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Arkansas And Michigan

Arkansas And Michigan image
Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
June
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Michigan and Arkansis are twin States, bot). admitted into the Union at once. Tho popuJation, however, d.íTers n amount considcrably. thatcf Arkansas ir 1340 was 97,57-1: of Michigan 212.267. Therc is a still grcaier difiercne in the intelügence of thc people, as shown b) ihc amount of reading, writing, and printing rlone therc, developed by the rel urna oí the Posi Office department for Octobor 1845, thus: Arkansas. Michigan Number of 5 cent letters chgd., 3,54 26,005 10 " " 4,7(3 25,233 " newspnpers, 14,421 J02,fc-84 pamphlels and magzines, 0.6P4 2.579 Th8 vast diflerence ín popula'ion. growth. and inteltigenco we presume isowing chiefly to lie existence of free institutions in our State, and oí Slnvery in the other. Bj" We have on hand an addresu froni tbc antislnvery ladics of Jackson to the ladiee of thai conniy. We shulj insert it ifwe posaibly can nakc room for it.