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WEST VIRGINIA. 



tions, 412,665 persons, of whom 337,464 were 

 males and 75,201 females. There were en- 

 gaged in agriculture, 244,550, including 228, 082 

 males and 16,468 females; in professional and 

 personal services, 98,521, including 47,407 

 males and 51,114 females ; in trade and trans- 

 portation, 20,181, including 19,992 males and 

 189 females ; in manufactures and mechanical 

 and mining industries, 49,413, including 43,983 

 males and 5,430 females. 



The State contained 8,165,040 acres of im- 

 proved land, 8,294,734 of woodland, and 

 1,686,137 of other unimproved land. The 

 cash value of farms was $213,020,845; of 

 farming implements and machinery, $4,924,- 

 036 ; total amount of wages paid during the 

 year, including value of board, $9,753,041 ; 

 total (estimated) value of all farm-productions, 

 including betterments and additions to stock, 

 $51,774,801; orchard - products, $891,231; 

 produce of market-gardens, $505,117 ; forest- 

 products, $686,862 ; value of home manufac- 

 tures, $556,307; of animals slaughtered or 

 sold for slaughter, $8,375,975; of all live- 

 stock, $28,187,669. 



There were 152,899 horses, 26,903 mules and 

 asses, 188,471 milch-cows, 45,987 working- 

 oxen, 277,285 other cattle, 370,145 sheep, and 

 674,670 swine. The chief productions were 

 7,389 bushels of spring, and 7,391,398 of win- 

 ter, wheat, 582,264 of rye, 17,694,304 of In- 

 dian-corn, 6,8157,555 of oats, 7,259 of barley, 

 45,075 of buckwheat, 37,086,364 pounds of 

 tobacco, 183 bales of cotton, 877,110 pounds 

 of wool, 162,102 bushels of peas and beans, 

 1,293,853 bushels of Irish, and 865,882 of 

 sweet, potatoes, 26,283 gallons of wine, 6,979,- 

 269 pounds of butter, 71,743 of cheese, 266,812 

 gallons of milk sold, 199,883 tons of hay, 11,- 

 367 bushels of clover-seed, 12,709 of grass- 

 seed, 10,999 pounds of hops, 130,750 of flax, 

 9,699 bushels of flax-seed, 245,093 pounds of 

 maple sugar, 329,155 gallons of sorghum, and 

 11,400 of maple, molasses, 605,239 pounds of 

 honey, and 26,438 of wax. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 5,933, using 396 steam-engines, 



of 8,410 horse-power, and 2,229- water-wheels, 

 of 41,202 horse-power, and employing 26,974 

 hands, of whom 22,175 were males above six- 

 teen, 2,259 females above fifteen, and 2,540 

 youth. The total amount of capital invested 

 was $18,455,400 ; wages paid during the year, 

 $5,343,099 ; value of materials consumed, $23,- 

 832,384; of products, $38,364,322. 



The whole number of newspapers and peri- 

 odicals was 114, having an aggregate circula- 

 tion of 143,840, and issuing annually 13,319,578 

 copies. There were 16 daily, with a circula- 

 tion of 24,099; seven tri-weekly, circulation 

 4,800; eight semi-weekly, circulation 7,043; 

 69 weekly, circulation 75,488; four semi- 

 monthly, circulation 4,520; and 10 monthly, 

 circulation 27,900. 



There were 4,171 libraries, having 1,107,313 

 volumes. Of these, 2,762, with 721,293 vol- 

 umes, were private ; and 1,409, with 386,020 

 volumes, were other than private, including 12 

 circulating libraries, with 52,781 volumes. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 2,582, having 2,405 edifices, with 765,127 

 sittings, and property valued at $5,277,368. 

 The leading denominations were : 



The condition of pauperism and crime is 

 shown by the following statistics : 

 Total population ................................ 1,225,163 



Number of persons receiving support during the 

 year ending June 1, 1870 ...................... 3,890 



Cost of annual support .......................... $303,081 



Total number receiving support, June 1, 1870. . . 3.280 

 Native ..................................... 3,252 



White ................................... 1.940 



Colored 



Foreign 



Number of persons convicted during the y 

 Total number of persons in prison, June 1, 



Native 



White 



Colored 



Foreign 



1,312 

 26 



ear.. . 1,090 

 1870. 1,244 



331 

 901 

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WEST VIRGINIA. The Legislature of this 

 State assembled at Charleston on the 16th of 

 January, 1872, and continued in session forty- 

 five days ; during which time a large number 

 of acts were passed, mostly of a private or 

 local interest. 



The delegates elected to the Constitutional 

 Convention numbered seventy-eight, of whom 

 sixty-six were Democrats, or Conservatives, 

 and twelve Republicans. They met at Charles- 

 ton on the same day as the Legislature, Jan- 

 uary 16, 1872, and organized by electing Sam- 

 uel Price for President ; and continued in ses- 

 sion for nearly three months. The new 



constitution, as a whole, was submitted to the 

 votes of the members of the convention on 

 the 9th of April, and almost unanimously 

 adopted. 



The pen which the framers of this instru- 

 ment used for affixing their names to it, was 

 made of a large eagle's quill presented to 

 the convention for that purpose, by a dele- 

 gate from the county of Hardy, where the 

 eagle had been caught. Immediately after 

 signing the instrument, the convention ad- 

 journed. The principal features of the new 

 constitution, as compared with those of the 

 preceding, are summarily stated as follows: 





