The aggregate territorial extent of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, is 48,336 square miles; the number of their inhabitants 1,269,450, or 26.26 to the square mile. The stated point of density was passed by the three States named in the table more than fifty years ago, and yet they go on increasing in population with a rapidity as great as at any former period in their history. South Carolina has gained during the decade 35,201 inhabitants of all conditions, equal to 5.27 per cent. Of this increase 16,825 are whites. and the remainder free colored and slaves. It is perhaps a little remarkable that the relative increase of the free colored class in this State was more considerable than that of any other. As their number, 9,914, is so small as to excite neither apprehension or jealousy among the white race, the increase is probably due both to manumission and natural causes. This State has made slower progress during the last term than any other in the south, having advanced only from 27.28 to 28.72 inhabitants to the square mile. Tennessee, it will be observed, has made but the moderate gain of 10.68 per cent for all classes. Of this aggregate increase the whites have gained at the rate of 9.24 per cent upon 1850, the free colored 13.67, and slaves 15.14. The next lowest in the rate of increase in the list of Southern States is Virginia, whose gain upon her aggregate population, in 1850, was 174,657, equal to 12.29 per cent. The white class gained 152,611, or 17.06 per cent, the slaves 18,337, or 3.88 per cent. These are examples of the States wherein the population has advanced with slowest progress the past ten years. Turning now to the States which have made the most rapid advance, we find that New York has increased from 3,097,394 to 3,880,735, exhibiting an augmentation of 783,341 inhabitants, being at the rate of 25.29 per cent. The free colored population has fallen off 64 since 1850. The gain in Pennsylvania has been in round numbers 595,000. In that State the free colored have increased about 3,000. The greater mildness of the climate and a milder type of the prejudices connected with this class of population, the result of benevolent influences and its proximity to the slaveholding States, may account for the fact that this race holds its own in Pennsylvania, while undergoing a diminution in the State next adjoining on the north. Minnesota was chiefly unsettled territory at the date of the Seventh Census; its large present population, as shown by the returns, is therefore nearly clear gain. The vast region of Texas ten years since was comparatively awil derness. It has now a population of over 600,000, and the rate of its increase is given as 184 per cent. Illinois presents the most wonderful example of great, continuous, and healthful increase. In 1830 Illinois contained 157,445 inhabitants; in 1840, 476,183; in 1850, 851,470; in 1860, 1,711,951. The gain during the last decade was therefore, 860,481, or 101.06 per cent. So large a population, more than doubling itself in ten years, by the regular course of settlement and natural increase, is without a parallel. The condition to which Illinois has attained under the progress of the last thirty years is a monument of the blessings of industry, enterprise, peace, and free institutions. The growth of Indiana in population, though less extraordinary than that of her neighboring State, has been most satisfactory, her gain during the decade having been 362,000, or more than thirty-six per cent upon her number in 1850. Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa have participated to the full extent in the surprising development of the northwest. The remarkable healthfulness of the climate of that region seems to more than compensate for its rigors, and the fertility of the new soil leads men eagerly to contend with and overcome the harshness of the elements. The energies thus called into action have, in a few years, made the States of the northwest the granary of Europe, and that section of our Union which, within the recollection of living men, was a wilderness, is now the chief source of supply in seasons of scarcity for the suffering millions of another continent. Looking cursorily over the returns, it appears that the fifteen slaveholding States contain 12,240,000 inhabitants, of whom 8,039,000 are whites, 251,000 free colored persons, and 3,950,000 are slaves. The actual gain of the whole population in those States from 1850 to 1860, was 2,627,000, equal to 27.33 per cent. The slaves advanced in numbers 749,931, or 23.44 per cent. This does not include the slaves of the District of Columbia, who decreased 502 in the course of the ten years. The nineteen free States and seven Territories, together with the federal District, contained, according to the Eighth Census, 19,201,546 persons, including 27,749 Indians; of whom 18,936,579 were white, and 237,218 free colored. The increase of both classes was 5,598,603, or 41.24 per cent. No more satisfactory indication of the advancing prosperity of the country could be desired than this general and remarkable progress in population. North and south we find instances of unprecedented gains, as in the case of Illinois, just adverted to. In the southwest the great State of Missouri has increased by the number of 500,000 inhabitants, which is within a fraction of 74 per cent. It is due to candor to state that the marked disproportion between the rate of gain in the north and south respectively, is manifestly to some extent caused by the larger number of immigrants who settle in the former section, on account of congeniality of climate, the variety of occupation, the dignity wherewith respectable employment is invested, and the freedom of labor. THE FLOW OF POPULATION TO THE SUBURBS OF LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. A further publication of the census returns, not under that designation, but in a column of the Registrar-General's annual report, giving the population in all the sub-districts and divisions adopted for the purpose of registration, above 2,000 in all, shows in some detail the continuance of the great movement from the rural districts into the towns, a displacement of population which is more or less general over Europe, and which proceeds as yet without any sign of reaction. The flow of population, for their habitations at least, to the suburbs of the great cities, is one of the most striking things in these tables. For instance, Everton (with Kirkdale), a suburb of Liverpool, had 35,776 people in 1851, and in 1861 the number was doubled. Another suburb, the parish of West Derby, increased its population from 33,014 to 52,740, nearly 60 per cent in ten years. So with Manchester; the town suburbs of Newton and Cheetham had 27,103 inhabitants in 1851, and 41,042 in 1861, 50 per cent more; and Pendleton rose from 16,974 to 24,448, 44 per cent, But the metropolis, thought so overgrown when it was so much smaller, presents everything upon the grandest scale. If we take up a map of London, we find these among the principal suburbs on the north side of the Thames -Poplar and Bow, Mild-end, Hackney, Islington, Kentish-town. Hampstead, St. Mary's, Paddington, and Kensington; those districts contained 328,880 inhabitants in 1851, and in 1861 they had 533,153, an increase in this large population of 62 per cent, or more than 200,000, being an addition to these suburbs of London of a number of persons exceeded by the entire population of only four provincial towns in all England. Or taking another suburb, the southeastern-Walworth, Peckham, Norwood, Snydenham, and Plumstead increased in ten years from 70,974 to 123,629, a growth of 74 per cent. These figures show in what direction the tide sets, and though it has covered districts where our fathers saw meadows, that is better than deepening in the old streets and courts. But while the census show us in various spots this astounding rise of a host of families, as if from the earth, it declares also that there is a smaller population to be counted levant and couchant in the heart of London and some other towns than there was ten years ago. Taken as a whole, the more crowded part of London contained 1,150,000 people in 1851, and about the same number were found there in 1861, but it is something to have thrown into the suburbs the increase of the ten years -in the whole metropolis 440,000, almost precisely the population of Liverpool. It is true that the population of the central portion of London has not remained the same in all its districts; Some are better off than they were, and some worse; north of the Thames (speaking still of this central and more crowded section) there has been a decrease of 11,000 or 12,000, and on the south side there has been a corresponding increase. But even in the south there is a far greater tendency to increase in the adjoining suburbs than in the hive that has settled along the river side; and it can hardly be that improvement will not spread from the north to the south, and part of the crowded population, willingly or unwillingly, disperse themselves over a larger area. JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. 1. CITY WEEKLY BANK RETURNS-NEW YORK BANKS, PHILADELPHIA BANKS, BOSTON BANKS, PROVIDENCE BANKS. 2. WEEKLY STATEMENT BANK OF ENGLAND. 8. BANKS-CENSUS RE PORT. 4. PAPER FOR BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES STOLEN. 5. THE FIRST PAPER MONEY IN EUROPE. 6. THE BANKS AND THE TAX BILL. 7. BANKS OF ILLINOIS. CITY WEEKLY BANK RETURNS. NEW YORK BANKS. (Capital, Jan., 1862, $69,493,577; Jan., 1861, $69,890,475.) Weekly Specie. Circulation. Net Deposits. Clearings. January 4,..... $154,415,826 $23,983,878 $8,586,186 $111,789,233 $100,642,429 Date. 22... 29,... 5,..... 12,..... 19,. 66 April May 66 26.. 3,. 10,. 17,. 24,... 31,.... Loans. 152,088,012 25,373,070 8,121,512 113,889,762 105,634,811 149,081,433 26,120,859 7,869,028 113,827,160 107,732,780 145,767,680 26,698728 6,828,017 110,874,786 100,001,959 144,675,778 27,479,583 6,404,951 112,057,003 93.791,629 143,803,890 28,196,666 6,077,417 110,637,557 113.216,297 141,994,192 28,114,148 5,762,506 110,480,475 105,102,177 139,950,958 28,875,992 5,489,496 109,079,076 111,346,066 137,674,238 29,826,959 5,363,944 107,974,499 109,854,823 133,055,148 30,486,644 5,869,206 103,715,728 118,512,576 130,622,776 30,773,050 5,904,866 100,296,704 118,957,978 97,601,279 115,376,881 94,428,071 106,978.432 94,082.625 111,356,384 93,759,063 114,788,013 95,179,340 118,529.377 124,396,733 127,615,306 32,023,390 6,260,309 125,021,630 32,841,802 6,758,313 124,477,484 83,764,382 7,699,641 123,412,491 34,594,668 8,004,843 123,070,263 34,671,528 8,064,663 125,086,825 35,297,944 8,118,571 101,897,435 133,406,418 35,175.828 8,482,782 109,634,535 140,952,471 138,948,211 32,239,868 S,830,321 115,559,206 181,113,537 142,290,782 30,280,697 8,727,328 120,003,929 167,390,055 142,950,149 30,672,760 8.592,676 122,602,864 142,828,565 142,671,414 31,397,284 8,535,149 125,434,755 136,893,373 142,318,381 31,248,882 8,813,603 125,566,961 148,123,103 144,014,350 31,162,048 8,814,322 125,643,375 165,521,454 146,839.762 81,047,945 8,849,183 126,684,422 168,059,995 148,346,422 30,832,626 8,910,344 127,860,708 154,890,447 148,643,718 31,790,519 9,270,815 127,496,534 149,748,923 147,997,436 32,098,174 9,212,397 127,538,055 167,789,726 148,827,428 31,926,609 9,155,301 129,485,977 161,066,594 149,768,293 33,064,575 9,244,953 182,427,178 150,517,844 84,022,490 9,311,868 137,112,937 151,190,203 34,611,069 9,221,504 189,544,680 152,828,731 35,801,778 9,237,206 142,084,051 154,855,704 85,588,486 9,356,635 143,347,841 158,278,552 85,640.982 9,454,806 141,971,741 150,875,167 6,..... 158,435,859 36,138,928 9,645,965 142,663,036 154,074,880 157,828,513 37,125,245 9,719,126 144,991,062 155,813,245 158,299,288 87,863,037 9,789,060 148,680,453 179,681,651 21, PHILADELPHIA BANKS. (Capital, Jan., 1862, $11,970,130,) Due Due Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. to banks. from banks. $31,046,537 $5,688,728 $2,145,219 $21,396,014 $3,645,956 $1,796,805 31,145,938 5,692,123 2,162,152 21,824,510 8,992.952 1,702,716 30,601,160 5,733,450 2,120,756 20,698,496 4,120,261 1,575,116 80,385,606 5,821,323 2,121,146 20,058,098 4,209,006 1,858,688 30,385,319 5,884,011 2,144,398 20,068,890 4,572,872 1,707,136 29,974,700 5,923,874 2,191,547 19,032,535 4,890,288 1,587,481 18,692,182 4,661,442 2,052,031 17,253,461 5,218,383 1,828,383 5,131,834 1,733,169 5,342.876 1,649,187 17,066,267 5,210,365 1,774,162 29,388,544 5,849,354 2,191,512 32,554,655 5,609,926 4,324,735 24,143,314 5,144,628 4,800,094 82,911,578 5,573,999 4,430,057 24,410,423 5,583,644 5,283,273 33,206,661 5,545,007 4,749,220 24,307,782 5,733,574 5,422,124 33,118,502 5,579,945 4,859,921 24,183,604 5,936,594 5,415,203 33,086,808 5,613,724 5,005,583 24,485,817 5,794,325 5,219,445 33,383,373 5,579,788 5,055,276 24,764,281 5,918,294 5,308,984 33,517,900 5,660,187 5,026,070 24,658,289 5,984,242 5,406,075 33,543,878 5,652,730 4,999,935 24,217,855 6,339,018 5,204,511 33,506,039 5,552,605 5,006,351 24,147,814 6,400,880 5,316,223 33,731.575 5,483,051 5,002,418 24,237,662 6,533,786 5,446,155 33,899,351 5,543,160 5,071,855 24,597,596 6,518,107 5,322,089 84,631,350 5,546,157 5,192,935 25,062,171 6,632,905 5,139,978 35,015,676 5,515,044 5,177,587 24,780,163 7,420,242 5,104,687 34,871,535 5,449,027 5,174,550 24,194,214 7,702,489 5,212,073 BOSTON BANKS. (Capital, Jan., 1862, $38,231,700; Jan., 1861, $38,231,700.) Due Due Date. Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. to banks. from banks. Jan. 6,... $65,612,997 $8,920,486 $6,451,587 $27,093,839 $9,187,924 $8,701,873 66 13,... 64,704,039 8,580,607 6,612,512 25,642,994 9,634,227 8,805,255 66 20,... 64,409,585 8,585,277 6,549,871 25,441,327 9,547,319 9,018,388 86 27,... Feb 3, 86 10,... 66 17,... 63,025,191 8,562,175 6,284,268 24,030,776 9,593,545 8,727,348 62,628,793 8,529,483 6,260,299 23,500,321 9,727,783 8,766,415 62,340.600 8,514,600 6,616,000 22,784,700 9,892,600 8,965,500 62,587,788 8,410,890 6,469,309 22,034,794 9,653,725 8,315,887 62,053,640 8,341,588 6,580,205 21,515,228 9,625,869 8,644,360 61,678,500 8,364,500 6,318,700 21,208,500 9,681,500 8,982,600 66 10,... 61,834,500 8,409,535 6,693,139 20,740,208 9,906,110 8,450,721 66 24,... Mar. 3,... 66 17,... 61,747,000 8,471,000 6,364,800 20,554,000 9,790,000 7,981,000 31,... 66 24,... 66 61,655,420 8,441,058 6,219,512 20,326,087 9,715.256 7,669,531 61,360,789 8,441,196 5,908,272 19,975,018 9,434,782 6,978,527 61,208,974 8,674,170 6,557,152 21,014,000 9,245,088 8,133,124 14,... 61,058,969 8,688,573 6,170,383 21,009,010 8,949,259 7,173,374 Apr. 7,... 46 21,... 61,019,787 8,679,856 5,924,906 21,570,017 8,529,277 6,946,164 |