Observations on the census of the United States, taken 1st June, 1850. From the official report of the Superintendent of Census.

This, the seventh, enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States exhibits results which every citizen of that country must contemplate with gratification and pride. Since the census of 1840 there have been added to the territory of the Republic, by annexation, conquest, and purchase, 824,969 square miles; and its title to a region covering 341,463 square miles, (previously claimed and partially occupied by England): has been established by negotiation, and brought within its acknowledged boundaries.<br>By such means the area of the United States has been extended, during the past ten years, from 2,055,163 to 3,221,595 square miles, exclusive of the great lakes which lie upon its northern border, and the bays which indent its shores on the Atlantic and Pacific.