CONFEDERATE STATES. 



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CONFEDERATE STATES. The States 

 united in the Southern Confederacy are Ala- 

 bama. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, 

 Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Their popu- 

 lation and resources, as presented by the re- 

 turns of the census of 1860 are important con- 

 siderations in the present struggle to maintain 

 a separation from the other States. Their 

 population was as follows : 



PIG IEOX. 



Total 5.449,463 



132,770 | 3,521,110 



The ratio of increase daring the ten years 

 closing with 1860, was as follows: 



In the cotton-growing States of Alabama, 

 Mississippi. Arkansas, and Texas, the increase 

 of the slave population is more rapid than that 

 of the white population. In Louisiana, which 

 raises sugar and cotton, the increase is nearly 

 in the same ratio as that of the white popula- 

 tion. In Virginia and South Carolina the in- 

 crease of the white population is in the most 

 rapid ratio. In these two States such physical 

 causes were in operation as might ultimately 

 have released the slaves. 



The white population of the Confederate 

 States, according to sex was, in 1860, as follows : 



BAR ASD OTHEB EOLX.ED IBOS. 



About 250,000 should be deducted for the 

 population of western Virginia. 



The following is a statement of the amount 

 and value of certain articles produced in the 

 Confederate States during the year ending 

 June 1, 1860, and in all the States during the 

 same period : 



Milch cows are not included. 



