Some Early Figures

In lookinsr over sorae old papers the editor of tlie Couriïh recently ran across one prepared by the late ilon. John Geddes, and signed by hlm, giving a lot of Btatistica tliat look (juite singular to our eyes to-day. The census of the territory for 1830 was 81,890, and for 1834 was 85,800, the population of Washtenaw oonnty at the latter date being 14,924, and only excelled by Wayne, which h;id 17,m. Iii 1830 Washtenaw lmd 4, 10, and Wayne, 0,787 population, a rapid iucrease it will be notcil. The paper also gives the returns for delégate toCongress in 1831. Wlie Ilon. Warner Wing, democrat, was elected over Judge Samuel Dexter anti-masonlc and Mr. Williams independent. The followlug are the figures aa given: Dexter. Wlng. Williams. Ann Arbor 111 87 5 Ypsilimtl 104 81 9 Panama fi 06 .0 Dexter 73 24 0 ttaliue 86 29 1 Washtenaw Co.... 389 227 8 Jackson " 21 OtS 0 Wayne " .... 247 280 391 Monroe " .... 6 860 142 Macomb " 20fl 134 1SÏ Lenawee " .... 103 125 39 975 1132 7S2 These do not constitute all the counties, tor in a side note we tind this statement: "In the terrltory of Michigan in 1831 Wing had between 2,000 and 2,100 yotes; Dexter had 13S8 votes; Williams between 1,000 and 1,100 votes. Dexler had a majority in Oakland county.