officers of the Branch at San Francisco. G. W. Caldwell, Sup. & Treas., $2,000 Emmor Graham, Coiner, L. A. Birdsall, Superintendent, $4,500 J. M. Eckfeldt, Coiner, J. R. Snyder, Treasurer, 4,500 A. Harazsthy, Melter and Joseph H. Snyder, Assayer, Assay Office, New York. S. F. Butterworth, Superint., John Torry, Assayer, Salary. $2,000 4,000 $1,500 $1,500 $3,000 3,500 $2,000 $3,500 Clarence Morfit, Assist. Melter Edward N. Kent, Melt. & Ref., 3,000 Andrew Mason, Assist. Assayer, 2,000 1. Statement of the Deposits for Coinage at the Mint of the United States and its Branches, and the Assay Office, during the Year 1855. 2. Statement of the Coinage of the Mint and Branches, and of the Assay From June 30, 1855, to June 30, 1856, there were coined 1.582,146 double eagles, 107,490 eagles, 365.671 half-eagles, 57,100 three dollar pieces, 377.334 quarter-eagles, 792,110 gold dollars. The value of the gold coined in fine bars was $21,956,327.16: in unparted bars, $3,746.136.52. The total gold coinage in value for this period was $62,155,413.68; the total silver coinage, $5,355,061.04; the total copper coinage, $17,455.84 The whole number of pieces coined in this period was $ 26,088,731. Their value was $67.527.930.56. The deposits of gold at the mint and branches during this period were $60,085,906.90, of which $59,608,609.50 were from California. The entire deposit of domestic gold at the Mint and branches to the close of 1854 was $273,609,355, of which $264,250,018 were from California. 3. Coinage of the Mint of the United States, from 1792, including the Coinage of the Branch Mints from the Commencement of their Operations in 1838. XXV. RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE following table gives the names of the principal railroads in the United States, and their condition near January, 1856. The roads of less importance are put together under the item "Other roads"; and against that line, in the column headed State, is given the aggregate length of railroads in the State. The length of each road includes the branches, but not the double track. When a road is in two or more States, it is put in the list in the State in which the greater portion of it lies. Maine, Androscoggin, 472.70 Other roads, N. H. Miles. 20.00 91,823 234,000 368,582 196,342 55.00 912,176 1,141,422 2,218,317 149.00 2,494,900 3,494,000 6,282,173 552,488 51.00 1,396,400 140,525 1,358,338 277,502 Eastern in N. Hampshire, Included in Eastern Railroad in Mass. Boston, Concord,&Montr'l, Concord, Portsmouth and Concord, Sullivan (Bellows Falls to 479.96 Other roads, Vermont Connecticut&Passump.R., Rutland, Rutland and Washington,* 493.01 Vermont Valley, Mass. Amherst and Belchertown, Connecticut River, Lowell and Lawrence, 93.00 1,811,387 1,089,844 2.862,423 286,950 163,379 34.96 1,500,000 none. 1,500,000 335,949 199,495 47.00 1,099,490 580,000 530,217 27.00 800,000 221,916 1,003,998 188,697 100,510 82.00 3,068,400 355,400 3,068,400 417,586 190,581 155.40 5,150,000 5,966,420 10,495,505 1,869,673 1,236,650 257.80 50.00 1,508,000 350,000 * Including Rutland and Troy, 17 miles. |