amounted, in round numbers, to: $530,000,000
Value of raw materials used: 550,000,000
Amount paid for labor: 240,000,000
Value of manufactured articles: $1,020,300,000
Number of persons employed: 1,050,000

The following are the number of establishments in operation, and capital
employed in cotton, woolens, and iron:

No. of Capital
Estab. invested.
Cotton 1094 $74,501,031
Woolens 1559 28,118,650
Pig Iron 377 17,356,425
Castings 1391 17,416,360
Wrought iron 422 14,495,220

The value of articles manufactured in 1849 was as follows, compared with
1839.

1849. 1839.
Cottons $61,869,184 $46,350,453
Woolens 43,207,555 20,696,999
Pig Iron 12,748,777
Castings 25,108,155 286,903
Wrought Iron 16,747,074 197,233

The period which has elapsed since the receipt of the returns at
Washington, has been too short to enable the Census-office to make more
than a general report of the facts relating to a few of the most important
manufactures. The complete statistical returns, when published, will
present a very full view of the varied interests and extent of the
industrial pursuits of the people.

THE PRESS.--The statistics of the newspaper press form an interesting
feature in the returns of the Seventh Census. It appears that the whole
number of newspapers and periodicals in the United States, on the first
day of June, 1850, amounted to 2800. Of these, 2494 were fully returned,
234 had all the facts excepting circulation given, and 72 are estimated
for California, the Territories, and for those that may have been omitted
by the assistant marshals. From calculations made on the statistics
returned, and estimated circulations where they have been omitted, it
appears that the aggregate circulation of these 2800 papers and
periodicals is about 5,000,000, and that the entire number of copies
printed annually in the United States, amounts to 422,600,000. The
following table will show the number of daily, weekly, monthly, and other
issues, with the aggregate circulation of each class:

Published. No. Circulation. Copies
annually.
Daily 350 750,000 235,000,000
Tri-weekly 150