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PARAGUAY. 



terview with "Scar-faced Charley." The In- 

 dians refused to go peaceably to the reserva- 

 tion, and before the end of the interview fired 

 at one of the officers. A fight ensued, in 

 which three or four white men, and twelve or 

 fifteen Indians, including " Scar-faced Charley," 

 were killed. The Indians afterward retired to 

 some high lands, known as the lava-beds, be- 

 yond the California border, from which the 

 United States troops had failed to dislodge 

 them at the close of the year, Negotiations 

 are pending to secure a peaceable removal 

 of the Modocs to the reservation, if pos- 

 sible. 



According to the census of 1870, of the total 

 population (64,685), ten years old and over, 

 there were engaged in all classes of occupa- 

 tions, 30,651 persons, of whom 29,968 were 

 males, and 683 females. There were, engaged 

 in agriculture, 13,248, includicg 13,232 males 

 and 16 females ; in professional and per- 

 sonal services, 6,090, including 5,522 males 

 and 568 females ; in trade and transportation, 

 2,619, including 2,611 males and 8 females; 

 in manufactures, and mechanical and mining 

 industries, 8,694, including 8,603 males and 

 91 females. 



The State contained 1,116,290 acres of im- 

 proved land, 761,001 of woodland, and 511,- 

 961 of other unimproved land. The cash value 

 of farms was $22,352,989 ; of farming imple- 

 ments and machinery, $1,293,717; total amount 

 of wages paid during the year, including value 

 of board, $719,875 ; total (estimated) value of 

 all farm productions, including betterments 

 and additions to stock, $7,122,790 ; orchard- 

 products, $310,041 ; produce of market-gar- 

 dens, $105,371 ; forest-products, $259,220 ; 

 value of home manufactures, $87,376 ; value of 

 animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter, $1,- 

 365,737; of all live-stock, $6,828,675. There 

 were 51,702 horses, 2,581 mules and asses, 

 48,325 milch-cows, 2,441 working-oxen, 69,431 

 other cattle, 318,123 sheep, and 119,455 swine. 

 The chief productions were 1,794,494 bushels 

 of spring, and 546,252 of winter, wheat, 3,890 

 of rye, 72,138 of Indian-corn, 2,029,909 of oats, 

 210,736 of barley, 1,645 of buckwheat, 3,847 

 pounds of tobacco, 1,080,638 of wool, 12,575 

 bushels of peas and beans, 481,710 of Irish, 

 and 1,970 of sweet, potatoes, 1,751 gallons of 

 wine, 118,373 pounds of butter, 79,333 of 

 cheese, 107,367 gallons of milk sold, 75,357 

 tons of hay, 1,210 bushels of grass-seed, 9,745 

 pounds of hops, 40,474 of flax, 10,988 bushels 



of flax-seed, 1,207 pounds of wax, and 66,858 of 

 honey. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 969, using 88 steam-engines of 

 2,471 horse-power, and 236 water-wheels of 

 5,806 horse-power, and employing 2,884 hands, 

 of whom 2,753 were males above sixteen, 67 

 females above 15, and 64 youth. 



The total amount of capital invested was 

 $4,376,849 ; wages paid during the year, $1,- 

 120,173 ; value of materials consumed, $3,419 - 

 756 ; of products, $6,877,387. 



There were 168 establishments devoted to 

 gold-mining, employing 880 hands ; capital 

 invested, $321,520; wages, $79,022 ; materials, 

 $29,930; products, $417,797. These were dis- 

 tributed as follows: hydraulic mining, 26; 

 placer, 139 ; quartz, 3. 



The whole number of newspapers and pe- 

 riodicals was 35, having an aggregate circu- 

 lation of 45,750, and issuing annually 3,657,- 

 300 copies. There were four dailies, with a 

 circulation of 6,350; 26 weekly, circulation 

 30,400 ; 5 monthly, circulation 9,000. 



There were 2,361 libraries, having 334,959 

 volumes. Of these, 2,195, with 273,427 vol- 

 umes, were private, and 166, with 61,532 vol- 

 umes, were other than private, including eight 

 circulating libraries, with 7,150 volumes. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 220, having 135 edifices, and 39,425 sit- 

 tings, and property valued at $471,100. The 

 leading denominations were : 



The condition of pauperism and crime is 

 shown by the following statistics : 



Total population .' 



Number of persons receiving support during the 



year ending June 1, 1870 133 



Cost of annual support $24,800 



Total number receiving support, June 1, 1870. . . . 81 



Native 



White 



Colored 



Foreign 



Number of persons convicted during the year 



Total number of persons in prison, June 1, 1870. . 104 



Native 



White 



Colored 12 



Foreign 8T 



PARAGUAY (REPUBLIOA DEL PARAGUAY), 

 an independent state of South America, lying 

 between latitude 19 and 27 35' south, and 

 longitude 54 10' and 58 40' west. It is 

 bounded on the north by Brazil ; on the east 

 by the same empire ; on the southeast, south 



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and southwest, by the Argentine Republic, and 

 on the west by Bolivia. The area of Paraguay 

 may be estimated at about 63,000 square miles, 

 a considerable portion of its territory having 

 been ceded, as a war indemnity, to Brazil, by a 

 treaty concluded between the two Govern- 



