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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



anacszxANsous. 



From the jYete York Standard. 



THE FIRST AND THE LAST CENSUS OF NEW YORE 



Mr Mumford — In comparing the present 

 .-ensus of this state, with several of the pre- 

 ceding ones ; one cannot avoid being struck 

 with the rapidjand almost unparalleled inci ease 

 of the population of New York I was the 

 more impressed with this fact, from observing 

 while engaged in preparing some statistical ta- 

 bles, that theirs* census of this state was ta- 

 ken precisely one hundred years ago ; and as 

 the circumstance may not be generally known 

 to your readers, I take the liberty of enclosing 

 the results for your valuable paper, availing 

 myself of the opportunity for adding a few re- 

 marks, en passant. 



In 1603, Hudson discovered the river which 

 bears his name, and sailed up it as far as where 

 Albany now stands. This was twelve years 

 befcre the landing of the Puritan pilgrims at 

 Plymouth. Hudson sold his right of discove- 

 ry privately to the Dutch, who in 1614 erected 

 a fort at Albany, and in 1615 founded Manbal 

 tan, now the city of New York. The English 

 Government refused to sanction Hudson's 

 transfer, and the territory was taken possess- 

 ion of for the Duke of York in 1664, from whom 

 it received its name. From that time until 

 1691, the Duke appointed the governors, &made 

 rules and orders which had the force of laws. 

 In 1691, the first legislative assembly washeld. 

 It was sent 'rom the nine counties given below, 

 into which the whole state was then divided. 

 The precise amount of population at that pe- 

 riod cannot be ascertained, as the first regu- 

 lar census was taken in 1731,when these nine 

 counties with tne adaition of Orange, 

 which had been erected in the intermediate! 

 Lime, comprising the whole state, contained! 

 50,395 inhabitants. The County of Albany, 

 {or a long time after its erection in 1691 con- 

 tained all that part of the state lying north of I 

 Dutchess, and west of Ulster, and as will be 

 seen by the tabla, one hundred years since 

 contained only 8,573 inhabitants. The second 

 legislative assembly was convened in 1708 — 

 I have embodied in this table, the names of the 

 counties at the time of the first census, the 

 time of their erection, the number of members 

 sent by each to the first assembly in 1091, the 

 population at the first census in 1631, and the 

 same in 1810,and 1830. It is possible an error 

 may have occurred in the distribution of the 

 members, so far as regards^the apportionment 

 among the several counties, as historians of 

 that period do not agree on that point ; in oth 

 er respects tho table il is believed is correct. 



Orange 1698 



17 



1,693 34,347 45,372 



50,395 



As the present population is estimated at 1, 

 939,490, it appears that the incroase in 100 

 ^ears bus been 1,889,101. At tho lima of ta- 

 king the above census, Albany contained what 

 .is now divided into 42 counties, and contains 

 •! ,390,879 inhabitants ; an increaso in the same 

 period of 1,382,306. 



No more counties were ereclod until 1784, 

 when Clinton, Washington and Montgomery, 

 were formed from Albany county. Wasbing- 



Feb. 12, 1831. 



ton then included Warren ; and Clinton, what 

 is now Essex and Franklin Montgomery in- 

 cluded all that part of the state lying west of 

 Ulster, Albany, Washington and Clinton coun- 

 ties. Columbia was erected from Albany coun 

 ty in 1786. In 1789, the county of Ontario 

 was erected from Montgomery ; and included 

 all the state of New York, west of what was 

 oalled the preemption line, which beginning on 

 the south 1 ne of this state about 24 miles west 

 of Tioga Point, ran north until it touched the 

 west side of Seneca lake, along which it con 

 tinued to the northern extremity, and thence 

 to Lake Ontario, a few miles east of Sodus 

 bay. Inconsequence of a claim from Massa 

 chusetts, arising under the original charter ol 

 that colony; inl787 the territorywest of the pre- 

 emption line was ceded by New York to that 

 state, as well as ten townships of six miles 

 square, between the Susquehannah river, the 

 Tioughnioga, and Military tract. The torri 

 tory between the preemption line, and what 

 was termed ihe transit line, which ran nearly 

 on the meridian of the Genesee river, was 

 early conveyed by Massachusetts to the Pult- 

 ney family, or company ; and the territory west 

 of the transit line was in the same manner sold 

 to the Holland Company. Ontario at the time 

 of its creation, inoluded what is now, Ontario, 

 Genesee, Monroe, Livingston, Steuben, Alle- 

 gany, Cattaraugus, Chatuaque, Erie, Niagara, 

 Orleans, Wayne, and Yates counties, wita a 

 population of 407,423. The year after the 

 erection of the county of Ontario, in 1790, 

 Gen. Amos Hall, as the U. S Deputy Mar- 

 shal, took the census of the territory, and a 

 few years since he obligingly permitted the 

 editor of one of the western papers to prepare 

 the following interesting abstract from the ori- 

 ginal documents. It contains the number of 

 lamilies and total of population in each settle- 

 ment. It is a curious document as furnishing 

 such a striking contrast to the present census 

 of the same territory. 



In No. Range. famil's. people. 



its maximum. The Western district of New- 

 Fork has furnished its full proportion of emi- 

 grants to Indiana and Michigan ; yet that has 

 not perceptibly retarded its increase in num- 

 bers and wealth ; and it may fairly be presum- 

 ed that the next census will show the ratio of 

 increase has been amply sustained. W. G. 



HOPS IN ALBANY. 



John C. Donnelly, inspector of hops in Al- 

 bany, has, during the last year, inspected 600 

 bales, 140,388 lbs. Fees, deducting expenses, 

 $80,39. Of this 116,430 lbs first sort, 18,62! 

 second do., 2,544 third do., 2,793 refuse ; 372 

 bales were from Madison co. ; 144 from Onei- 

 da ; the rest from Otsego, Chautauque, Cat- 

 taraugus, Tompkins, Chenango, and Herki 

 mer. The hop market opened the last season 

 at one shilling a pound, and maintained tbat 

 price till neor the close of the season, when 

 they gradually advanced to 16 cents.— Daily 

 Advertiser. 



B0TANT. 



| The study of this beautiful science is par- 

 ticularly adapted to young females, to whom 

 we would recommend it, as a lasting source of 

 pleasure and amusement. It will be found 

 much less difficult than may at first be appre- 

 hended, and the enjoyment experienced in il* 

 progress will be such that difficulties, much 

 greater than those whieh really present them- 

 selves, would be no barrier to the attainment 

 of the science. The nomenclature, which ap- 

 pears at first view so repulsive, soon loses 

 its terrors, and becomes familiar, and the plea- 

 sure whioh resultsfrom tha application of prin- 

 ciples, the exercise which the science require? 

 & the perpetual contemplation of the variega- 

 ted and splendid colorings of nature, operates 

 as a species ef attraction so irresistible that 

 the student can neither resist nor control it 

 No object can be more delightful than to be- 

 hold a lovely woman indulging a passion for 

 tbat which is in itself so beautiful and inoo 

 cent, or than to see her 



" Looking through nature, up to nature's God." 

 What higher source of gratification can 

 there be than to stroll amidst the groves, or 

 wander over mountain heights, and enjoy the 

 magnificent scenery of nature, and inhale tho 

 breeze teeming with fragrance and redolent of 

 sweets, while you are in pursuit of a richer 

 banqaet, a more delightful spectacle, the fair 

 and exquisite gifts of Flora — 

 " Each beauteous flower, 

 " Iris of all hues, Koses and Jessamine."-— Milton 



And such an endless, variety, too, of forms 

 hues, and shades, almutt as infinite as the 

 everlasting changes of the kaleidoscope, and 

 yet all harmonizing and blending in one splen- 

 did picture of beauty 



FLOUR IN ALBANY. 



Jaeper S. Keeler, inspector of flour 

 in Albany has during 1830, inspected. 

 42,136 bbls superfine flour 

 5C3 fine 



1,027 half bbls flour 



205 



1081 



Gene- 



4,000. 



Only 8 families, and 55 souls, where 

 va now presents a popnlation of nearly 

 Only 4 families, and 2fl souls, whereRochester 

 now points its dozen spires, and coauts il» 

 thirteen or fourteen thousand inhabitants. — 

 Ami only 1081 souls where now aro4fl7.4Sl. 



Few oountrios can present a parallel to this 

 increase, and it scema no! yet to have rcirchetl 



43,726 

 Fees, at 2 rts. a 

 penses, $200 67.— 



bhl. S874 

 [Dai. Adv. 



52: 



REDUCTION. 



Tbe salary of the Lord Lientonani of 

 Ireland has been reduced from 30,00(11. 

 per yenr to 20,0001. 



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