Asummary statistical table of the population and general wealth of the United States, for the years 1806 and 1807. Births, Deaths, Total increase, yearly, 3 per cent. Persons to each mile, Dwelling houses, Colleges, Academies, Improved lands, Average price cultivated, Ditto in their natural state, Horses, Horn cattle, Toll bridges, 1348 Turnpikes and canals, Militia, Navy U. S. Seamen, Tons shipping, Imports, Exports, Insurance companies, Average labor per day, Ditto wheat per bushel, Revenue, Expenditure, Metalic medium, Banks, Bank capital, Bank notes circulating, Nominal public debt, Sinking fund and reimbursements, Cash in the treasury, Custom house bonds, Total valuation U. States, Public lands sold, Proceeds public lands, TOTAL consumption of all the foreign merchandize only, within the United States, for the year 1807, from known facts and from estimates on the experience of the last five years; rated at the prices at which they were sold to the consumers. Merchandize, dufied ad valorem 49,505,000 at 12 1-2 to 22 1-2 per centum Nails and Spikes Geneva 8,50,000 Brandy 3,500,900 520,030 Wines 3,126,480 Lead and manufactures of lead 358,290 Teas 2,608,660 Cheese, British and Dutch 43,000 Molasses Boots and Shoes 2,917,220 Coal Salt 1,506,000 Indigo £66,000 Rum and spirits Cocoa 136,000 All other, 7 Hemp 960,000 articles 4,000,000 Total, 83,876,612 Although the total consumption at the cost to the consumers may a mount to 86,000,000 dollars, near 20, per centum of this sum was realiz ed in profits by our own trading citizens. The net cost of goods, or the sum paid for them in Europe, was not more than $69,000,000; but as this was more than 10 dollars a head for our population, then amounting to above 6,500,000 persons, the times require we should think of the best mode to save as much of this sum in future as we can, and by the easiest and most salutary mode in our power. In the table classing all our occupations we have included above 400,000 persons who are but nominal AGRICULTURALISTS, for their aversion to their present line of labour. If half of these could be persuaded to become manufacturers in either of the useful branches, open for their choice, our country would be completely independent. Other useful changes will take place of course, agreeably to the prospects, dispositions, and necessities încident to the present times.-A recent report to Parliament from some of the principal British merchants, has made their exports to the U. States of America 10 millions sterling; but with all due respect for their estimates we find they have exceeded the sum above six millions of dollars on the last year, in which these exports were greater than at any former period. Domestic Exports U.S. comparing the product of 1791 with the last 5 years, from official documents, valued in dollars U. S. Year. factures. terials. Domestic Manu-Of Foreign Ma- Total Manufac-Total of the Do mestic Exports. tures. Total of British Manufactures from the most approved statements, with the British Goods consumed in the United States, in 1807. No Population of the United States CLASSED and compared with that of England and Wales, for the year 1807. Classing of each Profession. PRODUCTIVE CLASS, OR NO. 1. STIMULATING CLASS, OR NO. 2. Liberal monied capitalists Population of the U.Population of South Britain, 150 to a square mile. ACTIVE. TOTAL. ACTIVE. TOTAL. 6,300 35,000 8,000 18,000 2,000,000 3,641,362 1,800,000 2,600,000 115,000 330,000 200,000 300,000 230,000 1,000,000 1,384,000 2,500,000 2,358,000 4,906,362 3,392,000 5,418,000 50,000 200,000 100,000 300,000 Vigilant and liberal land propri- 100,000 400,000 150,000 500,000 etors, Note. NUMBER 3, is made up chiefly of useless persons, standing armies, idle nobility, idle recluse, idle paupers, miserly and idle land and money monopolizers, gamblers, beggars, thieves, prostitutes, and all other vicious and unprofitable drones in the Hive. The stimulating class or No. 2, contains many partial labourers in the productive line; and some even of the consuming class are usefully employed but not enough to earn the price of the provisions they consume. The total columns contain the families and dependents on the active population. Our consuming class is much incumbered with superannuated slaves and of freed men of colour.-Fishing, ranks first for subsistence only. Although the best European statistical information attainable, is made up, in part, from estimates, they are yet sufficient to establish a belief, that not more than one sixth of the whole number, or 1,600,000 persons are employed in agricultural labor in South Britain. Their wages have greatly increased by the late universal increase of all money, from twenty four cents in 1793 to thirty-eight cents, an average for South Britain in 1807. Their numbers actively employed in manufactures, are from 1,200,000 to 1,800,000; and their wages, as stated, will average 40 cents. The annual amount manufactured in G. Britain is equal to 350,000,000 of dollars; and the capital essential to all the expence, and the entire credits usually given by them equal to two years product, or to 700,000,000 of dollars. The hands employed in Europe to fabricate for the consumption of one year for the United States, are about 200,000; of which near 65,000 are engaged in the cotton line; for which about 10,100,000 lbs. were requisite for the last year's stock. On pursuing our enquiry, we are more confirmed in the belief, that very great benefits are to be realized by tranferring and extending this branch to all the most populous parts of the United States, even if a good commer cial understanding should restore our former system of exchange with Europe for other articles. The difference between the price at which we could purchase our own raw cotton would be from 15 to 25 cents in common, and more as long as any misunderstandings may continue between us and our former correspondents in Europe. The 10,100,000 lbs. of cotton, that costs at Manchester 40 cents, would not average more than 20 cents at home, or 2,000,000 of dollars; but for the whole of our cotton branch we should require enough for two years purchase of the entire productions, or near 22,000,000 of dollars. As since the inventions of the ingeni ous Mr. Arkwright, joint stock associations are found better suited to the cotton branch than unconnected individual exertions. Nothing can be more favorable for our country, if every fact in relation be duly considered and embraced. About 60,000 persons, who now do but little or nothing, in the United States, may be among the best qualified for this important branch of domes tic employment: I mean women and children, of a cast that could not be 30 easily persuaded to engage in any other branch of social and useful industry. But the wages, which the peculiar circumstances already stated, would permit the managers to give, and the great neatness and order prevalent in a well constructed cotton factory, with a very little of the old-fash |