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A friend has kindly favored us with the following interesting paragraph:

 People who are in the habit of looking into statistics sare not aware of inc vast dis proportion in the density of the population between the different sections of the United States. New England Is far more densely settled than any section of the country.- In fact the population of Massachusetts which in this respect far exceeds that of the other New England States, presents a greater number to the square mile than many of the countries in Europe even in- eiuding some of those which have for some centuries been considered populous king doms. Spain for instance, has an average of but sirty-tIree individuals to the square mile; Scotland but seUenty-oa8; Denmark but sepeaty-sie; while Massachusetts has segenty-eigM. We subioin a list of the States of the Union, with the number of in- habitants to the square mile in each re- spectiFely, viz:

 Massachusetts has IS to the square mile; Connecticut 63; Rhode Island 6; New York A; New Jersey 3S; Delaware 3S; Maryland 32; Pennsylvania 29; New Hampshire 2S; Ohio 25; South Carolina lS: Vermont IF; Ta,,nossaa IT; Kentllclxv 16; North Carolina Is; Maine l2; Indiana 10; Georgia g; Alabama 6; Louisiana 5; Illinois 3; Mississippi 3; Missouri 2.-Bos- ion .atlG&