The cost of such support was $2,954,806. This is much less than the outlay in England, where, in the year 1848, there was expended £6,180,764 sterling (or over thirty million dollars), the population being 17,521,956.[421]
CRIME.
There were confined in the various state prisons throughout the Union on June 1, 1850:[422]
| White males | 4643 | |||
| "females | 115 | |||
| Total whites | —— | 4758 | ||
| Colored males | 801 | |||
| "females | 87 | |||
| Total colored | —— | 888 | ||
| Aggregate | 5646 | |||
Of these there were
| Native whites | 3259 | |||
| "colored | 866 | |||
| Total natives | —— | 4125 | ||
| Foreign whites | 1499 | |||
| "colored | 22 | |||
| Total foreign | —— | 1521 | ||
| Aggregate | 5646 | |||
INTEMPERANCE.
It need not be repeated that habits of intemperance and prostitution are closely allied. The following figures give the statistics of the breweries and distilleries in the United States:[423]
| The total number of these establishments is | 1217 | |
| In which is invested a capital of | $8,507,574 |
They employ 6140 hands, and consume during the year,