u. STATES STATISTICS.
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Extracted from Mr.. IngersoPs Philoso-


phicat Discourse.


There are half a million of scholars atl
the public schools throughout the United
States; and more than three thousand
students at the colleges which confer de-
grees.


There are twelve hundred students at
the Medical schools, five hundred at the
Theological seminaries, and more than a
thousand students Of law.


There are about ten thousand physi-
clans, and upwards of ten thousand law
yers.


There are about nine thousand places of
worship, and about five thousand clergy
men.


About four thousand and four hundred
patents have been taken out for new and
useful inventions, discoveries and improve
ments in the arts.
Between two and three millions of dol
lars worth of books are annually publish
ed in the U. States.


A thousand newspapers are published.
There are more than one hundred steam
boats, comprising more than fourteen thou
sand tons navigating the Mississippi.


The vessels of the United States, by sea
perform their voyages on an average in
one third less time than the English.


There are five thousand post Offices, and
eighty thousand miles of post roads, and
twelve thousand miles Of turnpike roads.


There are three thousand legislators
There are two hundred printed volume:
of Law Reports.
1 The proportion of believers in the nor
contagon of the yellow fever among thu
physicians is as 567 to % who believe il
5 Icontagion.