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Monthly Record of Current Events.
POLITICAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
UNITED STATES.
From the abstract of the Seventh Census of the United States, and from the returns of the previous decennial periods, we compile the following table and statements, setting forth the principal features of the increase of the population of the country. The manner of apportioning the Congressional representation was fixed by an Act passed May 23, 1850. From and after March 3, 1853, the House of Representatives, unless otherwise ordained by Congress, is to consist of 233 members. The apportionment is made by adding to the number of free persons three-fifths of the number of slaves: the representative population, thus found, divided by 233, gives the ratio of apportionment: the representative population of each State, divided by this ratio, shows the number of Representatives to which the State is entitled. To the aggregate thus obtained is added a number sufficient to make up the whole number of 233 members; this additional number is apportioned among the States having the largest fractions. It is, however, provided by the Constitution that each State shall be entitled to at least one Representative. The representative population being 21,832,521, the ratio of representation is 93,702. The States which have a Representative for a fraction of the ratio are indicated in the table by a *. Those whose population is estimated are designated by a +.
| STATES. | POPULATION IN 1850. | INCREASE SINCE 1840. | REP. POP. | REPS. | |||||
| Free. | Slave. | Total. | Free. | Slave. | Total. | 1853. | 1851. | ||
| Alabama* | 428,765 | 342,894 | 771,659 | 91,541 | 89,362 | 180,903 | 634,501 | 7 | 7 |
| Arkansas | 162,658 | 46,983 | 209,641 | 85,019 | 27,048 | 112,067 | 190,848 | 2 | 1 |
| California+ | 200,000 | —— | 200,000 | 200,000 | —— | 200,000 | 200,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Connecticut* | 370,604 | —— | 370,604 | 60,596 | [dec. 17] | 60,579 | 370,604 | 4 | 4 |
| Delaware | 89,239 | 2,289 | 91,528 | 13,759 | [dec. 316] | 13,443 | 90,612 | 1 | 1 |
| Florida | 48,046 | 39,341 | 87,387 | 19,286 | 13,624 | 32,910 | 71,650 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia* | 515,669 | 362,966 | 878,635 | 105,221 | 82,022 | 187,243 | 733,448 | 8 | 8 |
| Illinois | 858,298 | —— | 858,295 | 382,446 | [dec. 331] | 382,115 | 858,298 | 9 | 7 |
| Indiana* | 988,734 | —— | 988,734 | 302,871 | [dec. 3] | 302,868 | 988,734 | 11 | 10 |
| Iowa | 192,122 | —— | 192,122 | 149,027 | [dec. 16] | 149,011 | 192,122 | 2 | 2 |
| Kentucky* | 779,728 | 221,768 | 1,001,496 | 182,158 | 39,510 | 221,668 | 912,788 | 10 | 10 |
| Louisiana | 269,956 | 230,807 | 500,762 | 85,996 | 62,355 | 148,351 | 408,440 | 4 | 4 |
| Maine | 583,232 | —— | 583,232 | 81,439 | —— | 81,439 | 583,232 | 6 | 7 |
| Maryland* | 492,706 | 89,800 | 582,506 | 112,424 | 63 | 112,487 | 546,586 | 6 | 6 |
| Massachusetts* | 994,271 | —— | 994,271 | 256,572 | —— | 256,572 | 994,271 | 11 | 10 |
| Michigan | 395,703 | —— | 395,703 | 183,427 | —— | 183,427 | 395,703 | 4 | 3 |
| Mississippi | 292,434 | 300,419 | 592,853 | 111,994 | 105,208 | 217,202 | 472,685 | 5 | 4 |
| Missouri | 594,843 | 89,289 | 684,132 | 269,381 | 31,049 | 300,430 | 648,416 | 7 | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 317,831 | —— | 317,831 | 33,258 | [dec. 1] | 33,257 | 317,831 | 3 | 4 |
| New Jersey | 488,552 | 119 | 488,671 | 115,801 | [dec. 555] | 115,246 | 488,623 | 5 | 5 |
| New York* | 3,090,022 | —— | 3,090,022 | 661,105 | [dec. 4] | 661,101 | 3,090,022 | 33 | 34 |
| N. Carolina | 580,458 | 288,412 | 868,470 | 72,856 | 42,595 | 115,451 | 753,505 | 8 | 9 |
| Ohio | 1,977,031 | —— | 1,977,031 | 457,567 | [dec. 3] | 457,564 | 1,977,031 | 21 | 21 |
| Pennsylvania* | 2,311,681 | —— | 2,311,681 | 587,712 | [dec. 64] | 587,648 | 2,311,681 | 25 | 24 |
| Rhode Island* | 147,555 | —— | 147,555 | 38,730 | [dec. 5] | 38,725 | 147,555 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Carolina | 283,554 | 384,925 | 668,469 | 16,184 | 57,887 | 74,071 | 514,499 | 5 | 7 |
| Tennessee* | 773,599 | 249,519 | 1,023,118 | 127,448 | 66,460 | 193,908 | 923,310 | 10 | 11 |
| Texas* | 134,057 | 53,346 | 187,403 | 134,057 | 53,346 | 187,403 | 166,064 | 2 | 2 |
| Vermont | 313,466 | —— | 313,466 | 21,518 | —— | 21,518 | 313,466 | 3 | 4 |
| Virginia | 948,055 | 473,026 | 1,421,081 | 157,245 | 24,039 | 181,284 | 1,231,870 | 13 | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 304,226 | —— | 304,226 | 273,292 | [dec. 11] | 273,281 | 304,226 | 3 | 3 |
| Dist. Columbia | 48,000 | 3,687 | 51,687 | 8,982 | [dec. 1,007] | 7,975 | —— | — | — |
| Minnesota | 6,192 | —— | 6,192 | 6,192 | —— | 6,192 | —— | — | — |
| New Mexico | 61,632 | —— | 61,632 | 61,632 | —— | 61,632 | —— | — | — |
| Oregon+ | 20,000 | —— | 20,000 | 20,000 | —— | 20,000 | —— | — | — |
| Utah+ | 25,000 | —— | 25,000 | 25,000 | —— | 25,000 | —— | — | — |
| 20,087,909 | 3,179,589 | 23,267,498 | 5,511,911 | 692,234 | 6,204,145 | 21,832,521 | 233 | 233 | |
The Free Colored population, included in the above, numbers 419,173; of whom 184,882 are in the Free States, and 234,291 in the Slave States. Maryland has the highest number, 73,943. They have increased during the last ten years only 32,880, or 7.84 per cent. At the six previous enumerations respectively, there were returned 40,370, 35,946, 27,505, 18,148, 3553, and 1129 slaves from the Free States. The published abstract of the recent census shows only 119, all in New Jersey. The population, and the increase since 1840, are made up of the following elements; the total population of the territories not included in the census of 1840 being considered as increase:
| Free States: | Free Inhabitants | 13,646,152 | |
| Slaves | 119 | —13,646,271 | |
| Slave Slates: | Free Inhabitants | 6,441,757 | |
| Slaves | 3,179,470 | –—9,621,227 | |
| ———— | |||
| Total Population | 23,267,498 | ||
| Free States: | Increase of free Inhab. | 3,937,362 | |
| Less decrease of Slaves | 1,010 | –—3,926,352 | |
| Slave States: | Increase of free Inhab. | 1,584,549 | |
| Increase of Slaves | 693,244 | –—2,277,793 | |
| ———— | |||
| Total Increase | 6,204,145 | ||